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Isaiah 17:10

Contemporary English Version 1995

Israel, you have forgotten the God who saves you, the one who is the mighty rock where you find protection. You plant the finest flowers to honor a foreign god.

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A bride could not forget to wear her jewelry to her wedding, but you have forgotten me day after day.

So always trust the Lord because he is forever our mighty rock.

You turned away from God, your Creator; you forgot the Mighty Rock, the source of your life.

You worked powerful miracles to save them from Egypt, but they forgot about you

The Lord is a mighty rock, and he never does wrong. God can always be trusted to bring justice.

Israel, I created you, but you forgot me. You and Judah built palaces and many strong cities. Now I will send fire to destroy your towns and fortresses.

You are a spring of water giving Israel life and hope. But if the people reject what you have told me, they will be swept away like words written in dust.

My people, you planted wheat, but because I was furious, I let only weeds grow. You wore yourselves out and gained only shame!

I spread out the heavens and laid foundations for the earth. But you have forgotten me, your Lord and Creator. All day long you were afraid of those who were angry and hoped to oppress you. Where are they now?

I trust you to save me, Lord God, and I won't be afraid. My power and my strength come from you, and you have saved me.”

But they soon forgot what you had done and rejected your advice.

Our Lord and our God, you save us! Please bring us back home and don't be angry.

Even our enemies know that only our God is a Mighty Rock.

Our God, you keep us safe. Now help us! Rescue us. Forgive our sins and bring honor to yourself.

Say to him, “Save us, Lord God! Bring us back from among the nations. Let us celebrate and shout in praise of your holy name.

Israel, you grew fat and rebelled against God, your Creator you rejected the Mighty Rock, your only place of safety.

A man will be engaged to a woman, but before they can get married, she will be raped by enemy soldiers. Some of you will build houses, but never get to live in them. If you plant a vineyard, you won't be around long enough to enjoy the first harvest.

But I'm warning you—if you forget the Lord your God and worship other gods, the Lord will destroy you, just as he destroyed the nations you fought.

But when all this happens, don't be proud! Don't forget that you were once slaves in Egypt and that it was the Lord who set you free.

Make sure that you never forget the Lord or disobey his laws and teachings that I am giving you today. If you always obey them,

don't forget it was the Lord who set you free from slavery and brought you out of Egypt.

All of your hard work will be for nothing—and there will be no harvest of grain or fruit.

I will punish you terribly, and you will be ruined. You will be struck with incurable diseases and with fever that leads to blindness and depression. Your enemies will eat the crops you plant,

Their possessions will be taken, their homes left in ruins. They won't get to live in the houses they build, or drink wine from the grapes in their own vineyards.

but I will still celebrate because the Lord God is my Savior.

you abuse the poor and demand heavy taxes from them. You have built expensive homes, but you won't enjoy them; you have planted vineyards, but you will get no wine.

You priests have rejected me, and my people are destroyed by refusing to obey. Now I'll reject you and forget your children, because you have forgotten my Law.

Our God, you save us, and your fearsome deeds answer our prayers for justice! You give hope to people everywhere on earth, even those across the sea.

Listen to my prayer and hurry to save me. Be my mighty rock and the fortress where I am safe.

You are my mighty rock, my fortress, my protector, the rock where I am safe, my shield, my powerful weapon, and my place of shelter.

The wicked will go down to the world of the dead to be with those nations that forgot about you.

Israel captured powerful cities and chased out the people who lived there. But these cities will lie in ruins, covered over with weeds and underbrush.

Before the blossoms can turn into grapes, God will cut off the sprouts and hack off the branches.

You have been a place of safety for the poor and needy in times of trouble. Brutal enemies pounded us like a heavy rain or the heat of the sun at noon, but you were our shelter.

The Lord's people will sing as they do when they celebrate a religious festival at night. The Lord is Israel's mighty rock, and his people will be as happy as they are when they follow the sound of flutes to the mountain where he is worshiped.

Please, Lord, be kind to us! We depend on you. Make us strong each morning, and come to save us when we are in trouble.

Don't tremble with fear! Didn't I tell you long ago? Didn't you hear me? I alone am God— no one else is a mighty rock.

I celebrate and shout because of my Lord God. His saving power and justice are the very clothes I wear. They are more beautiful than the jewelry worn by a bride or groom.

Here is what the Lord has said for all the earth to hear: “Soon I will come to save the city of Zion and to reward you.

Listen to the noise on the hilltops! It's the people of Israel, weeping and begging me to answer their prayers. They forgot about me and chose the wrong path.

You have completely rejected me, and so I promise that you will be punished for the disgusting things you did as a prostitute.

Seeds dry up in the ground; no harvest is possible. Our barns are in bad shape, with no grain to store in them.

Others of you accept money to murder someone. Your own people charge high interest when making a loan to other Israelites, and they get rich by cheating. Worst of all, you have forgotten me, the Lord God.




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