| 1:The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift
cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved
at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
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| 2: And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they
shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his
neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. |
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And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I
will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and
to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the
wizards. |
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| 4: And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel
lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD
of hosts. |
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| 5: And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be
wasted and dried up. |
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| 6: And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of
defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
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:The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and
every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no
more. |
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| 8: The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle
into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters
shall languish. |
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| 9: Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave
networks, shall be confounded. |
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| 10: And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that
make sluices and ponds for fish. |
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| 11: Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise
counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am
the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? |
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| 12: Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell
thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon
Egypt. |
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| 13: The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are
deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of
the tribes thereof. |
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| 14: The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof:
and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken
man staggereth in his vomit. |
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| 15: Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or
tail, branch or rush, may do. |
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| 16: In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be
afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts,
which he shaketh over it. |
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| 17: And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one
that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the
counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it. |
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| 18: In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the
language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called,
The city of destruction. |
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| 19: In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst
of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
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| 20: And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of
hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of
the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and
he shall deliver them. |
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| 21: And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall
know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea,
they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. |
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| 22: And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it:
and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of
them, and shall heal them. |
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| 23: In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria,
and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria,
and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. |
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| 24: In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with
Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: |
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| 25: Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt
my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine
inheritance. |
| 1:In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the
king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; |
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| 2: At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz,
saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy
shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. |
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And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked
and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon
Ethiopia; |
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| 4: So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians
prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and
barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
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| 5: And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their
expectation, and of Egypt their glory. |
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| 6: And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold,
such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from
the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? |
| 1:The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the
south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
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| 2: A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer
dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege,
O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. |
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Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold
upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at
the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. |
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| 4: My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my
pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. |
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| 5: Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise,
ye princes, and anoint the shield. |
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| 6: For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let
him declare what he seeth. |
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:And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of
asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much
heed: |
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| 8: And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the
watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: |
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| 9: And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of
horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and
all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. |
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| 10: O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have
heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
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| 11: The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman,
what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? |
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| 12: The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if
ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come. |
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| 13: The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye
lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. |
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| 14: The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that
was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. |
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| 15: For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from
the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. |
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| 16: For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according
to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: |
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| 17: And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of
the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel
hath spoken it. |
| 1:Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem
with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. |
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| 2: And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that
gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which
were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
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But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was
compelled to be circumcised: |
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| 4: And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who
came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus,
that they might bring us into bondage: |
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| 5: To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that
the truth of the gospel might continue with you. |
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| 6: But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were,
it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who
seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: |
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:But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the
uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision
was unto Peter; |
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| 8: (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship
of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
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| 9: And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars,
perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas
the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and
they unto the circumcision. |
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| 10: Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same
which I also was forward to do. |
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| 11: But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the
face, because he was to be blamed. |
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| 12: For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the
Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself,
fearing them which were of the circumcision. |
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| 13: And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch
that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. |
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| 14: But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to
the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou,
being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the
Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? |
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| 15: We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
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| 16: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law,
but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ,
that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works
of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
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| 1:Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from
them that rise up against me. |
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| 2: Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from
bloody men. |
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For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered
against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. |
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| 4: They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to
help me, and behold. |
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| 5: Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake
to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors.
Selah. |
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| 6: They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go
round about the city. |
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:Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their
lips: for who, say they, doth hear? |
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| 8: But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the
heathen in derision. |
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| 9: Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my
defence. |
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| 10: The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my
desire upon mine enemies. |
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| 11: Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy
power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. |
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| 12: For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let
them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they
speak. |
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| 13: Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be:
and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth.
Selah. |
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| 14: And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise
like a dog, and go round about the city. |
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| 15: Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be
not satisfied. |
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| 16: But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy
mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the
day of my trouble. |
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| 17: Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence,
and the God of my mercy. |
