Isaiah 5:25-27

Common English Bible

God’s powerful hand

²⁵This is why the Lord’s anger burned against the people:
    he extended his hand to strike them,
    the mountains trembled,
    and their corpses lay in the middle of the streets like dung.
Even then God’s anger didn’t turn away;
    God’s hand was still extended.

²⁶God will raise a signal to a nation from far away
    and whistle to them from the end of the earth—
    now look—hurrying, swiftly they come!
²⁷Not one is tired; not one stumbles;
    they don’t rest or sleep;
    no belt is loose; no sandal broken;

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