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THE BURDEN OF TYRE.<\/strong><\/p>\n HOWL, YE SHIPS OF TARSHISH;<\/strong><\/p>\n FOR IT IS LAID WASTE,<\/strong><\/p>\n SO THAT THERE IS NO HOUSE,<\/strong><\/p>\n NO ENTERING IN:<\/strong><\/p>\n FROM THE LAND OF CHITTIM<\/strong><\/p>\n IT IS REVEALED TO THEM.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Be still,<\/p>\n ye inhabitants of the isle;<\/p>\n thou whom the merchants of Zidon,<\/p>\n that pass over the sea,<\/p>\n have replenished.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And by great waters the seed of Sihor,<\/p>\n the harvest of the river,<\/p>\n is her revenue;<\/p>\n and she is a mart of nations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Be thou ashamed,<\/p>\n O Zidon:<\/p>\n for the sea hath spoken,<\/p>\n even the strength of the sea,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n saying,<\/p>\n I travail not,<\/p>\n nor bring forth children,<\/p>\n neither do I nourish up young men,<\/p>\n nor bring up virgins.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As at the report concerning Egypt,<\/p>\n so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pass ye over to Tarshish;<\/p>\n howl,<\/p>\n ye inhabitants of the isle.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Is this your joyous city,<\/p>\n whose antiquity is of ancient days?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WHO HATH TAKEN THIS COUNSEL AGAINST TYRE,<\/p>\n THE CROWNING CITY,<\/p>\n whose merchants are princes,<\/p>\n whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The LORD of hosts hath purposed it,<\/p>\n to stain the pride of all glory,<\/p>\n and to bring into contempt<\/p>\n all the honourable of the earth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pass through thy land as a river,<\/p>\n O daughter of Tarshish:<\/p>\n there is no more strength.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He stretched out his hand over the sea,<\/p>\n he shook the kingdoms:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the LORD hath given a commandment<\/p>\n against the merchant city,<\/p>\n to destroy the strong holds thereof.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And he said,<\/p>\n Thou shalt no more rejoice,<\/p>\n O thou oppressed virgin,<\/p>\n daughter of Zidon:<\/p>\n arise,<\/p>\n pass over to Chittim;<\/p>\n there also shalt thou have no rest.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Behold the land of the Chaldeans;<\/p>\n this people was not,<\/p>\n till the Assyrian founded it<\/p>\n for them that dwell in the wilderness:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n they set up the towers thereof,<\/p>\n they raised up the palaces thereof;<\/p>\n and he brought it to ruin.<\/p>\n howl, ye ships of Tarshish:<\/p>\n for your strength is laid waste.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY,<\/p>\n that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years,<\/p>\n according to the days of one king:<\/p>\n after the end of seventy years<\/p>\n shall Tyre sing as an harlot.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Take an harp,<\/p>\n go about the city,<\/p>\n thou harlot that hast been forgotten;<\/p>\n make sweet melody,<\/p>\n sing many songs,<\/p>\n that thou mayest be remembered.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS<\/p>\n after the end of seventy years,<\/p>\n that the LORD will visit Tyre,<\/p>\n and she shall turn to her hire,<\/p>\n and shall commit fornication<\/p>\n with all the kingdoms of the world<\/p>\n upon the face of the earth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And her merchandise<\/p>\n and her hire<\/p>\n shall be holiness to the LORD:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n it shall not be treasured<\/p>\n nor laid up;<\/p>\n for her merchandise shall be<\/p>\n for them that dwell before the LORD,<\/p>\n to eat sufficiently,<\/p>\n and for durable clothing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n BEHOLD,<\/p>\n THE LORD MAKETH THE EARTH EMPTY,<\/p>\n and maketh it waste,<\/p>\n and turneth it upside down,<\/em><\/p>\n and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And it shall be,<\/p>\n as with the people,<\/p>\n so with the priest;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n as with the servant,<\/p>\n so with his master;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n as with the maid,<\/p>\n so with her mistress;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n as with the buyer,<\/p>\n so with the seller;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n as with the lender,<\/p>\n so with the borrower;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n as with the taker of usury,<\/p>\n so with the giver of usury to him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The land shall be utterly emptied,<\/p>\n and utterly spoiled:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n for the LORD hath spoken this word.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The earth mourneth and fadeth away,<\/p>\n the world languisheth and fadeth away,<\/p>\n the haughty people of the earth do languish.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof;<\/p>\n because they have transgressed the laws,<\/p>\n changed the ordinance,<\/p>\n broken the everlasting covenant.