9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it,

And praise the LORD;

And they that have brought it together shall drink it
In the courts of my holiness.

10 Go through, go through the gates;

Prepare ye the way of the people;

Cast up, cast up the highway;

Gather out the stones;

Lift up a standard for the people.

11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; Behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

12 And they shall call them, The holy people,

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The redeemed of the LORD:

And thou shalt be called, Sought out,
A city not forsaken.

WHO is this that cometh from Edom?

With dyed garments from Bozrah?
This that is glorious in his apparel,

Travelling in the greatness of his strength?

I that speak in righteousness,

Mighty to save.

Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel,

And thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?

3 I have trodden the winepress alone;

And of the people there was none with me:

For I will tread them in mine anger,

And trample them in my fury;

And their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments,
And I will stain all my raiment.

4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart,

And the year of my redeemed is come.

5 And I looked, and there was none to help;

And I wondered that there was none to uphold:

Therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me;
And my fury, it upheld me.

6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger,
And make them drunk in my fury,

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8

And I will bring down their strength to the earth.

I WILL mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, And the praises of the LORD,

According to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us,

And the great goodness toward the house of Israel,

Which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies,
And according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
For he said, Surely they are my people,

Children that will not lie:

So he was their Saviour.

9 In all their affliction he was afflicted,

And the angel of his presence saved them:

In his love and in his pity he redeemed them;

And he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

10 But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit:

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Therefore he was turned to be their enemy,

And he fought against them.

Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea

With the shepherd of his flock?

1 Or, recompence.

2 Heb. decked.

3 Or, shepherds.

Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?

12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, Dividing the water before them,

To make himself an everlasting name?

13 That led them through the deep,

As an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

14 As a beast goeth down into the valley,

And behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory:
Where is thy zeal and thy strength,

The sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me?
Are they restrained?"

16 Doubtless thou art our father,

Though Abraham be ignorant of us,

And Israel acknowledge us not:

Thou, O LORD, art our father, 2 our redeemer ;

Thy name is from everlasting.

17 O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways,

And hardened our heart from thy fear?

Return for thy servants' sake,

The tribes of thine inheritance.

18 The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while:

Our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

19 We are thine: thou never barest rule over them;

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3 They were not called by thy name.

OH that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, That the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

2 As when the melting fire burneth,

The fire causeth the waters to boil,

To make thy name known to thine adversaries,

That the nations may tremble at thy presence!

3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for,

Thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.

4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard,

Nor perceived by the ear,

Neither hath the eye 5 seen, O God, beside thee,

What he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, Those that remember thee in thy ways:

6

Behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned:

In those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

But we are all as an unclean thing,

And all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags;

And we all do fade as a leaf;

And our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name,

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That stirreth up himself to take hold of thee:

For thou hast hid thy face from us,

And hast 6 consumed us, 7 because of our iniquities.

But now, O LORD, thou art our father;

We are the clay, and thou our potter;

And we all are the work of thy hand.

9 Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, Neither remember iniquity for ever:

1 Or, The multitude.

2 Or, our redeemer from everlasting
is thy name.

3 Or, Thy name was not called upon
them.

4 Heb. the fire of meltings.

5 Or, seen a God beside thee, which doeth so for him, &c.

6 Heb. melted.

7 Heb. by the hand.

Behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness,

Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

11 Our holy and our beautiful house,

Where our fathers praised thee,

Is burned up with tire:

And all our pleasant things are laid waste.

12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? Wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?

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1 AM sought of them that asked not for me;

I am found of them that sought me not:

I said, Behold me, behold me,

Unto a nation that was not called by my name.

2 I have spread out my hands all the day

Unto a rebellious people,

Which walketh in a way that was not good,
After their own thoughts;

3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face;
That sacrificeth in gardens,

And burneth incense upon altars of brick;

4 Which remain among the graves,

And lodge in the monuments,

Which eat swine's flesh,

And broth of abominable things is in their vessels ;

5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; For I am holier than thou.

These are a smoke in my 3 nose,

A fire that burneth all the day.

