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Chapter 33 |
| 1 | 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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2 | 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. |
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3 | At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the
lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. |
| 4 | 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 | The LORD is exalted; for he
dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness.
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| 6 | And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and
strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. |
| 7 |
Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall
weep bitterly. |
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8 | The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth:
he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no
man. |
| 9 |
The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and
hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their
fruits. |
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| Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted;
now will I lift up myself. |
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11 | Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall
bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you. |
| 12 | And
the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be
burned in the fire. |
| 13 | Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done;
and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. |
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14 | 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; |
| 16 | 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. |
| 17 |
Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold
the land that is very far off. |
| 18 | Thine heart shall meditate
terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted
the towers? |
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19 | 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. |
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20 | 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. |
| 21 | 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 | For the LORD
is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save
us. |
| 23 |
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 | And the inhabitant shall not
say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their
iniquity. |
