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280 : Basic English : Isaiah 53,54,55; Galatians 4 1. Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled?
2. For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;
3. Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
4. But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come.
5. But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.
; AB church Lausanne

279 : Basic English : Isaiah 50,51,52; Galatians 3 1. This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.
2. Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.
3. By me the heavens are clothed with black, and I make haircloth their robe.
4. The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:
5. And I have not put myself against him, or let my heart be turned back from him.
; AB church Lausanne

278 : Basic English : Isaiah 48,49; Galatians 2 1. Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.
2. For they say that they are of the holy town, and put their faith in the God of Israel: the Lord of armies is his name.
3. I gave word in the past of the things which came about; they came from my mouth, and I made them clear: suddenly I did them, and they came about.
4. Because I saw that your heart was hard, and that your neck was an iron cord, and your brow brass;
5. For this reason I made it clear to you in the past, before it came I gave you word of it: for fear that you might say, My god did these things, and my pictured and metal images made them come about.
; AB church Lausanne

277 : Basic English : Isaiah 45,46,47; Galatians 1 1. The Lord says to the man of his selection, to Cyrus, whom I have taken by the right hand, putting down nations before him, and taking away the arms of kings; making the doors open before him, so that the ways into the towns may not be shut;
2. I will go before you, and make the rough places level: the doors of brass will be broken, and the iron rods cut in two:
3. And I will give you the stores of the dark, and the wealth of secret places, so that you may be certain that I am the Lord, who gave you your name, even the God of Israel.
4. Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.
5. I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me: I will make you ready for war, though you had no knowledge of me:
; AB church Lausanne

276 : Basic English : Isaiah 43,44; 2 Corinthians 13 1. But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine.
2. When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.
3. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you.
4. Because of your value in my eyes, you have been honoured, and loved by me; so I will give men for you, and peoples for your life.
5. Have no fear, for I am with you: I will take your seed from the east, and get you together from the west;
; AB church Lausanne