Isaiah:7-10
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And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz son of Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah ,
that Rezin king of Syria ,
and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel ,
came up ,
to Jerusalem ,
to war against it ,
but could not prevail against it .
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And it was told the house of David ,
saying ,
Syria hath settled down upon Ephraim .
Then shook his heart ,
and the heart of his people ,
as the trees of a forest shake before a wind .
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Then said Yahweh ,
unto Isaiah ,
Go forth ,
I pray thee ,
to meet Ahaz ,
thou ,
and Shear-jashub thy son ,
unto the end of the channel of the upper pool ,
unto the highway of the fullers field ;
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and say unto him Take heed and keep thyself calmdo not fear ,
neither let thy heart be faint ,
because of these two fag-ends of smoking firebrands ,
in spite of the glow of the anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah .
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Because Syria ,
hath taken counsel against thee ,
for mischief ,
Ephraim and the son of Remaliah ,
saying ,
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Let us go up against Judah ,
and besiege it ,
and break it open ,
for ourselves ,
and set up a king in the midst thereof ,
even the son of Tabeal ,
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Thus ,
saith My Lord ,
Yahweh ,
It shall not stand Neither shall it come to pass !
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For ,
though the head of Syria is Damascus ,
And ,
the head of Damascus ,
is Rezin ,
Yet within threescore and five years more ,
shall Ephraim be broken that it shall not be a people ;
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Even though the head of Ephraim is Samaria ,
And ,
the head of Samaria ,
is the son of Remaliah .
If ye trust not ,
Surely ,
ye cannot be trusted !
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And again spake Yahweh unto Ahaz saying
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Ask thee a sign ,
of Yahweh thy God ,
Go down deep for a request ,
Or ascend on high !
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But Ahaz said ,
I will not ask Nor will I put Yahweh to the proof .
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Then said he Hear ,
I pray you ,
O house of David !
Is it ,
too little ,
for you to weary men ,
that ye must weary even my God ?
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Wherefore let My Lord Himself give you a sign ,
Lo !
a Virgin ,
being with child and giving birth to a son ,
thou wilt call his name Immanuel .
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Curds and honey ,
shall he eat ,
by the time that he knoweth to refuse the bad and choose the good ;
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for before the boy knoweth to refuse the bad and choose the good ,
forsaken shall be the land ,
at which ,
thou ,
art alarmed ,
of the presence of both her kings .
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Yahweh will bring upon thee and upon thy people ,
and upon the house of thy father ,
days which have not come ,
from the day when Ephraim departed from Judah ,
even the king of Assyria .
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And it shall come to pass in that day that Yahweh will give a signal To the fly that is in the uttermost part of the Nile-canals of Egypt ,
And to the bee that is in the land of Assyria .
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And they shall all of them come and settle down In the desolate torrent-valleys ,
And in the rents of the crags ,
And on all the thorn-bushes ,
And on all the pastures ,
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In that day ,
will My Lord shave ,
with hired razor ,
even with them of the lands over the River Euphrates ,
with the king of Assyria ,
the head and the hair of the feet ,
yea ,
even the beard ,
will it sweep off .
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And it shall come to pass in that day ,
that a man shall keep alive a young cow and two sheep .
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Yea it shall come to pass for the abundance of the yield of milk ,
that he shall eat curds ,
for ,
curds and honey ,
shall every one eat that is left in the midst of the land .
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And it shall some to pass in that day ,
that ,
every place wherein there used to be a thousand vines at a thousand pieces of silver ,
yea ,
even for briars and thorns ,
shall it be .
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With arrows and with a bow ,
shall one come in thither ,
for briars and thorns ,
shall be all the land .
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But all the hills which ,
with the hoe ,
can be weeded ,
there shall not come thither ,
the fear of briars anti thorns ,
but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen ,
and for the tread of lesser cattle .
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And Yahweh said unto me :
Take thee a large tablet ,
and write thereon in plain characters ,
To Maher-shalal-hash-baz . "
Speed-spoil-hurry-prey ".
