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\sectd\sect{\header \pard\qr\plain\f0\fs16 Isaiah (Page \chpgn) \par}{\pard \pagebb
\par}
{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs72 The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
\par}
{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs48 The Book of Judgment
\par}
{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs48 Prophecies Concerning Judah and Israel
\par}
{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs36 Jerusalem: her present sin and punishment; her future redemption and glory
\par}
{\pard
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24
{\cf1\f1\fs22 1}The vision of Judah and Jerusalem, as seen by Isaiah the son of Amoz, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
\par}
{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs36 The prophet\uc1\u8217*s lament over the unfaithfulness of the people to their God
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 2}Hear, you heavens! Listen, earth,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
for the {\scaps Lord} is the speaker.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
\uc1\u8220*I raised my childen and brought them up,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
but they have rebelled against me.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 3}Even an ox knows its owner,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
and a donkey its master\uc1\u8217*s manger;
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
but Israel does not know,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
my people are thoughtless.\uc1\u8221*
\par}
{\pard
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 4}Sinful nation!
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
A people laden with guilt,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
a brood of evildoers,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
children all corrupt,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
they have forsaken the {\scaps Lord},
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
spurned the Holy One of Israel,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
turned their backs on him.
\par}
{\pard
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 5}Why would you invite more beatings
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
by straying yet further from him?
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
Your whole head is sick,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
your heart is all diseased,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 6}from the sole of the foot to the head
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
there is no health at all,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
nothing but bruises and welts
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
and wounds that are raw and bleeding,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
all unpressed and unbandaged,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
all unsoftened with oil.
\par}
{\pard
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 7}Your land is a desolation,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
your cities are burned with fire,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
the fields before your eyes
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
are being devoured by foreigners.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 8}And the daughter of Zion is left
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
all alone like a booth in a vineyard,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
a lodge in a cucumber field,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
like a city under siege.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 9}Were it not that the {\scaps Lord} of Hosts
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
had spared a few of us,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
we would be like Sodom,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
or another Gomorrah.
\par}
{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs36 The futility of a merely ceremonial worship
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 10}Attend to the {\scaps Lord}\uc1\u8217*s message,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
you rulers of Sodom!
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
Hear what our God has to teach you,
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{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
you folk of Gomorrah.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 11}\uc1\u8220*Why do you think I care,\uc1\u8221*
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
says the {\scaps Lord},
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
\uc1\u8220*for your countless sacrifices?
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
I am sick of burnt offerings of rams
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
and the fat of fed steers,
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{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
blood of bulls, lambs, or goats,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
is no pleasure to me.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 12}When you come before me in worship,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
who has asked you for these things?
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
Trample my courts no more,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 13}bring offerings no more.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
Your offerings are meaningless,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
their incense disgusts me.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
The new moon and Sabbath,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
the call to assembly,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
your sinful ceremonies
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
I cannot endure.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 14}I loathe your new moon festivals,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
your annual assemblies.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
They weigh me down,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
I am tired of the burden.
\par}
{\pard
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 15}So when you lift up your hands,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
I will turn away my eyes;
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
when you make your many prayers,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
I will not listen to you.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
Your hands are full of blood:
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{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 16}wash, and make youself clean.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
Banish out of my sight
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
the wicked things that you do.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
Cease to do evil,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 17}learn to do good.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
Seek justice,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
help the oppressed,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
uphold the rights of the orphan,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
defend the cause of the widow.\uc1\u8221*
\par}
{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs36 The great alternatives
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 18}\uc1\u8220*Come,\uc1\u8221* says the {\scaps Lord}, \uc1\u8220*and now
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
let us reason together.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
Your sins, though like scarlet, may yet
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
become white as the snow.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
Though they be crimson-red,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
they may yet be as wool.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 19}If you are obedient and willing,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
you will eat the good of the land;
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 20}but if you refuse and rebel,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
by the sword you will be eaten,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
for the mouth of the {\scaps Lord} has spoken it.\uc1\u8221*
\par}
{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs36 Zion\uc1\u8217*s present shame and future glory
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 21}Alas! How the once faithful city
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
has become a prostitute.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
She who was once full of justice,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
where righteousness resided,q2 is now haunted by murderers.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 22}Your silver is now become dross,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
and your wine mixed with water.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 23}Your rulers are grown to be rebels,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
the companions of thieves -
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
every one of them fond of their bribe,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
hunting ever for gifts,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
caring nothing for the rights of the orphan
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
or the cause of the widow.
\par}
{\pard
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{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 24}This then says the Lord, {\scaps God} of Hosts,
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{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
the Mighty One of Israel:
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{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
\uc1\u8220*I will get satisfaction from my foes,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
wreck vengeance on my enemies.
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 25}I will turn my hand against you,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
I will melt you down and skim off your slag,
\par}
{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
I will remove your impurities.
\par}
{\pard
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{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 26}I will give you good judges again
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{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2080\li2800
counsellors as you used to have,
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{\pard\sl280\slmult1\fs24\fi-2440\li2800
and then you will called
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the city of justice, the faithful city.
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{\pard
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 27}Zion will be ransomed by justice,
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and by righteousness her people.
