sf_leeser_rev1 Isaiah:53-5. SEEK
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Who would have believed our report ?
and the arm of the Lord
over whom hath it been revealed ?
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Yea ,
he grew up like a small shoot before him ,
and as a root out of a dry land :
he had no form nor comeliness ,
so that we should look at him ;
and no countenance ,
so that we should desire him .
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He was despised and shunned by men ;
a man of pains ,
and acquainted with disease ;
and as one who hid his face from us was he despised ,
and we esteemed him not .
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But only our diseases did he bear himself ,
and our pains he carried :
while we indeed esteemed him stricken ,
smitten of God ,
and afflicted .
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Yet he was wounded for our transgressions ,
he was bruised for our iniquities :
the chastisement for our peace was upon him ;
and through his bruises was healing granted to us .
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We all like sheep went astray ;
every one to his own way did we turn ;
and the Lord let befall him the guilt of us all .
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He was oppressed ,
and he was also taunted ,
yet he opened not his mouth ;
like the lamb which is led to the slaughter ,
and like an ewe before her shearers is dumb ;
and he opened not his mouth .
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Through oppression and through judicial punishment was he taken away ;
but his generation
who could tell ,
that he was cut away out of the land of life ,
for the transgressions of my people the plague was laid on him ?
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And he let his grave be made with the wicked ,
and with the rich at his death ;
although he had done no violence ,
and there was no deceit in his mouth .
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But the Lord was pleased to crush him through disease :
when his soul hath brought the trespass
offering ,
then shall he see seed ,
live many days ,
and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand .
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from the trouble of his soul shall he see and be satisfied :
through his knowledge shall my righteous servant bring the many to righteousness ,
while he will bear their iniquities .
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Therefore will I divide him with the many ,
and with the strong shall he divide the spoil ;
because he poured out his soul unto death ,
and with transgressors was he numbered :
while he bore the sin of many ,
and for the transgressors he let befall him .
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Sing ,
O barren one ,
that thou hast not born :
break forth into song ,
and rejoice aloud ,
that thou hast not travailed ;
for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife ,
saith the Lord .
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Enlarge the space of thy tent ,
and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations ,
spare not :
lengthen thy cords ,
and strengthen thy stakes ;
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For to the right and to the left shalt thou spread forth ;
and thy seed shall drive out nations ,
desolate cities shall they repeople .
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Fear not ,
for thou shalt not be made ashamed ;
and be not confounded ,
for thou shalt not be put to the blush ;
for the shame of thy youth shalt thou forget ,
and the reproach of thy widowhood shalt thou not remember any more .
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For thy husband is thy Maker ,
the Lord of hosts is his name ;
and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel , "
The God of all the earth ,"
shall he be called .
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For as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit did the Lord call thee back ,
and as a wife of youth ,
that was rejected ,
saith thy God .
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But for a brief moment have I forsaken thee ;
but with great mercies will I again receive thee .
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In a little wrath did I hide my face for a moment from thee ;
but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee ,
saith thy Redeemer the Lord .
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For as the waters of Noah is this unto me ;
as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more pass over the earth :
so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee ,
nor rebuke thee .
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For the mountains may depart ,
and the hills may be removed ;
but my kindness shall not depart from thee ,
neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed ,
saith he that hath mercy on thee ,
the Lord .
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O thou afflicted ,
tossed by the tempest ,
and not comforted ,
behold ,
I will lay thy stones with fair colors ,
and lay thy foundations with sapphires .
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And I will make of rubies thy battlements ,
and thy gates into carbuncle
stones ,
and all thy borders into precious stones .
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And all thy children shall be disciples of the Lord ;
and great shall be the peace of thy children .
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In righteousness shalt thou be established :
keep far from oppression ,
for thou shalt not fear ;
and from terror ,
for it shall not come near unto thee .
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Behold ,
they that assemble together ,
are nothing without me :
whatsoever assembleth together against thee shall fall under thy power .
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Behold ,
I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire ,
and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work ;
and I have also created the waster to destroy .
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No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper ;
and every tongue that will rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn .
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord ,
and their due reward from me ,
saith the Lord .
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Ho ,
every one of ye that thirsteth ,
come ye to the water ,
and he too that hath no money :
come ye ,
buy ,
and eat ;
yea ,
come ,
buy without money and without price wine and milk .
