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Isaiah 57:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Who are you making fun of? Who are you sneering at? Look how your sins have made fools of you.

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But the people only laughed and insulted these prophets. They ignored what the LORD God was trying to tell them, until he finally became so angry that nothing could stop him from punishing Judah and Jerusalem.

My enemies are like lions roaring and attacking with jaws open wide.

I can count all my bones, and my enemies just stare and sneer at me.

Everyone who sees me makes fun and sneers. They shake their heads,

They are quick to accuse me. They say, “You did it! We saw you ourselves.”

Rulers and judges gossip about me, and drunkards make up songs to mock me.

You are still determined not to let the LORD's people go.

Israel, you are a sinful nation loaded down with guilt. You are wicked and corrupt and have turned from the LORD, the holy God of Israel.

King of Assyria, can an axe or a saw overpower the one who uses it? Can a wooden pole lift whoever holds it?

This is the LORD's message for his rebellious people: “You follow your own plans instead of mine; you make treaties without asking me, and you keep on sinning.

They have turned against the LORD and can't be trusted. They have refused his teaching

Sennacherib, you cursed, shouted, and sneered at me, the holy God of Israel.

I have seen your pride and the tremendous hatred you have for me. Now I will put a hook in your nose, a bit in your mouth, then I will send you back to where you came from.

You have never been willing to listen to what I say; from the moment of your birth, I knew you would rebel.

All you think about is sex under those green trees where idols are worshipped. You sacrifice your children on altars built in valleys under rocky slopes.

You have let me announce only destruction and death. Your message has brought me nothing but insults and trouble.

They are stubborn and hard-headed. But I, the LORD God, have chosen you to tell them what I say.

Israel, you have never stopped sinning since that time at Gibeah. That's why you will be attacked at Gibeah.

You and your followers have rebelled against the LORD, not against Aaron.

The field is the world, and the good seeds are the people who belong to the kingdom. The weeds are those who belong to the evil one,

They made a crown out of thorn branches and placed it on his head, and they put a stick in his right hand. The soldiers knelt down and pretended to worship him. They made fun of him and shouted, “Hey, you king of the Jews!”

My followers, whoever listens to you is listening to me. Anyone who says “No” to you is saying “No” to me. And anyone who says “No” to me is really saying “No” to the one who sent me.

He fell to the ground and heard a voice that said, “Saul! Saul! Why are you so cruel to me?”

Don't let anyone trick you with foolish talk. God punishes everyone who disobeys him and says foolish things.

God is angry with people who disobey him by doing these things.

The Israelite army returned to their camp at Makkedah, where Joshua was waiting for them. No one around there dared say anything bad about the Israelites.

They have done evil, and they will be rewarded with evil. They think it is fun to have wild parties during the day. They are immoral, and the meals they eat with you are spoilt by the shameful and selfish way they carry on.




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