Isaiah:33-35
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Woe to you ,
destroyer ,
who yourself have not been destroyed ;
you treacherous one ,
with whom none has dealt treacherously !
When you have ceased to destroy ,
you will be destroyed ;
and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously ,
you will be dealt with treacherously .
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O LORD ,
be gracious to us ;
we wait for thee .
Be our arm every morning ,
our salvation in the time of trouble .
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At the thunderous noise peoples flee ,
at the lifting up of thyself nations are scattered ;
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and spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers ;
as locusts leap ,
men leap upon it .
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The LORD is exalted ,
for he dwells on high ;
he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness ;
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and he will be the stability of your times ,
abundance of salvation ,
wisdom ,
and knowledge ;
the fear of the LORD is his treasure .
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Behold ,
the valiant ones cry without ;
the envoys of peace weep bitterly .
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The highways lie waste ,
the wayfaring man ceases .
Covenants are broken ,
witnesses are despised ,
there is no regard for man .
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The land mourns and languishes ;
Lebanon is confounded and withers away ;
Sharon is like a desert ;
and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves .
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Now I will arise ,"
says the LORD , "
now I will lift myself up ;
now I will be exalted .
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You conceive chaff ,
you bring forth stubble ;
your breath is a fire that will consume you .
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And the peoples will be as if burned to lime ,
like thorns cut down ,
that are burned in the fire ."
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Hear ,
you who are far off ,
what I have done ;
and you who are near ,
acknowledge my might .
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The sinners in Zion are afraid ;
trembling has seized the godless : "
Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire ?
Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings ?"
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He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly ,
who despises the gain of oppressions ,
who shakes his hands ,
lest they hold a bribe ,
who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil ,
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he will dwell on the heights ;
his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks ;
his bread will be given him ,
his water will be sure .
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Your eyes will see the king in his beauty ;
they will behold a land that stretches afar .
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Your mind will muse on the terror : "
Where is he who counted ,
where is he who weighed the tribute ?
Where is he who counted the towers ?"
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You will see no more the insolent people ,
the people of an obscure speech which you cannot comprehend ,
stammering in a tongue which you cannot understand .
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Look upon Zion ,
the city of our appointed feasts !
Your eyes will see Jerusalem ,
a quiet habitation ,
an immovable tent ,
whose stakes will never be plucked up ,
nor will any of its cords be broken .
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But there the LORD in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams ,
where no galley with oars can go ,
nor stately ship can pass .
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For the LORD is our judge ,
the LORD is our ruler ,
the LORD is our king ;
he will save us .
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Your tackle hangs loose ;
it cannot hold the mast firm in its place ,
or keep the sail spread out .
Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided ;
even the lame will take the prey .
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And no inhabitant will say , "
I am sick ";
the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity .
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Draw near ,
O nations ,
to hear ,
and hearken ,
O peoples !
Let the earth listen ,
and all that fills it ;
the world ,
and all that comes from it .
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For the LORD is enraged against all the nations ,
and furious against all their host ,
he has doomed them ,
has given them over for slaughter .
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Their slain shall be cast out ,
and the stench of their corpses shall rise ;
the mountains shall flow with their blood .
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All the host of heaven shall rot away ,
and the skies roll up like a scroll .
All their host shall fall ,
as leaves fall from the vine ,
like leaves falling from the fig tree .
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For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens ;
behold ,
it descends for judgment upon Edom ,
upon the people I have doomed .
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The LORD has a sword ;
it is sated with blood ,
it is gorged with fat ,
with the blood of lambs and goats ,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams .
For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah ,
a great slaughter in the land of Edom .
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Wild oxen shall fall with them ,
and young steers with the mighty bulls .
Their land shall be soaked with blood ,
and their soil made rich with fat .
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For the LORD has a day of vengeance ,
a year of recompense for the cause of Zion .
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And the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch ,
and her soil into brimstone ;
her land shall become burning pitch .
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Night and day it shall not be quenched ;
its smoke shall go up for ever .
From generation to generation it shall lie waste ;
none shall pass through it for ever and ever .
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But the hawk and the porcupine shall possess it ,
the owl and the raven shall dwell in it .
He shall stretch the line of confusion over it ,
and the plummet of chaos over its nobles .
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They shall name it No Kingdom There ,
and all its princes shall be nothing .
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Thorns shall grow over its strongholds ,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses .
It shall be the haunt of jackals ,
an abode for ostriches .
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And wild beasts shall meet with hyenas ,
the satyr shall cry to his fellow ;
yea ,
there shall the night hag alight ,
and find for herself a resting place .
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There shall the owl nest and lay and hatch and gather her young in her shadow ;
yea ,
there shall the kites be gathered ,
each one with her mate .
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Seek and read from the book of the LORD :
Not one of these shall be missing ;
none shall be without her mate .
For the mouth of the LORD has commanded ,
and his Spirit has gathered them .
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He has cast the lot for them ,
his hand has portioned it out to them with the line ;
they shall possess it for ever ,
from generation to generation they shall dwell in it .
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The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad ,
the desert shall rejoice and blossom ;
like the crocus
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it shall blossom abundantly ,
and rejoice with joy and singing .
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it ,
the majesty of Carmel and Sharon .
They shall see the glory of the LORD ,
the majesty of our God .
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Strengthen the weak hands ,
and make firm the feeble knees .
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Say to those who are of a fearful heart , "
Be strong ,
fear not !
Behold ,
your God will come with vengeance ,
with the recompense of God .
He will come and save you ."
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Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened ,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped ;
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then shall the lame man leap like a hart ,
and the tongue of the dumb sing for joy .
For waters shall break forth in the wilderness ,
and streams in the desert ;
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the burning sand shall become a pool ,
and the thirsty ground springs of water ;
the haunt of jackals shall become a swamp ,
the grass shall become reeds and rushes .
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And a highway shall be there ,
and it shall be called the Holy Way ;
the unclean shall not pass over it ,
and fools shall not err therein .
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No lion shall be there ,
nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it ;
they shall not be found there ,
but the redeemed shall walk there .
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And the ransomed of the LORD shall return ,
and come to Zion with singing ;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads ;
they shall obtain joy and gladness ,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away .
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In the fourteenth year of King Hezeki '
ah ,
Sennach '
erib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them .
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