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whose<00:10:06.360><c> name,</c><00:10:07.539><c> liberally</c><00:10:07.860><c> translated,</c>

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that's<00:10:13.259><c> what</c><00:10:13.399><c> it</c><00:10:13.600><c> was</c><00:10:13.779><c> to</c><00:10:14.019><c> represent,</c><00:10:14.480><c> excuse</c><00:10:14.799><c> me,</c><00:10:15.460><c> of</c><00:10:15.580><c> the</c><00:10:15.840><c> state</c><00:10:16.080><c> of</c>

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easy<00:10:23.919><c> prey.</c>

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confederacy,<00:10:28.960><c> his</c><00:10:29.159><c> alliance,</c>

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his<00:10:30.759><c> scheming,</c><00:10:31.299><c> politically</c><00:10:31.580><c> speaking,</c><00:10:32.019><c> with</c><00:10:32.259><c> the</c><00:10:32.440><c> king</c><00:10:32.559><c> of</c>

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those<00:11:13.799><c> with</c><00:11:14.259><c> whom</c><00:11:14.440><c> God</c><00:11:14.860><c> resided,</c>

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go<00:11:27.679><c> back</c><00:11:27.899><c> and</c><00:11:28.019><c> look</c><00:11:28.200><c> carefully</c><00:11:28.559><c> at</c><00:11:28.740><c> the</c><00:11:28.899><c> record</c><00:11:29.120><c> in</c><00:11:29.639><c> Kings,</c><00:11:30.159><c> and</c><00:11:30.299><c> you</c><00:11:30.360><c> will</c><00:11:30.580><c> find</c><00:11:30.759><c> that</c><00:11:31.100><c> it</c>

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easier<00:11:35.480><c> for</c><00:11:35.899><c> the</c><00:11:36.120><c> king</c><00:11:36.299><c> of</c><00:11:36.580><c> Assyria</c><00:11:36.919><c> to</c><00:11:37.080><c> come</c><00:11:37.299><c> in.</c>

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gave<00:11:44.639><c> them</c><00:11:44.799><c> to</c><00:11:44.960><c> the</c><00:11:45.120><c> Assyrians.</c>

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And<00:11:47.080><c> that</c><00:11:47.159><c> was</c><00:11:47.340><c> what</c><00:11:47.460><c> he</c><00:11:47.620><c> did</c><00:11:47.919><c> with</c><00:11:49.139><c> the</c><00:11:49.299><c> holy</c><00:11:49.519><c> things</c><00:11:49.779><c> of</c><00:11:49.940><c> Israel.</c>

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was<00:13:22.519><c> referred</c><00:13:22.820><c> to</c><00:13:23.019><c> the</c><00:13:23.179><c> same</c><00:13:23.399><c> way.</c>

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stumble<00:13:29.559><c> over</c><00:13:29.779><c> what</c><00:13:29.919><c> was</c><00:13:30.139><c> there,</c>

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the<00:14:06.539><c> darkness</c><00:14:06.820><c> of</c><00:14:07.039><c> the</c><00:14:07.259><c> exile</c><00:14:07.580><c> and</c><00:14:07.720><c> the</c><00:14:07.840><c> captivity,</c>

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and<00:14:09.019><c> finally,</c><00:14:09.980><c> in</c><00:14:10.080><c> the</c><00:14:10.360><c> beginning</c><00:14:10.559><c> of</c><00:14:10.759><c> chapter</c><00:14:11.019><c> nine,</c>

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the<00:14:20.740><c> people</c><00:14:20.940><c> that</c><00:14:21.240><c> walked</c><00:14:21.419><c> in</c><00:14:21.639><c> darkness</c><00:14:21.940><c> have</c><00:14:22.139><c> seen</c><00:14:22.340><c> great</c><00:14:22.639><c> light,</c>

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has<00:15:40.740><c> the</c><00:15:40.840><c> light</c><00:15:41.000><c> shined.</c>

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the<00:16:02.480><c> sign</c><00:16:02.659><c> that</c><00:16:02.840><c> the</c><00:16:03.000><c> Lord's</c><00:16:03.320><c> purpose</c><00:16:03.659><c> with</c><00:16:03.840><c> David</c><00:16:04.179><c> was</c><00:16:04.580><c> not</c><00:16:04.799><c> abandoned.</c>

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And<00:16:06.899><c> then</c><00:16:07.059><c> later</c><00:16:07.259><c> his</c><00:16:07.720><c> name</c><00:16:07.940><c> would</c><00:16:08.120><c> be</c><00:16:08.320><c> called</c><00:16:08.460><c> Wonderful</c><00:16:09.000><c> Counselor,</c>

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the<00:16:10.100><c> Mighty</c><00:16:10.419><c> God</c><00:16:10.659><c> or</c><00:16:10.820><c> the</c><00:16:10.919><c> Mighty</c><00:16:11.419><c> Warrior,</c>

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the<00:16:12.320><c> Everlasting</c><00:16:12.820><c> Father</c><00:16:13.340><c> and</c><00:16:13.600><c> the</c><00:16:13.759><c> Prince</c><00:16:13.980><c> of</c><00:16:14.139><c> Peace,</c>

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and<00:16:14.740><c> his</c><00:16:14.879><c> government</c><00:16:15.159><c> would</c><00:16:15.360><c> increase</c><00:16:15.759><c> without</c><00:16:16.120><c> limit.</c>

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It<00:16:16.960><c> would</c><00:16:17.139><c> be</c><00:16:17.279><c> upon</c><00:16:17.559><c> the</c><00:16:17.759><c> throne</c><00:16:17.919><c> of</c><00:16:18.139><c> David.</c>

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And<00:16:18.539><c> can</c><00:16:18.659><c> you</c><00:16:18.779><c> see</c><00:16:18.960><c> again</c><00:16:19.279><c> the</c><00:16:19.480><c> reassurance</c><00:16:20.299><c> that</c><00:16:20.940><c> the</c><00:16:21.559><c> plans</c>

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and<00:16:21.980><c> the</c><00:16:22.200><c> designs</c>

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of<00:16:22.659><c> these</c><00:16:22.879><c> people</c><00:16:23.159><c> in</c><00:16:23.320><c> the</c><00:16:23.440><c> North</c><00:16:23.759><c> would</c><00:16:24.039><c> be</c><00:16:24.240><c> frustrated?</c>

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They<00:16:25.460><c> would</c><00:16:25.659><c> not</c><00:16:25.840><c> be</c><00:16:26.039><c> able</c><00:16:26.200><c> to</c><00:16:26.340><c> put</c><00:16:26.480><c> someone</c><00:16:26.759><c> of</c><00:16:26.919><c> their</c><00:16:27.179><c> choosing</c><00:16:27.440><c> upon</c>

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the<00:16:28.039><c> throne.</c>

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To<00:16:29.980><c> establish</c><00:16:30.360><c> it</c><00:16:30.740><c> with</c><00:16:31.000><c> judgment</c><00:16:31.379><c> and</c><00:16:31.679><c> with</c><00:16:31.879><c> justice</c><00:16:32.259><c> from</c><00:16:32.480><c> henceforth,</c>

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even<00:16:33.299><c> forever,</c><00:16:34.039><c> the</c><00:16:34.080><c> zeal</c><00:16:34.200><c> of</c><00:16:34.340><c> the</c><00:16:34.399><c> Lord</c><00:16:34.539><c> of</c><00:16:34.700><c> Hosts</c><00:16:34.960><c> would</c>

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perform<00:16:35.879><c> this.</c>

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And<00:16:37.519><c> so</c><00:16:37.919><c> this</c><00:16:38.899><c> first</c><00:16:39.559><c> set</c><00:16:39.759><c> of</c><00:16:40.059><c> prophecies</c>

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regarding<00:16:40.960><c> the</c><00:16:41.379><c> revelation</c><00:16:41.940><c> of</c><00:16:42.480><c> Messiah</c><00:16:42.840><c> the</c><00:16:43.100><c> King,</c>

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Messiah<00:16:44.259><c> the</c><00:16:44.759><c> Son,</c>

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Messiah<00:16:47.259><c> God</c><00:16:47.759><c> with</c><00:16:48.120><c> us,</c>

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to<00:16:49.620><c> Israel</c><00:16:50.059><c> and</c><00:16:50.259><c> Isaiah,</c>

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is<00:16:52.360><c> brought</c><00:16:52.639><c> I</c><00:16:52.740><c> think</c><00:16:52.899><c> to</c><00:16:53.080><c> an</c><00:16:53.179><c> end</c><00:16:53.279><c> at</c><00:16:53.460><c> the</c><00:16:53.539><c> end</c><00:16:53.700><c> of</c><00:16:53.919><c> verse</c><00:16:54.120><c> 8,</c>

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right<00:16:55.820><c> between</c><00:16:56.240><c> verses</c><00:16:56.480><c> 7</c><00:16:56.720><c> and</c><00:16:56.840><c> 8,</c><00:16:57.000><c> sorry.</c>

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And<00:16:57.980><c> then</c><00:16:58.080><c> we</c><00:16:58.179><c> go</c><00:16:58.399><c> on</c><00:16:58.700><c> to</c><00:16:58.919><c> the</c><00:17:00.080><c> rest</c><00:17:00.600><c> of</c><00:17:00.759><c> this</c><00:17:00.940><c> book</c><00:17:01.100><c> of</c><00:17:01.320><c> Emmanuel,</c>

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with<00:17:03.799><c> a</c><00:17:04.019><c> reference</c><00:17:04.359><c> now</c><00:17:04.720><c> to</c><00:17:05.000><c> the</c><00:17:06.019><c> situation</c><00:17:06.559><c> regarding</c>

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first<00:17:07.799><c> the</c><00:17:08.039><c> tribes</c><00:17:08.200><c> in</c><00:17:08.380><c> the</c><00:17:08.500><c> North,</c>

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and<00:17:09.319><c> then</c><00:17:09.460><c> the</c><00:17:09.640><c> Assyrian</c><00:17:09.980><c> who</c><00:17:10.140><c> executes</c><00:17:10.599><c> God's</c><00:17:11.019><c> judgment,</c>

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who<00:17:12.339><c> as</c><00:17:12.619><c> the</c><00:17:13.039><c> rod</c><00:17:13.180><c> of</c><00:17:13.460><c> God</c><00:17:13.799><c> to</c><00:17:14.099><c> bring</c><00:17:14.519><c> the</c><00:17:14.680><c> judgments</c><00:17:14.900><c> upon</c><00:17:15.200><c> the</c><00:17:15.400><c> nations,</c>

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turns<00:17:16.019><c> around</c><00:17:16.380><c> and</c><00:17:16.559><c> applies</c><00:17:16.900><c> this</c><00:17:17.160><c> power</c><00:17:17.460><c> that</c><00:17:17.579><c> he</c><00:17:17.720><c> has</c><00:17:17.880><c> received</c><00:17:18.359><c> to</c><00:17:18.660><c> himself.</c>

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And<00:17:20.000><c> the</c><00:17:20.180><c> comparison</c><00:17:20.559><c> is</c><00:17:20.740><c> made</c><00:17:20.920><c> as</c><00:17:21.079><c> though</c><00:17:21.220><c> the</c><00:17:21.420><c> axe</c><00:17:21.859><c> turns</c><00:17:22.299><c> around</c>

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and<00:17:23.299><c> acts</c><00:17:23.519><c> as</c><00:17:23.660><c> though</c><00:17:23.759><c> it</c><00:17:23.859><c> could</c><00:17:24.039><c> swing</c><00:17:24.220><c> itself.</c>

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And<00:17:27.759><c> he</c><00:17:28.160><c> imputes</c><00:17:28.400><c> his</c><00:17:28.579><c> power</c><00:17:28.839><c> to</c><00:17:29.039><c> his</c><00:17:29.200><c> own</c><00:17:29.400><c> gods,</c>

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and<00:17:29.960><c> therefore</c><00:17:30.339><c> he</c><00:17:30.579><c> also</c><00:17:30.920><c> is</c><00:17:31.099><c> to</c><00:17:31.200><c> be</c><00:17:31.380><c> cut</c><00:17:31.599><c> down.</c>

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And<00:17:31.980><c> as</c><00:17:32.079><c> we</c><00:17:32.180><c> know</c><00:17:32.319><c> our</c><00:17:32.460><c> history,</c><00:17:33.140><c> the</c><00:17:33.259><c> Assyrian</c><00:17:33.579><c> was</c><00:17:33.859><c> cut</c><00:17:34.200><c> down,</c>

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and<00:17:34.660><c> the</c><00:17:34.880><c> Babylonian</c><00:17:35.319><c> took</c><00:17:35.539><c> his</c><00:17:35.839><c> place.</c>

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And<00:17:38.059><c> we</c><00:17:38.240><c> come</c><00:17:38.400><c> then</c><00:17:38.619><c> with</c><00:17:38.880><c> the</c><00:17:39.140><c> vision</c><00:17:39.380><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:42.380><c> verse</c><00:17:42.839><c> 32</c><00:17:43.240><c> of</c><00:17:43.440><c> chapter</c><00:17:43.779><c> 10,</c>

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where<00:17:45.559><c> the</c><00:17:46.019><c> Assyrian</c><00:17:46.359><c> has</c><00:17:46.759><c> been</c><00:17:47.339><c> marching</c><00:17:47.660><c> through</c><00:17:47.960><c> the</c><00:17:48.160><c> land,</c>

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and<00:17:48.480><c> we</c><00:17:48.880><c> don't</c><00:17:49.059><c> have</c><00:17:49.220><c> the</c><00:17:49.359><c> time</c><00:17:49.480><c> to</c><00:17:49.559><c> look</c><00:17:49.740><c> at</c><00:17:49.839><c> it</c><00:17:50.000><c> in</c><00:17:50.059><c> detail,</c>

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but<00:17:50.660><c> the</c><00:17:50.799><c> few</c><00:17:50.900><c> verses</c><00:17:51.200><c> before</c><00:17:51.619><c> this</c><00:17:52.039><c> are</c><00:17:52.480><c> clearly</c><00:17:52.740><c> a</c><00:17:52.960><c> mark</c><00:17:53.160><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:53.579><c> different</c><00:17:53.940><c> cities</c>

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in<00:17:55.660><c> the</c><00:17:55.839><c> land</c><00:17:56.019><c> of</c><00:17:56.180><c> Israel</c><00:17:56.420><c> as</c><00:17:56.559><c> he</c><00:17:56.720><c> moves</c><00:17:57.000><c> southward</c>

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and<00:17:57.900><c> gets</c><00:17:58.140><c> ever</c><00:17:58.480><c> closer</c><00:17:58.880><c> to</c><00:17:59.500><c> the</c><00:17:59.720><c> city</c><00:17:59.980><c> of</c><00:18:00.200><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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And<00:18:01.259><c> then</c><00:18:01.339><c> in</c><00:18:01.480><c> verse</c><00:18:01.759><c> 32,</c>

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And<00:18:20.960><c> if</c><00:18:21.500><c> we</c><00:18:22.859><c> go</c><00:18:23.099><c> over</c><00:18:23.299><c> to</c><00:18:23.480><c> the</c><00:18:23.660><c> 36th</c><00:18:24.500><c> and</c><00:18:24.559><c> 37th</c><00:18:25.220><c> of</c><00:18:25.339><c> Isaiah,</c>

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we<00:18:27.519><c> find</c><00:18:27.920><c> that</c><00:18:29.180><c> it</c><00:18:29.940><c> was</c><00:18:30.200><c> precisely</c><00:18:30.559><c> this</c><00:18:30.839><c> experience</c><00:18:32.059><c> of</c><00:18:32.319><c> Hezekiah</c><00:18:36.000><c> 36</c>

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and<00:18:41.220><c> 1.</c>

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Now<00:18:43.019><c> it</c><00:18:43.039><c> came</c><00:18:43.240><c> to</c><00:18:43.420><c> pass</c><00:18:43.559><c> in</c><00:18:43.700><c> the</c><00:18:43.839><c> 14th</c><00:18:44.299><c> year</c><00:18:44.440><c> of</c><00:18:44.559><c> King</c><00:18:44.779><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:18:45.359><c> that's</c><00:18:45.539><c> Sennacherib.</c>

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The<00:18:46.440><c> king</c><00:18:46.519><c> of</c><00:18:46.680><c> Assyria</c><00:18:47.019><c> came</c><00:18:47.220><c> up</c><00:18:47.460><c> against</c><00:18:47.779><c> all</c><00:18:48.140><c> the</c><00:18:48.440><c> defense</c>

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cities<00:18:48.960><c> of</c><00:18:49.180><c> Judah</c><00:18:49.339><c> and</c><00:18:49.460><c> took</c><00:18:49.700><c> them.</c>

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And<00:18:51.240><c> the</c><00:18:51.279><c> king</c><00:18:51.440><c> of</c><00:18:51.599><c> Assyria</c><00:18:51.960><c> sent</c><00:18:52.400><c> the</c><00:18:52.700><c> Rabsheka</c><00:18:53.220><c> from</c><00:18:53.460><c> Lachish</c><00:18:54.140><c> to</c><00:18:54.619><c> Jerusalem</c>

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and<00:18:55.039><c> went</c><00:18:55.039><c> on</c><00:18:55.140><c> to</c><00:18:55.240><c> King</c><00:18:55.460><c> Hezekiah</c><00:18:55.900><c> with</c><00:18:56.119><c> a</c><00:18:56.240><c> great</c><00:18:56.420><c> army.</c>

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He<00:18:56.819><c> stood</c><00:18:56.980><c> by</c><00:18:57.160><c> the</c><00:18:57.400><c> conduit</c><00:18:57.740><c> of</c><00:18:57.839><c> the</c><00:18:57.960><c> upper</c><00:18:58.200><c> pool</c><00:18:58.339><c> on</c><00:18:58.519><c> the</c><00:18:58.619><c> highway</c><00:18:58.839><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:59.119><c> Fuller's</c><00:18:59.559><c> Field.</c>

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And<00:19:00.920><c> if</c><00:19:01.000><c> we</c><00:19:01.079><c> read</c><00:19:01.240><c> a</c><00:19:01.259><c> little</c><00:19:01.480><c> farther</c><00:19:01.819><c> over</c><00:19:02.160><c> at</c><00:19:02.339><c> verse</c><00:19:02.539><c> 13,</c>

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For<00:19:26.240><c> thus</c><00:19:26.500><c> saith</c><00:19:26.660><c> the</c><00:19:26.799><c> king</c><00:19:26.980><c> of</c><00:19:27.180><c> Assyria,</c>

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Make<00:19:27.700><c> an</c><00:19:27.940><c> agreement</c><00:19:28.180><c> with</c><00:19:28.400><c> me</c><00:19:28.680><c> by</c><00:19:28.880><c> a</c><00:19:29.160><c> present,</c>

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And<00:19:30.140><c> come</c><00:19:30.339><c> out</c><00:19:30.579><c> to</c><00:19:30.759><c> me,</c>

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And<00:19:31.339><c> eat</c><00:19:31.480><c> ye</c><00:19:31.660><c> every</c><00:19:31.859><c> one</c><00:19:32.000><c> of</c><00:19:32.099><c> his</c><00:19:32.319><c> vine,</c>

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And<00:19:32.660><c> every</c><00:19:32.859><c> one</c><00:19:33.019><c> of</c><00:19:33.119><c> his</c><00:19:33.400><c> fig</c><00:19:33.539><c> tree,</c>

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And<00:19:33.839><c> drink</c><00:19:34.039><c> ye</c><00:19:34.200><c> every</c><00:19:34.500><c> one</c><00:19:34.660><c> of</c><00:19:34.759><c> the</c><00:19:34.920><c> waters</c><00:19:35.119><c> of</c><00:19:35.240><c> his</c><00:19:35.420><c> own</c><00:19:36.099><c> cistern,</c>

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Until<00:19:36.960><c> I</c><00:19:37.119><c> come</c><00:19:37.480><c> and</c><00:19:37.779><c> take</c><00:19:38.000><c> you</c><00:19:38.240><c> away</c><00:19:38.519><c> to</c><00:19:38.740><c> a</c><00:19:39.000><c> land</c><00:19:39.220><c> like</c><00:19:39.640><c> your</c><00:19:39.920><c> own,</c>

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A<00:19:40.619><c> land</c><00:19:40.799><c> of</c><00:19:41.000><c> corn</c><00:19:41.259><c> and</c><00:19:41.460><c> wine,</c>

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The<00:19:42.440><c> land</c><00:19:42.720><c> of</c><00:19:42.880><c> vineyards,</c><00:19:43.559><c> bread</c><00:19:43.759><c> and</c><00:19:43.960><c> vineyards.</c>

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Beware,<00:19:47.480><c> lest</c><00:19:47.619><c> Hezekiah</c><00:19:48.099><c> persuade</c><00:19:48.519><c> you,</c><00:19:48.900><c> saying,</c>

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The<00:19:49.559><c> Lord</c><00:19:49.779><c> will</c><00:19:50.019><c> deliver</c><00:19:50.259><c> us.</c>

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Hath<00:19:51.099><c> any</c><00:19:51.359><c> of</c><00:19:51.400><c> the</c><00:19:51.519><c> gods</c><00:19:51.660><c> of</c><00:19:51.799><c> the</c><00:19:51.900><c> nations</c><00:19:52.099><c> delivered</c><00:19:52.500><c> his</c><00:19:52.980><c> land</c>

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out<00:19:53.759><c> of</c><00:19:53.980><c> the</c><00:19:54.079><c> hand</c><00:19:54.220><c> of</c><00:19:54.339><c> the</c><00:19:54.420><c> king</c><00:19:54.579><c> of</c><00:19:54.759><c> Assyria?</c>

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Where<00:19:56.000><c> are</c><00:19:56.140><c> the</c><00:19:56.200><c> gods</c><00:19:56.440><c> of</c><00:19:56.640><c> Hamath</c><00:19:56.880><c> and</c><00:19:57.059><c> Arphad?</c>

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And<00:19:57.700><c> where</c><00:19:57.779><c> are</c><00:19:57.859><c> the</c><00:19:57.980><c> gods</c><00:19:58.160><c> of</c><00:19:58.380><c> Sepharveim?</c>

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And<00:19:59.480><c> have</c><00:19:59.559><c> they</c><00:19:59.759><c> delivered</c><00:20:00.059><c> Samaria</c><00:20:00.559><c> out</c><00:20:00.740><c> of</c><00:20:00.859><c> my</c><00:20:01.039><c> hand?</c>

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Who<00:20:02.859><c> are</c><00:20:03.279><c> they</c><00:20:03.420><c> among</c><00:20:03.660><c> the</c><00:20:03.839><c> gods</c><00:20:03.980><c> of</c><00:20:04.200><c> these</c><00:20:04.400><c> lands</c>

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that<00:20:04.779><c> they</c><00:20:04.960><c> have</c><00:20:05.140><c> delivered</c><00:20:05.420><c> their</c><00:20:05.680><c> land</c><00:20:05.920><c> out</c><00:20:06.099><c> of</c><00:20:06.240><c> my</c><00:20:06.440><c> land,</c>

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that<00:20:06.980><c> the</c><00:20:07.180><c> Lord</c><00:20:07.359><c> should</c><00:20:07.559><c> deliver</c><00:20:07.859><c> Jerusalem</c><00:20:08.480><c> out</c><00:20:09.000><c> of</c><00:20:09.160><c> my</c><00:20:09.380><c> hand?</c>

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It's<00:20:11.200><c> a</c><00:20:11.279><c> powerful</c><00:20:11.680><c> challenge,</c><00:20:12.259><c> brothers</c><00:20:12.359><c> and</c><00:20:12.579><c> sisters.</c>

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It's<00:20:14.720><c> very</c><00:20:14.980><c> subtle</c><00:20:15.240><c> because</c><00:20:15.519><c> it</c><00:20:15.759><c> appeals</c><00:20:16.099><c> to</c><00:20:17.720><c> what</c><00:20:18.079><c> we</c><00:20:18.519><c> think</c>

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is<00:20:18.880><c> your</c><00:20:19.099><c> common</c><00:20:19.339><c> sense.</c>

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Just<00:20:20.160><c> look</c><00:20:20.339><c> at</c><00:20:20.460><c> the</c><00:20:20.660><c> evidence,</c><00:20:20.920><c> he</c><00:20:21.099><c> says.</c>

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I've<00:20:21.960><c> started</c><00:20:22.099><c> way</c><00:20:22.299><c> up</c><00:20:22.500><c> there,</c><00:20:23.259><c> and</c><00:20:23.500><c> I've</c><00:20:23.640><c> come</c><00:20:23.819><c> around,</c>

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I<00:20:24.380><c> guess</c><00:20:24.539><c> it's</c><00:20:24.720><c> way</c><00:20:24.839><c> up</c><00:20:24.980><c> there</c><00:20:25.059><c> for</c><00:20:25.200><c> you,</c><00:20:25.599><c> and</c><00:20:25.839><c> down.</c>

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I've<00:20:28.019><c> been</c><00:20:28.160><c> successful</c><00:20:28.579><c> everywhere</c><00:20:28.900><c> I've</c><00:20:29.180><c> turned.</c>

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Even<00:20:31.000><c> Samaria,</c><00:20:32.279><c> your</c><00:20:32.460><c> brethren</c><00:20:32.680><c> in</c><00:20:32.839><c> the</c><00:20:32.940><c> north,</c>

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where<00:20:33.960><c> were</c><00:20:34.099><c> their</c><00:20:34.259><c> gods?</c>

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No<00:20:37.140><c> one</c><00:20:37.220><c> was</c><00:20:37.380><c> successful</c><00:20:37.819><c> in</c><00:20:37.980><c> withstanding</c><00:20:38.420><c> me.</c>

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Why<00:20:40.019><c> do</c><00:20:40.140><c> you</c><00:20:40.339><c> think</c><00:20:40.680><c> Hezekiah</c><00:20:41.240><c> will</c><00:20:41.400><c> be</c><00:20:41.559><c> successful?</c>

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Why<00:20:43.259><c> do</c><00:20:43.440><c> you</c><00:20:43.539><c> think</c><00:20:43.779><c> your</c><00:20:44.059><c> god</c><00:20:44.299><c> will</c><00:20:44.519><c> be</c><00:20:44.799><c> different</c><00:20:45.140><c> from</c><00:20:45.380><c> all</c>

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the<00:20:45.759><c> rest?</c>

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Will<00:20:48.660><c> Yahweh</c><00:20:49.079><c> really</c><00:20:49.500><c> deliver</c><00:20:49.859><c> you?</c>

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Hezekiah<00:20:52.359><c> would</c><00:20:52.559><c> have</c><00:20:52.680><c> you</c><00:20:52.900><c> believe</c><00:20:53.160><c> it,</c>

