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Ecclesiastes 10

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¹ "I [the LORD] have been silent for a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will moan like a woman in labor, I will both gasp and pant.

² "I will lay waste the mountains and hills And wither all their vegetation; I will turn the rivers into coastlands And dry up the ponds.

³ "I will lead the blind by a way they do not know; I will guide them in paths that they do not know. I will make darkness into light before them And rugged places into plains. These things I will do [for them], And I will not leave them abandoned or undone."

⁴ Those who trust in carved idols will be turned back, And utterly put to shame, Who say to cast images, "You are our gods."

⁵ Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see.

⁶ Who is blind but My servant [Israel], Or deaf like My messenger whom I send? Who is blind like the one who is at peace with Me [in a covenant relationship], Or so blind as the servant of the LORD?

⁷ You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; Your ears are open, but no one hears.

⁸ The LORD was pleased for His righteousness' sake To make the law great and prove to be glorious.

⁹ But this is a people despoiled and plundered; All of them are trapped in holes, Or are hidden away in prisons. They have become a prey with no one to rescue them, And a spoil, with no one to say, "Give them back!"

¹⁰ Who among you will listen to this? Who will listen and pay attention in the time to come?

¹¹ Who gave up Jacob [the kingdom of Judah] for spoil, and [the kingdom of] Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, He against whom we [of Judah] have sinned, And in whose ways they [of Israel] were unwilling to walk, And whose law and teaching they did not obey?

¹² Therefore He poured out on Israel the heat of His anger And the fierceness of battle; And engulfed him in fire, Yet he did not recognize [the lesson of repentance which the Assyrian conquest was intended to teach]; It burned him, but he did not take it to heart.

¹³ But now, this is what the LORD, your Creator says, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you [from captivity]; I have called you by name; you are Mine!

¹⁴ "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.

¹⁵ "For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt [to the Babylonians] as your ransom, Cush (ancient Ethiopia) and Seba [its province] in exchange for you.

¹⁶ "Because you are precious in My sight, You are honored and I love you, I will give other men in return for you and other peoples in exchange for your life.

¹⁷ "Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east [where they are scattered], And gather you from the west.

¹⁸ "I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' And to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring My sons from far way And My daughters from the ends of the earth,

¹⁹ Everyone who is called by My Name, Whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed, even whom I have made."

²⁰ Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, And the deaf, even though they have ears.

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1	"I [the LORD] have been silent for a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will moan like a woman in labor, I will both gasp and pant.
2	"I will lay waste the mountains and hills And wither all their vegetation; I will turn the rivers into coastlands And dry up the ponds.
3	"I will lead the blind by a way they do not know; I will guide them in paths that they do not know. I will make darkness into light before them And rugged places into plains. These things I will do [for them], And I will not leave them abandoned or undone."
4	Those who trust in carved idols will be turned back, And utterly put to shame, Who say to cast images, "You are our gods."
5	Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see.
6	Who is blind but My servant [Israel], Or deaf like My messenger whom I send? Who is blind like the one who is at peace with Me [in a covenant relationship], Or so blind as the servant of the LORD?
7	You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; Your ears are open, but no one hears.
8	The LORD was pleased for His righteousness' sake To make the law great and prove to be glorious.
9	But this is a people despoiled and plundered; All of them are trapped in holes, Or are hidden away in prisons. They have become a prey with no one to rescue them, And a spoil, with no one to say, "Give them back!"
10	Who among you will listen to this? Who will listen and pay attention in the time to come?
11	Who gave up Jacob [the kingdom of Judah] for spoil, and [the kingdom of] Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, He against whom we [of Judah] have sinned, And in whose ways they [of Israel] were unwilling to walk, And whose law and teaching they did not obey?
12	Therefore He poured out on Israel the heat of His anger And the fierceness of battle; And engulfed him in fire, Yet he did not recognize [the lesson of repentance which the Assyrian conquest was intended to teach]; It burned him, but he did not take it to heart.
13	But now, this is what the LORD, your Creator says, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you [from captivity]; I have called you by name; you are Mine!
14	"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.
15	"For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt [to the Babylonians] as your ransom, Cush (ancient Ethiopia) and Seba [its province] in exchange for you.
16	"Because you are precious in My sight, You are honored and I love you, I will give other men in return for you and other peoples in exchange for your life.
17	"Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east [where they are scattered], And gather you from the west.
18	"I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' And to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring My sons from far way And My daughters from the ends of the earth,
19	Everyone who is called by My Name, Whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed, even whom I have made."
20	Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, And the deaf, even though they have ears.

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