diff --git a/23-ISA/55.usfm b/23-ISA/55.usfm index 1a7f0bed..611e66b1 100644 --- a/23-ISA/55.usfm +++ b/23-ISA/55.usfm @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ \v 3 Listen to me and come to me; \q2 pay attention to me, and if you do that, you will have new life within you. \q1 I will make a covenant with you that will last forever -\q2 to faithfully love you like I loved King David. +\q2 to faithfully love you like my love for King David. \q1 \v 4 By what he did, I showed my power to many people groups; \q2 I caused him to be a leader and commander over the people of many nations. @@ -43,29 +43,29 @@ \s5 \q1 -\v 6 Seek to know me while it is still possible for you to do that; -\q2 call to me while I am near! +\v 6 Seek to know Yahweh while it is still possible for you to do that; +\q2 call to Yahweh while he is near! \q1 \v 7 Wicked people should abandon their wicked behavior, \q2 and evil people should stop thinking what is evil. -\q1 They should turn to me, -\q2 and if they do that, I will act mercifully toward them; -\q1 they should turn to me, their God, -\q2 because I will fully pardon them for all the wicked things that they have done. -\b +\q1 They should turn to Yahweh, +\q2 and if they do that, he will act mercifully toward them; +\q1 they should turn to Yahweh, their God, +\q2 because he will fully pardon them for all the wicked things that they have done. + \s5 \q1 -\v 8 I, Yahweh, declare that what I think is not the same as what you think, -\q2 and what I do is very different from what you do. +\v 8 Yahweh declares that what he thinks is not the same as what you think, +\q2 and what he does is very different from what you do. \q1 \v 9 Just as you people on the earth can never reach the sky, -\q2 in the same way, what I do you can never understand, although you may understand the things you do; -\q1 and what I think you can never understand, although you may understand what you think. +\q2 in the same way, what Yahweh does you can never understand, although you may understand the things you do; +\q1 and what Yahweh thinks you can never understand, although you may understand what you think. \s5 \q1 -\v 10 I send the rain and snow down from the sky, +\v 10 Yahweh sends the rain and snow down from the sky, \q2 and they water the ground. \q1 When the ground becomes moist, it causes plants to sprout and grow, \q2 with the result that the soil produces seed for the farmer to plant and grain to produce flour to make bread for people to eat. @@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ \s5 \q1 \v 12 This is why you will leave Babylon joyfully; -\q2 you will have peace as I lead you out. +\q2 you will have peace as Yahweh leads you out. \q1 It will be as though the hills and mountains sang joyfully, \q2 and the trees in the fields clapped their hands. \q1 \v 13 Instead of thornbushes and briers, \q2 pine trees and myrtle trees will grow in your land. -\q1 As a result of that, people will honor me much more; -\q2 and what I do will cause everyone to remember what I have promised and to honor me." +\q1 As a result of that, people will honor Yahweh much more; +\q2 and what Yahweh does will cause everyone to remember what he has promised, they will honor him."