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22 The burden of the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have wholly gone up to the housetops?
2 You who are full of noise, a city full of brutes, a joyous city. Your slain men shall not be slain with sword, nor die in battle.
3 All your princes shall flee together from the bow. They shall be bound. All who shall be found in you, who have fled from far, shall be bound together.
4 Therefore I said, “Turn away from me. I will weep bitterly. Do not try to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
5 “For it is a day of trouble, and of ruin, and of perplexity—by the LORD God of Hosts, in the Valley of Vision, breaking down the city—and of crying to the mountains.”
6 And Elam bore the quiver in a man’s chariot with horsemen. And Kir uncovered the shield.
7 And your chief valleys were full of chariots. And the horsemen set themselves in array against the gate.
8 And he uncovered the covering of Judah. And on that day, you looked to the armor of the house of the forest.
9 And you have seen the breaches of the City of David. For they were many. And you gathered the waters of the lower pool.
10 And you numbered the houses of Jerusalem. And you have broken down the houses to fortify the wall,
11 and have also made a ditch between the two walls for the waters of the old pool, and have not looked to its Maker, nor had respect to Him Who formed it of old.
12 And on that day, the LORD God of Hosts called for weeping and mourning and for baldness and girding with sackcloth.
13 and behold, joy and gladness, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine, eating and drinking. For tomorrow, we shall die.
14 And it was declared in the Ears of the LORD of Hosts. “Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you, till you die,” says the LORD God of Hosts.
15 Thus says the LORD God of Hosts: “Go! Get to that steward, to Shebna, who is over the house, and say,
16 “What do you have here and whom do you have here that you should carve yourself out a sepulcher here, as he who carves out his sepulcher in a high place, or that chisels a habitation for himself in a rock?
17 “Behold, the LORD will carry you away. The mighty man will surely cover you.
18 “He will surely roll and turn you, like a ball in a large country. There you shall die. And there the chariots of your glory shall be the shame of your lord’s house.
19 “So I will drive you from your station. And out of your dwelling will he destroy you.
20 “And on that day, I will call My servant, Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah.
21 “And with your garments I will clothe him. And with your belt I will strengthen him. Your power I will also commit into his hand. And he shall be a father of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the House of Judah.
22 “And I will lay the key of the House of David upon his shoulder. So he shall open, and no man shall shut. And he shall shut, and no man shall open.
23 “And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place. And he shall be the throne of glory for his father’s House.
24 “And they shall hang all the glory of his father’s House upon him, of the nephews and posterity, and all small vessels, from the vessels of the cups to all the instruments of music.
25 “On that day,” says the LORD of Hosts, “shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place depart and shall be broken and fall. And the burden that was upon it shall be cut off. For the LORD has spoken it.”
23 The burden of Tyre. Howl you ships of Tarshish! The land of Kittim, it is revealed to them.
2 Be still, you who dwell in the isles. The merchants of Sidon, such as pass over the sea, have replenished you.
3 The seed of Nile, by the abundance of waters, the harvest of the river was her revenue and she was a marketplace of the nations.
4 Be ashamed, you Sidon! For the sea has spoken, the strength of the sea, saying, “I have neither labored, nor brought forth children, nor nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.”
5 When the fame comes to the Egyptians, they shall be sorry concerning the rumor of Tyre.
6 Go over to Tarshish. Howl, you who dwell in the isles!
7 Is not this your glorious city, her antiquity of ancient days? Her own feet shall lead her far away to be a sojourner.
8 Who has decreed this against Tyre, who crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the nobles of the world?
9 The LORD of Hosts has decreed this to stain the pride of all glory and to bring to contempt all those who are glorious on the Earth.
10 Pass through your land like a stream, O daughter of Tarshish! There is no more strength.
11 He stretched out His Hand upon the sea. He shook the kingdoms. The LORD has given a Commandment concerning the place of merchandise, to destroy its power.
12 And He said, “No more shall you rejoice, O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon! Rise up. Go out to Kittim. Even there you shall have no rest.”
13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans. This was no people. Assyria founded it by the inhabitants of the wilderness. They set up its towers. They raised its palaces. And He brought it to ruin.
14 Howl you ships of Tarshish! For your strength is destroyed!
15 And on that day, Tyre shall be forgotten for seventy years (according to the years of one king). At the end of seventy years, Tyre shall sing as a harlot,
16 “Take a harp and go around the city, you harlot who has been forgotten. Make sweet melody, sing more songs, so that you may be remembered.”
17 And at the end of seventy years, the LORD shall visit Tyre. And it shall return to its wages and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the Earth in the world.
18 Yet, her profit and her wages shall be holy to the LORD. They shall not be laid up or kept in storage. But her merchandise shall be for those who dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently and to have durable clothing.
