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Strands Editorial Preface Main Bibliography |
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3 | (74) |
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6 | (35) |
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In the Hall of the King of Heaven and Earth, Rebellious Children, Violent Worshipers, Polluted City (1:2-31) |
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17 | (1) |
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Israel's Disappointed Father and Outraged Patron of Jerusalem's Temple (1:2-20) |
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18 | (16) |
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How Has She Become a Harlot? Let Me Smelt Your Dross Like Lye (1:21-31) |
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34 | (7) |
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41 | (36) |
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The Mountain of YHWH's House (2:2-4) |
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43 | (7) |
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Israel Not Welcome/The Day of YHWH (2:5-22) |
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50 | (10) |
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Jerusalem's Ordeal (3:1-4:6) |
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60 | (2) |
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Jerusalem Shall Totter (3:1-12) |
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62 | (4) |
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YHWH Stands for Judgment (3:13-15) |
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66 | (3) |
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"In That Day": Haughty Daughters of Zion (3:16-4:1) |
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69 | (4) |
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73 | (4) |
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PART I THE DECREED DESTRUCTION OF THE WHOLE LAND (5:1-33:24) |
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77 | (35) |
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Introduction to Part I (5:1-6:13) |
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78 | (34) |
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Requiem for Israel (5:1-30) |
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81 | (17) |
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My Friend's Song for His Vineyard (5:1-7) |
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81 | (6) |
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Therefore My People Are Exiled (5:8-25) |
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87 | (8) |
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Signal to a Distant Nation (5:26-30) |
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95 | (3) |
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In God's Heavenly Courtroom (6:1-13) |
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98 | (14) |
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ACT 1 JERUSALEM'S ROYAL HEIR (7:1-12:6) |
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112 | (111) |
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Scene 1 Of Sons and Signs (7:1-9:6 [ 7]) |
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114 | (62) |
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Narrative: A Word for the King and a Sign (7:1-16) |
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115 | (4) |
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119 | (3) |
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Keep Calm and Steady (7:3-9) |
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122 | (10) |
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The Sign: "Within Three Years" (7:10-16) |
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132 | (10) |
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Announcement: YHWH Is Bringing Critical Times, the Assyrian Era (7:17-25) |
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142 | (4) |
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Memoirs of the Prophet (8:1-9:6 [ 7]) |
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146 | (1) |
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Swift-Plunder, Hastening-Booty (8:1-4) |
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147 | (5) |
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Waters of Shiloah Refused (8:5-10) |
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152 | (3) |
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YHWH is Your Fear (8:11-15) |
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155 | (3) |
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Sealing the Prophet's Testimony (8:16-18) |
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158 | (4) |
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To Instruction and to Testimony (8:19-22) |
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162 | (4) |
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To Us a Son Is Born (8:23-9:6 [ 9:1-7]) |
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166 | (10) |
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Scene 2 A Word against Jacob (9:7 [ 8]-10:23) |
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176 | (17) |
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A Prophetic Interpretation of History (9:7 [ 8]-10:4) |
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177 | (6) |
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The Assyrian King, Rod of My Anger (10:5-19) |
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183 | (7) |
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"In That Day": Only a Remnant of Israel (10:20-23) |
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190 | (3) |
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Scene 3 A Word for Jerusalem (10:24-12:6) |
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193 | (30) |
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Jerusalemites, Do Not Fear the Assyrian (10:24-27c) |
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194 | (3) |
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"In That Day": The March of Conquest (10:27d-32) |
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197 | (4) |
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The Forester before Jerusalem (10:33-34) |
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201 | (3) |
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A Shoot from the Stump of Jesse (11:1-10) |
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204 | (9) |
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YHWH's Second Deliverance (11:11-16) |
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213 | (5) |
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Hymns for "That Day" (12:1-6) |
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218 | (5) |
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ACT 2 THE BURDEN OF BABYLON (13:1-27:13) |
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223 | (193) |
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235 | (181) |
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Introduction (frame): YHWH's Wars and Babylon's Fate (13:2-14:23) |
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240 | (29) |
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The Day of YHWH (13:2-16) |
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243 | (8) |
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Babylon's Fate--Israel's Hope (13:17-14:23) |
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251 | (1) |
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YHWH Overwhelms Babylon (13:17-22a) |
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251 | (3) |
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(For) Jacob's Hope (13:226-14:2) |
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254 | (2) |
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Taunt over a Fallen Tyrant (14:3-21) |
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256 | (11) |
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Oracle against Babylon (14:22-23) |
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267 | (2) |