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Wherefore will ye spend money for what is not bread ?
and your labor for what satisfieth not ?
hearken then unto me ,
and eat what is good ,
and let your soul delight itself in fatness .
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Incline your ear ,
and come unto me ,
hear ,
and your soul shall live ;
and I will make with you an everlasting covenant ,
the promised mercies of David ,
which are sure .
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Behold ,
for a lawgiver unto the people have I appointed him ,
a prince and commander to the people .
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Behold ,
a nation thou knowest not shalt thou call ,
and a nation that knew thee not shall run unto thee ;
for the sake of the Lord thy God ,
and for the Holy One of Israel ,
for he hath glorified thee .
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Seek ye the Lord ,
while he may be found ,
call ye on him ,
while he is near .
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Let the wicked forsake his way ,
and the man of unrighteousness his thoughts ;
and let him return unto the Lord ,
and he will have mercy upon him ,
and unto our God ,
for he will abundantly pardon .
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For not my thoughts are your thoughts ,
and not your ways are my ways ,
saith the Lord .
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For as high as the heavens are above the earth ,
so high are my ways above your ways ,
and my thoughts above your thoughts .
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For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven ,
and return not thither ,
but water the earth ,
and render it fruitful ,
and cause it to bring forth plants ;
and give seed to the sower and bread to him that eateth :
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So shall ever be my word which goeth forth from my mouth ,
it shall not return unto me without effect ;
but it accomplisheth what I desire ,
and it prospereth in that whereto I have sent it .
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For in joy shall ye go out ,
and in peace shall ye be brought home :
the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into song ,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands .
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Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir
tree ,
and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle ;
and it shall be unto the Lord for a name ,
for a sign of everlasting that shall not be cut off .
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Thus hath said the Lord ,
Keep ye justice ,
and do equity ;
for near is my salvation to come ,
and my righteousness to be revealed .
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Happy is the mortal that ever doth this ,
and the son of man that ever layeth hold on it ;
that keepeth the sabbath by not violating it ,
and keepeth his hand from doing any evil .
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And let not say the son of the stranger ,
that joineth himself unto the Lord ,
saying ,
Surely the Lord will exclude me from his people ;
nor let the eunuch say ,
Behold ,
I am a dry tree .
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For thus hath said the Lord concerning the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths ,
and make choice of what pleaseth me ,
and take hold of my covenant .
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I will indeed give unto them in my house and within my walls a place and a name ,
better than sons and daughters :
an everlasting name will I give them ,
that shall not be cut off .
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Also the sons of the stranger ,
that join themselves unto the Lord ,
to serve him ,
and to love the name of the Lord ,
to be unto him as servants ,
every one that keepeth the sabbath by not violating it ,
and those who take hold of my covenant :
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Even these will I bring to my holy mountain ,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer ;
their burnt
offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon my altar ;
for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations .
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Thus saith the Lord Eternal who gathereth the outcasts of Israel ,
I will yet gather to him ,
beside his own gathered .
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All ye beasts of the field ,
come to devour ,
all ye beasts in the forest .
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His watchmen are all of them blind ,
they know nothing ;
they all are dumb dogs ,
they cannot bark ;
dreamers ,
lying down ,
loving to slumber .
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But the dogs are of a greedy disposition ,
they know not how to be satisfied ;
and those are shepherds that know how to understand :
they all turn to their own way ,
every one after his gain ,
from all quarters .
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Come ye ,
I will fetch wine ,
and let us swallow abundantly of strong drink ;
and like this day shall it be tomorrow ,
excellent and in very great abundance .
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The righteous perisheth ,
and no man layeth it to heart :
and pious men are taken away ,
without one considering that before the evil the righteous is taken away .
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He shall come in peace :
they shall repose in their resting
place ,
every one that walketh in his uprightness .
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But ye draw near hither ,
sons of the sorceress ,
the seed of the adulterer and the harlot .
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Over whom will you make yourselves merry ?
concerning whom will you open wide your mouth ,
stretch out your tongue ?
are ye not children of transgression ,
a seed of falsehood ,
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That are inflamed after the idols under every green tree ;
that slaughter the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks ?
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Of the smooth stones of the valley is thy portion ;
they ,
they are thy lot :
even to them hast thou poured out a drink
offering ,
hast thou offered a meat
offering .
