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1. Look at you. You attack others when you have not been attacked. You turn against others when no one has turned against you. So when you stop your attacks, you will be attacked. When you stop turning against others, they will turn against you.
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1. Woe H1945 to thee that spoilest H7703 , and thou H859 wast not H3808 spoiled H7703 ; and dealest treacherously H898 , and they dealt not treacherously H898 H3808 with thee! when thou shalt cease H8552 to spoil H7703 , thou shalt be spoiled H7703 ; and when thou shalt make an end H5239 to deal treacherously H898 , they shall deal treacherously H898 with thee.
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2. Lord, be kind to us. We have waited for your help. Give us strength every morning. Save us when we are in trouble.
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2. O LORD H3068 , be gracious H2603 unto us ; we have waited H6960 for thee: be H1961 thou their arm H2220 every morning H1242 , our salvation H3444 also H637 in the time H6256 of trouble H6869 .
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3. Your powerful voice makes people run away in fear. Your greatness causes the nations to run away.
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3. At the noise H4480 H6963 of the tumult H1995 the people H5971 fled H5074 ; at the lifting up H4480 H7427 of thyself the nations H1471 were scattered H5310 .
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4. You stole things in war. Those things will be taken from you. Many people will come and take your wealth. It will be like the times when locusts come and eat all your crops.
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4. And your spoil H7998 shall be gathered H622 like the gathering H625 of the caterpillar H2625 : as the running to and fro H4944 of locusts H1357 shall he run H8264 upon them.
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5. The Lord is very great. He lives in a very high place. He fills Zion with justice and goodness.
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5. The LORD H3068 is exalted H7682 ; for H3588 he dwelleth H7931 on high H4791 : he hath filled H4390 Zion H6726 with judgment H4941 and righteousness H6666 .
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6. Jerusalem, you are rich with wisdom and knowledge of God. You are rich with salvation. You respect the Lord, and that makes you rich.
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6. And wisdom H2451 and knowledge H1847 shall be H1961 the stability H530 of thy times H6256 , and strength H2633 of salvation H3444 : the fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is his treasure H214 .
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7. But listen! The messengers are crying outside. The messengers who bring peace are crying very hard.
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7. Behold H2005 , their valiant ones H691 shall cry H6817 without H2351 : the ambassadors H4397 of peace H7965 shall weep H1058 bitterly H4751 .
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8. The roads are empty; there is no one walking along the paths. People don't respect each other. They have broken the agreements they made, and they refuse to believe what witnesses tell them.
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8. The highways H4546 lie waste H8074 , the wayfaring man H5674 H734 ceaseth H7673 : he hath broken H6565 the covenant H1285 , he hath despised H3988 the cities H5892 , he regardeth H2803 no H3808 man H582 .
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9. The land is sick and dying. Lebanon is dying and Sharon Valley is dry and empty. Bashan and Carmel once grew beautiful plants�but now those plants have stopped growing.
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9. The earth H776 mourneth H56 and languisheth H535 : Lebanon H3844 is ashamed H2659 and hewn down H7060 : Sharon H8289 is H1961 like a wilderness H6160 ; and Bashan H1316 and Carmel H3760 shake off H5287 their fruits .
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10. The Lord says, "Now, I will stand and show people how great and powerful I am.
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10. Now H6258 will I rise H6965 , saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; now H6258 will I be exalted H7311 ; now H6258 will I lift up myself H5375 .
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11. You people have done useless things. These things are like hay and straw. They are worth nothing! Your spirit will be like a fire and burn you.
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11. Ye shall conceive H2029 chaff H2842 , ye shall bring forth H3205 stubble H7179 : your breath H7307 , as fire H784 , shall devour H398 you.
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12. People will be burned until their bones become lime. They will burn quickly like thorns and dry bushes.
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12. And the people H5971 shall be H1961 as the burnings H4955 of lime H7875 : as thorns H6975 cut up H3683 shall they be burned H3341 in the fire H784 .
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13. "You people in faraway lands, listen to what I have done. You people who are near me, learn about my power."
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13. Hear H8085 , ye that are far off H7350 , what H834 I have done H6213 ; and , ye that are near H7138 , acknowledge H3045 my might H1369 .
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14. The sinners in Zion are afraid. Those who do wrong shake with fear. They say, "Can any of us live through this fire that destroys? Who can live near this fire that burns forever?"
