Isaiah 32:9-15
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Stand up, you complacent women;(A)
listen to me.
Pay attention to what I say,
you overconfident daughters.
10 listen to me.
Pay attention to what I say,
you overconfident daughters.
In a little more than a year
you overconfident ones will shudder,
for the vintage will fail
and the harvest will not come.
11 you overconfident ones will shudder,
for the vintage will fail
and the harvest will not come.
Shudder, you complacent ones;
tremble, you overconfident ones!
Strip yourselves bare(B)
and put sackcloth around your waists.
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13 tremble, you overconfident ones!
Strip yourselves bare(B)
and put sackcloth around your waists.
for the ground of my people
growing thorns and briers,(E)
indeed, for every joyous house in the joyful city.
14 growing thorns and briers,(E)
indeed, for every joyous house in the joyful city.
For the palace will be forsaken,
the busy city abandoned.
The hill and the watchtower will become
barren places forever,
the joy of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for flocks,
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the busy city abandoned.
The hill and the watchtower will become
barren places forever,
the joy of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for flocks,