Isaiah:30

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* Woe to the rebellious children , saith the LORD , that take counsel , but not of me ; and that cover with a covering , but not of my spirit , that they may add sin to sin chatta #ah #: * That walk to go down into Egypt , and have not asked at my mouth ; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh Par #oh #, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt ! * Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame , and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion . * For his princes were at Zoan Tso #an #, and his ambassadors came to Hanes . * They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them , nor be an help nor profit , but a shame , and also a reproach . * The burden of the beasts of the south : into the land of trouble and anguish , from whence come the young and old lion , the viper #eph #eh # and fiery # flying serpent , they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses , and their treasures upon the bunches of camels , to a people that shall not profit them . * For the Egyptians shall help in vain , and to no purpose : therefore have I cried concerning this zo #th #, Their strength is to sit still . * Now go , write it before them in a table , and note it in a book , that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever : * That this is a rebellious people , lying children , children that will not hear the law of the LORD : * Which say to the seers , See not ; and to the prophets , Prophesy not unto us right things , speak unto us smooth things , prophesy deceits : * Get you out of the way , turn aside out of the path , cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us . * Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel Yisra #el #, Because ye despise this word , and trust in oppression and perverseness , and stay thereon : * Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall , swelling out in a high wall , whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant . * And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters vessel that is broken in pieces ; he shall not spare : so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth , or to take water withal out of the pit . * For thus saith the Lord GOD , the Holy One of Israel Yisra #el #; In returning and rest shall ye be saved ; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength : and ye would not . * But ye said , No ; for we will flee upon horses ; therefore shall ye flee : and , We will ride upon the swift ; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift . * One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one ; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee : till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain , and as an ensign on an hill gib #ah #. * And therefore will the LORD wait , that he may be gracious unto you , and therefore will he be exalted , that he may have mercy upon you : for the LORD is a God of judgment : blessed are all they that wait for him . * For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem : thou shalt weep no more : he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry ; when he shall hear it , he will answer thee . * And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity , and the water of affliction , yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more , but thine eyes shall see thy teachers : * And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee , saying , This is the way , walk ye in it , when ye turn to the right hand , and when ye turn to the left . * Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver , and the ornament of thy molten images of gold : thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth ; thou shalt say unto it , Get thee hence . * Then shall he give the rain of thy seed , that thou shalt sow the ground withal ; and bread of the increase of the earth , and it shall be fat and plenteous : in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures . * The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender , which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan . * And there shall be upon every high mountain , and upon every high hill gib #ah #, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter , when the towers fall . * Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun , and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold shib #athayim #, as the light of seven days , in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people , and healeth the stroke of their wound . * Behold , the name of the LORD cometh from far , burning with his anger , and the burden thereof is heavy : his lips are full of indignation za #am #, and his tongue as a devouring fire : * And his breath , as an overflowing stream , shall reach to the midst of the neck tsavva #r #, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity : and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people , causing them to err . * Ye shall have a song , as in the night when a holy # solemnity is kept ; and gladness of heart , as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD , to the mighty One of Israel Yisra #el #. * And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard , and shall shew the lighting down of his arm , with the indignation of his anger , and with the flame of a devouring fire , with scattering , and tempest , and hailstones #H1259 . * For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down , which smote with a rod . * And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass ma #abar #, which the LORD shall lay upon him , it shall be with tabrets and harps : and in battles of shaking will he fight with it . * For Tophet is ordained of old ; yea , for the king it is prepared ; he hath made it deep and large : the pile thereof is fire and much wood ; the breath of the LORD , like a stream of brimstone , doth kindle it .

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