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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 .