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disgrace!”</p> </div> <section> <h2 class="ah">Jerusalem Purified</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="sl1f"><span id="v29004002" class="ver">2</span><a id="rfn29004002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29004002-1">*</a> On that day,</p> <p class="sl">The branch<a id="rfn29004002-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29004002-2">*</a> of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> will be beauty and glory,</p> <p class="sl1">and the fruit of the land will be honor and splendor</p> <p class="sl1">for the survivors of Israel.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29004003" class="ver">3</span>Everyone who remains in Zion,</p> <p class="sl1">everyone left in Jerusalem</p> <p class="sl">Will be called holy:</p> <p class="sl1">everyone inscribed for life<a id="rfn29004003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29004003-1">*</a> in Jerusalem.<a id="ren29004003-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29004003-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29004004" class="ver">4</span>When the Lord washes away</p> <p class="sl1">the filth of the daughters of Zion,</p> <p class="sl">And purges Jerusalem’s blood from her midst</p> <p class="sl1">with a blast of judgment, a searing blast,<a id="ren29004004-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29004004-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29004005" class="ver">5</span>Then will the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> create,</p> <p class="sl1">over the whole site of Mount Zion</p> <p class="sl1">and over her place of assembly,</p> <p class="sl">A smoking cloud by day</p> <p class="sl1">and a light of flaming fire by night.<a id="ren29004005-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29004005-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29004006" class="ver">6</span>For over all, his glory will be shelter and protection:</p> <p class="sl1">shade from the parching heat of day,</p> <p class="sl1">refuge and cover from storm and rain.<a id="ren29004006-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29004006-d">d</a></p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 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