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But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, And my Lord has forgotten me."

Then you will say in your heart, "Who has begotten these for me, Since I have lost my children and am desolate, A captive, and wandering to and fro? And who has brought these up? There I was, left alone; But these, where were they?"'

But thus says the LORD: "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, And the prey of the terrible be delivered; For I will contend with him who contends with you, And I will save your children.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished.

For the moth will eat them up like a garment, And the worm will eat them like wool; But My righteousness will be forever, And My salvation from generation to generation."

But I am the LORD your God, Who divided the sea whose waves roared-- The LORD of hosts is His name.

Therefore please hear this, you afflicted, And drunk but not with wine.

23 But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you,Who have said to you, [fn] 'Lie down, that we may walk over you.'And you have laid your body like the ground,And as the street, for those who walk over."

But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

And they [fn] made His grave with the wicked--But with the rich at His death,Because He had done no violence,Nor was any deceit in His mouth.

"For a mere moment I have forsaken you, But with great mercies I will gather you.

With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you," Says the LORD, your Redeemer.

For the mountains shall depart And the hills be removed, But My kindness shall not depart from you, Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed," Says the LORD, who has mercy on you.

Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me. Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.

"For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater,

So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

"But come here, You sons of the sorceress, You offspring of the adulterer and the harlot!

When you cry out, Let your collection of idols deliver you. But the wind will carry them all away, A breath will take them. But he who puts his trust in Me shall possess the land, And shall inherit My holy mountain."

But the wicked are like the troubled sea, When it cannot rest, Whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.