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Isaiah 9:13

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But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the Lord Almighty.

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In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the Lord.

“The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.

Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.

There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm branch or reed.

Lord, your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame; let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the Lord.

I was enraged by their sinful greed; I punished them, and hid my face in anger, yet they kept on in their willful ways.

In that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria—to shave your heads and private parts, and to cut off your beards also.

I will winnow them with a winnowing fork at the city gates of the land. I will bring bereavement and destruction on my people, for they have not changed their ways.

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

“Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’

“ ‘Now your impurity is lewdness. Because I tried to cleanse you but you would not be cleansed from your impurity, you will not be clean again until my wrath against you has subsided.

Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth.

Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face— in their misery they will earnestly seek me.”

Israel’s arrogance testifies against him, but despite all this he does not return to the Lord his God or search for him.

They do not turn to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. For this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

“I sent plagues among you as I did to Egypt. I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camps, yet you have not returned to me,” declares the Lord.

“I gave you empty stomachs in every city and lack of bread in every town, yet you have not returned to me,” declares the Lord.

those who turn back from following the Lord and neither seek the Lord nor inquire of him.”

But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.




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