Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Isaiah 57:14
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And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
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And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
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He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way! Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
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Isaiah 57
12 I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.
13 When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”
14 And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”
15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
16 For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.
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