1 Woe to you, rebellious sons, says Jehovah,for drawing up plans, but not by me,for making alliances without my approval,only adding sin to sin!
2 They are bent on going down to Egypt—but have not inquired at my mouth—on seeking protection in Pharaoh’s forces,on taking shelter in Egypt’s shadow.
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3 But Pharaoh’s protection shall turn to your shame,shelter in Egypt’s shadow to embarrassment.
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4 For all their officials at Zoan,and their envoys’ travels to Hanes,
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5 they shall be utterly disgustedwith a people who will avail them nothing;they shall be of no help or benefit,but a humiliation and disgrace.
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6 An oracle concerning the Beasts of Negeb:Through a land of hardship and vicissitudes,of lions and the aroaringa king of beasts,of vipers and the fiery flying serpent,they carry their wealthon the backs of young asses,their riches on the humps of camels,to a people who cannot profit them.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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7 Egypt’s help shall be futile and vain;therefore I refer to her as an idle boast.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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8 Go now, write on tablets concerning them;record it in a book for the end-time,as a testimony forever.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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9 They are a rebellious people, sons who break faith,children unwilling to obey the law of Jehovah,
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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10 who say to the seers, See not!and to those with visions,Predict not what is right for us:flatter us; foresee a farce!
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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11 Get out of the way; move aside, off the path!Cease confronting us with the Holy One of Israel!
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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12 Therefore, thus says the Holy One of Israel:Because you have rejected this word,and rely on manipulation and double dealing,and on them are dependent,
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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13 this iniquity will be to you as a perilous breachexposed in a high wallwhich suddenly and unexpectedly collapses.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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14 It shall shatter with a crashlike an earthenware vessel ruthlessly smashed,among whose fragments shall not be found a shardwith which to scoop lit embers from a fireplace,or dip water from a tank.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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15 For thus says my Lord Jehovah,the Holy One of Israel:By a calm response triumph;with quiet confidence gain the victory.But you would have none of it.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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16 For you thought, Not so; we will flee on horses!Therefore shall you flee indeed.We will ride on swift mounts!Therefore shall your pursuers be swifter.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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17 You will flee by the thousand at the threat of one,by thousands at the threat of five,till you are left as a flagstaff on a mountaintop,an ensign on a hill.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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18 Then will Jehovah delay his coming,that he may favor you;out of mercy toward you he will remain aloof.For Jehovah is the God of justice;blessed are all who wait for him.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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19 O people of Zion, O inhabitants of Jerusalem,you shall have no cause to weep.He will graciously respond at the cry of your voice;he will answer you as soon as he hears it.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
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20 Though my Lord give you the bread of adversityand the water of affliction,yet shall your Teacher remain hidden no longer,but your eyes shall see the Master.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
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21 Your ears shall hear words from behind yousaying, This is the way; walk in it!should you turn left or right.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
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22 You will discard as uncleanyour graven idols plated with silver,your cast idols gilded in gold;you will eject themas a menstruous woman her impurityand say, Away with you!
