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