Shall I for these things repent me ?
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Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou placed thy couch :
even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice .
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And behind the doors and the door
posts hast thou placed thy remembrance ;
for from me ,
thou hast laid open ,
and art gone up ,
hast enlarged thy couch ,
and made thee a covenant with some of them ;
thou hast loved their lying with thee ,
hast selected a fitting place .
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And thou didst show thyself unto the king without ointment ,
and thou didst multiply thy perfumes ,
and thou didst send out thy messengers even into the far
off distance ,
and didst debase thyself even down to the nether world .
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Though thou art wearied by the length of thy way ,
yet saidst thou not ,
It is useless :
thou hadst found enough for thy hand ;
therefore didst thou feel no care .
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And of whom hadst thou dread or fear ,
that thou becamest false ,
and didst not remember me ,
nor lay it to thy heart ?
is it not so ?
I kept silence ,
and this from earliest times ,
and therefore thou fearest me not !
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I ,
I ever tell thee thy righteousness ;
but thy works
these indeed will not profit thee .
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When thou criest ,
let thy masses of idols deliver thee ;
but all of them will the wind carry away ,
a breath will take them off ;
but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land ,
and shall inherit my holy mountain .
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And he will say ,
Cast ye up ,
cast ye up ,
clear out the way ,
lift up every stumbling block out of the way of my people .
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For thus hath said the high and lofty One ,
who inhabiteth eternity ,
whose name is Holy ,
In the high and holy place do I dwell ,
yet also with the contrite and humble of spirit ,
to revive the spirit of the humble ,
and to revive the heart of the contrite .
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For not to eternity will I contend ,
neither will I be for ever wroth :
when the spirit from before me is overwhelmed ,
and the souls which I have made .
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Because of the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth ,
and I smote him ,
hiding my face ,
and was wroth :
while he went on frowardly in the way of his own heart .
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I see his ways ,
and I will heal him ;
and I will guide him ,
and bestow full comforts on him and on his mourners ;
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Creating the fruit of the lips :
Peace ,
peace to him that is afar off ,
and to him that is near ,
saith the Lord ;
and I will heal him .
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But the wicked are like the troubled sea ;
for it can never be at rest ,
but its waters cast up mire and dirt .
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There is no peace ,
saith my God ,
to the wicked .
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Cry with a full throat ,
spare not ,
like the cornet lift up thy voice ,
and declare unto my people their transgression ,
and to the house of Jacob their sins .
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Yet me do they ever seek day by day ,
and to know my ways do they always desire ;
as a nation that hath done righteousness ,
and hath not forsaken the ordinance of their God :
continually do they ask of me the ordinances of justice
do they desire to draw nigh unto God .
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Wherefore have we fasted ,
and thou seest it not ?
have we afflicted our soul ,
and thou regardest it not ?"
Behold ,
on the day of your fasting ye follow your business ,
and all your acquired gains do ye exact .
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Behold ,
for contention and strife do ye fast ,
and to smite with the fist of wickedness :
ye fast not so at this day ,
to cause your voice to be heard on high .
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Is such then the fast which I can choose ?
a day that a man afflicteth his soul ?
to bend his head as a bulrush ,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes for his couch ?
wilt thou call this a fast ,
and a day of acceptability unto the Lord ?
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Is not this the fast that I will choose ?
to open the snares of wickedness ,
to undo the bands of the yoke ,
and to let the oppressed go free ,
and that ye should break asunder every yoke ?
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Is it not to distribute thy bread to the hungry ,
and that thou bring the afflicted poor into thy house !
when thou seest the naked ,
that thou clothe him ;
and that thou hide not thyself from thy own flesh ?
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Then shall break forth as the morning
dawn thy light ,
and thy healing shall speedily spring forth ;
and before thee shall go thy righteousness ,
the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward .
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Then shalt thou call ,
and the Lord will answer ;
thou shalt cry ,
and he will say ,
Here am I .
If thou remove from the midst of thee the yoke ,
the stretching out of the finger ,
and speaking wickedly ;
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And if thou pour out to the hungry thy soul ,
and satisfy the afflicted soul :
then shall shine forth in the darkness thy light ,
and thy obscurity be as the noonday ;
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And the Lord will guide thee continually ,
and will satisfy thy soul in times of famine ,
and will strengthen thy bones ;
and thou shalt be like a well
watered garden ,
and like a spring of water ,
the waters of which will never deceive .