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The Assyrian Period (14:24-23:18) |
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269 | (97) |
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YHWH's Plan for Assyria and the Whole Land (14:24-27) |
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272 | (3) |
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In the Death Year of King Ahaz (14:28-32) |
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275 | (3) |
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Burden: Moab (15:1-16:14) |
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278 | (10) |
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Burdens: Damascus and Egypt, 716-714 B.C.e. (17:1-20:6) |
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288 | (2) |
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Reflections on Israel's Position (17:1-9) |
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290 | (5) |
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Admonition and Two "Woe" Passages (17:10-14) |
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295 | (5) |
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Address to "All You People of the Land" (18:1-7) |
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300 | (4) |
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Burden: Egypt (19:1-20:6) |
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304 | (1) |
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See! YHWH against Egypt (19:1-15) |
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304 | (6) |
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Worship of YHWH in Egypt: Five "In That Day" Passages (19:16-25) |
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310 | (9) |
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Isaiah Demonstrates against an Alliance with Egypt (20:1-6) |
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319 | (4) |
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Four Ambiguous Burdens (21:1-22:25) |
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323 | (1) |
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Burden: A Swampland (21:1-10) |
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324 | (7) |
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Burden: Silence (21:11-12) |
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331 | (1) |
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Burden: In the Wasteland (21:13-17) |
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332 | (2) |
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Burden: The Valley of Vision (22:1-14) |
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334 | (9) |
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Shebna and Eliakim Are Dismissed (22:15-25) |
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343 | (7) |
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Burden: Tyre and the Desolate Land (23:1-27:13) |
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350 | (6) |
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356 | (10) |
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A Concluding Liturgy (24:1-27:13) |
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366 | (50) |
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See: YHWH Devastates the Land (24:1-13) |
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372 | (9) |
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Responses: They Raise Their Voices (24:14-20) |
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381 | (3) |
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YHWH of Hosts Reigns on Mount Zion (24:21-25:8) |
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384 | (9) |
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Response from a Yahwist (25:9-12) |
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393 | (2) |
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Response: Song of the Judeans (26:1-19) |
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395 | (9) |
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The Judgment and Its Results for Israel (26:20-27:13) |
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404 | (1) |
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YHWH Emerges to Judge the People of the Land (26:20-21) |
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405 | (2) |
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Leviathan's Fate/Israel's Hope (27:1-6) |
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407 | (4) |
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"That Day" for Israel (27:7-13) |
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411 | (5) |
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ACT 3 THE WOES OF ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM (28:1-33:24) |
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416 | (87) |
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Disaster from Expansion (28:1-29) |
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422 | (24) |
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Woe, Ephraim's Drunkards (28:1-13) |
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422 | (10) |
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Scoffers in Jerusalem (28:14-22) |
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432 | (9) |
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YHWH's Strategy: A Parable (28:23-29) |
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441 | (5) |
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Disaster for Jerusalem's Policies (29:1-24) |
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446 | (13) |
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446 | (5) |
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Like a Sealed Book (29:9-14) |
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451 | (4) |
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Woe, You Schemers (29:15-24) |
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455 | (4) |
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Disaster from Rebellious Self-Help (30:1-33) |
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459 | (16) |
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Woe, Rebellious Children (30:1-18) |
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459 | (8) |
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Hope from the Teachers (30:19-26) |
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467 | (4) |
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A Cultic Theophany (30:27-33) |
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471 | (4) |
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Disaster from False Faith in Egypt (31:1-32:20) |
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475 | (14) |
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Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt for Help! (31:1-9) |
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476 | (4) |
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Suppose a King ... (32:1-8) |
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480 | (4) |
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Until Spirit Is Poured Out (32:9-20) |
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484 | (5) |
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God's Promise to Judge the Tyrant (33:1-24) |
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489 | (14) |
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Woe, You Destroyer (33:1-6) |
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489 | (3) |
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See! Their Valiant One! (33:7-12) |
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492 | (3) |
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Who Can Survive the Fire? (33:13-24) |
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495 | (8) |
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PART II THE 3H OF ZION: THE NEW ORDER (34:1-61:11) |
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503 | (8) |
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ACT 4 THE INHERITANCE OF THE NATIONS AND ISRAEL (34:1-49:4) |
