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Isaiah 9:13

New Century Version

But the people did not return to the one who had struck them; they did not follow the Lord All-Powerful.

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During Ahaz’s troubles he was even more unfaithful to the Lord.

“Those who have wicked hearts hold on to anger. Even when God punishes them, they do not cry for help.

Why should you continue to be punished? Why do you continue to turn against him? Your whole head is hurt, and your whole heart is sick.

There is nothing Egypt can do; no one there can help.

Lord, you are ready to punish those people, but they do not see that. Show them your strong love for your people. Then those who are evil will be ashamed. Burn them in the fire you have prepared for your enemies.

How terrible it will be for those people who go down to Egypt for help. They think horses will save them. They think their many chariots and strong horsemen will save them. But they don’t trust God, the Holy One of Israel, or ask the Lord for help.

I was angry because they were dishonest in order to make money. I punished them and turned away from them in anger, but they continued to do evil.

The Lord will hire Assyria and use it like a razor to punish Judah. It will be as if the Lord is shaving the hair from Judah’s head and legs and removing Judah’s beard.

I have separated the people of Judah with my pitchfork and scattered them at the city gates of the land. My people haven’t changed their ways. So I have destroyed them and taken away their children.

I say this because I know what I am planning for you,” says the Lord. “I have good plans for you, not plans to hurt you. I will give you hope and a good future.

Lord, don’t you look for truth in people? You struck the people of Judah, but they didn’t feel any pain. You crushed them, but they refused to learn what is right. They became more stubborn than a rock; they refused to turn back to God.

“Human, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has not had rain or showers when God is angry.’

“ ‘By your sinful action you have become unclean. I wanted to cleanse you, but you are still unclean. You will never be cleansed from your sin until my anger against you is carried out.

All this disaster came to us just as it is written in the Teachings of Moses. But we have not pleaded with the Lord our God. We have not stopped sinning. We have not paid attention to your truth.

Then I will go back to my place until they suffer for their guilt and turn back to me. In their trouble they will look for me.”

Israel’s pride will cause their defeat; they will not turn back to the Lord their God or look to him for help in all this.

They did not turn to the Most High God. They are like a loose bow that can’t shoot. Because their leaders brag about their strength, they will be killed with swords, and the people in Egypt will laugh at them.

“I sent disasters against you, as I did to Egypt. I killed your young men with swords, and your horses were taken from you. I made you smell the stink from all the dead bodies, but still you did not come back to me,” says the Lord.

“I did not give you any food in your cities, and there was not enough to eat in any of your towns, but you did not come back to me,” says the Lord.

and those who turned away from the Lord, and those who quit following the Lord and praying to him for direction.

But even there you can look for the Lord your God, and you will find him if you look for him with your whole being.




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