82 lines
3.1 KiB
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82 lines
3.1 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 9
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1 Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed,
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As when at first He lightly esteemed
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The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
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And afterward more heavily oppressed her,
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By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
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In Galilee of the Gentiles.
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2 The people who walked in darkness
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Have seen a great light;
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Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
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Upon them a light has shined.
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3 You have multiplied the nation
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And increased its joy;
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They rejoice before You
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According to the joy of harvest,
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As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
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4 For You have broken the yoke of his burden
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And the staff of his shoulder,
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The rod of his oppressor,
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As in the day of Midian.
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5 For every warrior’s sandal from the noisy battle,
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And garments rolled in blood,
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Will be used for burning and fuel of fire.
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6 For unto us a Child is born,
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Unto us a Son is given;
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And the government will be upon His shoulder.
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And His name will be called
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Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
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Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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7 Of the increase of His government and peace
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There will be no end,
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Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
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To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
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From that time forward, even forever.
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The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
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8 The Lord sent a word against Jacob,
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And it has fallen on Israel.
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9 All the people will know—
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Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria—
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Who say in pride and arrogance of heart:
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10 “The bricks have fallen down,
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But we will rebuild with hewn stones;
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The sycamores are cut down,
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But we will replace them with cedars.”
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11 Therefore the Lord shall set up
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The adversaries of Rezin against him,
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And spur his enemies on,
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12 The Syrians before and the Philistines behind;
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And they shall devour Israel with an open mouth.
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For all this His anger is not turned away,
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But His hand is stretched out still.
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13 For the people do not turn to Him who strikes them,
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Nor do they seek the Lord of hosts.
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14 Therefore the Lord will cut off head and tail from Israel,
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Palm branch and bulrush in one day.
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15 The elder and honorable, he is the head;
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The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
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16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err,
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And those who are led by them are destroyed.
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17 Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men,
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Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows;
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For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer,
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And every mouth speaks folly.
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For all this His anger is not turned away,
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But His hand is stretched out still.
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18 For wickedness burns as the fire;
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It shall devour the briers and thorns,
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And kindle in the thickets of the forest;
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They shall mount up like rising smoke.
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19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
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The land is burned up,
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And the people shall be as fuel for the fire;
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No man shall spare his brother.
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20 And he shall snatch on the right hand
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And be hungry;
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He shall devour on the left hand
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And not be satisfied;
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Every man shall eat the flesh of his own arm.
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21 Manasseh shall devour Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh;
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Together they shall be against Judah.
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For all this His anger is not turned away,
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But His hand is stretched out still. |