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That I may take in attestation ,
faithful witnesses ,
even Uriah the priest ,
and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah .
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Then approached I unto the prophetess ,
and she conceived and bare a son ,
and Yahweh said unto me ,
Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz .
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For before the boy shall have knowledge to cry ,
My father !
and ,
My mother !
the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria .
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And again Yahweh spake unto me yet further saying :
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Because this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah which flow softly ,
and are rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah ,
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now therefore ,
lo !
the Lord is about to bring up against them the waters ,
strong and many ,
of the River ,
even the king of Assyria and all his glory ,
and he shall rise over all his channels ,
and flow over all his banks ; \
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and roll on throughout Judahoverflow and pass along ,
till unto the neck ,
he shall reach ,
and it shall be ,
that ,
the stretching out of his wings ,
shall fill the breadth of thy land ,
O Immanuel !
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Rage ,
O ye peoples ,
and be overthrown ,
And give ear ,
all ye distant parts of the earth ,
Gird yourselves and be overthrown ,
Gird yourselves ,
and be overthrown :
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Determine a plan ,
and it shall be frustrated ,
Speak a word ,
and it shall not stand ,
For With-us-is-GOD !
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For ,
thus ,
spake Yahweh unto me like a firm grasp of the hand ,
when he admonished me ,
not to walk in the way of this people ,
saying :
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Ye shall not say A confederacy !
of everything of which this people may say .
A confederacy !
And their fear ,
shall ye not fear or regard as awful :
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Yahweh of hosts ,
him ,
shall ye hallow ,
And let ,
him ,
be your fear ,
and let ,
him inspire you with awe ;
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So shall he become a hallowed asylum ,
But a stone to strike against ,
and a rock to stumble over unto both houses of Israel A trap and a snare to the dweller in Jerusalem ;
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And many ,
shall stumble among them ,
and fall and be torn ,
and snared ,
and captured .
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Bind thou up the testimony ,
Seal the instruction amongst my disciples .
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I will therefore long for Yahweh ,
Who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob ,
And will wait ,
for him .
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Lo !
I and the children whom Yahweh hath given me ,
are for signs and for wonders in Israel ,
from Yahweh of hosts ,
who is making his habitation in Mount Zion .
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But ,
when they say unto you Seek ye unto the necromancers and unto the wizards ,
who chirp ,
and who mutter ,
Should not u people seek ,
unto its God ?
In behalf of the living ,
unto the dead ?
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To the law and to the testimony !
If they speak not according to this word ,,
because they have no dawning day .
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Therefore shall they pass through it hard pressed and hungry ,
And it shall be when they hunger ,
then will they rage and revile their king and their god and turn their faces upwards ;
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And unto the land ,
shall they look hard ,
And lo !
distress and darkness ,
the gloom of anguish ,
driven away !
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For there is no gloom to her who had been in anguish ,
In the former time ,
he brought into dishonour The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali ,
In the latter time ,
hath he brought into honour The Lake-way over the Jordan ,
Galilee of the nations .
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the people who were walking in darkness ,
Have seen a great light ,
The dwellers in a land death-shadowed ,
A light ,
hath shined upon them .
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Thou hast increased the exultation Thou hast made great the joy ,
They joy before thee ,
according to the joy of harvest ,
As men exult when they distribute spoil .
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For ,
the yoke of their burden ,
The cross-bar of their shoulder ,
The goad of their driver ,
Hast thou broken ,
as in the day of Midian .
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Surely ,
every boot of one tramping in tumult ,
and the war-cloak rolled in blood Then shall serve for burning ,
food for fire ;
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For ,
A Child ,
hath been born to us ,
A Son ,
hath been given to us ,
And the dominion is upon his shoulder ,
And his Name hath been called Wonderful Counsellor ,
Mighty GOD ,
Father of Futurity ,
Prince of Prosperity .
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Of the increase of dominion ,
and of prosperity ,
There shall be no end Upon the throne of David and Upon his kingdom ,
By establishing it and By sustaining it ,
With justice and With righteousness ,
From henceforth ,
Even unto times age-abiding :
The jealousy of Yahweh of hosts ,
will perform this !