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
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23 Then will he water with rainthe seed you sow in the ground,that the land’s increase of foodmay be rich and abundant.In that day your cattle shall grazein ample pasturelands,
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
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24 and the oxen and asses that till the soileat grain silage winnowed with shovel and fork.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
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25 On all mountain heights and prominent hillsshall appear streams of running water,on the day of the great slaughter,when the towers fall.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
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26 The light of the moonshall be as the light of the sun,and the light of the sun increase sevenfold;as the light of seven days shall it be,in the day Jehovah binds upthe fracture of his peopleand heals their open wound.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
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27 Behold, Jehovah Omnipotentb coming from afar!His wrath is kindled, heavy is his grievance;his lips flow with indignation,his tongue is like a devouring fire.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's wrath when Jehovah cleanses the earth of wickedness at the time his coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's grievance toward his unrepentant people and the nations at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, whose lips flow with railing speeches as he falsely accuses Jehovah's people at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's indignation toward his unrepentant people and the nations at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies a tongue that falsely accuses Jehovah's people, whom the wicked emulate at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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28 His breath is like a raging torrentthat severs at the neck.He comes to sift the nationsin the sieve of falsehood;with an erring bridle on their jawshe will try the peoples.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's wrath when Jehovah cleanses the earth of wickedness at the time his coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's grievance toward his unrepentant people and the nations at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, whose lips flow with railing speeches as he falsely accuses Jehovah's people at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's indignation toward his unrepentant people and the nations at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies a tongue that falsely accuses Jehovah's people, whom the wicked emulate at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who breathes out threats against Jehovah's people, which he executes with devastating force at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, a power of chaos that inundates the earth and wreaks destruction on a scale unknown to humanity since the Flood.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who "sifts" the nations with his lies and propaganda as a test to whom they will prove loyal prior to Jehovah's coming to reign on the earth.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who goads and subjugates to their damnation the world's inhabitants who are persuaded by his lies in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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29 But for you there shall be singing,as on the night when a festival commences,and rejoicing of heart, as when men marchwith flutes [and drums and lyres]con their way to the mountain of Jehovah,to the Rock of Israel.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's wrath when Jehovah cleanses the earth of wickedness at the time his coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's grievance toward his unrepentant people and the nations at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, whose lips flow with railing speeches as he falsely accuses Jehovah's people at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's indignation toward his unrepentant people and the nations at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies a tongue that falsely accuses Jehovah's people, whom the wicked emulate at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who breathes out threats against Jehovah's people, which he executes with devastating force at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, a power of chaos that inundates the earth and wreaks destruction on a scale unknown to humanity since the Flood.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who "sifts" the nations with his lies and propaganda as a test to whom they will prove loyal prior to Jehovah's coming to reign on the earth.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who goads and subjugates to their damnation the world's inhabitants who are persuaded by his lies in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, the Rock of his people's salvation, who acts as a stronghold and sanctuary to his elect from the perils that befall the wicked of the world in his Day of Judgment.
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30 Jehovah will cause his voice to resound,and make visible his arm descending in furious rage,with flashes of devouring fire,explosive discharges and pounding hail.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's wrath when Jehovah cleanses the earth of wickedness at the time his coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's grievance toward his unrepentant people and the nations at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, whose lips flow with railing speeches as he falsely accuses Jehovah's people at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's indignation toward his unrepentant people and the nations at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies a tongue that falsely accuses Jehovah's people, whom the wicked emulate at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who breathes out threats against Jehovah's people, which he executes with devastating force at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, a power of chaos that inundates the earth and wreaks destruction on a scale unknown to humanity since the Flood.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who "sifts" the nations with his lies and propaganda as a test to whom they will prove loyal prior to Jehovah's coming to reign on the earth.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who goads and subjugates to their damnation the world's inhabitants who are persuaded by his lies in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, the Rock of his people's salvation, who acts as a stronghold and sanctuary to his elect from the perils that befall the wicked of the world in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who rebukes the king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance when they have served Jehovah's purpose of punishing the wicked of the world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, through whom Jehovah intervenes in the earth to subdue the Assyrian alliance and to deliver his elect in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who manifests Jehovah's rage toward the king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance for their excesses in committing worldwide genocide.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who typifies the consuming fire that devours the Assyrian alliance when it threatens Jehovah's elect in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who typifies the pounding hail that decimates the Assyrian alliance when it threatens Jehovah's elect in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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31 At the voice of Jehovahthe Assyrians will be terror-stricken,they who used to strike with the rod.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's wrath when Jehovah cleanses the earth of wickedness at the time his coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's grievance toward his unrepentant people and the nations at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, whose lips flow with railing speeches as he falsely accuses Jehovah's people at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's indignation toward his unrepentant people and the nations at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies a tongue that falsely accuses Jehovah's people, whom the wicked emulate at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who breathes out threats against Jehovah's people, which he executes with devastating force at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, a power of chaos that inundates the earth and wreaks destruction on a scale unknown to humanity since the Flood.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who "sifts" the nations with his lies and propaganda as a test to whom they will prove loyal prior to Jehovah's coming to reign on the earth.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who goads and subjugates to their damnation the world's inhabitants who are persuaded by his lies in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, the Rock of his people's salvation, who acts as a stronghold and sanctuary to his elect from the perils that befall the wicked of the world in his Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who rebukes the king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance when they have served Jehovah's purpose of punishing the wicked of the world.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, through whom Jehovah intervenes in the earth to subdue the Assyrian alliance and to deliver his elect in his Day of Judgment.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who manifests Jehovah's rage toward the king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance for their excesses in committing worldwide genocide.
blue
A chaos motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who typifies the consuming fire that devours the Assyrian alliance when it threatens Jehovah's elect in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A chaos motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who typifies the pounding hail that decimates the Assyrian alliance when it threatens Jehovah's elect in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who overpowers the king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance when they have served Jehovah's purpose of punishing the wicked of the world.
