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Now, will I arise, Saith Yahweh, Now, will I lift myself up, Now, will I be exalted!

Ye shall conceive chaff Ye shall bring forth stubble, - Your own breath, like fire, shall devour you.

So shall peoples, become, as the burnings of lime, - As thorns lopped off, with fire, shall they be burned.

Hear - ye that are far off. what I have done, And know - ye that are near my might:

Terror-stricken in Zion, - are sinners, Shuddering hath seized the impious, - Who among us can sojourn with a fire that devoureth? Who among us can sojourn with burnings age-abiding?

He that walketh righteously, And speaketh uprightly, - He that refuseth the gain of exactions That shaketh his hands free from holding a bribe, That stoppeth his ear from hearkening to deeds of blood, And shutteth his eyes from giving countenance to wrong,

He, the heights, shall inhabit, A stronghold of crags, shall be his refuge, - His bread, hath been delivered, His waters, have been made sure,