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth,<\/p>\n and they that dwell therein are desolate:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned,<\/em><\/p>\n and few men left<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The new wine mourneth,<\/p>\n the vine languisheth,<\/p>\n all the merryhearted do sigh.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The mirth of tabrets ceaseth,<\/p>\n the noise of them that rejoice endeth,<\/p>\n the joy of the harp ceaseth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They shall not drink wine with a song;<\/p>\n strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The city of confusion is broken down:<\/p>\n every house is shut up,<\/p>\n that no man may come in.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There is a crying for wine in the streets;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n all joy is darkened,<\/p>\n the mirth of the land is gone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the city is left desolation,<\/p>\n and the gate is smitten with destruction.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When thus it shall be<\/p>\n in the midst of the land among the people,<\/p>\n there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree,<\/em><\/p>\n and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They shall lift up their voice,<\/p>\n they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD,<\/p>\n they shall cry aloud from the sea.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wherefore glorify ye the LORD<\/p>\n in the fires,<\/p>\n even the name of the LORD God of Israel<\/p>\n in the isles of the sea.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From the uttermost part of the earth<\/p>\n have we heard songs,<\/p>\n even glory to the righteous.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But I said,<\/p>\n My leanness,<\/p>\n my leanness,<\/p>\n woe unto me!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously;<\/p>\n yea,<\/p>\n the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fear,<\/p>\n and the pit,<\/p>\n and the snare,<\/p>\n are upon thee,<\/p>\n O inhabitant of the earth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS,<\/p>\n that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear<\/p>\n shall fall into the pit;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit<\/p>\n shall be taken in the snare:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n for the windows from on high are open,<\/em><\/p>\n and the foundations of the earth do shake<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The earth is utterly broken down,<\/em><\/p>\n the earth is clean dissolved,<\/em><\/p>\n the earth is moved exceedingly<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard,<\/em><\/p>\n and shall be removed like a cottage<\/em>;<\/p>\n and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n and it shall fall,<\/p>\n and not rise again.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS<\/p>\n IN THAT DAY,<\/p>\n that the LORD shall punish<\/p>\n the host of the high ones<\/p>\n that are on high,<\/p>\n and the kings of the earth<\/p>\n upon the earth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And they shall be gathered together,<\/p>\n as prisoners are gathered in the pit,<\/p>\n and shall be shut up in the prison,<\/p>\n and after many days shall they be visited.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then the moon shall be confounded,<\/em><\/p>\n and the sun ashamed<\/em>,<\/p>\n when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion,<\/p>\n and in Jerusalem,<\/p>\n and before his ancients gloriously.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n O LORD,<\/p>\n THOU ART MY GOD;<\/p>\n I will exalt thee,<\/p>\n I will praise thy name;<\/p>\n for thou hast done wonderful things;<\/p>\n thy counsels of old are faithfulness<\/p>\n and truth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For thou hast made of a city an heap;<\/p>\n of a defenced city a ruin:<\/p>\n a palace of strangers to be no city;<\/p>\n it shall never be built<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee,<\/p>\n the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For thou hast been a strength to the poor,<\/p>\n a strength to the needy in his distress,<\/p>\n a refuge from the storm,<\/p>\n a shadow from the heat,<\/p>\n when the blast of the terrible ones<\/em><\/p>\n is as a storm against the wall<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers,<\/p>\n as the heat in a dry place;<\/p>\n even the heat with the shadow of a cloud:<\/p>\n the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts<\/p>\n make unto all people a feast of fat things,<\/p>\n a feast of wines on the lees,<\/p>\n of fat things full of marrow,<\/p>\n of wines on the lees well refined.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And he will destroy in this mountain<\/p>\n the face of the covering cast over all people,<\/p>\n and the vail that is spread over all nations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He will swallow up death in victory;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n and<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n and<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n the rebuke of his people<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n shall he take away<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n from off all the earth:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n for the LORD hath spoken it.