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A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who punishes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations but whose power Jehovah's servant subdues when he has served Jehovah's purpose.
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32 At every sweep of the staff of authority,when Jehovah lowers it upon them,they will be fought in mortal combat.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
blue
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's wrath when Jehovah cleanses the earth of wickedness at the time his coming to the earth draws near.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's grievance toward his unrepentant people and the nations at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, whose lips flow with railing speeches as he falsely accuses Jehovah's people at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's indignation toward his unrepentant people and the nations at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies a tongue that falsely accuses Jehovah's people, whom the wicked emulate at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
red
A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who breathes out threats against Jehovah's people, which he executes with devastating force at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, a power of chaos that inundates the earth and wreaks destruction on a scale unknown to humanity since the Flood.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who "sifts" the nations with his lies and propaganda as a test to whom they will prove loyal prior to Jehovah's coming to reign on the earth.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who goads and subjugates to their damnation the world's inhabitants who are persuaded by his lies in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
red
A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, the Rock of his people's salvation, who acts as a stronghold and sanctuary to his elect from the perils that befall the wicked of the world in his Day of Judgment.
green
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who rebukes the king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance when they have served Jehovah's purpose of punishing the wicked of the world.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, through whom Jehovah intervenes in the earth to subdue the Assyrian alliance and to deliver his elect in his Day of Judgment.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who manifests Jehovah's rage toward the king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance for their excesses in committing worldwide genocide.
blue
A chaos motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who typifies the consuming fire that devours the Assyrian alliance when it threatens Jehovah's elect in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
blue
A chaos motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who typifies the pounding hail that decimates the Assyrian alliance when it threatens Jehovah's elect in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who overpowers the king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance when they have served Jehovah's purpose of punishing the wicked of the world.
blue
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who punishes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations but whose power Jehovah's servant subdues when he has served Jehovah's purpose.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who overthrows the Assyrian alliance as Moses and the Israelites overthrew the Amalekites when their work of punishing evildoers is done.
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33 For Tophet has been prepared of old,a hearth indeed, made ready for rulers;broad and deep is its fire pit and ample its pyre;Jehovah’s breath burns within itlike a river of lava.
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's mouth or mouthpiece to his people in a time of wickedness, who receives divine revelation to guide them in keeping his law and word.
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A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who acts as a seraph/savior to Jehovah's people under the terms of the Davidic Covenant in a time of wickedness, perils, and turmoil.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who musters a remnant of Jehovah's people to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance from destruction in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who stands for an ensign to Jehovah's people, who rallies them to his standard and qualifies them for deliverance in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, Jehovah's voice to his people, who intercedes with Jehovah on their behalf and guides them with divine revelation in his Day of Judgment.
blue
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's wrath when Jehovah cleanses the earth of wickedness at the time his coming to the earth draws near.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's grievance toward his unrepentant people and the nations at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, whose lips flow with railing speeches as he falsely accuses Jehovah's people at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies Jehovah's indignation toward his unrepentant people and the nations at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies a tongue that falsely accuses Jehovah's people, whom the wicked emulate at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
red
A chaos motif and pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who personifies the fire that burns up Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations in a worldwide holocaust.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who breathes out threats against Jehovah's people, which he executes with devastating force at the time Jehovah's coming to the earth draws near.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance, a power of chaos that inundates the earth and wreaks destruction on a scale unknown to humanity since the Flood.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who "sifts" the nations with his lies and propaganda as a test to whom they will prove loyal prior to Jehovah's coming to reign on the earth.
red
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who goads and subjugates to their damnation the world's inhabitants who are persuaded by his lies in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
red
A pseudonym of Jehovah God of Israel, the Rock of his people's salvation, who acts as a stronghold and sanctuary to his elect from the perils that befall the wicked of the world in his Day of Judgment.
