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LORD, You are ^(C1)my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have ^(C2)worked wonders, ^(C3)Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.

For You have turned a city into a ^(C1)heap, A ^(C2)fortified city into a ruin; A ^(C3)palace of strangers is no longer a city, It will never be rebuilt.

Therefore a strong people will ^(C1)glorify You; ^(C2)Cities of ruthless nations will revere You.

For You have been a ^(C1)stronghold for the helpless, A stronghold for the poor in his distress, A ^(C2)refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; For the breath of the ^(C3)ruthless Is like a rain storm against a wall.

Like heat in a dry land, You subdue the ^(C1)uproar of foreigners; Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is ^(F1)silenced.

^(C1)Now the LORD of armies will prepare a ^(F1)lavish banquet for ^(C2)all peoples on this mountain; A banquet of ^(F2)aged wine, ^(F3)choice pieces with marrow, And ^(F4)refined, aged wine.

And on this mountain He will destroy the ^(F1)(C1)covering which is over all peoples, The veil which is ^(F2)stretched over all nations.

He will ^(F1)(C1)swallow up death for all time, And the Lord ^(F2)GOD will ^(C2)wipe tears away from all faces, And He will remove the ^(C3)disgrace of His people from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken.

And it will be said on that day, "Behold, ^(C1)this is our God for whom we have ^(C2)waited ^(F1)that ^(C3)He might save us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited; ^(C4)Let's rejoice and be glad in His salvation."

For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain, And ^(C1)Moab will be trampled down in his place As straw is trampled down in the water of a manure pile.

And he will ^(C1)spread out his hands in the middle of it As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim, But the Lord will ^(C2)lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.

The ^(C1)unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down, Lay low, and throw to the ground, to the dust.

^(C1)On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a ^(C2)strong city; He sets up walls and ramparts for ^(F1)(C3)security.

-"Open the ^(C1)gates, that the ^(C2)righteous nation may enter, The one that ^(F1)remains faithful.

-"The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect ^(C1)peace, Because he trusts in You.

-"^(C1)Trust in the LORD forever, For in ^(F1)GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting ^(C2)Rock.

-"For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the ^(C1)unassailable city; ^(C2)He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.

-"^(C1)The foot will trample it, The feet of the ^(C2)poor, the steps of the helpless."

The ^(C1)way of the righteous is smooth; O Upright One, ^(C2)make the path of the righteous level.

Indeed, while following the way of ^(C1)Your judgments, LORD, We have waited for You eagerly; ^(C2)Your name, and ^(C3)remembering You, is the desire of our souls.

^(C1)At night ^(F1)my soul longs for You, Indeed, ^(F2)my spirit within me ^(C2)seeks You diligently; For when the earth ^(F3)experiences Your judgments, The inhabitants of the world ^(C3)learn righteousness.

Though the wicked person is shown compassion, He does not ^(C1)learn righteousness; He ^(C2)deals unjustly in the land of uprightness, And does not perceive the majesty of the LORD.

LORD, Your hand is lifted up, yet they ^(C1)do not see it. ^(F1)They see ^(C2)Your zeal for the people and are put to shame; Indeed, ^(F2)(C3)fire will devour Your enemies.

LORD, You will establish ^(C1)peace for us, Since You have also performed for us all our works.

LORD, our God, ^(C1)other masters besides You have ruled us; But through You alone we ^(F1)(C2)confess Your name.

^(C1)The dead will not live, the ^(F1)departed spirits will not rise; Therefore You have ^(C2)punished and destroyed them, And You have eliminated all remembrance of them.

^(C1)You have increased the nation, LORD, You have increased the nation, You are glorified; You have ^(C2)extended all the borders of the land.

LORD, they sought You ^(C1)in distress; They ^(F1)could only whisper a prayer, Your discipline was upon them.

^(C1)As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth, She writhes and cries out in her labor pains; This is how we were before You, LORD.

We were pregnant, we writhed in labor, We ^(C1)gave birth, as it seems, only to wind. We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth, Nor were ^(C2)inhabitants of the world ^(F1)born.

Your ^(C1)dead will live; ^(F1)Their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, ^(C2)awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the dew of the ^(F2)dawn, And the earth will ^(F3)give birth to the ^(F4)departed spirits.

Come, my people, ^(C1)enter your rooms And close your doors behind you; Hide for a little ^(F1)(C2)while Until ^(C3)indignation ^(F2)runs its course.

For behold, the LORD is about to ^(C1)come out from His place To ^(C2)punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wrongdoing; And the earth will ^(C3)reveal her bloodshed And will no longer cover her slain.

On that day ^(C1)the LORD will punish ^(F1)(C2)Leviathan the fleeing serpent, With His fierce and great and mighty sword, Even ^(F1)Leviathan the twisted serpent; And ^(C3)He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

On that day, "A ^(F1)(C1)vineyard of beauty, sing of it!

-"I, the LORD, am its keeper; ^(C1)I water it every moment. So that no one will ^(F1)damage it, I ^(C2)guard it night and day.

-"I have no wrath. Should ^(F1)someone give Me ^(C1)briars and thorns in battle, Then I would step on them, ^(C2)I would burn them ^(F2)completely.

-"Or let him ^(F1)(C1)rely on My protection, Let him make peace with Me, Let him ^(C2)make peace with Me."

^(F1)In the days to come Jacob ^(C1)will take root, Israel will ^(C2)blossom and sprout, And they will fill the ^(F2)whole world with ^(C3)fruit.

Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has ^(C1)He struck them? Or like the slaughter of His slain, ^(F1)have they been slain?

You contended with them ^(F1)by banishing them, by ^(C1)driving them away. With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the ^(C2)east wind.

Therefore through this Jacob's wrongdoing will be ^(C1)forgiven; And this will be ^(F1)the full price of the ^(F2)(C2)pardoning of his sin: When he makes all the ^(C3)altar stones like pulverized chalk stones; When ^(F3)Asherim and incense altars will not stand.

For the fortified city is ^(C1)isolated, A ^(F1)homestead deserted and abandoned like the desert; ^(C2)There the calf will graze, And there it will lie down and ^(F2)feed on its branches.

When its ^(C1)limbs are dry, they are broken off; Women come and make a fire with them, For they are not a people of ^(C2)discernment, Therefore ^(C3)their Maker ^(C4)will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them.

On that day the LORD ^(C1)will thresh from the flowing stream of the ^(C2)Euphrates River to the brook of Egypt, and you will be ^(C3)gathered up one by one, you sons of Israel.

It will come about also on that day that a great ^(C1)trumpet will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of ^(C2)Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and ^(C3)worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.