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The sons also of those who oppressed you shall come bowing down to you; and all those who provoked you shall make obeisance at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you, the City of the LORD, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Violence shall no more be heard in your land, nor spoil and destruction within your borders; and they shall call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

And they shall build the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD; and you shall be called, Avenged, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

But they rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit; therefore he turned to be their enemy and he fought against them.

And leading them through the deep, as a horse is led in the wilderness, and they stumbled not,

Look down from heaven and behold from thy holy and glorious habitation. Where is thy zeal and thy strength? Turn thy tender mercies and compassion toward us. Are they restrained?

That they might melt as wax melts before the fire, and that fire might devour thy enemies, that thy name might be made known to thy enemies, so that the nations might tremble at thy presence!

Who sit in tombs and lodge in caves, who eat swines flesh and pollute their vessels with unclean carcasses; to break the law and to defile the holy covenant, that they may provoke the LORD.

Their sins and the sins of their fathers are well known, says the LORD, for they have burned incense upon the mountains and reproached me upon the hills; therefore I will measure their former works into their bosom.

So that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my presence.

They shall build houses and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

They shall not build and others inhabit; they shall not plant and others eat; for like the days of trees are the days of my people, and my chosen ones shall eat the work of their hands.

They shall not labor in vain nor bring forth children for a curse; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, both they and their children with them.

And it shall come to pass that before they call I will answer them; and before they speak I will hear them.

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together and the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpents food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says the LORD.

He who kills an ox is like him who slays a man; he who sacrifices a lamb is like him who kills a dog; he who offers a meal offering is like him who offers swines blood; he who burns incense is like him who blesses an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their idols.

I also will allow them to be humiliated and will recompense them according to their works; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not listen; but they did evil in my sight, and chose the things in which I delighted not.

Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at his word; say to your brethren who hate you and who despise you for my names sake, Let the LORD be glorified, and rejoice in your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

For I know their works and their thoughts; when I come to gather all nations and tongues, they shall come and see my glory.