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n AND IT SHALL BE SAID IN THAT DAY,<\/p>\n Lo, this is our God;<\/p>\n we have waited for him,<\/p>\n and he will save us:<\/p>\n this is the LORD;<\/p>\n we have waited for him,<\/p>\n we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest,<\/p>\n and Moab shall be trodden down under him,<\/p>\n even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And he shall spread forth his hands<\/p>\n in the midst of them,<\/p>\n as he that swimmeth<\/p>\n spreadeth forth his hands to swim:<\/p>\n and he shall bring down their pride together<\/p>\n with the spoils of their hands.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls<\/p>\n shall he bring down,<\/p>\n lay low,<\/p>\n and bring to the ground,<\/p>\n even to the dust.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n IN THAT DAY SHALL THIS SONG BE SUNG<\/p>\n IN THE LAND OF JUDAH;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We have a strong city;<\/p>\n salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Open ye the gates,<\/p>\n that the righteous nation<\/p>\n which keepeth the truth<\/p>\n may enter in.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,<\/p>\n whose mind is stayed on thee:<\/p>\n because he trusteth in thee.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trust ye in the LORD for ever:<\/p>\n for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For he bringeth down them that dwell on high;<\/p>\n the lofty city,<\/p>\n he layeth it low;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n he layeth it low,<\/p>\n even to the ground;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n he bringeth it even to the dust.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The foot shall tread it down,<\/p>\n even the feet of the poor,<\/p>\n and the steps of the needy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The way of the just is uprightness:<\/p>\n thou,<\/p>\n most upright,<\/p>\n dost weigh the path of the just.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yea,<\/p>\n in the way of thy judgments,<\/p>\n O LORD,<\/p>\n have we waited for thee;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the desire of our soul is to thy name,<\/p>\n and to the remembrance of thee.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n With my soul have I desired thee in the night;<\/p>\n yea,<\/p>\n with my spirit within me will I seek thee early:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n for when thy judgments are in the earth,<\/p>\n the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let favour be shewed to the wicked,<\/p>\n yet will he not learn righteousness:<\/p>\n in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly,<\/p>\n and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n LORD,<\/p>\n WHEN THY HAND IS LIFTED UP,<\/p>\n THEY WILL NOT SEE:<\/p>\n but they shall see,<\/p>\n and be ashamed for their envy at the people;<\/p>\n yea,<\/p>\n the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n LORD,<\/p>\n thou wilt ordain peace for us:<\/p>\n for thou also hast wrought all our works in us.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n O LORD our God,<\/p>\n other lords beside thee have had dominion over us:<\/p>\n but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They are dead,<\/p>\n they shall not live;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n they are deceased,<\/p>\n they shall not rise:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them,<\/p>\n and made all their memory to perish.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thou hast increased the nation,<\/p>\n O LORD,<\/p>\n thou hast increased the nation:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n thou art glorified:<\/p>\n thou hadst removed it<\/p>\n far unto all the ends of the earth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n LORD,<\/p>\n in trouble have they visited thee,<\/p>\n they poured out a prayer<\/p>\n when thy chastening was upon them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Like as a woman with child,<\/p>\n that draweth near the time of her delivery,<\/p>\n is in pain,<\/p>\n and crieth out in her pangs;<\/p>\n so have we been in thy sight,<\/p>\n O LORD.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We have been with child,<\/p>\n we have been in pain,<\/p>\n we have as it were brought forth wind;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth;<\/p>\n neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thy dead men shall live,<\/em><\/p>\n together with my dead body shall they arise.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Awake and sing,<\/em><\/p>\n ye that dwell in dust:<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n for thy dew is as the dew of herbs,<\/em><\/p>\n and the earth shall cast out the dead.