Isaiah Chapter 38
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
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O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
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At the noise of the tumult the peoples are fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations are scattered.
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And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.
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Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
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And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah is thy treasure.
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Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
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The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth:
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the enemy hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.
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The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off
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their leaves.
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Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.
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Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
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And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
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Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
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The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
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He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:
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He shall dwell on high; his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks; his bread shall be given
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him; his waters shall be sure.
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Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold a land that reacheth afar.
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Thy heart shall muse on the terror: Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed
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the tribute? where is he that counted the towers?
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
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And Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed to Jehovah,
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and said, Ah, Jehovah, remember, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept much.
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And the word of Jehovah came to Isaiah, saying,
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Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, theGod of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add to thy days fifteen years.
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And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
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And this [shall be] the sign to thee from Jehovah, that Jehovah will do this thing that he hath spoken:
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behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which hath gone down with the sun on the dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned on the dial ten degrees, by which it had gone down.
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The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness:
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I said, In the meridian of my days I shall go to the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the rest of my years.
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I said, I shall not see Jah, Jah in the land of the living. With those who dwell where all has ceased to be, I shall behold man no more.
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Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent. I have cut off like a weaver my life. He separateth me from the thrum: — from day to night thou wilt make an end of me.
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I kept still until the morning; ...as a lion, so doth he break all my bones. From day to night thou wilt make an end of me.
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Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I mourned as a dove; mine eyes failed [with looking] upward: Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
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What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done [it]. I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
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Lord, by these things [men] live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit; and thou hast recovered me, and made me to live.
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Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
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For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.
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The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
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Jehovah was [purposed] to save me. — And we will play upon my stringed instruments all the days of our life, in the house of Jehovah.
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Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.
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And Hezekiah had said, What is the sign that I shall go up into the house of Jehovah?
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And it came to pass at that time, [that] Ezekias was sick even to death. And Esaias the prophet the son of Amos came to him, and said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Give orders concerning thy house: for thou shalt die, and not live.
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And Ezekias turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,
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Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before thee in truth, with a true heart, and have done that which was pleasing in thy sight. And Ezekias wept bitterly.
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And the word of the Lord came to Esaias, saying, Go, and say to Ezekias,
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Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, and seen thy tears: behold, I [will] add to thy time fifteen years.
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And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians: and I will defend this city.
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And this [shall be] a sign to thee from the Lord, that God will do this thing;
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behold, I will turn back the shadow of the degrees [of the dial] by which ten degrees on the house of thy father the sun has gone down—I will turn back the sun the ten degrees; so the sun went back the ten degrees by which the shadow had gone down.
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The Prayer of Ezekias king of Judea, when he had been sick, and was recovered from his sickness.
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I said in the end of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I shall part with the remainder of my years.
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I said, I shall no more at all see the salvation of God in the land of the living: I shall no more at all see the salvation of Israel on the earth: I shall no more at all see man.
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[My life] has failed from among my kindred: I have parted with the remainder of my life: it has gone forth and departed from me, as one that having pitched a tent takes it down [again]: my breath was with me as a weaver's web, when she that weaves draws nigh to cut off [the] thread.
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In that day I was given up as to a lion until the morning: so has he broken all my bones: for I was so given up from day [even] to night.
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As a swallow, so will I cry, and as a dove, so do I mourn: for mine eyes have failed with looking to the height of heaven to the Lord, who has delivered me,
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and removed the sorrow of my soul.
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[Yea], O Lord, for it was told thee concerning this; and thou hast revived my breath; and I am comforted, and live.
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For thou hast chosen my soul, that it should not perish: and thou hast cast all [my] sins behind me.
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For they that are in the grave shall not praise thee, neither shall the dead bless thee, neither shall they that are in Hades hope for thy mercy.
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The living shall bless thee, as I also [do]: for from this day shall I beget children, who shall declare thy righteousness,
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O God of my salvation; and I will not cease blessing thee with the psaltery all the days of my life before the house of God.
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Now Esaias had said to Ezekias; Take a cake of figs, and mash them, and apply them as a plaister, and thou shalt be well.
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And Ezekias said, This is a sign to Ezekias, that I shall go up to the house of God.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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In diebus illis ægrotavit Ezechias usque ad mortem: et introivit ad eum Isaias filius Amos propheta, et dixit ei: Hæc dicit Dominus: Dispone domui tuæ, quia morieris tu, et non vives.
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Et convertit Ezechias faciem suam ad parietem, et oravit ad Dominum,
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et dixit: Obsecro Domine, memento quæso quomodo ambulaverim coram te in veritate, et in corde perfecto, et quod bonum est in oculis tuis fecerim. Et flevit Ezechias fletu magno.
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Et factum est verbum Domini ad Isaiam, dicens:
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Vade, et dic Ezechiæ: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus David patris tui: Audivi orationem tuam, et vidi lacrymas tuas: ecce ego adiiciam super dies tuos quindecim annos:
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et de manu regis Assyriorum eruam te, et civitatem istam, et protegam eam.
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Hoc autem tibi erit signum a Domino, quia faciet Dominus verbum hoc, quod locutus est:
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Ecce ego reverti faciam umbram linearum, per quas descenderat in horologio Achaz in sole, retrorsum decem lineis. Et reversus est sol decem lineis per gradus, quos descenderat.
