Isaiah:59-60
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Behold ,
the LORD '
S hand is not shortened ,
that it cannot save ;
neither his ear heavy ,
that it cannot hear :
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But your iniquities have separated between you and your God ,
and your sins have hid his face from you ,
that he will not hear .
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For your hands are defiled with blood ,
and your fingers with iniquity ;
your lips have spoken lies ,
your tongue hath muttered perverseness .
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None calleth for justice ,
nor any pleadeth for truth :
they trust in vanity ,
and speak lies ;
they conceive mischief ,
and bring forth iniquity .
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They hatch cockatrice '
eggs ,
and weave the spider '
s web :
he that eateth of their eggs dieth ,
and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper .
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Their webs shall not become garments ,
neither shall they cover themselves with their works :
their works are works of iniquity ,
and the act of violence is in their hands .
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Their feet run to evil ,
and they make haste to shed innocent blood :
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity ;
wasting and destruction are in their paths .
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The way of peace they know not ;
and there is no judgment in their goings :
they have made them crooked paths :
whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace .
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Therefore is judgment far from us ,
neither doth justice overtake us :
we wait for light ,
but behold obscurity ;
for brightness ,
but we walk in darkness .
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We grope for the wall like the blind ,
and we grope as if we had no eyes :
we stumble at noonday as in the night ;
we are in desolate places as dead men .
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We roar all like bears ,
and mourn sore like doves :
we look for judgment ,
but there is none ;
for salvation ,
but it is far off from us .
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For our transgressions are multiplied before thee ,
and our sins testify against us :
for our transgressions are with us ;
and as for our iniquities ,
we know them ;
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In transgressing and lying against the LORD ,
and departing away from our God ,
speaking oppression and revolt ,
conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood .
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And judgment is turned away backward ,
and justice standeth afar off :
for truth is fallen in the street ,
and equity cannot enter .
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Yea ,
truth faileth ;
and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey :
and the LORD saw it ,
and it displeased him that there was no judgment .
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And he saw that there was no man ,
and wondered that there was no intercessor :
therefore his arm brought salvation unto him ;
and his righteousness ,
it sustained him .
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For he put on righteousness as a breastplate ,
and an helmet of salvation upon his head ;
and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing ,
and was clad with zeal as a cloke .
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According to their deeds ,
accordingly he will repay ,
fury to his adversaries ,
recompence to his enemies ;
to the islands he will repay recompence .
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So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west ,
and his glory from the rising of the sun .
When the enemy shall come in like a flood ,
the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him .
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And the Redeemer shall come to Zion ,
and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob ,
saith the LORD .
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As for me ,
this is my covenant with them ,
saith the LORD ;
My spirit that is upon thee ,
and my words which I have put in thy mouth ,
shall not depart out of thy mouth ,
nor out of the mouth of thy seed ,
nor out of the mouth of thy seed '
s seed ,
saith the LORD ,
from henceforth and for ever .
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Arise ,
shine ;
for thy light is come ,
and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee .
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For ,
behold ,
the darkness shall cover the earth ,
and gross darkness the people :
but the LORD shall arise upon thee ,
and his glory shall be seen upon thee .
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And the Gentiles shall come to thy light ,
and kings to the brightness of thy rising .
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Lift up thine eyes round about ,
and see :
all they gather themselves together ,
they come to thee :
thy sons shall come from far ,
and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side .
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Then thou shalt see ,
and flow together ,
and thine heart shall fear ,
and be enlarged ;
because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee ,
the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee .
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The multitude of camels shall cover thee ,
the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah ;
all they from Sheba shall come :
they shall bring gold and incense ;
and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD .
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All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee ,
the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee :
they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar ,
and I will glorify the house of my glory .
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Who are these that fly as a cloud ,
and as the doves to their windows ?
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Surely the isles shall wait for me ,
and the ships of Tarshish first ,
to bring thy sons from far ,
their silver and their gold with them ,
unto the name of the LORD thy God ,
and to the Holy One of Israel ,
because he hath glorified thee .
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And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls ,
and their kings shall minister unto thee :
for in my wrath I smote thee ,
but in my favour have I had mercy on thee .
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Therefore thy gates shall be open continually ;
they shall not be shut day nor night ;
that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles ,
and that their kings may be brought .
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For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish ;
yea ,
those nations shall be utterly wasted .
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The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee ,
the fir tree ,
the pine tree ,
and the box together ,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary ;
and I will make the place of my feet glorious .
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The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee ;
and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet ;
and they shall call thee ,
The city of the LORD ,
The Zion of the Holy One of Israel .
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Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated ,
so that no man went through thee ,
I will make thee an eternal excellency ,
a joy of many generations .
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Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles ,
and shalt suck the breast of kings :
and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer ,
the mighty One of Jacob .
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For brass I will bring gold ,
and for iron I will bring silver ,
and for wood brass ,
and for stones iron :
I will also make thy officers peace ,
and thine exactors righteousness .
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Violence shall no more be heard in thy land ,
wasting nor destruction within thy borders ;
but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation ,
and thy gates Praise .
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The sun shall be no more thy light by day ;
neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee :
but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light ,
and thy God thy glory .
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Thy sun shall no more go down ;
neither shall thy moon withdraw itself :
for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light ,
and the days of thy mourning shall be ended .
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Thy people also shall be all righteous :
they shall inherit the land for ever ,
the branch of my planting ,
the work of my hands ,
that I may be glorified .
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A little one shall become a thousand ,
and a small one a strong nation :
I the LORD will hasten it in his time .
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The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me ;
because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ;
he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted ,
to proclaim liberty to the captives ,
and the opening of the prison to them that are bound ;