24 Behold, the LORD lays waste to the Earth and makes it empty. He turns it upside down and scatters abroad its inhabitants.
2 And as with people, so it shall be with priest; as with servant, so with master; as with maid, so with mistress; as with buyer, so with seller; as with lender, so with borrower; as with creditor, so with debtor.
3 The Earth shall be completely emptied and utterly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this Word.
4 The Earth laments and fades away. The world languishes and withers. The proud people of the Earth are weakened.
5 The Earth also deceives, because of its inhabitants. For they transgressed the Laws. They changed the Ordinances, broke the everlasting Covenant.
6 Therefore, the curse has devoured the Earth, and its inhabitants are desolate. Therefore, the inhabitants of the land are burned up. And few men are left.
7 The wine fails. The vine has no might. All who were of merry heart, mourn.
8 The rejoicing of tambourines ends. The noise of those who rejoice stops. The joy of the harp ceases.
9 They shall not drink wine with joy. Strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.
10 The city of vanity has broken down. Every house is shut up, so that no one may come in.
11 There is a crying for wine in the streets. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the world has gone away.
12 In the cities, desolation is left. And the gate is stricken with destruction.
13 Surely, thus it shall be in the midst of the Earth, among the people, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the grapes when the vintage has ended.
14 They shall lift up their voice. They shall shout for the magnificence of the LORD. They shall rejoice from the sea.
15 Therefore, praise the LORD in the valleys, the Name of the LORD God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
16 From the outermost part of the Earth we have heard praises, glory to the just. And I said, “My leanness! My leanness! Woe to me! The transgressors have offended. Yea, the transgressors have grievously offended.”
17 Fear and the pit and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the Earth!
18 And he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit. And he who comes up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare. For the windows from on high are open. And the foundations of the Earth shake.
19 The Earth has utterly broken down. The Earth has completely dissolved. The Earth has moved exceedingly.
20 The Earth shall reel to and fro like a drunken man, and shall be removed like a tent. And its iniquity shall be heavy upon it, so that it shall fall and rise no more.
21 And on that day, the LORD shall visit the host above that is on high, the kings of the world that are upon the Earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together as the prisoners in the pit. And they shall be shut up in the prison. And after many days, they shall be visited.
23 Then the Moon shall be ashamed, and the Sun, when the LORD of Hosts shall reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. And glory shall be before His ancient men.
17 “If then, while we seek to be made righteous by Christ, we ourselves are found sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sin? Absolutely not!
18 “For if I build again the things that I have destroyed, I make myself a trespasser.
19 “For I, through the Law, am dead to the Law, that I might live to God.
20 “I am crucified with Christ, but I live; yet not I anymore, but Christ lives in me. And, in that I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith in the Son of God, Who has loved me and given Himself for me.
21 “I do not abrogate the grace of God. For if righteousness is by the Law, then Christ died for nothing.”
3 O, foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth; before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
2 This only would I learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law or by the hearing of faith?
3 Are you so foolish, that after you have begun in the Spirit, you would now be made perfect by the flesh?
4 Have you suffered so many things in vain, if so be it even in vain?
5 He, therefore, who ministers to you the Spirit, and works miracles among you, does he do it through the works of the Law, or by the hearing of faith?
6 Rather, as Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness,
7 know you therefore that those who are of faith, are the same children of Abraham.
8 For the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles through faith, preached the Gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you shall all the Gentiles be blessed.”
9 So then those who are of faith, are blessed with faithful Abraham.
60 O God, You have cast us out. You have scattered us. You have been angry. Turn again to us.
2 You have made the land tremble and have made it gape. Heal the breaches thereof, for it is shaken.
3 You have shown Your people heavy things. You have made us drink the wine of giddiness.
4 You have given a banner to those who fear You, so that it may be displayed, because of Your truth. Selah.
5 So that Your beloved may be delivered, help with Your right hand and hear me.
6 God has spoken in His holiness, “I will rejoice. I shall divide Shechem and measure the valley of Succoth.
7 “Gilead shall be Mine, and Manasseh shall be Mine. Ephraim also shall be the strength of My head. Judah is My lawgiver.
8 “Moab shall be My washpot. I will cast out My shoe over Edom. Philistia show yourself joyful for Me.”
9 Who will lead me into the strong city? Who will bring me to Edom?
10 Will not you, O God, Who has cast us off; Who did not go forth, O God, with our armies?
11 Give us help against trouble. For vain is the help of man.
12 Through God we shall do valiantly; for He shall tread down our enemies. To him who excels on Neginoth: A Psalm of David
15 My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice (and I also).
16 Indeed, my core shall rejoice when your lips speak righteous things.
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