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but<00:20:53.700><c> what</c><00:20:53.859><c> he</c><00:20:54.000><c> really</c><00:20:54.240><c> wants</c><00:20:54.460><c> you</c><00:20:54.640><c> to</c><00:20:54.759><c> do</c><00:20:54.960><c> is</c><00:20:55.220><c> to</c><00:20:55.359><c> be</c><00:20:55.559><c> taken.</c>

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He<00:20:55.980><c> wants</c><00:20:56.200><c> to</c><00:20:56.400><c> hold</c><00:20:56.559><c> out</c><00:20:56.700><c> on</c><00:20:56.900><c> his</c><00:20:57.059><c> own.</c>

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But<00:20:58.819><c> come</c><00:20:59.039><c> out,</c><00:20:59.559><c> give</c><00:20:59.759><c> up.</c>

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Let<00:21:01.099><c> me</c><00:21:01.220><c> take</c><00:21:01.420><c> you</c><00:21:01.619><c> captive,</c><00:21:01.839><c> I'll</c><00:21:02.000><c> treat</c><00:21:02.160><c> you</c><00:21:02.299><c> nicely.</c>

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I<00:21:04.640><c> wonder,</c><00:21:05.000><c> brothers</c><00:21:05.099><c> and</c><00:21:05.339><c> sisters,</c><00:21:05.740><c> if</c><00:21:05.819><c> those</c><00:21:06.720><c> that</c><00:21:06.920><c> heard</c>

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those<00:21:07.359><c> words</c>

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had<00:21:08.059><c> family</c><00:21:08.619><c> that</c><00:21:09.759><c> were</c><00:21:09.940><c> treated</c><00:21:10.119><c> nicely</c><00:21:10.440><c> by</c><00:21:10.700><c> the</c><00:21:10.880><c> Assyrians.</c>

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They<00:21:11.440><c> weren't</c><00:21:11.660><c> known</c><00:21:12.279><c> for</c><00:21:12.779><c> their</c><00:21:12.980><c> niceness.</c>

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And<00:21:17.359><c> so,</c><00:21:18.460><c> Israel</c><00:21:19.000><c> was</c><00:21:19.339><c> shut</c><00:21:19.599><c> in.</c>

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The<00:21:21.059><c> Lord</c><00:21:21.240><c> delivered</c><00:21:21.579><c> them.</c>

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And<00:21:22.339><c> the</c><00:21:22.539><c> prophecy</c><00:21:22.839><c> there</c><00:21:23.099><c> that</c><00:21:23.220><c> we're</c><00:21:23.400><c> back</c><00:21:23.619><c> at</c><00:21:23.799><c> in</c><00:21:23.980><c> Chapter</c><00:21:24.240><c> 10</c>

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says<00:21:25.720><c> that</c><00:21:26.200><c> that's</c><00:21:26.559><c> as</c><00:21:26.740><c> far</c><00:21:26.859><c> as</c><00:21:26.960><c> he</c><00:21:27.140><c> got.</c>

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And<00:21:28.859><c> if</c><00:21:28.940><c> we</c><00:21:29.059><c> looked</c><00:21:29.180><c> over</c><00:21:29.420><c> at</c><00:21:29.539><c> the</c><00:21:29.539><c> end</c><00:21:29.720><c> of</c><00:21:29.900><c> Chapter</c><00:21:30.119><c> 37</c><00:21:30.700><c> in</c><00:21:31.599><c> Isaiah,</c>

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we<00:21:32.440><c> would</c><00:21:32.680><c> find</c><00:21:32.900><c> that</c><00:21:34.039><c> because</c><00:21:34.579><c> of</c><00:21:34.740><c> his</c><00:21:36.740><c> blasphemy,</c>

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God<00:21:37.859><c> delivered</c><00:21:38.799><c> Hezekiah.</c>

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Verse<00:21:44.460><c> 21</c><00:21:44.900><c> in</c><00:21:45.319><c> Chapter</c><00:21:45.599><c> 37,</c><00:21:46.140><c> if</c><00:21:46.259><c> you're</c><00:21:46.420><c> there.</c>

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Then<00:21:49.099><c> Isaiah</c><00:21:49.420><c> the</c><00:21:49.539><c> son</c><00:21:49.680><c> of</c><00:21:49.819><c> Amoz</c><00:21:50.119><c> sent</c><00:21:50.440><c> unto</c><00:21:50.700><c> Hezekiah,</c>

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saying,<00:21:51.660><c> Thus</c><00:21:51.700><c> saith</c><00:21:51.839><c> the</c><00:21:52.039><c> Lord</c><00:21:52.240><c> God</c><00:21:52.460><c> of</c><00:21:52.559><c> Israel,</c>

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whereas<00:21:53.380><c> thou</c><00:21:54.059><c> hast</c><00:21:54.299><c> prayed</c><00:21:54.559><c> to</c><00:21:54.740><c> me</c><00:21:54.880><c> against</c><00:21:55.160><c> Sennacherib</c><00:21:55.680><c> king</c><00:21:55.819><c> of</c><00:21:55.980><c> Assyria,</c>

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this<00:21:56.779><c> is</c><00:21:57.019><c> the</c><00:21:57.140><c> word</c><00:21:57.279><c> which</c><00:21:57.440><c> the</c><00:21:57.579><c> Lord</c><00:21:57.680><c> hath</c><00:21:57.920><c> spoken</c><00:21:58.460><c> concerning</c><00:21:59.079><c> him.</c>

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The<00:22:00.180><c> virgin,</c><00:22:00.759><c> the</c><00:22:00.880><c> daughter</c><00:22:01.059><c> of</c><00:22:01.259><c> Zion,</c><00:22:01.500><c> hath</c><00:22:01.680><c> despised</c><00:22:02.240><c> thee</c>

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and<00:22:02.539><c> left</c><00:22:02.759><c> thee</c><00:22:03.019><c> to</c><00:22:03.160><c> scorn.</c>

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The<00:22:04.140><c> daughter</c><00:22:04.359><c> of</c><00:22:04.559><c> Jerusalem</c><00:22:04.799><c> hath</c><00:22:05.119><c> shaken</c><00:22:05.400><c> her</c><00:22:05.579><c> head</c><00:22:05.660><c> at</c><00:22:05.880><c> thee.</c>

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Whom<00:22:06.779><c> hast</c><00:22:06.980><c> thou</c><00:22:07.180><c> reproached</c><00:22:07.660><c> and</c><00:22:07.920><c> blasphemed?</c>

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And<00:22:08.900><c> against</c><00:22:09.140><c> whom</c><00:22:09.299><c> hast</c><00:22:09.579><c> thou</c><00:22:09.720><c> reprimanded?</c>

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And<00:22:09.720><c> I</c><00:22:09.720><c> shall</c><00:22:09.720><c> lift</c><00:22:10.019><c> it</c><00:22:10.140><c> up</c><00:22:10.259><c> thy</c><00:22:10.400><c> voice,</c><00:22:11.259><c> and</c><00:22:11.339><c> lift</c><00:22:11.460><c> it</c><00:22:11.579><c> up</c><00:22:11.700><c> thine</c><00:22:11.799><c> eyes</c>

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on<00:22:12.279><c> high,</c>

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against<00:22:13.019><c> the</c><00:22:13.220><c> Holy</c><00:22:13.440><c> One</c><00:22:13.539><c> of</c><00:22:13.680><c> Israel.</c>

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By<00:22:14.880><c> thy</c><00:22:15.099><c> servants</c><00:22:15.420><c> hast</c><00:22:15.660><c> thou</c><00:22:15.799><c> reproached</c><00:22:16.220><c> the</c><00:22:16.400><c> Lord,</c>

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and<00:22:16.759><c> hast</c><00:22:16.980><c> said,</c><00:22:17.440><c> By</c><00:22:17.559><c> the</c><00:22:17.680><c> multitude</c><00:22:17.960><c> of</c><00:22:18.119><c> my</c><00:22:18.319><c> chariots,</c>

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am<00:22:18.859><c> I</c><00:22:18.980><c> come</c><00:22:19.140><c> up</c><00:22:19.299><c> to</c><00:22:19.420><c> the</c><00:22:19.519><c> height</c><00:22:19.619><c> of</c><00:22:19.740><c> the</c><00:22:19.880><c> mountains,</c><00:22:20.559><c> to</c><00:22:20.680><c> the</c>

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sides<00:22:21.039><c> of</c><00:22:21.259><c> Lebanon.</c>

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And<00:22:21.960><c> I</c><00:22:22.019><c> will</c><00:22:22.200><c> cut</c><00:22:22.420><c> down</c><00:22:22.640><c> the</c><00:22:22.880><c> tall</c><00:22:23.119><c> cedars</c><00:22:23.460><c> thereof,</c><00:22:24.140><c> and</c><00:22:24.279><c> the</c>

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choice<00:22:24.680><c> fir</c><00:22:24.960><c> trees</c><00:22:25.220><c> thereof,</c>

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and<00:22:25.900><c> I</c><00:22:25.980><c> will</c><00:22:26.119><c> enter</c><00:22:26.240><c> into</c><00:22:26.440><c> the</c><00:22:26.559><c> heights</c><00:22:26.759><c> of</c><00:22:26.920><c> his</c><00:22:27.160><c> border,</c><00:22:27.660><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:28.019><c> forest</c><00:22:28.220><c> of</c><00:22:28.380><c> his</c><00:22:28.599><c> Carmel.</c>

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I<00:22:30.980><c> have</c><00:22:31.180><c> digged</c><00:22:31.440><c> and</c><00:22:31.579><c> drunk</c><00:22:31.799><c> water,</c><00:22:32.380><c> and</c><00:22:32.440><c> with</c><00:22:32.619><c> the</c><00:22:32.779><c> sole</c><00:22:32.880><c> of</c>

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my<00:22:33.259><c> feet</c>

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have<00:22:33.519><c> I</c><00:22:33.720><c> dried</c><00:22:33.839><c> up</c><00:22:34.039><c> all</c><00:22:34.279><c> the</c><00:22:34.400><c> rivers</c><00:22:34.619><c> of</c><00:22:34.779><c> the</c><00:22:34.940><c> besieged</c><00:22:35.400><c> places.</c>

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Hast<00:22:37.119><c> thou</c><00:22:37.319><c> not</c><00:22:37.500><c> heard</c><00:22:37.759><c> long</c><00:22:38.059><c> ago</c><00:22:38.640><c> how</c><00:22:39.599><c> I</c><00:22:39.740><c> have</c><00:22:39.859><c> done</c><00:22:40.000><c> it,</c>

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and<00:22:40.980><c> of</c><00:22:41.140><c> ancient</c><00:22:41.380><c> times</c><00:22:41.680><c> how</c><00:22:41.819><c> I</c><00:22:42.019><c> have</c><00:22:42.220><c> formed</c><00:22:42.359><c> it,</c><00:22:42.500><c> how</c><00:22:42.660><c> I</c><00:22:42.900><c> brought</c><00:22:43.079><c> it</c>

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to<00:22:43.400><c> pass,</c>

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that<00:22:44.000><c> thou</c><00:22:44.200><c> shouldest</c><00:22:44.579><c> lay</c><00:22:44.819><c> waste,</c><00:22:45.400><c> defense</c><00:22:45.859><c> cities,</c><00:22:46.400><c> into</c>

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ruinous<00:22:47.039><c> heaps?</c>

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It<00:22:47.940><c> wasn't</c><00:22:48.660><c> the</c><00:22:48.920><c> Assyrians'</c><00:22:49.519><c> power.</c><00:22:49.960><c> It</c><00:22:50.119><c> wasn't</c><00:22:50.339><c> his</c><00:22:50.660><c> God.</c>

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It<00:22:51.819><c> was</c><00:22:51.960><c> the</c><00:22:52.099><c> God</c><00:22:52.220><c> of</c><00:22:52.359><c> Israel</c><00:22:52.599><c> that</c><00:22:52.819><c> brought</c><00:22:52.940><c> the</c><00:22:53.160><c> Assyrian.</c>

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It<00:22:54.660><c> was</c><00:22:54.799><c> really</c><00:22:54.980><c> a</c><00:22:55.160><c> question</c><00:22:55.440><c> of</c><00:22:55.539><c> whether</c><00:22:55.740><c> the</c><00:22:55.960><c> axe</c><00:22:56.140><c> swung</c><00:22:56.339><c> itself,</c>

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or<00:22:57.140><c> whether</c><00:22:57.240><c> there</c><00:22:57.339><c> was</c><00:22:57.539><c> someone</c><00:22:57.799><c> swinging</c><00:22:58.160><c> the</c><00:22:58.440><c> axe.</c>

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And<00:23:00.119><c> that</c><00:23:00.200><c> was</c><00:23:00.420><c> Isaiah's</c><00:23:00.880><c> message,</c><00:23:01.180><c> wasn't</c><00:23:01.420><c> it?</c>

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Therefore<00:23:02.500><c> their</c><00:23:02.799><c> inhabitants</c><00:23:03.160><c> were</c><00:23:03.420><c> of</c><00:23:03.579><c> small</c><00:23:03.839><c> power.</c>

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They<00:23:04.519><c> were</c><00:23:04.720><c> dismayed</c><00:23:05.140><c> and</c><00:23:05.259><c> confounded.</c><00:23:05.700><c> They</c><00:23:05.839><c> were</c><00:23:05.920><c> as</c><00:23:06.019><c> the</c>

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grass<00:23:06.339><c> of</c><00:23:06.480><c> the</c><00:23:06.660><c> field,</c>

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and<00:23:07.920><c> as</c><00:23:08.019><c> the</c><00:23:08.200><c> green</c><00:23:08.359><c> herb,</c><00:23:08.579><c> and</c><00:23:08.640><c> as</c><00:23:08.779><c> the</c><00:23:08.940><c> grass</c><00:23:09.079><c> on</c><00:23:09.240><c> the</c><00:23:09.400><c> housetops,</c>

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and<00:23:10.019><c> as</c><00:23:10.200><c> corn</c><00:23:10.460><c> blasted</c><00:23:10.980><c> before</c><00:23:11.220><c> it</c><00:23:11.400><c> grew</c><00:23:11.559><c> up.</c>

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But<00:23:12.720><c> I</c><00:23:12.839><c> know</c><00:23:13.000><c> thy</c><00:23:13.160><c> abode,</c><00:23:13.500><c> and</c><00:23:13.559><c> thy</c><00:23:13.640><c> going</c><00:23:13.900><c> out,</c><00:23:14.220><c> and</c><00:23:14.319><c> thy</c><00:23:14.460><c> coming</c><00:23:14.700><c> in,</c>

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and<00:23:15.000><c> thy</c><00:23:15.240><c> rage</c><00:23:15.539><c> against</c><00:23:15.859><c> me.</c>

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And<00:23:17.519><c> therefore</c><00:23:17.920><c> I</c><00:23:18.339><c> will</c><00:23:18.539><c> turn</c><00:23:18.759><c> thee</c><00:23:18.960><c> back</c><00:23:19.140><c> by</c><00:23:19.319><c> the</c><00:23:19.420><c> way</c><00:23:19.559><c> in</c>

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which<00:23:19.819><c> thou</c><00:23:20.019><c> comest.</c>

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And<00:23:22.039><c> so</c><00:23:22.400><c> I</c><00:23:22.960><c> will</c><00:23:23.160><c> defend</c><00:23:23.460><c> this</c><00:23:23.680><c> city,</c><00:23:24.019><c> and</c><00:23:24.140><c> save</c><00:23:24.299><c> it</c><00:23:24.519><c> for</c><00:23:24.660><c> my</c>

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own<00:23:25.059><c> sake,</c>

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and<00:23:26.519><c> for</c><00:23:26.700><c> my</c><00:23:26.940><c> servant</c><00:23:27.160><c> David's</c><00:23:27.740><c> sake.</c>

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And<00:23:29.380><c> the</c><00:23:29.500><c> angel</c><00:23:29.640><c> of</c><00:23:29.759><c> the</c><00:23:29.819><c> Lord</c><00:23:29.940><c> went</c><00:23:30.180><c> forth</c><00:23:30.480><c> that</c><00:23:30.740><c> night,</c><00:23:30.980><c> and</c>

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you<00:23:31.180><c> know</c><00:23:31.279><c> the</c><00:23:31.519><c> account.</c>

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There<00:23:32.619><c> were</c><00:23:32.779><c> 185</c><00:23:33.559><c>,000</c><00:23:33.960><c> dead</c><00:23:34.339><c> of</c><00:23:34.640><c> the</c><00:23:34.799><c> Assyrians'</c><00:23:35.420><c> army.</c>

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And<00:23:36.700><c> they</c><00:23:36.740><c> returned</c><00:23:37.099><c> with</c><00:23:37.339><c> shame</c><00:23:37.539><c> in</c><00:23:37.700><c> his</c><00:23:37.880><c> face,</c><00:23:38.079><c> it</c><00:23:38.359><c> said.</c>

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Later<00:23:39.779><c> on,</c><00:23:40.339><c> as</c><00:23:40.480><c> he</c><00:23:40.559><c> went</c><00:23:40.720><c> into</c><00:23:40.900><c> his</c><00:23:41.039><c> own</c><00:23:41.240><c> house</c><00:23:41.619><c> of</c><00:23:41.819><c> his</c><00:23:42.079><c> God,</c>

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he<00:23:43.779><c> was</c><00:23:44.059><c> slain.</c>

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Remarkable<00:23:46.599><c> irony.</c>

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But<00:23:49.059><c> the</c><00:23:49.140><c> king</c><00:23:49.319><c> who</c><00:23:49.519><c> came</c><00:23:49.740><c> and</c><00:23:50.039><c> blasphemed</c><00:23:50.339><c> the</c><00:23:50.519><c> God</c><00:23:50.640><c> of</c><00:23:50.779><c> Israel</c>

00:23:51.339 --> 00:23:56.740
was<00:23:51.960><c> slain</c><00:23:52.240><c> as</c><00:23:52.400><c> he</c><00:23:52.579><c> worshipped</c><00:23:53.519><c> in</c><00:23:53.900><c> his</c><00:23:54.500><c> own</c><00:23:54.720><c> God's</c><00:23:55.880><c> house.</c>

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And<00:23:57.599><c> so</c><00:23:58.099><c> with</c><00:23:59.180><c> that</c><00:23:59.400><c> as</c><00:23:59.579><c> the</c><00:23:59.740><c> backdrop,</c>

00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:04.599
we<00:24:00.259><c> come</c><00:24:00.539><c> then</c><00:24:00.819><c> with</c><00:24:02.799><c> this</c><00:24:03.079><c> figure</c><00:24:03.319><c> of</c><00:24:03.500><c> the</c><00:24:03.640><c> cut</c><00:24:03.799><c> down</c><00:24:04.059><c> trees</c>

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of<00:24:05.019><c> the</c><00:24:05.140><c> northern</c><00:24:05.359><c> tribes,</c>

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and<00:24:06.980><c> the</c><00:24:07.200><c> figure</c><00:24:07.420><c> of</c><00:24:07.700><c> the</c><00:24:08.039><c> stump</c><00:24:08.240><c> of</c><00:24:08.460><c> Israel</c><00:24:08.839><c> left</c><00:24:09.160><c> to</c><00:24:09.400><c> us</c><00:24:09.619><c> from</c>

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the<00:24:10.039><c> opening</c><00:24:10.339><c> vision</c><00:24:10.619><c> in</c><00:24:10.819><c> Isaiah</c><00:24:11.160><c> 6,</c>

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where<00:24:11.839><c> it</c><00:24:11.980><c> was</c><00:24:12.180><c> cut</c><00:24:12.440><c> down,</c><00:24:12.740><c> and</c><00:24:12.819><c> the</c><00:24:12.940><c> land</c><00:24:13.079><c> was</c><00:24:13.380><c> wasted</c>

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without<00:24:14.019><c> inhabitants,</c>

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yet<00:24:14.839><c> there</c><00:24:15.059><c> was</c><00:24:15.240><c> to</c><00:24:15.460><c> remain</c><00:24:15.880><c> the</c><00:24:16.500><c> life</c><00:24:16.799><c> in</c><00:24:17.059><c> the</c><00:24:17.299><c> stump.</c>

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You<00:24:18.180><c> have</c><00:24:18.319><c> this</c><00:24:18.579><c> figure</c><00:24:18.819><c> in</c><00:24:19.000><c> chapter</c><00:24:19.359><c> 11,</c><00:24:20.400><c> where</c><00:24:20.460><c> there</c><00:24:20.599><c> shall</c>

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come<00:24:20.940><c> a</c><00:24:21.160><c> shoot</c><00:24:21.380><c> or</c><00:24:21.819><c> a</c><00:24:21.980><c> rod</c>

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out<00:24:22.279><c> of</c><00:24:22.420><c> the</c><00:24:22.579><c> stem</c><00:24:22.700><c> of</c><00:24:22.980><c> Jesse,</c><00:24:23.599><c> and</c><00:24:23.740><c> a</c><00:24:23.920><c> branch</c><00:24:24.099><c> shall</c><00:24:24.299><c> grow</c><00:24:24.480><c> out</c>

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of<00:24:24.720><c> his</c><00:24:24.940><c> roots.</c>

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And<00:24:26.319><c> the</c><00:24:26.460><c> spirit</c><00:24:26.640><c> of</c><00:24:26.759><c> the</c><00:24:26.839><c> Lord</c><00:24:26.980><c> shall</c><00:24:27.180><c> rest</c><00:24:27.460><c> upon</c><00:24:27.759><c> him,</c>

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and<00:24:28.059><c> the</c><00:24:28.059><c> spirit</c><00:24:28.240><c> of</c><00:24:28.480><c> wisdom</c><00:24:28.759><c> and</c><00:24:29.019><c> understanding,</c>

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the<00:24:30.240><c> spirit</c><00:24:30.400><c> of</c><00:24:30.619><c> counsel</c><00:24:30.920><c> and</c><00:24:31.119><c> might,</c>

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the<00:24:31.920><c> spirit</c><00:24:32.160><c> of</c><00:24:32.400><c> knowledge</c><00:24:32.640><c> and</c><00:24:32.779><c> of</c><00:24:32.880><c> the</c><00:24:33.059><c> fear</c><00:24:33.200><c> of</c><00:24:33.299><c> the</c><00:24:33.440><c> Lord,</c>

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and<00:24:34.759><c> shall</c><00:24:34.900><c> make</c><00:24:35.140><c> him</c><00:24:35.259><c> of</c><00:24:35.480><c> quick</c><00:24:35.660><c> understanding</c><00:24:36.200><c> in</c><00:24:36.380><c> the</c><00:24:36.539><c> fear</c>

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of<00:24:36.799><c> the</c><00:24:36.920><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:24:37.180><c> he</c><00:24:37.319><c> shall</c><00:24:37.440><c> not</c><00:24:37.720><c> judge</c><00:24:38.019><c> after</c><00:24:38.319><c> the</c><00:24:38.559><c> sight</c><00:24:38.680><c> of</c><00:24:38.819><c> his</c><00:24:39.039><c> eyes,</c>

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neither<00:24:39.559><c> reprove</c><00:24:40.059><c> after</c><00:24:40.259><c> the</c><00:24:40.460><c> hearing</c><00:24:40.619><c> of</c><00:24:40.779><c> his</c><00:24:40.980><c> ears,</c>

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but<00:24:41.559><c> with</c><00:24:41.799><c> righteousness</c><00:24:42.339><c> shall</c><00:24:43.079><c> he</c><00:24:43.259><c> judge</c><00:24:43.420><c> the</c><00:24:43.680><c> poor,</c>

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and<00:24:44.039><c> reprove</c><00:24:44.319><c> with</c><00:24:44.500><c> equity</c><00:24:44.759><c> for</c><00:24:44.980><c> the</c><00:24:45.119><c> meek</c><00:24:45.240><c> of</c><00:24:45.380><c> the</c><00:24:45.579><c> earth.</c>

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And<00:24:46.400><c> he</c><00:24:46.480><c> shall</c><00:24:46.640><c> smite</c><00:24:46.960><c> the</c><00:24:47.119><c> earth</c><00:24:47.259><c> with</c><00:24:47.440><c> the</c><00:24:47.599><c> rod</c><00:24:47.720><c> of</c><00:24:47.839><c> his</c><00:24:48.039><c> mouth,</c>

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and<00:24:48.720><c> with</c><00:24:48.819><c> the</c><00:24:48.980><c> breath</c><00:24:49.099><c> of</c><00:24:49.240><c> his</c><00:24:49.400><c> lips</c><00:24:49.579><c> shall</c><00:24:49.779><c> he</c><00:24:49.960><c> slay</c><00:24:50.140><c> the</c><00:24:50.319><c> wicked.</c>

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And<00:24:51.420><c> righteousness</c><00:24:51.740><c> shall</c><00:24:51.980><c> be</c><00:24:52.119><c> the</c><00:24:52.259><c> girdle</c><00:24:52.460><c> of</c><00:24:52.579><c> his</c><00:24:52.779><c> loins,</c>

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and<00:24:53.859><c> faithfulness</c><00:24:54.539><c> the</c><00:24:54.819><c> girdle</c><00:24:55.140><c> of</c><00:24:55.240><c> his</c><00:24:55.500><c> reins.</c>

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And<00:24:56.599><c> clearly</c><00:24:56.880><c> we</c><00:24:57.059><c> have</c><00:24:57.299><c> a</c><00:24:57.480><c> picture</c><00:24:57.819><c> of</c><00:24:58.180><c> the</c><00:24:59.079><c> work</c><00:24:59.259><c> of</c><00:24:59.460><c> the</c><00:24:59.579><c> Lord</c>

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revealed<00:25:00.599><c> to</c><00:25:00.980><c> the</c><00:25:01.079><c> nations</c><00:25:01.359><c> of</c><00:25:01.539><c> the</c><00:25:01.700><c> world,</c>

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coming<00:25:02.980><c> up</c><00:25:03.259><c> as</c><00:25:03.559><c> the</c><00:25:03.880><c> continuation</c><00:25:04.440><c> of</c><00:25:06.140><c> the</c><00:25:07.299><c> apparently</c><00:25:07.660><c> dead,</c>

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but<00:25:08.240><c> yet</c><00:25:08.440><c> alive</c><00:25:08.779><c> stump</c><00:25:09.299><c> of</c><00:25:09.799><c> Jesse,</c>

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the<00:25:11.299><c> household</c><00:25:11.619><c> of</c><00:25:11.859><c> David,</c><00:25:12.440><c> the</c><00:25:12.619><c> throne</c><00:25:12.759><c> of</c><00:25:12.980><c> David,</c>

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that's<00:25:13.440><c> sitting</c><00:25:13.640><c> there</c><00:25:14.059><c> in</c><00:25:14.200><c> obeisance</c><00:25:14.640><c> now,</c>

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with<00:25:15.420><c> no</c><00:25:15.599><c> one</c><00:25:15.740><c> on</c><00:25:15.859><c> it</c><00:25:16.200><c> who</c><00:25:16.440><c> belongs</c><00:25:16.779><c> there,</c>

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until<00:25:18.440><c> the</c><00:25:18.619><c> Lord</c><00:25:18.759><c> returns</c><00:25:19.220><c> to</c><00:25:19.420><c> take</c><00:25:19.599><c> it</c><00:25:19.759><c> as</c><00:25:19.880><c> his</c><00:25:20.059><c> own.</c>

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The<00:25:23.059><c> wolf</c><00:25:23.240><c> shall</c><00:25:24.519><c> also</c><00:25:24.920><c> dwell</c><00:25:25.140><c> with</c><00:25:25.400><c> the</c><00:25:25.539><c> lamb,</c>

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and<00:25:25.839><c> the</c><00:25:25.960><c> leopard</c><00:25:26.200><c> lie</c><00:25:26.480><c> down</c><00:25:26.599><c> with</c><00:25:26.799><c> the</c><00:25:26.980><c> kid.</c>

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And<00:25:27.440><c> this</c><00:25:27.700><c> peacefulness</c><00:25:28.319><c> of</c><00:25:28.500><c> the</c><00:25:28.700><c> animal</c><00:25:28.980><c> kingdom,</c>

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and<00:25:31.480><c> peace</c><00:25:32.380><c> pervading</c><00:25:32.759><c> all</c><00:25:33.000><c> the</c><00:25:33.200><c> world,</c>

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children<00:25:34.539><c> playing</c><00:25:34.960><c> with</c><00:25:35.200><c> what</c><00:25:35.960><c> are</c><00:25:36.259><c> dangerous</c><00:25:36.460><c> animals</c><00:25:36.880><c> now,</c>

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this<00:25:37.700><c> picture</c><00:25:38.140><c> of</c><00:25:40.119><c> calm,</c><00:25:41.380><c> of</c><00:25:41.619><c> restoration,</c><00:25:43.180><c> of</c><00:25:43.380><c> rejuvenation.</c>

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Look<00:25:44.339><c> at</c><00:25:44.500><c> these</c><00:25:44.819><c> animals</c><00:25:45.220><c> that,</c><00:25:46.099><c> well,</c><00:25:46.380><c> the</c><00:25:46.519><c> one</c><00:25:46.599><c> would</c><00:25:46.779><c> eat</c>

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the<00:25:47.099><c> other,</c><00:25:47.259><c> the</c><00:25:47.460><c> wolf.</c>

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When<00:25:48.700><c> could</c><00:25:48.880><c> you</c><00:25:48.980><c> put</c><00:25:49.140><c> a</c><00:25:49.299><c> wolf</c><00:25:49.440><c> safely</c><00:25:49.819><c> with</c><00:25:50.039><c> a</c><00:25:50.240><c> lamb?</c>

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Always<00:25:51.400><c> in</c><00:25:51.640><c> scripture,</c><00:25:52.119><c> the</c><00:25:52.140><c> wolf,</c><00:25:53.859><c> ravenous</c><00:25:54.259><c> wolves,</c>

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:58.859
shall<00:25:55.259><c> enter</c><00:25:55.480><c> in</c><00:25:55.839><c> disguised</c><00:25:56.359><c> as</c><00:25:56.599><c> lambs,</c><00:25:57.180><c> not</c><00:25:57.480><c> sparing</c><00:25:57.759><c> the</c><00:25:58.039><c> flock.</c>

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The<00:26:00.200><c> leopard</c><00:26:00.599><c> lie</c><00:26:01.019><c> down</c><00:26:01.200><c> with</c><00:26:01.400><c> the</c><00:26:01.539><c> young</c><00:26:01.700><c> goat,</c>

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the<00:26:03.539><c> calf</c><00:26:03.720><c> and</c><00:26:03.880><c> the</c><00:26:04.019><c> young</c><00:26:04.240><c> lion,</c>

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:06.359
the<00:26:05.420><c> little</c><00:26:05.619><c> child</c><00:26:05.900><c> in</c><00:26:06.079><c> the</c><00:26:06.220><c> mist.</c>

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Would<00:26:06.519><c> you</c><00:26:06.680><c> send</c><00:26:06.859><c> your</c><00:26:07.039><c> children</c><00:26:07.259><c> out</c><00:26:07.539><c> to</c><00:26:07.720><c> play</c><00:26:07.779><c> with</c><00:26:07.960><c> a</c><00:26:08.039><c> young</c><00:26:08.220><c> lion?</c>

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There's<00:26:10.799><c> stories</c><00:26:10.799><c> all</c><00:26:11.319><c> over</c><00:26:11.579><c> about</c><00:26:11.920><c> those</c><00:26:12.240><c> that</c><00:26:12.480><c> bring</c><00:26:12.599><c> these</c>

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wild<00:26:13.079><c> animals</c>

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into<00:26:13.500><c> their</c><00:26:13.700><c> homes</c><00:26:13.839><c> and</c><00:26:13.980><c> try</c><00:26:14.119><c> to</c><00:26:14.339><c> train</c><00:26:14.500><c> them.</c>

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There's<00:26:16.799><c> tremendous</c><00:26:17.200><c> change</c><00:26:17.640><c> being</c><00:26:18.200><c> depicted.</c>

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And<00:26:19.220><c> to</c><00:26:19.319><c> those</c><00:26:19.579><c> that</c><00:26:19.759><c> were</c><00:26:19.940><c> familiar</c><00:26:20.220><c> much</c><00:26:20.500><c> more</c><00:26:20.720><c> so</c><00:26:20.819><c> than</c><00:26:20.940><c> we</c><00:26:21.200><c> are</c>

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:23.819
with<00:26:21.640><c> the</c><00:26:22.000><c> nature</c><00:26:22.240><c> of</c><00:26:22.400><c> these</c><00:26:22.559><c> wild</c><00:26:22.799><c> animals,</c>

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:27.059
to<00:26:24.920><c> those</c><00:26:25.160><c> that</c><00:26:25.339><c> were</c><00:26:25.460><c> the</c><00:26:25.660><c> shepherds</c><00:26:26.019><c> and</c><00:26:26.220><c> remained</c><00:26:26.440><c> on</c><00:26:26.619><c> the</c><00:26:26.740><c> hills,</c>

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:31.160
ever<00:26:27.480><c> watchful</c><00:26:27.859><c> for</c><00:26:28.019><c> the</c><00:26:28.279><c> bear,</c><00:26:29.339><c> for</c><00:26:29.500><c> the</c><00:26:29.579><c> young</c><00:26:29.859><c> lion,</c><00:26:31.019><c> for</c>

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the<00:26:31.359><c> wolf,</c>

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it<00:26:34.720><c> would</c><00:26:34.779><c> be</c><00:26:35.000><c> the</c><00:26:35.240><c> sign</c><00:26:35.359><c> of</c><00:26:35.519><c> a</c><00:26:35.680><c> remarkable</c><00:26:36.140><c> change</c><00:26:36.619><c> in</c><00:26:36.900><c> the</c><00:26:37.079><c> whole</c><00:26:37.400><c> condition</c><00:26:37.779><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:38.119><c> world.</c>

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And<00:26:39.480><c> they</c><00:26:39.640><c> shall</c><00:26:39.759><c> not</c><00:26:39.940><c> hurt</c><00:26:40.140><c> nor</c><00:26:40.279><c> destroy</c><00:26:40.700><c> in</c><00:26:40.900><c> all</c><00:26:41.099><c> my</c><00:26:41.279><c> holy</c><00:26:41.519><c> mountain,</c>

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for<00:26:42.559><c> the</c><00:26:42.680><c> earth</c><00:26:42.779><c> shall</c><00:26:42.940><c> be</c><00:26:43.099><c> full</c><00:26:43.259><c> of</c><00:26:43.359><c> the</c><00:26:43.519><c> knowledge</c><00:26:43.680><c> of</c><00:26:43.819><c> the</c><00:26:43.960><c> Lord</c>

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as<00:26:44.099><c> the</c><00:26:44.299><c> waters</c><00:26:44.660><c> cover</c><00:26:44.940><c> the</c><00:26:45.220><c> sea.</c>

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And<00:26:46.759><c> in</c><00:26:46.859><c> that</c><00:26:47.079><c> day</c><00:26:47.240><c> there</c><00:26:47.400><c> shall</c><00:26:47.519><c> be</c><00:26:47.700><c> a</c><00:26:47.819><c> root</c><00:26:47.900><c> of</c><00:26:48.160><c> Jesse,</c>

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which<00:26:48.920><c> shall</c><00:26:49.119><c> stand</c><00:26:49.500><c> for</c><00:26:49.700><c> an</c><00:26:49.900><c> ensign</c><00:26:50.039><c> or</c><00:26:50.240><c> a</c><00:26:50.380><c> banner</c><00:26:50.559><c> to</c><00:26:50.819><c> the</c><00:26:51.000><c> people,</c>

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and<00:26:52.019><c> to</c><00:26:52.180><c> it</c><00:26:52.299><c> shall</c><00:26:52.480><c> the</c><00:26:52.640><c> Gentiles</c><00:26:53.119><c> seek,</c><00:26:54.099><c> and</c><00:26:54.259><c> his</c><00:26:54.460><c> rest</c><00:26:54.740><c> shall</c>

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be<00:26:55.220><c> glorious.</c>

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And<00:26:57.039><c> so,</c><00:26:57.299><c> brothers</c><00:26:57.339><c> and</c><00:26:57.579><c> sisters,</c><00:26:57.859><c> in</c><00:26:58.039><c> this</c><00:26:58.279><c> chapter</c><00:26:58.720><c> we</c><00:26:59.059><c> have</c>

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the<00:27:00.099><c> vision</c><00:27:00.339><c> of</c><00:27:00.640><c> the</c><00:27:00.839><c> king</c>

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in<00:27:01.940><c> his</c><00:27:02.200><c> glory,</c><00:27:02.619><c> revealed</c><00:27:02.859><c> basically</c><00:27:03.319><c> in</c><00:27:03.619><c> government,</c>

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:06.940
but<00:27:04.380><c> also</c><00:27:04.720><c> with</c><00:27:05.019><c> these</c><00:27:05.380><c> insights</c><00:27:05.799><c> as</c><00:27:06.059><c> to</c><00:27:06.240><c> his</c><00:27:06.500><c> wisdom.</c>

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The<00:27:07.359><c> spirit</c><00:27:07.559><c> of</c><00:27:07.720><c> the</c><00:27:07.819><c> Lord</c><00:27:07.940><c> shall</c><00:27:08.140><c> rest</c><00:27:08.380><c> upon</c><00:27:08.720><c> him,</c>

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:12.279
the<00:27:09.039><c> spirit</c><00:27:09.220><c> of</c><00:27:09.460><c> wisdom</c><00:27:09.720><c> and</c><00:27:09.960><c> understanding,</c><00:27:11.460><c> counsel</c><00:27:11.799><c> and</c><00:27:12.039><c> might,</c>

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:14.539
the<00:27:12.740><c> spirit</c><00:27:12.980><c> of</c><00:27:13.200><c> knowledge</c><00:27:13.480><c> and</c><00:27:13.619><c> of</c><00:27:13.700><c> the</c><00:27:13.880><c> fear</c><00:27:14.000><c> of</c><00:27:14.140><c> the</c><00:27:14.279><c> Lord,</c>

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making<00:27:15.019><c> him</c><00:27:15.200><c> of</c><00:27:15.359><c> quick</c><00:27:15.559><c> understanding.</c>

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And<00:27:17.039><c> one</c><00:27:17.119><c> of</c><00:27:17.220><c> the</c><00:27:17.359><c> difficulties</c><00:27:17.680><c> we</c><00:27:17.960><c> have,</c><00:27:18.160><c> if</c><00:27:18.240><c> we</c><00:27:18.380><c> may</c><00:27:18.619><c> so</c><00:27:19.900><c> say,</c>

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:23.339
is<00:27:20.720><c> that</c><00:27:21.160><c> following</c><00:27:21.500><c> our</c><00:27:21.839><c> brother</c><00:27:22.019><c> Norris'</c><00:27:22.660><c> presentation</c><00:27:23.180><c> of</c>

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.460
the<00:27:23.500><c> nature</c><00:27:23.700><c> of</c><00:27:23.859><c> the</c><00:27:23.980><c> Lord</c>

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:29.079
and<00:27:25.259><c> his</c><00:27:26.059><c> character,</c><00:27:27.539><c> we</c><00:27:27.700><c> have</c><00:27:27.920><c> to</c><00:27:28.039><c> go</c><00:27:28.279><c> back,</c><00:27:28.539><c> it</c><00:27:28.680><c> seems,</c><00:27:28.960><c> a</c>

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great<00:27:29.259><c> distance</c>

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to<00:27:30.079><c> put</c><00:27:30.259><c> ourselves</c><00:27:30.599><c> into</c><00:27:30.799><c> the</c><00:27:31.000><c> mind</c><00:27:31.240><c> of</c><00:27:31.420><c> the</c><00:27:31.559><c> Jew,</c>

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who's<00:27:32.019><c> trying</c><00:27:32.259><c> to</c><00:27:32.420><c> see</c><00:27:32.619><c> this</c><00:27:32.779><c> from</c><00:27:32.940><c> the</c><00:27:33.059><c> other</c><00:27:33.319><c> side,</c>

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:38.460
with<00:27:35.319><c> not</c><00:27:35.519><c> the</c><00:27:35.759><c> retrospect,</c><00:27:36.519><c> the</c><00:27:36.779><c> 100</c><00:27:37.119><c>%</c><00:27:37.519><c> vision</c><00:27:37.859><c> of</c><00:27:38.079><c> hindsight</c>

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as<00:27:38.640><c> we</c><00:27:38.880><c> have,</c>

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and<00:27:40.299><c> not</c><00:27:40.400><c> with</c><00:27:40.599><c> the</c><00:27:40.799><c> actual</c><00:27:41.019><c> experience</c><00:27:41.660><c> of</c><00:27:41.839><c> the</c><00:27:41.960><c> words</c><00:27:42.119><c> of</c><00:27:42.400><c> grace,</c>

00:27:43.420 --> 00:27:46.380
and<00:27:43.420><c> never</c><00:27:43.759><c> man</c><00:27:44.039><c> spoke</c><00:27:44.359><c> like</c><00:27:44.579><c> this</c><00:27:44.859><c> man,</c><00:27:45.559><c> behold,</c><00:27:46.140><c> he</c><00:27:46.279><c> doth</c>

00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.960
all<00:27:46.640><c> things</c><00:27:46.900><c> well,</c>

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:52.279
but<00:27:48.359><c> rather</c><00:27:48.700><c> looking</c><00:27:49.000><c> forward</c><00:27:49.420><c> with</c><00:27:49.619><c> only</c><00:27:49.819><c> their</c><00:27:50.079><c> kings</c><00:27:50.519><c> as</c><00:27:51.359><c> models.</c>

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Can<00:27:53.400><c> you</c><00:27:53.579><c> imagine</c><00:27:53.980><c> understanding</c><00:27:54.619><c> this</c><00:27:55.019><c> prophecy,</c><00:27:55.680><c> if</c><00:27:56.200><c> Ahaz</c>

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in<00:27:56.819><c> your</c><00:27:57.240><c> picture?</c>

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What<00:28:00.039><c> a</c><00:28:00.640><c> contrast.</c>

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Perhaps<00:28:02.220><c> with</c><00:28:02.420><c> Hezekiah</c><00:28:02.880><c> it</c><00:28:02.920><c> would</c><00:28:03.099><c> be</c><00:28:03.220><c> much</c><00:28:03.440><c> easier,</c>

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:07.960
but<00:28:05.079><c> even</c><00:28:05.420><c> so,</c><00:28:05.799><c> the</c><00:28:05.880><c> best</c><00:28:06.099><c> of</c><00:28:06.279><c> the</c><00:28:06.420><c> worldly</c><00:28:06.660><c> kings</c><00:28:07.000><c> have</c><00:28:07.200><c> their</c><00:28:07.420><c> problems,</c>

00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:11.619
and<00:28:08.579><c> so</c><00:28:08.720><c> to</c><00:28:08.819><c> be</c><00:28:08.960><c> able</c><00:28:09.119><c> to</c><00:28:09.359><c> see</c><00:28:09.619><c> that</c><00:28:09.880><c> the</c><00:28:10.140><c> Lord</c><00:28:10.400><c> will</c><00:28:10.700><c> come,</c>

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:14.240
that<00:28:12.119><c> God</c><00:28:12.319><c> will</c><00:28:12.539><c> come</c><00:28:12.660><c> and</c><00:28:12.779><c> in</c><00:28:12.900><c> some</c><00:28:13.180><c> way</c><00:28:13.420><c> guide</c><00:28:13.740><c> the</c><00:28:14.000><c> king.</c>

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We<00:28:14.539><c> haven't</c><00:28:14.799><c> seen</c><00:28:15.079><c> very</c><00:28:15.359><c> much</c><00:28:15.579><c> yet</c><00:28:15.839><c> of</c><00:28:16.019><c> how</c><00:28:16.180><c> it</c><00:28:16.299><c> will</c><00:28:16.440><c> be</c><00:28:16.599><c> that</c>

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God<00:28:16.980><c> will</c><00:28:17.180><c> be</c><00:28:17.339><c> with</c><00:28:17.539><c> us</c>

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in<00:28:18.799><c> the</c><00:28:18.960><c> true</c><00:28:19.059><c> sense</c><00:28:19.259><c> of</c><00:28:19.420><c> the</c><00:28:19.579><c> word,</c>

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:22.940
but<00:28:21.019><c> that</c><00:28:21.160><c> the</c><00:28:21.359><c> spirit</c><00:28:21.460><c> of</c><00:28:21.640><c> the</c><00:28:21.700><c> Lord</c><00:28:21.799><c> will</c><00:28:22.019><c> rest</c><00:28:22.220><c> upon</c><00:28:22.559><c> him.</c>

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He<00:28:23.240><c> will</c><00:28:23.420><c> have</c><00:28:23.599><c> a</c><00:28:24.140><c> way</c><00:28:24.359><c> of</c><00:28:24.579><c> understanding</c><00:28:25.059><c> justice</c>

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:28.420
that<00:28:25.759><c> will</c><00:28:25.980><c> not</c><00:28:26.160><c> depend</c><00:28:26.519><c> on</c><00:28:26.720><c> the</c><00:28:26.940><c> hearing,</c><00:28:27.740><c> the</c><00:28:28.039><c> presentation</c>

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of<00:28:28.680><c> evidence,</c>

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:32.220
but<00:28:30.220><c> clearly</c><00:28:30.539><c> implied</c><00:28:30.900><c> he</c><00:28:31.039><c> will</c><00:28:31.200><c> know</c><00:28:31.400><c> the</c><00:28:31.619><c> intents</c><00:28:31.880><c> and</c><00:28:32.039><c> the</c>

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thoughts<00:28:32.380><c> of</c><00:28:32.539><c> the</c><00:28:32.700><c> heart.</c>

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So<00:28:35.599><c> we</c><00:28:36.740><c> leave</c><00:28:36.900><c> this</c><00:28:37.160><c> portion</c><00:28:37.460><c> then</c><00:28:37.680><c> of</c><00:28:37.980><c> the</c><00:28:38.200><c> prophecy</c><00:28:38.460><c> of</c><00:28:38.680><c> Immanuel.</c>

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:55.839
We<00:28:48.960><c> go</c><00:28:49.319><c> to</c><00:28:51.319><c> chapter</c><00:28:52.240><c> 32,</c><00:28:54.160><c> just</c><00:28:54.440><c> briefly.</c>

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To<00:29:02.299><c> observe</c><00:29:02.720><c> that</c><00:29:04.259><c> this</c><00:29:05.660><c> prophecy</c><00:29:06.299><c> of</c><00:29:07.079><c> the</c><00:29:07.279><c> king,</c><00:29:07.599><c> which</c><00:29:08.500><c> it</c>

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:09.440
seems<00:29:09.119><c> fitting,</c>

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:11.279
although<00:29:09.759><c> I</c><00:29:09.920><c> can't</c><00:29:10.259><c> prove</c><00:29:10.420><c> it,</c>

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:16.259
would<00:29:11.779><c> have</c><00:29:12.000><c> been</c><00:29:12.519><c> in</c><00:29:13.559><c> the</c><00:29:13.720><c> general</c><00:29:14.059><c> timeframe</c><00:29:14.579><c> when</c><00:29:15.299><c> Hezekiah</c><00:29:15.900><c> lived</c>

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:20.420
because<00:29:16.839><c> of</c><00:29:18.779><c> the</c><00:29:19.220><c> appropriateness</c><00:29:19.680><c> of</c><00:29:19.819><c> the</c><00:29:20.059><c> comparison,</c>

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:22.400
behold,<00:29:20.960><c> a</c><00:29:21.039><c> king</c><00:29:21.420><c> shall</c><00:29:21.720><c> reign</c><00:29:21.880><c> in</c><00:29:22.039><c> righteousness</c>

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:24.400
and<00:29:22.660><c> princes</c><00:29:22.960><c> rule</c><00:29:23.299><c> in</c><00:29:23.500><c> judgment,</c>

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:27.960
then<00:29:25.000><c> a</c><00:29:25.180><c> man</c><00:29:25.359><c> shall</c><00:29:25.599><c> be</c><00:29:25.740><c> as</c><00:29:25.880><c> in</c><00:29:26.059><c> hiding</c><00:29:26.279><c> places</c><00:29:26.720><c> from</c><00:29:26.980><c> the</c><00:29:27.180><c> wind,</c>

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:32.019
a<00:29:28.220><c> covert</c><00:29:28.539><c> from</c><00:29:29.480><c> the</c><00:29:29.680><c> tempest,</c><00:29:30.579><c> rivers</c><00:29:30.799><c> of</c><00:29:31.000><c> water</c><00:29:31.200><c> in</c><00:29:31.339><c> a</c><00:29:31.500><c> dry</c><00:29:31.680><c> place,</c>

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:33.900
the<00:29:32.319><c> shadow</c><00:29:32.480><c> of</c><00:29:32.680><c> a</c><00:29:32.779><c> great</c><00:29:32.960><c> rock</c><00:29:33.200><c> in</c><00:29:33.339><c> a</c><00:29:33.460><c> weary</c><00:29:33.640><c> land,</c>

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:36.059
and<00:29:34.099><c> brothers</c><00:29:34.279><c> and</c><00:29:34.480><c> sisters,</c><00:29:34.740><c> in</c><00:29:34.880><c> this</c><00:29:35.079><c> kind</c><00:29:35.339><c> of</c><00:29:35.460><c> lush</c><00:29:35.640><c> environment,</c>

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:38.480
it's<00:29:36.279><c> not</c><00:29:36.380><c> easy</c><00:29:36.559><c> to</c><00:29:36.859><c> appreciate</c><00:29:37.240><c> those</c><00:29:37.500><c> words,</c>

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:41.059
but<00:29:38.660><c> from</c><00:29:38.799><c> where</c><00:29:38.920><c> I</c><00:29:39.099><c> come</c><00:29:39.339><c> from,</c><00:29:39.519><c> these</c><00:29:39.720><c> are</c><00:29:39.960><c> kind</c><00:29:40.180><c> of</c>

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.420
everyday<00:29:41.380><c> symbols.</c>

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:46.279
The<00:29:43.519><c> desert</c><00:29:43.740><c> is</c><00:29:44.019><c> a</c><00:29:44.200><c> place</c><00:29:44.460><c> where</c><00:29:44.980><c> one</c><00:29:45.240><c> welcomes</c><00:29:45.779><c> a</c><00:29:45.940><c> little</c><00:29:46.099><c> bit</c>

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:48.059
of<00:29:46.440><c> shadow</c><00:29:46.640><c> in</c><00:29:46.799><c> the</c><00:29:46.880><c> midday,</c>

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:52.700
where<00:29:48.920><c> water</c><00:29:49.559><c> is</c><00:29:51.799><c> scarce,</c>

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:58.140
where<00:29:54.700><c> one</c><00:29:54.900><c> becomes</c><00:29:55.339><c> weary</c><00:29:56.000><c> of</c><00:29:56.420><c> walking</c><00:29:56.640><c> through</c><00:29:56.900><c> the</c><00:29:57.059><c> countryside,</c>

00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:03.059
and<00:29:58.900><c> to</c><00:29:58.980><c> consider</c><00:29:59.400><c> our</c><00:29:59.940><c> daily</c><00:30:00.220><c> lives</c><00:30:00.839><c> from</c><00:30:01.359><c> that</c><00:30:01.599><c> vantage</c><00:30:01.859><c> point,</c>

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:08.059
one<00:30:04.460><c> has</c><00:30:04.700><c> to</c><00:30:05.039><c> think</c><00:30:05.339><c> about</c><00:30:05.660><c> what</c><00:30:06.000><c> these</c><00:30:06.240><c> people</c><00:30:06.660><c> had</c><00:30:06.960><c> to</c><00:30:07.180><c> endure,</c>

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:10.440
the<00:30:09.339><c> oppression.</c>

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:14.059
One<00:30:11.400><c> of</c><00:30:11.519><c> our</c><00:30:11.660><c> brethren</c><00:30:11.920><c> prayed,</c><00:30:12.279><c> I</c><00:30:12.400><c> believe</c><00:30:12.579><c> it</c><00:30:12.680><c> was</c><00:30:12.880><c> this</c><00:30:13.160><c> morning,</c>

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:17.700
for<00:30:15.200><c> the,</c><00:30:15.539><c> and</c><00:30:15.740><c> gave</c><00:30:15.880><c> thanks</c><00:30:16.240><c> for</c><00:30:16.500><c> the</c><00:30:16.799><c> kind</c><00:30:16.960><c> of</c><00:30:17.160><c> land</c><00:30:17.319><c> that</c><00:30:17.519><c> we</c>

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.019
live<00:30:17.839><c> in</c>

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:20.839
where<00:30:18.339><c> facilities</c><00:30:18.779><c> like</c><00:30:19.039><c> this</c><00:30:19.119><c> are</c><00:30:19.279><c> open</c><00:30:19.539><c> to</c><00:30:19.759><c> us.</c>

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:24.279
They're<00:30:21.599><c> not</c><00:30:21.740><c> always</c><00:30:21.960><c> available</c><00:30:22.380><c> just</c><00:30:22.640><c> because</c><00:30:22.940><c> of</c><00:30:23.079><c> what</c><00:30:23.220><c> we</c><00:30:23.440><c> believe.</c>

