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You said, ‘No, we will get our help from Egypt. They will give us swift horses for riding into battle.' But the only swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you!

Though the Lord gave you adversity for food and suffering for drink, he will still be with you to teach you. You will see your teacher with your own eyes.

Even the strongest will quake with terror, and princes will flee when they see your battle flags," says the Lord , whose fire burns in Zion, whose flame blazes from Jerusalem.

Then everyone who has eyes will be able to see the truth, and everyone who has ears will be able to hear it.

Your eyes will see the king in all his splendor, and you will see a land that stretches into the distance.

You will no longer see these fierce, violent people with their strange, unknown language.

Instead, you will see Zion as a place of holy festivals. You will see Jerusalem, a city quiet and secure. It will be like a tent whose ropes are taut and whose stakes are firmly fixed.

Search the book of the Lord , and see what he will do. Not one of these birds and animals will be missing, and none will lack a mate, for the Lord has promised this. His Spirit will make it all come true.

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator; Shebna the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, the royal historian, went back to Hezekiah. They tore their clothes in despair, and they went in to see the king and told him what the Assyrian chief of staff had said.

Bend down, O Lord , and listen! Open your eyes, O Lord , and see! Listen to Sennacherib's words of defiance against the living God.

I said, "Never again will I see the Lord God while still in the land of the living. Never again will I see my friends or be with those who live in this world.

Hezekiah was delighted with the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

"What did they see in your palace?" asked Isaiah. "They saw everything," Hezekiah replied. "I showed them everything I own—all my royal treasuries."

Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together. The Lord has spoken!"

Yes, the Sovereign Lord is coming in power. He will rule with a powerful arm. See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.

O Jacob, how can you say the Lord does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights?

"See, all your angry enemies lie there, confused and humiliated. Anyone who opposes you will die and come to nothing.

I am doing this so all who see this miracle will understand what it means— that it is the Lord who has done this, the Holy One of Israel who created it.

See, they are all foolish, worthless things. All your idols are as empty as the wind.

"Listen, you who are deaf! Look and see, you blind!