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And he who is jubilant, shall descend For all this His anger is not turned away,
into it. But His hand is stretched out still.
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Each man shall be humbled, He will lift up a banner to the nations
from afar,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be And will whistle to them from the end
humbled.
16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted of the earth;
in judgment, Surely they shall come with speed,
swiftly.
And God who is holy shall be hallowed 27 No one will be weary or stumble
in righteousness.
17 Then the lambs shall feed in their among them,
pasture, No one will slumber or sleep;
And in the waste places of the fat ones Nor will the belt on their loins be loosed,
Nor the strap of their sandals be broken;
strangers shall eat. 28 Whose arrows are sharp,
18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with And all their bows bent;
cords of vanity, Their horses’ hooves will seem like flint,
And sin as if with a cart rope; And their wheels like a whirlwind.
19 That say, “Let Him make speed and 29 Their roaring will be like a lion,
hasten His work, They will roar like young lions;
That we may see it; Yes, they will roar
And let the counsel of the Holy One of And lay hold of the prey;
Israel draw near and come, They will carry it away safely,
That we may know it.” And no one will deliver.
30 In that day they will roar against them
20 Woe to those who call evil good, and
good evil; Like the roaring of the sea.
Who put darkness for light, and light And if one looks to the land,
Behold, darkness and sorrow;
for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for And the light is darkened by the clouds.
bitter! In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw
6 the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lift-
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Woe to those who are wise in their own ed up, and the train of His robe filled the tem-
eyes, 2
And prudent in their own sight! ple. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six
wings: with two he covered his face, with two
22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And
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Woe to men valiant for mixing one cried to another and said:
intoxicating drink,
Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
23 “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;
And take away justice from the The whole earth is full of His glory!”
righteous man! 4 And the posts of the door were shaken by the
24 voice of him who cried out, and the house was
Therefore, as the fire devours the
stubble, filled with smoke.
And the flame consumes the chaff, 5 So I said:
So their root will be as rottenness,
And their blossom will ascend like “Woe is me, for I am undone!
dust; Because I am a man of unclean lips,
Because they have rejected the law of And I dwell in the midst of a people of
the LORD of hosts, unclean lips;
And despised the word of the Holy For my eyes have seen the King,
One of Israel. The LORD of hosts.”
Therefore the anger of the LORD is 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, hav-
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aroused against His people;
He has stretched out His hand against ing in his hand a live coal which he had taken
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with the tongs from the altar. And he touched
them
And stricken them, my mouth with it, and said:
And the hills trembled. “Behold, this has touched your lips;
Their carcasses were as refuse in the Your iniquity is taken away,
midst of the streets. And your sin purged.”
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