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The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink the wine for which you have labored;

Go through, go through the gates, prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway, clear it of stones, lift up an ensign over the peoples.

For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year for my redeeming work had come.

I will recount the gracious deeds of the Lord , the praiseworthy acts of the Lord , because of all that the Lord has done for us, and the great favor to the house of Israel that he has shown them according to his mercy, according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

For he said, "Surely they are my people, children who will not deal falsely"; and he became their savior

who caused his glorious arm to march at the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to make for himself an everlasting name,

Like cattle that go down into the valley, the spirit of the Lord gave them rest. Thus you led your people, to make for yourself a glorious name.

For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O Lord , are our father; our Redeemer from of old is your name.

Why, O Lord , do you make us stray from your ways and harden our heart, so that we do not fear you? Turn back for the sake of your servants, for the sake of the tribes that are your heritage.

Your holy people took possession for a little while; but now our adversaries have trampled down your sanctuary.

From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who works for those who wait for him.

There is no one who calls on your name, or attempts to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.

who say, "Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am too holy for you." These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.

their iniquities and their ancestors' iniquities together, says the Lord ; because they offered incense on the mountains and reviled me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their actions.

Thus says the Lord : As the wine is found in the cluster, and they say, "Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it," so I will do for my servants' sake, and not destroy them all.

Sharon shall become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for my people who have sought me.

But you who forsake the Lord , who forget my holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill cups of mixed wine for Destiny;

my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, but you shall cry out for pain of heart, and shall wail for anguish of spirit.

For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind.

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight.