Don’t depend on your leaders for help.\par Don’t trust people.\par Why? Because people can’t save you.\par
Isaiah 22:25 - Easy To Read Version “At that time, the nail (Shebna) that is now hammered into a very strong board will become weak and it will break. That nail will fall to the ground and all the things hanging on that nail will be destroyed. Then everything I said in this message will happen.” \{(Those things will happen because the Lord said them.) Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In that day, says the Lord of hosts, the nail or peg that was fastened into the sure place shall give way and be moved and be hewn down and fall, and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for the Lord has spoken it. American Standard Version (1901) In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, shall the nail that was fastened in a sure place give way; and it shall be hewn down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for Jehovah hath spoken it. Common English Bible On that day, says the LORD of heavenly forces, the peg that is fastened securely will give way; it will be cut down, and it will fall, and all the load hanging on it will be lost. The LORD has spoken. Catholic Public Domain Version In that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg which was fastened in a trustworthy place shall be taken away. And he will be broken, and he will fall, and he will perish, along with all that had depended upon him, because the Lord has spoken it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the peg be removed, that was fastened in the sure place. And it shall be broken and shall fall: and that which hung thereon, shall perish, because the Lord hath spoken it. |
Don’t depend on your leaders for help.\par Don’t trust people.\par Why? Because people can’t save you.\par
So God will ruin you forever!\par He will grab you\par and pull you from your home, {\cf2\super [313]} \par like a person pulling a plant\par out of the ground, roots and all! {\cf2\super [314]} \par
I will make him strong like a nail that is hammered into a very strong board.
All the honored and important things of his father’s house will hang on him. All the adults and little children will depend on him. Those people will be like small dishes and large water bottles hanging on him.
And I am calling a man from the east. That man will be like an eagle. He will come from a faraway country, and he will do the things I decide to do. I am telling you that I will do this, and I will do it. I made him, and I will bring him!
\{The Lord says,\}\par “I told you I would call him. {\cf2\super [414]} \par And I will bring him!\par I will make him succeed!\par
So the people in the land will cry\par for the dead people.\par The sky will grow dark.\par I have spoken and will not change.\par I have made a decision\par and I will not change my mind.”\par
Only then will I stop being angry at your people. I will know that they have been punished for the bad things they did to me. And they will know that I am the Lord, and that I spoke to them because of my strong love {\cf2\super [45]} for them!”
Why? Because there won’t be enough food and water for the people. People will be terrified of each other—they will see each other wasting away because of their sins.
Each person will sit under his own grapevine and fig tree.\par No person will make \{them\} afraid!\par Why? Because the Lord All-Powerful\par said it would happen like that!\par