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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 1, Verse 31

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For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
King James Version
And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench [them].
American Standard Version
And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
New English Translation
The powerful will be like a thread of yarn, their deeds like a spark; both will burn together, and no one will put out the fire.
World English Bible
The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them."
1
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2
And it shall come to pass in the last days, [that] the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
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And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
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And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
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O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
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Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
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Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither [is there any] end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither [is there any] end of their chariots:
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Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
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And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
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Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.