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But now the Lord says: “Within three years, as a servant bound by contract would count them, Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised, and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”
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In the evening, sudden terror! Before the morning, they are gone! This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who plunder us.
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also the plants along the Nile, at the mouth of the river. Every sown field along the Nile will become parched, will blow away and be no more.
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And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified, because of what the Lord Almighty is planning against them.
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Then the Lord said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush,
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And the lookout shouted, “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; every night I stay at my post.
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This is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a servant bound by contract would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end.
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“In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.
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He said, “No more of your reveling, Virgin Daughter Sidon, now crushed! “Up, cross over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest.”
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it will be the same for priest as for people, for the master as for his servant, for the mistress as for her servant, for seller as for buyer, for borrower as for lender, for debtor as for creditor.
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The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.
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The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.
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But when grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of the Lord.
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everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them, who bring neither help nor advantage, but only shame and disgrace.”
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Go now, write it on a tablet for them, inscribe it on a scroll, that for the days to come it may be an everlasting witness.
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In the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall, streams of water will flow on every high mountain and every lofty hill.
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The moon will shine like the sun, 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 the wounds he inflicted.
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Every stroke the Lord lays on them with his punishing club will be to the music of timbrels and harps, as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.
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For in that day every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold your sinful hands have made.
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Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
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how blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.
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Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.
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The sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling grips the godless: “Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
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Your rigging hangs loose: The mast is not held secure, the sail is not spread. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided and even the lame will carry off plunder.
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It will not be quenched night or day; its smoke will rise forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever pass through it again.
