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Isaiah 9:13

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But the people have not returned to the one who struck them, nor have they sought the Lord of Armies.

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When he had this trouble, King Ahaz became more unfaithful to the Lord.

But those who have godless hearts remain angry. They don’t even call for help when he chains them up.

“Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is failing.

No one—leaders or followers, important or unimportant— can do anything for Egypt.

O Lord, your power is visible, but they do not see it. They will see how devoted your people are, and they will be put to shame. Your burning anger will destroy your enemies.

How horrible it will be for those who go to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who depend on many chariots, who depend on very strong war horses. They don’t look to the Holy One of Israel. They don’t seek the Lord.

I was angry because of their sinful greed, so I punished them, hid ⌞from them⌟, and remained angry. But they continued to be sinful.

“On that day the Lord will hire the king of Assyria from beyond the Euphrates River to be a razor to shave the hair on your head, the hair on your legs, and even your beard.

“I will separate them with a winnowing  shovel at the city gates. I will make them childless. I will destroy my people because they will not change their ways.

I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord. They are plans for peace and not disaster, plans to give you a future filled with hope.

Lord, your eyes look for the truth. You strike these people, but they don’t feel it. You crush them, but they refuse to be corrected. They are more stubborn than rocks. They refuse to turn back.

“Son of man, tell the city, ‘You are an unclean land that has not had rain during the day of my anger. You have not been made clean.

I tried to clean you of your filthy lust, but you wouldn’t clean yourself from your filth. You will never be clean until I unleash my fury on you.

This entire disaster happened to us, exactly as it was written in Moses’ Teachings. Lord our God, we never tried to gain your favor by turning from our wrongs and dedicating ourselves to your truth.

I will go back to my place until they admit that they are guilty. Then they will search for me. In their distress they will eagerly look for me.”

Israel, your arrogance testifies against you, but even after all this, you don’t turn to the Lord your God or look to him for help.

They don’t return to the Most High. They are like a defective bow. Their officials will die in battle because they curse. The people in Egypt will ridicule them for this.

I sent plagues on you as I did to Egypt. With swords I killed your best young men along with your captured horses. I made the stench from your camps fill your noses. And you still didn’t return to me, declares the Lord.

I left you with nothing to eat in any of your cities. I left you with no food in your entire land. And you still didn’t return to me, declares the Lord.

I will remove those who have turned away from following the Lord and those who no longer seek the Lord or ask him for help.”

But if you look for the Lord your God when you are among those nations, you will find him whenever you search for him with all your heart and with all your soul.




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