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511 | (219) |
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First Imperative: Summons to the Nations (34:1-8) |
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517 | (11) |
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Second Imperative: Find and Read the Scroll of YHWH (34:9-35:10) |
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528 | (15) |
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The Hezekiah/Isaiah Inset Narratives (36:1-39:8) |
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543 | (59) |
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The First Reading from History: The Assyrian's Speech (36:1-37:8) |
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551 | (13) |
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A Reading (Continued): From Hearsay to Knowledge--Sennacherib, Hezekiah, and Isaiah (37:9-38) |
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564 | (17) |
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A Reading (Continued): Hezekiah's Illness (38:1-8, 21-22) |
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581 | (5) |
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A Reading: Hezekiah's Psalm (38:9-20) |
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586 | (10) |
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A Reading (Continued): Hezekiah's Mistake (39:1-8) |
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596 | (6) |
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Third Imperative: In the Hall of Voices (40:1-11) |
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602 | (12) |
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YHWH Introduced to the Nations: The Continued (40:12-31) |
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614 | (16) |
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Coastlands and Peoples Assemble for Trial; Israel Affirmed as YHWH's Servant (41:1-20) |
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630 | (13) |
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YHWH Defends His Authority and His Choice of Cyrus (41:21-42:12) |
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643 | (18) |
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YHWH Sends His Servant to Rescue Israel (42:13-43:21) |
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661 | (18) |
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Remember These, Jacob! (43:22-44:23) |
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679 | (10) |
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YHWH Introduces Cyrus (44:24-45:13) |
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689 | (14) |
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In YHWH Is Legitimacy and Strength (45:14-25) |
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703 | (5) |
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Bel Bows My Purpose Stands (46:1-13) |
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708 | (4) |
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Sit in the Dust, Daughter Babylon (47.T-15) |
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712 | (6) |
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Move Out from Babylon! (48:1-22) |
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718 | (9) |
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Israel's Swansong: A Light to Nations (49:1-4) |
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727 | (3) |
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ACT 5 THE INHERITANCE OF JERUSALEM (49:5-54:176) |
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730 | (72) |
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A Light to Nations (49:5-12) |
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734 | (5) |
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YHWH Has Comforted His People (49:13-21) |
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739 | (6) |
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Even the Captive of a Champion (49:22-50:3) |
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745 | (4) |
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A Student's Tongue (50:4-51:8) |
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749 | (16) |
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Awake! Put on Strength! (51:9-52:2) |
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765 | (8) |
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How Fitting: A Messenger's Feet (52:3-12) |
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773 | (4) |
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The Punishment for Our Peace (52:13-53:12) |
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777 | (17) |
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Sing, You Barren One! (54:1-176) |
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794 | (8) |
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ACT 6 THE INHERITANCE OF YHWH'S SERVANTS (54:17c-61:11) |
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802 | (75) |
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Title: The Heritage of YHWH's Servants (54:17c) |
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807 | (4) |
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A House of Prayer for All Peoples (55:1-56:8) |
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811 | (12) |
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The Dark Side of Jerusalem (56:9-57:13) |
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823 | (9) |
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I Shall Heal Him (57:14-21) |
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832 | (4) |
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YHWH's Kind of Fast (58:1-14) |
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836 | (10) |
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Troubled Times in Judah (59:1-15a) |
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846 | (7) |
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YHWH Decides to Act (59:156-21) |
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853 | (5) |
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Zion's Day Dawns (60:1-22) |
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858 | (10) |
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YHWH's Agents to Bless Jerusalem (61:1-11) |
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868 | (9) |
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EPILOGUE: FOR ZION'S SAKE--NEW HEAVENS AND NEW LAND (62:1-66:24) |
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877 | (66) |
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A New Name for Jerusalem (62:1-7) |
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878 | (5) |
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YHWH's Oath and a Disturbing Apparition (62:8-63:6) |
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883 | (9) |
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Sermon and Prayers (63:7-64:11 [ 12]) |
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892 | (15) |
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YHWH's Great Day: A New Jerusalem (65:1-66:24) |
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907 | (36) |
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YHWH Deals with His Opponents (65:1-16) |
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909 | (12) |
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YHWH Moves to Finish His New Jerusalem (65:17-25) |
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921 | (5) |
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The One YHWH Esteems (66:1-5) |
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926 | (7) |
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YHWH Confirms His Servants in His New City (66:6-24) |
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933 | (10) |
Indexes |
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943 | (1) |
Authors Cited |
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943 | (14) |
Biblical Backgrounds |
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957 | (1) |
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