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14. The sinners H2400 in Zion H6726 are afraid H6342 ; fearfulness H7461 hath surprised H270 the hypocrites H2611 . Who H4310 among us shall dwell H1481 with the devouring H398 fire H784 ? who H4310 among us shall dwell H1481 with everlasting H5769 burnings H4168 ?
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15. Good, honest people who refuse to hurt others for money {will live through that fire}. They refuse to take bribes or listen to plans to murder other people. They refuse to look at plans for doing bad things.
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15. He that walketh H1980 righteously H6666 , and speaketh H1696 uprightly H4339 ; he that despiseth H3988 the gain H1215 of oppressions H4642 , that shaketh H5287 his hands H3709 from holding H4480 H8551 of bribes H7810 , that stoppeth H331 his ears H241 from hearing H4480 H8085 of blood H1818 , and shutteth H6105 his eyes H5869 from seeing H4480 H7200 evil H7451 ;
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16. They will live safely in high places and will be protected in high rock fortresses. They will always have food and water.
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16. He H1931 shall dwell H7931 on high H4791 : his place of defense H4869 shall be the munitions H4679 of rocks H5553 : bread H3899 shall be given H5414 him ; his waters H4325 shall be sure H539 .
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17. Your eyes will see the King in his beauty. You will see the great land.
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17. Thine eyes H5869 shall see H2372 the king H4428 in his beauty H3308 : they shall behold H7200 the land H776 that is very far off H4801 .
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18. When you think about the troubles you had in the past, you will wonder, "Where are those foreigners who spoke languages we could not understand. Where are the officials and tax collectors from other lands? Where are the spies who counted our defense towers?"
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18. Thine heart H3820 shall meditate H1897 terror H367 . Where H346 is the scribe H5608 ? where H346 is the receiver H8254 ? where H346 is he that counted H5608 H853 the towers H4026 ?
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19. Thou shalt not H3808 see H7200 H853 a fierce H3267 people H5971 , a people H5971 of a deeper H6012 speech H8193 than thou canst perceive H4480 H8085 ; of a stammering H3932 tongue H3956 , that thou canst not H369 understand H998 .
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20. Look at Zion, the city of our religious festivals. Look at Jerusalem�that beautiful place of rest. Jerusalem is like a tent that will never be moved. The pegs that hold her in place will never be pulled up. Her ropes will never be broken,
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20. Look H2372 upon Zion H6726 , the city H7151 of our solemnities H4150 : thine eyes H5869 shall see H7200 Jerusalem H3389 a quiet H7600 habitation H5116 , a tabernacle H168 that shall not H1077 be taken down H6813 ; not H1077 one of the stakes H3489 thereof shall ever H5331 be removed H5265 , neither H1077 shall any H3605 of the cords H2256 thereof be broken H5423 .
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21. because the Lord is our powerful leader there. That land is a place with streams and wide rivers, but there will be no enemy boats or powerful ships on those rivers. You men who work on such boats can stop your work with the ropes. You cannot make the mast strong enough. You will not be able to open your sails, because the Lord is our judge. He makes our laws. He is our king. He saves us. The Lord will give us our wealth. Even crippled people will get their share.
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21. But H3588 H518 there H8033 the glorious H117 LORD H3068 will be unto us a place H4725 of broad rivers H5104 and streams H2975 ; wherein shall go H1980 no H1077 galley H590 with oars H7885 , neither H3808 shall gallant H117 ship H6716 pass H5674 thereby.
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22. For H3588 the LORD H3068 is our judge H8199 , the LORD H3068 is our lawgiver H2710 , the LORD H3068 is our king H4428 ; he H1931 will save H3467 us.
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23. Thy tacklings H2256 are loosed H5203 ; they could not H1077 well H3653 strengthen H2388 their mast H8650 , they could not H1077 spread H6566 the sail H5251 : then H227 is the prey H5706 of a great H4766 spoil H7998 divided H2505 ; the lame H6455 take H962 the prey H957 .
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24. No one living there will say, "I am sick," because everyone living there has had their guilt removed.
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24. And the inhabitant H7934 shall not H1077 say H559 , I am sick H2470 : the people H5971 that dwell H3427 therein shall be forgiven H5375 their iniquity H5771 .
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