green
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who rebukes the king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance when they have served Jehovah's purpose of punishing the wicked of the world.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, his arm of righteousness, through whom Jehovah intervenes in the earth to subdue the Assyrian alliance and to deliver his elect in his Day of Judgment.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who manifests Jehovah's rage toward the king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance for their excesses in committing worldwide genocide.
blue
A chaos motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who typifies the consuming fire that devours the Assyrian alliance when it threatens Jehovah's elect in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
blue
A chaos motif and pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who typifies the pounding hail that decimates the Assyrian alliance when it threatens Jehovah's elect in Jehovah's Day of Judgment.
blue
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who overpowers the king of Assyria/Babylon and his alliance when they have served Jehovah's purpose of punishing the wicked of the world.
blue
A pseudonym of the end-time king of Assyria/Babylon, who punishes Jehovah's unrepentant people and the nations but whose power Jehovah's servant subdues when he has served Jehovah's purpose.
red
A pseudonym of Jehovah's end-time servant, who overthrows the Assyrian alliance as Moses and the Israelites overthrew the Amalekites when their work of punishing evildoers is done.
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Apocalyptic Commentary
Isaiah 30
Chapters 30-31 continue the theme of Jehovah’s people relying on their own counsel and schemes (cf. Isaiah 28-29). Jehovah pronounces a “woe” or covenant curse on those who trust in an arm of flesh—that is, in man instead of in him. The terms “rebellious sons” designate those who renege on their covenant relationship with Jehovah (v 9; Isaiah 1:2; 63:8-10) by making human contingency “plans” or “schemes” (‘esa) and “alliances” or “agreements” (masseka), only adding sin to sin (Isaiah 28:15; 29:15-16). Their first sin is to backslide from Jehovah; their second is to supplant him with themselves.
When Assyria threatens the world with destruction, the earth’s inhabitants—many of them Jehovah’s people—rely on Egypt, the world’s great superpower, to save them. Egypt’s military may be strong enough to withstand Assyria, but its protection is merely a human substitute. To show that he alone can deliver his people, Jehovah will permit Assyria to ravage Egypt. If they will inquire of Jehovah’s mouth—his servant—however, they will know that Jehovah protects those who rely on him: “I will put my words in your mouth and shelter you in the shadow of my hand” (Isaiah 51:16; emphasis added).
Sending delegations to Egypt’s political centers to enlist Egypt’s aid against Assyria’s aggression will come to nought: “Men shall be appalled and perplexed at Cush, their hope, and at Egypt, their boast. In that day shall the inhabitants of this isle say, ‘See what has become of those we looked up to, on whom we relied for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How shall we ourselves escape?’” (Isaiah 20:5-6; cf. 10:3-4; 31:1-3; 36:6). In his Day of Judgment, Jehovah provides all the help his people need: “‘I am your help,’ says Jehovah; ‘Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel’” (Isaiah 41:14).
People who seek refuge in Egypt, who expend their resources to get there, meet with disappointment: “The Egyptians are human, not divine; their horses are flesh, not spirit: when Jehovah stretches out his hand, those who help them will stumble and those helped will fall” (Isaiah 31:3; emphasis added). Not only is the great superpower of the world reduced to a debilitated state, travelers there must brave the hazards of falling prey to wild beasts, literal and figurative. On another level, the fiery flying serpent alludes to Jehovah’s seraph-servant present in the land of Egypt (cf. Isaiah 14:29; 19:18-21).
Jehovah commands prophets in every age to record the events of their day, both good and evil, for the benefit of posterity: (1) of evil, to illustrate the consequences of his people’s actions; and (2) of good, to show that Jehovah at all times delivers those who keep the terms of his covenant. The Book of Isaiah contains such a message—a “testimony” or “paradigm” (huqqah)—that stands the test of time. Because Isaiah’s day serves as a type of the “end-time” (yom ’aharon) (Isaiah 44:7; 46:10), his recording it in a “book” or “scroll” (seper) and on “tablets” or “plates” (luah) ensures its preservation until that day.
