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1. Look! Listen! GOD's arm is not amputated--he can still save. GOD's ears are not stopped up--he can still hear.
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1. Behold H2005 , the LORD H3068 's hand H3027 is not H3808 shortened H7114 , that it cannot save H4480 H3467 ; neither H3808 his ear H241 heavy H3513 , that it cannot hear H4480 H8085 :
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2. There's nothing wrong with God; the wrong is in you. Your wrongheaded lives caused the split between you and God. Your sins got between you so that he doesn't hear.
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2. But H3588 H518 your iniquities H5771 have H1961 separated H914 between H996 you and your God H430 , and your sins H2403 have hid H5641 his face H6440 from H4480 you , that he will not hear H4480 H8085 .
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3. Your hands are drenched in blood, your fingers dripping with guilt, Your lips smeared with lies, your tongue swollen from muttering obscenities.
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3. For H3588 your hands H3709 are defiled H1351 with blood H1818 , and your fingers H676 with iniquity H5771 ; your lips H8193 have spoken H1696 lies H8267 , your tongue H3956 hath muttered H1897 perverseness H5766 .
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4. No one speaks up for the right, no one deals fairly. They trust in illusion, they tell lies, they get pregnant with mischief and have sin-babies.
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4. None H369 calleth H7121 for justice H6664 , nor H369 any pleadeth H8199 for truth H530 : they trust H982 in H5921 vanity H8414 , and speak H1696 lies H7723 ; they conceive H2029 mischief H5999 , and bring forth H3205 iniquity H205 .
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5. They hatch snake eggs and weave spider webs. Eat an egg and die; break an egg and get a snake!
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5. They hatch H1234 cockatrice H6848 ' eggs H1000 , and weave H707 the spider H5908 's web H6980 : he that eateth H398 of their eggs H4480 H1000 dieth H4191 , and that which is crushed H2116 breaketh out H1234 into a viper H660 .
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6. The spider webs are no good for shirts or shawls. No one can wear these weavings! They weave wickedness, they hatch violence.
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6. Their webs H6980 shall not H3808 become H1961 garments H899 , neither H3808 shall they cover themselves H3680 with their works H4639 : their works H4639 are works H4639 of iniquity H205 , and the act H6467 of violence H2555 is in their hands H3709 .
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7. They compete in the race to do evil and run to be the first to murder. They plan and plot evil, think and breathe evil, and leave a trail of wrecked lives behind them.
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7. Their feet H7272 run H7323 to evil H7451 , and they make haste H4116 to shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 : their thoughts H4284 are thoughts H4284 of iniquity H205 ; wasting H7701 and destruction H7667 are in their paths H4546 .
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8. They know nothing about peace and less than nothing about justice. They make tortuously twisted roads. No peace for the wretch who walks down those roads!
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8. The way H1870 of peace H7965 they know H3045 not H3808 ; and there is no H369 judgment H4941 in their goings H4570 : they have made them crooked H6140 paths H5410 : whosoever H3605 goeth H1869 therein shall not H3808 know H3045 peace H7965 .
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9. Which means that we're a far cry from fair dealing, and we're not even close to right living. We long for light but sink into darkness, long for brightness but stumble through the night.
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9. Therefore H5921 H3651 is judgment far H7368 H4941 from H4480 us, neither H3808 doth justice H6666 overtake H5381 us : we wait H6960 for light H216 , but behold H2009 obscurity H2822 ; for brightness H5054 , but we walk H1980 in darkness H653 .
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10. Like the blind, we inch along a wall, groping eyeless in the dark. We shuffle our way in broad daylight, like the dead, but somehow walking.
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10. We grope H1659 for the wall H7023 like the blind H5787 , and we grope H1659 as if we had no H369 eyes H5869 : we stumble H3782 at noonday H6672 as in the night H5399 ; we are in desolate places H820 as dead H4191 men .
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11. We're no better off than bears, groaning, and no worse off than doves, moaning. We look for justice--not a sign of it; for salvation--not so much as a hint.
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11. We roar H1993 all H3605 like bears H1677 , and mourn H1897 H1897 sore like doves H3123 : we look H6960 for judgment H4941 , but there is none H369 ; for salvation H3444 , but it is far off H7368 from H4480 us.