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A word ,
hath My Lord ,
sent unto Jacob ,
And it shall alight on Israel ;
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and the people shall all of them know Ephraim and the dweller in Samaria Who in pride and insolence of heart ,
are saying :
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Bricks ,
have fallen down But with hewn stone ,
will we build ,
Sycomores ,
have been felled ,
But with cedars ,
will we replace them .
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Therefore will Yahweh strengthen the adversaries of Resin against him ,
And his enemies will he arouse :
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Syrians before and Philistines behind ,
Thus have they devoured Israel with open mouth ,
For all this ,
hath his anger ,
not turned back ,
But still ,
is his hand outstretched .
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Yet ,
the people ,
have not turned unto him that smote them ,
And Yahweh of hosts ,
have they not sought .
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Therefore hath Yahweh cut off from Israel Head and tail Palm-top and rush ,
In one day .
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The eider and favourite ,
he ,
is the head ,
And the prophet teaching falsehood ,
he ,
is the tail ;
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And they who should have led this people forward have been causing them to stray ,
And ,
they who are led of them are destroyed ,
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For this cause ,
over their choice young men ,
will My Lord not rejoice ,
And on their fatherless and their widows ,
will he not have compassion ,
For every one of them ,
is profane and an evildoer ,
And ,
every mouth is speaking baseness ,
For all this ,
hath his anger ,
not turned back ,
But still ,
is his hand outstretched .
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For lawlessness ,
hath consumed like fire ,
Briars and thorns ,
doth it devour ,
Yea it hath kindled upon the thickets of the forest ,
And they have rolled up as a column of smoke .
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Through the wrath of Yahweh of hosts ,
is the land consumed ,
And the people have come to be ,
as fuel for fire ,
A man unto his own brother ,
sheweth not pity ;
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And he hath slain on the right ,
and yet is hungry ,
And hath eaten on the left ,
yet are they not satisfied ,
Every one ,
the flesh of his own arm ,
will they eat :
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Manasseh Ephraim ,
and Ephraim Manasseh ,
They togetheragainst Judah ,
For all this ,
hath his anger not turned back ,
But still ,
is his hand outstretched .
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Alas !
for them who ordain iniquitous decree ,
And ,
busy writers ,
who make a business of writing mischief :
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Turning aside from judgment ,
the poor ,
And robbing ,
of justice ,
the oppressed of my people ,
So that ,
widows ,
become ,
their spoil ,
And of the fatherless ,
they make prey .
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What ,
then ,
will ye do for the day of visitation ,
And for the devastation ,
which from afar ,
shall come ?
Unto whom ,
will ye flee for help ?
And where will ye leave your gory ?
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Without me ,
one hath bowed under a prisoner Yea under the slain ,
do they fall !
For all this ,
hath his anger ,
not turned back ,
But still ,
is his hand outstretched .
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Alas !
for Assyria ,
the rod of mine anger ,
Yea ,
the very staff in their hand ,
is ,
my displeasure :
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Against an irreligious nation ,
will I send him ,
Yea against the people with whom I am wroth ,
will I command him ,
To capture spoil And lay hold on prey ,
And cause them to be trodden down as the mire of the lanes .
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But as for him ,
not so ,
doth he deem ,
And in his heart ,
not so ,
doth he think ,
For ,
to destroy ,
is in his heart ,
And to cut off nations ,
not a few ;
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For he saith :
Are not ,
my generals ,
all alike ,
kings ?
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Is not ,
Calno ,
like Carchemish ?
Is not ,
Hamath ,
like Arpad ?
Is not ,
Samaria ,
like Damascus ?
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As my hand hath reached unto the kingdoms of idols ,
whose images did excel them of Jerusalem and Samaria ,
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Shall I not as I have done to Samaria and her idols ,
so ,
do to Jerusalem and her images ?
