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But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will show himself holy by his righteousness.

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.

He said, "Go and tell this people: " 'Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.'

And though a tenth remains in the land, it will again be laid waste. But as the terebinth and oak leave stumps when they are cut down, so the holy seed will be the stump in the land."

When Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it.

But Ahaz said, "I will not ask; I will not put the LORD to the test."

But before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste.

Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us.

and he will be a sanctuary; but for both houses of Israel he will be a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare.

Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the Gentiles, by the way of the sea, along the Jordan-

"The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars."

But the LORD has strengthened Rezin's foes against them and has spurred their enemies on.

But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the LORD Almighty.

On the right they will devour, but still be hungry; on the left they will eat, but not be satisfied. Each will feed on the flesh of his own offspring :

Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.

But this is not what he intends, this is not what he has in mind; his purpose is to destroy, to put an end to many nations.

In that day the remnant of Israel, the survivors of the house of Jacob, will no longer rely on him who struck them down but will truly rely on the LORD , the Holy One of Israel.

but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.

But desert creatures will lie there, jackals will fill her houses; there the owls will dwell, and there the wild goats will leap about.

But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit.