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Go now, write it on a tablet in their presenceand inscribe it on a scroll;it will be for the future,forever and ever.

For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said:“You will be delivered by returning and resting;your strength will lie in quiet confidence.But you are not willing.”

Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy,and is rising up to show you compassion,for the Lord is a just God.All who wait patiently for him are happy.

For people will live on Zion in Jerusalem. You will never weep again; he will show favor to you at the sound of your outcry; as soon as he hears, he will answer you.

Then he will send rain for your seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Indeed! Topheth has been readyfor the king for a long time.Its funeral pyre is deep and wide,with plenty of fire and wood.The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of burning sulfur,kindles it.

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help

For this is what the Lord said to me:

For on that day, every one of you will reject the silver and gold idols that your own hands have sinfully made.

For a fool speaks foolishnessand his mind plots iniquity.He lives in a godless wayand speaks falsely about the Lord.He leaves the hungry emptyand deprives the thirsty of drink.

But a noble person plans noble things;he stands up for noble causes.

In a little more than a yearyou overconfident ones will shudder,for the grapes will failand the harvest will not come.

for the ground of my peoplegrowing thorns and briers,indeed, for every joyous house in the jubilant city.

For the palace will be deserted,the busy city abandoned.The hill and the watchtower will becomebarren places forever,the joy of wild donkeys,and a pasture for flocks,

Lord, be gracious to us! We wait for you.Be our strength every morningand our salvation in time of trouble.

The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

There will be times of security for you—a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.The fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.

For the majestic one, our Lord, will be there,a place of rivers and broad streamswhere ships that are rowed will not go,and majestic vessels will not pass.

For the Lord is our Judge,the Lord is our Lawgiver,the Lord is our King.He will save us.

The Lord is angry with all the nations,furious with all their armies.He will set them apart for destruction,giving them over to slaughter.