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An Unlikely Duet

Isaiah and…

…Bob Dylan

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Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son ?And where have you been my darling young one ?

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I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the LORD, defying his glorious presence. Isaiah 3:8

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I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways

Their roads they have made crooked; no one who walks in them knows peace.

Isaiah 59:8

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I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests

The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.

Isaiah 10:19

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I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans

By my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a desert; their fish stink for lack of water, and die of thirst.

Isaiah 50:2

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I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard

And they shall go out and look at the dead bodies of the people who have rebelled against me

Isaiah 66:24

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And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hardIt's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

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Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son ?And what did you see, my darling young one ?

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I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it

Their bows will slaughter the young men; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; their eyes will not pity children.

Isaiah 13:18

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I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it

The highways are deserted, travelers have quit the road.

Isaiah 33:8

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I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin'

Their slain shall be cast out, and the stench of their corpses shall rise; the mountains shall flow with their blood.

Isaiah 34:3

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I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin'

Why do we fast, but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?" Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day, and oppress all your workers.Isaiah 58:3

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I saw a white ladder all covered with water

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw…

Isaiah 6:1

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I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken

Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open your mouth wide and stick out your tongue?

Isaiah 57:4

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I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children

Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.

Isaiah 1:2

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And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hardIt's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

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And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son ?And what did you hear, my darling young one ?

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I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin'

You will be visited by the LORD of hosts with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire. Isaiah 29:6

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I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world

For I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar -- the LORD of hosts is his name.

Isaiah 51:15

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I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin'

Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them

Isaiah 5:25

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I heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'

Listen, and hear my voice; Pay attention, and hear my speech.

Isaiah 28:23

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I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin'

Therefore my people go into exile without knowledge; their nobles are dying of hunger, and their multitude is parched with thirst.

Isaiah 5:13

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Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter

Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people…and their bodies were like refuse in the streets.

Isaiah 5:25

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Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley

Listen! the valiant cry in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

Isaiah 33:7

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And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hardAnd it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

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Oh, who did you meet my blue-eyed son ?Who did you meet, my darling young one ?

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I met a young child beside a dead pony

For before the child knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land before whose two kings you are in dread will be deserted.

Isaiah 7:16

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I met a white man who walked a black dog

I held out my hands all day long to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own devices;

Isaiah 65:2

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I met a young woman whose body was burning

Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts the land was burned, and the people became like fuel for the fire; no one spared another.

Isaiah 9:19

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I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow

I will give you as a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.

Isaiah 49:6

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I met one man who was wounded in love

But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed.Isaiah 53:5

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I met another man who was wounded in hatred

On the day when the LORD binds up the injuries of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.

Isaiah 30:26

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And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hardAnd it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

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And what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son ?And what'll you do now my darling young one ?

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I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin'

It will serve as a pavilion, a shade by day from the heat, and a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.

Isaiah 4:6

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I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness -- on them light has shined.

Isaiah 9:2

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Where the people are a many and their hands are all empty

When you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen

Isaiah 1:15

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Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters

The LORD of hosts, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and staff -- all support of bread, and all support of water

Isaiah 3:1

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Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison

They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit; they will be shut up in a prison, and after many days they will be punished.

Isaiah 24:22

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Where the executioner's face is always well hidden

There is no one who calls on your name, or attempts to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have delivered us into the hand of our iniquity. Isaiah 64:7

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Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten

But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, my Lord has forgotten me."

Isaiah 49:14

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Where black is the color, where none is the number

We wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

Isaiah 59:11

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And I'll tell and think it and speak it and breathe it

The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners;

Isaiah 61:1

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And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it

Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings,

lift it up, do not fear; say to the cities of Judah, "Here is your God!"

Isaiah 10:19

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Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin'

If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.

Isaiah 7:9

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But I'll know my song well before I start singin'

Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the end of the earth!

Isaiah 41:10

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And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hardIt's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

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