Isaiah:60-63
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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 (
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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 tiph #
arah #.
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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 ri #
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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 Yisra #
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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 Yisra #
el #.
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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 ga #
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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 Ya #
aqob #.
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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 y @
shuw #
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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 tiph #
arah #.
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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 p @
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to them that are bound ;
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To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD ,
and the day of vengeance of our God ;
to comfort all that mourn ;
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To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion ,
to give unto them beauty for ashes ,
the oil of joy for mourning ,
the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness ;
that they might be called trees of righteousness ,
the planting of the LORD ,
that he might be glorified .
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And they shall build the old wastes ,
they shall raise up the former desolations ,
and they shall repair the waste cities ,
the desolations of many generations .
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And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks tso #
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and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers .
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But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD :
men shall call you the Ministers of our God :
ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles ,
and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves .
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For your shame ye shall have double ;
and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion :
therefore in their land they shall possess the double :
everlasting joy shall be unto them .
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For I the LORD love judgment ,
I hate robbery for burnt offering ;
and I will direct their work in truth ,
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them .
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And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles ,
and their offspring among the people :
all that see them shall acknowledge them ,
that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed .
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I will greatly rejoice in the LORD ,
my soul shall be joyful in my God ;
for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation ,
he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness ,
as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments p @#
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and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels .
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For as the earth bringeth forth her bud ,
and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth ;
so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations .
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For Zions sake will I not hold my peace ,
and for Jerusalems sake I will not rest ,
until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness ,
and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth .
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And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness ,
and all kings thy glory :
and thou shalt be called by a new name ,
which the mouth of the LORD shall name .
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Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD ,
and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God .
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Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken ;
neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate :
but thou shalt be called Hephzibah Chephtsiy ,
and thy land Beulah :
for the LORD delighteth in thee ,
and thy land shall be married .
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For as a young man marrieth a virgin ,
so shall thy sons marry thee :
and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride ,
so shall thy God rejoice over thee .
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I have set watchmen upon thy walls ,
O Jerusalem ,
which shall never hold their peace day nor night :
ye that make mention of the LORD ,
keep not silence ,
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And give him no rest ,
till he establish ,
and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth .
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The LORD hath sworn by his right hand ,
and by the arm of his strength ,
Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies ;
and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine ,
for the which thou hast laboured :
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But they that have gathered it shall eat it ,
and praise the LORD ;
and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness .
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Go through ,
go through the gates sha #
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prepare ye the way of the people ;
cast up ,
cast up the highway ;
gather out the stones ;
lift up a standard for the people .
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Behold ,
the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world ,
Say ye to the daughter of Zion ,
Behold ,
thy salvation cometh ;
behold ,
his reward is with him ,
and his work before him .
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And they shall call them ,
The holy people ,
The redeemed of the LORD :
and thou shalt be called ,
Sought out ,
A city not forsaken .
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Who is this that cometh from Edom ,
with dyed garments from Bozrah ?
this that is glorious in his apparel ,
travelling in the greatness of his strength ?
I that speak in righteousness ,
mighty to save .
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Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel ,
and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat ?
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I have trodden the winepress alone ;
and of the people there was none with me :
for I will tread them in mine anger ,
and trample them in my fury ;
and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments ,
and I will stain all my raiment .
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For the day of vengeance is in mine heart ,
and the year of my redeemed is come .
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And I looked ,
and there was none to help ;
and I wondered that there was none to uphold :
therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me ;
and my fury ,
it upheld me .
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And I will tread down the people in mine anger ,
and make them drunk in my fury ,
and I will bring down their strength to the earth .
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I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD ,
and the praises of the LORD ,
according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us ,
and the great goodness toward the house of Israel Yisra #
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which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies ,
and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses .
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For he said ,
Surely they are my people ,
children that will not lie :
so he was their Saviour .
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In all their affliction he was afflicted ,
and the angel of his presence saved them :
in his love and in his pity he redeemed them ;
and he bare them ,
and carried them all the days of old .
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But they rebelled ,
and vexed his holy Spirit :
therefore he was turned to be their enemy ,
and he fought against them .
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Then he remembered the days of old ,
Moses ,
and his people ,
saying ,
Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock tso #
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where is he that put his holy Spirit within him ?
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That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm ,
dividing the water before them ,
to make himself an everlasting name ?
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That led them through the deep ,
as an horse in the wilderness ,
that they should not stumble ?
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As a beast goeth down into the valley biq #
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the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest :
so didst thou lead thy people ,
to make thyself a glorious name .
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Look down from heaven ,
and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory tiph #
arah #:
where is thy zeal and thy strength ,
the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me ?
are they restrained ?
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Doubtless thou art our father ,
though Abraham be ignorant lo #
of us ,
and Israel acknowledge us not :
thou ,
O LORD ,
art our father ,
our redeemer ;
thy name is from everlasting .
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O LORD ,
why hast thou made us to err from thy ways ,
and hardened our heart from thy fear yir #
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Return for thy servants sake ,
the tribes of thine inheritance .
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The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while mits #
ar #:
our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary .
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We are thine :
thou never barest rule over them ;
they were not called by thy name .
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Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens ,
that thou wouldest come down ,
that the mountains might flow down at thy presence ,