85 lines
3.2 KiB
Markdown
85 lines
3.2 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 33
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1 Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered;
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And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!
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When you cease plundering,
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You will be plundered;
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When you make an end of dealing treacherously,
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They will deal treacherously with you.
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2 O Lord, be gracious to us;
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We have waited for You.
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Be their arm every morning,
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Our salvation also in the time of trouble.
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3 At the noise of the tumult the people shall flee;
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When You lift Yourself up, the nations shall be scattered;
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4 And Your plunder shall be gathered
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Like the gathering of the caterpillar;
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As the running to and fro of locusts,
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He shall run upon them.
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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 Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times,
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And the strength of salvation;
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The fear of the Lord is His treasure.
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7 Surely their valiant ones shall cry outside,
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The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
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8 The highways lie waste,
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The traveling man ceases.
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He has broken the covenant,
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He has despised the cities,
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He regards no man.
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9 The earth mourns and languishes,
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Lebanon is shamed and shriveled;
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Sharon is like a wilderness,
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And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
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10 “Now I will rise,” says the Lord;
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“Now I will be exalted,
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Now I will lift Myself up.
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11 You shall conceive chaff,
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You shall bring forth stubble;
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Your breath, as fire, shall devour you.
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12 And the people shall be like the burnings of lime;
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Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire.
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13 Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done;
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And you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
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14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
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Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites:
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“Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?
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Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
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15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly,
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He who despises the gain of oppressions,
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Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes,
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Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed,
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And shuts his eyes from seeing evil:
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16 He will dwell on high;
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His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks;
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Bread will be given him,
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His water will be sure.
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17 Your eyes will see the King in His beauty;
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They will see the land that is very far off.
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18 Your heart will meditate on terror:
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“Where is the scribe?
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Where is he who weighs?
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Where is he who counts the towers?”
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19 You will not see a fierce people,
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A people of obscure speech, beyond perception,
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Of a stammering tongue that you cannot understand.
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20 Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
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Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet home,
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A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
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Not one of its stakes will ever be removed,
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Nor will any of its cords be broken.
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21 But there the majestic Lord will be for us
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A place of broad rivers and streams,
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In which no galley with oars will sail,
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Nor majestic ships pass by
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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 tackle is loosed,
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They could not strengthen their mast,
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They could not spread the sail.
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Then the prey of great plunder is divided;
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The lame take the prey.
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24 And the inhabitant will not say, “I am sick”;
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The people who dwell in it will be forgiven their iniquity. |