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Wherefore it shall come to pass When My Lord shall finish his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem ,
I will bring punishment Upon the fruit of the greatness of heart of the king of Assyria .
And upon the vainglory of his uplifted eyes ,
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For he hath said By the strength of mine own hand ,
have I effectually wrought ,
And by my wisdomfor I have discernment ,
That I might remove the bounds of peoples ,
Yea their treasures ,
have I plundered That I might lay prostrate as a mighty one the inhabitants ;
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And my hand hath found as a nest the wealth of the peoples ,
And as the gathering of eggs that are forsaken ,
all the earth ,
have ,
I ,
gathered ,
And there was none to flap a wing ,
or open a mouth or chirp .
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Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith ?
Or ,
the saw ,
magnify itself ,
against him that wieldeth it ?
As if a rod ,
could wield ,
them who lift it up !
As if a staff ,
could raise ,
what is ,
not wood !
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Therefore ,
shall the Lord ,
Yahweh of hosts ,
Send ,
among his fat ones ,
leanness ,
And under his glory ,
shall he kindle a kindling ,
like the kindling of fire ;
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So shall ,
the Light of Israel ,
become ,
a fire ,
And his Holy One ,
a flame ,
Which shall burn and consume his thorns and his briars ,
in one day ;
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And the glory of his forest and of his garden land ,
both soul and body ,
shall it bring to an end ,
And it shall be like the wasting away of a consumptive .
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And ,
the remnant of his forest-trees ,
few in number ,
shall become ,
yea ,
a child ,
might describe them !
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And it shall come to pass in that day ,
That the remnant of Israel .
And the escaped of the house of Jacob Shall ,
no more again ,
lean upon him that smote them ,
But shall lean upon Yahweh the Holy One of Israel ,
in truth .
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A remnant ,
shall return ,
The remnant of Jacob ,
unto the mighty GOD ;
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For though thy people ,
O Israel shall be as the sand of the sea ,
A remnant ,
shall return of them ,
A full end decreed ,
bringeth in ,
justice ,
like a flood ;
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For ,
a full end and that a decreed one ,
is My Lord Yahweh of hosts executing in the midst of all the earth .
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Therefore ,
thus ,
saith My Lord ,
Yahweh of hosts ,
Do not fear O my people dwelling in Zion ,
because of Assyria ,
When with his rod ,
he would smite thee ,
And when his staff ,
he would lift up against thee in the manner of Egypt ;
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For ,
yet a very little while ,
and displeasure shall end ,
Yea ,
mine anger ,
over their destruction .
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And Yahweh of hosts ,
will brandish over him ,
a scourge Like the smiting of Midian at the rock Oreb ,
And his staff being over the sea ,
He will lift it up in the manner of Egypt ;
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And it shall come to pass ,
in that day ,
That his burden shall remove from off thy shoulder ,
And his yoke from off thy neck ,
Yea ,
the yoke shall be broken because of fatness .
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He hath come in unto Ayyath ,
Hath passed through Migron ,
At Michmash ,
storeth his baggage :
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They have passed over the pare ,
Geba is his halting-place ,
Terror-stricken is Ramah ,
Gibeah of Saul ,
hath fled !
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Make shrill thy voice ,
O daughter of Gallim !
Hearken ,
O Laishah ,
Answer ,
O Anathoth !
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Madmenah ,
hath fled ,
The inhabitants of Gebim ,
have gone into safety :
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While yet to-day ,
in Nob ,
he tarrieth ,
He brandisheth his hand toward The mount of the daughter of Zion ,
The hill of Jerusalem .
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Behold !
the Lord ,
Yahweh of hosts ,
is about to lop off a tree-crown ,
with a crash ,
Then shall ,
they who are lifted on high ,
be hewn down ,
And ,
the lofty ,
be laid low ;
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Then will he fell the thickets of the forest with iron ,
And ,
Lebanon by a majestic one shall fall .
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But there shall come forth a shoot from the stock of Jesse ,
And ,
a sprout from his roots ,
shall bear fruit ;
And the spirit of Yahweh shall rest upon him ,
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