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n COME, MY PEOPLE,<\/p>\n ENTER THOU INTO THY CHAMBERS,<\/p>\n and shut thy doors about thee:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n hide thyself as it were for a little moment,<\/p>\n until the indignation be overpast.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For,<\/p>\n behold,<\/p>\n the LORD cometh out of his place<\/p>\n to punish the inhabitants of the earth<\/p>\n for their iniquity:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the earth also shall disclose her blood,<\/p>\n and shall no more cover her slain.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n IN THAT DAY THE LORD<\/p>\n with his sore and great and strong sword<\/em><\/p>\n shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent,<\/em><\/p>\n even leviathan that crooked serpent;<\/em><\/p>\n and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n IN THAT DAY SING YE UNTO HER,<\/p>\n A vineyard of red wine.<\/p>\n I the LORD do keep it;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I will water it every moment:<\/p>\n lest any hurt it,<\/p>\n I will keep it night and day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fury is not in me:<\/p>\n who would set the briers and thorns<\/p>\n against me in battle?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I would go through them,<\/p>\n I would burn them together.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Or let him take hold of my strength,<\/p>\n that he may make peace with me;<\/p>\n and he shall make peace with me.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root:<\/p>\n Israel shall blossom and bud,<\/p>\n and fill the face of the world with fruit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hath he smitten him,<\/p>\n as he smote those that smote him?<\/p>\n or is he slain according to the slaughter<\/p>\n of them that are slain by him?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In measure,<\/p>\n when it shooteth forth,<\/p>\n thou wilt debate with it:<\/p>\n he stayeth his rough wind<\/p>\n in the day of the east wind.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged;<\/p>\n and this is all the fruit to take away his sin;<\/p>\n when he maketh all the stones of the altar<\/p>\n as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder,<\/p>\n the groves and images shall not stand up.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yet the defenced city shall be desolate,<\/p>\n and the habitation forsaken,<\/p>\n and left like a wilderness:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n there shall the calf feed,<\/p>\n and there shall he lie down,<\/p>\n and consume the branches thereof.<\/p>\n When the boughs thereof are withered,<\/p>\n they shall be broken off:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the women come,<\/p>\n and set them on fire:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n for it is a people of no understanding:<\/p>\n therefore he that made them<\/p>\n will not have mercy on them,<\/p>\n and he that formed them<\/p>\n will shew them no favour.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY,<\/p>\n that the LORD shall beat off<\/p>\n from the channel of the river<\/p>\n unto the stream of Egypt,<\/p>\n and ye shall be gathered one by one,<\/em><\/p>\n O ye children of Israel<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY,<\/p>\n that the great trumpet shall be blown<\/em>,<\/p>\n and they shall come which were ready to perish<\/p>\n in the land of Assyria,<\/p>\n and the outcasts in the land of Egypt,<\/p>\n and shall worship the LORD<\/em><\/p>\n in the holy mount at Jerusalem<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WOE TO THE CROWN OF PRIDE,<\/p>\n TO THE DRUNKARDS OF EPHRAIM,<\/p>\n whose glorious beauty is a fading flower,<\/p>\n which are on the head of the fat valleys<\/p>\n of them that are overcome with wine!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Behold,<\/p>\n the Lord hath a mighty and strong one,<\/p>\n which as a tempest of hail<\/p>\n and a destroying storm,<\/p>\n as a flood of mighty waters overflowing,<\/p>\n shall cast down to the earth with the hand.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The crown of pride,<\/p>\n the drunkards of Ephraim,<\/p>\n shall be trodden under feet:<\/p>\n And the glorious beauty,<\/p>\n which is on the head of the fat valley,<\/p>\n shall be a fading flower,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n and as the hasty fruit before the summer;<\/p>\n which when he that looketh upon it seeth,<\/p>\n while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n IN THAT DAY SHALL THE LORD OF HOSTS<\/p>\n BE FOR A CROWN OF GLORY,<\/p>\n and for a diadem of beauty,<\/p>\n unto the residue of his people,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And for a spirit of judgment<\/p>\n to him that sitteth in judgment,<\/p>\n and for strength<\/p>\n to them that turn the battle to the gate.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But they also have erred through wine,<\/p>\n and through strong drink are out of the way;<\/p>\n t<\/p>\n he priest and the prophet<\/p>\n have erred through strong drink,<\/p>\n they are swallowed up of wine,<\/p>\n they are out of the way through strong drink;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n they err in vision,<\/p>\n they stumble in judgment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness,<\/p>\n so that there is no place clean.