63 lines
2.3 KiB
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63 lines
2.3 KiB
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# Chapter 4
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1 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days
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That the mountain of the Lord’s house
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Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
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And shall be exalted above the hills;
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And peoples shall flow to it.
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2 Many nations shall come and say,
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“Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
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To the house of the God of Jacob;
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He will teach us His ways,
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And we shall walk in His paths.”
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For out of Zion the law shall go forth,
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And the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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3 He shall judge between many peoples,
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And rebuke strong nations afar off;
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They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
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And their spears into pruning hooks;
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Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
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Neither shall they learn war anymore.
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4 But everyone shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree,
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And no one shall make them afraid;
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For the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.
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5 For all people walk each in the name of his god,
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But we will walk in the name of the Lord our God
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Forever and ever.
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6 “In that day,” says the Lord,
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“I will assemble the lame,
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I will gather the outcast
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And those whom I have afflicted;
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7 I will make the lame a remnant,
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And the outcast a strong nation;
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So the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion
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From now on, even forever.
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8 And you, O tower of the flock,
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The stronghold of the daughter of Zion,
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To you shall it come,
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Even the former dominion shall come,
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The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.”
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9 Now why do you cry aloud?
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Is there no king in your midst?
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Has your counselor perished?
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For pangs have seized you like a woman in labor.
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10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth,
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O daughter of Zion,
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Like a woman in birth pangs.
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For now you shall go forth from the city,
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You shall dwell in the field,
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And to Babylon you shall go.
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There you shall be delivered;
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There the Lord will redeem you
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From the hand of your enemies.
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11 Now also many nations have gathered against you,
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Who say, “Let her be defiled,
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And let our eye look upon Zion.”
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12 But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord,
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Nor do they understand His counsel;
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For He will gather them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
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13 “Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion;
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For I will make your horn iron,
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And I will make your hooves bronze;
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You shall beat in pieces many peoples;
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I will consecrate their gain to the Lord,
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And their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.” |