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Thus says the
Heaven is my throne
and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
and what is my resting place?
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All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things are mine, 1
+qsays the
But this is the one to whom I will look,
to the humble and contrite in spirit,
who trembles at my word.
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Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who kills a human being;
whoever sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck;
whoever presents a grain offering, like one who offers swine's blood; 2
whoever makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol.
These have chosen their own ways,
and in their abominations they take delight;
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I also will choose to mock 3 them,
and bring upon them what they fear;
because, when I called, no one answered,
when I spoke, they did not listen;
but they did what was evil in my sight,
and chose what did not please me.
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Hear the word of the
you who tremble at his word:
Your own people who hate you
and reject you for my name's sake
have said, "Let the
so that we may see your joy";
but it is they who shall be put to shame.
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Listen, an uproar from the city!
A voice from the temple!
The voice of the
dealing retribution to his enemies!
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Before she was in labor
she gave birth;
before her pain came upon her
she delivered a son.
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Who has heard of such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day?
Shall a nation be delivered in one moment?
Yet as soon as Zion was in labor
she delivered her children.
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Shall I open the womb and not deliver?
says the
shall I, the one who delivers, shut the womb?
says your God.
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Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
all you who mourn over her--
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that you may nurse and be satisfied
from her consoling breast;
that you may drink deeply with delight
from her glorious bosom.
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For thus says the
I will extend prosperity to her like a river,
and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and you shall nurse and be carried on her arm,
and dandled on her knees.
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As a mother comforts her child,
so I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
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You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
your bodies 4 shall flourish like the grass;
and it shall be known that the hand of the
and his indignation is against his enemies.
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For the
and his chariots like the whirlwind,
to pay back his anger in fury,
and his rebuke in flames of fire.
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For by fire will the
and by his sword, on all flesh;
and those slain by the
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Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following the one in the center, eating the flesh of pigs, vermin, and rodents, shall come to an end together, says the
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For I know 5 their works and their thoughts, and I am 6 coming to gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and shall see my glory,
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and I will set a sign among them. From them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, 7 and Lud--which draw the bow--to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands far away that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
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They shall bring all your kindred from all the nations as an offering to the
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For as the new heavens and the new earth,
which I will make,
shall remain before me, says the
so shall your descendants and your name remain.
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From new moon to new moon,
and from sabbath to sabbath,
all flesh shall come to worship before me,
says the
24 And they shall go out and look at the dead bodies of the people who have rebelled against me; for their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.