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    <book number='36' name='Zephaniah' abbreviation='Zeph' testament='old'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='6846'>Zephaniah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3570'>Cushi</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1436'>Gedaliah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='568'>Amariah</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2396'>Hizkiah</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2977'>Josiah</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='526'>Amon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>I will utterly <strongs hebrew='622 5486'>consume</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><em>things</em> from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921 6440'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>I will <strongs hebrew='5486'>consume</strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='929'>beast</strongs>; I will <strongs hebrew='5486'>consume</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5775'>fowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1709'>fishes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4384'>stumblingblocks</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7563'>wicked</strongs>; and I will cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 5921 6440'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='127'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>I will also stretch <strongs hebrew='5186'>out</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>; and I will cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7605'>remnant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs><strongs hebrew='2088'>this</strongs><strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3649'>Chemarims</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And them that <strongs hebrew='7812'>worship</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6635'>host</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1406'>housetops</strongs>; and them that <strongs hebrew='7812'>worship</strongs><em>and</em> that <strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, and that <strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='4445'>Malcham</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And them that are turned <strongs hebrew='5472'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 310'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; and <em>those</em> <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>sought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1875'>inquired</strongs>for him. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Hold thy <strongs hebrew='2013'>peace</strongs>at the <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>presence</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='136'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='3069'>GOD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> at <strongs hebrew='7138'>hand</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='3559'>prepared</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifice</strongs>, he hath <strongs hebrew='6942'>bid</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='7121'>guests</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifice</strongs>, that I will <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>such as are <strongs hebrew='3847'>clothed</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='5237'>strange</strongs><strongs hebrew='4403'>apparel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>In the <strongs hebrew='1931'>same</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>also will I <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>those that <strongs hebrew='1801'>leap</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4670'>threshold</strongs>, which <strongs hebrew='4390'>fill</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='113'>masters</strongs>' <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2555'>violence</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4820'>deceit</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>that</em> <em>there</em> <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='6963'>noise</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='6818'>cry</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='1709'>fish</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 8179'>gate</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='3215'>howling</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4932'>second</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='7667'>crashing</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 1389'>hills</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3213'>Howl</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4389'>Maktesh</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3667'>merchant</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>are cut <strongs hebrew='1820'>down</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>they that <strongs hebrew='5187'>bear</strongs><strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>are cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>, <em>that</em> I will <strongs hebrew='2664'>search</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='5216'>candles</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='376'>men</strongs>that are <strongs hebrew='7087'>settled</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='8105'>lees</strongs>: that <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='3190'>good</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>will he do <strongs hebrew='7489'>evil</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Therefore their <strongs hebrew='2428'>goods</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4933'>booty</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8077'>desolation</strongs>: they shall also <strongs hebrew='1129'>build</strongs><strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabit</strongs><em>them</em> ; and they shall <strongs hebrew='5193'>plant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyards</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8354'>drink</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>thereof. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>The <strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7138'>near</strongs>, <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7138'>near</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4118'>hasteth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3966'>greatly</strongs>, <em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: the mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>man</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6873'>cry</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><strongs hebrew='4751'>bitterly</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='1931'>That</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5678'>wrath</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6869'>trouble</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4691'>distress</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7722'>wasteness</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4875'>desolation</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2822'>darkness</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='653'>gloominess</strongs>, a <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6051'>clouds</strongs>and thick <strongs hebrew='6205'>darkness</strongs>, </verse>
            <verse number='16'>A <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8643'>alarm</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1219'>fenced</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1364'>high</strongs><strongs hebrew='6438'>towers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>And I will bring <strongs hebrew='6887'>distress</strongs>upon <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>, that they shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>like blind <strongs hebrew='5787'>men</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: and their <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>shall be poured <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='6083'>dust</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='3894'>flesh</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='1561'>dung</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'><strongs hebrew='3808 1571'>Neither</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>nor</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='3201'>able</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>them in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='5678'>wrath</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='3605'>whole</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='7068'>jealousy</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he shall <strongs hebrew='6213'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='389'>even</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='926'>speedy</strongs><strongs hebrew='3617'>riddance</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>of</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>them that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'>Gather yourselves <strongs hebrew='7197'>together</strongs>, yea, gather <strongs hebrew='7197'>together</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3700'>desired</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='2962'>Before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2706'>decree</strongs>bring <strongs hebrew='3205'>forth</strongs>, <em>before</em> the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs><strongs hebrew='5674'>pass</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='4671'>chaff</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2962'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2740'>fierce</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='2962'>before</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>you. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='1245'>Seek</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='6035'>meek</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6466'>wrought</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='6664'>righteousness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='6038'>meekness</strongs>: it may <strongs hebrew='194'>be</strongs>ye shall be <strongs hebrew='5641'>hid</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='5804'>Gaza</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5800'>forsaken</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='831'>Ashkelon</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8077'>desolation</strongs>: they shall drive <strongs hebrew='1644'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='795'>Ashdod</strongs>at the noon <strongs hebrew='6672'>day</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6138'>Ekron</strongs>shall be rooted <strongs hebrew='6131'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='1945'>Woe</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs><strongs hebrew='2256'>coast</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nation</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3774'>Cherethites</strongs>! the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>you; O <strongs hebrew='3667'>Canaan</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='6430'>Philistines</strongs>, I will even <strongs hebrew='6'>destroy</strongs>thee, that there shall be <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs><strongs hebrew='2256'>coast</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5116'>dwellings</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3741'>cottages</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='7462'>shepherds</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1448'>folds</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='6629'>flocks</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And the <strongs hebrew='2256'>coast</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>; they shall <strongs hebrew='7462'>feed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>thereupon</strongs>: in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='831'>Ashkelon</strongs>shall they lie <strongs hebrew='7257'>down</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6153'>evening</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs>them, and turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>I have <strongs hebrew='8085'>heard</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1421'>revilings</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whereby</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='2778'>reproached</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1431'>magnified</strongs><em>themselves</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1366'>border</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><em>as</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>live</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>Surely</strongs><strongs hebrew='4124'>Moab</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='5467'>Sodom</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5983'>Ammon</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='6017'>Gomorrah</strongs>, <em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='4476'>breeding</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2738'>nettles</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4417 4379'>saltpits</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='5704 5769'>perpetual</strongs><strongs hebrew='8077'>desolation</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='7611'>residue</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='962'>spoil</strongs>them, and the <strongs hebrew='3499'>remnant</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='1471'>people</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5157'>possess</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='2063'>This</strongs>shall they have <strongs hebrew='8478'>for</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1347'>pride</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='2778'>reproached</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1431'>magnified</strongs><em>themselves</em> <strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>will</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='3372'>terrible</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>unto</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he will <strongs hebrew='7329'>famish</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; and <em>men</em> shall <strongs hebrew='7812'>worship</strongs>him, every <strongs hebrew='376'>one</strongs>from his <strongs hebrew='4480 4725'>place</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='339'>isles</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1471'>heathen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='859'>Ye</strongs><strongs hebrew='3569'>Ethiopians</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1992'>ye</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='2491'>slain</strongs>by my <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And he will stretch <strongs hebrew='5186'>out</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6828'>north</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='804'>Assyria</strongs>; and will <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='5210'>Nineveh</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8077'>desolation</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6723'>dry</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And <strongs hebrew='5739'>flocks</strongs>shall lie <strongs hebrew='7257'>down</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8432'>midst</strongs>of her, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1571'>both</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6893'>cormorant</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>and</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7090'>bittern</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3885'>lodge</strongs>in the upper <strongs hebrew='3730'>lintels</strongs>of it; <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7891'>sing</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='2474'>windows</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='2721'>desolation</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> in the <strongs hebrew='5592'>thresholds</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he shall <strongs hebrew='6168'>uncover</strongs>the cedar <strongs hebrew='731'>work</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='2063'>This</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='5947'>rejoicing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelt</strongs><strongs hebrew='983'>carelessly</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>in her <strongs hebrew='3824'>heart</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> , and <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='657'>none</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>beside</strongs>me: <strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>is she <strongs hebrew='1961'>become</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8047'>desolation</strongs>, a place for <strongs hebrew='2416'>beasts</strongs>to lie <strongs hebrew='4769'>down</strongs>in! every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='5674'>passeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>her shall <strongs hebrew='8319'>hiss</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='5128'>wag</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='1945'>Woe</strongs>to her that is <strongs hebrew='4784'>filthy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1351'>polluted</strongs>, to the <strongs hebrew='3238'>oppressing</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>! </verse>
