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but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that stands for an ensign of the peoples, to him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.

And he will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

And there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria; like there was for Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

And in that day you shall say, I will give thanks to you, O Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.

Look, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.

Sing to Yahweh; for he has done excellent things: let this be known in all the earth.

Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel.

I have commanded my consecrated ones, yes, I have called my mighty men for my anger, even my proudly exulting ones.

The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Yahweh of hosts is mustering the host for the battle.

Wail; for the day of Yahweh is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty it shall come.

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

And I will punish the world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their iniquity: and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

Look, I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.

For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

And the peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Yahweh for male slaves and for female slaves: and they shall take them captive whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

Sheol from beneath is moved for you to meet you at your coming; it stirs up the dead for you, even all the chief ones of the earth; it has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

Prepare slaughter for his sons for the iniquity of their fathers, that they do not rise up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.

I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, says Yahweh of hosts.