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Isaiah 31

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¹ Thus says the LORD regarding all My evil neighbors (Gentile nations) who strike at the inheritance which I have granted to My people Israel, "Behold, I will uproot them from their land and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.

² And it shall come about that after I have uprooted them, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them back again, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land.

³ And if these [neighboring nations] will diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My Name, saying, 'As the LORD lives'—even as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up among My people.

⁴ But if [any nation] will not listen and obey, I will [completely] uproot and destroy that nation, says the LORD."

⁵ Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it on your[1] loins, but do not put it in water."

⁶ So I bought the waistband according to the word of the LORD and put it on my loins.

⁷ Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying,

⁸ Get up and take the waistband that you have bought, which is [wrapped] around your loins, and go to the [river] Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock.

⁹ So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD had commanded me.

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1	Thus says the LORD regarding all My evil neighbors (Gentile nations) who strike at the inheritance which I have granted to My people Israel, "Behold, I will uproot them from their land and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.
2	And it shall come about that after I have uprooted them, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them back again, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land.
3	And if these [neighboring nations] will diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My Name, saying, 'As the LORD lives'—even as they taught My people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up among My people.
4	But if [any nation] will not listen and obey, I will [completely] uproot and destroy that nation, says the LORD."
5	Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it on your[1] loins, but do not put it in water."
6	So I bought the waistband according to the word of the LORD and put it on my loins.
7	Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying,
8	Get up and take the waistband that you have bought, which is [wrapped] around your loins, and go to the [river] Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock.
9	So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD had commanded me.

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