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Isaiah · read by Ron Bailey
123 verses, in order. Only the verses Ron read aloud are shown.
Isaiah 1
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This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.Read from ESV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: "I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand."Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
Isaiah 11
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Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 6) - the Character of the Servant
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The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.Read from NKJV · Isaiah (Part 6) - the Character of the Servant
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And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 6) - the Character of the Servant
Isaiah 14
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you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.Read from NKJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: "Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us."Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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They will all respond to you, saying, "You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!"Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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You said in your heart: "I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."Read from NKJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
Isaiah 21
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This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.Read from KJV · The Baptism (Part 2)
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Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.Read from KJV · The Three Prayers (Part 4)
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For this is what the Lord says to me: "Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.Read from NKJV · The Three Prayers (Part 4)
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When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert."Read from KJV · The Three Prayers (Part 4)
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Then the lookout shouted: "Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.Read from KJV · The Three Prayers (Part 4)
Isaiah 39
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At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah's illness and recovery.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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And Hezekiah welcomed the envoys gladly and showed them what was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his entire armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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"What have they seen in your palace?" Isaiah asked. "They have seen everything in my palace," answered Hezekiah. "There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them."Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD of Hosts:Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good." For he thought, "At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime."Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
Isaiah 40
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"Comfort, comfort My people," says your God.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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A voice of one calling: "Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."Read from ESV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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A voice says, "Cry out!" And I asked, "What should I cry out?" "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."Read from NASB1995 · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?Read from NKJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?Read from NKJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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To one bereft of an offering who chooses wood that will not rot, who seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple?Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?Read from NKJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God"?Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.Read from NKJV · Isaiah (Part 2) - That They May Serve Me
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But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
Isaiah 41
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"Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness ? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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Each one helps the other and says to his brother, "Be strong!"Read from NKJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, "It is good." He nails it down so it will not be toppled.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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"But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, 'You are My servant.' I have chosen and not rejected you.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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so that all may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this and the Holy One of Israel has created it."Read from NKJV · The Truth in Jesus (Part 1)
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I have raised up one from the north, and he has come— one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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I was the first to tell Zion: 'Look, here they are!' And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
Isaiah 42
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"Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.Read from NKJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 4) - Behold, My Servant
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A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 4) - Behold, My Servant
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He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope."Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 4) - Behold, My Servant
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I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 6) - the Character of the Servant
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But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, 'You are our gods!' will be turned back in utter shame.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 6) - the Character of the Servant
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Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 6) - the Character of the Servant
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Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 6) - the Character of the Servant
Isaiah 43
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"Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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But you have not called on Me, O Jacob, because you have grown weary of Me, O Israel.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach."Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
Isaiah 46
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Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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"Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?Read from ESV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, 'My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.'Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
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I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 3) - Asset or Liability?
Isaiah 48
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"Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness—Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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Therefore I declared it to you long ago; I announced it before it came to pass, so that you could not claim, 'My idol has done this; my carved image and molten god has ordained it.'Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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You have heard these things; look at them all. Will you not acknowledge them? From now on I will tell you of new things, hidden things unknown to you.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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They are created now, and not long ago; you have not heard of them before today. So you cannot claim, 'I already knew them!'Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
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You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 1) - Introduction
Isaiah 50
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I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.Read from KJV · The Three Prayers (Part 5)
Isaiah 52
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Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.Read from NKJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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Just as many were appalled at Him — His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
Isaiah 53
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Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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Yet it was the LORD's will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
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After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 5) - Sin-Offering
Isaiah 58
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You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 6) - the Character of the Servant
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Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 6) - the Character of the Servant
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Isn't this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 6) - the Character of the Servant
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Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 6) - the Character of the Servant
Isaiah 59
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So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 6) - the Character of the Servant
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"The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression, " declares the LORD.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 6) - the Character of the Servant
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"As for Me, this is My covenant with them," says the LORD. "My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore," says the LORD.Read from KJV · Isaiah (Part 6) - the Character of the Servant