Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
7 You will open the eyes of the blind and set free those who sit in dark prisons.
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to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
8 "I alone am the Lord your God. No other god may share my glory; I will not let idols share my praise.
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“I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
9 The things I predicted have now come true. Now I will tell you of new things even before they begin to happen."
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See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.”
10 Sing a new song to the Lord; sing his praise, all the world! Praise him, you that sail the sea; praise him, all creatures of the sea! Sing, distant lands and all who live there!
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Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who live in them.
11 Let the desert and its towns praise God; let the people of Kedar praise him! Let those who live in the city of Sela shout for joy from the tops of the mountains!
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Let the wilderness and its towns raise their voices; let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout from the mountaintops.
12 Let those who live in distant lands give praise and glory to the Lord!
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Let them give glory to the LORDand proclaim his praise in the islands.
13 The Lord goes out to fight like a warrior; he is ready and eager for battle. He gives a war cry, a battle shout; he shows his power against his enemies.
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The LORD will march out like a champion, like a warrior he will stir up his zeal; with a shout he will raise the battle cry and will triumph over his enemies.
14 God says, "For a long time I kept silent; I did not answer my people. But now the time to act has come; I cry out like a woman in labor.
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“For a long time I have kept silent, I have been quiet and held myself back. But now, like a woman in childbirth, I cry out, I gasp and pant.
15 I will destroy the hills and mountains and dry up the grass and trees. I will turn the river valleys into deserts and dry up the pools of water.
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I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation; I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.
16 "I will lead my blind people by roads they have never traveled. I will turn their darkness into light and make rough country smooth before them. These are my promises, and I will keep them without fail.
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I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.
17 All who trust in idols, who call images their gods, will be humiliated and disgraced."
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But those who trust in idols, who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned back in utter shame.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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