even the LORD, in the land of the living; 12My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me. I will not keep silent, but I will repay; Because they burned incense on the mountains. 19But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, They will never rise up to possess a land. 19They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stonethe work of human hands. 19The humble will increase their joy in the LORD. but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,, 9For to Me this is like the days of Noah,c, So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you. 11He will spread out his hands within it. The LORD said to me, Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 12to whom He has said: This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; 13Then the word of the LORD to them will become: and will be injured, ensnared, and captured. Isaiahs experience bridges the classes and occupations. 6The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. 19And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms. 24And no resident of Zion will say, I am sick.. Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?, who stops his ears against murderous plots. 14Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgine will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.f The Announcement of Judgment ( Isaiah 8:1-22) For when Your judgments come upon the earth. butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!a. and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. 9These two things will overtake you in a moment. 19I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position. 7Listen to Me, you who know what is right. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab. they will come over in chains and bow down to you. strong drink is bitter to those who consume it. 10Cultivated your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; 11The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed. There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them., 5Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts: 24Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns. you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it. marching in the greatness of His strength? He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him. Isaiah is particularly well acquainted with the prophetic tradition known to his slightly older contemporary, Amos. 7 I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord, the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord has granted us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel. and the God of Israel is your rear guard. He was at home with the unprotected, the widowed and orphaned; with the dispossessed, homeless, landless; and with the resourceless victims of the moneyed mans court. 10Sharon will become a pasture for flocks. 15By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey. 21Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you. so that you made your back like the ground. 18We were with child; we writhed in pain; 19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. 9This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: and be deprived of the remainder of my years.. 26And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; will be the pride and glory of Israels survivors. concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. According to 6:1, Isaiah received his call in the Isaiah 1 New International Version 1 The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. A Call for Faith and the Sign of Immanuel ( Isaiah 7:1-25) 5. who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. set on the summit above the fertile valley. 8Listen! 10Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, you may drink deeply and delight yourselves. As the new wine is found in a cluster of grapes, and men say, Do not destroy it, for it contains a blessing,. 27Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge. 5On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory. that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. 33So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: Jerusalem Delivered from the Assyrians(2 Kings 19:3537; 2 Chronicles 32:2023). 7Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword., Sennacheribs Blasphemous Letter(2 Kings 19:813). 23I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father. His writings are especially significant for the prophecies he made about the coming Messiah, hundreds of years before Jesus was born ( Isaiah 7:14; 9:1-7, 11:2-4; 53:4-7, 9, 12 ). over the destruction of the daughter of my people., of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision. or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words. The superscription identifies Isaiah as the son of Amoz and his book as the vision of Isaiah . 1For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. 14I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; 18All the kings of the nations lie in state. and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations. because the riches of the sea will be brought to you. 3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. 13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; 13The woodworker extends a measuring line; He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. 13against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up. 8By warfare and exileb You contended with her. The Announcement of Judgment ( Isaiah 8:1-22) Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them. 20Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on. and those who forsake the LORD will perish. says the LORD, who has compassion on you. and to perform His task, His disturbing task. 22Let them come and tell us what will happen. 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. who slaughter your children in the valleys. The Lord's Mercy Remembered. I have raised children and brought them up, they have despised the Holy One of Israel. 16Then justice will inhabit the wilderness. no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground. 24In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyriaa blessing upon the earth. 16What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself hereto chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock? to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts. Isaiahs Commission - In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, 29Because your rage and arrogance against Me. At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? 4Because you are precious and honored in My sight, I will bring your offspring from the east, 6I will say to the north, Give them up!, and to the south, Do not hold them back!, and My daughters from the ends of the earth. 6Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 5They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet. the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD. 16O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer. Home The Book of Isaiah Related Media 1. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives., 5So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah, 20Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? and fountains in the middle of the valleys. 7everyone called by My name and created for My glory. 4For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and poured out their blood on the ground., 7I will make known the LORDs loving devotion, because of all that the LORD has done for us, the many good things for the house of Israel. and their young men will be put to forced labor. and makes the rulersj of the earth meaningless. for I am honored in the sight of the LORD. the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him. Submit your arguments, says the King of Jacob. 29This also comes from the LORD of Hosts. Whatever his family circumstances, still in his youth he came to know the face of povertyand the debauchery of the rich. 17Why, O LORD, do You make us stray from Your ways. 5I will give them, in My house and within My walls, 6And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it. In the year that Uzziah, king of Judah, died (742), Isaiah received his 21Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one. 13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail. 20The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himselfwith your own eyes you will see Him. 14In the evening, there is sudden terror! and even the lame will carry off plunder. 