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And they that spring from thee shall build up the ancient ruins ;
the foundations of many generations shalt thou raise up again :
and thou shalt be called ,
The repairer of the breaches ,
The restorer of paths to the dwelling
place .
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If thou restrain thy foot for the sake of the sabbath ,
not doing thy business on my holy day ;
and if thou call the sabbath a delight ,
the holy day of the Lord ,
honorable ;
and honor it by not doing thy usual pursuits ,
by not following thy own business ,
and speaking words :
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Then shalt thou find delight in the Lord ;
and I will cause thee to tread upon the high places of the earth ,
and I will cause thee to enjoy the inheritance of Jacob thy father ;
for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it .
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Behold ,
the Lord
s hand is not too short to save ;
neither his ear too heavy for hearing ;
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But your iniquities have ever made a separation between you and your God ,
and your sins have caused him to hide his face from you ,
so that he would not hear .
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For your hands are defiled with blood ,
and your fingers with iniquity :
your lips have spoken falsehood ,
your tongue uttereth deception .
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No one admonisheth with righteousness ,
and no one executeth justice in truth ;
men trust in naught ,
and speak lies ;
they have conceived mischief ,
and bring forth wickedness .
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Basilisk
s eggs do they hatch ,
and spider
s webs do they weave :
he that eateth of their eggs must die ,
and if one be crushed ,
a viper will break forth .
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Their webs cannot serve for garments ,
and they cannot clothe themselves with their works :
their works are works of wickedness ,
and the deed of violence is in their hands .
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Their feet run to what is evil ,
and they make haste to shed innocent blood :
their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness ;
wasting and destruction are on their highways .
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The way of peace they know not ;
and there is no justice on their tracks :
their paths they have made unto themselves crooked ;
whosoever walketh therein knoweth not peace .
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Therefore is justice far from us ,
nor will happiness overtake us :
we ever hope for light ,
but behold there is darkness ;
for brightness ,
but in obscurity must we walk .
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We grope like the blind on the wall ,
and as if we had no eyes do we grope :
we stumble at noonday as in the twilight ;
we are in complete darkness like the dead .
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We growl all of us like bears ,
and like doves do we moan sorely ;
we ever hope for justice ,
but there is none ;
for aid ,
but it is far from us .
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For our transgressions are numerous in thy presence ,
and our sins testify against us ;
for of our transgressions are we aware ;
and our iniquities
we know them ;
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We transgressed and denied the Lord ,
and departed away from our God ;
we spoke oppression and revolt ,
conceived and brought forth in our heart words of falsehood .
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And justice is forced to turn backward ,
and righteousness standeth afar off ;
for truth stumbled in the street ,
and equity is not able to enter .
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And thus is the truth missing ;
and he that departeth from evil is regarded as foolish :
and the Lord saw it ,
and it was displeasing in his eyes that there was no justice .
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And he saw that there was no man ,
and wondered that there was no intercessor ;
therefore his arm brought him aid ,
and his righteousness ,
yea ,
this sustained him .
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And he put on righteousness as a coat of mail ,
and the helmet of salvation upon his head ;
and he put on the garments of vengeance as raiment ,
and wrapped himself with zeal as with a cloak .
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According to the demerits ,
so will he repay ,
fury to his adversaries ,
recompense to his enemies ;
to the islands will he repay what they have merited .
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And they shall fear from the west the name of the Lord ,
and from the rising of the sun his glory ;
for there shall come distress like the stream which the Spirit of the Lord urgeth forward .
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But unto Zion shall come the redeemer ,
and unto those who return from transgression in Jacob ,
saith the Lord .
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And 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 children ,
nor out of the mouth of thy children
s children ,
saith the Lord ,
from henceforth and unto all eternity .
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Arise ,
give light ,
for thy light is come ;
and the glory of the Lord is shining forth over thee .
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For behold ,
the darkness shall cover the earth ,
and a gross darkness the people ;
but over thee will shine forth the Lord ,
and his glory will be seen over thee .
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And nations shall walk by thy light ,
and kings by the brightness of thy shining .
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Lift up thy eyes round about and see ,
they all are assembled ,
they come to thee ,
thy sons are coming from afar ,
and thy daughters are brought along in arms .