As his Day of Judgment nears, Jehovah sends seers who report what they see and hear to warn his people of coming calamities and to stir them up to repent (Isaiah 21:6, 10; 42:9; 48:14-16; 52:7-8). As a “people” collectively, and as “sons” individually—signifying their covenant relationships with Jehovah—they have drifted into apostasy to the point of willful rebellion. Subscribing to a delusional version of reality, they persecute visionaries whom Jehovah raises up to declare what he—Israel’s Holy One—reveals, fatefully determined to hold fast at all costs to their flawed perception of the truth.
Rejecting Jehovah’s word when called on to repent, Jehovah’s people who “rely” and “depend” on predatory entrepreneurial schemes become its victims overnight when human financial institutions—represented by a “high wall” (cf. Isaiah 2:15)—collapse around them, transforming their lives from plunder to destitution (Isaiah 3:7; 8:21; 9:20). Resembling an earthenware vessel containing life-giving provisions that is smashed to smithereens, their situation suddenly morphs from plenitude to poverty, from affluence to indigence. Having invested in what passes away, when it does so do they.
On the heels of his people’s collapse from within, their enemies invade from without. Having habitually disregarded Jehovah’s counsel, his people flee from this new threat instead of facing it. Although Jehovah is “a source of strength to those who repulse the attack at the gates” (Isaiah 28:6), they reject his word. Whereas they formerly put their enemies to flight though they were outnumbered (Leviticus 26:8), now their enemies who are outnumbered put them to flight. Persons affiliated with Jehovah’s servant, on the other hand—Jehovah’s flagstaff and ensign—endure (Isaiah 11:10; 18:3; 62:10-12).
In order to test his people’s loyalties, Jehovah “delays” his coming or waits to deliver them. To that end, he remains “aloof” or above the fray until they either prove faithful to him or yield to fear and panic. To those who pass his test and “wait” for him, Jehovah proves faithful by protecting them (Isaiah 8:17; 25:9; 26:3; 33:2; 64:4). While the wicked enjoy no covenant blessings stemming from Jehovah’s “favor” or “mercy” (Isaiah 13:11; 26:21; 27:11; 59:18; 65:13-15), his “favor” and “mercy” extend to all who repent and rely on him through the evil time (Isaiah 49:8, 10; 54:6-8; 55:7, 12; 60:10; 63:7).
Jehovah assures the Zion/Jerusalem category of his people that the adversity they endure is but for a small moment. He hears their cries as he heard their ancestors who were in bondage in Egypt (Exodus 3:7-9). As Moses and Hezekiah interceded with Jehovah on behalf of their peoples, so does his servant—their voice. Soon they will see Jehovah who will personally teach them: “Strengthen the hands grown feeble, steady the failing knees. Say to those with fearful hearts, ‘Take courage, be unafraid! See, your God is coming to avenge and to reward; God himself will come and deliver you’” (Isaiah 35:3-4).
When Jehovah’s people repent of idolatry and banish their idols, the spiritual blindness and deafness they caused likewise disappear: “In that day men will throw away to the moles and to the bats their idols of silver and gods of gold which they have made for themselves to adore” (Isaiah 2:20; cf. 17:8; 27:9; 31:6-7; 46:6-8); “Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped” (Isaiah 35:5; cf. 6:10; 29:18; 32:3; 42:6-7). Jehovah’s “way” is perfect: “I Jehovah your God instruct you to your good, guiding you in the way you should go” (Isaiah 48:17; cf. 29:24; 42:16; 54:13; 59:21).
In Jehovah’s millennial age of peace, his people who keep the terms of his covenant inherit the blessings of land and fertility: “Then shall a Spirit from on high be poured out on us; the desert shall become productive land and lands now productive be reckoned as brushwood. So shall justice inhabit the desert, and righteousness abide in the farmland” (Isaiah 32:15-16). Well cared-for oxen and asses are no longer slain but range free (Isaiah 32:20; 66:3). Zion’s economy, grounded in agriculture, prospers: “They will beat their swords into plowshares, their spears into pruning hooks” (Isaiah 2:4; cf. 44:3).
