Isaiah 42:23 - Easy To Read Version Did any of you people listen to \{God’s\} words? No! But you should listen very closely to his words \{and think about what happened\}. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear in the time to come? American Standard Version (1901) Who is there among you that will give ear to this? that will hearken and hear for the time to come? Common English Bible Which of you will listen to this, will pay attention and respond from now on? Catholic Public Domain Version Who is there among you who will hear this, who will listen closely and heed this in the future? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who is there among you that will give ear to this, that will attend and hearken for times to come? |
But look at the people.\par Other people have defeated them\par and have stolen things from them.\par All the young men are afraid.\par They are locked in the prisons.\par People have taken their money from them.\par And there is no person to save them.\par Other people took their money.\par And there was no person to say,\par “Give it back!”\par
Who let people take the wealth from Jacob and Israel? The Lord allowed them to do this! We sinned against the Lord. So the Lord allowed people to take away our wealth. The people of Israel did not want to live the way the Lord wanted. The people of Israel did not listen to his teaching.
If you had obeyed me,\par then peace would have come to you\par like a full flowing river.\par Good things would have come to you\par again and again,\par like the waves of the sea.\par
But you must recognize your sin.\par You turned against the Lord your God.\par That is your sin.\par You worshiped the idols of people\par from other nations.\par You worshiped those idols\par under every green tree.\par You did not obey me.’”\par This message was from the Lord.\par
Is there a man that is wise enough to understand these things?\par Is there some person that has been taught by the Lord?\par Can anyone explain the Lord’s message?\par Why was the land ruined?\par Why was it made like an empty desert where no people go?\par
The voice of the Lord shouts to the city.\par A wise person honors the Lord’s name. {\cf2\super [74]} \par So pay attention to the punishing rod.\par and to the One who holds that rod! {\cf2\super [75]} \par
So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God and he will forgive your sins.
If they were wise, they would understand, they would know what would happen to them!