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14 And it will be said: "Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people."
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14 And it will be said: "Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people."
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15 For this is what the high and lofty One says-- he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
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15 For this is what the high and lofty One says-- he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
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16 I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit of man would grow faint before me-- the breath of man that I have created.
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16 I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit of man would grow faint before me-- the breath of man that I have created.
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17 I was enraged by his sinful greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in his willful ways.
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17 I was enraged by his sinful greed; I punished him, and hid my face in anger, yet he kept on in his willful ways.
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18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him,
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18 I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him,
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19 creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near," says the LORD. "And I will heal them."
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19 creating praise on the lips of the mourners in Israel. Peace, peace, to those far and near," says the LORD. "And I will heal them."
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20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.
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20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.
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21 "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
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21 "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