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:28.759
There<00:30:25.519><c> are</c><00:30:25.640><c> countries</c><00:30:25.980><c> in</c><00:30:26.180><c> which</c><00:30:26.500><c> one</c><00:30:26.720><c> does</c><00:30:26.980><c> not</c><00:30:27.160><c> easily</c><00:30:27.819><c> speak</c><00:30:28.259><c> about</c><00:30:28.599><c> what</c>

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:30.400
he<00:30:28.960><c> believes</c><00:30:29.240><c> to</c><00:30:29.460><c> anyone</c><00:30:29.680><c> else</c>

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:33.940
for<00:30:31.099><c> fear</c><00:30:31.259><c> of</c><00:30:31.400><c> it</c><00:30:31.519><c> being</c><00:30:31.700><c> considered</c><00:30:32.000><c> a</c><00:30:32.160><c> conspiracy</c><00:30:32.759><c> or</c><00:30:33.079><c> treason</c>

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:37.380
or<00:30:34.500><c> against</c><00:30:34.779><c> the</c><00:30:35.059><c> state,</c><00:30:35.940><c> and</c><00:30:36.279><c> he</c><00:30:36.380><c> disappears.</c>

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:42.960
We<00:30:39.619><c> live</c><00:30:39.740><c> in</c><00:30:39.839><c> a</c><00:30:40.019><c> country</c><00:30:40.279><c> in</c><00:30:40.480><c> which</c><00:30:40.700><c> this</c><00:30:41.000><c> kind</c><00:30:41.200><c> of</c><00:30:41.460><c> freedom</c><00:30:41.660><c> is</c><00:30:42.240><c> encouraged,</c>

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:47.319
seen<00:30:43.519><c> as</c><00:30:44.079><c> fundamental</c><00:30:44.619><c> to</c><00:30:44.980><c> the</c><00:30:45.119><c> rights</c><00:30:45.319><c> of</c><00:30:45.619><c> man,</c><00:30:45.980><c> you</c><00:30:46.140><c> might</c><00:30:46.359><c> say.</c>

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:50.839
We<00:30:48.019><c> can</c><00:30:48.220><c> take</c><00:30:48.339><c> it</c><00:30:48.500><c> for</c><00:30:48.720><c> granted,</c><00:30:48.940><c> and</c><00:30:49.099><c> yet</c><00:30:49.259><c> these</c><00:30:49.599><c> people,</c>

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:54.700
one<00:30:51.220><c> only</c><00:30:51.480><c> had</c><00:30:51.680><c> what</c><00:30:51.960><c> freedoms</c><00:30:52.259><c> the</c><00:30:52.559><c> king</c><00:30:53.400><c> deemed</c><00:30:54.240><c> right</c><00:30:54.480><c> to</c>

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.880
give<00:30:54.880><c> them.</c>

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:58.599
And<00:30:56.880><c> behold,</c><00:30:57.160><c> a</c><00:30:57.279><c> king</c><00:30:57.460><c> shall</c><00:30:57.720><c> reign</c><00:30:57.980><c> in</c><00:30:58.220><c> righteousness,</c>

00:30:58.779 --> 00:31:01.079
and<00:30:58.940><c> princes</c><00:30:59.319><c> shall</c><00:30:59.619><c> rule</c><00:30:59.940><c> in</c><00:31:00.180><c> judgment,</c>

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:04.079
and<00:31:01.339><c> a</c><00:31:01.460><c> man</c><00:31:01.579><c> shall</c><00:31:01.759><c> be</c><00:31:01.920><c> as</c><00:31:02.019><c> in</c><00:31:02.220><c> hiding</c><00:31:02.460><c> place</c><00:31:02.799><c> from</c><00:31:03.019><c> the</c><00:31:03.200><c> wind,</c>

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.799
and<00:31:04.660><c> a</c><00:31:04.839><c> covert</c><00:31:05.019><c> from</c><00:31:05.240><c> the</c><00:31:05.420><c> tempest,</c>

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:07.480
and<00:31:05.980><c> rivers</c><00:31:06.220><c> of</c><00:31:06.480><c> water</c><00:31:06.640><c> in</c><00:31:06.779><c> a</c><00:31:06.980><c> dry</c><00:31:07.180><c> place,</c>

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:10.079
and<00:31:07.680><c> the</c><00:31:07.799><c> shadow</c><00:31:07.960><c> of</c><00:31:08.200><c> a</c><00:31:08.259><c> great</c><00:31:08.420><c> rock</c><00:31:08.680><c> in</c><00:31:08.839><c> a</c><00:31:08.960><c> weary</c><00:31:09.140><c> land,</c>

00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:12.200
and<00:31:10.539><c> the</c><00:31:10.660><c> heart</c><00:31:10.720><c> of</c><00:31:10.859><c> the</c><00:31:11.039><c> rash</c><00:31:11.180><c> shall</c><00:31:11.380><c> understand</c><00:31:11.839><c> knowledge,</c>

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:14.799
and<00:31:12.279><c> the</c><00:31:12.380><c> tongue</c><00:31:12.559><c> of</c><00:31:12.720><c> the</c><00:31:12.920><c> stammer</c><00:31:13.220><c> shall</c><00:31:13.400><c> be</c><00:31:13.539><c> ready</c><00:31:13.660><c> to</c><00:31:13.980><c> speak</c><00:31:14.200><c> plainly.</c>

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.900
And<00:31:15.359><c> these</c><00:31:15.519><c> things</c><00:31:15.660><c> we</c><00:31:15.819><c> read</c><00:31:16.000><c> about</c><00:31:16.259><c> earlier</c><00:31:16.539><c> when</c><00:31:16.680><c> we</c><00:31:16.759><c> were</c>

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:19.220
trying<00:31:17.059><c> to</c><00:31:17.220><c> set</c><00:31:17.339><c> the</c><00:31:17.579><c> backdrop</c><00:31:17.900><c> of</c><00:31:18.180><c> Israel's</c><00:31:18.839><c> problems,</c>

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:22.339
those<00:31:19.859><c> that</c><00:31:20.359><c> perverted</c><00:31:20.740><c> justice</c><00:31:21.119><c> and</c><00:31:21.400><c> called</c><00:31:21.619><c> right</c><00:31:22.039><c> wrong</c>

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.839
and<00:31:22.519><c> wrong</c><00:31:22.859><c> right,</c>

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:26.339
then<00:31:24.259><c> shall</c><00:31:24.480><c> a</c><00:31:24.640><c> vile</c><00:31:24.839><c> person</c><00:31:25.319><c> speak</c><00:31:25.740><c> villainly,</c>

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:29.839
and<00:31:26.480><c> his</c><00:31:26.680><c> heart</c><00:31:26.799><c> will</c><00:31:27.000><c> work</c><00:31:27.180><c> iniquity</c><00:31:27.559><c> to</c><00:31:27.819><c> practice</c><00:31:28.140><c> hypocrisy</c>

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:32.799
and<00:31:30.599><c> utter</c><00:31:30.799><c> error</c><00:31:31.039><c> against</c><00:31:31.339><c> the</c><00:31:31.539><c> Lord</c><00:31:31.700><c> to</c><00:31:31.900><c> make</c><00:31:32.079><c> empty</c><00:31:32.299><c> the</c><00:31:32.539><c> soul</c><00:31:32.640><c> of</c>

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.220
the<00:31:32.960><c> hungry,</c>

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:35.980
and<00:31:33.400><c> he</c><00:31:33.460><c> will</c><00:31:33.680><c> cause</c><00:31:33.859><c> the</c><00:31:34.099><c> drink</c><00:31:34.240><c> of</c><00:31:34.400><c> the</c><00:31:34.539><c> thirsty</c><00:31:34.759><c> to</c><00:31:35.039><c> fail.</c>

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:38.279
Instruments<00:31:37.180><c> of</c><00:31:37.359><c> the</c><00:31:37.519><c> churl</c><00:31:37.680><c> are</c><00:31:37.920><c> evil.</c>

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:41.039
He<00:31:38.759><c> devises</c><00:31:39.099><c> wicked</c><00:31:39.420><c> devices</c><00:31:39.859><c> to</c><00:31:40.180><c> destroy</c><00:31:40.420><c> the</c><00:31:40.700><c> poor</c><00:31:40.799><c> with</c>

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.700
lying<00:31:41.359><c> words,</c>

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:43.319
and<00:31:41.920><c> even</c><00:31:41.940><c> when</c><00:31:42.160><c> the</c><00:31:42.279><c> needy</c><00:31:42.539><c> speaketh</c><00:31:42.980><c> right,</c>

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:46.200
but<00:31:43.880><c> the</c><00:31:44.059><c> noble</c><00:31:44.299><c> or</c><00:31:44.460><c> the</c><00:31:44.660><c> liberal</c><00:31:44.839><c> devises</c><00:31:45.279><c> liberal</c><00:31:45.720><c> things,</c>

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:48.779
and<00:31:46.680><c> by</c><00:31:46.880><c> noble</c><00:31:47.119><c> or</c><00:31:47.259><c> liberal</c><00:31:47.579><c> things</c><00:31:47.900><c> shall</c><00:31:48.160><c> he</c><00:31:48.440><c> stand.</c>

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:52.420
And<00:31:49.440><c> so</c><00:31:49.740><c> the</c><00:31:50.160><c> promise</c><00:31:50.420><c> that</c><00:31:50.720><c> those</c><00:31:51.059><c> who</c><00:31:51.359><c> did</c><00:31:51.539><c> these</c><00:31:51.839><c> works</c><00:31:52.019><c> will</c><00:31:52.180><c> be</c>

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:53.740
seen<00:31:52.619><c> for</c><00:31:52.799><c> what</c><00:31:53.000><c> they</c><00:31:53.240><c> did,</c>

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:57.980
and<00:31:54.299><c> they</c><00:31:54.359><c> will</c><00:31:54.519><c> be</c><00:31:54.680><c> held</c><00:31:54.819><c> in</c><00:31:55.079><c> check</c><00:31:55.240><c> and</c><00:31:56.359><c> put</c><00:31:56.599><c> right.</c>

00:31:58.400 --> 00:32:02.259
And<00:31:58.660><c> so</c><00:31:59.000><c> this</c><00:31:59.440><c> prophecy</c><00:31:59.779><c> in</c><00:31:59.980><c> the</c><00:32:00.099><c> middle</c><00:32:00.279><c> here</c><00:32:00.819><c> just</c><00:32:01.740><c> goes</c><00:32:02.000><c> on</c>

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.680
to<00:32:02.460><c> build,</c>

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:05.920
and<00:32:02.859><c> this</c><00:32:03.039><c> idea</c><00:32:03.339><c> that</c><00:32:03.539><c> the</c><00:32:03.660><c> king</c><00:32:03.980><c> revealed</c><00:32:04.500><c> in</c><00:32:04.759><c> his</c><00:32:04.980><c> government.</c>

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:09.359
And<00:32:06.599><c> as</c><00:32:06.720><c> we</c><00:32:06.940><c> begin</c><00:32:07.140><c> now</c><00:32:07.500><c> to</c><00:32:07.680><c> in</c><00:32:07.859><c> the</c><00:32:08.460><c> final</c><00:32:08.700><c> portions</c><00:32:09.000><c> of</c><00:32:09.140><c> our</c>

00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:09.880
class<00:32:09.539><c> today,</c>

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:14.779
to<00:32:10.460><c> move</c><00:32:11.319><c> on</c><00:32:11.599><c> to</c><00:32:11.880><c> see</c><00:32:12.259><c> the</c><00:32:12.619><c> more</c><00:32:12.839><c> personal</c><00:32:13.259><c> aspect</c><00:32:13.900><c> of</c><00:32:14.539><c> the</c><00:32:14.660><c> one</c>

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:16.460
who<00:32:14.960><c> was</c><00:32:15.079><c> to</c><00:32:15.319><c> save</c><00:32:15.480><c> Israel,</c>

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:19.339
because<00:32:17.059><c> so</c><00:32:17.339><c> far</c><00:32:17.460><c> we've</c><00:32:17.680><c> seen</c><00:32:17.819><c> things</c><00:32:18.079><c> mostly</c><00:32:18.519><c> that</c><00:32:18.680><c> can</c><00:32:18.839><c> be</c><00:32:19.079><c> interpreted</c>

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:22.000
and<00:32:19.559><c> most</c><00:32:19.779><c> clearly</c><00:32:20.019><c> understood</c><00:32:20.400><c> in</c><00:32:20.539><c> terms</c><00:32:20.759><c> of</c><00:32:20.980><c> a</c><00:32:21.079><c> nation.</c>

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:25.299
And<00:32:22.500><c> it's</c><00:32:22.660><c> not</c><00:32:22.839><c> hard</c><00:32:23.019><c> that</c><00:32:23.180><c> we</c><00:32:23.359><c> just</c><00:32:23.579><c> carry</c><00:32:23.819><c> this</c><00:32:24.140><c> vision</c><00:32:24.380><c> forward</c>

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:28.660
to<00:32:25.799><c> see</c><00:32:26.019><c> what</c><00:32:26.259><c> kind</c><00:32:26.460><c> of</c><00:32:26.640><c> king</c><00:32:26.880><c> Israel</c><00:32:27.220><c> would</c><00:32:27.400><c> have</c><00:32:27.660><c> expected</c>

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:31.779
and<00:32:29.339><c> how</c><00:32:29.500><c> they</c><00:32:29.779><c> expected</c><00:32:30.119><c> to</c><00:32:30.359><c> be</c><00:32:30.599><c> redeemed.</c>

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:35.440
They<00:32:32.500><c> would</c><00:32:32.660><c> have</c><00:32:32.779><c> been</c><00:32:33.000><c> redeemed</c><00:32:33.380><c> by</c><00:32:33.759><c> having</c><00:32:34.099><c> laws</c><00:32:34.680><c> and</c>

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:37.440
people<00:32:35.940><c> obeying</c><00:32:36.460><c> laws.</c>

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:46.619
They<00:32:43.240><c> would</c><00:32:43.420><c> have</c><00:32:43.559><c> been</c><00:32:43.759><c> redeemed</c><00:32:44.119><c> by</c><00:32:44.359><c> having</c><00:32:44.660><c> people</c><00:32:45.400><c> that</c>

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:47.819
were<00:32:47.099><c> lawbreakers,</c>

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:53.400
put<00:32:48.039><c> away</c><00:32:48.420><c> and</c><00:32:48.720><c> controlled,</c><00:32:49.779><c> by</c><00:32:50.000><c> having</c><00:32:50.920><c> justice</c><00:32:51.839><c> in</c><00:32:52.259><c> the</c><00:32:52.440><c> court,</c>

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:56.839
not<00:32:54.119><c> turned</c><00:32:54.380><c> away</c><00:32:54.619><c> backwards</c><00:32:55.160><c> and</c><00:32:55.559><c> truth</c><00:32:55.720><c> falling</c><00:32:56.160><c> in</c><00:32:56.420><c> the</c><00:32:56.539><c> street,</c>

00:32:57.099 --> 00:33:00.160
as<00:32:57.279><c> the</c><00:32:57.480><c> figure</c><00:32:57.660><c> later</c><00:32:57.960><c> on</c><00:32:58.380><c> in</c><00:32:58.539><c> the</c><00:32:58.759><c> prophecy</c><00:32:59.140><c> reveals.</c>

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:02.900
And<00:33:00.779><c> so</c><00:33:00.880><c> it</c><00:33:00.960><c> would</c><00:33:01.099><c> have</c><00:33:01.220><c> been</c><00:33:01.380><c> a</c><00:33:01.559><c> national</c><00:33:01.940><c> view.</c>

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:06.000
But<00:33:03.339><c> what</c><00:33:03.400><c> we're</c><00:33:03.619><c> going</c><00:33:03.680><c> to</c><00:33:03.839><c> do</c><00:33:03.960><c> now</c><00:33:04.240><c> is</c><00:33:04.440><c> to</c><00:33:04.559><c> go</c><00:33:04.680><c> on</c><00:33:04.819><c> and</c><00:33:05.039><c> see</c><00:33:05.160><c> that</c><00:33:05.619><c> in</c>

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.339
the<00:33:06.079><c> later</c><00:33:06.279><c> chapters</c><00:33:06.700><c> in</c><00:33:06.940><c> Isaiah,</c>

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:11.079
the<00:33:07.880><c> vision</c><00:33:08.339><c> shifts</c><00:33:09.000><c> over</c><00:33:09.480><c> and</c><00:33:09.900><c> concentrates</c><00:33:10.400><c> more</c><00:33:10.779><c> and</c><00:33:10.900><c> more</c>

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.680
upon<00:33:11.400><c> that</c>

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:15.279
which<00:33:11.920><c> in</c><00:33:12.059><c> fact</c><00:33:12.220><c> makes</c><00:33:12.440><c> it</c><00:33:12.680><c> possible</c><00:33:13.039><c> for</c><00:33:13.220><c> the</c><00:33:13.400><c> national</c><00:33:14.079><c> restoration.</c>

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:18.380
Because<00:33:16.319><c> this</c><00:33:16.599><c> was</c><00:33:16.839><c> a</c><00:33:17.000><c> basic</c><00:33:17.319><c> problem,</c><00:33:17.740><c> I</c><00:33:17.940><c> believe.</c>

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:21.500
It's<00:33:18.940><c> very</c><00:33:19.259><c> clear</c><00:33:19.660><c> that</c><00:33:20.200><c> Israel</c><00:33:20.500><c> had</c><00:33:20.740><c> in</c><00:33:20.940><c> the</c><00:33:21.119><c> time</c><00:33:21.220><c> when</c><00:33:21.380><c> the</c>

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.680
Lord<00:33:21.640><c> came.</c>

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:28.380
The<00:33:23.839><c> national</c><00:33:24.279><c> sin</c><00:33:24.579><c> was</c><00:33:25.660><c> seen</c><00:33:25.920><c> in</c><00:33:26.099><c> terms</c><00:33:26.400><c> of</c><00:33:27.339><c> what</c><00:33:27.640><c> others</c><00:33:27.940><c> did</c>

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.839
to<00:33:28.700><c> the</c><00:33:28.819><c> nation</c><00:33:29.059><c> of</c><00:33:29.220><c> Israel,</c>

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:32.619
as<00:33:30.299><c> though</c><00:33:30.460><c> somehow</c><00:33:30.839><c> or</c><00:33:31.039><c> other</c><00:33:31.200><c> they</c><00:33:31.400><c> weren't</c><00:33:31.819><c> worthy</c><00:33:32.240><c> of</c><00:33:32.460><c> the</c>

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:34.019
judgments<00:33:32.940><c> that</c><00:33:33.160><c> the</c><00:33:33.299><c> God</c><00:33:33.440><c> had</c><00:33:33.720><c> promised</c>

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:35.740
and<00:33:34.299><c> poured</c><00:33:34.400><c> out</c><00:33:34.640><c> upon</c><00:33:34.859><c> them.</c>

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:38.380
There's<00:33:36.759><c> the</c><00:33:36.940><c> reference</c><00:33:37.240><c> in</c><00:33:37.460><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:33:37.819><c> I</c><00:33:37.940><c> believe</c><00:33:38.079><c> it's</c><00:33:38.279><c> the</c>

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:39.059
18th<00:33:38.720><c> chapter,</c>

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:42.619
where<00:33:39.319><c> the</c><00:33:39.579><c> fathers</c><00:33:40.039><c> have</c><00:33:40.539><c> eaten</c><00:33:40.740><c> sour</c><00:33:41.059><c> grapes</c><00:33:41.420><c> and</c><00:33:41.579><c> the</c><00:33:41.759><c> children's</c><00:33:42.220><c> teeth</c><00:33:42.359><c> are</c>

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:43.880
set<00:33:42.720><c> on</c><00:33:42.960><c> edge.</c>

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:45.859
And<00:33:44.180><c> that</c><00:33:44.339><c> important</c><00:33:44.720><c> teaching</c><00:33:45.019><c> that</c><00:33:45.180><c> the</c><00:33:45.400><c> soul</c><00:33:45.579><c> that's</c><00:33:45.799><c> in</c>

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:48.579
it,<00:33:45.980><c> it</c><00:33:46.140><c> shall</c><00:33:46.380><c> die,</c><00:33:46.799><c> comes</c><00:33:46.900><c> out</c><00:33:47.099><c> of</c><00:33:47.480><c> that</c><00:33:47.799><c> saying.</c>

00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:53.039
But<00:33:49.119><c> in</c><00:33:49.660><c> exile,</c><00:33:50.259><c> the</c><00:33:50.400><c> people</c><00:33:50.619><c> of</c><00:33:50.779><c> Israel</c><00:33:51.339><c> had</c><00:33:52.059><c> this</c><00:33:52.319><c> view</c><00:33:52.579><c> that</c>

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.259
they<00:33:53.440><c> were</c><00:33:53.579><c> being</c><00:33:53.859><c> punished</c>

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:56.740
for<00:33:54.480><c> things</c><00:33:54.700><c> that</c><00:33:54.920><c> had</c><00:33:55.099><c> happened</c><00:33:55.299><c> to</c><00:33:55.559><c> someone</c><00:33:55.779><c> else.</c>

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:59.799
And<00:33:57.579><c> in</c><00:33:57.740><c> fact,</c><00:33:57.960><c> one</c><00:33:58.099><c> of</c><00:33:58.180><c> the</c><00:33:58.400><c> major</c><00:33:58.619><c> portions</c><00:33:59.039><c> of</c><00:33:59.220><c> Ezekiel's</c>

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:02.160
message<00:34:00.039><c> is</c><00:34:00.279><c> to</c><00:34:00.559><c> bring</c><00:34:00.700><c> home</c><00:34:00.960><c> that</c><00:34:01.299><c> fact.</c>

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:06.859
That<00:34:02.900><c> it</c><00:34:03.059><c> was</c><00:34:03.059><c> still</c><00:34:03.339><c> there</c><00:34:03.559><c> when</c><00:34:03.700><c> the</c><00:34:03.819><c> Lord</c><00:34:03.960><c> came.</c><00:34:05.140><c> It</c><00:34:05.339><c> still</c><00:34:05.539><c> persists.</c>

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:09.400
And<00:34:07.240><c> in</c><00:34:07.420><c> fact,</c><00:34:07.640><c> if</c><00:34:07.779><c> you</c><00:34:07.940><c> ask</c><00:34:08.159><c> the</c><00:34:08.420><c> average</c><00:34:08.639><c> person</c><00:34:08.960><c> what's</c><00:34:09.320><c> the</c>

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:10.940
matter<00:34:09.559><c> with</c><00:34:09.820><c> society,</c>

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:13.199
it's<00:34:11.559><c> always</c><00:34:11.739><c> somebody</c><00:34:12.099><c> else</c><00:34:12.360><c> that's</c><00:34:12.619><c> wrong</c><00:34:12.739><c> with</c><00:34:12.880><c> it.</c><00:34:13.099><c> It's</c>

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:14.559
rarely<00:34:13.380><c> ever</c><00:34:13.559><c> himself.</c>

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:16.980
And<00:34:15.239><c> you</c><00:34:15.320><c> know,</c><00:34:15.639><c> most</c><00:34:15.840><c> of</c><00:34:16.000><c> our</c><00:34:16.179><c> problems</c><00:34:16.360><c> are</c><00:34:16.539><c> caused</c><00:34:16.739><c> by</c>

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:18.659
somebody<00:34:17.280><c> else,</c><00:34:17.639><c> aren't</c><00:34:17.820><c> they?</c>

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:22.900
And<00:34:19.480><c> yet</c><00:34:19.559><c> we</c><00:34:19.760><c> find</c><00:34:20.099><c> that</c><00:34:20.300><c> it's</c><00:34:21.260><c> kind</c><00:34:21.420><c> of</c><00:34:21.559><c> foolish</c><00:34:21.800><c> to</c><00:34:22.019><c> think</c><00:34:22.139><c> about</c><00:34:22.579><c> a</c>

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:24.039
personal<00:34:23.139><c> devil.</c>

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:27.179
And<00:34:24.539><c> yet</c><00:34:24.619><c> it's</c><00:34:24.800><c> really</c><00:34:25.199><c> all</c><00:34:25.400><c> cut</c><00:34:25.539><c> out</c><00:34:25.619><c> of</c><00:34:25.719><c> the</c><00:34:25.840><c> same</c><00:34:26.000><c> block</c><00:34:26.199><c> of</c><00:34:26.480><c> wood.</c>

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:32.500
That<00:34:28.199><c> if</c><00:34:28.360><c> we</c><00:34:28.539><c> consider</c><00:34:29.300><c> our</c><00:34:29.760><c> evils</c><00:34:30.659><c> and</c><00:34:31.039><c> our</c><00:34:31.179><c> injustices,</c>

00:34:32.780 --> 00:34:35.960
the<00:34:32.860><c> wickedness</c><00:34:33.219><c> of</c><00:34:33.340><c> Israel</c><00:34:33.639><c> as</c><00:34:33.900><c> being</c><00:34:34.340><c> generated</c><00:34:34.760><c> from</c><00:34:35.119><c> someplace</c><00:34:35.460><c> else</c>

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:37.340
than<00:34:36.320><c> within,</c>

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:39.960
we<00:34:38.300><c> look</c><00:34:38.460><c> in</c><00:34:38.599><c> the</c><00:34:38.699><c> wrong</c><00:34:38.900><c> place.</c>

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:45.780
And<00:34:40.500><c> so</c><00:34:41.119><c> when</c><00:34:41.539><c> we</c><00:34:41.679><c> have</c><00:34:41.820><c> a</c><00:34:42.019><c> prophecy</c><00:34:42.340><c> that</c><00:34:43.340><c> speaks</c><00:34:43.800><c> of</c><00:34:43.960><c> a</c><00:34:44.139><c> nation</c><00:34:44.400><c> being</c><00:34:44.659><c> restored,</c>

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:49.239
speaks<00:34:46.519><c> of</c><00:34:46.820><c> right</c><00:34:47.039><c> being</c><00:34:47.360><c> done</c><00:34:47.559><c> where</c><00:34:47.679><c> there's</c><00:34:47.840><c> only</c><00:34:48.099><c> wrong,</c>

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:52.820
somewhere<00:34:50.159><c> along</c><00:34:50.480><c> the</c><00:34:50.659><c> line</c><00:34:50.820><c> we</c><00:34:51.000><c> must</c><00:34:51.219><c> get</c><00:34:51.440><c> to</c><00:34:51.639><c> the</c><00:34:51.739><c> point</c><00:34:51.980><c> where</c><00:34:52.539><c> the</c>

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:54.719
real<00:34:53.059><c> change</c><00:34:53.320><c> is</c><00:34:53.460><c> being</c><00:34:53.739><c> made.</c>

