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"For in a very little while My indignation against you will be ended and My anger will be directed toward their destruction."

They have gone through the pass, saying, "Geba will be our encampment for the night." Ramah is terrified, and Gibeah of Saul has fled.

But with righteousness He will judge the poor, And decide with fairness for the humble of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.

They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD As the waters cover the sea.

Then on that day The nations will resort to the root of Jesse, Who will stand as a signal flag for the peoples; And His resting place will be glorious.

And He will lift up a flag for the nations And assemble the banished ones of Israel, And will gather the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth.

And there will be a highway from Assyria For the remnant of His people who will be left, Just as there was for Israel On the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.

Then you will say on that day, "I will give thanks to You, LORD; For although You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, And You comfort me.

"Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the LORD GOD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation."

Praise the LORD in song, for He has done glorious things; Let this be known throughout the earth.

Rejoice and shout for joy, you inhabitant of Zion, For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

I have commanded My consecrated ones, I have also called for My warriors Who boast in My eminence, To execute My anger.

A sound of a roar on the mountains, Like that of many people! A sound of an uproar of kingdoms, Of nations gathered together! The LORD of armies is mustering the army for battle.

Wail, for the day of the LORD is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light.

So I will punish the world for its evil And the wicked for their wrongdoing; I will also put an end to the audacity of the proud And humiliate the arrogance of the tyrants.

"Sheol below is excited about you, to meet you when you come; It stirs the spirits of the dead for you, all the leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.

"Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons Because of the wrongdoing of their fathers. They must not arise and take possession of the earth, And fill the surface of the world with cities."

"For the LORD of armies has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?"

"Do not rejoice, Philistia, all of you, Because the rod that struck you is broken; For from the serpent's root a viper will come out, And its fruit will be a winged serpent.