WEBVTT - Isaiah 34

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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 34, and we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>reading from the Christian Standard Bible. You nations, come here

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<v Speaker 1>and listen. You peoples, pay attention. Let the earth and

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<v Speaker 1>all that fills it hear, the world and all that

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<v Speaker 1>comes from it. The Lord is angry with all the nations,

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<v Speaker 1>furious with all their armies. He will set them apart

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<v Speaker 1>for destruction, giving them over to slaughter. Their slain will

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<v Speaker 1>be thrown out, and the stench of their corpses will rise.

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<v Speaker 1>The mountains will flow with their blood. All the stars

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<v Speaker 1>in the sky will dissolve. The sky will roll up

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<v Speaker 1>like a scroll, and its stars will all wither, as

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<v Speaker 1>leaves wither on the vine, and foliage on the fig tree.

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<v Speaker 1>When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens,

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<v Speaker 1>it will then come down on Edom, and on the

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<v Speaker 1>people I have set apart for destruction. The Lord's sword

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<v Speaker 1>is covered with blood. It drips with fat, with the

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<v Speaker 1>blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the

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<v Speaker 1>kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Basra,

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<v Speaker 1>a great slaughter in the land of Edom. The wild

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<v Speaker 1>oxen will be struck down with them, and young bulls

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<v Speaker 1>with the mighty bulls. Their land will be soaked with blood,

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<v Speaker 1>and their soil will be saturated with fat. For the

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<v Speaker 1>Lord has a day of vengeance, a time of paying

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<v Speaker 1>back Edom for its hostility against Zion. Edom's streams will

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<v Speaker 1>be turned into pitch, her soil into sulfur, her land

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<v Speaker 1>will become burning pitch. It will never go out day

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<v Speaker 1>or night. Its smoke will go up forever. It will

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<v Speaker 1>be desolate from generation to generation. No one will pass

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<v Speaker 1>through it forever and ever. Eagle owls and herons will

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<v Speaker 1>possess it, and long-eared owls and ravens will dwell there.

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<v Speaker 1>The Lord will stretch out a measuring line and a

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<v Speaker 1>plumb line over her for her destruction and chaos. No

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<v Speaker 1>nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all

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<v Speaker 1>her princes will come to nothing. Her palaces will be

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<v Speaker 1>overgrown with thorns, her fortified cities with thistles and briars.

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<v Speaker 1>She will become a dwelling for jackals, an abode for ostriches.

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<v Speaker 1>The desert creatures will meet hyenas. and one wild goat

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<v Speaker 1>will call to another. Indeed, the night birds will stay

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<v Speaker 1>there and will find a resting place. Sand partridges will

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<v Speaker 1>make their nests there. They will lay and hatch their eggs,

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<v Speaker 1>and will gather their broods under their shadows. Indeed, the

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<v Speaker 1>birds of prey will gather there, each with its mate.

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<v Speaker 1>Search and read the scroll of the Lord. Not one

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<v Speaker 1>of them will be missing. None will be lacking its mate.

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<v Speaker 1>because he has ordered it by my mouth, and he

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<v Speaker 1>will gather them by his Spirit. He has cast the

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<v Speaker 1>lot for them. His hand allotted their portion with a

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<v Speaker 1>measuring line. They will possess it forever. They will dwell

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<v Speaker 1>in it from generation to generation. Let's pray. Lord, we

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

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<v Speaker 1>the things that you reveal to us in it. Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>we recognize that there is a day coming when you

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<v Speaker 1>will judge the nations. You will judge this world. This

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<v Speaker 1>world will experience tribulation. And your hand of justice, which

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<v Speaker 1>we as human beings have mocked, will be shown to

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<v Speaker 1>be powerful and true. Lord, we recognize that we all

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<v Speaker 1>deserve judgment and condemnation from you. But we're also grateful, Lord,

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<v Speaker 1>for the fact that when we trust in your Son,

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus Christ, Our sin is forgiven. We are passed over

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<v Speaker 1>for judgment. We will no longer be condemned because Christ

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<v Speaker 1>took our condemnation upon himself. Lord, we know that not

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<v Speaker 1>everyone is going to accept your son, but we're grateful

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<v Speaker 1>for the privilege to have the opportunity to do so.

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<v Speaker 1>And we pray, Lord, that for those of us who

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<v Speaker 1>have done so, that you would comfort our hearts with

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<v Speaker 1>the realization that our sin is forgiven and that our

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<v Speaker 1>future is filled with hope. We pray that by your

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<v Speaker 1>grace you would enable us to share the message of hope,

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<v Speaker 1>the message of your gospel, with as many people as

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<v Speaker 1>possible during the course of our earthly lives. We're grateful

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<v Speaker 1>for that privilege, Lord. We love you. We're thankful for

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<v Speaker 1>your love toward us. And we pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.