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Isaiah 23

1

An oracle concerning Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish! For Tyre is destroyed and left without house or harbor. From the land of Cyprus word has come to them.

2

Be silent, you people of the island and you merchants of Sidon, whom the seafarers have enriched.

3

On the great waters came the grain of the Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre, and she became the marketplace of the nations.

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Be ashamed, O Sidon, and you, O fortress of the sea, for the sea has spoken: "I have neither been in labor nor given birth; I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters."

5

When word comes to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the report from Tyre.

6

Cross over to Tarshish; wail, you people of the island.

7

Is this your city of revelry, the old, old city, whose feet have taken her to settle in far-off lands?

8

Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are renowned in the earth?

9

The LORD Almighty planned it, to bring low the pride of all glory and to humble all who are renowned on the earth.

10

Till your land as along the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish, for you no longer have a harbor.

11

The LORD has stretched out his hand over the sea and made its kingdoms tremble. He has given an order concerning Phoenicia that her fortresses be destroyed.

12

He said, "No more of your reveling, O Virgin Daughter of Sidon, now crushed! "Up, cross over to Cyprus ; even there you will find no rest."

13

Look at the land of the Babylonians, this people that is now of no account! The Assyrians have made it a place for desert creatures; they raised up their siege towers, they stripped its fortresses bare and turned it into a ruin.

14

Wail, you ships of Tarshish; your fortress is destroyed!

15

At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the span of a king's life. But at the end of these seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:

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"Take up a harp, walk through the city, O prostitute forgotten; play the harp well, sing many a song, so that you will be remembered."

17

At the end of seventy years, the LORD will deal with Tyre. She will return to her hire as a prostitute and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.

18

Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the LORD; they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothes.

Isaiah 24

1

See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants--

2

it will be the same for priest as for people, for master as for servant, for mistress as for maid, for seller as for buyer, for borrower as for lender, for debtor as for creditor.

3

The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word.

4

The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers, the exalted of the earth languish.

5

The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.

6

Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.

7

The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan.

8

The gaiety of the tambourines is stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent.

9

No longer do they drink wine with a song; the beer is bitter to its drinkers.

10

The ruined city lies desolate; the entrance to every house is barred.

11

In the streets they cry out for wine; all joy turns to gloom, all gaiety is banished from the earth.

12

The city is left in ruins, its gate is battered to pieces.

13

So will it be on the earth and among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.

14

They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the LORD's majesty.

15

Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea.

16

From the ends of the earth we hear singing: "Glory to the Righteous One." But I said, "I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!"

17

Terror and pit and snare await you, O people of the earth.

18

Whoever flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare. The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations of the earth shake.

19

The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is thoroughly shaken.

20

The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls--never to rise again.

21

In that day the LORD will punish the powers in the heavens above and the kings on the earth below.

22

They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison and be punished after many days.

23

The moon will be abashed, the sun ashamed; for the LORD Almighty will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders, gloriously.

Isaiah 25

1

O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.

2

You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin, the foreigners' stronghold a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.

3

Therefore strong peoples will honor you; cities of ruthless nations will revere you.

4

You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall

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and like the heat of the desert. You silence the uproar of foreigners; as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless is stilled.

6

On this mountain the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine-- the best of meats and the finest of wines.

7

On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;

8

he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.

9

In that day they will say, "Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation."

10

The hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain; but Moab will be trampled under him as straw is trampled down in the manure.

11

They will spread out their hands in it, as a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim. God will bring down their pride despite the cleverness of their hands.

12

He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust.

Isaiah 26

1

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.

2

Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.

3

You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.

4

Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.

5

He humbles those who dwell on high, he lays the lofty city low; he levels it to the ground and casts it down to the dust.

6

Feet trample it down-- the feet of the oppressed, the footsteps of the poor.

7

The path of the righteous is level; O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth.

8

Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.

9

My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

10

Though grace is shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and regard not the majesty of the LORD.