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 28}But rebels and sinners will be crushed,
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and those who abandon the {\scaps Lord} will perish.
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{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs36 The heathen cult and its doom
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 29}The sacred oaks you delight in will bring you shame,
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the gardens you worship in will make you blush.
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 30}Like a tree with withered leaves
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you will be - like a waterless garden.
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 31}The strong will become like tinder,
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their evil deeds the spark,
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and both will burn together
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and no one will quench the flame.
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{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs36 Jerusalem the centre of blessing to the world; arbitration, disarmament, and international peace
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{\cf1\f1\fs22 2}The message of Isaiah the son of Amoz: his vision of Judah and Jerusalem.
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 2}In the after-time it will be
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that the mountain of the {\scaps Lord}
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will be set at the head of the mountains,
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and exalted above the hills.
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All the peoples will thither stream,
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 3}many nations will go and say,
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\uc1\u8220*Come, let us go to the mount of the {\scaps Lord},
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to the house of the God of Jacob,
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so that he in his ways may instruct us,
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and that we in his paths may walk.
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For instruction proceeds from Zion,
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the word of the {\scaps Lord} from Jerusalem.\uc1\u8221*
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 4}He will judge the disputes of the peoples,
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and for manifold nations so justly will arbitrate
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that their swords they will beat into ploughshares,
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and to pruning-hooks their spears.
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Nation will not lift up sword against nation,
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and war they will learn no more.
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 5}O household of Jacob, come,
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let us walk in the light of the {\scaps Lord}.
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{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs36 Judgment upon the wealth and pride of Judah
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{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs36 The Lord\uc1\u8217*s judgement-day
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{\i {\super\f1\cf2\fs24 6}(Get you into the caves of the rocks,
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and hide in the holes of the ground,
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from the {\scaps Lord}\uc1\u8217*s dread face, when in glory majestic
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he rises with terror to smile the earth.) }
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For he has forsaken his people,
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the household of Jacob.
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Filled is his land from the east with diviners,
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with soothsayers like to the Philistines,
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sorcerers, children of foreigners.
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 7}Filled in his land full of silver and gold,
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and his treasure is endless.
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Filled in his land full of horses,
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his chariots are endless.
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 8}Filled is his land full of idols,
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he worships the work of his hands,
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the things that his fingers have made.
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{\i {\super\f1\cf2\fs24 10}(Get you into the rocks,
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and hide in the ground,
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from the {\scaps Lord}\uc1\u8217*s dread presence
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and glory majestic.) }
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 11}So the pride of men will be humbled,
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laid low will man\uc1\u8217*s loftiness be,
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and that day will the {\scaps Lord} alone be exalted.
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 12}For a day of the {\scaps Lord} is coming
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upon all that is haughty and proud,
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upon all that is lofty and high-
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 13}upon cedars of Lebanon all,
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and oaks of Bashan all,
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 14}upon all the great mountains
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and all the high hills,
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 15}upon all the proud towers,
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all fortified walls,
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 16}upon all ships of Tarshish
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and all gallant craft.
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{\i {\super\f1\cf2\fs24 17}Then the pride of men will be humbled,
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laid low will man\uc1\u8217*s loftiness be,
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and that day will the {\scaps Lord} alone be exalted.
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 18}The Idols will all of them vanish.
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 19}Get you into the caves of the rocks,
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and the holes of the ground
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from the {\scaps Lord}\uc1\u8217*s dread face, when in glory majestic
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he rises with terror to smile the earth. }
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 20}That day will men cast away
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to the moles and to the bats
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their idols of silver and gold,
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which they made for themselves to worship;
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{\i {\super\f1\cf2\fs24 21}And into the caves of the rocks they will get them,
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and into the rents of the cliffs,
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from the {\scaps Lord}\uc1\u8217*s dread face, when in glory majestic
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he rises-with terror to smite the earth. }
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 22}Oh cease your trust in man, in whose nostrils is but a breath. Of what account is he?
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{\pard\sb360\sa360\fs36 A reign of anarchy
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{\cf1\f1\fs22 3}Behold, the Lord the {\scaps Lord} of Hosts
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take staff and stay from Jerusalem and Judah-
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 2}soldiers and Warriors, judges and prophets,
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 3}deviners and elders, and captains of fifty,
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men of distinction, and men of sage counsel,
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cunning magicians and skilful enchanters.
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 4}And boys I will give them for princes,
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and men of caprice will rule over them.
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 5}The people will play the tyrant,
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each man over his neighbour.
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The young will be rude to the aged,
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the man of low rank to the high.
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 6}One will take hold of his fellow, and say to him:
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\uc1\u8220*Your family has a robe;
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come, and do you be our ruler,
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and take this ruin in hand.\uc1\u8221*
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 7}Then will the other protest,
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\uc1\u8220*No, truly: {\i I} cannot dress your wounds.
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In my own house there is no bread,
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nor yet is there a robe.
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You will not thrust upon {\i me}
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The leadership of the people.\uc1\u8221*
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{\super\f1\cf2\fs24 8}Jerusalem is stumbling to ruin,
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and Judah must surely fall;
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for by word and by deed they defy the {\scaps Lord},
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