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Then wilt thou see and be filled with light ,
and thy heart will dread and be enlarged ;
because unto thee shall be turned the abundance of the sea ,
the riches of nations shall come unto thee .
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The multitude of camels shall cover thee ,
the dromedaries of Midian and
Ephah ;
they all from Sheba shall come :
gold and frankincense shall they carry ,
and the praises of the Lord shall they announce .
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All the flocks of Kedar shall be assembled unto thee ,
the rams of Nebayoth shall minister unto thee :
they shall come for a favorable acceptance upon my altar ,
and the house of my glory will I glorify .
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Who are these that fly like a cloud ,
and like the doves ,
to their windows ?
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Yea ,
unto me the isles shall hasten ,
and the ships of Tharshish at first ,
to bring thy sons from afar ,
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 the stranger shall build up thy walls ,
and their kings shall minister unto thee ;
for in my wrath did I smite thee ,
but in my favor have I had mercy on thee .
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And thy gates shall stand open continually ,
day and night shall they not be closed ,
to bring unto thee the wealth of nations ,
and their kings led .
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For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish ;
and the nations shall be utterly destroyed .
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The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee ,
the fir ,
the cypress ,
and the box together ,
to adorn the place of my sanctuary ,
and the place of my feet will I glorify .
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And then shall come unto thee bent down the sons of those who afflicted thee ,
and there shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet all thy revilers ;
and they shall call thee ,
The city of the Lord ,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel .
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Instead that thou wast forsaken and hated ,
without one to pass through ,
will I render thee an excellency of everlasting ,
a joy of all generations .
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And thou shalt suck the milk of nations ,
and the breast of kings shalt thou suck ;
and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour ,
and thy Redeemer ,
the Mighty One of Jacob .
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Instead of the copper will I bring gold ,
and instead of the iron will I bring silver ,
and instead of wood copper ,
and instead of the stones iron ;
and I will set peace as thy authorities ,
and righteousness as thy taskmasters .
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There shall not be heard any wore violence in thy land ,
wasting and destruction within thy boundaries ;
but thou shalt call ,
Salvation ,
thy walls ,
and thy gates ,
Praise .
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The sun shall not be unto thee any more for a light by day ,
and for brightness shall the moon not give light unto thee ;
but the Lord will be unto thee for a light of everlasting ,
and thy God as thy glory .
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Thy sun shall not go down any more ,
and thy moon shall not be withdrawn ;
for the Lord will be unto thee for a light of everlasting ,
and ended shall be the days of thy mourning ,
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And thy people
they all will be righteous ,
for ever shall they possess the land ,
the sprout of my planting ,
the work of my hands ,
that I may glorify myself .
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The little one shall become a thousand ,
and the small ,
a mighty nation :
I the Lord will hasten it in its time .
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The Spirit of the Lord Eternal is upon me ;
because the Lord hath anointed me to announce good tidings unto the meek :
he hath sent me to bind up the broken
hearted ,
to proclaim to captives Liberty ,
and to prisoners Release ;
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To proclaim a year of favor of the Lord ,
and the day of vengeance of our God ,
to comfort all mourners ;
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To grant unto the mourners of Zion ,
to give unto them ornament in the place of ashes ,
oil of gladness in the place of mourning ,
garments of praise in the place of a grieved spirit ;
that they may be called ,
Oaks of righteousness ,
the planting of the Lord ,
that he may be glorified .
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And they shall build up the ancient ruins ,
desolate places of former times shall they raise up ,
and they shall renew ruined cities ,
the desolate places of many generations .
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And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks ,
and the sons of the alien shall be your ploughmen and your vintners .
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But ye ,
ye shall be called ,
Priests of the Lord ;
Ministers of our God ,
shall be said unto you :
the wealth of nations shall ye consume ,
and in their glory shall ye be placed as possessors .
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In the place of your twofold shame ,
and the confusion of which they loudly complained as their portion :
therefore in their land shall they possess a twofold ;
everlasting joy shall be granted unto them .
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For I the Lord love justice ,
I hate robbery with burnt
offering :
therefore will I give them the recompense of their work in truth ,
and an everlasting covenant will I make with them .
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And among the nations shall their seed be known ,
and their offspring in the midst of the people :
all that see them shall acknowledge them ,
that they are the seed whom the Lord hath blessed .
