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In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; God will appoint salvation for walls and bulwarks.

Trust in the Lord forever,For in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength. [fn]

For He brings down those who dwell on high, The lofty city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He brings it down to the dust.

Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; The desire of our soul is for Your name And for the remembrance of You.

With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

LORD, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

LORD, You will establish peace for us, For You have also done all our works in us.

Your dead shall live;Together with my dead body [fn] they shall arise.Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;For your dew is like the dew of herbs,And the earth shall cast out the dead.

Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past.

For behold, the LORD comes out of His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; The earth will also disclose her blood, And will no more cover her slain.

When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off; The women come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no understanding; Therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, And He who formed them will show them no favor.

In that day the LORD of hosts will be For a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty To the remnant of His people,

For a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, And for strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

For all tables are full of vomit and filth; No place is clean.

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little."

For with stammering lips and another tongue He will speak to this people,

Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we are in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, It will not come to us, For we have made lies our refuge, And under falsehood we have hidden ourselves."

Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; Whoever believes will not act hastily.

As often as it goes out it will take you; For morning by morning it will pass over, And by day and by night; It will be a terror just to understand the report."

For the bed is too short to stretch out on, And the covering so narrow that one cannot wrap himself in it.