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4.1 KiB
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122 lines
4.1 KiB
Markdown
Final Judgment and Joyous Restoration
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# Chapter 66
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1. This is what the Lord says:
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Heaven is my throne,
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and earth is my footstool.
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Where could you possibly build a house for me?
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And where would my resting place be?
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2. My hand made all these things,
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and so they all came into being.
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This is the Lord's declaration.
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I will look favorably on this kind of person:
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one who is humble, submissive in spirit,
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and trembles at my word.
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3. One person slaughters an ox, another kills a person;
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one person sacrifices a lamb, another breaks a dog's neck;
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one person offers a grain offering, another offers pig's blood;
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one person offers incense, another praises an idol--
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all these have chosen their ways
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and delight in their abhorrent practices.
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4. So I will choose their punishment,
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and I will bring on them what they dread
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because I called and no one answered;
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I spoke and they did not listen;
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they did what was evil in my sight
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and chose what I did not delight in.
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5. You who tremble at his word,
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hear the word of the Lord:
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"Your brothers who hate and exclude you
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for my name's sake have said,
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'Let the Lord be glorified
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so that we can see your joy!'
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But they will be put to shame."
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6. A sound of uproar from the city!
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A voice from the temple--
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the voice of the Lord,
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paying back his enemies what they deserve!
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7. Before Zion was in labor, she gave birth;
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before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
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8. Who has heard of such a thing?
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Who has seen such things?
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Can a land be born in one day
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or a nation be delivered in an instant?
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Yet as soon as Zion was in labor,
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she gave birth to her sons.
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9. "Will I bring a baby to the point of birth
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and not deliver it?"
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says the Lord;
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"or will I who deliver, close the womb?"
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says your God.
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10. Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her,
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all who love her.
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Rejoice greatly with her,
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all who mourn over her--
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11. so that you may nurse and be satisfied
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from her comforting breast
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and drink deeply and delight yourselves
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from her glorious breasts.
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12. For this is what the Lord says:
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I will make peace flow to her like a river,
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and the wealth of nations like a flood;
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you will nurse and be carried on her hip
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and bounced on her lap.
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13. As a mother comforts her son,
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so I will comfort you,
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and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.
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14. You will see, you will rejoice,
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and you will flourish like grass;
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then the Lord's power will be revealed to his servants,
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but he will show his wrath against his enemies.
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15. Look, the Lord will come with fire--
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his chariots are like the whirlwind--
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to execute his anger with fury
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and his rebuke with flames of fire.
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16. For the Lord will execute judgment
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on all humanity with his fiery sword,
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and many will be slain by the Lord.
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17. "Those who dedicate and purify themselves to enter the groves following their leader, eating meat from pigs, vermin, and rats, will perish together."
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This is the Lord's declaration.
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18. "Knowing their works and their thoughts, I have come to gather all nations and languages; they will come and see my glory.
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19. I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from them to the nations--to Tarshish, Put, Lud (who are archers), Tubal, Javan, and the coasts and islands far away--who have not heard about me or seen my glory. And they will proclaim my glory among the nations.
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20. They will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the Lord on horses and chariots, in litters, and on mules and camels, to my holy mountain Jerusalem,"
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says the Lord, "just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.
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21. I will also take some of them as priests and Levites,"
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says the Lord.
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22. "For just as the new heavens and the new earth,
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which I will make,
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will remain before me"--
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this is the Lord's declaration--
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"so your offspring and your name will remain.
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23. All humanity will come to worship me
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from one New Moon to another
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and from one Sabbath to another,"
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says the Lord.
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24. "As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of those who have rebelled against me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never go out, and they will be a horror to all humanity."
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