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I will be greatly glad in the Lord ,
my soul shall be joyful in my God ;
for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation ,
with the mantle of righteousness hath he enveloped me ,
as a bridegroom decketh himself with elegant attire ,
and as a bride adorneth herself with her bridal array .
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For ,
as the earth bringeth forth her growth ,
and as a garden causeth what is sown therein to spring forth :
thus will the Lord Eternal cause righteousness and praise to spring forth in the presence of all the nations .
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For the sake of Zion will I not be silent ,
and for the sake of Jerusalem will I not be quiet ;
until its righteousness go forth as the brightness ,
and its salvation as a burning torch .
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And nations shall see thy righteousness ,
and all kings thy glory ;
and men shall call thee by a new name ,
which the mouth of the Lord shall pronounce .
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And thou shalt be a crown of ornament in the hand of the Lord ,
and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God .
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Thou shalt not be termed any more "
Forsaken ,"
and thy land shall not be termed any more "
Desolate ;"
for thou shalt be called "
My delight in her ",
and thy land "
Espoused ";
for the Lord will have delight in thee ,
and thy land shall be espoused .
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For as a young man espouseth a virgin ,
so shall thy sons espouse thee ;
and as the bridegroom is glad over the bride ,
so will be glad over thee thy God .
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Over thy walls ,
O Jerusalem ,
have I appointed watchmen ,
all the day and all the night ,
continually ,
shall they not be silent :
ye that make mention of the Lord ,
take ye no rest .
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And give him no rest ,
until he have established ,
and until he have set up Jerusalem as a praise on the earth .
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Sworn hath the Lord by his right hand ,
and by the arm of his strength ,
I will not give thy corn any more as food for thy enemies ,
and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy young wine for which thou hast labored ;
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But they who gather it shall eat it ,
and praise the Lord ;
and they who bring it together shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary .
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Pass ,
pass through the gates ,
make clear the way of the people ,
cast up ,
cast up the highway ,
remove away the stones ,
lift up a banner over the nations .
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Behold ,
the Lord hath caused to be heard unto the ends of the earth , "
Say ye to the daughter of Zion ,
Behold ,
thy salvation cometh ;
behold his reward is with him ,
and his recompense 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 for ,
The city never forsaken .
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Who is this that cometh from Edom ,
dyed red in his garments from Bozrah ?
this
glorious in his apparel ,
moving along in the greatness of his strength ? "
I who speak in righteousness ,
mighty to save ."
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Why is redness on thy apparel ,
and thy garments as of one that treadeth the wine
press ?
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I have trodden the vat alone ,
and of the nations there was no man with me ;
and I trod them down in my anger ,
and I trampled on them in my fury ;
and their blood was sprinkled on my garments ,
and all my raiments have I stained .
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For the day of vengeance was in my heart ,
and the year of my redeemed was come .
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And I looked ,
and there was no one to help ,
and I was astonished ,
and there was no one to support ;
and then my own arm aided me ,
and my fury
this it was that upheld me .
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And I stamped down nations in my anger ,
and I made them drunken with my fury ,
and brought down to the earth their victorious strength ."
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The kindnesses of the Lord will I mention ,
the praises of the Lord ,
in accordance with all that the Lord hath bestowed on us ,
and the abundant goodness toward the house of Israel ,
which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies ,
and the abundance of his kindnesses .
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And he said ,
Surely they are my people ,
children that will not lie ;
and he became to them a 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 bore them ,
and he carried them all the days of old .
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But they rebelled ,
and grieved his holy Spirit ;
and he changed himself to become their enemy ,
and he fought against them .
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Then remembered his people the ancient days of Moses ,
Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock ?
where is he that put within him his holy Spirit ?
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That displayed by the right hand of Moses his glorious arm ;
that divided the water before them ,
to make unto himself an everlasting name ?
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That led them through the deeps ,
as a horse through the wilderness ,
that they should not stumble ?
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As a beast goeth down into the valley ,
so did the spirit of the Lord bring them to rest ;
thus didst thou guide thy people ,
to make unto thyself a glorious name .
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Look down from heaven ,
and behold ,
from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory :
where are thy zeal and thy mights ,
the yearning of thy bowels and of thy mercy which are now restrained from me ?
