10 (A)Foreigners shall build up your walls,
    and (B)their kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
    but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

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10 “Foreigners(A) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings(B) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor(C) I will show you compassion.(D)

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15 (A)“And those who are far off shall come and (B)help to build the temple of the Lord. (C)And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. (D)And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”

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15 Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the Lord,(A) and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.(B) This will happen if you diligently obey(C) the Lord your God.”

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24 By its light (A)will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth (B)will bring their glory into it,

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24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.(A)

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(A)Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks;
    foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers;

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Strangers(A) will shepherd your flocks;
    foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.

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23 (A)Kings shall be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.
(B)With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
    and (C)lick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
    (D)those who wait for me (E)shall not be put to shame.”

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23 Kings(A) will be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.(B)
They will bow down(C) before you with their faces to the ground;
    they will lick the dust(D) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;(E)
    those who hope(F) in me will not be disappointed.(G)

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(A)For a brief moment I deserted you,
    but with great compassion I will gather you.
(B)In overflowing anger for a moment
    I hid my face from you,
(C)but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”
    says the Lord, your Redeemer.

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“For a brief moment(A) I abandoned(B) you,
    but with deep compassion(C) I will bring you back.(D)
In a surge of anger(E)
    I hid(F) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness(G)
    I will have compassion(H) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.(I)

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The Lord Is My Strength and My Song

12 You[a] will say (A)in that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
    for though you were angry with me,
(B)your anger turned away,
    that you might comfort me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 12:1 The Hebrew for you is singular in verse 1

Songs of Praise

12 In that day(A) you will say:

“I will praise(B) you, Lord.
    Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away(C)
    and you have comforted(D) me.

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(A)For his anger is but for a moment,
    and (B)his favor is for a lifetime.[a]
(C)Weeping may tarry for the night,
    but (D)joy comes with the morning.

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  1. Psalm 30:5 Or and in his favor is life

For his anger(A) lasts only a moment,(B)
    but his favor lasts a lifetime;(C)
weeping(D) may stay for the night,
    but rejoicing comes in the morning.(E)

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26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.

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26 The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.(A)

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21 (A)And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.

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21 And I will select some of them also to be priests(A) and Levites,” says the Lord.

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(A)And nations shall come to your light,
    and kings to the brightness of your rising.

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Nations(A) will come to your light,(B)
    and kings(C) to the brightness of your dawn.

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17 Because of the iniquity of his (A)unjust gain I was angry,
    I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
    but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.
18 I have seen his ways, (B)but I will heal him;
    I will lead him (C)and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

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17 I was enraged by their sinful greed;(A)
    I punished them, and hid(B) my face in anger,
    yet they kept on in their willful ways.(C)
18 I have seen their ways, but I will heal(D) them;
    I will guide(E) them and restore comfort(F) to Israel’s mourners,

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The Restoration of Jacob

14 (A)For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and (B)will set them in their own land, and (C)sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob. And (D)the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the Lord's land (E)as male and female slaves.[a] (F)They will take captive those who were their captors, (G)and rule over those who oppressed them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:2 Or servants

14 The Lord will have compassion(A) on Jacob;
    once again he will choose(B) Israel
    and will settle them in their own land.(C)
Foreigners(D) will join them
    and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
Nations will take them
    and bring(E) them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations(F)
    and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives(G) of their captors
    and rule over their oppressors.(H)

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