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Isaiah 29:20
“For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off--”
Verse in context — Isaiah 29
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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.
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The humble also will increase their joy in Yahweh, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
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For the ruthless is brought to nothing, and the scoffer ceases, and all those who are alert to do evil are cut off--
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who cause a person to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for the arbiter in the gate, and who deprive the innocent of justice with false testimony.
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Therefore thus says Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: "Jacob shall no longer be ashamed, neither shall his face grow pale.
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