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25.3
ISAIAH
- 3Therefore shall the strong people glorify Thee,
- The city of the terrible nations shall fear Thee.
- 4For Thou hast been a stronghold to the poor,
- A stronghold to the needy in his distress,
- A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat;
- For the blast of the terrible ones was as a storm against the wall.
- 5As the heat in a dry place, Thou didst subdue the noise of strangers;
- As the heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones was brought low.
- 6And in this mountain will the Lord of hosts make unto all peoples
- A feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees,
- Of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
- 7And He will destroy in this mountain
- The face of the covering that is cast over all peoples,
- And the veil that is spread over all nations.
- 8He will swallow up death for ever;
- And the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces;
- And the reproach of His people will He take away from off all the earth;
- For the Lord hath spoken it.
- 9And it shall be said in that day:
- 'Lo, this is our God,
- For whom we waited, that He might save us;
- This is the Lord, for whom we waited,
- We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.'
- 10For in this mountain will the hand of the Lord rest,
- And Moab shall be trodden down in his place,
- Even as straw is trodden down in the dunghill.
- 11And when he shall spread forth his hands in the midst thereof,
- As he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim,
- His pride shall be brought down together with the cunning of his hands.
- 12And the high fortress of thy walls will He bring down, lay low,
- And bring to the ground, even to the dust.
- 26In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah:
- We have a strong city;
- Walls and bulwarks doth He appoint for salvation.
- 2Open ye the gates,
- That the righteous nation that keepeth faithfulness may enter in.
- 3The mind stayed on Thee Thou keepest in perfect peace;
- Because it trusteth in Thee.
- 4Trust ye in the Lord for ever,
- For the Lord is God, an everlasting Rock.
- 5For He hath brought down them that dwell on high,
- The lofty city, laying it low, laying it low even to the ground,
- Bringing it even to the dust.
- 6The foot shall tread it down,
- Even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
- 7The way of the just is straight;
- Thou, Most Upright, makest plain the path of the just.
- 8Yea, in the way of Thy judgments,
- O Lord, have we waited for Thee;
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