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For thou art our father ;
for Abraham knoweth nothing of us ,
and Israel recogniseth us not :
thou ,
O Lord ,
art our father ,
our Redeemer from everlasting is thy name .
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Why hast thou let us go astray ,
O Lord ,
from thy ways ,
suffered our heart to be hardened against thy fear ?
Return for the sake of thy servants ,
the tribes of thy heritage .
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But a brief space were thy holy people in possession ,
when our adversaries trod down thy sanctuary .
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We are become as though we are those over whom thou hast never ruled ,
over whom thy name hath not been called .
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I allowed myself to be sought by those that asked not ;
I let myself be found by those that sought me not :
I said ,
Here am I ,
here am I ,
unto a nation that called itself not by my name .
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I spread out my hands all the time unto a rebellious people ,
that walk in the way which is not good ,
after their own thoughts ;
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the people that provoke me to anger to my face continually ;
that sacrifice in gardens and burn incense upon brick ,
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That sit about among the graves ,
and lodge in the vaults ,
that eat the flesh of the swine ,
and broth of abominations their vessels ;
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That say ,
Stand by thyself ,
come not near to me ;
for I am holier than thou .
These are a smoke in my nose ,
a fire that burneth all the time .
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Behold ,
it is written before me ;
I will not keep silence ,
till I have recompensed ,
yea ,
recompensed into their bosom .
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Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together ,
saith the Lord ,
who have burnt incense upon the mountains ,
and upon the hills have blasphemed me :
and I will measure out their work at first into their bosom .
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Thus hath said the Lord ,
As the new wine is found in the cluster of grapes ,
and one saith ,
Destroy it not ,
for a blessing is in it ;
so will I do for the sake of my servants ,
that I will not destroy the whole ;
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And I let come forth out of Jacob a seed ,
and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains ;
and my elect shall inherit it ,
and my servants shall dwell there .
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And Sharon shall become a fold of flocks ,
and the valley of
Achor a resting
place for herds ,
for my people that have sought me .
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But ye who forsake the Lord ,
who forget my holy mountain ,
that set out a table for the god of Fortune ,
and that fill for Destiny the drink
offering .
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Yea ,
I will destine you to the sword ,
and all of you shall kneel down to the slaughter ;
because when I called ,
ye did not answer ;
when I spoke ,
ye did not hear ;
but ye did what is evil in my eyes ,
and that wherein I had no delight did ye choose .
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Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal ,
Behold ,
my servants shall eat ,
but ye shall be hungry ;
behold ,
my servants shall drink ,
but ye shall be thirsty ;
behold ,
my servants shall rejoice ,
but ye shall be made ashamed ;
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Behold ,
my servants shall sing for joy of heart ,
but ye shall cry out from pain of heart ,
and from a broken spirit shall ye howl ;
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And ye shall leave behind your name for an oath unto my elect ones ,
when the Lord Eternal will slay thee ;
but his servants will he call by another name .
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Whoever there be that blesseth himself on the earth shall bless himself by the true God ;
and that sweareth on the earth shall swear by the true God ;
because the former troubles are forgotten ,
and because they are hidden from my eyes .
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For ,
behold ,
I will create new heavens and a new earth ;
and the former shall not be remembered ,
nor come into mind ;
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But be ye glad and rejoice unto all eternity in what I create ;
for ,
behold ,
I will create Jerusalem for rejoicing ,
and her people for gladness .
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And I will rejoice over Jerusalem ,
and be glad in my people :
and there shall not be heard in her any more the voice of weeping ,
nor the voice of complaint .
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There shall no more come thence an infant of few days ,
nor an old man that shall not have the full length of his days ;
for as a lad shall one die a hundred years old ;
and as a sinner shall be accursed he who at a hundred years old .
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And they shall build houses ,
and inhabit them ;
and they shall plant vineyards ,
and eat their fruit .
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They shall not build ,
and another inhabit ;
they shall not plant ,
and another eat ;
for as the days of a tree are the days of my people ,
and the work of their hands shall my elect wear out .
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They shall not toil in vain ,
nor bring forth unto an early death ;
for the seed of the blessed of the Lord are they ,
and their offspring with them .
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And it shall come to pass ,
that before yet they call will I answer ;
and while they are still speaking will I hear .
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The wolf and the lamb shall feed together ,
and the lion shall like the bullock eat straw :
and the serpent
dust shall be his food .
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain ,
saith the Lord .
