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21 Whenever you are tempted to turn to the right or to the left, you will hear his voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.” 22 You will defile your idols that are plated with silver and your images overlaid with gold. You will throw them away like a filthy cloth,[a] saying, “Get away from me!”

23 Then he will give you rain so that you can sow seed in the ground. The bread from your land’s harvest will be excellent and plentiful. On that day your livestock will graze in wide pastures.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:22 The Hebrew words refer to a cloth stained with menstrual blood. Blood made a person who contacted it ceremonially unclean.

21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice(A) behind you, saying, “This is the way;(B) walk in it.” 22 Then you will desecrate your idols(C) overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold;(D) you will throw them away like a menstrual(E) cloth and say to them, “Away with you!(F)

23 He will also send you rain(G) for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich(H) and plentiful.(I) In that day(J) your cattle will graze in broad meadows.(K)

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