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The Certainty of God’s Deliverance

16 “Study and read from the book of the Lord:
    And not one[a] will be missing,
        each will not long for its mate.[b]
For it is the mouth of the Lord that has issued the order,
    and it is his Spirit that has gathered them.
17 It is he who has allotted their portions,[c]
    and his hand has divided it for them with a measuring line forever.[d]
They will possess it forever;[e]
    from generation to generation they will live in it.”[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:16 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Not one of them
  2. Isaiah 34:16 So MT; 1QIsaa reads each its mate
  3. Isaiah 34:17 Lit. has cast the lot for them
  4. Isaiah 34:17 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks forever
  5. Isaiah 34:17 So MT; 1QIsaa lacks Forever
  6. Isaiah 34:17 So MT; 1QIsaa corrector reads will they possess … live in it.