11

O LORD, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.

12

LORD, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.

13

O LORD, our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honor.

14

They are now dead, they live no more; those departed spirits do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin; you wiped out all memory of them.

15

You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; you have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for yourself; you have extended all the borders of the land.

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LORD, they came to you in their distress; when you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.

17

As a woman with child and about to give birth writhes and cries out in her pain, so were we in your presence, O LORD.

18

We were with child, we writhed in pain, but we gave birth to wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth; we have not given birth to people of the world.

19

But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. You who dwell in the dust, wake up and shout for joy. Your dew is like the dew of the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead.

20

Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by.

21

See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed upon her; she will conceal her slain no longer.

Isaiah 27

1

In that day, the LORD will punish with his sword, his fierce, great and powerful sword, Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea.

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In that day-- "Sing about a fruitful vineyard:

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I, the LORD, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it.

4

I am not angry. If only there were briers and thorns confronting me! I would march against them in battle; I would set them all on fire.

5

Or else let them come to me for refuge; let them make peace with me, yes, let them make peace with me."

6

In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.

7

Has [the LORD] struck her as he struck down those who struck her? Has she been killed as those were killed who killed her?

8

By warfare and exile you contend with her-- with his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows.

9

By this, then, will Jacob's guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruitage of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like chalk stones crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.

10

The fortified city stands desolate, an abandoned settlement, forsaken like the desert; there the calves graze, there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.

11

When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is a people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

12

In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered up one by one.

13

And in that day a great trumpet will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled in Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 28

1

Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim's drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley-- to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!

2

See, the Lord has one who is powerful and strong. Like a hailstorm and a destructive wind, like a driving rain and a flooding downpour, he will throw it forcefully to the ground.

3

That wreath, the pride of Ephraim's drunkards, will be trampled underfoot.

4

That fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley, will be like a fig ripe before harvest-- as soon as someone sees it and takes it in his hand, he swallows it.

5

In that day the LORD Almighty will be a glorious crown, a beautiful wreath for the remnant of his people.

6

He will be a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, a source of strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

7

And these also stagger from wine and reel from beer: Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine; they reel from beer, they stagger when seeing visions, they stumble when rendering decisions.

8

All the tables are covered with vomit and there is not a spot without filth.

9

"Who is it he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast?

10

For it is: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule ; a little here, a little there."

11

Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues God will speak to this people,

12

to whom he said, "This is the resting place, let the weary rest"; and, "This is the place of repose"-- but they would not listen.

13

So then, the word of the LORD to them will become: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; a little here, a little there-- so that they will go and fall backward, be injured and snared and captured.

14

Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

15

You boast, "We have entered into a covenant with death, with the grave we have made an agreement. When an overwhelming scourge sweeps by, it cannot touch us, for we have made a lie our refuge and falsehood our hiding place."

16

So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed.

17

I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place.

18

Your covenant with death will be annulled; your agreement with the grave will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge sweeps by, you will be beaten down by it.

19

As often as it comes it will carry you away; morning after morning, by day and by night, it will sweep through." The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror.

20

The bed is too short to stretch out on, the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.

21

The LORD will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gibeon-- to do his work, his strange work, and perform his task, his alien task.

22

Now stop your mocking, or your chains will become heavier; the Lord, the LORD Almighty, has told me of the destruction decreed against the whole land.

23

Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say.

24

When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and harrowing the soil?

25

When he has leveled the surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cummin? Does he not plant wheat in its place, barley in its plot, and spelt in its field?

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His God instructs him and teaches him the right way.

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Caraway is not threshed with a sledge, nor is a cartwheel rolled over cummin; caraway is beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a stick.

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Grain must be ground to make bread; so one does not go on threshing it forever. Though he drives the wheels of his threshing cart over it, his horses do not grind it.

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All this also comes from the LORD Almighty, wonderful in counsel and magnificent in wisdom.

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

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