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Isaiah 11 / Basic English

1. And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.
2. And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
3. And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:
4. But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.
5. And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.
6. And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide.
7. And the cow and the bear will be friends while their young ones are sleeping together.
8. And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.
9. There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain: for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is covered by the waters.
10. And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.
11. And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.
12. And he will put up a flag as a sign to the nations, and he will get together those of Israel who had been sent away, and the wandering ones of Judah, from the four ends of the earth.
13. And the envy of Ephraim will be gone, and those who make trouble for Judah will come to an end: Ephraim will have no more envy of Judah, and there will be an end of Judah's hate for Ephraim.
14. And they will be united in attacking the Philistines on the west, and together they will take the goods of the children of the east: their hand will be on Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon will be under their rule.
15. And the Lord will make the tongue of the Egyptian sea completely dry; and with his burning wind his hand will be stretched out over the River, and it will be parted into seven streams, so that men may go over it with dry feet.
16. And there will be a highway for the rest of his people from Assyria; as there was for Israel in the day when he came up out of the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 12 / Basic English

1. And in that day you will say I will give praise to you, O Lord; for though you were angry with me, your wrath is turned away, and I am comforted.
2. See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.
3. So with joy will you get water out of the springs of salvation.
4. And in that day you will say, Give praise to the Lord, let his name be honoured, give word of his doings among the peoples, say that his name is lifted up.
5. Make a song to the Lord; for he has done noble things: give news of them through all the earth.
6. Let your voice be sounding in a cry of joy, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.

Isaiah 13 / Basic English

1. The word of the Lord about Babylon which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.
2. Put up a flag on a clear mountain-top, make a loud outcry to them, give directions with the hand, so that they may go into the doors of the great ones.
3. I have given orders to my holy ones, I have sent out my men of war, those of mine who take pride in their power, to give effect to my wrath.
4. The noise of great numbers in the mountains, like the noise of a strong people! The noise of the kingdoms of the nations meeting together! The Lord of armies is numbering his forces for war.
5. They come from a far country, from the farthest part of heaven, even the Lord and the instruments of his wrath, with destruction for all the land.
6. Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.
7. For this cause all hands will be feeble, and every heart of man be turned to water;
8. Their hearts will be full of fear; pains and sorrows will overcome them; they will be in pain like a woman in childbirth; they will be shocked at one another; their faces will be like flames.
9. See, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel, with wrath and burning passion: to make the land a waste, driving the sinners in it to destruction.
10. For the stars of heaven and its bright armies will not give their light: the sun will be made dark in his journey through the heaven, and the moon will keep back her light.
11. And I will send punishment on the world for its evil, and on the sinners for their wrongdoing; and I will put an end to all pride, and will make low the power of the cruel.
12. I will make men so small in number, that a man will be harder to get than gold, even the best gold of Ophir.
13. For this cause the heavens will be shaking, and the earth will be moved out of its place, in the wrath of the Lord of armies, and in the day of his burning passion.
14. And it will be that, like a roe in flight, and like wandering sheep, they will go every man to his people and to his land.
15. Everyone who is overtaken will have a spear put through him, and everyone who goes in flight will be put to the sword.
16. Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.
17. See, I am driving the Medes against them, who put no value on silver and have no pleasure in gold.
18. In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body.
19. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beautiful town which is the pride of the Chaldaeans, will be like God's destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
20. People will never be living in it again, and it will have no more men from generation to generation: the Arab will not put up his tent there; and those who keep sheep will not make it a resting-place for their flocks.
21. But the beasts of the waste land will have their holes there; and the houses will be full of crying jackals, and ostriches will have their place there, and evil spirits will be dancing there.
22. And wolves will be answering one another in their towers, and jackals in their houses of pleasure: her time is near, and her days of power will quickly be ended.

1 Corinthians 16 / Basic English

1. Now about the giving of money for the saints, as I gave orders to the churches of Galatia, so do you.
2. On the first day of the week, let every one of you put by him in store, in measure as he has done well in business, so that it may not be necessary to get money together when I come.
3. And when I come, I will send the men of your selection with letters to take the money you have got together to Jerusalem.
4. And if it is possible for me to go there, they will go with me.
5. But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia, for that is my purpose;
6. But I may be with you for a time, or even for the winter, so that you may see me on my way, wherever I go.
7. For it is not my desire to see you now, on my way; because it is my hope to be with you for some time, if that is the Lord's pleasure.
8. But I will be at Ephesus till Pentecost;
9. For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.
10. Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear; because he is doing the Lord's work, even as I am:
11. See then that he has the honour which is right. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me: for I am looking for him with the brothers.
12. But as for Apollos, the brother, I had a great desire for him to come to you with the brothers, but it was not his pleasure to come now; but he will come when he has a chance.
13. Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.
14. Let all you do be done in love.
15. Now I make my request to you, my brothers, for you have knowledge that the house of Stephanas is the first-fruits of Achaia, and that they have made themselves the servants of the saints,
16. That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.
17. And I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for they have done what was needed to make your work complete.
18. For they gave comfort to my spirit and to yours: for which cause give respect to such people.
19. The churches of Asia send their love to you. So do Aquila and Prisca, with the church which is in their house.
20. All the brothers send their love to you. Give one another a holy kiss.
21. I, Paul, send you these words of love in my writing.
22. If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha (our Lord comes).
23. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
24. My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. So be it.