11I said, I will never again see the LORD. who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings. 5Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: Surely many houses will become desolate, 11Woe to those who rise early in the morning. and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken. Isaiah - Bible Book Chapters and Summary - New International Version Isaiah Bible Books of the Bible Isaiah These are all of the chapters of the book of Isaiah . will be like forsaken thickets and summits, 10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation. 13I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,c. All this came to him in the form of a vision and ended as a sudden, firm, and lifelong resolve. 32For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem. For My people have been taken without cause; are the feet of those who bring good news,c. 1I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me.a. 5But He was pierced for our transgressions. 8I will make the suns shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.. 22Then Hilkiahs son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaphs son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh. 2Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, who form an alliance, but against My will, to seek shelter under Pharaohs protection. How the Sovereign LORD God Prepares His Servants Isaiah (6:1-13) 4. The Year of the LORDs Favor(Luke 4:1630). 6I offered My back to those who struck Me. 7And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon., 8But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good. For he thought, At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime., Prepare the Way for the LORD(Matthew 3:112; Mark 1:18; Luke 3:120; John 1:1928). 4The mind of the rash will know and understand. to the fading flower of his glorious splendor. 8By oppression and judgment He was taken away, For He was cut off from the land of the living;e. He was stricken for the transgression of My people. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, Be gone!. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. 17He put on righteousness like a breastplate. Is it not enough to try the patience of men? In His law the islands will put their hope.b. 1In the fourteenth year of Hezekiahs reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah. 18Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins? They all gather together; they come to you. 17The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.. that her forced labor has been completed; For she has received from the hand of the LORD, Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness;a, make a straight highway for our God in the desert.b. The Northern Kingdom collapsed, under the hammerlike blows of Assyria, in 722/721 B.C., and in 701 Jerusalem itself saw the army of Sennacherib drawn up before its walls. Home The Book of Isaiah Related Media 1. Please select which sections you would like to print: Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, For truth has stumbled in the public square. Book of Isaiah, also spelled Isaias, one of the major prophetical writings of the Old Testament. muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments. and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. 9These are rebellious people, deceitful children. The vision (probably in the Jerusalem Temple) that made him a prophet is described in a first-person narrative. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity. [39] Tabari (310/923) provides the typical accounts for Islamic traditions regarding Isaiah. 1This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem: 2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD. 22No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, for they will be a people blessed by the LORD. He will speak to this peopled 8Then your light will break forth like the dawn. In fact, Isaiah is one of the most important books in the Old Testament. 28In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received: For a viper will spring from the root of the snake. WebDeutero-Isaiah/Second Isaiah (chapters 4054), with two major divisions, 4048 and 4954, the first emphasising Israel, the second Zion and Jerusalem: [21] An introduction and conclusion stressing the power of God's word over everything; A second introduction and conclusion within these in which a herald announces salvation to Jerusalem; 26Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. children unwilling to obey the LORDs instruction. man against man, neighbor against neighbor; because they spoke and acted against the LORD. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. The superscription identifies Isaiah as the son of Amoz and his book as the vision of Isaiah . 18Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children. If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn. Where is he who weighs? Look to the rock from which you were cut. and as a sheep before her shearers is silent. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.b. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace. and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. 6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, only wounds and welts and festering sores. 11You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; 3Therefore, a strong people will honor You. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle. Isaiah was a Hebrew prophet who was believed to have lived about 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ. 13The nations rage like the rush of many waters. 21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; The Servant and Light to the Gentiles(Acts 13:4252). 15For you said, We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. 21The LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city. Isaiah is a book that unveils the full dimensions of God's judgment and salvation. Isaiah: [noun] a major Hebrew prophet in Judah about 740 to 701 b.c. 20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.14 a Hebrew the Ophel. In other words, he was intimately aware of the inequities and evils of human societywhich may have been no worse in Israel in the 8th century bce than many critics believed they were almost everywhere in modern times. 1Then the LORD said to me, Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinarya stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.b 2the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.. 5When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens. His understanding is beyond searching out. I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest., 5For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife. His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness. 9And in that day it will be said, Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead. large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth. 18So He will repay according to their deeds: 19So shall they fear the name of the LORD, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,f. and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One. In fact, Isaiah is one of the most important books in the Old Testament. Your watchmen lift up their voices. You collected water from the lower pool. a decree of destruction against the whole land. Isaiah - Bible Book Chapters and Summary - New International Version Isaiah Bible Books of the Bible Isaiah These are all of the chapters of the book of Isaiah . 2And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnessesUriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah., 3And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. 34He will clear the forest thickets with an axe. 2So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor. 17As a woman with child about to give birth. and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. 13Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?. Isaiah: [noun] a major Hebrew prophet in Judah about 740 to 701 b.c. Was she killed like those who slayed her? 12For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; its cypress,c elm, and boxwood together. 13You are wearied by your many counselors; those with whom you have labored and traded from youth. 18roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand. 11For as the earth brings forth its growth. with thunder and earthquake and loud noise. 16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will turn darkness into light before them, and say to molten images, You are our gods!. 17Look, O mighty man! because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors.k. 12For our transgressions are multiplied before You. Date Written Written between (circa) 740-680 B.C., toward the end of the reign of King Uzziah and throughout the reigns of King Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. 11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! In His love and compassion He redeemed them; 11Then His people remembered the days of old, Where is He who brought them through the sea. striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire. and do not return without watering the earth. 5Surely you will summon a nation you do not know. 19We have become like those You never ruled, like those not called by Your name.1 a Or It is I, speaking in righteousness,9 b Or angel of His presence. The Lord's Mercy Remembered. 23Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. Isaiahs theology. 6you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts. The superscription identifies Isaiah as the son of Amoz and his book as the vision of Isaiah . 22I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud. THE BOOK OF ISAIAH Isaiah, one of the greatest of the prophets, appeared at a critical moment in Israels history. then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants. 13And in that day a great rams horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. His writings are especially significant for the prophecies he made about the coming Messiah, hundreds of years before Jesus was born ( Isaiah 7:14; 9:1-7, 11:2-4; 53:4-7, 9, 12 ). From generation to generation it will lie desolate; 11The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it.c. 3Then the LORD said, Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,a Deutero-Isaiah/Second Isaiah (chapters 4054), with two major divisions, 4048 and 4954, the first emphasising Israel, the second Zion and Jerusalem: [21] An introduction and conclusion stressing the power of God's word over everything; A second introduction and conclusion within these in which a herald announces salvation to Jerusalem; 19I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nationsto Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islandsc far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. 6And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. 20And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.. Isaiah is Hebrew for "God is salvation." 24Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: and My anger will turn to their destruction.. 17The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever. from day until night You make an end of me. 3And they were calling out to one another: 4At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke. and their treasures on the humps of camels, 8Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence. 13And though a tenth remains in the land. and called you from its farthest corners. and to the quarry from which you were hewn. Strangely, no evidence suggests that any of these knew in person any of the others. 3Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him. Hodgins was a limited participant Tuesday in the Giants ' walk-through practice due to an ankle injury, Dan Salomone of the team's official site reports. 15If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you. Israels Ungrateful Rebellion and Yahwehs Gracious Invitation ( Isaiah 1:1-31) 3. Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense. it will sweep through morning after morning. 19O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. you who are called by the name of Israel. And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot. 16Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with med and come out to me. and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones. 6This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys. what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt. and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.3 a Cited in Acts 13:3413 b Or pine or juniper or fir, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it. Written To Isaiah's words were primarily directed to the nation of Judah and the people of Jerusalem. 2When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim,b the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel. 8Are not all my commanders kings? he says. all mankind will come to worship before Me,, 24As they go forth, they will see the corpses. 17The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it. 19In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the center of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near her border. Do not be afraid or disheartened over these two smoldering stubs of firewoodover the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah. 6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;b. and our iniquities carry us away like the wind. 17who brings out the chariots and horses. [39] Tabari (310/923) provides the typical accounts for 7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; with the ships of Tarshishb in the lead. or settled from generation to generation; 21But desert creatures will lie down there. A Grave Assigned(Matthew 27:5761; Mark 15:4247; Luke 23:5056; John 19:3842). and the blanket too small to wrap around you. He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow. 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. I will defend this city.a it will come as destruction from the Almighty.a. and there are no stragglers in its ranks. so your descendants and your name will endure. a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.b. 1Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Arama marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. 20It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. 18In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. 7For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made. no one has the knowledge or insight to say. who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: and with the oppressed and humble in spirit. 2The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers. 6Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing. 6The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. 13But you have forgotten the LORD, your Maker, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. who formed you from the womb and who will help you: 3For I will pour water on the thirsty land. but to His servants He will give another name. 22Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land. a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people. and the Ammonites will be subject to them. Isaiah prophesied during the reign of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.h, The Suffering Servant(Acts 8:2640; 1 Peter 2:2125), And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?a. For the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. Unto Us a Child Is Born(Matthew 4:1217; Mark 1:1415; Luke 4:1415). 14The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: this sin of yours will never be atoned for,. . Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! Israels Ungrateful Rebellion and Yahwehs Gracious Invitation ( Isaiah 1:1-31) 3. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us. who stammer in a language you cannot understand. 10You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall. The LORD is about to shake you violently. For the youth will die at a hundred years. so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. 16Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you. and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; for this is a people without understanding. 24You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver. 18And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am comingb to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory. 7Of the increase of His government and peace. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.. 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