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And Hezekiah rejoiced over them and showed them his house of aromatic gum, the silver, gold, spices, good oil, all the house of his weapons, and all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing that Hezekiah had not shown them in his house or in all his dominion.

A voice is saying, "Call!" And he said, "What shall I call?" All humankind are grass, and all his loyalty is like the flowers of the field.

Look! The Lord Yahweh comes with strength, and his arm rules for him. Look! His reward is with him, and his recompense in his presence.

He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arm, and he will carry them in his bosom; he will lead those who nurse.

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, comprehended the dust of the earth in a third of a measure and weighed out the mountains in the scales, and the hills in a balance?

Who has measured up the spirit of Yahweh or informed him as his counselor?

Have you not known, or have you not heard? Yahweh is the God of eternity, the creator of the ends of the earth! He is not faint, and he does not grow weary! There is no searching his understanding.

Who has roused salvation from the east, summoned him to his foot, gives nations in his presence, and subjugates kings? He makes them like the dust with his sword, like scattered stubble with his bow.

He pursues them and passes on in peace; he does not enter the path with his feet.

Each one helps his neighbor; he says to his brother, "Take courage!"

He will not cry out and lift up and make his voice heard in the street.

He will not grow faint, and he will not be broken until he has established justice in the earth. And the coastlands wait for his teaching.

Let them give glory to Yahweh and declare his praise in the coastlands.

Yahweh goes forth like a mighty warrior; he stirs up zeal like a man of war. He raises the war cry, indeed he raises the battle shout; he prevails against his foes.

You see many things, but you do not observe. His ears are open, but he does not hear.

Yahweh was willing for the sake of his righteousness; he showed his teaching to be great and proved it to be glorious.

Who gave Jacob to a plunderer and Israel to those who plunder? Was it not Yahweh, against whom we have sinned? And they were not willing to walk in his ways, and they would not obey his law.

So he poured the wrath of his anger upon him and the strength of war. And it set him afire all around, but he did not understand; and it burned him, but he did not take it to heart.

This one will say, ‘I belong to Yahweh!' And that one will be called by the name of Jacob, and another will write on his hand ‘Yahweh's' and take the name of Israel."

Look! all his companions shall be ashamed, and the artisans are human! Let all of them assemble; let them stand up. They shall tremble; they shall be ashamed together.