            <verse number='2'>She <strongs hebrew='8085'>obeyed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6963'>voice</strongs>; she <strongs hebrew='3947'>received</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>correction</strongs>; she <strongs hebrew='982'>trusted</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; she drew not <strongs hebrew='7126 3808'>near</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Her <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><strongs hebrew='7130'>within</strongs>her <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='7580'>roaring</strongs><strongs hebrew='738'>lions</strongs>; her <strongs hebrew='8199'>judges</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='6153'>evening</strongs><strongs hebrew='2061'>wolves</strongs>; they gnaw not the <strongs hebrew='1633 3808'>bones</strongs>till the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morrow</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Her <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='6348'>light</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='900'>treacherous</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>persons</strongs>: her <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='2490'>polluted</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6944'>sanctuary</strongs>, they have done <strongs hebrew='2554'>violence</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>The <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs><strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>thereof; he will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='5766'>iniquity</strongs>: every <strongs hebrew='1242 1242'>morning</strongs>doth he <strongs hebrew='5414'>bring</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='5737'>faileth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>; but the <strongs hebrew='5767'>unjust</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='1322'>shame</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>I have cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>: their <strongs hebrew='6438'>towers</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='8074'>desolate</strongs>; I made their streets <strongs hebrew='2717 2351'>waste</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='4480 1097'>none</strongs>passeth <strongs hebrew='5674'>by</strongs>: their <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='6658'>destroyed</strongs>, so that there is <strongs hebrew='4480 1097'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, that there is <strongs hebrew='4480 369'>none</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitant</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='389'>Surely</strongs>thou wilt <strongs hebrew='3372'>fear</strongs>me, thou wilt <strongs hebrew='3947'>receive</strongs><strongs hebrew='4148'>instruction</strongs>; so their <strongs hebrew='4583'>dwelling</strongs>should <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605 834'>howsoever</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punished</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='403'>but</strongs>they rose <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='7843'>corrupted</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5949'>doings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs><strongs hebrew='2442'>wait</strongs>ye upon me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, until the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>that I rise <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='5706'>prey</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4941'>determination</strongs><em>is</em> to <strongs hebrew='622'>gather</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, that I may <strongs hebrew='6908'>assemble</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4467'>kingdoms</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='8210'>pour</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them mine <strongs hebrew='2195'>indignation</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='2740'>fierce</strongs><strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='7068'>jealousy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='2015'>turn</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1305'>pure</strongs><strongs hebrew='8193'>language</strongs>, that they may <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>upon the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, to <strongs hebrew='5647'>serve</strongs>him with <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7926'>consent</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>From <strongs hebrew='4480 5676'>beyond</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5104'>rivers</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3568'>Ethiopia</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6282'>suppliants</strongs>, <em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='6327'>dispersed</strongs>, shall <strongs hebrew='2986'>bring</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='4503'>offering</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>In <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>shalt thou <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4480 3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5949'>doings</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='6586'>transgressed</strongs>against me: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs>I will take <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 7130'>midst</strongs>of thee them that <strongs hebrew='5947'>rejoice</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='1346'>pride</strongs>, and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254 5750'>more</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='1361'>haughty</strongs>because of my <strongs hebrew='6944'>holy</strongs><strongs hebrew='2022'>mountain</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>I will also <strongs hebrew='7604'>leave</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of thee an <strongs hebrew='6041'>afflicted</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='1800'>poor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='2620'>trust</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>The <strongs hebrew='7611'>remnant</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs><strongs hebrew='5766'>iniquity</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='3577'>lies</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall a <strongs hebrew='8649'>deceitful</strongs><strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7462'>feed</strongs>and lie <strongs hebrew='7257'>down</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>shall make <em>them</em> <strongs hebrew='2729'>afraid</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='7442'>Sing</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='7321'>shout</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; be <strongs hebrew='8055'>glad</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='5937'>rejoice</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath taken <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs>, he hath cast <strongs hebrew='6437'>out</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of thee: thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>see</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>evil</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>In <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>it shall be <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3389'>Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3372'>Fear</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>: <em>and</em> <em>to</em> <strongs hebrew='6726'>Zion</strongs>, Let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>thine <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='7503'>slack</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of thee <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='1368'>mighty</strongs>; he will <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>, he will <strongs hebrew='7797'>rejoice</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>thee with <strongs hebrew='8057'>joy</strongs>; he will <strongs hebrew='2790'>rest</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='160'>love</strongs>, he will <strongs hebrew='1523'>joy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>thee with <strongs hebrew='7440'>singing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>I will <strongs hebrew='622'>gather</strongs><em>them</em> <em>that</em> <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3013'>sorrowful</strongs>for the solemn <strongs hebrew='4480 4150'>assembly</strongs>, <em>who</em> <strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>thee, <em>to</em> <em>whom</em> the <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>of</strongs>it <em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='4864'>burden</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'><strongs hebrew='2009'>Behold</strongs>, at <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='6213'>undo</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='6031'>afflict</strongs>thee: and I will <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>her that <strongs hebrew='6760'>halteth</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6908'>gather</strongs>her that was driven <strongs hebrew='5080'>out</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='7760'>get</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='8416'>praise</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8034'>fame</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>where they have been put to <strongs hebrew='1322'>shame</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>At <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='935'>bring</strongs>you <em>again</em> , even in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>that I <strongs hebrew='6908'>gather</strongs>you: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs>you a <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>and a <strongs hebrew='8416'>praise</strongs>among <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, when I turn <strongs hebrew='7725'>back</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>your <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>before your <strongs hebrew='5869'>eyes</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='559'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
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