Isaiah:9:8-10:4
nsb@Isaiah:9:8 @ Jehovah has sent a message against Jacob and it will fall on Israel.
nsb@Isaiah:9:9 @ All the people will know it. Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria who say with pride and arrogance of heart:
nsb@Isaiah:9:10 @ »The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with cut stones. The fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.«
nsb@Isaiah:9:11 @ But Jehovah has strengthened Rezins foes against them and has spurred their enemies on.
nsb@Isaiah:9:12 @ The Arameans from the east and the Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away. His hand is still stretched out.
nsb@Isaiah:9:13 @ The people did not turn back to him who struck them, or seek Jehovah of Hosts.
nsb@Isaiah:9:14 @ So Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in one day.
nsb@Isaiah:9:15 @ Elders and dignitaries are the head, and prophets who teach lies are the tail.
nsb@Isaiah:9:16 @ Those who led this people led them astray. And those who were led by them were left in confusion.
nsb@Isaiah:9:17 @ That is why Jehovah did not rejoice in their young people, nor show compassion to their orphans and widows. Everyone was godless and an evildoer, and every mouth spoke wickedness. In all this his anger has not turned away. His hand is stretched out still.
nsb@Isaiah:9:18 @ This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but the forests, too. It sends up vast clouds of smoke.
nsb@Isaiah:9:19 @ The land is blackened by the fury of Jehovah of Hosts. The people are fuel for the fire, and no one spares anyone else.
nsb@Isaiah:9:20 @ They slice off what is on the right hand, but they will still be hungry. In the end they will even eat the flesh of their own arms.
nsb@Isaiah:9:21 @ Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, Ephraim will feed on Manasseh, and both will devour Judah. But even then Jehovahs anger will not be satisfied. His hand is still poised to unleash his power.
nsb@Isaiah:10:1 @ How horrible it will be for those who enact unjust laws and who decree oppressive regulations.
nsb@Isaiah:10:2 @ They deprive the poor of justice. They take away the rights of the needy among my people. They prey on widows and rob orphans.
nsb@Isaiah:10:3 @ What will you do on the day you are called to account for these things, when destruction comes from far away? Where will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
nsb@Isaiah:10:4 @ There is nothing left but to crouch among prisoners and to fall with those who are killed. Even after all this, his anger will not disappear. His hand is stretched out.
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