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29.21 :That make a man an offender by words,
 * And lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate,
 * And turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

Therefore thus saith the, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:


 * Jacob shall not now be ashamed,
 * Neither shall his face now wax pale;
 * When he seeth his children, the work of My hands, in the midst of him,
 * That they sanctify My name;
 * Yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob,
 * And shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.
 * They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding,
 * And they that murmur shall learn instruction.


 * Woe to the rebellious children, saith the ,
 * That take counsel, but not of Me;
 * And that form projects, but not of My spirit,
 * That they may add sin to sin;
 * That walk to go down into Egypt,
 * And have not asked at My mouth;
 * To take refuge in the stronghold of Pharaoh,
 * And to take shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
 * Therefore shall the stronghold of Pharaoh turn to your shame,
 * And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt to your confusion.
 * For his princes are at Zoan,
 * And his ambassadors are come to Hanes.
 * They shall all be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them,
 * That are not a help nor profit,
 * But a shame, and also a reproach.

The burden of the beasts of the South.


 * Through the land of trouble and anguish,
 * From whence come the lioness and the lion,
 * The viper and flying serpent,
 * They carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses,
 * And their treasures upon the humps of camels,
 * To a people that shall not profit them.
 * For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose;
 * Therefore have I called her arrogancy that sitteth still.
 * Now go, write it before them on a tablet,
 * And inscribe it in a book,
 * That it may be for the time to come
 * For ever and ever.
 * For it is a rebellious people,
 * Lying children,
 * Children that refuse to hear the teaching of the ;
 * That say to the seers: 'See not',
 * And to the prophets: 'Prophesy not unto us right things,
 * Speak unto us smooth things, prophesy delusions;
 * Get you out of the way,
 * Turn aside out of the path,
 * Cause the Holy One of Israel
 * To cease from before us.'
 * Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel:
 * Because ye despise this word,
 * And trust in oppression and perverseness,
 * And stay thereon;
 * Therefore this iniquity shall be to you