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COME NEAR,<\/strong><\/p>\n YE NATIONS,<\/strong><\/p>\n TO HEAR,<\/strong><\/p>\n AND HEARKEN,<\/strong><\/p>\n YE PEOPLE:<\/strong><\/p>\n LET THE EARTH HEAR,<\/strong><\/p>\n AND ALL THAT IS THEREIN;<\/strong><\/p>\n THE WORLD,<\/strong><\/p>\n AND ALL THINGS THAT COME FORTH OF IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations,<\/p>\n and his fury upon all their armies:<\/p>\n he hath utterly destroyed them,<\/p>\n he hath delivered them to the slaughter.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Their slain also shall be cast out,<\/p>\n and their stink shall come up out of their carcases,<\/p>\n and the mountains shall be melted with their blood<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved,<\/em><\/p>\n and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll:<\/em><\/p>\n and all their host shall fall down,<\/em><\/p>\n as the leaf falleth off from the vine,<\/em><\/p>\n and as a falling fig from the fig tree.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n For my sword shall be bathed in heaven:<\/p>\n behold,<\/p>\n it shall come down upon Idumea,<\/p>\n and upon the people of my curse,<\/p>\n to judgment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The sword of the LORD is filled with blood,<\/p>\n it is made fat with fatness,<\/p>\n and with the blood of lambs and goats,<\/p>\n with the fat of the kidneys of rams:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah,<\/p>\n and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And the unicorns shall come down with them,<\/p>\n and the bullocks with the bulls;<\/p>\n and their land shall be soaked with blood,<\/p>\n and their dust made fat with fatness.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FOR IT IS THE DAY OF THE LORD’S VENGEANCE,<\/p>\n AND THE YEAR OF RECOMPENCES<\/p>\n FOR THE CONTROVERSY OF ZION.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch,<\/em><\/p>\n and the dust thereof into brimstone,<\/em><\/p>\n and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It shall not be quenched night nor day;<\/em><\/p>\n the smoke thereof shall go up for ever:<\/em><\/p>\n from generation to generation it shall lie waste;<\/em><\/p>\n none shall pass through it for ever and ever.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it;<\/p>\n the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it:<\/p>\n and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion,<\/p>\n and the stones of emptiness.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom,<\/p>\n but none shall be there,<\/p>\n and all her princes shall be nothing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And thorns shall come up in her palaces,<\/p>\n nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof:<\/p>\n and it shall be an habitation of dragons,<\/p>\n and a court for owls.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet<\/p>\n with the wild beasts of the island,<\/p>\n and the satyr shall cry to his fellow;<\/p>\n the screech owl also shall rest there,<\/p>\n and find for herself a place of rest.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There shall the great owl make her nest,<\/p>\n and lay,<\/p>\n and hatch,<\/p>\n and gather under her shadow:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n there shall the vultures also be gathered,<\/p>\n every one with her mate.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SEEK YE OUT OF THE BOOK OF THE LORD,<\/p>\n and read:<\/p>\n no one of these shall fail,<\/p>\n none shall want her mate:<\/p>\n for my mouth it hath commanded,<\/p>\n and his spirit it hath gathered them.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And he hath cast the lot for them,<\/p>\n and his hand hath divided it unto them by line:<\/p>\n they shall possess it for ever,<\/p>\n from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The wilderness and the solitary place<\/p>\n shall be glad for them;<\/p>\n and the desert shall rejoice,<\/p>\n and blossom as the rose.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It shall blossom abundantly,<\/p>\n and rejoice even with joy and singing:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it,<\/p>\n the excellency of Carmel and Sharon,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n they shall see the glory of the LORD,<\/p>\n and the excellency of our God.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Strengthen ye the weak hands,<\/p>\n and confirm the feeble knees.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Say to them that are of a fearful heart,<\/p>\n Be strong,<\/p>\n fear not:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n behold,<\/p>\n your God will come with vengeance,<\/p>\n even God with a recompence;<\/p>\n he will come and save you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then shall the lame man leap as an hart,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n and the tongue of the dumb sing:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n for in the wilderness shall waters break out,<\/p>\n and streams in the desert.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And the parched ground shall become a pool,<\/p>\n and the thirsty land springs of water:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n in the habitation of dragons,<\/p>\n where each lay,<\/p>\n shall be grass with reeds and rushes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And an highway shall be there,<\/p>\n and a way,<\/p>\n and it shall be called The way of holiness;<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the unclean shall not pass over it;<\/p>\n but it shall be for those:<\/p>\n the wayfaring men,<\/p>\n though fools,<\/p>\n shall not err therein.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n No lion shall be there,<\/p>\n nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon,<\/p>\n it shall not be found there;<\/p>\n but the redeemed shall walk there:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And the ransomed of the LORD shall return,<\/p>\n and come to Zion with songs<\/p>\n and everlasting joy upon their heads:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n they shall obtain joy and gladness,<\/p>\n and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n next<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n prev<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" COME NEAR, YE NATIONS, TO HEAR, AND HEARKEN, YE PEOPLE: LET THE EARTH HEAR, AND ALL THAT IS THEREIN; THE WORLD, AND ALL THINGS THAT COME FORTH OF IT. 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