83 lines
3.0 KiB
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83 lines
3.0 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 33
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1 Woe, you destroyer never destroyed,
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you traitor never betrayed!
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When you have finished destroying,
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you will be destroyed.
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When you have finished betraying,
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they will betray you.
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2 Lord, be gracious to us! We wait for you.
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Be our strength every morning
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and our salvation in time of trouble.
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3 The peoples flee at the thunderous noise;
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the nations scatter when you rise in your majesty.
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4 Your spoil will be gathered as locusts are gathered;
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people will swarm over it like an infestation of locusts.
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5 The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;
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he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
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6 There will be times of security for you—
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a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
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The fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.
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7 Listen! Their warriors cry loudly in the streets;
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the messengers of peace weep bitterly.
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8 The highways are deserted;
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travel has ceased.
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An agreement has been broken,
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cities despised,
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and human life disregarded.
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9 The land mourns and withers;
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Lebanon is ashamed and wilted.
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Sharon is like a desert;
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Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
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10 “Now I will rise up,” says the Lord.
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“Now I will lift myself up.
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Now I will be exalted.
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11 You will conceive chaff;
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you will give birth to stubble.
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Your breath is fire that will consume you.
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12 The peoples will be burned to ashes,
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like thorns cut down and burned in a fire.
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13 You who are far off, hear what I have done;
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you who are near, know my strength.”
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14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
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trembling seizes the ungodly:
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“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire?
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Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”
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15 The one who lives righteously
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and speaks rightly,
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who refuses profit from extortion,
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whose hand never takes a bribe,
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who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots
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and shuts his eyes against evil schemes—
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16 he will dwell on the heights;
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his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,
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his food provided, his water assured.
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17 Your eyes will see the King in his beauty;
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you will see a vast land.
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18 Your mind will meditate on the past terror:
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“Where is the accountant?
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Where is the tribute collector?
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Where is the one who spied out our defenses?”
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19 You will no longer see the barbarians,
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a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend—
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who stammer in a language that is not understood.
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20 Look at Zion, the city of our festival times.
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Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
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a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander;
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its tent pegs will not be pulled up
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nor will any of its cords be loosened.
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21 For the majestic one, our Lord, will be there,
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a place of rivers and broad streams
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where ships that are rowed will not go,
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and majestic vessels will not pass.
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22 For the Lord is our Judge,
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the Lord is our Lawgiver,
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the Lord is our King.
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He will save us.
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23 Your ropes are slack;
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they cannot hold the base of the mast
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or spread out the flag.
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Then abundant spoil will be divided,
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the lame will plunder it,
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24 and none there will say, “I am sick.”
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The people who dwell there
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will be forgiven their iniquity. |