6 Behold, it is written before me :

I will not keep silence, but will recompense,

Even recompense into their bosom,

7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD,

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Which have burned incense upon the mountains,

And blasphemed me upon the hills:

Therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

Thus saith the LORD,

As the new wine is found in the cluster,

And one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it:

So will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob,

And out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains:

And mine elect shall inherit it,

And my servants shall dwell there.

10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks,

And the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in,

For my people that have sought me.

11 But ye are they that forsake the LORD,

That forget my holy mountain,

That prepare a table for that 4 troop,

And that furnish the drink offering unto that 5 number.

12 Therefore will I number you to the sword,

And ye shall all bow down to the slaughter:

Because when I called, ye did not answer;
When I spake, ye did not hear;

But did evil before mine eyes,

And did choose that wherein I delighted not.

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord GoD,

Behold, my servants shall eat-but ye shall be hungry:
Behold, my servants shall drink-but ye shall be thirsty :

1 Heb. upon bricks.

2 Or, pieces.

3 Or, anger.
4 Or, Gad.

5 Or, Meni.

Behold, my servants shall rejoice-but ye shall be ashamed: 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart

But ye shall cry for sorrow of heart,

And shall howl for vexation of spirit.

15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen : For the Lord GOD shall slay thee,

And call his servants by another name:

16 That he who blesseth himself in the earth
Shall bless himself in the God of truth;
And he that sweareth in the earth
Shall swear by the God of truth;

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Because the former troubles are forgotten,

And because they are hid from mine eyes.

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth:
And the former shall not be remembered,

Nor 2 come into mind.

18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever

In that which I create:

For, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing,

And her people a joy.

19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem,

And joy in my people:

And the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her,
Nor the voice of crying.

20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days,

Nor an old man that hath not filled his days:

For the child shall die an hundred years old;

But the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.

21 And they shall build houses, and inhabit them;

And they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

22 They shall not build, and another inhabit;

They shall not plant, and another eat :

For as the days of a tree are the days of my people,

And mine elect 3 shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

23 They shall not labour in vain,

Nor bring forth for trouble;

For they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD,
And their offspring with them.

24 And it shall come to pass,

That before they call, I will answer;

And while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,

And the lion shall eat straw like the bullock :

And dust shall be the serpent's meat.

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,
Saith the LORD.

C6THUS saith the LORD,

The heaven is my throne,

And the earth is my footstool:

Where is the house that ye build unto me?

And where is the place of my rest?

2 For all those things hath mine hand made,

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And all those things have been, saith the LORD:
But to this man will I look,

Even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And trembleth at my word.

He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man ;

He that sacrificeth a 4 lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck;
He that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood;

1 Heb. breaking.

2 Heb. come upon the heart.

3 Heb. shall make them continue
long, or, shall wear out.

4 Or, kid.

He that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.
Yea, they have chosen their own ways,

And their soul delighteth in their abominations.

4 I also will choose their 2 delusions,

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And will bring their fears upon them;
Because when I called, none did answer;
When I spake, they did not hear:
But they did evil before mine eyes,

And chose that in which I delighted not.

Hear the word of the LORD,

Ye that tremble at his word;

Your brethren that hated you,

That cast you out for my name's sake, said,

Let the LORD be glorified:

But he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
A voice of noise from the city,

A voice from the temple,

A voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies. 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth;

Before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day?

Or shall a nation be born at once?

For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: Shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God.

10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem,

And be glad with her, all ye that love her :

Rejoice for joy with her,

All ye

that mourn for her':

11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; That ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

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For thus saith the LORD,

Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,

And the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream :

Then shall ye suck,

Ye shall be borne upon her sides,

And be dandled upon her knees.

13 As one whom his mother comforteth,

So will I comfort you;

And ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice,

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And your bones shall flourish like an herb:

And the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants,

And his indignation toward his enemies.

For, behold, the LORD will come with fire,

And with his chariots like a whirlwind,

To render his anger with fury,

And his rebuke with flames of fire.

16 For by fire and by his sword

Will the LORD plead with all flesh :

And the slain of the LORD shall be many.

17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens 5 Behind one tree in the midst,

Eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse,

Shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

18 For I know their works and their thoughts:

It shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues;
And they shall come, and see my glory.

1 Heb. maketh a memorial of. 2 Or, devices.

3 Or, beget.
4 Or, brightness.

5 Or, One after another.