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For his soul does not delight in iniquity, but the righteous man shall live by faith.

Behold, they shall rise up suddenly, those who shall bite you, and awake those who shall cause you trouble, and you shall be for spoil to them.

Woe to him who defrauds and heaps up evil for himself, who sets his nest on high that he may be delivered from evil!

For the stone shall cry out from the wall, and the nail in the wood shall answer it.

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

You are filled with dishonor instead of glory; drink yourself also and stagger, for the cup of the LORDS right hand shall come round to you, and shame shall cover your glory.

For the violence of Lebanon shall cover you, and the plundering of the beasts shall trouble you because of the blood of men, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell therein.

What profit is a graven image that its maker has fashioned? The molten image is a false doctrine, for the heart of its maker trusts in it, to fashion a dumb idol

Thou wentest forth to save thy people and to save thine anointed; thou didst cut off the head out of the house of the wicked, thou hast laid him bare from his foundations even to the neck for ever.

Thou didst break with his own staves the heads of his princes; for they trusted in their savagery to devour the poor secretly.

When I heard it, my body trembled, confusing the words of my mouth; fear entered into my bones and my knees trembled, for he searched me out and declared to me the day of trouble that comes upon the people.

The LORD God is my strength, for he has made my feet like hinds feet, and made me stand on my high places that I may sing his praise.

And those who are turned back from the LORD; and those who have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.

Stand in awe at the presence of the LORD God; for the day of the LORD is at hand; yea, the LORD has prepared sacrifices, he has invited his guests.

Wail, O inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are confounded; all those who bear silver are cut off.

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORDS wrath; but the whole land shall be consumed in the fire of his indignation; for he shall make a speedy destruction against all the inhabitants of the earth.

For Gaza shall be deserted and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall carry captive Ashdods people at the noon day, and Ekron shall be uprooted.

And the seacoast shall become pastures for sheep, and Crete a pasture for flocks of sheep.

And the seacoast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon; in the houses of Ashkelon they shall lie down in the evening; for the LORD their God shall visit them and bring back their captivity.

Therefore as I live, says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, surely Moab shall become as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, for their plantations have been destroyed and their counsellors lost, and they have become a desolation for ever; the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my people shall possess them.