OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 1:2

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Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for the LORD has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me.

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Verse 2. Earth. He apostrophises these insensible things, ( Calmet.) because they contain all others, and are the most durable. Theod. Deuteronomy 31:1.

EXPLANATION

When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “יהוה”, usually pronounced Yahweh).

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