00:34:55.030 --> 00:34:58.880
And<00:34:55.380><c> how</c><00:34:55.599><c> will,</c><00:34:55.860><c> in</c><00:34:56.039><c> fact,</c><00:34:56.599><c> the</c><00:34:56.760><c> wickedness</c><00:34:57.719><c> of</c><00:34:58.059><c> mankind</c><00:34:58.500><c> be</c>

00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:01.139
restored<00:34:59.340><c> or</c><00:35:00.460><c> be</c><00:35:00.800><c> removed?</c>

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:06.420
And<00:35:01.739><c> so</c><00:35:02.139><c> we</c><00:35:02.420><c> go</c><00:35:02.599><c> on</c><00:35:02.800><c> now</c><00:35:03.500><c> to</c><00:35:04.840><c> the</c><00:35:05.159><c> 42nd</c><00:35:05.780><c> chapter,</c>

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:12.440
where<00:35:06.940><c> we</c><00:35:07.099><c> begin</c><00:35:07.320><c> to</c><00:35:07.639><c> see</c><00:35:08.099><c> in</c><00:35:08.360><c> ever</c><00:35:08.519><c>-increasing</c><00:35:11.019><c> tones,</c>

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:14.000
increasingly<00:35:12.960><c> clearly,</c>

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:18.380
the<00:35:15.360><c> concept</c><00:35:15.860><c> of</c><00:35:16.159><c> God's</c><00:35:16.659><c> servant</c><00:35:16.860><c> coming</c><00:35:17.219><c> forth.</c>

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:22.360
The<00:35:20.960><c> opening</c><00:35:21.239><c> words.</c>

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:26.559
Behold<00:35:23.400><c> my</c><00:35:23.679><c> servant</c><00:35:23.980><c> whom</c><00:35:24.159><c> I</c><00:35:24.360><c> uphold,</c><00:35:25.619><c> my</c><00:35:25.719><c> elect</c><00:35:25.960><c> in</c><00:35:26.159><c> whom</c><00:35:26.260><c> my</c>

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.360
soul<00:35:26.739><c> delighteth.</c>

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:30.599
I<00:35:27.760><c> have</c><00:35:27.940><c> put</c><00:35:28.059><c> my</c><00:35:28.460><c> spirit</c><00:35:28.699><c> upon</c><00:35:29.000><c> him,</c><00:35:29.260><c> and</c><00:35:29.320><c> he</c><00:35:29.400><c> shall</c><00:35:29.500><c> bring</c><00:35:29.760><c> forth</c><00:35:30.039><c> judgment</c><00:35:30.400><c> to</c>

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.340
the<00:35:30.719><c> Gentiles.</c>

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:33.980
He<00:35:31.719><c> shall</c><00:35:31.780><c> not</c><00:35:32.019><c> cry</c><00:35:32.300><c> nor</c><00:35:32.460><c> lift</c><00:35:32.760><c> up,</c><00:35:32.960><c> nor</c><00:35:33.099><c> cause</c><00:35:33.380><c> his</c><00:35:33.599><c> voice</c><00:35:33.820><c> to</c>

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:35.440
be<00:35:34.119><c> heard</c><00:35:34.260><c> in</c><00:35:34.500><c> the</c><00:35:34.619><c> streets.</c>

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:39.519
A<00:35:36.500><c> bruised</c><00:35:36.820><c> reed</c><00:35:37.000><c> he</c><00:35:37.199><c> shall</c><00:35:37.360><c> not</c><00:35:37.679><c> break,</c><00:35:38.460><c> and</c><00:35:38.559><c> a</c><00:35:38.679><c> smoking</c><00:35:39.099><c> flax</c>

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:41.300
he<00:35:39.940><c> shall</c><00:35:40.139><c> not</c><00:35:40.420><c> quench.</c>

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:43.579
He<00:35:41.860><c> shall</c><00:35:42.000><c> bring</c><00:35:42.219><c> forth</c><00:35:42.539><c> judgment</c><00:35:42.900><c> unto</c><00:35:43.139><c> truth.</c>

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:47.139
He<00:35:44.039><c> shall</c><00:35:44.179><c> not</c><00:35:44.480><c> fail</c><00:35:44.719><c> nor</c><00:35:44.860><c> be</c><00:35:45.119><c> discouraged</c><00:35:45.400><c> until</c><00:35:45.639><c> he</c><00:35:45.780><c> hath</c><00:35:46.019><c> set</c><00:35:46.440><c> judgment</c><00:35:46.980><c> in</c>

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.619
the<00:35:47.320><c> earth,</c>

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:50.260
and<00:35:47.980><c> the</c><00:35:48.159><c> isle</c><00:35:48.360><c> shall</c><00:35:48.559><c> wait</c><00:35:48.820><c> for</c><00:35:49.079><c> his</c><00:35:49.239><c> law.</c>

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:54.280
Thus<00:35:52.139><c> saith</c><00:35:52.280><c> the</c><00:35:52.480><c> Lord</c><00:35:52.699><c> God</c><00:35:52.960><c> that</c><00:35:53.179><c> created</c><00:35:53.480><c> the</c><00:35:53.699><c> heavens</c><00:35:53.940><c> and</c>

00:35:54.280 --> 00:35:55.219
stretched<00:35:54.500><c> them</c><00:35:54.699><c> out,</c>

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:57.659
he<00:35:55.760><c> that</c><00:35:55.960><c> spread</c><00:35:56.219><c> forth</c><00:35:56.519><c> the</c><00:35:56.719><c> earth</c><00:35:56.860><c> and</c><00:35:57.039><c> that</c><00:35:57.219><c> which</c><00:35:57.440><c> cometh</c>

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:58.340
out<00:35:57.900><c> of</c><00:35:58.000><c> it,</c>

00:35:58.420 --> 00:36:00.340
and<00:35:58.519><c> that</c><00:35:58.679><c> giveth</c><00:35:58.880><c> breath</c><00:35:59.159><c> to</c><00:35:59.300><c> the</c><00:35:59.480><c> people</c><00:35:59.699><c> upon</c><00:35:59.980><c> it,</c>

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:02.480
the<00:36:00.780><c> spirit</c><00:36:01.039><c> of</c><00:36:01.199><c> them</c><00:36:01.400><c> that</c><00:36:01.559><c> walk</c><00:36:01.820><c> therein,</c>

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:05.159
I<00:36:03.039><c> the</c><00:36:03.199><c> Lord</c><00:36:03.360><c> have</c><00:36:03.559><c> called</c><00:36:03.880><c> thee</c><00:36:04.099><c> in</c><00:36:04.239><c> righteousness,</c><00:36:05.079><c> and</c>

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:06.340
will<00:36:05.380><c> hold</c><00:36:05.639><c> thine</c><00:36:05.920><c> hand,</c>

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:09.139
and<00:36:06.599><c> will</c><00:36:06.820><c> keep</c><00:36:07.099><c> thee,</c><00:36:07.659><c> and</c><00:36:07.840><c> give</c><00:36:08.019><c> thee</c><00:36:08.219><c> for</c><00:36:08.440><c> a</c><00:36:08.619><c> covenant</c><00:36:08.900><c> of</c>

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.780
the<00:36:09.320><c> people,</c>

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:12.579
for<00:36:10.119><c> a</c><00:36:10.219><c> light</c><00:36:10.340><c> of</c><00:36:10.500><c> the</c><00:36:10.599><c> Gentiles,</c><00:36:11.440><c> to</c><00:36:11.579><c> open</c><00:36:11.760><c> the</c><00:36:12.019><c> blind</c><00:36:12.280><c> eyes,</c>

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:15.159
and<00:36:12.719><c> to</c><00:36:12.719><c> bring</c><00:36:12.920><c> out</c><00:36:13.059><c> of</c><00:36:13.159><c> the</c><00:36:13.360><c> prisoners</c><00:36:14.139><c> from</c><00:36:14.599><c> prison,</c>

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:18.380
and<00:36:15.860><c> them</c><00:36:16.019><c> that</c><00:36:16.239><c> sit</c><00:36:16.340><c> in</c><00:36:16.519><c> darkness</c><00:36:17.000><c> out</c><00:36:17.420><c> of</c><00:36:17.519><c> the</c><00:36:17.719><c> prison</c><00:36:17.960><c> house.</c>

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:21.619
I<00:36:18.920><c> am</c><00:36:19.059><c> the</c><00:36:19.219><c> Lord,</c><00:36:19.960><c> and</c><00:36:20.159><c> that</c><00:36:20.300><c> is</c><00:36:20.480><c> my</c><00:36:20.679><c> name</c><00:36:20.860><c> and</c><00:36:21.019><c> my</c><00:36:21.260><c> glory</c><00:36:21.460><c> will</c>

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:22.539
I<00:36:21.800><c> not</c><00:36:21.960><c> give</c><00:36:22.139><c> to</c><00:36:22.360><c> another,</c>

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:24.840
neither<00:36:22.820><c> my</c><00:36:23.159><c> praise</c><00:36:23.460><c> to</c><00:36:23.699><c> graven</c><00:36:23.880><c> images.</c>

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:32.039
So<00:36:26.059><c> here</c><00:36:26.460><c> we</c><00:36:26.659><c> have</c><00:36:26.980><c> the</c><00:36:29.199><c> thought</c><00:36:29.619><c> in</c><00:36:30.300><c> its</c><00:36:30.440><c> first</c><00:36:30.739><c> form</c><00:36:31.039><c> of</c><00:36:31.219><c> my</c><00:36:31.500><c> servant,</c>

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:34.559
mine<00:36:32.519><c> elect</c><00:36:32.820><c> whom</c><00:36:33.019><c> my</c><00:36:33.340><c> soul</c><00:36:33.519><c> delights.</c>

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:37.019
We<00:36:34.920><c> notice</c><00:36:35.099><c> the</c><00:36:35.400><c> spirit</c><00:36:35.559><c> of</c><00:36:35.739><c> God</c><00:36:35.840><c> is</c><00:36:36.000><c> to</c><00:36:36.079><c> be</c><00:36:36.219><c> upon</c><00:36:36.500><c> him.</c>

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:41.300
He<00:36:37.500><c> will</c><00:36:37.659><c> bring</c><00:36:37.840><c> forth</c><00:36:38.239><c> justice,</c><00:36:39.280><c> the</c><00:36:39.460><c> RSV</c><00:36:39.860><c> rendering</c><00:36:40.159><c> of</c><00:36:40.420><c> judgment.</c>

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:47.920
He<00:36:44.619><c> will</c><00:36:45.260><c> speak</c><00:36:45.820><c> in</c><00:36:46.000><c> a</c><00:36:46.099><c> way</c><00:36:46.219><c> that's</c><00:36:46.539><c> quite</c><00:36:46.880><c> uncharacteristic</c>

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:51.340
of<00:36:48.199><c> mankind's</c><00:36:49.079><c> view</c><00:36:49.340><c> of</c><00:36:49.760><c> their</c><00:36:50.019><c> saviors.</c>

00:36:51.739 --> 00:36:54.000
Think<00:36:52.000><c> for</c><00:36:52.179><c> a</c><00:36:52.280><c> moment</c><00:36:52.440><c> about</c><00:36:52.760><c> those</c><00:36:53.079><c> that</c><00:36:53.300><c> are</c><00:36:53.579><c> effective</c>

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:55.539
political<00:36:54.519><c> leaders.</c>

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:59.820
There's<00:36:56.599><c> a</c><00:36:56.739><c> certain</c><00:36:56.960><c> kind</c><00:36:57.280><c> of</c><00:36:57.579><c> charisma</c><00:36:57.960><c> we</c><00:36:59.019><c> have</c><00:36:59.159><c> in</c><00:36:59.320><c> our</c><00:36:59.500><c> own</c>

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:01.320
national<00:37:00.360><c> situations,</c>

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:07.420
the<00:37:02.400><c> comparisons</c><00:37:03.320><c> between</c><00:37:03.719><c> the</c><00:37:03.980><c> various</c><00:37:04.400><c> political</c><00:37:06.400><c> leaders,</c>

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:11.000
some<00:37:07.940><c> of</c><00:37:08.059><c> whom</c><00:37:08.119><c> are</c><00:37:08.280><c> very</c><00:37:08.659><c> powerful</c><00:37:09.199><c> and</c><00:37:09.559><c> have</c><00:37:09.940><c> a</c><00:37:10.639><c> personal</c>

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:12.000
magnetism<00:37:11.579><c> about</c><00:37:11.840><c> them,</c>

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:13.500
you<00:37:12.079><c> might</c><00:37:12.360><c> say.</c>

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:18.159
Great<00:37:14.179><c> oration,</c><00:37:14.880><c> flowing</c><00:37:15.139><c> words,</c><00:37:17.199><c> style,</c>

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:21.239
maybe<00:37:18.760><c> oftentimes</c><00:37:19.239><c> to</c><00:37:19.559><c> the</c><00:37:19.820><c> expense</c><00:37:20.039><c> of</c><00:37:20.300><c> substance.</c>

00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:25.380
And<00:37:21.940><c> all</c><00:37:22.079><c> of</c><00:37:22.179><c> these</c><00:37:22.420><c> things</c><00:37:22.619><c> that</c><00:37:22.920><c> make</c><00:37:23.219><c> men</c><00:37:23.519><c> great</c><00:37:24.139><c> in</c><00:37:24.480><c> the</c><00:37:24.619><c> eyes</c><00:37:24.760><c> of</c><00:37:24.960><c> men</c>

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:28.019
are<00:37:25.980><c> absent</c><00:37:26.340><c> from</c><00:37:26.559><c> the</c><00:37:26.719><c> one</c><00:37:26.860><c> who</c><00:37:26.980><c> is</c><00:37:27.260><c> called</c><00:37:27.440><c> the</c><00:37:27.639><c> servant</c><00:37:27.800><c> of</c>

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.880
the<00:37:28.119><c> Lord.</c>

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:34.460
He<00:37:30.539><c> shall</c><00:37:30.719><c> not</c><00:37:30.920><c> cry,</c><00:37:31.440><c> nor</c><00:37:31.440><c> lift</c><00:37:31.699><c> up,</c><00:37:33.480><c> nor</c><00:37:33.639><c> cause</c><00:37:33.880><c> his</c><00:37:34.059><c> voice</c><00:37:34.280><c> to</c>

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.860
be<00:37:34.559><c> heard</c><00:37:34.679><c> in</c><00:37:34.860><c> the</c><00:37:34.980><c> street.</c>

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:39.739
A<00:37:36.659><c> bruised</c><00:37:37.000><c> reed</c><00:37:37.219><c> shall</c><00:37:37.360><c> he</c><00:37:37.500><c> not</c><00:37:37.679><c> break,</c><00:37:38.619><c> and</c><00:37:38.699><c> smoking</c><00:37:39.079><c> flax</c>

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:41.420
or<00:37:40.300><c> smoldering</c><00:37:40.820><c> lamp</c>

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:45.480
shall<00:37:41.860><c> he</c><00:37:44.340><c> not</c><00:37:44.579><c> quench.</c>

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:48.360
He<00:37:45.920><c> shall</c><00:37:46.059><c> bring</c><00:37:46.340><c> forth</c><00:37:46.639><c> judgment</c><00:37:47.019><c> or</c><00:37:47.239><c> justice</c><00:37:47.599><c> unto</c><00:37:47.860><c> truth,</c>

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:50.380
and<00:37:48.679><c> he</c><00:37:48.699><c> will</c><00:37:48.880><c> not</c><00:37:49.119><c> fail</c><00:37:49.239><c> nor</c><00:37:49.400><c> be</c><00:37:49.639><c> discouraged</c><00:37:49.940><c> till</c><00:37:50.079><c> he</c><00:37:50.219><c> has</c>

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.460
set<00:37:50.480><c> judgment</c><00:37:50.800><c> in</c><00:37:50.960><c> the</c><00:37:51.159><c> earth,</c>

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:53.900
and<00:37:51.739><c> the</c><00:37:51.900><c> isles</c><00:37:52.139><c> shall</c><00:37:52.340><c> wait</c><00:37:52.619><c> for</c><00:37:52.860><c> his</c><00:37:53.079><c> law.</c>

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:55.639
He<00:37:54.400><c> will</c><00:37:54.619><c> open</c><00:37:54.780><c> blind</c><00:37:55.139><c> eyes.</c>

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:58.400
If<00:37:55.960><c> you</c><00:37:56.019><c> recall,</c><00:37:57.099><c> when</c><00:37:57.239><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:57.500><c> was</c><00:37:57.699><c> sent</c><00:37:57.940><c> forth,</c>

00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:00.840
he<00:37:58.920><c> was</c><00:37:59.059><c> sent</c><00:37:59.280><c> forth</c><00:37:59.619><c> to</c><00:37:59.719><c> a</c><00:37:59.840><c> people</c><00:38:00.079><c> who</c><00:38:00.239><c> had</c><00:38:00.340><c> eyes</c><00:38:00.619><c> that</c><00:38:00.739><c> they</c>

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:02.360
couldn't<00:38:01.019><c> see</c><00:38:01.280><c> out</c><00:38:01.460><c> of,</c>

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:05.639
or<00:38:02.880><c> if</c><00:38:02.940><c> they</c><00:38:03.159><c> saw,</c><00:38:03.380><c> they</c><00:38:03.500><c> couldn't</c><00:38:03.739><c> perceive</c><00:38:04.239><c> what</c><00:38:04.400><c> it</c><00:38:04.639><c> was.</c>

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:09.760
And<00:38:06.380><c> they</c><00:38:06.420><c> had</c><00:38:06.599><c> ears</c><00:38:07.019><c> that</c><00:38:07.500><c> couldn't</c><00:38:07.760><c> hear</c><00:38:08.280><c> and</c><00:38:08.579><c> understand.</c>

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:13.199
To<00:38:11.440><c> bring</c><00:38:11.599><c> prisoners</c><00:38:12.139><c> out</c><00:38:12.500><c> of</c><00:38:12.639><c> the</c><00:38:12.780><c> prison,</c>

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:16.519
and<00:38:13.739><c> them</c><00:38:13.800><c> that</c><00:38:14.039><c> sit</c><00:38:14.119><c> in</c><00:38:14.320><c> darkness</c><00:38:14.699><c> out</c><00:38:14.960><c> of</c><00:38:15.059><c> the</c><00:38:15.260><c> prison</c><00:38:15.480><c> house.</c>

00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:25.780
And<00:38:18.659><c> so,</c><00:38:20.000><c> Israel</c><00:38:21.000><c> was</c><00:38:22.840><c> to</c><00:38:22.980><c> be</c><00:38:23.199><c> saved</c><00:38:23.400><c> by</c><00:38:23.699><c> one</c><00:38:23.960><c> who</c><00:38:24.119><c> was</c><00:38:24.440><c> quite</c><00:38:24.699><c> different</c>

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:29.599
in<00:38:26.400><c> every</c><00:38:26.679><c> way</c><00:38:26.900><c> from</c><00:38:27.199><c> the</c><00:38:27.840><c> leader</c><00:38:28.019><c> that</c><00:38:28.179><c> they</c><00:38:28.340><c> might</c><00:38:28.500><c> have</c><00:38:28.699><c> desired.</c>

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:32.380
Once<00:38:30.460><c> before,</c><00:38:30.780><c> they</c><00:38:30.860><c> had</c><00:38:31.039><c> a</c><00:38:31.199><c> chance</c><00:38:31.380><c> to</c><00:38:31.679><c> select</c><00:38:31.900><c> a</c><00:38:32.099><c> leader</c><00:38:32.239><c> of</c>

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:33.019
their<00:38:32.579><c> own</c><00:38:32.780><c> choosing,</c>

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:34.739
and<00:38:33.159><c> they</c><00:38:33.300><c> chose</c><00:38:33.420><c> a</c><00:38:33.599><c> man</c><00:38:33.699><c> who</c><00:38:33.820><c> was</c><00:38:33.940><c> head</c><00:38:34.019><c> and</c><00:38:34.239><c> shoulders</c><00:38:34.480><c> above</c>

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:36.099
everyone<00:38:35.059><c> else.</c>

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:40.420
We<00:38:39.139><c> know</c><00:38:39.239><c> what</c><00:38:39.500><c> happened.</c>

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:43.840
The<00:38:40.840><c> Lord</c><00:38:40.980><c> rejected</c><00:38:41.440><c> him,</c><00:38:42.559><c> because</c><00:38:42.940><c> he</c><00:38:43.079><c> would</c><00:38:43.260><c> not</c><00:38:43.480><c> obey,</c>

00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:46.739
because<00:38:44.900><c> he</c><00:38:45.039><c> had</c><00:38:45.199><c> rejected</c><00:38:45.539><c> the</c><00:38:45.780><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:52.219
And<00:38:47.099><c> the</c><00:38:47.179><c> Lord</c><00:38:47.360><c> sought</c><00:38:47.619><c> a</c><00:38:47.800><c> man</c><00:38:47.920><c> after</c><00:38:48.179><c> his</c><00:38:48.340><c> own</c><00:38:48.559><c> heart,</c><00:38:50.639><c> the</c><00:38:50.719><c> son</c><00:38:50.860><c> of</c><00:38:51.059><c> Jesse.</c>

00:38:56.539 --> 00:39:06.500
So,<00:39:02.960><c> in</c><00:39:02.960><c> this</c><00:39:03.519><c> prophecy</c><00:39:03.900><c> here,</c><00:39:05.059><c> we</c><00:39:05.239><c> have</c><00:39:05.500><c> the</c><00:39:05.800><c> beginnings</c><00:39:06.099><c> of</c>

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.420
the<00:39:07.059><c> thought</c>

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:11.880
that<00:39:08.420><c> the</c><00:39:09.139><c> Savior</c><00:39:09.460><c> of</c><00:39:09.679><c> Israel</c><00:39:10.159><c> will</c><00:39:10.559><c> be</c><00:39:10.699><c> quite</c><00:39:10.940><c> different</c><00:39:11.460><c> in</c>

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:12.639
many<00:39:12.099><c> respects</c>

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:14.840
from<00:39:12.860><c> a</c><00:39:13.039><c> political</c><00:39:13.400><c> leader</c><00:39:13.619><c> that</c><00:39:13.820><c> one</c><00:39:14.000><c> might</c><00:39:14.239><c> have</c><00:39:14.440><c> been</c><00:39:14.619><c> able</c>

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:16.139
to<00:39:15.860><c> envision</c>

00:39:16.139 --> 00:39:18.960
from<00:39:16.559><c> some</c><00:39:16.739><c> of</c><00:39:16.900><c> the</c><00:39:16.980><c> earlier</c><00:39:17.260><c> prophecies,</c><00:39:18.239><c> to</c><00:39:18.340><c> begin</c><00:39:18.519><c> now</c><00:39:18.719><c> to</c>

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:20.340
see<00:39:19.099><c> his</c><00:39:19.320><c> character.</c>

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:23.679
Not<00:39:20.920><c> only</c><00:39:21.119><c> just</c><00:39:21.300><c> the</c><00:39:21.480><c> aspect</c><00:39:21.820><c> of</c><00:39:22.119><c> truth</c><00:39:22.480><c> and</c><00:39:22.820><c> judgment,</c>

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:27.099
not<00:39:24.039><c> only</c><00:39:24.219><c> the</c><00:39:24.480><c> aspect</c><00:39:24.679><c> of</c><00:39:25.019><c> strength</c><00:39:25.599><c> and</c><00:39:26.619><c> the</c><00:39:26.800><c> promise</c><00:39:26.960><c> that</c>

00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.460
is<00:39:27.239><c> coming,</c>

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:31.860
but<00:39:27.699><c> now</c><00:39:28.239><c> this</c><00:39:28.539><c> frame</c><00:39:28.699><c> of</c><00:39:29.000><c> mind,</c><00:39:29.440><c> the</c><00:39:29.699><c> approach,</c><00:39:30.639><c> the</c><00:39:30.840><c> gentleness.</c>

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:35.360
We'll<00:39:33.280><c> stop</c><00:39:33.420><c> for</c><00:39:33.559><c> just</c><00:39:33.699><c> a</c><00:39:33.860><c> moment</c><00:39:34.019><c> while</c><00:39:34.179><c> the</c><00:39:34.340><c> king</c><00:39:34.460><c> dictates.</c>

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:41.460
Seemed<00:39:39.820><c> longer</c><00:39:40.059><c> than</c><00:39:40.219><c> that,</c><00:39:40.400><c> didn't</c><00:39:40.480><c> it?</c>

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:46.519
Well,<00:39:42.780><c> now</c><00:39:42.940><c> we</c><00:39:43.099><c> move</c><00:39:43.260><c> on</c><00:39:43.519><c> to</c><00:39:43.699><c> what</c><00:39:44.400><c> I</c><00:39:44.539><c> hope</c><00:39:44.659><c> will</c><00:39:44.840><c> be</c><00:39:45.579><c> the</c><00:39:45.960><c> culmination</c>

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:48.699
of<00:39:46.679><c> our</c><00:39:46.880><c> thoughts</c><00:39:47.219><c> regarding</c><00:39:47.599><c> the</c><00:39:47.880><c> servant.</c>

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:53.820
These<00:39:49.460><c> beautiful</c><00:39:49.920><c> words</c><00:39:50.239><c> in</c><00:39:50.599><c> the</c><00:39:50.780><c> 52nd</c><00:39:51.360><c> and</c><00:39:51.480><c> the</c><00:39:51.639><c> 53rd</c><00:39:52.219><c> chapters</c><00:39:52.599><c> of</c><00:39:52.860><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:58.960
We<00:39:56.400><c> skipped</c><00:39:56.639><c> over</c><00:39:56.980><c> several</c><00:39:57.360><c> prophecies</c><00:39:57.820><c> in</c><00:39:58.039><c> between,</c>

00:39:59.019 --> 00:40:05.000
which<00:39:59.360><c> will</c><00:40:01.559><c> leave</c><00:40:01.780><c> to</c><00:40:01.980><c> you</c><00:40:02.139><c> to</c><00:40:02.699><c> fit</c><00:40:02.860><c> in</c><00:40:03.559><c> on</c><00:40:03.920><c> your</c><00:40:04.119><c> own.</c>

00:40:05.719 --> 00:40:09.739
Isaiah<00:40:06.199><c> chapter</c><00:40:06.559><c> 52,</c><00:40:07.559><c> where</c><00:40:07.599><c> we</c><00:40:07.840><c> have</c><00:40:08.139><c> initially</c><00:40:08.619><c> at</c><00:40:09.039><c> verse</c><00:40:09.239><c> 13,</c>

00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:12.019
My<00:40:09.940><c> servant</c><00:40:10.380><c> shall</c><00:40:10.559><c> deal</c><00:40:10.820><c> prudently,</c><00:40:11.360><c> and</c><00:40:11.360><c> shall</c><00:40:11.440><c> be</c><00:40:11.679><c> exalted</c>

