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274 : Basic English : Isaiah 39,40; 2 Corinthians 11 1. At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters with an offering to Hezekiah, because he had news that Hezekiah had been ill, and was well again.
2. And Hezekiah was glad at their coming, and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil, and all the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores: there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom which he did not let them see.
3. Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, What did these men say, and where did they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from Babylon.
4. And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah said in answer, They saw everything in my house: there is nothing among my stores which I did not let them see.
5. Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Give ear to the word of the Lord of armies:
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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.
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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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