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12. Our wrongdoings pile up before you, God, our sins stand up and accuse us. Our wrongdoings stare us down; we know in detail what we've done:
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12. For H3588 our transgressions H6588 are multiplied H7231 before H5048 thee , and our sins H2403 testify H6030 against us: for H3588 our transgressions H6588 are with H854 us ; and as for our iniquities H5771 , we know H3045 them;
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13. Mocking and denying GOD, not following our God, Spreading false rumors, inciting sedition, pregnant with lies, muttering malice.
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13. In transgressing H6586 and lying H3584 against the LORD H3068 , and departing away H5253 from H4480 H310 our God H430 , speaking H1696 oppression H6233 and revolt H5627 , conceiving H2029 and uttering H1897 from the heart H4480 H3820 words H1697 of falsehood H8267 .
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14. Justice is beaten back, Righteousness is banished to the sidelines, Truth staggers down the street, Honesty is nowhere to be found,
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14. And judgment H4941 is turned away H5253 backward H268 , and justice H6666 standeth H5975 afar off H4480 H7350 : for H3588 truth H571 is fallen H3782 in the street H7339 , and equity H5229 cannot H3201 H3808 enter H935 .
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15. Good is missing in action. Anyone renouncing evil is beaten and robbed. GOD looked and saw evil looming on the horizon-- so much evil and no sign of Justice.
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15. Yea, truth H571 faileth H1961 H5737 ; and he that departeth H5493 from evil H4480 H7451 maketh himself a prey H7997 : and the LORD H3068 saw H7200 it , and it displeased H7489 H5869 him that H3588 there was no H369 judgment H4941 .
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16. He couldn't believe what he saw: not a soul around to correct this awful situation. So he did it himself, took on the work of Salvation, fueled by his own Righteousness.
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16. And he saw H7200 that H3588 there was no H369 man H376 , and wondered H8074 that H3588 there was no H369 intercessor H6293 : therefore his arm H2220 brought salvation H3467 unto him ; and his righteousness H6666 , it H1931 sustained H5564 him.
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17. He dressed in Righteousness, put it on like a suit of armor, with Salvation on his head like a helmet, Put on Judgment like an overcoat, and threw a cloak of Passion across his shoulders.
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17. For he put on H3847 righteousness H6666 as a breastplate H8302 , and a helmet H3553 of salvation H3444 upon his head H7218 ; and he put on H3847 the garments H899 of vengeance H5359 for clothing H8516 , and was clad H5844 with zeal H7068 as a cloak H4598 .
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18. He'll make everyone pay for what they've done: fury for his foes, just deserts for his enemies. Even the far-off islands will get paid off in full.
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18. According H5921 to their deeds H1578 , accordingly H5921 he will repay H7999 , fury H2534 to his adversaries H6862 , recompense H1576 to his enemies H341 ; to the islands H339 he will repay H7999 recompense H1576 .
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19. In the west they'll fear the name of GOD, in the east they'll fear the glory of GOD, For he'll arrive like a river in flood stage, whipped to a torrent by the wind of GOD.
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19. So shall they fear H3372 H853 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 from the west H4480 H4628 , and H853 his glory H3519 from the rising H4480 H4217 of the sun H8121 . When H3588 the enemy H6862 shall come in H935 like a flood H5104 , the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 shall lift up a standard H5127 against him.
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20. "I'll arrive in Zion as Redeemer, to those in Jacob who leave their sins." GOD's Decree.
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20. And the Redeemer H1350 shall come H935 to Zion H6726 , and unto them that turn from H7725 transgression H6588 in Jacob H3290 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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21. "As for me," GOD says, "this is my covenant with them: My Spirit that I've placed upon you and the words that I've given you to speak, they're not going to leave your mouths nor the mouths of your children nor the mouths of your grandchildren. You will keep repeating these words and won't ever stop." GOD's orders.
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21. As for me H589 , this H2063 is my covenant H1285 with H854 them, saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; My spirit H7307 that H834 is upon H5921 thee , and my words H1697 which H834 I have put H7760 in thy mouth H6310 , shall not H3808 depart H4185 out of thy mouth H4480 H6310 , nor out of the mouth H4480 H6310 of thy seed H2233 , nor out of the mouth H4480 H6310 of thy seed H2233 's seed H2233 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 , from henceforth H4480 H6258 and forever H5704 H5769 .
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