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.920
and<00:40:12.300><c> extolled,</c>

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and<00:40:13.000><c> be</c><00:40:13.139><c> very</c><00:40:13.460><c> high.</c>

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:16.980
And<00:40:14.300><c> many</c><00:40:14.480><c> were</c><00:40:14.719><c> astonished</c><00:40:15.280><c> at</c><00:40:15.400><c> his</c><00:40:15.659><c> vision,</c><00:40:16.159><c> at</c><00:40:16.280><c> his</c><00:40:16.480><c> appearance,</c>

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:20.280
his<00:40:17.460><c> visage</c><00:40:17.840><c> was</c><00:40:18.099><c> more</c><00:40:18.420><c> than</c><00:40:18.619><c> any</c><00:40:18.960><c> man,</c><00:40:19.559><c> and</c><00:40:19.679><c> his</c><00:40:19.920><c> form</c><00:40:20.039><c> more</c>

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:21.159
than<00:40:20.400><c> the</c><00:40:20.559><c> sons</c><00:40:20.739><c> of</c><00:40:20.960><c> men.</c>

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:24.320
And<00:40:21.719><c> so</c><00:40:21.820><c> shall</c><00:40:21.980><c> he</c><00:40:22.179><c> sprinkle</c><00:40:22.500><c> many</c><00:40:22.760><c> nations,</c><00:40:23.539><c> and</c><00:40:23.699><c> kings</c><00:40:23.860><c> shall</c><00:40:24.099><c> shut</c>

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:25.000
their<00:40:24.519><c> mouths</c><00:40:24.699><c> at</c><00:40:24.820><c> him,</c>

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:27.760
for<00:40:25.179><c> that</c><00:40:25.440><c> which</c><00:40:25.579><c> had</c><00:40:25.840><c> not</c><00:40:26.039><c> been</c><00:40:26.280><c> told</c><00:40:26.480><c> them</c><00:40:26.840><c> shall</c><00:40:27.159><c> they</c><00:40:27.460><c> see,</c>

00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:30.219
and<00:40:28.059><c> that</c><00:40:28.199><c> which</c><00:40:28.340><c> they</c><00:40:28.519><c> had</c><00:40:28.659><c> not</c><00:40:28.920><c> heard</c><00:40:29.239><c> shall</c><00:40:29.579><c> they</c><00:40:29.760><c> consider.</c>

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:34.480
Words<00:40:31.059><c> that</c><00:40:31.480><c> clearly</c><00:40:31.920><c> apply</c><00:40:32.539><c> to</c><00:40:32.880><c> the</c><00:40:33.179><c> time</c><00:40:33.400><c> when</c><00:40:33.599><c> the</c><00:40:33.719><c> Lord</c><00:40:33.880><c> returns,</c>

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:36.840
not<00:40:34.980><c> when</c><00:40:35.280><c> he</c><00:40:35.460><c> first</c><00:40:35.840><c> appeared.</c>

00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:40.280
And<00:40:37.500><c> so</c><00:40:37.980><c> we</c><00:40:38.539><c> come</c><00:40:38.699><c> then</c><00:40:38.860><c> to</c><00:40:39.059><c> the</c><00:40:39.300><c> 53rd</c><00:40:39.900><c> chapter,</c>

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:42.579
where<00:40:40.579><c> the</c><00:40:41.000><c> words,</c><00:40:41.519><c> who</c><00:40:41.519><c> hath</c><00:40:41.719><c> believed</c><00:40:42.039><c> their</c><00:40:42.159><c> report,</c>

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:44.820
and<00:40:42.739><c> to</c><00:40:42.880><c> whom</c><00:40:43.000><c> is</c><00:40:43.199><c> the</c><00:40:43.340><c> arm</c><00:40:43.440><c> of</c><00:40:43.579><c> the</c><00:40:43.699><c> Lord</c><00:40:43.840><c> revealed,</c>

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:48.860
express<00:40:45.239><c> the</c><00:40:45.599><c> kind</c><00:40:45.900><c> of</c><00:40:46.159><c> surprise</c><00:40:46.820><c> that</c><00:40:48.039><c> was</c><00:40:48.440><c> there,</c>

00:40:49.139 --> 00:40:51.199
evidenced<00:40:49.519><c> all</c><00:40:49.820><c> over</c><00:40:49.980><c> in</c><00:40:50.099><c> the</c><00:40:50.179><c> New</c><00:40:50.340><c> Testament</c><00:40:50.679><c> records,</c>

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:53.639
the<00:40:51.920><c> people</c><00:40:52.380><c> at</c><00:40:52.659><c> the</c><00:40:52.880><c> Lord.</c>

00:40:53.699 --> 00:40:56.679
You<00:40:53.920><c> recall,</c><00:40:54.500><c> he</c><00:40:54.760><c> taught</c><00:40:54.900><c> as</c><00:40:55.119><c> authority</c><00:40:55.500><c> and</c><00:40:55.639><c> not</c><00:40:55.800><c> as</c><00:40:55.940><c> the</c><00:40:56.139><c> scribes,</c>

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:58.219
and<00:40:56.900><c> that</c><00:40:57.059><c> was</c><00:40:57.199><c> surprising.</c>

00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:01.739
They<00:40:59.920><c> wondered</c><00:41:00.239><c> at</c><00:41:00.400><c> the</c><00:41:00.559><c> words</c><00:41:00.739><c> of</c><00:41:00.980><c> grace</c><00:41:01.179><c> that</c><00:41:01.420><c> proceeded</c>

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:02.519
from<00:41:01.940><c> his</c><00:41:02.159><c> mouth,</c>

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:04.119
and<00:41:02.679><c> that</c><00:41:02.860><c> was</c><00:41:03.059><c> surprising.</c>

00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:06.719
He<00:41:04.739><c> didn't</c><00:41:04.940><c> come</c><00:41:05.139><c> from</c><00:41:05.280><c> the</c><00:41:05.440><c> right</c><00:41:05.659><c> place.</c>

00:41:06.860 --> 00:41:09.420
He<00:41:07.000><c> came</c><00:41:07.219><c> from</c><00:41:07.480><c> Nazareth,</c><00:41:08.039><c> and</c><00:41:08.119><c> everybody</c><00:41:08.440><c> knew</c><00:41:08.639><c> that</c><00:41:08.820><c> the</c><00:41:08.940><c> king</c><00:41:09.059><c> was</c><00:41:09.260><c> to</c>

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:10.539
come<00:41:09.559><c> from</c><00:41:09.760><c> Bethlehem,</c>

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:12.440
and<00:41:10.800><c> that</c><00:41:11.019><c> was</c><00:41:11.219><c> surprising.</c>

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:17.239
And<00:41:14.619><c> then</c><00:41:14.760><c> he</c><00:41:14.860><c> did</c><00:41:15.079><c> things</c><00:41:15.460><c> which</c><00:41:15.659><c> no</c><00:41:15.860><c> one</c><00:41:15.940><c> would</c><00:41:16.059><c> have</c><00:41:16.239><c> expected</c><00:41:16.699><c> a</c><00:41:16.900><c> would</c><00:41:17.099><c>-be</c>

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:18.619
king<00:41:17.460><c> to</c><00:41:17.659><c> do.</c>

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:23.159
He<00:41:19.960><c> steadfastly</c><00:41:20.400><c> moved</c><00:41:20.619><c> away</c><00:41:21.019><c> from</c><00:41:21.320><c> trying</c><00:41:21.619><c> to</c><00:41:21.840><c> attract</c><00:41:22.139><c> the</c><00:41:22.360><c> following.</c>

00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:26.199
When<00:41:23.980><c> the</c><00:41:24.179><c> crowds</c><00:41:24.440><c> thronged</c><00:41:24.920><c> him,</c><00:41:25.039><c> he</c><00:41:25.059><c> would</c><00:41:25.340><c> leave.</c>

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:28.639
When<00:41:26.880><c> he</c><00:41:27.079><c> perceived</c><00:41:27.400><c> that</c><00:41:27.519><c> they</c><00:41:27.599><c> would</c><00:41:27.760><c> take</c><00:41:27.960><c> him</c><00:41:28.059><c> by</c><00:41:28.380><c> force</c>

00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:30.139
and<00:41:28.840><c> make</c><00:41:28.980><c> him</c><00:41:29.179><c> king,</c>

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:32.340
he<00:41:30.800><c> sent</c><00:41:30.960><c> them</c><00:41:31.139><c> away.</c>

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:36.159
It<00:41:34.019><c> was</c><00:41:34.219><c> as</c><00:41:34.400><c> though</c><00:41:34.500><c> he</c><00:41:34.599><c> had</c><00:41:34.739><c> something</c><00:41:35.039><c> else</c><00:41:35.280><c> on</c><00:41:35.420><c> his</c><00:41:35.679><c> mind,</c>

00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:39.619
and<00:41:36.579><c> even</c><00:41:36.739><c> his</c><00:41:36.980><c> closest</c><00:41:37.280><c> followers</c><00:41:37.760><c> had</c><00:41:38.059><c> difficulty</c><00:41:38.699><c> in</c><00:41:39.059><c> seeing</c><00:41:39.239><c> where</c><00:41:39.480><c> the</c>

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:40.860
Lord<00:41:39.739><c> was</c><00:41:39.980><c> going.</c>

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:43.300
Now<00:41:41.380><c> really,</c><00:41:41.719><c> brothers</c><00:41:41.800><c> and</c><00:41:42.000><c> sisters,</c><00:41:42.199><c> this</c><00:41:42.400><c> shouldn't</c><00:41:42.679><c> surprise</c><00:41:43.099><c> us,</c>

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:45.599
because<00:41:43.559><c> if</c><00:41:43.739><c> we've</c><00:41:43.980><c> learned</c><00:41:44.139><c> anything</c><00:41:44.500><c> at</c><00:41:44.659><c> all</c><00:41:44.800><c> out</c><00:41:45.000><c> of</c><00:41:45.199><c> the</c>

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:47.360
lessons<00:41:45.880><c> from</c><00:41:46.119><c> long</c><00:41:46.340><c> ago,</c>

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:50.280
you<00:41:47.780><c> recall</c><00:41:48.059><c> that</c><00:41:48.219><c> when</c><00:41:48.360><c> Israel</c><00:41:48.639><c> left</c><00:41:48.940><c> Egypt,</c>

00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:52.460
they<00:41:51.500><c> went</c><00:41:51.639><c> into</c><00:41:51.800><c> the</c><00:41:51.980><c> wilderness,</c>

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:55.519
and<00:41:53.059><c> one</c><00:41:53.219><c> of</c><00:41:53.320><c> the</c><00:41:54.079><c> commandments</c><00:41:54.539><c> or</c><00:41:54.780><c> one</c><00:41:54.880><c> of</c><00:41:55.000><c> the</c><00:41:55.119><c> pieces</c><00:41:55.300><c> of</c>

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:57.019
advice<00:41:55.760><c> that</c><00:41:56.039><c> the</c><00:41:56.239><c> Lord</c><00:41:56.539><c> gave</c>

00:41:57.019 --> 00:42:00.539
the<00:41:57.460><c> people</c><00:41:57.659><c> of</c><00:41:57.800><c> Israel</c><00:41:58.300><c> concerned</c><00:41:58.920><c> his</c><00:41:59.179><c> pillar</c><00:41:59.400><c> of</c><00:41:59.679><c> cloud.</c>

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:03.340
The<00:42:01.260><c> pillar</c><00:42:01.380><c> of</c><00:42:01.539><c> cloud</c><00:42:01.579><c> will</c><00:42:01.739><c> go</c><00:42:01.920><c> before</c><00:42:02.300><c> you,</c><00:42:02.860><c> to</c><00:42:03.039><c> lead</c><00:42:03.219><c> you,</c>

00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:05.820
because<00:42:03.519><c> you</c><00:42:03.639><c> have</c><00:42:03.760><c> not</c><00:42:04.000><c> been</c><00:42:04.219><c> this</c><00:42:04.460><c> way</c><00:42:04.659><c> before.</c>

00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:08.440
And<00:42:06.260><c> there's</c><00:42:06.360><c> two</c><00:42:06.539><c> ways</c><00:42:06.739><c> to</c><00:42:06.880><c> look</c><00:42:07.059><c> at</c><00:42:07.179><c> that,</c><00:42:07.280><c> very</c><00:42:07.619><c> simply</c><00:42:07.860><c> and</c><00:42:08.119><c> practically,</c>

00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:10.900
that<00:42:08.619><c> they</c><00:42:08.760><c> were</c><00:42:08.940><c> going</c><00:42:09.119><c> in</c><00:42:09.260><c> a</c><00:42:09.380><c> wilderness</c><00:42:09.659><c> that</c><00:42:10.139><c> they</c><00:42:10.719><c> didn't</c>

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:11.519
know<00:42:11.099><c> the</c><00:42:11.219><c> way</c><00:42:11.380><c> of.</c>

00:42:11.599 --> 00:42:13.320
But<00:42:11.820><c> Moses</c><00:42:12.079><c> had</c><00:42:12.239><c> been</c><00:42:12.400><c> there</c><00:42:12.559><c> for</c><00:42:12.780><c> 40</c><00:42:12.980><c> years,</c>

00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:17.940
and<00:42:13.500><c> it</c><00:42:13.559><c> seems</c><00:42:13.719><c> unlikely</c><00:42:14.199><c> that</c><00:42:14.460><c> he</c><00:42:14.599><c> would</c><00:42:14.780><c> have</c><00:42:14.920><c> been</c><00:42:15.099><c> unfamiliar</c><00:42:15.559><c> with</c><00:42:15.760><c> this</c><00:42:16.000><c> piece</c><00:42:16.139><c> of</c><00:42:17.079><c> land.</c>

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:21.619
One<00:42:19.099><c> can</c><00:42:19.260><c> cover</c><00:42:19.440><c> a</c><00:42:19.539><c> lot</c><00:42:19.659><c> of</c><00:42:19.860><c> ground</c><00:42:20.000><c> in</c><00:42:20.199><c> 40</c><00:42:20.440><c> years.</c>

00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:26.920
More<00:42:23.519><c> likely,</c><00:42:23.960><c> it</c><00:42:23.980><c> seems</c><00:42:24.320><c> that</c><00:42:25.219><c> he</c><00:42:25.480><c> had</c><00:42:25.599><c> not</c><00:42:25.860><c> been</c><00:42:26.039><c> this</c><00:42:26.300><c> way</c><00:42:26.480><c> before</c>

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:29.460
is<00:42:27.159><c> intended</c><00:42:27.400><c> to</c><00:42:27.559><c> be</c><00:42:27.719><c> understood</c><00:42:28.079><c> also</c>

00:42:29.820 --> 00:42:32.860
from<00:42:30.260><c> the</c><00:42:30.400><c> standpoint</c><00:42:30.800><c> that</c><00:42:30.960><c> that</c><00:42:31.119><c> is</c><00:42:31.360><c> the</c><00:42:31.460><c> way</c><00:42:31.599><c> of</c><00:42:31.800><c> the</c><00:42:31.900><c> Lord.</c>

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:34.780
None<00:42:33.199><c> of</c><00:42:33.320><c> us</c><00:42:33.420><c> have</c><00:42:33.599><c> been</c><00:42:33.800><c> that</c><00:42:34.079><c> way</c><00:42:34.320><c> before.</c>

00:42:35.059 --> 00:42:37.920
Mankind<00:42:35.500><c> has</c><00:42:35.780><c> not</c><00:42:36.059><c> been</c><00:42:36.320><c> that</c><00:42:36.599><c> way</c><00:42:36.820><c> before.</c>

00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:39.420
Where<00:42:38.199><c> God</c><00:42:38.440><c> wants</c><00:42:38.739><c> us</c><00:42:38.960><c> to</c><00:42:39.139><c> go</c>

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:42.840
is<00:42:39.780><c> a</c><00:42:39.940><c> way</c><00:42:40.019><c> that</c><00:42:40.179><c> our</c><00:42:40.400><c> flesh</c><00:42:40.559><c> does</c><00:42:40.800><c> not</c><00:42:40.940><c> provide</c><00:42:41.199><c> us</c><00:42:41.380><c> any</c><00:42:41.539><c> experience</c><00:42:42.059><c> on</c><00:42:42.579><c> how</c><00:42:42.679><c> to</c>

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:44.320
reach<00:42:43.079><c> it.</c>

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:46.239
And<00:42:44.659><c> consequently,</c><00:42:45.039><c> when</c><00:42:45.199><c> we</c><00:42:45.420><c> read</c><00:42:45.579><c> the</c><00:42:45.739><c> Word</c><00:42:45.840><c> of</c><00:42:46.000><c> God,</c>

00:42:46.280 --> 00:42:48.400
we<00:42:46.340><c> need</c><00:42:46.500><c> to</c><00:42:46.639><c> be</c><00:42:46.900><c> prepared</c><00:42:47.159><c> that</c><00:42:47.280><c> it</c><00:42:47.400><c> will</c><00:42:47.519><c> lead</c><00:42:47.760><c> places</c>

00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:50.599
that<00:42:48.780><c> we</c><00:42:48.920><c> might</c><00:42:49.119><c> not</c><00:42:49.340><c> have</c><00:42:49.460><c> anticipated.</c>

00:42:52.880 --> 00:42:56.460
And<00:42:53.360><c> if</c><00:42:53.500><c> we</c><00:42:53.679><c> read</c><00:42:53.780><c> it</c><00:42:53.940><c> with</c><00:42:54.179><c> preconceptions</c><00:42:54.880><c> and</c><00:42:55.059><c> our</c><00:42:55.300><c> guard</c><00:42:55.500><c> up</c>

00:42:56.460 --> 00:42:58.760
on<00:42:57.280><c> tight</c><00:42:57.539><c> reign</c><00:42:57.679><c> of</c><00:42:57.860><c> our</c><00:42:58.000><c> hearts,</c>

00:42:59.219 --> 00:43:01.099
so<00:42:59.380><c> that</c><00:42:59.460><c> it</c><00:42:59.599><c> can't</c><00:42:59.860><c> reach</c><00:43:00.019><c> us,</c>

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:03.619
we're<00:43:01.460><c> in</c><00:43:01.599><c> danger</c><00:43:01.880><c> of</c><00:43:02.099><c> reading</c><00:43:02.340><c> and</c><00:43:02.559><c> reacting</c><00:43:02.860><c> to</c><00:43:03.099><c> the</c><00:43:03.300><c> words,</c>

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:07.119
just<00:43:04.019><c> as</c><00:43:04.280><c> Israel</c><00:43:04.639><c> of</c><00:43:04.840><c> old</c><00:43:05.039><c> reacted</c><00:43:05.400><c> to</c><00:43:05.579><c> the</c><00:43:05.739><c> words</c><00:43:05.860><c> of</c><00:43:06.000><c> their</c><00:43:06.179><c> prophets.</c>

00:43:07.420 --> 00:43:08.699
They<00:43:07.699><c> resisted</c><00:43:08.280><c> them.</c>

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:11.400
They<00:43:09.260><c> refused</c><00:43:09.639><c> to</c><00:43:09.820><c> be</c><00:43:09.980><c> moved</c><00:43:10.199><c> by</c><00:43:10.440><c> them.</c>

00:43:11.760 --> 00:43:14.840
When<00:43:11.980><c> the</c><00:43:12.119><c> Lord</c><00:43:12.280><c> came,</c><00:43:13.340><c> he</c><00:43:13.519><c> was</c><00:43:13.699><c> a</c><00:43:13.940><c> surprise.</c>

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:17.659
We<00:43:15.760><c> can</c><00:43:15.920><c> look</c><00:43:16.099><c> back</c><00:43:16.340><c> and</c><00:43:16.539><c> wonder</c><00:43:16.739><c> how</c><00:43:16.980><c> people</c><00:43:17.280><c> could</c><00:43:17.460><c> have</c>

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:19.420
missed<00:43:17.920><c> these</c><00:43:18.219><c> lessons.</c>

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:25.139
And<00:43:21.900><c> yet,</c><00:43:22.900><c> I</c><00:43:23.099><c> believe</c><00:43:23.260><c> we</c><00:43:23.380><c> would</c><00:43:23.519><c> have</c><00:43:23.619><c> all</c><00:43:23.739><c> done</c><00:43:23.840><c> the</c><00:43:24.019><c> same</c><00:43:24.239><c> thing.</c>

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:28.980
We<00:43:26.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:43:26.199><c> have</c><00:43:26.380><c> seen</c><00:43:26.539><c> it</c><00:43:26.719><c> either,</c><00:43:27.559><c> for</c><00:43:27.719><c> the</c><00:43:27.880><c> same</c><00:43:28.059><c> reasons.</c>

00:43:29.659 --> 00:43:32.599
For<00:43:29.780><c> he</c><00:43:29.920><c> shall</c><00:43:30.059><c> grow</c><00:43:30.280><c> up</c><00:43:30.480><c> before</c><00:43:30.780><c> him</c><00:43:30.980><c> as</c><00:43:31.179><c> a</c><00:43:31.340><c> tender</c><00:43:31.559><c> plant,</c>

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:34.320
and<00:43:32.820><c> as</c><00:43:32.980><c> a</c><00:43:33.159><c> root</c><00:43:33.260><c> out</c><00:43:33.420><c> of</c><00:43:33.579><c> a</c><00:43:33.760><c> dry</c><00:43:33.980><c> ground.</c>

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:36.179
Not<00:43:34.699><c> out</c><00:43:34.840><c> of</c><00:43:34.960><c> a</c><00:43:35.059><c> lush</c><00:43:35.260><c> ground.</c>

00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:39.000
A<00:43:37.699><c> plant</c><00:43:37.840><c> growing</c><00:43:38.179><c> out</c><00:43:38.360><c> of</c><00:43:38.539><c> a</c><00:43:38.659><c> dry</c><00:43:38.840><c> ground.</c>

00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:42.119
It's<00:43:39.280><c> almost</c><00:43:39.519><c> a</c><00:43:40.619><c> surprise</c><00:43:41.139><c> there,</c><00:43:41.480><c> isn't</c><00:43:41.679><c> it?</c>

00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:44.159
He<00:43:42.840><c> hath</c><00:43:43.000><c> no</c><00:43:43.400><c> form</c><00:43:43.619><c> nor</c><00:43:43.860><c> comeliness,</c>

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:46.280
and<00:43:44.380><c> when</c><00:43:44.519><c> we</c><00:43:44.719><c> shall</c><00:43:44.840><c> see</c><00:43:45.119><c> him,</c><00:43:45.239><c> there</c><00:43:45.400><c> is</c><00:43:45.460><c> no</c><00:43:45.719><c> beauty</c><00:43:46.000><c> that</c><00:43:46.159><c> we</c>

00:43:46.280 --> 00:43:47.019
should<00:43:46.440><c> desire</c><00:43:46.820><c> him.</c>

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:49.199
Do<00:43:47.300><c> you</c><00:43:47.400><c> remember</c><00:43:47.619><c> what</c><00:43:47.679><c> was</c><00:43:47.880><c> said</c><00:43:48.019><c> about</c><00:43:48.239><c> David?</c>

00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:51.000
That<00:43:49.940><c> he</c><00:43:50.000><c> was</c><00:43:50.300><c> ruddy</c><00:43:50.519><c> withal,</c>

00:43:51.099 --> 00:43:53.159
and<00:43:51.139><c> of</c><00:43:51.219><c> a</c><00:43:51.340><c> good</c><00:43:51.500><c> countenance,</c><00:43:52.039><c> and</c><00:43:52.199><c> goodly</c><00:43:52.440><c> to</c><00:43:52.559><c> look</c><00:43:52.719><c> at.</c>

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:55.239
He<00:43:53.579><c> was</c><00:43:53.719><c> a</c><00:43:53.820><c> beautiful</c><00:43:54.219><c> lad.</c>

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:59.880
And<00:43:58.679><c> the</c><00:43:58.760><c> Lord,</c><00:43:59.159><c> it</c><00:43:59.159><c> seems</c><00:43:59.380><c> to</c><00:43:59.579><c> say,</c>

00:44:00.239 --> 00:44:05.000
there<00:44:00.360><c> was</c><00:44:00.519><c> no</c><00:44:00.739><c> physical</c><00:44:02.460><c> beauty</c><00:44:02.880><c> that</c><00:44:03.800><c> men</c><00:44:03.960><c> would</c><00:44:04.239><c> desire</c><00:44:04.519><c> him.</c>

00:44:05.300 --> 00:44:07.800
None<00:44:05.480><c> of</c><00:44:05.639><c> that</c><00:44:06.199><c> personal</c><00:44:06.659><c> attractiveness,</c>

00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:10.260
in<00:44:08.039><c> the</c><00:44:08.179><c> standpoint</c><00:44:08.460><c> of</c><00:44:08.699><c> outward</c><00:44:08.940><c> appearance</c><00:44:09.280><c> only,</c>

00:44:10.380 --> 00:44:11.800
that<00:44:10.480><c> would</c><00:44:10.599><c> have</c><00:44:10.800><c> drawn</c><00:44:11.019><c> men</c><00:44:11.280><c> to</c><00:44:11.480><c> him,</c>

00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:15.860
much<00:44:12.079><c> as</c><00:44:12.239><c> some</c><00:44:12.460><c> of</c><00:44:12.599><c> our</c><00:44:13.880><c> political</c><00:44:14.159><c> leaders</c><00:44:14.460><c> of</c><00:44:14.659><c> today</c><00:44:14.840><c> would</c><00:44:15.099><c> have.</c>

00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:18.360
An<00:44:16.800><c> ugly</c><00:44:17.099><c> person.</c>

00:44:18.659 --> 00:44:21.820
It's<00:44:18.860><c> not</c><00:44:18.940><c> easy</c><00:44:19.119><c> to</c><00:44:19.280><c> get</c><00:44:19.420><c> a</c><00:44:19.599><c> following</c><00:44:19.840><c> on</c><00:44:20.159><c> the</c><00:44:20.239><c> basis</c><00:44:20.440><c> of</c><00:44:20.599><c> his</c><00:44:20.760><c> appearance.</c>

00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:25.739
He<00:44:23.019><c> was</c><00:44:23.199><c> despised,</c><00:44:24.179><c> rejected</c><00:44:24.659><c> of</c><00:44:24.880><c> men.</c>

00:44:26.079 --> 00:44:27.659
A<00:44:26.139><c> man</c><00:44:26.300><c> of</c><00:44:26.559><c> sorrow,</c><00:44:26.840><c> acquainted</c><00:44:27.119><c> with</c><00:44:27.400><c> grief,</c>

