WEBVTT - Isaiah 33

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<v Speaker 1>to the Chapter a Day Audio Bible. I'm John Stonge

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<v Speaker 1>and today we're in Isaiah chapter 33 and we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>reading from the English Standard Version. Ah, you destroyer, who

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<v Speaker 1>yourself have not been destroyed, you traitor, whom none has betrayed.

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<v Speaker 1>When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed,

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<v Speaker 1>and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you.

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<v Speaker 1>O Lord, be gracious to us, we wait for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time

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<v Speaker 1>of trouble. At the tumultuous noise, peoples flee. When you

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<v Speaker 1>lift yourself up, nations are scattered, and your spoil is

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<v Speaker 1>gathered as the caterpillar gathers, as locusts leap, it is

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<v Speaker 1>leapt upon. The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high.

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<v Speaker 1>He will fill Zion with justice and righteousness, and He

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<v Speaker 1>will be the stability of your times. Abundance of salvation, wisdom,

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<v Speaker 1>and knowledge, the fear of the Lord is Zion's treasure. Behold,

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<v Speaker 1>their heroes cry in the streets. The envoys of peace

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<v Speaker 1>weep bitterly. The highways lie waste. The traveler ceases. Covenants

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<v Speaker 1>are broken. Cities are despised. There is no regard for man.

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<v Speaker 1>The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away.

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<v Speaker 1>Sharon is like a desert. and Bashan and Carmel shake

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<v Speaker 1>off their leaves. Now I will arrive, says the Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>now I will lift myself up, now I will be exalted.

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<v Speaker 1>You conceive chaff, you give birth to stubble, your breath

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<v Speaker 1>is a fire that will consume you, and the peoples

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<v Speaker 1>will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut

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<v Speaker 1>down that are burned in the fire. Hear, you who

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<v Speaker 1>are far off, what I have done, and you who

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<v Speaker 1>are near, acknowledge my might. The sinners in Zion are afraid.

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<v Speaker 1>Trembling has seized the godless. Who among us can dwell

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<v Speaker 1>with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with

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<v Speaker 1>everlasting burnings? He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who

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<v Speaker 1>despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands lest

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<v Speaker 1>they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing

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<v Speaker 1>of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil.

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<v Speaker 1>He will dwell on the heights. His place of defense

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<v Speaker 1>will be the fortresses of rocks. His bread will be

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<v Speaker 1>given him. His water will be sure. Your eyes will

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<v Speaker 1>behold the king in his beauty. They will see a

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<v Speaker 1>land that stretches afar. Your heart will muse on the terror.

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<v Speaker 1>Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed

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<v Speaker 1>the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers? You

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<v Speaker 1>will see no more the insolent people, the people of

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<v Speaker 1>an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a

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<v Speaker 1>tongue that you cannot understand. Behold Zion, the city of

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<v Speaker 1>our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem. an untroubled habitation,

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<v Speaker 1>an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be plucked up,

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<v Speaker 1>nor will any of its cords be broken. But there

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<v Speaker 1>the Lord in majesty will be for us a place

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<v Speaker 1>of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars

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<v Speaker 1>can go, nor majestic ship can pass. For the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord

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<v Speaker 1>is our king, He will save us. Your cords hang loose.

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<v Speaker 1>They cannot hold the mast firm in its place or

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<v Speaker 1>keep the sails spread out. Then prey and spoil in

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<v Speaker 1>abundance will be divided. Even the lame will take the prey.

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<v Speaker 1>And no inhabitant will say, I am sick. The people

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<v Speaker 1>who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity. Let's pray. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we thank you for your word, and we thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for the privilege of being able to look at a

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<v Speaker 1>portion of Scripture like this that speaks of the time

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<v Speaker 1>when your Son, Jesus Christ, will rule and reign on

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<v Speaker 1>this earth from Jerusalem. And we're grateful, Lord, for the

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<v Speaker 1>promises that you've given your people. We're grateful for the

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<v Speaker 1>privilege that it is to be part of your kingdom.

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<v Speaker 1>And we're grateful, Lord, that you've given us, in the

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<v Speaker 1>midst of all that we experience right now, this vision

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<v Speaker 1>of the future to look forward to. So we're grateful

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<v Speaker 1>for this, Lord. We're grateful for your presence with us today.

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<v Speaker 1>We're grateful for the privilege to trust in your son,

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus Christ, right here and right now. And we pray, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>that you would facilitate that kind of faith within our hearts.

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<v Speaker 1>We love you, Lord. We thank you for all of

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<v Speaker 1>these things. And we pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.