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The oppressor hastened to destroy the mighty ones, but they shall not die or be destroyed, neither shall their bread fail.

Therefore hear now this, O you afflicted and drunken, but not with wine;

But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, Bow down that we may go over you; and you have made your people like the ground and like the street to them that passed by.

Surely he has borne our sorrows and carried our griefs; but we considered him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

But he was slain for our sins, he was afflicted for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his wounds we are healed.

For in a little anger I have forsaken you; but with my great mercies I will gather you.

In a raging wrath I hid my face from you; but with my everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you, says the LORD, your Saviour.

For the mountains shall be brought low and the hills bent downward; but my kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of your peace be removed, says the LORD, the Merciful One.

For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and returns not thither, but waters the earth and makes it bring forth and sprout and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth; it shall not return to me void, but it shall do what I please and it shall accomplish that for which I sent it.

All that are blind can see, but they know not; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; they see, but they lie down and slumber.

But you draw near hither, you sons of the afflicted one, the offspring of the adulterer and the whore.

When you cry, let those who gather around you deliver you; but the wind shall carry them all away, and the whirlwind shall take them; but those who put their trust in me shall inherit the land and shall possess my holy mountain;

Because of the iniquity of her treachery I was wroth and smote her; but she backslid and was wroth, and went away groaning in her heart.

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, for it cannot rest, its waters cast up creeping things and mire.

But it is your iniquities that have separated you and your God; and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

We all roar like bears, and mourn sore like doves; we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the nations; but the LORD shall shine upon you, and his glory shall be seen upon you.

And the sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in my anger I smote you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.