Discovery Box| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 37:33 |
| <p class="poetry">So this is what the <sc>Lordsc> says about the king of Assyria:p> <p class="poetry">‘He will not enter this city,p> <p class="poetry">nor will he shoot an arrow here.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He will not attack it with his shielded warriors,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">nor will he build siege works against it.p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 38:1 |
| <t /><p class="bodytext">In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness.<n id="1" /> The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, ‘Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’” |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 38:3 |
| “Please, <sc>Lordsc>. Remember how I have served you<n id="1" /> faithfully and with wholehearted devotion,<n id="2" /> and how I have carried out your will.”<n id="3" /> Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.<n id="4" />p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 38:5 |
| “Go and tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the <sc>Lordsc> God of your ancestor<n id="1" /> David says: “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will add fifteen years to your life, |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 39:6 |
| ‘Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors<n id="1" /> have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the <sc>Lordsc>. |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 40:2 |
| <p class="poetry">“Speak kindly to<n id="1" /> Jerusalem,<n id="2" /> and tell herp> <p class="poetry">that her time of warfare is over,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">that her punishment is completed.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> has made her pay double<n id="5" /> for all her sins.”p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 43:10 |
| <p class="poetry">You are my witnesses,” says the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">“my servant whom I have chosen,p> <p class="poetry">so that you may consider<n id="1" /> and believe in me,p> <p class="poetry">and understand that I am he.p> <p class="poetry">No god was formed before me,p> <p class="poetry">and none will outlive me.<n id="2" />p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 45:1 |
| <p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says to his chosen<n id="1" /> one,p> <p class="poetry">to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">in order to subdue nations before him,p> <p class="poetry">and disarm kings,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">to open doors before him,p> <p class="poetry">so gates remain unclosed:p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 45:14 |
| <t /><p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">“The profit<n id="1" /> of Egypt and the revenue<n id="2" /> of Ethiopia,p> <p class="poetry">along with the Sabeans, those tall men,p> <p class="poetry">will be brought to you<n id="3" /> and become yours.p> <p class="poetry">They will walk behind you, coming along in chains.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">They will bow down to youp> <p class="poetry">and pray to you:<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">‘Truly God is with<n id="6" /> you; he has no peer;<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">there is no other God!’”p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 45:21 |
| <p class="poetry">Tell me! Present the evidence!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them consult with one another!p> <p class="poetry">Who predicted this in the past?p> <p class="poetry">Who announced it beforehand?p> <p class="poetry">Was it not I, the <sc>Lordsc>?p> <p class="poetry">I have no peer, there is no God but me,p> <p class="poetry">a God who vindicates and delivers;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">there is none but me.p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 48:1 |
| <t /><p class="poetry">Listen to this, O family of Jacob,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’p> <p class="poetry">and are descended from Judah,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">who take oaths in the name of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and invoke<n id="3" /> the God of Israel –p> <p class="poetry">but not in an honest and just manner.<n id="4" />p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 49:22 |
| <p class="poetry">This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">“Look I will raise my hand to the nations;p> <p class="poetry">I will raise my signal flag to the peoples.p> <p class="poetry">They will bring your sons in their armsp> <p class="poetry">and carry your daughters on their shoulders.p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 49:23 |
| <p class="poetry">Kings will be your children’s<n id="1" /> guardians;p> <p class="poetry">their princesses will nurse your children.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">With their faces to the ground they will bow down to youp> <p class="poetry">and they will lick the dirt on<n id="3" /> your feet.p> <p class="poetry">Then you will recognize that I am the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 49:25 |
| <p class="poetry">Indeed,” says the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">“captives will be taken from a warrior;p> <p class="poetry">spoils will be rescued from a conqueror.p> <p class="poetry">I will oppose your adversaryp> <p class="poetry">and I will rescue your children.p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 50:1 |
| <p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says:p> <p class="poetry">“Where is your mother’s divorce certificatep> <p class="poetry">by which I divorced her?p> <p class="poetry">Or to which of my creditors did I sell you?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Look, you were sold because of your sins;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.<n id="3" />p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 50:4 |
| <t /><p class="poetry">The sovereign <sc>Lordsc> has given me the capacity to be his spokesman,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so that I know how to help the weary.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He wakes me up every morning;p> <p class="poetry">he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.<n id="3" />p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 51:13 |
| <p class="poetry">Why do you forget<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>, who made you,p> <p class="poetry">who stretched out the sky<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and founded the earth?p> <p class="poetry">Why do you constantly tremble all day long<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">at the anger of the oppressor,p> <p class="poetry">when he makes plans to destroy?p> <p class="poetry">Where is the anger of the oppressor?<n id="4" />p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 51:22 |
| <p class="poetry">This is what your sovereign master,<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> your God, says:p> <p class="poetry">“Look, I have removed from your handp> <p class="poetry">the cup of intoxicating wine,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the goblet full of my anger.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">You will no longer have to drink it.p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 58:13 |
| <p class="poetry">You must<n id="1" /> observe the Sabbath<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">rather than doing anything you please on my holy day.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">You must look forward to the Sabbath<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and treat the <sc>Lordsc>’s holy day with respect.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities,p> <p class="poetry">and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals.<n id="6" />p> |
| (0.35477115107914) | Isa 60:9 |
| <p class="poetry">Indeed, the coastlands<n id="1" /> look eagerly for me,p> <p class="poetry">the large ships<n id="2" /> are in the lead,p> <p class="poetry">bringing your sons from far away,p> <p class="poetry">along with their silver and gold,p> <p class="poetry">to honor the <sc>Lordsc> your God,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the Holy One of Israel,<n id="4" /> for he has bestowed honor on you.p> |
