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Proverbs 26

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¹ Indeed, in the path of Your judgments, O LORD, We have waited expectantly for You; Your name, even Your memory, is the desire and deep longing of our souls.

² In the night my soul longs for You [O LORD], Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; For [only] when Your judgments are experienced on the earth Will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

³ Though the wicked is shown compassion and favor, He does not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he deals unjustly, And refuses to see the majesty of the LORD.

⁴ Though Your hand is lifted up [to strike], O LORD, the wicked do not see it. Let them see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame; Indeed, let the fire reserved for Your enemies consume them.

⁵ LORD, You will establish peace for us, Since You have also performed for us all that we have done.

⁶ O LORD our God, other masters besides You have ruled over us; But through You alone we confess Your name.

⁷ The [wicked] dead will not live [again], the spirits of the dead will not rise and return; Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And You have wiped out every memory of them [every trace of them].

⁸ You have increased the nation, O LORD; You have increased the nation, You are glorified; You have extended all the borders of the land.

⁹ O LORD, they sought You in distress; They managed only a prayerful whisper When Your discipline was upon them.

¹⁰ As a woman with child approaches the time to give birth, She is in pain and struggles and cries out in her labor, So we were before You, O LORD.

¹¹ We have been with child, we have twisted and struggled in labor; We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind. We could not accomplish salvation for the earth, Nor were inhabitants of the world[4] born.

¹² Your dead will live; [5] Their dead bodies will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy! For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural], And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead.

¹³ Come, my people, enter your chambers And shut your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until the [Lord's][6] wrath is past.

¹⁴ Listen carefully, the LORD is about to come out of His [heavenly] place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing]; The earth will reveal the [innocent] blood shed upon her And will no longer cover her slain.

¹⁵ In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent With His fierce and great and mighty sword [rescuing Israel from her enemy], Even Leviathan the twisted serpent; And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

¹⁶ In that day [it will be said of the redeemed nation of Israel], "A vineyard of[1] wine, sing in praise of it!

¹⁷ "I, the LORD, am its Keeper; I water it every moment. So that no one will harm it, I guard it night and day.

¹⁸ "I have no wrath. Should anyone give Me briars and thorns in battle, I would step on them, I would set them all on fire.

¹⁹ "Or let him (Israel) cling to My strength and rely on My protection [My stronghold], Let him make peace with Me, Let him make peace with Me."

²⁰ [2] In the generations to come Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and sprout, And they will fill the surface of the world with fruit.

²¹ Like the striking[3] by Him who has struck them, has He struck them? Or like the slaughter of His slain, have they been slain?

²² You contended with them by exile, by driving them away [from Canaan]; He has expelled them with His fierce wind on the day of the east wind.

²³ Therefore through this the wickedness [the sin, the injustice, the wrongdoing] of Jacob (Israel) will be atoned for and forgiven; And this will be[4] the full price [that God requires] for taking away his sin: When Israel makes all the stones of the [pagan] altars like crushed chalk stones; When the Asherim and the incense altars will not stand.

²⁴ For the fortified city is isolated, A settlement deserted and abandoned like the desert; There the calf will graze, And there it will lie down and[5] feed on its branches.

²⁵ When its branches are dry, they are broken off; The women come and[6] make a fire with them. For they are not a people of understanding, Therefore He who made them will not have compassion on them, And He who created them will not be gracious to them.

²⁶ In that day the LORD will thresh [out His grain] from the flowing stream of the River [Euphrates] to the Brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel.

²⁷ It will come to pass in that day that a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost and perishing in the land of Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

²⁸ Woe (judgment is coming) to [Samaria] the splendid crown of the drunkards of[1] Ephraim, And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the rich valley Of those who are overcome with wine!

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1	Indeed, in the path of Your judgments, O LORD, We have waited expectantly for You; Your name, even Your memory, is the desire and deep longing of our souls.
2	In the night my soul longs for You [O LORD], Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; For [only] when Your judgments are experienced on the earth Will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
3	Though the wicked is shown compassion and favor, He does not learn righteousness; In the land of uprightness he deals unjustly, And refuses to see the majesty of the LORD.
4	Though Your hand is lifted up [to strike], O LORD, the wicked do not see it. Let them see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame; Indeed, let the fire reserved for Your enemies consume them.
5	LORD, You will establish peace for us, Since You have also performed for us all that we have done.
6	O LORD our God, other masters besides You have ruled over us; But through You alone we confess Your name.
7	The [wicked] dead will not live [again], the spirits of the dead will not rise and return; Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And You have wiped out every memory of them [every trace of them].
8	You have increased the nation, O LORD; You have increased the nation, You are glorified; You have extended all the borders of the land.
9	O LORD, they sought You in distress; They managed only a prayerful whisper When Your discipline was upon them.
10	As a woman with child approaches the time to give birth, She is in pain and struggles and cries out in her labor, So we were before You, O LORD.
11	We have been with child, we have twisted and struggled in labor; We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind. We could not accomplish salvation for the earth, Nor were inhabitants of the world[4] born.
12	Your dead will live; [5] Their dead bodies will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy! For your dew is a dew of [celestial] light [heavenly, supernatural], And the earth will give birth to the spirits of the dead.
13	Come, my people, enter your chambers And shut your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until the [Lord's][6] wrath is past.
14	Listen carefully, the LORD is about to come out of His [heavenly] place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing]; The earth will reveal the [innocent] blood shed upon her And will no longer cover her slain.
15	In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent With His fierce and great and mighty sword [rescuing Israel from her enemy], Even Leviathan the twisted serpent; And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.
16	In that day [it will be said of the redeemed nation of Israel], "A vineyard of[1] wine, sing in praise of it!
17	"I, the LORD, am its Keeper; I water it every moment. So that no one will harm it, I guard it night and day.
18	"I have no wrath. Should anyone give Me briars and thorns in battle, I would step on them, I would set them all on fire.
19	"Or let him (Israel) cling to My strength and rely on My protection [My stronghold], Let him make peace with Me, Let him make peace with Me."
20	[2] In the generations to come Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and sprout, And they will fill the surface of the world with fruit.
21	Like the striking[3] by Him who has struck them, has He struck them? Or like the slaughter of His slain, have they been slain?
22	You contended with them by exile, by driving them away [from Canaan]; He has expelled them with His fierce wind on the day of the east wind.
23	Therefore through this the wickedness [the sin, the injustice, the wrongdoing] of Jacob (Israel) will be atoned for and forgiven; And this will be[4] the full price [that God requires] for taking away his sin: When Israel makes all the stones of the [pagan] altars like crushed chalk stones; When the Asherim and the incense altars will not stand.
24	For the fortified city is isolated, A settlement deserted and abandoned like the desert; There the calf will graze, And there it will lie down and[5] feed on its branches.
25	When its branches are dry, they are broken off; The women come and[6] make a fire with them. For they are not a people of understanding, Therefore He who made them will not have compassion on them, And He who created them will not be gracious to them.
26	In that day the LORD will thresh [out His grain] from the flowing stream of the River [Euphrates] to the Brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel.
27	It will come to pass in that day that a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost and perishing in the land of Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
28	Woe (judgment is coming) to [Samaria] the splendid crown of the drunkards of[1] Ephraim, And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the rich valley Of those who are overcome with wine!

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