Isaiah 25Isaiah 26Hebrews 10.19-39Isaiah 25
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O Lord, you are my God I will give praise to you, I will give honour to your name for you have done great acts of power your purposes in the past have been made true and certain in effect.
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For you have made a town a waste place: a strong town a mass of broken walls the tower of the men of pride has come to an end it will never be put up again.
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For this cause will the strong people give glory to you, the town of the cruel ones will be in fear of you.
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For you have been a strong place for the poor and the crushed in their trouble, a safe place from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the wrath of the cruel ones is like a winter storm.
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As heat by the shade of a cloud, the noise of the men of pride has been made quiet by you as heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the cruel ones has been stopped.
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And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.
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And in this mountain he will put an end to the shade covering the face of all peoples, and the veil which is stretched over all nations.
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He has put an end to death for ever and the Lord God will take away all weeping and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.
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And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.
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For in this mountain will the hand of the Lord come to rest, and Moab will be crushed down in his place, even as the dry stems of the grain are crushed under foot in the waste place.
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And if he puts out his hands, like a man stretching out his hands in swimming, the Lord will make low his pride, however expert his designs.
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And the strong tower of your walls has been broken by him, made low, and crushed even to the dust.
Isaiah 26
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In that day will this song be made in the land of Judah: We have a strong town he will make salvation our walls and towers.
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Let the doors be open, so that the upright nation which keeps faith may come in.
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The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.
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Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.
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For he has made low those who are lifted up, all the people of the town of pride: he makes it low, crushing it down to the earth he makes it low in the dust.
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It will be crushed under the feet of the poor and the steps of those who are in need.
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The way of the good man is straight the road of the upright is made smooth by you.
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We have been waiting for you, O Lord the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.
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In the night the desire of my soul has been for you early will my spirit be searching for you for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.
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Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, he will not go after righteousness even in the land of the upright he will still go on in his wrongdoing, and will not see the glory of the Lord.
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Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see: let them see...yes, your haters will be burned up in the fire.
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Lord, you will give us peace: for all our works are the outcome of your purpose.
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O Lord, our God, other lords than you have had rule over us but in you only is our salvation, and no other name will we take on our lips.
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The dead will not come back to life: their spirits will not come back to earth for this cause you have sent destruction on them, so that the memory of them is dead.
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You have made the nation great, O Lord, you have made it great glory is yours: you have made wide the limits of the land.
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Lord, in trouble our eyes have been turned to you, we sent up a prayer when your punishment was on us.
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As a woman with child, whose time is near, is troubled, crying out in her pain so have we been before you, O Lord.
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We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have given birth to wind no salvation has come to the earth through us, and no children have come into the world.
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Your dead will come back their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.
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Come, my people, into your secret places, and let your doors be shut: keep yourself safe for a short time, till his wrath is over.
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For the Lord is coming out of his place to send punishment on the people of the earth for their evil-doing: the earth will let the blood drained out on her be seen, and will keep her dead covered no longer.
Hebrews 10
19-39
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So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of the blood of Jesus,
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By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh
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And having a great priest over the house of God,
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Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
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Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:
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And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works
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Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith and all the more because you see the day coming near.
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For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,
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But only a great fear of being judged, and of the fire of wrath which will be the destruction of the haters of God.
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A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:
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But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?
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For we have had experience of him who says, Punishment is mine, I will give reward. And again, The Lord will be judge of his people.
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We may well go in fear of falling into the hands of the living God.
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But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles
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In part, in being attacked by angry words and cruel acts, before the eyes of everyone, and in part, in being united with those who were attacked in this way.
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For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.
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So do not give up your hope which will be greatly rewarded.
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For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.
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In a very little time he who is coming will come he will not be slow.
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But the upright man will be living by his faith and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.
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But we are not of those who go back to destruction but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.
