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(From Isaiah 42, as taught by Lane Brown)

Hear the word of the Lord, you deaf;
look, you blind, and see!
Who is blind but my servant, Israel,
and deaf to my every plea?
You have seen many things my hands have wrought,
the miracles and blessings I send,
but your blind eyes have paid no attention;
your ear I’m unable to bend.
It pleased the Lord in his wisdom,
for the sake of his righteousness,
to make his law great and glorious,
his obedient children to bless.
But this is a people plundered
and looted because of their sin,
trapped in pits or hidden in prison;
without God there’s no way to win.
His discipline aims at repentance,
to show you the need for his love,
but you turn a deaf ear to his teachers,
the prophets he guides from above.
Which of you will pay close attention
to the history of your clan?
Who handed Jacob over as loot
and Israel as plunder again?
Was it not the Lord of heaven?
For they would not follow his ways.
They chose not to obey his law,
have rebelled through endless days.
So he poured out his anger upon them,
the violence of war.
It enveloped them in consuming flames,
but they did not take it to heart.

Cora Gail Trent
www.cgtrent.com
cgtrent@att.net