35 He will accept no compensation;
    he will refuse though you multiply gifts.

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35 He will not accept any compensation;
    he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.(A)

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and so (A)I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but (B)show partiality in your instruction.”

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“So I have caused you to be despised(A) and humiliated(B) before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality(C) in matters of the law.”(D)

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So man (A)is humbled,
    and each one (B)is brought low—
    do not forgive them!

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So people will be brought low(A)
    and everyone humbled(B)
    do not forgive them.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:9 Or not raise them up

25 Before the mountains (A)had been shaped,
    (B)before the hills, I was brought forth,

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25 before the mountains were settled in place,(A)
    before the hills, I was given birth,(B)

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13 She seizes him and kisses him,
    and with (A)bold face she says to him,

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13 She took hold of him(A) and kissed him
    and with a brazen face she said:(B)

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When I was a son with my father,
    (A)tender, (B)the only one in the sight of my mother,

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For I too was a son to my father,
    still tender, and cherished by my mother.

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Naaman Healed of Leprosy

(A)Naaman, (B)commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 5:1 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13

Naaman Healed of Leprosy

Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram.(A) He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 5:1 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 3, 6, 7, 11 and 27.