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Isaiah 22:23

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

I will drive him, like a peg, into a firm place. He will be a throne of honour for his father’s family.

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He does not withdraw his gaze from the righteous, but he seats them for ever with enthroned kings, and they are exalted.


But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the Lord our God to preserve a remnant  for us and give us a stake  in his holy place. Even in our slavery, God has given us a little relief and light to our eyes.


The cornerstone,  the tent peg, the battle bow,  and every ruler – all will go out from him together.


He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the rubbish heap. He seats them with noblemen and gives them a throne of honour. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; he has set the world on them.


‘To the one who conquers I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,   just as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.


The sayings of the wise are like cattle prods,  and those from masters of collections are like firmly embedded nails.  The sayings are given by one Shepherd.


Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus.  He was famous among the Jews and highly esteemed by many of his relatives.  He continued to pursue prosperity for his people and to speak for the well-being of all his descendants.


If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place,  but you and your father’s family will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.’


They will hang on him all the glory of his father’s family: the descendants and the offshoots #– #all the small vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.


On that day’ #– #the declaration of the Lord of Armies #– #‘the peg that was driven into a firm place will give way, be cut off, and fall, and the load on it will be destroyed.’ Indeed, the Lord has spoken.





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