But the people of Jerusalem will become Shishak’s servants. This will happen so that they may learn that serving me is different from serving the kings of other nations.”
Isaiah 26:13 - Easy To Read Version Lord, you are our God.\par But in the past, we followed other lords. {\cf2\super [242]} \par We belonged to other masters.\par But now we want people to remember only one name, your name!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O Lord, our God, other masters besides You have ruled over us, but we will acknowledge and mention Your name only. American Standard Version (1901) O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. Common English Bible LORD our God, other masters besides you have ruled us, but we will profess your name alone. Catholic Public Domain Version O Lord our God, other lords have possessed us apart from you, but in you alone let us remember your name. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us: only in thee let us remember thy name. |
But the people of Jerusalem will become Shishak’s servants. This will happen so that they may learn that serving me is different from serving the kings of other nations.”
I defeated Samaria and her idols. I will also defeat Jerusalem and the idols her people have made.’”
Then you will say,\par “Praise the Lord!\par Worship his name!\par Tell all people about the things he has done!”\par
Your land is full of statues that people worship. The people made those idols {\cf2\super [21]} and the people worship them.
But Lord, we are waiting for your\par way of justice.\par Our souls want to remember\par you and your name.\par
Your God and Master, the Lord, will fight for his people. He says to you, “Look, I am taking this ‘cup of poison’ (punishment) away from you. I am taking my anger away from you. You will not be punished by my anger any more.
I will remember that the Lord is kind.\par And I will remember to praise the Lord.\par The Lord gave many good things to the family of Israel.\par The Lord has been very kind to us.\par The Lord showed mercy to us.\par
You are with people that enjoy doing good.\par Those people remember you by living the way you want them to.\par But in the past we sinned against you.\par So you became angry at us.\par Now, how will we be saved?\par
And when a person dies, a relative will come to get the body so he can take it out and burn it. {\cf2\super [81]} The relative will come to take away the bones. He will call to any person who might be hiding way back in the house, “Are there any other \{dead bodies\} in there with you?”
All the people \{from other nations\}\par follow their own gods.\par But we will follow the Lord our God\par forever and ever! {\cf2\super [50]} \par
But now you are free from sin. You are now slaves of God. And this brings you a life that is only for God. And from that you will get life forever.
Who says that you are better than other people? Everything you have was given to you. So, if everything you have was given to you, then why do you boast like you got those things by your own power?
So through Jesus we should never stop offering our sacrifice to God. That sacrifice is our praise, coming from lips that speak his name.
There are still some people living among us that are not people of Israel. Those people worship their own gods. Don’t become friends with those people. Don’t serve or worship their gods.