13 And he[a] said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you (A)weary my God also?

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  1. Isaiah 7:13 That is, Isaiah

13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David!(A) Is it not enough(B) to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience(C) of my God(D) also?

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24 You have not bought me sweet cane with money,
    or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins;
    you have wearied me with your iniquities.

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24 You have not bought any fragrant calamus(A) for me,
    or lavished on me the fat(B) of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
    and wearied(C) me with your offenses.(D)

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The Messenger of the Lord

17 (A)You have wearied the Lord with your words. (B)But you say, “How have we wearied him?” (C)By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, (D)“Where is the God of justice?”

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Breaking Covenant Through Injustice

17 You have wearied(A) the Lord with your words.

“How have we wearied him?” you ask.(B)

By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased(C) with them” or “Where is the God of justice?(D)

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18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture; and to drink of (A)clear water, that you must muddy the rest of the water with your feet?

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18 Is it not enough(A) for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet?(B) Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?

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47 (A)Not only did you walk in their ways and do according to their abominations; within a very little time (B)you were more corrupt than they in all your ways.

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47 You not only followed their ways and copied their detestable practices, but in all your ways you soon became more depraved than they.(A)

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10 (A)But they rebelled
    (B)and grieved his Holy Spirit;
therefore he turned to be their enemy,
    and himself fought against them.

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10 Yet they rebelled(A)
    and grieved his Holy Spirit.(B)
So he turned and became their enemy(C)
    and he himself fought(D) against them.

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When the house of David was told, (A)“Syria is in league with[a] (B)Ephraim,” the heart of Ahaz[b] and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

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  1. Isaiah 7:2 Hebrew Syria has rested upon
  2. Isaiah 7:2 Hebrew his heart

Now the house of David(A) was told, “Aram has allied itself with[a] Ephraim(B)”; so the hearts of Ahaz and his people were shaken,(C) as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind.

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  1. Isaiah 7:2 Or has set up camp in

10 Therefore I was provoked with that generation,
and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart;
    they have not known my ways.’

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10 That is why I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray,
    and they have not known my ways.’

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13 “Hear, (A)and testify against the house of Jacob,”
    declares the Lord God, (B)the God of hosts,

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13 “Hear this and testify(A) against the descendants of Jacob,” declares the Lord, the Lord God Almighty.

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20 (A)And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and (B)these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter

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20 “‘And you took your sons and daughters(A) whom you bore to me(B) and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough?(C)

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12 O house of David! Thus says the Lord:

(A)“‘Execute justice (B)in the morning,
    and deliver from the hand of the oppressor
    him who has been robbed,
(C)lest my wrath go forth like fire,
    and burn with none to quench it,
    because of your evil deeds.’”

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12 This is what the Lord says to you, house of David:

“‘Administer justice(A) every morning;
    rescue from the hand of the oppressor(B)
    the one who has been robbed,
or my wrath will break out and burn like fire(C)
    because of the evil(D) you have done—
    burn with no one to quench(E) it.

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11 Therefore I am full of the wrath of the Lord;
    (A)I am weary of holding it in.
(B)“Pour it out upon the children in the street,
    and upon the gatherings of young men, also;
(C)both husband and wife (D)shall be taken,
    the elderly and the very aged.

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11 But I am full of the wrath(A) of the Lord,
    and I cannot hold it in.(B)

“Pour it out on the children in the street
    and on the young men(C) gathered together;
both husband and wife will be caught in it,
    and the old, those weighed down with years.(D)

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a people who provoke me
    to my face continually,
(A)sacrificing in gardens
    and making offerings on bricks;
who sit in tombs,
    and spend the night in secret places;
(B)who eat pig's flesh,
    and broth of tainted meat is in their vessels;
who say, “Keep to yourself,
    do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
(C)These are a smoke in my nostrils,
    a fire that burns all the day.

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a people who continually provoke me
    to my very face,(A)
offering sacrifices in gardens(B)
    and burning incense(C) on altars of brick;
who sit among the graves(D)
    and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;
who eat the flesh of pigs,(E)
    and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;
who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me,
    for I am too sacred(F) for you!’
Such people are smoke(G) in my nostrils,
    a fire that keeps burning all day.

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