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The Holy Bible in Modern English. Revised Edition.
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Ferrar Fentons 'Holy Bible in Modern English. All spelling, punctuation and formatting maintained through-out. Verse ordering follows the King James version for clarity and necessary organization of the verses.

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RF ISA 5:1 ODE 8.
PROPHET.
The Vineyard of his Friend.
"I will now sing to my Friend, a lovely song of his vineyard.
My Friend had a beautiful farm on a spur of the Son of Fatness.
RF ISA 5:2 He dug it and cleared, and he planted with vines of Sorek,
And a tower he built in the midst, and cut out a Wine-vat beneath it,
Expecting to reap good grapes—but it produced him only bad ones.
RF ISA 5:3 So now Jerusalem's dwellers, and you the men of Judea,
Judge between me and my farm;
RF ISA 5:4 What could I do to my vineyard more than what I did to it?
When I expected sweet grapes, why has it borne me these sourlings?
Now then advise me yourselves, what I should do to my vineyard?"
RF ISA 5:5 MEN OF JERUSALEM.
"Cut up and burn its hedge,—break its fences and let it be trampled."
PROPHET.
RF ISA 5:6 "Yes! I will lay it waste—not dig or trim,—let briars and thorns grow! I will command to the clouds not to rain showers upon it."—
RF ISA 5:7 But the farm of the LORD OF HOSTS is the household of Israel, And the men of Judea the plant that He loved and He hoped for;—He looked to see. Justice done, but found crime; and for kindness oppression.
RF ISA 5:8 ODE 9.
Woe Denounced to the Abericious.
Alas they add house to house,—wide farm to farm,—That alone they may dwell in the heart of the land!
RF ISA 5:9 But the LORD OF HOSTS whispers to me,—Many great and fair Halls shall be waste, And no one dwell there!
RF ISA 5:10 So ten acres of farm yield a Bath And five homers of seed an Ephah
RF ISA 5:11 At dawn they rise to seek drink, Chase wine until eve to inflame them.
RF ISA 5:12 There are harp and lute, the drum and the fife. And wine in the feasts with them, But no thought of the work of the LORD, They see not what His hands have made!
RF ISA 5:13 By want of knowledge my Race is stripped, And their nobles destroyed by greed; And their Masses rage with thirst.
RF ISA 5:14 The Grave therefore has roused her soul, And her mouth she has opened wide,—And high and low rush into it cheering!
RF ISA 5:15 But the men shall stoop and women fall With their haughty eyes flung low,
RF ISA 5:16 When the LORD of Might shall rise to judge. The Holy GOD decree the right;
RF ISA 5:17 Then lambs shall feed as they desire, And kids shall graze in the fertile fields.
RF ISA 5:18 ODE 10.
A Warning to Scoffers.
Woe! you haulers of Passion by Vanity's Cables;—And Sin with thick ropes like a cart!—
RF ISA 5:19 Who say, "Let him hasten, and do his work quickly; For then we can see it advance Let Israel's Holy One bring out His purpose; And then we can know it!"
RF ISA 5:20 Woe! you call evil, Good, and turn Good into evil,—And Darkness the Light, and turn Light into Darkness; The Bitter to Sweet, and the Sweet into Bitter!
RF ISA 5:21 Alas! in your eyes you are wise—to your own faces prudent,—
RF ISA 5:22 Woe, you heroes with drunkards, brave men to mix drink!
RF ISA 5:23 Who for bribes wrong to right, and turn right into wrong,
RF ISA 5:24 So, as fire's tongue eats chaff, and the flame consumes hay, There shoot shall be scorched, and their bloom fly as dust, For the Laws of the LORD OF HOSTS they have despised, And derided the words of the Holy of Israel!
RF ISA 5:25 And so for his people the LORD'S anger burnt, So he stretched out his hand over them and has struck; The Hills shook, and their mass was flung into the Squares, And their bulk was like wreck in the heart of the streets!—Yet His anger turns not for this, but His hand is extended still!
RF ISA 5:26 And the Nations from far He will also rouse up, And whistle to them from the bounds of the earth,—And look! how they hasten—now quick they come on
RF ISA 5:27 None weary or stumble, they sleep not or slumber, Their belts not unclasped, and their boots not unlaced.
RF ISA 5:28 Their arrows are sharpened, their bows are all bent, Their horse hoofs are flint, and their car wheels a whirlwind.
RF ISA 5:29 Like a lion they growl, and they bellow like tigers; They seize prey, and go,—and no one can prevent,
RF ISA 5:30 Though at them they roar like the roar of the sea! Then men will look down to the earth—and behold dark despair, And by its deep gloom the light will seem black.




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AKJV ROM 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?



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