The day of the great “slaughter” or “massacre” (hereg) “when the towers fall” refers to Jehovah’s Day of Judgment but also to a specific day within that time frame of his cleansing of the earth (Isaiah 2:15; 10:3; 34:2). For the righteous, on the other hand, a different day dawns: Jehovah causes waters to break forth in diverse places (Isaiah 35:6-7; 41:18; 44:3-4), increases his people’s light sevenfold (Isaiah 42:16; 58:10; 60:1, 19-20), and heals their fracture and open wound—that is, both their literal ailments and their divisions into scattered branches and peoples (Isaiah 11:13; 58:8; cf. Ezekiel 37:21-22).
Because Jehovah’s coming “from afar” is preceded by the king of Assyria/Babylon’s coming “from afar” (Isaiah 5:26; 10:3; 13:5), one event is inextricably linked to the other, implementing Jehovah’s deliverance and destruction. While the righteous receive Jehovah their God, the wicked get a false god (Isaiah 10:12-14; 14:13-14; 37:23-35). Personifying Jehovah’s wrath, grievance, lips, indignation, tongue, fire, breath, etc., the archtyrant cleanses the earth before Jehovah comes. As a new Flood, he desolates all except Jehovah’s people affiliated with Zion and Jerusalem (Isaiah 8:7-8; 10:28-32; Isaiah 8:7-8; 10:28-32; 36-Isaiah 8:7-8; 10:28-32; 36-37-Isaiah 8:7-8; 10:28-32; 36-37).
[He comes] to sift the nations in the sieve of falsehood; with an erring bridle on their jaws [he will try] the peoples. In the interim before he comes, Jehovah lets all kinds of untruths prevail among his people and the nations to test their loyalties. Persons who keep his law and word—the terms of his covenant—intuitively know and accept the truth, while those who wallow in sin can’t perceive it and stumble. People conditioned to deceiving themselves (Isaiah 28:15; 44:18-20; 59:3-4) fall prey to the deceptions of the archtyrant (Isaiah 10:7; 21:2; 33:1, 7-8)—the sieve of lies and bridle of error.
A great reversal of circumstances between the righteous and the wicked transforms both in Jehovah’s Day of Judgment. Even as the wicked perish, his elect participate in a new exodus to Zion: “I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west; I will say to the north, ‘Give up!’ to the south, ‘Withhold not! Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth—all who are called by my name, whom I have formed, molded and wrought for my own glory’” (Isaiah 43:5-7); “Many peoples shall go, saying, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah’” (Isaiah 2:3);
“I will lift up my hand to the nations, raise my ensign to the peoples; and they will bring your sons in their bosoms and carry your daughters on their shoulders” (Isaiah 49:22); “Nations will come to your light, their kings to the brightness of your dawn. Lift up your eyes and look about you! They have all assembled to come to you: your sons shall arrive from afar; your daughters shall return to your side” (Isaiah 60:3-4). A joy-filled occasion for Jehovah’s elect, the new exodus resembles Israel’s ancient pilgrimage to Jerusalem to pay homage to Jehovah, the Rock of their salvation (Isaiah 26:4; 27:13).
One of two twin passages that depict Assyria’s demise (cf. Isaiah 31:8-9), this predicts that as Assyria did to others so in the end it is done to Assyria. While the voice, rage, fire, hail, rod, and staff all denote the king of Assyria/Babylon (Isaiah 10:5; 13:2; 33:11-14; et al.), these terms and the term arm additionally designate Jehovah’s servant whom Jehovah empowers over him (Isaiah 31:9; 48:14-15; 51:9; et al.). Even as the wicked—the Assyrians—destroy the wicked, so Jehovah’s servant destroys them when he leads Jehovah’s armies in reconquering the earth (Isaiah 41:2-3, 10-16, Isaiah 41:2-3, 10-16, 25; 45:1, 13; 48:14; 45:1, 13; 48:14).
Jehovah’s condemnation of the world’s evil rulers far exceeds that of the world’s wicked in general. Foremost among these is the archtyrant, who descends into the Pit of Dissolution (Isaiah 14:15; 26:13-14; 51:13-14). The Hell the evil rulers inherit compares to a fire burning endlessly: “They shall go out and look upon the corpses of the people who transgressed against me, whose worms do not die and whose fire shall not be extinguished. They shall be a horror to all flesh” (Isaiah 66:24). Such a place was “prepared of old,” signifying its parallel creation with the earth itself (cf. Isaiah 25:1; 37:26).