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Isaiah 14

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¹ "Before she (Zion) was in labor, she gave birth; Before her labor pain came, she gave birth to a boy.

² "Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land[1] be born in one day? Or can a nation be brought forth in a moment? As soon as Zion was in labor, she also brought forth her sons.

³ "Shall I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?" says the LORD. "Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?" says your God.

⁴ "Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; Rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her,

⁵ That you may nurse and be satisfied with her comforting breasts, That you may drink deeply and be delighted with her bountiful bosom."

⁶ For the LORD says this, "Behold, I extend peace to her (Jerusalem) like a river, And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; And you will be nursed, you will be carried on her hip and [playfully] rocked on her knees.

⁷ "As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; And you will be comforted in Jerusalem."

⁸ When you see this, your heart will rejoice; Your bones will flourish like new grass. And the [powerful] hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, But His indignation will be toward His enemies.

⁹ For indeed, the LORD will come in fire And His chariots will be like the stormy wind, To render His anger with rage, And His rebuke with flames of fire.

¹⁰ For the LORD will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on all mankind, And those slain by the LORD will be many.

¹¹ "Those who [vainly attempt to] sanctify and cleanse themselves to go to the gardens [to sacrifice to idols], Following after[2] one in the center, Who eat swine's flesh,[3] detestable things and mice, Will come to an end together," says the LORD.

¹² "For I know their works and their thoughts. The time is coming to gather all nations and languages, and they will come and see My glory.

¹³ I will set up a [miraculous] sign among them, and from them I will send survivors to the nations: Tarshish, Pul (Put), Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant islands and coastlands that have not heard of My fame nor seen My glory. And they will declare and proclaim My glory among the nations.

¹⁴ Then they shall bring all your countrymen (children of Israel) from all the nations as a grain offering to the LORD—on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels—to My holy mountain Jerusalem," says the LORD, "just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.

¹⁵ I will also take some of them as priests and Levites," says the LORD.

¹⁶ "For just as the new heavens and the new earth Which I make will remain and endure before Me," declares the LORD, "So your offspring and your name will remain and endure.

¹⁷ "And it shall be that from New Moon to New Moon And from Sabbath to Sabbath, All mankind will come to bow down and worship before Me," says the LORD.

¹⁸ "Then they will go forth and look Upon the dead bodies of the [rebellious] men Who have transgressed against Me; For their worm (maggot) will not die, And their fire will not go out; And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind."

¹⁹ The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, [one] of the priests who were in[1] Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

²⁰ to whom the word of the LORD came during the thirteenth year (627 b.c.) of the reign of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

²¹ It came [to Jeremiah] also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, [continuing] until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, [and continuing] until the exile of [the people of] Jerusalem in the fifth month (July-August, 586 b.c.).

²² Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

²³ "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you [and approved of you as My chosen instrument], And before you were born I consecrated you [to Myself as My own]; I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

²⁴ Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, For I am [only] a young man."

²⁵ But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am [only] a young man,' Because everywhere I send you, you shall go, And whatever I command you, you shall speak.

²⁶ "Do not be afraid of them [or their hostile faces], For I am with you [always] to protect you and deliver you," says the LORD.

²⁷ Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, "Behold (hear Me), I have put My words in your mouth.

²⁸ "See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To uproot and break down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant."

²⁹ The word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said, "I see the branch of an[2] almond tree."

³⁰ Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am [actively] watching over My word to fulfill it."

³¹ The word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, tilting away from the north [its mouth about to pour out on the south, on Judea]."

³² Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north the evil [which the prophets foretold as the result of national sin] will reveal itself and spill out on all the people of the land.

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1	"Before she (Zion) was in labor, she gave birth; Before her labor pain came, she gave birth to a boy.
2	"Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land[1] be born in one day? Or can a nation be brought forth in a moment? As soon as Zion was in labor, she also brought forth her sons.
3	"Shall I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?" says the LORD. "Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?" says your God.
4	"Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; Rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her,
5	That you may nurse and be satisfied with her comforting breasts, That you may drink deeply and be delighted with her bountiful bosom."
6	For the LORD says this, "Behold, I extend peace to her (Jerusalem) like a river, And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; And you will be nursed, you will be carried on her hip and [playfully] rocked on her knees.
7	"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; And you will be comforted in Jerusalem."
8	When you see this, your heart will rejoice; Your bones will flourish like new grass. And the [powerful] hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, But His indignation will be toward His enemies.
9	For indeed, the LORD will come in fire And His chariots will be like the stormy wind, To render His anger with rage, And His rebuke with flames of fire.
10	For the LORD will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on all mankind, And those slain by the LORD will be many.
11	"Those who [vainly attempt to] sanctify and cleanse themselves to go to the gardens [to sacrifice to idols], Following after[2] one in the center, Who eat swine's flesh,[3] detestable things and mice, Will come to an end together," says the LORD.
12	"For I know their works and their thoughts. The time is coming to gather all nations and languages, and they will come and see My glory.
13	I will set up a [miraculous] sign among them, and from them I will send survivors to the nations: Tarshish, Pul (Put), Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant islands and coastlands that have not heard of My fame nor seen My glory. And they will declare and proclaim My glory among the nations.
14	Then they shall bring all your countrymen (children of Israel) from all the nations as a grain offering to the LORD—on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels—to My holy mountain Jerusalem," says the LORD, "just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.
15	I will also take some of them as priests and Levites," says the LORD.
16	"For just as the new heavens and the new earth Which I make will remain and endure before Me," declares the LORD, "So your offspring and your name will remain and endure.
17	"And it shall be that from New Moon to New Moon And from Sabbath to Sabbath, All mankind will come to bow down and worship before Me," says the LORD.
18	"Then they will go forth and look Upon the dead bodies of the [rebellious] men Who have transgressed against Me; For their worm (maggot) will not die, And their fire will not go out; And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind."
19	The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, [one] of the priests who were in[1] Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,
20	to whom the word of the LORD came during the thirteenth year (627 b.c.) of the reign of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
21	It came [to Jeremiah] also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, [continuing] until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, [and continuing] until the exile of [the people of] Jerusalem in the fifth month (July-August, 586 b.c.).
22	Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
23	"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you [and approved of you as My chosen instrument], And before you were born I consecrated you [to Myself as My own]; I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations."
24	Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, For I am [only] a young man."
25	But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am [only] a young man,' Because everywhere I send you, you shall go, And whatever I command you, you shall speak.
26	"Do not be afraid of them [or their hostile faces], For I am with you [always] to protect you and deliver you," says the LORD.
27	Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, "Behold (hear Me), I have put My words in your mouth.
28	"See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To uproot and break down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant."
29	The word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said, "I see the branch of an[2] almond tree."
30	Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am [actively] watching over My word to fulfill it."
31	The word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, tilting away from the north [its mouth about to pour out on the south, on Judea]."
32	Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north the evil [which the prophets foretold as the result of national sin] will reveal itself and spill out on all the people of the land.

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