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Thus hath said the Lord ,
The heaven is my throne ,
and the earth is my footstool :
where is there a house that ye can build unto me ?
and where is the place of my rest ?
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For all these things hath my hand made ,
that all these things came into being ,
saith the Lord ;
but upon such a one will I look ,
upon the poor ,
and him who is of a contrite spirit ,
and who trembleth at my word .
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He that slaughtereth the ox ,
slayeth a man ;
he that sacrificeth a lamb ,
breaketh the neck of a dog ;
he that offereth a meat
offering ,
swine
s blood ;
he that burneth incense ,
blesseth an idol :
yea ,
they have made choice of their own ways ,
and in their abominations doth their soul delight .
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So will I also make choice of their misfortune ,
and what they dread will I bring upon them ;
because I called ,
and none did answer ;
I spoke ,
and they did not hear ;
and they did what is evil in my eyes ,
and that in which I delighted not did they choose .
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Hear the word of the Lord ,
ye that tremble at his word :
Your brethren that hated you ,
that cast you out for the sake of my name ,
said , "
Let the Lord be glorified ;"
but he will appear to your joy ,
and they shall be made ashamed .
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a voice of tumult from the city ,
a voice from the temple ,
the voice of the Lord who rendereth recompense to his enemies .
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Before she had travailed she brought forth ;
before yet her pain was come ,
she was delivered of a man
child .
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Who hath heard the like ?
who hath seen such things ?
shall a land be made to travail in one day ?
or shall a nation be born at once ?
that Zion hath travailed ,
also brought forth her children ?
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Shall I bring to the birth ,
and not cause to bring forth ?
saith the Lord ;
or shall I who cause to bring forth ,
now prevent it ?
saith thy God .
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Rejoice ye with Jerusalem ,
and be delighted over her ,
all ye that love her ;
be highly glad with her ,
all ye that mourn for her .
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In order that ye may suck ,
and be satisfied with the breast of her consolations ;
in order that ye may sip ,
and find pleasure from the abundance of her glory .
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For thus hath said the Lord ,
Behold ,
I will extend to her peace like a river ,
and like a rapid stream the glory of nations ,
that ye may suck :
upon the arm shall ye be borne ,
and upon knees shall ye be dandled .
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As one whom his mother comforteth ,
so will I comfort you ;
and in Jerusalem shall ye be comforted .
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And ye shall see this ,
and your heart shall be glad ,
and your bones shall flourish like the grass ;
and then will be known the hand of the Lord on his servants ,
and he will be indignant toward his enemies .
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For ,
behold ,
the Lord will come with fire ,
and his chariots will be like the storm
wind ,
to send forth his anger with fury ,
and his threatening with flames of fire .
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For by fire will the Lord judge ,
and by his sword against all flesh :
and many shall be the slain of the Lord .
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They that sanctify themselves ,
and purify themselves for the gardens ,
behind one tree in the midst ,
they who eat the flesh of the swine ,
and the abomination ,
and the mouse ,
together shall they perish ,
saith the Lord .
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And I ,
because of their works and their thoughts ,
will let it come to pass to gather all the nations and tongues ;
and they shall come ,
and shall see my glory .
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And I will display a sign on them ,
and I will send from them those that escape unto the nations ,
Tharshish ,
Pul ,
and Lud ,
that draw the bow ,
Thubal ,
and Javan ,
the isles afar off ,
that have not heard my fame ,
and have not seen my glory ;
and they shall proclaim my glory among the nations .
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And they shall bring all your brethren out of all nations as an offering unto the Lord ,
upon horses ,
and in chariots ,
and in litters ,
and upon mules ,
and upon dromedaries ,
to my holy mountain Jerusalem ,
saith the Lord ,
as the children of Israel bring the offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord .
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And of them also will I take for priests and for Levites ,
saith the Lord .
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For as the new heavens and the new earth ,
which I will make ,
shall have permanence before me ,
saith the Lord ,
so shall exist permanently your seed and your name .
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And it shall come to pass ,
that from one new moon to the other new moon ,
and from one sabbath to the other sabbath ,
shall all flesh come to prostrate themselves before me ,
saith the Lord .
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And they shall go forth ,
and look upon the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me ;
for their worm shall not die ,
nor shall their fire be quenched ;
and they shall be an abhorrence unto all flesh .