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Chapter 33
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Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled;
and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously
with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt
be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously,
they shall deal treacherously with thee. |
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O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee:
be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in
the time of trouble. |
3
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At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the
lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. |
4
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And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering
of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts
shall he run upon them. |
5
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The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath
filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. |
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And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of
thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the
LORD is his treasure. |
7
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Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors
of peace shall weep bitterly. |
8
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The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth:
he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities,
he regardeth no man. |
9
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The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed
and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan
and Carmel shake off their fruits. |
10
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Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted;
now will I lift up myself. |
11
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Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble:
your breath, as fire, shall devour you. |
12
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And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as
thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. |
13
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Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye
that are near, acknowledge my might. |
14
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The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised
the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring
fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? |
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He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly;
he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh
his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears
from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing
evil; |
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He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall
be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him;
his waters shall be sure. |
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Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall
behold the land that is very far off. |
18
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Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe?
where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? |
19
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Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper
speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue,
that thou canst not understand. |
20
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Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine
eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle
that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof
shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords
thereof be broken. |
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But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place
of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley
with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. |
22
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For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver,
the LORD is our king; he will save us. |
23
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Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen
their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the
prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. |
24
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And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people
that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. |
