acv Isaiah:56:9-57:13
acv@Isaiah:56:9 @ All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest.
acv@Isaiah:56:10 @ His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark, dreaming, laying down, loving to slumber.
acv@Isaiah:56:11 @ Yea, the dogs are greedy; they can never have enough. And these are shepherds who cannot understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
acv@Isaiah:56:12 @ Come ye, [they say], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink. And tomorrow shall be as this day, great beyond measure.
acv@Isaiah:57:1 @ The righteous man perishes, and no man lays it to heart. And merciful men are taken away; none considering that the righteous man is taken away from the evil [to come].
acv@Isaiah:57:2 @ He enters into peace. They rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
acv@Isaiah:57:3 @ But draw near here, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot.
acv@Isaiah:57:4 @ Against whom do ye sport yourselves, against whom ye make a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
acv@Isaiah:57:5 @ ye who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree, who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
acv@Isaiah:57:6 @ Among the smooth [stones] of the valley is thy portion. They, they are thy lot, even to them thou have poured a drink-offering; thou have offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things?
acv@Isaiah:57:7 @ Upon a high and lofty mountain thou have set thy bed. Thou also went up there to offer sacrifice.
acv@Isaiah:57:8 @ And behind the doors and the posts thou have set up thy memorial. For thou have uncovered [thyself] to another than me, and have gone up. Thou have enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them. Thou loved their bed where th
acv@Isaiah:57:9 @ And thou went to the king with oil, and increased thy perfumes, and sent thine ambassadors far off, and debased thyself even to Sheol.
acv@Isaiah:57:10 @ Thou were wearied with the length of thy way, yet thou did not say, It is in vain. Thou found a quickening of thy strength, therefore thou were not faint.
acv@Isaiah:57:11 @ And of whom have thou been afraid and in fear, that thou lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? Have I not held my peace even of long time, and thou do not fear me?
acv@Isaiah:57:12 @ I will declare thy righteousness. And as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.
acv@Isaiah:57:13 @ When thou cry, let those whom thou have gathered deliver thee. But the wind shall take them; a breath shall carry them all away. But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain.
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