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“You house of Jacob!

Come! Let’s live[a] in the Lord’s light.

For you have rejected your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are filled with practices learned[b] from the East
and they are fortune-tellers like the Philistines.
They cut deals[c] with foreigners.[d]
Their land is filled with silver and gold,
and there is no end to their treasures;
their land is filled with horses,
and there is no end to their chariots.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 2:5 Lit. walk
  2. Isaiah 2:6 1QIsaa MT lack with practices learned
  3. Isaiah 2:6 Lit. They shake hands
  4. Isaiah 2:6 Lit. with descendants of foreigners

Come, descendants of Jacob,(A)
    let us walk in the light(B) of the Lord.

The Day of the Lord

You, Lord, have abandoned(C) your people,
    the descendants of Jacob.(D)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
    they practice divination(E) like the Philistines(F)
    and embrace(G) pagan customs.(H)
Their land is full of silver and gold;(I)
    there is no end to their treasures.(J)
Their land is full of horses;(K)
    there is no end to their chariots.(L)

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