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Berean Standard Bible

“For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.”

Isaiah 2:6

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Chapter 2 begins with a vision of the nations streaming to the mountain of the Lord in the last days. Then Isaiah turns sharply to the present state of Judah, inviting Jacob's house to walk in the Lord's light.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with influences from the east; they are soothsayers like the Philistines; they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

World English Bible (WEB)

For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east, with those who practice divination like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with the children of foreigners.

King James Version (KJV)

Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.

American Standard Version (ASV)

For thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are filled [with customs] from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

For you, O Lord, have given up your people, the family of Jacob, because they are full of the evil ways of the east, and make use of secret arts like the Philistines, and are friends with the children of strange countries.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Ciertamente tú has dejado tu pueblo, la casa de Jacob, porque son henchidos de oriente, y de agoreros, como los Filisteos; y en hijos ajenos descansan.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

El Señor los ha rechazado porque dieron cabida a extranjeros del oriente que practican la magia y se comunican con los malos espíritus, como hacen los filisteos.

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