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And it will be said in that day,"Behold, this is our God in whom we have hoped that He would save us.This is Yahweh in whom we have hoped;Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation."

For the hand of Yahweh will rest on this mountain,And Moab will be trodden down in his placeAs straw is trodden down in the water of a manure pile.

And he will spread out his hands in the middle of itAs a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,But Yahweh will lay low his lofty pride together with the trickery of his hands.

For behold, Yahweh is about to come out from His placeTo visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth;And the earth will reveal her bloodshedAnd will no longer cover those of hers who were killed.

In that day Yahweh will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,With His fierce and great and mighty sword,Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has He struck them?Or like the slaughter of those of His who were killed, have they been killed?

You contended with them by driving them away, by making them forlorn.With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the east wind.

Therefore through this, Jacob's iniquity will be atoned for;And this will be the whole fruit of the turning away of his sin:When he makes all the altar stones like pulverized chalk stones,When Asherim and incense altars will not stand.

And it will be in that day, that Yahweh will start His threshing from the flowing stream of the River to the brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel.

Behold, the Lord has a strong and courageous agent;As a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction,Like a storm of mighty overflowing waters,He has set it down to the earth with His hand.

And the fading flower of its glorious beauty,Which is at the head of the fertile valley,Will be like the first‑ripe fig prior to summer,Which one sees,And as soon as it is in his hand,He swallows it.

In that day Yahweh of hosts will become a beautiful crownAnd a glorious diadem to the remnant of His people;

For Yahweh will rise up as at Mount Perazim;He will be stirred up as in the valley of Gibeon,To work His work, His unusual work,And to labor in His labor, His exceptional labor.

Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed?Does he continually turn and harrow his ground?

For his God disciplines and teaches him proper judgment.

Grain for bread is crushed,But he does not continue to thresh it forever.Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually disturb it,He does not crush it longer.

This also comes from Yahweh of hosts,Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great.

And it will be as when a hungry man dreams—And behold, he is eating;But he awakens, and his soul is empty,Or as when a thirsty man dreams—And behold, he is drinking,But he awakens, and behold, he is faint,And his soul is not quenched.Thus the multitude of all the nations will beWho wage war against Mount Zion.

Therefore thus says Yahweh, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:"Jacob shall not now be ashamed, and now his face shall not turn pale;

But when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst,They will sanctify My name;Indeed, they will sanctify the Holy One of JacobAnd will stand trembling before the God of Israel.