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Many peoples shall come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord , to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust from the terror of the Lord , and from the glory of his majesty.

Enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from the terror of the Lord , and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.

to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts in the crags, from the terror of the Lord , and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.

For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord , defying his glorious presence.

The Lord rises to argue his case; he stands to judge the peoples.

The Lord enters into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: It is you who have devoured the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are his pleasant planting; he expected justice, but saw bloodshed; righteousness, but heard a cry!

whose feasts consist of lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine, but who do not regard the deeds of the Lord , or see the work of his hands!

who say, "Let him make haste, let him speed his work that we may see it; let the plan of the Holy One of Israel hasten to fulfillment, that we may know it!"

Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them; the mountains quaked, and their corpses were like refuse in the streets. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple.

And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory."

When the house of David heard that Aram had allied itself with Ephraim, the heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

therefore, the Lord is bringing up against it the mighty flood waters of the River, the king of Assyria and all his glory; it will rise above all its channels and overflow all its banks;

For the Lord spoke thus to me while his hand was strong upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

I will wait for the Lord , who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.

For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

His authority shall grow continually, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.