Isaiah 29:20

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"For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated–"

— Isaiah 29:20, NET Bible®

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Isaiah 29 — Context

17

Changes Are Coming In just a very short time Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest.

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At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

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The downtrodden will again rejoice in the LORD; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel.

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For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated–

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those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

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So this is what the LORD, the one who delivered Abraham, has said to the family of Jacob:“Jacob will no longer be ashamed; their faces will no longer show their embarrassment.

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For when they see their children, whom I will produce among them, they will honor my name. They will honor the Holy One of Jacob; they will respect the God of Israel.