But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
In righteousness you shall be established: you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not be afraid; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
"'As for their tongue, it is polished by the workman, and they themselves are gilded and overlain with silver; yet they are only false and cannot speak.
"Be astonished, you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate," says the LORD.
"It shall happen at that day," says the LORD, "that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder."
if you don't oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don't shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:
You shall tell them, This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of the LORD their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is] he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?
He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
I will make this city an astonishment, and a hissing; everyone who passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues.
Thus says the LORD: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
It shall happen, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, says the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate forever.
For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of Armies.
Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there, and don't be diminished.
For thus says the LORD, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.
Their children also shall be as before, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all who oppress them.
For I have satiated the weary soul, and every sorrowful soul have I replenished.
Go, and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus says the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before you in that day.
For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence;
Don't you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says the LORD; for I am with you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.
Therefore my heart sounds for Moab like pipes, and my heart sounds like pipes for the men of Kir Heres: therefore the abundance that he has gotten is perished.
Of Edom. Thus says the LORD of Armies: Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
For thus says the LORD: Behold, they to whom it didn't pertain to drink of the cup shall certainly drink; and are you he who shall altogether go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink.
Edom shall become an astonishment: everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.
Because of the wrath of the LORD she shall not be inhabited, but she shall be wholly desolate: everyone who goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
Therefore thus says the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding has he stretched out the heavens:
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has, like a monster, swallowed me up, he has filled his maw with my delicacies; he has cast me out.
"Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!
His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
It shall be accomplished before his time. His branch shall not be green.
He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his target.
Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side.
Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.
Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.
You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.
when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,
The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?
For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.
I will speak, that I may be refreshed. I will open my lips and answer.
Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.
Egypt will be a desolation, and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.
and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.' So I went away and washed, and I received sight."
Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see."
Jesus said to him, "Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you."
So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?
If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty."
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'
He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, "Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
the LORD said, "You have been concerned for the vine, for which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night.
For the priests who bore the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and passed over.
It happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel had finished killing them with a very great slaughter until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah's rebellion.
The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As was Issachar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart.
Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two companies rushed on all who were in the field, and struck them.
So he brought him into his house, and gave the donkeys fodder; and they washed their feet, and ate and drink.
The ambushers hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the ambushers drew themselves along, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.
I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from the LORD.
the LORD has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured its foundations.
[It is] because of the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity: He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins.
They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.
Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
He washed the innards and the legs with water; and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by fire to the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
He washed the innards and the legs, and burned them on the burnt offering on the altar.
Then the priest shall examine it, after the plague is washed; and behold, if the plague hasn't changed its color, and the plague hasn't spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire. It is a mildewed spot, whether the bareness is inside or outside.
If the priest looks, and behold, the plague has faded after it is washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
The garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatever thing of skin it is, which you shall wash, if the plague has departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and it will be clean."
Every garment, and every skin, whereon the semen is, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.
and hasn't brought it to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to offer it as an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD: blood shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
The land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
"'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
That which has its testicles bruised, crushed, broken, or cut, you shall not offer to the LORD; neither shall you do thus in your land.
I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein will be astonished at it.
When they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.
When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you."
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch."
After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.
They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,
It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."
When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.
He will show you a large, furnished upper room. Make preparations there."
Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight.
"But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King," says the LORD of Armies, "and my name is awesome among the nations."
They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things?" and, "What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?
Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.
The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!"
They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, "Then who can be saved?"
The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.
He will himself show you a large upper room furnished and ready. Get ready for us there."
For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.
It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
It happened that when Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.
It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.
Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?
These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn't defile the man."
But if he doesn't listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?"
When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.
It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,
So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."
But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of the LORD's temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it.
Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken hold of you as of a woman in travail?
The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
the LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. the LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.
Yet was she carried away. She went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth [day] of [the month] Elul, in fifty-two days.
These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
"On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their divisions. The prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.
It happened on the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, with all its furniture, and the altar with all its vessels, and had anointed and sanctified them;
On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben
and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before the LORD; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
The standard of the camp of Reuben went forward according to their armies. Elizur the son of Shedeur was over his army.
So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.
Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;
We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba."
The donkey saw the angel of the LORD, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he struck her again.
But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her: he has established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
"'So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him who shed it.
For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
By wisdom the LORD founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.
Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
When he established the heavens, I was there; when he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,
Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.
A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Truth's lips will be established forever, but a lying tongue is only momentary.
Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.
Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: they shall certainly not be unpunished.
It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.
Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;
Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you know?
There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness.
From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
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