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Isaiah 30:18-26
English Standard Version
Isaiah 30:18-26
English Standard Version
The Lord Will Be Gracious
18 Therefore the Lord (A)waits to be gracious to you,
and therefore he (B)exalts himself to show mercy to you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
(C)blessed are all those who wait for him.
19 For a people shall dwell (D)in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you. 20 And though the Lord give you the (E)bread of adversity and the (F)water of affliction, (G)yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. 21 (H)And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is (I)the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. 22 Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. (J)You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, “Be gone!”
23 (K)And he will give (L)rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. (M)In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures, 24 and (N)the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork. 25 And (O)on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, (P)when the towers fall. 26 (Q)Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when (R)the Lord binds up (S)the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.
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Isaiah 30:18-26
New International Version
Isaiah 30:18-26
New International Version
18 Yet the Lord longs(A) to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.(B)
For the Lord is a God of justice.(C)
Blessed are all who wait for him!(D)
19 People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.(E) How gracious he will be when you cry for help!(F) As soon as he hears, he will answer(G) you. 20 Although the Lord gives you the bread(H) of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers(I) will be hidden(J) no more; with your own eyes you will see them. 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice(K) behind you, saying, “This is the way;(L) walk in it.” 22 Then you will desecrate your idols(M) overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold;(N) you will throw them away like a menstrual(O) cloth and say to them, “Away with you!(P)”
23 He will also send you rain(Q) for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich(R) and plentiful.(S) In that day(T) your cattle will graze in broad meadows.(U) 24 The oxen(V) and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder(W) and mash, spread out with fork(X) and shovel. 25 In the day of great slaughter,(Y) when the towers(Z) fall, streams of water will flow(AA) on every high mountain and every lofty hill. 26 The moon will shine like the sun,(AB) and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals(AC) the wounds he inflicted.
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