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The Judgment of God
1 Woe
Ato you, O destroyer,
While you were not destroyed;
And he
Bwho is treacherous, while
others did not deal treacherously with him.
As soon as you finish destroying,
Cyou will be destroyed;
As soon as you cease to deal treacherously,
others will
Ddeal treacherously with you.
2 O Loʀᴅ,
Abe gracious to us; we have
Bwaited for You.
Be
1their
2Cstrength every morning,
Our salvation also in the
Dtime of distress.
3 At the sound of the tumult
Apeoples flee;
At the
Blifting up of Yourself nations disperse.
4 Your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
As locusts rushing about men rush about on it.
5 The Loʀᴅ is
Aexalted, for He dwells on high;
He has
Bfilled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 And He will be the
1Astability of your times,
A
Bwealth of salvation, wisdom and
Cknowledge;
The
Dfear of the Loʀᴅ is his treasure.
7 Behold, their brave men cry in
1the streets,
The
2Aambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are desolate,
1the
Atraveler has ceased,
He has
Bbroken the covenant, he has despised the cities,
He has no regard for man.
9 AThe land mourns
and pines away,
BLebanon is shamed
and withers;
CSharon is like a desert plain,
And Bashan and Carmel
1lose
their foliage. 10 “Now
AI will arise,” says the Loʀᴅ,
“Now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up.
11 “You have
Aconceived
1chaff, you will give birth to stubble;
2My
Bbreath will consume you like a fire.
12 “The peoples will be burned to lime,
ALike cut thorns which are burned in the fire.
13 “You who are far away,
Ahear what I have done;
And you who are near,
1acknowledge My might.”
14 ASinners in Zion are terrified;
BTrembling has seized the godless.
“Who among us can live with
Cthe consuming fire?
Who among us can live with
1continual
Dburning?”
15 He who
Awalks righteously and speaks with sincerity,
He who rejects
1unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And
Bshuts his eyes from looking upon evil;
16 He will dwell on the heights,
AHis refuge will be the
1impregnable rock;
BHis bread will be given
him, His water will be sure.
17 Your eyes will see
Athe King in His beauty;
They will behold
Ba far-distant land.
18 Your heart will meditate on
Aterror:
“Where is
Bhe who counts?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
19 You will no longer see a fierce people,
A people of
1Aunintelligible speech
2which no one comprehends,
Of a stammering tongue
3which no one understands.
20 ALook upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an
Bundisturbed habitation,
CA tent which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its cords be torn apart.
21 But there the majestic One, the Loʀᴅ, will be for us
A place of
Arivers
and wide canals
On which no boat with oars will go,
And on which no mighty ship will pass—
22 For the Loʀᴅ is our
Ajudge,
The Loʀᴅ is
Bour lawgiver,
23 Your tackle hangs slack;
It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then the
Aprey of an abundant spoil will be divided;
BThe lame will take the plunder.
24 And no resident will say, “I am
Asick”;
The people who dwell
1there will be
Bforgiven
their iniquity.