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1. Those who are right with God may die, but no one pays attention. Good people are taken away, but no one understands. Those who do right are being taken away from evil
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1. The righteous H6662 perisheth H6 , and no H369 man H376 layeth H7760 it to H5921 heart H3820 : and merciful H2617 men H376 are taken away H622 , none H369 considering H995 that H3588 the righteous H6662 is taken away H622 from H4480 H6440 the evil H7451 to come .
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2. and are given peace. find rest in death.
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2. He shall enter H935 into peace H7965 : they shall rest H5117 in H5921 their beds H4904 , each one walking H1980 in his uprightness H5228 .
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3. "Come here, you magicians! Come here, you sons of prostitutes and those who take part in adultery!
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3. But draw near H7126 hither H2008 , ye H859 sons H1121 of the sorceress H6049 , the seed H2233 of the adulterer H5003 and the whore H2181 .
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4. Of whom are you making fun? Whom are you insulting? At whom do you stick out your tongue? You turn against God, and you are liars.
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4. Against H5921 whom H4310 do ye sport yourselves H6026 ? against H5921 whom H4310 make ye a wide H7337 mouth H6310 , and draw out H748 the tongue H3956 ? are ye H859 not H3808 children H3206 of transgression H6588 , a seed H2233 of falsehood H8267 ,
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5. You have sexual relations under every green tree to worship your gods. You kill children in the ravines and sacrifice them in the rocky places.
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5. Inflaming yourselves H2552 with idols H410 under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree H6086 , slaying H7819 the children H3206 in the valleys H5158 under H8478 the clefts H5585 of the rocks H5553 ?
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6. You take the smooth rocks from the ravines as your portion. You pour drink offerings on them to worship them, and you give grain offerings to them. Do you think this makes me want to show you mercy?
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6. Among the smooth H2511 stones of the stream H5158 is thy portion H2506 ; they H1992 , they H1992 are thy lot H1486 : even H1571 to them hast thou poured H8210 a drink offering H5262 , thou hast offered H5927 a meat offering H4503 . Should I receive comfort H5162 in H5921 these H428 ?
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7. You make your bed on every hill and mountain, and there you offer sacrifices.
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7. Upon H5921 a lofty H1364 and high H5375 mountain H2022 hast thou set H7760 thy bed H4904 : even H1571 thither H8033 wentest thou up H5927 to offer H2076 sacrifice H2077 .
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8. You have hidden your idols behind your doors and doorposts. You have left me, and you have uncovered yourself. You have pulled back the covers and climbed into bed. You have made an agreement with those whose beds you love, and you have looked at their nakedness.
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8. Behind H310 the doors H1817 also and the posts H4201 hast thou set up H7760 thy remembrance H2146 : for H3588 thou hast discovered H1540 thyself to another than H4480 H854 me , and art gone up H5927 ; thou hast enlarged H7337 thy bed H4904 , and made H3772 thee a covenant with H4480 them ; thou lovedst H157 their bed H4904 where H3027 thou sawest H2372 it .
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9. You use your oils and perfumes to look nice for Molech. You have sent your messengers to faraway lands; you even tried to send them to the place of the dead.
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9. And thou wentest H7788 to the king H4428 with ointment H8081 , and didst increase H7235 thy perfumes H7547 , and didst send H7971 thy messengers H6735 far off H5704 H4480 H7350 , and didst debase H8213 thyself even unto H5704 hell H7585 .
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10. You were tired from doing these things, but you never gave up. You found new strength, so you did not quit.
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10. Thou art wearied H3021 in the greatness H7230 of thy way H1870 ; yet saidst H559 thou not H3808 , There is no hope H2976 : thou hast found H4672 the life H2416 of thine hand H3027 ; therefore H5921 H3651 thou wast not H3808 grieved H2470 .
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11. "Whom were you so afraid of that you lied to me? You have not remembered me or even thought about me. I have been quiet for a long time. Is that why you are not afraid of me?
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11. And of whom H4310 hast thou been afraid H1672 or feared H3372 , that H3588 thou hast lied H3576 , and hast not H3808 remembered H2142 me, nor H3808 laid H7760 it to H5921 thy heart H3820 ? have not H3808 I H589 held my peace H2814 even of old H4480 H5769 , and thou fearest H3372 me not H3808 ?
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12. I will tell about your 'goodness' and what you do, and those things will do you no good.
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12. I H589 will declare H5046 thy righteousness H6666 , and thy works H4639 ; for they shall not H3808 profit H3276 thee.
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13. When you cry out for help, let the gods you have gathered help you. The wind will blow them all away; just a puff of wind will take them away. But the person who depends on me will receive the land and own my holy mountain."
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13. When thou criest H2199 , let thy companies H6899 deliver H5337 thee ; but the wind H7307 shall carry them all away H5375 H853 H3605 ; vanity H1892 shall take H3947 them : but he that putteth his trust H2620 in me shall possess H5157 the land H776 , and shall inherit H3423 my holy H6944 mountain H2022 ;
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14. Someone will say, "Build a road! Build a road! Prepare the way! Make the way clear for my people."
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14. And shall say H559 , Cast ye up H5549 , cast ye up H5549 , prepare H6437 the way H1870 , take up H7311 the stumblingblock H4383 out of the way H4480 H1870 of my people H5971 .
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15. And this is the reason: God lives forever and is holy. He is high and lifted up. He says, "I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are sad and humble. I give new life to those who are humble and to those whose hearts are broken.
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15. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the high H7311 and lofty One H5375 that inhabiteth H7931 eternity H5703 , whose name H8034 is Holy H6918 ; I dwell H7931 in the high H4791 and holy H6918 place , with H854 him also that is of a contrite H1793 and humble H8217 spirit H7307 , to revive H2421 the spirit H7307 of the humble H8217 , and to revive H2421 the heart H3820 of the contrite ones H1792 .
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16. I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, because then human life would grow weak. Human beings, whom I created, would die.
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16. For H3588 I will not H3808 contend H7378 forever H5769 , neither H3808 will I be always wroth H7107 H5331 : for H3588 the spirit H7307 should fail H5848 before H4480 H6440 me , and the souls H5397 which I H589 have made H6213 .
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17. I was angry because they were dishonest in order to make money. I punished them and turned away from them in anger, but they continued to do evil.
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17. For the iniquity H5771 of his covetousness H1215 was I wroth H7107 , and smote H5221 him : I hid H5641 me , and was wroth H7107 , and he went H1980 on frowardly H7726 in the way H1870 of his heart H3820 .
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18. I have seen what they have done, but I will heal them. I will guide them and comfort them and those who felt sad for them. They will all praise me.
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18. I have seen H7200 his ways H1870 , and will heal H7495 him : I will lead H5148 him also , and restore H7999 comforts H5150 unto him and to his mourners H57 .
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19. I will give peace, real peace, to those far and near, and I will heal them," says the Lord.
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19. I create H1254 the fruit H5108 of the lips H8193 ; Peace H7965 , peace H7965 to him that is far off H7350 , and to him that is near H7138 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; and I will heal H7495 him.
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20. But evil people are like the angry sea, which cannot rest, whose waves toss up waste and mud.
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20. But the wicked H7563 are like the troubled H1644 sea H3220 , when H3588 it cannot H3201 H3808 rest H8252 , whose waters H4325 cast up H1644 mire H7516 and dirt H2916 .
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21. "There is no peace for evil people," says my God.
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21. There is no H369 peace H7965 , saith H559 my God H430 , to the wicked H7563 .
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