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| Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed
garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling
in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty
to save. |
| Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy
garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? |
| I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the
people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and
trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my
garments, and I will stain all my raiment. |
| For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the
year of my redeemed is come. |
| And I looked, and there was none to help; and I
wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought
salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. |
| And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and
make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the
earth. |
| I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and
the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on
us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath
bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the
multitude of his lovingkindnesses. |
| For he said, Surely they are my people, children
that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. |
| In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the
angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he
redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. |
| But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit:
therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. |
| Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his
people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the
shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? |
| That led them by the right hand of Moses with his
glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an
everlasting name? |
| That led them through the deep, as an horse in the
wilderness, that they should not stumble? |
| As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of
the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make
thyself a glorious name. |
| Look down from heaven, and behold from the
habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy
strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are
they restrained? |
| Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be
ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our
father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. |
| O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways,
and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the
tribes of thine inheritance. |
| The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a
little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. |
| We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they
were not called by thy name. |
| Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou
wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence. |
| As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth
the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that
the nations may tremble at thy presence! |
| When thou didst terrible things which we looked not
for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. |
| For since the beginning of the world men have not
heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God,
beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. |
| Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh
righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art
wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be
saved. |
| But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our
righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and
our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. |
| And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that
stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face
from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. |
| But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the
clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. |
| Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember
iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. |
| Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a
wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. |
| Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers
praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are
laid waste. |
| Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD?
wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? |
| I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am
found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a
nation that was not called by my name. |
| I have spread out my hands all the day unto a
rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their
own thoughts; |
| A people that provoketh me to anger continually to
my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of
brick; |
| Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the
monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in
their vessels; |
| Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me;
for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that
burneth all the day. |
| Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep
silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, |
| Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers
together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains,
and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former
work into their bosom. |
| Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the
cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will
I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. |
| And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out
of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it,
and my servants shall dwell there. |
| And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley
of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have
sought me. |
| But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget
my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish
the drink offering unto that number. |
| Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye
shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not
answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes,
and did choose that wherein I delighted not. |
| Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my
servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall
drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but
ye shall be ashamed: |
| Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but
ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. |
| And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my
chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by
another name: |
| That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall
bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth
shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are
forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. |
| For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth:
and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. |
| But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I
create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a
joy. |
| And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my
people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the
voice of crying. |
| There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor
an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an
hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be
accursed. |
| And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and
they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. |
| They shall not build, and another inhabit; they
shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days
of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. |
| They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for
trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their
offspring with them. |
| And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I
will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. |
| The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the
lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's
meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the
LORD. |
| Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and
the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and
where is the place of my rest? |
| For all those things hath mine hand made, and all
those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look,
even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my
word. |
| He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he
that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth
an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as
if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their
soul delighteth in their abominations. |
| I also will choose their delusions, and will bring
their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I
spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose
that in which I delighted not. |
| Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his
word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's
sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy,
and they shall be ashamed. |
| A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the
temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompense to his enemies. |
| Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her
pain came, she was delivered of a man child. |
| Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such
things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a
nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth
her children. |
| Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring
forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb?
saith thy God. |
| Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all
ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: |
| That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts
of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the
abundance of her glory. |
| For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace
to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing
stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be
dandled upon her knees. |
| As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort
you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. |
| And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and
your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall
be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. |
| For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with
his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his
rebuke with flames of fire. |
| For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead
with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. |
| They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves
in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and
the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the
LORD. |
| For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall
come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come,
and see my glory. |
| And I will set a sign among them, and I will send
those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud,
that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have
not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my
glory among the Gentiles. |
| And they shall bring all your brethren for an
offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots,
and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy
mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an
offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. |
| And I will also take of them for priests and for
Levites, saith the LORD. |
| For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I
will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed
and your name remain. |
| And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to
another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to
worship before me, saith the LORD. |
| And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases
of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not
die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an
abhorring unto all flesh. |
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