00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:29.739
and<00:44:27.880><c> we</c><00:44:28.019><c> hid</c><00:44:28.119><c> as</c><00:44:28.179><c> it</c><00:44:28.400><c> were</c><00:44:28.539><c> our</c><00:44:28.719><c> faces</c><00:44:29.079><c> from</c><00:44:29.380><c> him.</c>

00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:32.360
He<00:44:30.280><c> was</c><00:44:30.519><c> despised,</c><00:44:31.159><c> and</c><00:44:31.239><c> we</c><00:44:31.440><c> esteemed</c><00:44:31.840><c> him</c><00:44:32.079><c> not.</c>

00:44:32.820 --> 00:44:33.980
And<00:44:32.940><c> do</c><00:44:33.019><c> you</c><00:44:33.059><c> notice,</c><00:44:33.300><c> brothers</c><00:44:33.500><c> and</c><00:44:33.739><c> sisters,</c>

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:38.519
he<00:44:34.679><c> was</c><00:44:35.639><c> despised,</c><00:44:36.559><c> and</c><00:44:36.659><c> they</c><00:44:36.920><c> esteemed</c><00:44:37.400><c> him</c><00:44:37.619><c> not?</c>

00:44:38.639 --> 00:44:40.739
There's<00:44:38.820><c> no</c><00:44:39.000><c> way</c><00:44:39.119><c> to</c><00:44:39.280><c> escape</c><00:44:39.659><c> the</c><00:44:39.920><c> fact</c><00:44:40.059><c> that</c><00:44:40.179><c> this</c><00:44:40.420><c> prophecy</c>

00:44:40.739 --> 00:44:42.739
means<00:44:41.039><c> to</c><00:44:41.300><c> implicate</c><00:44:41.679><c> us</c><00:44:41.920><c> all.</c>

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:44.420
We<00:44:43.420><c> esteemed</c><00:44:43.840><c> him</c><00:44:44.079><c> not.</c>

00:44:44.420 --> 00:44:46.719
It's<00:44:44.840><c> not</c><00:44:45.000><c> somebody</c><00:44:45.400><c> else</c><00:44:45.800><c> that</c><00:44:45.980><c> didn't</c><00:44:46.179><c> esteem</c><00:44:46.559><c> him.</c>

00:44:46.719 --> 00:44:48.239
It's<00:44:46.980><c> human</c><00:44:47.179><c> beings.</c>

00:44:48.639 --> 00:44:52.860
It's<00:44:48.820><c> mankind</c><00:44:49.480><c> did</c><00:44:49.880><c> not</c><00:44:50.139><c> esteem</c><00:44:51.019><c> the</c><00:44:51.260><c> son</c><00:44:51.380><c> of</c><00:44:51.599><c> man.</c>

00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:59.019
Much<00:44:55.719><c> of</c><00:44:55.900><c> what</c><00:44:56.079><c> man</c><00:44:56.280><c> is,</c><00:44:57.460><c> Christ</c><00:44:57.800><c> was</c><00:44:58.119><c> not.</c>

00:44:59.579 --> 00:45:02.659
There<00:44:59.719><c> was</c><00:44:59.900><c> none</c><00:45:00.099><c> of</c><00:45:00.300><c> the</c><00:45:00.920><c> vainglorious</c><00:45:01.599><c> display,</c>

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:04.980
none<00:45:02.980><c> of</c><00:45:03.139><c> the</c><00:45:03.300><c> words</c><00:45:03.619><c> of</c><00:45:03.820><c> the</c><00:45:03.980><c> orator</c><00:45:04.219><c> on</c><00:45:04.380><c> the</c><00:45:04.599><c> street</c><00:45:04.780><c> corner</c>

00:45:04.980 --> 00:45:06.019
to<00:45:05.179><c> gather</c><00:45:05.400><c> a</c><00:45:05.679><c> following,</c>

00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:09.400
but<00:45:06.619><c> quiet</c><00:45:06.960><c> words</c><00:45:07.280><c> of</c><00:45:07.440><c> wisdom,</c><00:45:07.940><c> words</c><00:45:08.179><c> of</c><00:45:08.460><c> grace,</c>

00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:11.760
difficult<00:45:10.199><c> miracles</c><00:45:10.639><c> that</c><00:45:10.780><c> would</c><00:45:10.940><c> have</c><00:45:11.079><c> made</c><00:45:11.199><c> his</c><00:45:11.480><c> ministry</c>

00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:14.780
still<00:45:11.980><c> more</c><00:45:12.239><c> difficult</c><00:45:12.639><c> to</c><00:45:12.860><c> appreciate,</c>

00:45:16.619 --> 00:45:19.980
challenges<00:45:16.880><c> to</c><00:45:17.179><c> the</c><00:45:17.539><c> status</c><00:45:17.860><c> quo</c><00:45:18.320><c> that</c><00:45:19.599><c> would</c><00:45:19.760><c> have</c><00:45:19.880><c> brought</c>

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:20.840
him<00:45:20.119><c> in</c><00:45:20.360><c> conflict</c>

00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:24.059
time<00:45:21.260><c> and</c><00:45:21.500><c> again</c><00:45:21.900><c> with</c><00:45:22.360><c> the</c><00:45:22.579><c> powers</c><00:45:22.800><c> that</c><00:45:23.079><c> be.</c>

00:45:24.340 --> 00:45:28.139
All<00:45:24.559><c> of</c><00:45:24.719><c> these</c><00:45:25.019><c> things</c><00:45:25.739><c> an</c><00:45:26.320><c> astute</c><00:45:26.659><c> politician</c><00:45:27.219><c> would</c><00:45:27.480><c> have</c><00:45:27.699><c> figured</c><00:45:27.920><c> out</c><00:45:28.099><c> a</c>

00:45:28.139 --> 00:45:29.280
way<00:45:28.260><c> to</c><00:45:28.500><c> compromise</c><00:45:28.920><c> with.</c>

00:45:29.440 --> 00:45:31.400
In<00:45:29.579><c> other</c><00:45:29.719><c> words,</c><00:45:29.900><c> to</c><00:45:29.980><c> look</c><00:45:30.159><c> like</c><00:45:30.400><c> you're</c><00:45:30.820><c> agreeing</c><00:45:31.119><c> with</c><00:45:31.280><c> it</c>

00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:34.019
while<00:45:31.539><c> you're</c><00:45:31.760><c> sowing</c><00:45:31.880><c> the</c><00:45:32.139><c> seeds</c><00:45:32.340><c> for</c><00:45:32.920><c> disruption.</c>

00:45:34.780 --> 00:45:36.079
And<00:45:34.900><c> yet</c><00:45:35.019><c> there</c><00:45:35.139><c> was</c><00:45:35.280><c> none</c><00:45:35.420><c> of</c><00:45:35.619><c> this.</c>

00:45:36.440 --> 00:45:39.920
Where<00:45:36.619><c> it</c><00:45:36.739><c> was</c><00:45:37.500><c> important,</c><00:45:38.400><c> the</c><00:45:38.500><c> Lord</c><00:45:38.659><c> presented</c><00:45:39.039><c> his</c><00:45:39.340><c> principle,</c>

00:45:39.920 --> 00:45:43.420
and<00:45:40.800><c> men</c><00:45:40.980><c> despised</c><00:45:41.500><c> him</c><00:45:41.780><c> for</c><00:45:42.000><c> it.</c>

00:45:45.420 --> 00:45:48.420
The<00:45:45.659><c> pride,</c><00:45:46.460><c> the</c><00:45:46.599><c> haughtiness,</c><00:45:47.639><c> the</c><00:45:47.760><c> scornfulness,</c>

00:45:48.739 --> 00:45:50.119
the<00:45:48.840><c> stride</c><00:45:49.000><c> and</c><00:45:49.179><c> voice</c><00:45:49.400><c> of</c><00:45:49.559><c> the</c><00:45:49.780><c> politician.</c>

00:45:50.219 --> 00:45:51.920
None<00:45:50.360><c> of</c><00:45:50.480><c> this</c><00:45:50.619><c> was</c><00:45:50.860><c> present.</c>

00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:56.239
No<00:45:53.679><c> dealing</c><00:45:54.119><c> behind</c><00:45:54.940><c> the</c><00:45:55.179><c> scenes</c><00:45:55.360><c> with</c><00:45:55.519><c> the</c><00:45:55.719><c> Pharisees</c><00:45:56.139><c> and</c>

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:56.860
the<00:45:56.460><c> scribes.</c>

00:45:56.980 --> 00:45:58.400
And<00:45:57.119><c> there</c><00:45:57.199><c> were</c><00:45:57.280><c> several</c><00:45:57.539><c> opportunities</c><00:45:58.039><c> when</c><00:45:58.179><c> he</c><00:45:58.260><c> could</c>

00:45:58.400 --> 00:45:59.960
have<00:45:58.559><c> done</c><00:45:58.780><c> so.</c>

00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:04.400
And<00:46:01.599><c> so,</c><00:46:02.400><c> once</c><00:46:02.539><c> rather</c><00:46:02.900><c> reminded</c><00:46:03.300><c> of</c><00:46:03.519><c> the</c><00:46:03.780><c> experience</c><00:46:04.159><c> of</c>

00:46:04.400 --> 00:46:06.239
Daniel<00:46:04.699><c> when,</c>

00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:08.219
as<00:46:06.500><c> he</c><00:46:06.579><c> was</c><00:46:07.199><c> about</c><00:46:07.460><c> to</c><00:46:07.619><c> be</c><00:46:07.780><c> promoted,</c>

00:46:08.619 --> 00:46:13.239
he<00:46:08.980><c> was</c><00:46:09.199><c> considered</c><00:46:09.940><c> by</c><00:46:11.760><c> his</c><00:46:12.239><c> colleagues</c>

00:46:13.280 --> 00:46:17.400
for<00:46:13.639><c> what</c><00:46:13.820><c> they</c><00:46:13.980><c> could</c><00:46:14.159><c> do</c><00:46:14.900><c> to</c><00:46:15.639><c> put</c><00:46:15.760><c> him</c><00:46:15.880><c> out</c><00:46:16.000><c> of</c><00:46:16.099><c> the</c><00:46:16.219><c> way.</c>

00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:18.539
And<00:46:17.559><c> when</c><00:46:17.579><c> they</c><00:46:17.699><c> looked</c><00:46:17.840><c> over</c><00:46:18.039><c> his</c><00:46:18.219><c> affairs,</c>

00:46:18.579 --> 00:46:20.460
they<00:46:18.699><c> found</c><00:46:18.820><c> nothing</c><00:46:19.119><c> concerning</c><00:46:19.559><c> the</c><00:46:19.780><c> matters</c><00:46:19.940><c> of</c><00:46:20.099><c> the</c><00:46:20.260><c> Kingdom</c>

00:46:20.460 --> 00:46:22.599
that<00:46:20.579><c> they</c><00:46:20.739><c> could</c><00:46:20.980><c> find</c><00:46:21.440><c> fault</c><00:46:21.619><c> with.</c>

00:46:22.780 --> 00:46:25.119
For<00:46:22.880><c> he</c><00:46:22.920><c> was</c><00:46:23.099><c> better</c><00:46:23.280><c> than</c><00:46:23.380><c> they</c><00:46:23.599><c> were</c><00:46:23.739><c> in</c><00:46:23.840><c> every</c><00:46:24.039><c> way.</c>

00:46:26.079 --> 00:46:27.820
It<00:46:26.219><c> was</c><00:46:26.340><c> only</c><00:46:26.519><c> in</c><00:46:26.659><c> the</c><00:46:26.739><c> matter</c><00:46:26.940><c> of</c><00:46:27.159><c> concerning</c><00:46:27.360><c> the</c><00:46:27.559><c> law</c><00:46:27.719><c> of</c>

00:46:27.820 --> 00:46:28.840
his<00:46:28.000><c> God.</c>

00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:31.059
And<00:46:29.699><c> they</c><00:46:29.800><c> went</c><00:46:29.940><c> after</c><00:46:30.239><c> him.</c>

00:46:31.059 --> 00:46:36.000
And<00:46:32.179><c> they</c><00:46:32.320><c> had</c><00:46:34.340><c> no</c><00:46:35.159><c> hope,</c>

00:46:38.019 --> 00:46:40.780
no<00:46:38.699><c> appreciation</c><00:46:39.360><c> of</c><00:46:39.599><c> his</c><00:46:39.760><c> character,</c>

00:46:41.659 --> 00:46:44.739
no<00:46:41.940><c> perception</c><00:46:42.440><c> of</c><00:46:42.840><c> the</c><00:46:42.980><c> worth</c><00:46:43.139><c> of</c><00:46:43.360><c> his</c><00:46:43.699><c> personality.</c>

00:46:44.980 --> 00:46:48.880
And<00:46:45.219><c> so,</c><00:46:46.619><c> the</c><00:46:46.739><c> Lord</c><00:46:46.840><c> is</c><00:46:47.019><c> a</c><00:46:47.139><c> man</c><00:46:47.219><c> of</c><00:46:47.440><c> pains</c><00:46:47.800><c> and</c><00:46:48.039><c> sorrows.</c>

00:46:49.059 --> 00:46:51.119
He's<00:46:49.340><c> acquainted</c><00:46:49.619><c> with</c><00:46:49.960><c> grief.</c>

00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:55.860
Someone<00:46:52.940><c> that</c><00:46:53.760><c> men</c><00:46:54.000><c> hide</c><00:46:54.260><c> their</c><00:46:54.500><c> faces</c><00:46:54.780><c> from.</c>

00:46:57.320 --> 00:47:00.960
He<00:46:57.780><c> was</c><00:46:58.239><c> despised,</c><00:46:59.659><c> rejected.</c>

00:47:03.239 --> 00:47:06.860
We<00:47:03.320><c> did</c><00:47:03.500><c> esteem</c><00:47:03.719><c> him</c><00:47:04.039><c> stricken,</c><00:47:04.739><c> smitten</c><00:47:04.900><c> of</c><00:47:05.099><c> God</c><00:47:05.320><c> and</c><00:47:05.519><c> afflicted.</c>

00:47:07.579 --> 00:47:09.179
You<00:47:07.599><c> know,</c><00:47:07.900><c> brothers</c><00:47:07.980><c> and</c><00:47:08.239><c> sisters,</c>

00:47:09.360 --> 00:47:11.139
there's<00:47:09.500><c> some</c><00:47:09.659><c> very</c><00:47:09.940><c> simple</c><00:47:10.179><c> ways</c><00:47:10.440><c> of</c><00:47:10.559><c> this</c><00:47:10.739><c> as</c><00:47:10.980><c> well.</c>

00:47:11.199 --> 00:47:13.920
His<00:47:11.380><c> parents,</c><00:47:12.739><c> they</c><00:47:12.960><c> thought</c><00:47:13.019><c> he</c><00:47:13.099><c> was</c><00:47:13.280><c> beside</c><00:47:13.539><c> himself.</c>

00:47:13.960 --> 00:47:16.719
You<00:47:14.139><c> remember,</c><00:47:14.480><c> they</c><00:47:14.579><c> came</c><00:47:14.840><c> to</c><00:47:14.960><c> get</c><00:47:15.059><c> him.</c>

00:47:18.260 --> 00:47:19.940
His<00:47:18.719><c> own</c><00:47:18.980><c> family.</c>

00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:23.000
There<00:47:21.039><c> was</c><00:47:21.159><c> no</c><00:47:21.360><c> support</c><00:47:21.800><c> at</c><00:47:22.019><c> difficult</c><00:47:22.460><c> times.</c>

00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:25.260
He<00:47:23.679><c> was</c><00:47:23.860><c> a</c><00:47:24.000><c> man</c><00:47:24.199><c> that</c><00:47:24.400><c> was</c><00:47:24.920><c> alone,</c>

00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:28.119
as<00:47:25.559><c> far</c><00:47:25.880><c> as</c><00:47:26.099><c> help</c><00:47:26.280><c> from</c><00:47:26.559><c> men</c><00:47:26.719><c> was</c><00:47:26.980><c> concerned.</c>

00:47:29.380 --> 00:47:31.079
At<00:47:29.480><c> almost</c><00:47:29.739><c> every</c><00:47:30.039><c> time</c><00:47:30.219><c> where</c><00:47:30.360><c> there</c><00:47:30.440><c> was</c><00:47:30.599><c> a</c><00:47:30.780><c> crisis,</c>

00:47:31.159 --> 00:47:33.739
it<00:47:31.239><c> was</c><00:47:31.420><c> the</c><00:47:31.599><c> Lord</c><00:47:31.820><c> that</c><00:47:32.119><c> strengthened</c><00:47:32.380><c> his</c><00:47:32.639><c> disciples.</c>

00:47:34.559 --> 00:47:36.039
Every<00:47:34.920><c> time,</c><00:47:35.119><c> as</c><00:47:35.260><c> a</c><00:47:35.300><c> matter</c><00:47:35.480><c> of</c><00:47:35.679><c> fact.</c>

00:47:36.500 --> 00:47:38.079
Not<00:47:36.699><c> the</c><00:47:36.860><c> other</c><00:47:36.980><c> way</c><00:47:37.199><c> around.</c>

00:47:39.099 --> 00:47:40.159
All<00:47:39.340><c> we</c><00:47:39.559><c> have</c><00:47:39.820><c> sheep.</c>

00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:42.760
Sorry,<00:47:40.880><c> but</c><00:47:41.000><c> he</c><00:47:41.059><c> was</c><00:47:41.420><c> wounded</c><00:47:41.599><c> for</c><00:47:41.880><c> our</c><00:47:42.219><c> transgressions,</c>

00:47:42.780 --> 00:47:44.139
and<00:47:42.880><c> he</c><00:47:42.880><c> was</c><00:47:43.179><c> bruised</c><00:47:43.420><c> for</c><00:47:43.579><c> our</c><00:47:43.800><c> iniquities.</c>

00:47:44.260 --> 00:47:46.219
The<00:47:44.460><c> chastisement</c><00:47:44.980><c> of</c><00:47:45.119><c> our</c><00:47:45.320><c> peace</c><00:47:45.440><c> was</c><00:47:45.639><c> upon</c><00:47:45.900><c> him,</c>

00:47:46.360 --> 00:47:48.440
and<00:47:46.480><c> with</c><00:47:46.599><c> his</c><00:47:46.900><c> stripes</c><00:47:47.199><c> are</c><00:47:47.440><c> we</c><00:47:47.639><c> healed.</c>

00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:50.579
I<00:47:49.619><c> wonder</c><00:47:49.760><c> if</c><00:47:49.880><c> you've</c><00:47:50.079><c> thought</c><00:47:50.239><c> about</c><00:47:50.440><c> this</c>

00:47:50.579 --> 00:47:53.559
in<00:47:50.639><c> the</c><00:47:50.880><c> context</c><00:47:51.280><c> of</c><00:47:51.539><c> the</c><00:47:51.579><c> opening</c><00:47:51.920><c> chapter</c><00:47:52.380><c> of</c><00:47:52.559><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:47:53.940 --> 00:47:56.139
Do<00:47:54.079><c> you</c><00:47:54.159><c> remember</c><00:47:54.420><c> how</c><00:47:54.880><c> the</c><00:47:55.079><c> nation</c><00:47:55.280><c> was</c><00:47:55.579><c> described?</c>

00:47:56.340 --> 00:47:57.000
Its<00:47:56.519><c> condition?</c>

00:47:57.460 --> 00:48:01.539
Look<00:47:57.659><c> back</c><00:47:57.880><c> there</c><00:47:58.059><c> at</c><00:47:58.059><c> chapter</c><00:47:58.420><c> one,</c><00:47:59.639><c> the</c><00:47:59.840><c> fourth</c><00:48:00.019><c> verse.</c>

00:48:07.860 --> 00:48:11.269
Ah,<00:48:08.460><c> sinful</c><00:48:08.679><c> nation,</c><00:48:09.159><c> a</c><00:48:09.260><c> people</c><00:48:09.840><c> laden</c><00:48:10.380><c> with</c><00:48:10.539><c> iniquity,</c>

00:48:11.579 --> 00:48:14.000
a<00:48:11.719><c> seed</c><00:48:11.800><c> of</c><00:48:12.019><c> evildoers,</c><00:48:12.579><c> children</c><00:48:12.840><c> that</c><00:48:13.039><c> are</c><00:48:13.360><c> corrupters.</c>

00:48:14.119 --> 00:48:15.400
They<00:48:14.320><c> have</c><00:48:14.480><c> forsaken</c><00:48:14.900><c> the</c><00:48:15.119><c> Lord.</c>

00:48:15.639 --> 00:48:17.739
They<00:48:15.800><c> have</c><00:48:15.980><c> provoked</c><00:48:16.300><c> the</c><00:48:16.460><c> Holy</c><00:48:16.679><c> One</c><00:48:16.800><c> of</c><00:48:16.940><c> Israel</c><00:48:17.199><c> unto</c><00:48:17.440><c> anger.</c>

00:48:17.760 --> 00:48:19.440
They<00:48:17.880><c> are</c><00:48:18.019><c> going</c><00:48:18.179><c> away</c><00:48:18.440><c> backward.</c>

00:48:19.719 --> 00:48:22.400
In<00:48:20.199><c> verse</c><00:48:20.500><c> six,</c><00:48:21.440><c> from</c><00:48:21.639><c> the</c><00:48:21.860><c> sole</c><00:48:21.980><c> of</c><00:48:22.219><c> the</c><00:48:22.280><c> foot,</c>

00:48:22.460 --> 00:48:24.460
even<00:48:22.579><c> unto</c><00:48:22.800><c> the</c><00:48:23.039><c> head,</c><00:48:23.219><c> there</c><00:48:23.340><c> is</c><00:48:23.500><c> no</c><00:48:23.860><c> soundness</c><00:48:24.199><c> in</c><00:48:24.360><c> it,</c>

00:48:24.539 --> 00:48:27.880
but<00:48:24.699><c> wounds,</c><00:48:25.760><c> and</c><00:48:25.900><c> bruises,</c><00:48:26.719><c> and</c><00:48:26.840><c> putrefying</c><00:48:27.539><c> sores</c>

00:48:27.880 --> 00:48:29.820
that<00:48:28.019><c> have</c><00:48:28.179><c> not</c><00:48:28.360><c> been</c><00:48:28.659><c> closed,</c><00:48:29.019><c> neither</c><00:48:29.219><c> bound</c><00:48:29.579><c> up,</c>

00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:32.599
neither<00:48:30.059><c> mollified</c><00:48:30.619><c> with</c><00:48:30.860><c> ointment.</c>

00:48:37.099 --> 00:48:40.420
Bruises,<00:48:37.579><c> sores,</c><00:48:39.179><c> bleeding</c><00:48:39.420><c> wounds.</c>

00:48:41.840 --> 00:48:44.940
Every<00:48:42.199><c> one</c><00:48:42.360><c> of</c><00:48:42.480><c> these</c><00:48:42.599><c> was</c><00:48:42.880><c> experienced</c><00:48:43.400><c> from</c><00:48:43.559><c> the</c><00:48:43.659><c> Lord's</c><00:48:44.000><c> person.</c>

00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:47.920
And<00:48:45.739><c> isn't</c><00:48:45.880><c> it</c><00:48:46.139><c> remarkable</c><00:48:46.480><c> that</c><00:48:46.639><c> we</c><00:48:46.840><c> have</c><00:48:47.019><c> this</c><00:48:47.460><c> figure</c>

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:51.199
of<00:48:48.820><c> the</c><00:48:48.960><c> condition</c><00:48:49.579><c> of</c><00:48:50.239><c> Israel,</c>

00:48:51.639 --> 00:48:54.940
which<00:48:51.719><c> is</c><00:48:51.960><c> really</c><00:48:52.659><c> just</c><00:48:53.179><c> a</c><00:48:53.400><c> model</c><00:48:53.579><c> of</c><00:48:53.760><c> the</c><00:48:53.840><c> condition</c><00:48:54.139><c> of</c><00:48:54.380><c> mankind</c>

00:48:54.940 --> 00:48:56.760
in<00:48:55.280><c> the</c><00:48:55.440><c> eyes</c><00:48:55.559><c> of</c><00:48:55.820><c> God.</c>

00:48:57.039 --> 00:49:03.340
Wounds<00:48:57.420><c> not</c><00:48:57.820><c> bound</c><00:48:58.119><c> up,</c><00:48:59.500><c> bruised,</c><00:49:00.840><c> bleeding,</c><00:49:02.019><c> putrefying</c><00:49:02.719><c> sores,</c>

00:49:03.840 --> 00:49:07.579
all<00:49:03.940><c> the</c><00:49:04.159><c> works</c><00:49:04.400><c> and</c><00:49:04.599><c> the</c><00:49:04.920><c> problems</c><00:49:05.199><c> and</c><00:49:05.480><c> the</c><00:49:05.760><c> effects</c><00:49:06.019><c> of</c><00:49:06.239><c> iniquity</c><00:49:06.960><c> and</c>

00:49:07.579 --> 00:49:09.590
sin<00:49:07.920><c> laden</c><00:49:08.559><c> with</c><00:49:08.780><c> it.</c>

00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:11.340
And<00:49:10.099><c> when</c><00:49:10.159><c> it</c><00:49:10.320><c> says,</c>

00:49:11.719 --> 00:49:14.320
he<00:49:11.719><c> was</c><00:49:11.960><c> wounded</c><00:49:12.280><c> for</c><00:49:12.579><c> our</c><00:49:12.960><c> transgressions,</c>

00:49:14.579 --> 00:49:16.019
he<00:49:14.760><c> was</c><00:49:15.059><c> bruised</c><00:49:15.300><c> for</c><00:49:15.500><c> our</c><00:49:15.639><c> iniquities,</c>

00:49:16.019 --> 00:49:18.179
the<00:49:16.300><c> chastisement</c><00:49:16.920><c> of</c><00:49:17.059><c> our</c><00:49:17.280><c> peace</c><00:49:17.440><c> was</c><00:49:17.659><c> upon</c><00:49:17.960><c> him,</c>

00:49:18.260 --> 00:49:20.179
and<00:49:18.340><c> with</c><00:49:18.460><c> his</c><00:49:18.659><c> stripes</c><00:49:18.940><c> we</c><00:49:19.199><c> are</c><00:49:19.340><c> healed.</c>

00:49:21.239 --> 00:49:22.880
All<00:49:21.420><c> we</c><00:49:21.579><c> like</c><00:49:21.760><c> sheep</c><00:49:21.940><c> have</c><00:49:22.139><c> gone</c><00:49:22.320><c> astray,</c>

00:49:23.119 --> 00:49:24.820
we<00:49:23.280><c> have</c><00:49:23.340><c> turned</c><00:49:23.519><c> every</c><00:49:23.840><c> one</c><00:49:24.059><c> to</c><00:49:24.219><c> his</c><00:49:24.360><c> own</c><00:49:24.599><c> way,</c>

