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11 Lord, your arm is raised to punish them,
    but they don’t see it.
Show them how strong your love[a] is for your people.
    Then those who are evil will be ashamed.
    Yes, your fire will destroy your enemies.
12 Lord, you have succeeded in doing everything we tried to do,
    so give us peace.

God Will Give New Life to His People

13 Lord, you are our God,
    but in the past, we followed other lords.
We belonged to other masters,[b]
    but now we want people to remember only one name—yours.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:11 strong … love The Hebrew word means strong feelings like love, hate, anger, zeal, or jealousy.
  2. Isaiah 26:13 we followed … masters This is a wordplay. It could also be translated, “Husbands other than you married us.” One word sounds like “Baal,” the other like a title for God.

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