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in that day he will speak out, saying: "I will not be a healer; in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; you shall not make me leader of the people."
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On that day he will cry out, saying: "I'm not a healer. I don't even have food or clothing in my house. Don't make me the leader of the people!"
Isaiah 3:7 In-Context
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People will oppress each other— man against man, neighbor against neighbor. The young will rise up against the old, the nobody against the honored.
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A man will seize one of his brothers in his father’s house, and say, “You have a cloak, you be our leader; take charge of this heap of ruins!”
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But in that day he will cry out, “I have no remedy. I have no food or clothing in my house; do not make me the leader of the people.”
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Jerusalem staggers, Judah is falling; their words and deeds are against the LORD, defying his glorious presence.
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The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.