00:49:24.920 --> 00:49:27.480
and<00:49:24.980><c> the</c><00:49:25.079><c> Lord</c><00:49:25.179><c> hath</c><00:49:25.340><c> laid</c><00:49:25.480><c> on</c><00:49:25.699><c> him</c><00:49:26.119><c> the</c><00:49:26.460><c> iniquity</c><00:49:26.820><c> of</c><00:49:27.019><c> us</c><00:49:27.219><c> all.</c>

00:49:27.860 --> 00:49:29.480
He<00:49:27.980><c> was</c><00:49:28.179><c> oppressed,</c><00:49:28.739><c> and</c><00:49:28.820><c> he</c><00:49:28.900><c> was</c><00:49:29.059><c> afflicted,</c>

00:49:29.519 --> 00:49:30.679
and<00:49:29.579><c> yet</c><00:49:29.659><c> he</c><00:49:29.820><c> opened</c><00:49:29.940><c> not</c><00:49:30.099><c> his</c><00:49:30.300><c> mouth.</c>

00:49:31.039 --> 00:49:32.679
He<00:49:31.179><c> is</c><00:49:31.340><c> brought</c><00:49:31.519><c> as</c><00:49:31.679><c> a</c><00:49:31.860><c> lamb</c><00:49:32.019><c> to</c><00:49:32.159><c> the</c><00:49:32.360><c> slaughter,</c>

00:49:32.900 --> 00:49:34.940
and<00:49:32.980><c> as</c><00:49:33.159><c> a</c><00:49:33.280><c> sheep</c><00:49:33.400><c> before</c><00:49:33.719><c> his</c><00:49:33.960><c> shearers</c><00:49:34.199><c> is</c><00:49:34.340><c> dumbed</c><00:49:34.679><c> so</c><00:49:34.820><c> open</c>

00:49:34.940 --> 00:49:36.380
he<00:49:35.079><c> is</c><00:49:35.219><c> not</c><00:49:35.320><c> his</c><00:49:35.539><c> mouth.</c>

00:49:36.480 --> 00:49:38.500
He<00:49:36.699><c> was</c><00:49:36.940><c> cut</c><00:49:37.139><c> off</c><00:49:37.320><c> out</c><00:49:37.460><c> of</c><00:49:37.519><c> the</c><00:49:37.719><c> land</c><00:49:37.880><c> of</c><00:49:38.000><c> the</c><00:49:38.139><c> living,</c>

00:49:38.940 --> 00:49:41.880
for<00:49:39.039><c> the</c><00:49:39.300><c> transgression</c><00:49:39.760><c> of</c><00:49:39.960><c> my</c><00:49:40.179><c> people</c><00:49:40.460><c> was</c><00:49:40.679><c> he</c><00:49:40.960><c> stricken.</c>

00:49:43.320 --> 00:49:45.219
A<00:49:43.719><c> remarkable</c><00:49:44.119><c> thing,</c><00:49:44.599><c> brothers</c><00:49:44.699><c> and</c><00:49:44.940><c> sisters,</c>

00:49:45.219 --> 00:49:46.860
that<00:49:45.340><c> we</c><00:49:45.440><c> have</c><00:49:45.639><c> in</c><00:49:45.760><c> this</c><00:49:46.079><c> figure,</c>

00:49:46.980 --> 00:49:49.139
the<00:49:47.079><c> sins</c><00:49:47.420><c> of</c><00:49:48.139><c> Israel,</c>

00:49:49.440 --> 00:49:50.900
the<00:49:49.519><c> sins</c><00:49:49.699><c> of</c><00:49:49.940><c> Judah</c><00:49:50.179><c> and</c><00:49:50.360><c> Jerusalem,</c>

00:49:51.139 --> 00:49:52.900
the<00:49:51.280><c> sins</c><00:49:51.500><c> of</c><00:49:51.719><c> mankind</c><00:49:52.179><c> transferred</c>

00:49:52.900 --> 00:49:56.199
to<00:49:53.840><c> the</c><00:49:53.980><c> one</c><00:49:54.139><c> who</c><00:49:54.280><c> is</c><00:49:54.539><c> the</c><00:49:54.820><c> servant</c><00:49:55.000><c> of</c><00:49:55.199><c> the</c><00:49:55.340><c> Lord,</c>

00:49:56.960 --> 00:49:58.619
the<00:49:56.980><c> man</c><00:49:57.139><c> of</c><00:49:57.380><c> gentleness,</c>

00:49:59.380 --> 00:50:01.699
someone<00:49:59.679><c> that</c><00:49:59.920><c> man</c><00:50:00.159><c> despised,</c>

00:50:02.000 --> 00:50:04.539
someone<00:50:02.179><c> that</c><00:50:02.320><c> they</c><00:50:02.559><c> esteemed</c><00:50:02.860><c> that</c><00:50:03.059><c> God</c><00:50:03.239><c> had</c><00:50:03.579><c> struck,</c>

00:50:06.199 --> 00:50:08.159
someone<00:50:06.519><c> that</c><00:50:06.679><c> they</c><00:50:06.780><c> were</c><00:50:06.900><c> willing</c><00:50:07.059><c> to</c><00:50:07.320><c> bargain</c><00:50:07.519><c> off</c>

00:50:08.159 --> 00:50:11.280
for<00:50:08.519><c> the</c><00:50:08.719><c> purposes</c><00:50:08.960><c> of</c><00:50:09.219><c> keeping</c><00:50:09.460><c> their</c><00:50:09.880><c> fragile</c><00:50:10.239><c> peace</c><00:50:10.800><c> with</c>

00:50:11.280 --> 00:50:12.420
the<00:50:11.480><c> Romans.</c>

00:50:13.800 --> 00:50:16.840
And<00:50:14.280><c> yet</c><00:50:14.420><c> it</c><00:50:14.659><c> pleased</c><00:50:14.840><c> the</c><00:50:15.000><c> Lord</c><00:50:15.239><c> to</c><00:50:15.780><c> bruise</c><00:50:16.039><c> him.</c>

00:50:16.860 --> 00:50:18.059
He<00:50:16.860><c> hath</c><00:50:17.019><c> put</c><00:50:17.239><c> him</c><00:50:17.400><c> to</c><00:50:17.579><c> grief.</c>

00:50:18.500 --> 00:50:20.480
When<00:50:18.559><c> thou</c><00:50:18.719><c> shalt</c><00:50:18.920><c> make</c><00:50:19.159><c> his</c><00:50:19.440><c> soul</c><00:50:19.579><c> an</c><00:50:19.800><c> offering</c><00:50:20.059><c> for</c><00:50:20.340><c> sin,</c>

00:50:20.579 --> 00:50:22.440
he<00:50:20.579><c> shall</c><00:50:20.800><c> see</c><00:50:21.079><c> his</c><00:50:21.260><c> seed</c><00:50:21.360><c> in</c><00:50:21.519><c> prolong</c><00:50:21.840><c> his</c><00:50:22.079><c> days,</c>

00:50:22.679 --> 00:50:24.860
and<00:50:22.800><c> the</c><00:50:22.940><c> pleasure</c><00:50:23.139><c> of</c><00:50:23.280><c> the</c><00:50:23.400><c> Lord</c><00:50:23.519><c> shall</c><00:50:23.800><c> prosper</c><00:50:24.199><c> in</c><00:50:24.360><c> his</c><00:50:24.559><c> hand.</c>

00:50:25.119 --> 00:50:26.739
He<00:50:25.300><c> shall</c><00:50:25.480><c> see</c><00:50:25.679><c> the</c><00:50:25.880><c> travail</c><00:50:26.119><c> of</c><00:50:26.300><c> his</c><00:50:26.539><c> soul,</c>

00:50:26.760 --> 00:50:27.860
and<00:50:26.900><c> shall</c><00:50:26.960><c> be</c><00:50:27.199><c> satisfied.</c>

00:50:28.099 --> 00:50:29.539
And<00:50:28.380><c> by</c><00:50:28.619><c> his</c><00:50:28.880><c> knowledge</c>

00:50:29.539 --> 00:50:32.579
shall<00:50:30.119><c> my</c><00:50:30.360><c> righteous</c><00:50:30.679><c> servant</c><00:50:31.059><c> justify</c><00:50:31.659><c> many,</c>

00:50:32.599 --> 00:50:35.159
for<00:50:32.659><c> he</c><00:50:32.760><c> shall</c><00:50:32.920><c> bear</c><00:50:33.199><c> their</c><00:50:33.420><c> iniquities.</c>

00:50:35.619 --> 00:50:38.599
For<00:50:35.860><c> therefore</c><00:50:36.320><c> will</c><00:50:36.480><c> I</c><00:50:36.639><c> divide</c><00:50:37.079><c> him</c><00:50:37.420><c> a</c><00:50:37.679><c> portion</c><00:50:37.940><c> with</c><00:50:38.159><c> the</c><00:50:38.360><c> great.</c>

00:50:38.980 --> 00:50:41.480
He<00:50:39.199><c> shall</c><00:50:39.360><c> divide</c><00:50:39.639><c> the</c><00:50:40.039><c> spoil</c><00:50:40.320><c> with</c><00:50:41.019><c> the</c><00:50:41.340><c> strong,</c>

00:50:41.519 --> 00:50:41.900
because<00:50:41.800><c> he</c><00:50:41.900><c> hath</c><00:50:41.900><c> made</c><00:50:41.900><c> the</c><00:50:41.900><c> great,</c>

00:50:41.900 --> 00:50:43.579
and<00:50:41.900><c> hath</c><00:50:42.000><c> poured</c><00:50:42.260><c> out</c><00:50:42.460><c> his</c><00:50:42.659><c> soul</c><00:50:42.840><c> unto</c><00:50:43.059><c> death,</c>

00:50:43.820 --> 00:50:45.659
and<00:50:43.880><c> he</c><00:50:43.980><c> was</c><00:50:44.139><c> numbered</c><00:50:44.400><c> with</c><00:50:44.579><c> the</c><00:50:44.840><c> transgressors,</c>

00:50:45.920 --> 00:50:47.719
bare<00:50:46.019><c> the</c><00:50:46.219><c> sin</c><00:50:46.320><c> of</c><00:50:46.519><c> many,</c><00:50:46.840><c> and</c><00:50:46.940><c> made</c><00:50:47.099><c> intercession</c>

00:50:47.719 --> 00:50:49.219
for<00:50:48.420><c> the</c><00:50:48.619><c> transgressors.</c>

00:50:49.219 --> 00:50:50.440
And<00:50:49.320><c> we</c><00:50:49.440><c> go</c><00:50:49.639><c> on</c><00:50:49.780><c> into</c><00:50:49.900><c> the</c><00:50:50.000><c> next</c><00:50:50.199><c> chapter,</c>

00:50:50.559 --> 00:50:52.079
Sing,<00:50:50.900><c> O</c><00:50:51.000><c> barren</c><00:50:51.199><c> that</c><00:50:51.340><c> didst</c><00:50:51.699><c> not</c><00:50:51.920><c> bear,</c>

00:50:52.219 --> 00:50:53.900
break<00:50:52.440><c> forth</c><00:50:52.719><c> into</c><00:50:52.940><c> singing,</c><00:50:53.300><c> and</c><00:50:53.440><c> cry</c><00:50:53.639><c> aloud,</c>

00:50:54.059 --> 00:50:56.500
thou<00:50:54.119><c> that</c><00:50:54.320><c> didst</c><00:50:54.699><c> not</c><00:50:54.880><c> travail</c><00:50:55.179><c> with</c><00:50:55.639><c> child.</c>

00:50:56.519 --> 00:50:57.980
For<00:50:56.679><c> more</c><00:50:56.880><c> are</c><00:50:56.980><c> the</c><00:50:57.059><c> children</c><00:50:57.280><c> of</c><00:50:57.420><c> the</c><00:50:57.559><c> desolate</c>

00:50:57.980 --> 00:51:01.800
than<00:50:58.400><c> the</c><00:50:59.420><c> children</c><00:50:59.599><c> of</c><00:50:59.739><c> the</c><00:50:59.880><c> married</c><00:51:00.119><c> wife,</c><00:51:00.579><c> saith</c><00:51:00.679><c> the</c><00:51:00.940><c> Lord.</c>

00:51:02.260 --> 00:51:04.039
So,<00:51:02.659><c> brothers</c><00:51:02.739><c> and</c><00:51:03.000><c> sisters,</c>

00:51:04.440 --> 00:51:07.099
we<00:51:04.699><c> have</c><00:51:04.940><c> then</c><00:51:05.159><c> in</c><00:51:06.719><c> this</c>

00:51:07.099 --> 00:51:08.239
prophecy<00:51:07.460><c> here</c>

00:51:08.239 --> 00:51:10.400
the<00:51:09.000><c> way</c><00:51:09.239><c> in</c><00:51:09.360><c> which</c>

00:51:11.019 --> 00:51:13.239
God<00:51:11.500><c> was</c><00:51:11.760><c> going</c><00:51:11.900><c> to</c><00:51:12.159><c> take</c>

00:51:13.260 --> 00:51:15.159
the<00:51:13.739><c> sins</c><00:51:13.920><c> of</c><00:51:14.079><c> these</c><00:51:14.300><c> people,</c>

00:51:16.340 --> 00:51:16.960
so

00:51:18.360 --> 00:51:20.199
elaborately<00:51:18.840><c> displayed</c><00:51:19.320><c> before</c><00:51:19.699><c> us,</c>

00:51:20.360 --> 00:51:21.719
so<00:51:20.579><c> carefully</c><00:51:20.920><c> brought</c><00:51:21.219><c> before</c><00:51:21.559><c> us,</c>

00:51:21.760 --> 00:51:23.599
at<00:51:21.840><c> the</c><00:51:21.960><c> opening</c><00:51:22.159><c> of</c><00:51:22.320><c> the</c><00:51:22.420><c> book,</c>

00:51:24.519 --> 00:51:27.159
and<00:51:24.719><c> place</c><00:51:24.880><c> them</c><00:51:25.079><c> on</c><00:51:25.639><c> someone</c><00:51:25.940><c> of</c><00:51:26.099><c> his</c><00:51:26.300><c> choosing,</c>

00:51:27.980 --> 00:51:28.860
who<00:51:28.059><c> would</c><00:51:28.260><c> carry</c><00:51:28.400><c> them</c><00:51:28.619><c> away,</c>

00:51:29.000 --> 00:51:30.460
bear<00:51:29.119><c> them</c><00:51:29.260><c> in</c><00:51:29.400><c> himself,</c>

00:51:30.619 --> 00:51:32.840
for<00:51:30.760><c> the</c><00:51:31.039><c> purposes</c><00:51:31.320><c> of</c><00:51:31.800><c> cleansing</c><00:51:32.199><c> the</c><00:51:32.500><c> people,</c>

00:51:32.940 --> 00:51:34.679
so<00:51:33.099><c> that</c><00:51:33.280><c> these</c><00:51:33.519><c> things</c><00:51:33.719><c> which</c><00:51:33.880><c> were</c><00:51:34.199><c> prophesied</c>

00:51:34.679 --> 00:51:36.579
in<00:51:34.840><c> terms</c><00:51:35.139><c> of</c><00:51:35.300><c> the</c><00:51:35.440><c> restoration,</c>

00:51:36.619 --> 00:51:38.440
the<00:51:36.820><c> goodness,</c><00:51:37.159><c> the</c><00:51:37.400><c> peace,</c>

00:51:39.440 --> 00:51:40.739
the<00:51:39.960><c> light,</c>

00:51:41.239 --> 00:51:41.940
the<00:51:41.400><c> justice,</c>

00:51:42.420 --> 00:51:44.199
that<00:51:42.559><c> this</c><00:51:42.679><c> all</c><00:51:42.800><c> could</c><00:51:42.920><c> come</c><00:51:43.159><c> about,</c>

00:51:44.360 --> 00:51:46.800
for<00:51:44.480><c> the</c><00:51:44.659><c> purposes</c><00:51:44.920><c> of</c><00:51:45.099><c> restoring</c><00:51:45.480><c> his</c><00:51:45.760><c> people,</c>

00:51:47.280 --> 00:51:48.199
to<00:51:47.480><c> make</c><00:51:47.639><c> it</c><00:51:47.880><c> possible</c>

00:51:48.199 --> 00:51:50.260
that<00:51:48.380><c> they</c><00:51:48.539><c> would</c><00:51:48.760><c> indeed</c><00:51:49.059><c> be</c><00:51:49.719><c> able</c><00:51:50.019><c> to</c>

00:51:50.260 --> 00:51:51.960
receive<00:51:50.619><c> him</c><00:51:51.039><c> as</c><00:51:51.360><c> their</c><00:51:51.599><c> king,</c>

00:51:52.159 --> 00:51:54.440
and<00:51:52.280><c> that</c><00:51:52.420><c> God</c><00:51:52.619><c> indeed</c><00:51:52.860><c> would</c><00:51:53.000><c> be</c><00:51:53.179><c> with</c><00:51:53.400><c> them.</c>

00:51:54.960 --> 00:51:55.980
So,

00:51:56.460 --> 00:51:58.159
let<00:51:56.599><c> us</c><00:51:56.800><c> bring</c><00:51:57.000><c> our</c>

00:51:58.159 --> 00:52:00.280
class<00:51:58.639><c> now</c><00:51:58.980><c> to</c><00:51:59.360><c> a</c><00:51:59.559><c> close</c><00:51:59.780><c> by</c><00:52:00.000><c> singing</c>

00:52:00.280 --> 00:52:02.440
together,<00:52:01.380><c> Hymn</c><00:52:01.579><c> 241.</c>

00:52:05.579 --> 00:52:07.539
When<00:52:06.199><c> shall</c><00:52:06.539><c> the</c><00:52:06.679><c> voice</c><00:52:06.920><c> of</c><00:52:07.260><c> singing</c>

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flow<00:52:07.880><c> joyfully</c><00:52:08.400><c> along,</c>

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with<00:52:10.840><c> our</c><00:52:11.139><c> triumphant</c><00:52:11.699><c> song,</c>

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proclaim<00:52:13.360><c> the</c><00:52:13.679><c> contest</c><00:52:14.119><c> ended,</c>

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in<00:52:18.000><c> righteousness'</c><00:52:18.840><c> terrain?</c>

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flow<00:52:37.239><c> joyfully</c><00:52:39.519><c> along,</c>

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with<00:52:46.840><c> our</c><00:52:47.480><c> triumphant</c><00:52:49.260><c> song,</c>

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proclaim<00:52:52.039><c> the</c><00:52:52.880><c> contest</c><00:52:53.800><c> ended,</c>

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00:52:59.860 --> 00:53:04.579
again<00:53:01.280><c> to</c><00:53:01.940><c> earth</c><00:53:02.519><c> descended,</c>

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in<00:53:05.519><c> righteousness'</c><00:53:07.980><c> terrain?</c>

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When<00:53:10.780><c> from</c><00:53:11.539><c> the</c><00:53:12.039><c> lofty</c><00:53:13.079><c> mountain</c>

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that<00:53:15.440><c> sacred</c><00:53:16.559><c> shore</c><00:53:17.139><c> shall</c><00:53:18.019><c> fly,</c>

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and<00:53:20.059><c> shady</c><00:53:21.019><c> hills</c><00:53:21.760><c> and</c><00:53:22.320><c> fountains</c>

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shall<00:53:24.780><c> echo</c><00:53:25.760><c> lowly</c><00:53:27.440><c> high,</c>

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in<00:53:28.800><c> my</c><00:53:29.460><c> draw</c><00:53:29.980><c> and</c><00:53:30.579><c> lofty</c><00:53:31.920><c> dwelling</c>

00:53:33.039 --> 00:53:37.480
shall<00:53:34.139><c> sing</c><00:53:34.780><c> the</c><00:53:35.360><c> glorious</c><00:53:36.199><c> song</c>

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of<00:53:38.539><c> Alleluia's</c><00:53:41.019><c> name,</c>

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in<00:53:43.019><c> my</c><00:53:43.760><c> triumphant</c><00:53:45.679><c> song.</c>

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00:53:53.380 --> 00:53:55.440
to<00:53:53.480><c> the</c><00:53:53.619><c> Lord</c><00:53:53.760><c> Jesus</c><00:53:54.219><c> Christ,</c>

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our<00:53:56.800><c> Mediator,</c>

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our<00:54:01.480><c> hope</c><00:54:01.880><c> and</c><00:54:02.420><c> our</c><00:54:02.639><c> consolation,</c>

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we<00:54:04.579><c> would</c><00:54:04.760><c> come</c><00:54:04.900><c> before</c><00:54:05.219><c> Thee</c><00:54:05.380><c> now</c>

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we<00:54:08.460><c> have</c><00:54:08.659><c> this</c><00:54:08.940><c> privilege</c><00:54:09.280><c> to</c>

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meditate<00:54:10.119><c> upon</c><00:54:10.420><c> Thy</c><00:54:10.679><c> words,</c>

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and<00:54:12.000><c> that</c><00:54:12.099><c> Thou</c><00:54:12.179><c> hast</c><00:54:12.420><c> indeed</c>

00:54:12.699 --> 00:54:14.539
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from<00:54:14.760><c> our</c><00:54:15.260><c> disease</c>

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and<00:54:17.000><c> from</c><00:54:17.199><c> all</c><00:54:17.340><c> our</c><00:54:17.619><c> transgression.</c>

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And<00:54:19.480><c> we</c><00:54:19.659><c> pray,</c><00:54:19.860><c> Father,</c>

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that<00:54:20.239><c> Thou</c><00:54:20.380><c> wilt</c><00:54:20.519><c> help</c><00:54:21.039><c> each</c><00:54:21.360><c> of</c><00:54:21.519><c> us</c>

00:54:21.679 --> 00:54:22.800
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to<00:54:23.039><c> Thy</c><00:54:23.039><c> Word,</c>

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alive<00:54:24.739><c> and</c><00:54:25.000><c> quick</c><00:54:25.179><c> to</c><00:54:25.380><c> hear,</c>

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ears<00:54:26.920><c> that</c><00:54:27.179><c> can</c><00:54:27.639><c> discern,</c>

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and<00:54:28.800><c> hearts</c><00:54:28.960><c> that</c><00:54:29.159><c> are</c><00:54:29.300><c> willing</c>

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and<00:54:29.840><c> feet</c><00:54:30.119><c> that</c><00:54:30.260><c> are</c><00:54:30.440><c> able</c>

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to<00:54:30.820><c> walk</c><00:54:31.079><c> before</c><00:54:31.480><c> Thee.</c>

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Help<00:54:33.260><c> us,</c><00:54:33.659><c> Father,</c>

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to<00:54:33.900><c> use</c><00:54:34.039><c> all</c><00:54:34.239><c> our</c><00:54:34.440><c> powers</c>

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to<00:54:35.699><c> bring</c><00:54:35.880><c> the</c><00:54:36.019><c> message</c>

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of<00:54:36.440><c> Thy</c><00:54:36.599><c> good</c><00:54:36.820><c> news,</c>

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the<00:54:38.219><c> message</c><00:54:38.440><c> of</c><00:54:38.579><c> Thy</c><00:54:38.739><c> coming</c><00:54:39.000><c> kingdom,</c>

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the<00:54:40.599><c> message</c><00:54:40.820><c> of</c><00:54:40.960><c> hope</c><00:54:41.179><c> and</c><00:54:41.380><c> restoration</c>

00:54:41.980 --> 00:54:44.460
to<00:54:42.179><c> those</c><00:54:42.519><c> that</c><00:54:42.980><c> are</c><00:54:43.159><c> around</c><00:54:43.400><c> us.</c>

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Strengthen<00:54:45.059><c> us</c><00:54:45.199><c> when</c><00:54:45.360><c> we</c><00:54:45.559><c> are</c><00:54:45.659><c> in</c><00:54:45.739><c> temptation,</c>

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we<00:54:46.840><c> pray.</c>

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Give<00:54:48.260><c> us</c><00:54:48.500><c> encouragement</c>

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when<00:54:49.099><c> we</c><00:54:49.239><c> are</c><00:54:49.340><c> discouraged.</c>

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And<00:54:51.139><c> help</c><00:54:51.320><c> us</c><00:54:51.599><c> always</c><00:54:51.820><c> to</c><00:54:52.039><c> remember</c>

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that<00:54:52.900><c> Thou</c><00:54:53.079><c> art</c><00:54:53.280><c> with</c><00:54:53.500><c> us.</c>

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We<00:54:54.980><c> would</c><00:54:55.219><c> pray,</c><00:54:55.599><c> then,</c>

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for<00:54:55.820><c> the</c><00:54:55.960><c> soon</c><00:54:56.119><c> return</c>

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of<00:54:56.539><c> the</c><00:54:56.639><c> Lord</c><00:54:56.800><c> Jesus</c><00:54:57.099><c> Himself</c>

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to<00:54:58.500><c> bring</c><00:54:58.760><c> these</c><00:54:59.500><c> times</c><00:54:59.940><c> of</c><00:55:00.199><c> trouble</c>

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and<00:55:00.679><c> trial</c><00:55:00.900><c> to</c><00:55:01.119><c> an</c><00:55:01.280><c> end,</c>

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and<00:55:02.079><c> to</c><00:55:02.219><c> establish</c><00:55:02.639><c> Thy</c><00:55:02.860><c> glory</c>

00:55:03.280 --> 00:55:04.320
from<00:55:03.599><c> one</c><00:55:03.739><c> end</c><00:55:03.900><c> of</c><00:55:03.980><c> the</c><00:55:04.139><c> world</c>

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to<00:55:04.460><c> the</c><00:55:04.659><c> other.</c>

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And<00:55:06.099><c> we</c><00:55:06.239><c> pray</c><00:55:06.380><c> on</c><00:55:06.480><c> that</c><00:55:06.739><c> day</c>

00:55:07.480 --> 00:55:08.519
that<00:55:07.880><c> we</c><00:55:07.980><c> may</c><00:55:08.039><c> each</c><00:55:08.280><c> stand</c>

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in<00:55:08.619><c> His</c><00:55:08.860><c> judgment</c>

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and<00:55:09.400><c> be</c><00:55:09.719><c> accepted</c><00:55:10.079><c> with</c><00:55:10.340><c> Him,</c>

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for<00:55:11.440><c> we</c><00:55:11.579><c> present</c><00:55:11.800><c> our</c><00:55:12.019><c> prayer</c>

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in<00:55:12.280><c> His</c><00:55:12.539><c> name</c><00:55:12.679><c> now.</c>

00:55:13.460 --> 00:55:14.400
Amen.

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In<00:55:39.260><c> the</c><00:55:39.260><c> name</c><00:55:39.260><c> of</c><00:55:39.260><c> Jesus</c><00:55:39.260><c> Christ,</c>