The Blindness of the People

14 (A)I have kept silent for a long time,
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor I will groan,
I will both gasp and pant.

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14 “For a long time I have kept silent,(A)
    I have been quiet and held myself back.(B)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
    I cry out, I gasp and pant.(C)

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16 I will (A)lead those who are blind by a way they have not known,
In paths they have not known I will guide them.
I will (B)turn darkness into light before them
And (C)uneven land into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will (D)not leave them undone.”

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16 I will lead(A) the blind(B) by ways they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light(C) before them
    and make the rough places smooth.(D)
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake(E) them.

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(A)For the sake of My name I (B)delay My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain it for you,
In order not to cut you off.

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For my own name’s sake(A) I delay my wrath;(B)
    for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
    so as not to destroy you completely.(C)

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Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he (A)cried out and said, “Forty more days, and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

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Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming,(A) “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

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10 When God saw their deeds, that they (A)turned from their evil way, then (B)God relented of the disaster which He had declared He would [a]bring on them. So He did not do it.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 3:10 Lit do to

10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented(A) and did not bring on them the destruction(B) he had threatened.(C)

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(A)The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but (B)is patient toward you, (C)not willing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance.

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The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise,(A) as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient(B) with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.(C)

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15 and regard the (A)patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also (B)our beloved brother Paul, (C)according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,

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15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience(A) means salvation,(B) just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.(C)

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