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WHOM SHALL HE TEACH KNOWLEDGE?<\/p>\n AND WHOM SHALL HE MAKE<\/p>\n TO UNDERSTAND DOCTRINE?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n them that are weaned from the milk<\/em>,<\/p>\n and drawn from the breasts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For precept must be upon precept,<\/em><\/p>\n precept upon precept;<\/em><\/p>\n line upon line,<\/em><\/p>\n line upon line;<\/em><\/p>\n here a little,<\/em><\/p>\n and there a little:<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For with stammering lips<\/em><\/p>\n and another tongue<\/em><\/p>\n will he speak to this people.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To whom he said,<\/p>\n This is the rest<\/p>\n wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest;<\/p>\n and this is the refreshing:<\/p>\n yet they would not hear.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But the word of the LORD was unto them<\/p>\n precept upon precept,<\/p>\n precept upon precept;<\/p>\n line upon line,<\/p>\n line upon line;<\/p>\n here a little,<\/p>\n and there a little;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n that they might go,<\/p>\n and fall backward,<\/p>\n and be broken,<\/p>\n and snared,<\/p>\n and taken.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WHEREFORE HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD,<\/p>\n YE SCORNFUL MEN,<\/p>\n that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Because ye have said,<\/p>\n We have made a covenant with death,<\/p>\n and with hell are we at agreement;<\/p>\n when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,<\/p>\n it shall not come unto us:<\/p>\n for we have made lies our refuge,<\/p>\n and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD,<\/p>\n Behold,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n a tried stone,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n a precious corner stone,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n a sure foundation:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n he that believeth<\/em> shall not make haste.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Judgment also will I lay to the line,<\/p>\n and righteousness to the plummet:<\/p>\n and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies,<\/p>\n and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And your covenant with death shall be disannulled,<\/p>\n and your agreement with hell shall not stand;<\/p>\n when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,<\/p>\n then ye shall be trodden down by it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you:<\/p>\n for morning by morning shall it pass over,<\/p>\n by day and by night:<\/p>\n and it shall be a vexation only<\/p>\n to understand the report.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the bed is shorter<\/p>\n than that a man can stretch himself on it:<\/p>\n and the covering narrower<\/p>\n than that he can wrap himself in it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim,<\/p>\n he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon,<\/p>\n that he may do his work,<\/p>\n his strange work;<\/p>\n and bring to pass his act,<\/p>\n his strange act.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now therefore be ye not mockers,<\/p>\n lest your bands be made strong:<\/p>\n for I have heard<\/p>\n from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption,<\/p>\n even determined upon the whole earth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Give ye ear,<\/p>\n and hear my voice;<\/p>\n hearken,<\/p>\n and hear my speech.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Doth the plowman plow all day to sow?<\/p>\n doth he open and break the clods of his ground?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n When he hath made plain the face thereof,<\/p>\n doth he not cast abroad the fitches,<\/p>\n and scatter the cummin,<\/p>\n and cast in the principal wheat<\/p>\n and the appointed barley<\/p>\n and the rie in their place?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For his God doth instruct him to discretion,<\/p>\n and doth teach him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the fitches are not threshed<\/p>\n with a threshing instrument,<\/p>\n neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin;<\/p>\n but the fitches are beaten out with a staff,<\/p>\n and the cummin with a rod.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bread corn is bruised;<\/p>\n because he will not ever be threshing it,<\/p>\n nor break it with the wheel of his cart,<\/p>\n nor bruise it with his horsemen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts,<\/p>\n which is wonderful in counsel,<\/p>\n and excellent in working.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n next<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n prev<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE BURDEN OF TYRE. HOWL, YE SHIPS OF TARSHISH; FOR IT IS LAID WASTE, SO THAT THERE IS NO HOUSE, NO ENTERING IN: FROM THE LAND OF CHITTIM IT IS REVEALED TO THEM. Be still, ye inhabitants of … Continue reading Isaiah 23:1-28:29<\/em><\/h6>\n