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I will bear the fury of Jehovah because I have sinned against Him, until He judges my case and brings forth justice for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall see His righteousness.

And my enemy shall see; and shame shall cover her, the one saying to me, Where is He, Jehovah your God? My eyes shall see her. Now she shall be for a trampling, as the mud of the streets.

Who is a God like You, forgiving iniquity and passing by the transgression of the remnant of His possession? He does not make strong His anger forever, for He delights in grace.

Jehovah is good for a stronghold in the day of distress; and He knows those who trust in Him.

For as thorns are woven together, and as their drunkards are drunken, they shall be devoured like fully dried straw.

And Jehovah has commanded concerning you. Not one of your name shall be sown any more; I will cut off the carved image and the molten image out of the house of your gods; I will appoint your grave, for you are despised.

Behold! The feet of Him bearing good news is on the mountains, making heard, Peace! O Judah, celebrate your feasts; fulfill your vows; for the worthless will not continue to pass through among you; he is completely cut off.

For Jehovah has turned the glory of Jacob as the glory of Israel. For the plunderers have plundered them and have destroyed their vine branches.

Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! For there is no end to the treasures, riches from all precious objects.

The lion tears in pieces, enough for his cubs, and strangles for his lionesses, and has filled his holes with prey, even his lairs with torn prey.

And it shall be that all those who look on you shall flee from you and shall say, Nineveh is laid waste; who shall weep for her? From where shall I seek comforters for you?

Yet she went into exile; she went into captivity. Also her young ones were dashed to pieces at the head of all the streets, and they cast lots for her honored ones, and all her great ones were bound in chains.

Draw water of the siege for you! Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread in the mortar! Make the mold strong!

There is no healing for your fracture; your wound is severe. All who hear of your report shall clap the hand over you, for on whom has your wickedness not continually passed?

O Jehovah, until when shall I cry for help, and You will not hear? I cry out to You, Violence! But You do not save.

Why do You make me see evil, and You look upon toil? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention rises up.

On account of this the law has become feeble, and justice does not go forth with continuity. For the wicked surrounds the righteous, so justice goes forth, being perverted.

Look among the nations and see, and be amazed. Be amazed! For a work is working in your days which you will not believe, though it be told to you.

For, behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, the bitter and impetuous nation which is going into the broad spaces of the land, to possess dwellings not his own.

All of him shall come for violence; the eagerness of their faces is forward; and they gather captives like the sand.