Study the Basic English Bible in 1 year

273 : Basic English : Isaiah 37,38; 2 Corinthians 10 1. And on hearing it Hezekiah took off his robe and put on haircloth and went into the house of the Lord.
2. And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the chief priests, dressed in haircloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
3. And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame: for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.
4. It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so make your prayer for the rest of the people.
5. So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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272 : Basic English : Isaiah 34,35,36; 2 Corinthians 9 1. Come near, you nations, and give ear; take note, you peoples: let the earth and everything in it give ear; the world and all those living in it.
2. For the Lord is angry with all the nations, and his wrath is burning against all their armies: he has put them to the curse, he has given them to destruction.
3. Their dead bodies will be thick on the face of the earth, and their smell will come up, and the mountains will be flowing with their blood, and all the hills will come to nothing.
4. And the heavens will be rolled together like the roll of a book: and all their army will be gone, like a dead leaf from the vine, or a dry fruit from the fig-tree.
5. For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.
; AB church Lausanne

271 : Basic English : Isaiah 32,33; 2 Corinthians 8 1. See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.
2. And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
3. And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.
4. The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.
5. The foolish man will no longer be named noble, and they will not say of the false man that he is a man of honour.
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270 : Basic English : Isaiah 30,31; 2 Corinthians 7 1. Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin:
2. Who make a move to go down into Egypt, without authority from me; who are looking to the strength of Pharaoh for help, and whose hope is in the shade of Egypt.
3. And the strength of Pharaoh will be your shame, and your hope in the shade of Egypt will come to nothing.
4. For his chiefs are at Zoan, and his representatives have come to Hanes.
5. For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name.
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269 : Basic English : Isaiah 28,29; 2 Corinthians 6 1. Ho! crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim, and the dead flower of his glory which is on the head of those who are overcome by strong drink!
2. See, the Lord has a strong and cruel one; like a rain of ice, a storm of destruction, like the overflowing of a strong river, he will violently overcome them.
3. The crown of pride of those who are given up to wine in Ephraim will be crushed under foot;
4. And the dead flower of his glory, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like the first early fruit before the summer; which a man takes and puts in his mouth the minute he sees it.
5. In that day will the Lord of armies be a crown of glory, and a fair ornament, to the rest of his people;
; AB church Lausanne