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You destroyer never destroyed,</p> <p class="sl1">betrayer never betrayed!</p> <p class="sl">When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed;</p> <p class="sl1">when you have stopped betraying, you will be betrayed.<a id="ren29033001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033002" class="ver">2</span><span class="tetr">Lord</span>, be gracious to us; for you we wait.</p> <p class="sl1">Be our strength every morning,</p> <p class="sl1">our salvation in time of trouble!<a id="ren29033002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033002-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033003" class="ver">3</span>At the roaring sound, peoples flee;</p> <p class="sl1">when you rise in your majesty, nations are scattered.<a id="ren29033003-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033003-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033004" class="ver">4</span>Spoil is gathered up as caterpillars gather,</p> <p class="sl1">an onrush like the rush of locusts.<a id="ren29033004-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033004-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033005" class="ver">5</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> is exalted, enthroned on high;</p> <p class="sl1">he fills Zion with right and justice.<a id="ren29033005-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033005-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033006" class="ver">6</span>That which makes her seasons certain,</p> <p class="sl1">her wealth, salvation, wisdom, and knowledge,</p> <p class="sl1">is the fear of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, her treasure.<a id="ren29033006-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033006-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033007" class="ver">7</span>See, the men of Ariel cry out in the streets,</p> <p class="sl1">the messengers of Shalem<a id="rfn29033007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29033007-1">*</a> weep bitterly.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033008" class="ver">8</span>The highways are desolate,</p> <p class="sl1">travelers have quit the paths,</p> <p class="sl">Covenants are broken, witnesses spurned;</p> <p class="sl1">yet no one gives it a thought.<a id="ren29033008-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033008-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033009" class="ver">9</span>The country languishes in mourning,</p> <p class="sl1">Lebanon withers with shame;</p> <p class="sl">Sharon<a id="rfn29033009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29033009-1">*</a> is like the Arabah,</p> <p class="sl1">Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.<a id="ren29033009-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033009-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033010" class="ver">10</span>Now I will rise up, says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">now exalt myself,</p> <p class="sl1">now lift myself up.<a id="ren29033010-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033010-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033011" class="ver">11</span>You conceive dry grass, bring forth stubble;</p> <p class="sl1">my spirit shall consume you like fire.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033012" class="ver">12</span>The peoples shall be burned to lime,</p> <p class="sl1">thorns cut down to burn in fire.<a id="ren29033012-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033012-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033013" class="ver">13</span>Hear, you who are far off, what I have done;</p> <p class="sl1">you who are near, acknowledge my might.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033014" class="ver">14</span>In Zion sinners are in dread,</p> <p class="sl1">trembling grips the impious:</p> <p class="sl">“Who of us can live with consuming fire?</p> <p class="sl1">who of us can live with everlasting flames?”<a id="ren29033014-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033014-k">k</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033015" class="ver">15</span>Whoever walks righteously and speaks honestly,</p> <p class="sl1">who spurns what is gained by oppression,</p> <p class="sl">Who waves off contact with a bribe,</p> <p class="sl1">who stops his ears so as not to hear of bloodshed,</p> <p class="sl1">who closes his eyes so as not to look on evil—<a id="ren29033015-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033015-l">l</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033016" class="ver">16</span>That one shall dwell on the heights,</p> <p class="sl1">with fortresses of rock for stronghold,</p> <p class="sl1">food and drink in steady supply.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033017" class="ver">17</span>Your eyes will see a king<a id="rfn29033017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29033017-1">*</a> in his splendor,</p> <p class="sl1">they will look upon a vast land.<a id="ren29033017-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033017-m">m</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033018" class="ver">18</span>Your mind will dwell on the terror:</p> <p class="sl1">“Where is the one who counted, where the one who weighed?</p> <p class="sl1">Where the one who counted the towers?”<a id="ren29033018-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033018-n">n</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033019" class="ver">19</span>You shall no longer see a defiant people,</p> <p class="sl1">a people of speech too obscure to comprehend,</p> <p class="sl1">stammering in a tongue not understood.<a id="ren29033019-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033019-o">o</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033020" class="ver">20</span>Look to Zion, the city of our festivals;</p> <p class="sl1">your eyes shall see Jerusalem</p> <p class="sl1">as a quiet abode, a tent not to be struck,</p> <p class="sl">Whose pegs will never be pulled up,</p> <p class="sl1">nor any of its ropes severed.<a id="ren29033020-p" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033020-p">p</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033021" class="ver">21</span>Indeed the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> in majesty will be there for us</p> <p class="sl1">a place of rivers and wide streams</p> <p class="sl1">on which no galley may go,</p> <p class="sl1">where no majestic ship<a id="rfn29033021-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29033021-1">*</a> may pass.<a id="ren29033021-q" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033021-q">q</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033022" class="ver">22</span>For the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> is our judge,</p> <p class="sl1">the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> is our lawgiver,</p> <p class="sl1">the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> is our king;</p> <p class="sl1">he it is who will save us.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033023" class="ver">23</span>The rigging hangs slack;</p> <p class="sl1">it cannot hold the mast in place,</p> <p class="sl1">nor keep the sail spread out.</p> <p class="sl">Then the blind will divide great spoils</p> <p class="sl1">and the lame will carry off the loot.<a id="ren29033023-r" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033023-r">r</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29033024" class="ver">24</span>No one who dwells there will say, “I am sick”;</p> <p class="sl1">the people who live there will be forgiven their guilt.<a id="ren29033024-s" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29033024-s">s</a></p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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