Future Glory for Israel
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“Enlarge the site of your tent,
and let your tent curtains be stretched out;(C)
do not hold back;
lengthen your ropes,
and drive your pegs deep.
3 and let your tent curtains be stretched out;(C)
do not hold back;
lengthen your ropes,
and drive your pegs deep.
For you will spread out to the right and to the left,(D)
and your descendants will dispossess nations
and inhabit the desolate cities.
and your descendants will dispossess nations
and inhabit the desolate cities.
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Though the mountains move
and the hills shake,
My love will not be removed from you
and My covenant of peace(Q) will not be shaken,”
says your compassionate Lord.
and the hills shake,
My love will not be removed from you
and My covenant of peace(Q) will not be shaken,”
says your compassionate Lord.
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I will make your fortifications(d) out of rubies,
your gates out of sparkling stones,
and all your walls out of precious stones.
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14 your gates out of sparkling stones,
and all your walls out of precious stones.
and you will be established
on a foundation of righteousness.
You will be far from oppression,
you will certainly not be afraid;
you will be far from terror,
it will certainly not come near you.
15 on a foundation of righteousness.
You will be far from oppression,
you will certainly not be afraid;
you will be far from terror,
it will certainly not come near you.
If anyone attacks you,
it is not from Me;
whoever attacks you
will fall before you.
16 it is not from Me;
whoever attacks you
will fall before you.
Look, I have created the craftsman
who blows on the charcoal fire
and produces a weapon suitable for its task;
and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.
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who blows on the charcoal fire
and produces a weapon suitable for its task;
and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.
Footnotes:
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Isaiah 54:9: DSS, Cairo Geniza; MT, LXX read waters
b.
Isaiah 54:11: Lit in antimony
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Isaiah 54:11: Or lapis lazuli
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Isaiah 54:12: Lit suns; perhaps shields; Ps 84:11
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Isaiah 54:17: Lit refute every tongue