25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God
    and defies the Almighty,

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13 (A)“Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. (B)But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’

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23 but you have lifted up yourself against (A)the Lord of heaven. And (B)the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. (C)And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, (D)but the God in whose hand is your breath, and (E)whose are all your ways, (F)you have not honored.

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They set their mouths against the heavens,
    and their tongue struts through the earth.

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“See the man who would not make
    God his refuge,
but (A)trusted in the abundance of his riches
    and sought refuge in his own destruction!”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 52:7 Or in his work of destruction

then he declares to them their work
    and their transgressions, that they are (A)behaving arrogantly.

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He is (A)wise in heart and mighty in strength
    —who has (B)hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—

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Why should you harden your hearts as (A)the Egyptians and (B)Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he had dealt severely with them, (C)did they not send the people away, and they departed?

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23 Immediately (A)an angel of the Lord struck him down, because (B)he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

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James Killed and Peter Imprisoned

12 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church.

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And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, (A)whom you are persecuting.

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(A)Who has performed and done this,
    calling the generations from the beginning?
(B)I, the Lord, the first,
    and with the last; I am he.

(C)The coastlands have seen and are afraid;
    the ends of the earth tremble;
    they have drawn near and come.
Everyone helps his neighbor
    and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
(D)The craftsman strengthens the goldsmith,
    and he who smooths with the hammer him who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
    and they strengthen it with nails (E)so that it cannot be moved.

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    I have no wrath.
(A)Would that I had thorns and briers to battle!
    I would march against them,
    I would burn them up together.

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12 (A)When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, (B)he[a] will punish the speech[b] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 (C)For he says:

“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
    and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
    and plunder their treasures;
    like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
14 My hand has found like a nest
    the wealth of the peoples;
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
    so I have gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved a wing
    or opened the mouth or chirped.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew I
  2. Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew fruit

Be broken,[a] you peoples, and (A)be shattered;[b]
    give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
    strap on your armor and be shattered.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
    speak a word, (B)but it will not stand,
    for God (C)is with us.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Be evil
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  3. Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel

11 And they say, (A)“How can God know?
    Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

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Have you (A)an arm like God,
    and can you thunder with (B)a voice like his?

10 “Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity;
    (C)clothe yourself with glory and splendor.
11 Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
    and look on everyone who is (D)proud and abase him.

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the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “A god has come into the camp.” And they said, “Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before. Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness. (A)Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews (B)as they have been to you; be men and fight.”

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23 “And (A)if by this discipline you are not turned to me (B)but walk contrary to me,

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17 (A)You are still exalting yourself against my people and will not let them go.

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But Pharaoh said, (A)“Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover, (B)I will not let Israel go.” Then they said, “The (C)God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”

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