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Scriptura Ezechiæ regis Iuda cum ægrotasset, et convaluisset de infirmitate sua.
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Ego dixi: In dimidio dierum meorum vadam ad portas inferi. Quæsivi residuum annorum meorum.
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dixi: Non videbo Dominum Deum in terra viventium. Non aspiciam hominem ultra, et habitatorem quietis.
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Generatio mea ablata est; et convoluta est a me, quasi tabernaculum pastorum: Præcisa est velut a texente, vita mea: dum adhuc ordirer, succidit me: de mane usque ad vesperam finies me.
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Sperabam usque ad mane, quasi leo sic contrivit omnia ossa mea: De mane usque ad vesperam finies me:
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sicut pullus hirundinis sic clamabo, meditabor ut columba: Attenuati sunt oculi mei, suspicientes in excelsum: Domine vim patior, responde pro me.
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Quid dicam, aut quid respondebit mihi, cum ipse fecerit? Recogitabo tibi omnes annos meos in amaritudine animæ meæ.
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Domine si sic vivitur, et in talibus vita spiritus mei, corripies me, et vivificabis me.
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Ecce in pace amaritudo mea amarissima: Tu autem eruisti animam meam ut non periret, proiecisti post tergum tuum omnia peccata mea.
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Quia non infernus confitebitur tibi, neque mors laudabit te: non expectabunt qui descendunt in lacum, veritatem tuam.
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Vivens vivens ipse confitebitur tibi, sicut et ego hodie: pater filiis notam faciet veritatem tuam.
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Domine salvum me fac, et psalmos nostros cantabimus cunctis diebus vitæ nostræ in domo Domini.
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Et iussit Isaias ut tollerent massam de ficis, et cataplasmarent super vulnus, et sanaretur.
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Et dixit Ezechias: Quod erit signum quia ascendam in domum Domini?
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.’”
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Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
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and said, “Remember now, LORD, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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Then the LORD’s word came to Isaiah, saying,
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“Go, and tell Hezekiah, ‘The LORD, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
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I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
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This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has spoken.
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Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps.”’” So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down.
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The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and had recovered of his sickness:
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I said, “In the middle of my life I go into the gates of Sheol. I am deprived of the residue of my years.”
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I said, “I won’t see the LORD, the LORD in the land of the living. I will see man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
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My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver. He will cut me off from the loom. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
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I waited patiently until morning. He breaks all my bones like a lion. From day even to night you will make an end of me.
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I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security.”
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What will I say? He has both spoken to me, and himself has done it. I will walk carefully all my years because of the anguish of my soul.
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Lord, men live by these things; and my spirit finds life in all of them. You restore me, and cause me to live.
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Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
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For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.
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The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.
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The LORD will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the LORD’s house.
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Now Isaiah had said, “Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a poultice on the boil, and he shall recover.”
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Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the LORD’s house?”
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come in unto him doth Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, and saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah: Give a charge to thy house, for thou <FI>art<Fi> dying, and dost not live.'
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And Hezekiah turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah,
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and saith, `I pray thee, O Jehovah, remember, I pray Thee, how I have walked habitually before Thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and that which <FI>is<Fi> good in thine eyes I have done;' and Hezekiah weepeth--a great weeping.
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And a word of Jehovah is unto Isaiah, saying,
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Go, and thou hast said to Hezekiah, Thus said Jehovah, God of David thy father, `I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tear, lo, I am adding to thy days fifteen years,
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and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city.
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And this <FI>is<Fi> to thee the sign from Jehovah, that Jehovah doth this thing that He hath spoken.
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Lo, I am bringing back the shadow of the degrees that it hath gone down on the degrees of Ahaz, by the sun, backward ten degrees:' and the sun turneth back ten degrees in the degrees that it had gone down.
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A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah concerning his being sick, when he reviveth from his sickness:
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`I--I said in the cutting off of my days, I go in to the gates of Sheol, I have numbered the remnant of mine years.
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I said, I do not see Jah--Jah! In the land of the living, I do not behold man any more, With the inhabitants of the world.
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My sojourning hath departed, And been removed from me as a shepherd's tent, I have drawn together, as a weaver, my life, By weakness it cutteth me off, From day unto night Thou dost end me.
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I have set <FI>Him<Fi> till morning as a lion, So doth He break all my bones, From day unto night Thou dost end me.
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As a crane--a swallow--so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression <FI>is<Fi> on me, be my surety.
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--What do I say? seeing He said to me, And He Himself hath wrought, I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.
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Lord, by these do <FI>men<Fi> live, And by all in them <FI>is<Fi> the life of my spirit, And Thou savest me, make me also to live,
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Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins.
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For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth.
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The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.
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Like myself to-day--a father to sons Doth make known of Thy faithfulness, O Jehovah--to save me: And my songs we sing all days of our lives In the house of Jehovah.'
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And Isaiah saith, `Let them take a bunch of figs, and plaster over the ulcer, and he liveth.'
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And Hezekiah saith, `What <FI>is<Fi> the sign that I go up to the house of Jehovah!'
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A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).