Discovery Box| (0.18) | Isa 28:7 |
| Even these men 1 stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer – priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused 2 because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, 3 they totter while making legal decisions. 4 |
| (0.18) | Isa 28:13 |
| So the Lord’s word to them will sound like meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there. 1 As a result, they will fall on their backsides when they try to walk, 2 and be injured, ensnared, and captured. 3 |
| (0.18) | Isa 28:16 |
| Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says: “Look, I am laying 1 a stone in Zion, an approved 2 stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. 3 The one who maintains his faith will not panic. 4 |
| (0.18) | Isa 29:4 |
| You will fall; while lying on the ground 1 you will speak; from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. 2 Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; 3 from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation. 4 |
| (0.18) | Isa 31:3 |
| The Egyptians are mere humans, not God; their horses are made of flesh, not spirit. The Lord will strike with 1 his hand; the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall. Together they will perish. 2 |
| (0.18) | Isa 36:8 |
| Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them. |
| (0.18) | Isa 37:26 |
| 1 Certainly you must have heard! 2 Long ago I worked it out, in ancient times I planned 3 it, and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins. 4 |
| (0.18) | Isa 38:14 |
| Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo 1 like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. 2 O sovereign master, 3 I am oppressed; help me! 4 |
| (0.18) | Isa 41:1 |
| “Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! 1 Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate! 2 |
| (0.18) | Isa 41:22 |
| “Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen! Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, 1 so we may examine them 2 and see how they were fulfilled. 3 Or decree for us some future events! |
| (0.18) | Isa 44:7 |
| Who is like me? Let him make his claim! 1 Let him announce it and explain it to me – since I established an ancient people – 2 let them announce future events! 3 |
| (0.18) | Isa 44:13 |
| A carpenter takes measurements; 1 he marks out an outline of its form; 2 he scrapes 3 it with chisels, and marks it with a compass. He patterns it after the human form, 4 like a well-built human being, and puts it in a shrine. 5 |
| (0.18) | Isa 45:8 |
| O sky, rain down from above! Let the clouds send down showers 1 of deliverance! Let the earth absorb it 2 so salvation may grow, 3 and deliverance may sprout up 4 along with it. I, the Lord, create it. 5 |
| (0.18) | Isa 45:9 |
| One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, 1 one who is like a mere 2 shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, 3 “What in the world 4 are you doing? Your work lacks skill!” 5 |
| (0.18) | Isa 47:15 |
| They will disappoint you, 1 those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. 2 Each strays off in his own direction, 3 leaving no one to rescue you.” |
| (0.18) | Isa 50:4 |
| The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, 1 so that I know how to help the weary. 2 He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do. 3 |
| (0.18) | Isa 52:5 |
| And now, what do we have here?” 1 says the Lord. “Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” 2 says the Lord, “and my name is constantly slandered 3 all day long. |
| (0.18) | Isa 53:7 |
| He was treated harshly and afflicted, 1 but he did not even open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block, like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not even open his mouth. 2 |
| (0.18) | Isa 54:4 |
| Don’t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame! Don’t be intimidated, 1 for you will not be humiliated! You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment. 2 |
| (0.18) | Isa 58:7 |
| I want you 1 to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. 2 When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood! 3 |
