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Isaiah 29:20 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off— "
Isaiah 29:20
Verse in Context
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18 In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
19 The humble also will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
20 For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off—
21 who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for one who reproves in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.
22 Therefore the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, says concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob shall no longer be ashamed, neither shall his face grow pale.
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Isaiah 29:1
"Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around;"
Isaiah 29:2
"then I will distress Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation. She shall be to me as an altar hearth."
Isaiah 29:3
"I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works against you."
Isaiah 29:4
"You will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground. Your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will whisper out of the dust."
Isaiah 29:5
"But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly."
Isaiah 29:6
"She will be visited by the LORD of Armies with thunder, with earthquake, with great noise, with whirlwind and storm, and with the flame of a devouring fire."
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