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On that day it will be said,“Look, this is our God;we have waited for him, and he has saved us.This is the Lord; we have waited for him.Let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”

For the Lord’s power will rest on this mountain.But Moab will be trampled in his placeas straw is trampled in a dung pile.

He will spread out his arms in the middle of it,as a swimmer spreads out his arms to swim.His pride will be brought low,along with the trickery of his hands.

For look, the Lord is coming from his placeto punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.The earth will reveal the blood shed on itand will no longer conceal her slain.

On that day the Lord with his relentless, large, strong sword will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.

You disputed with Israelby banishing and driving her away.He removed her with his severe stormon the day of the east wind.

Therefore Jacob’s iniquity will be atoned for in this way,and the result of the removal of his sin will be this:when he makes all the altar stoneslike crushed bits of chalk,no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

Look, the Lord has a strong and mighty one—like a devastating hail storm,like a storm with strong flooding water.He will bring it across the land with his hand.

The fading flower of his beautiful splendor,which is on the summit above the rich valley,will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest.Whoever sees it will swallow itwhile it is still in his hand.

On that daythe Lord of Armies will become a crown of beautyand a diadem of splendorto the remnant of his people,

For the Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim.He will rise in wrath, as at the Valley of Gibeon,to do his work, his unexpected work,and to perform his task, his unfamiliar task.

His God teaches him order;he instructs him.

Bread grain is crushed,but is not threshed endlessly.Though the wheel of the farmer’s cart rumbles,his horses do not crush it.

For when he sees his children,the work of my hands within his nation,they will honor my name,they will honor the Holy One of Jacoband stand in awe of the God of Israel.

For though his princes are at Zoanand his messengers reach as far as Hanes,

The moonlight will be as bright as the sunlight, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the Lord bandages his people’s injuries and heals the wounds he inflicted.

Look there! The Lord is coming from far away,his anger burning and heavy with smoke.His lips are full of fury,and his tongue is like a consuming fire.

His breath is like an overflowing torrentthat rises to the neck.He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destructionand to put a bridle on the jaws of the peoplesto lead them astray.

And the Lord will make the splendor of his voice heardand reveal his arm striking in angry wrathand a flame of consuming fire,in driving rain, a torrent, and hailstones.

Egyptians are men, not God;their horses are flesh, not spirit.When the Lord raises his hand to strike,the helper will stumbleand the one who is helped will fall;both will perish together.