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Prophecy of Isaias 905

3 Therefore shall a strong people praise thee, Chapter 26
the city of mighty nations shall fear thee.
4 Because thou hast been a strength to the In that day shall this canticle be sung in the land
of Juda. Sion the city of our strength a saviour,
poor, a strength to the needy in his distress: a
refuge from the whirlwind, a shadow from the a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.
heat. For the blast of the mighty is like a whirl- 2 Open ye the gates, and let the just nation,
wind beating against a wall. that keepeth the truth, enter in.
3 The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep
5 Thou shalt bring down the tumult of
peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee.
strangers, as heat in thirst: and as with heat un-
4 You have hoped in the Lord for evermore,
der a burning cloud, thou shalt make the branch
in the Lord God mighty for ever.
of the mighty to wither away.
5 For he shall bring down them that dwell on
6 And the Lord of hosts shall make unto all
high, the high city he shall lay low. He shall
people in this mountain, a feast of fat things, a
bring it down even to the ground, he shall pull
feast of wine, of fat things full of marrow, of wine
it down even to the dust.
purified from the lees.
6 The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the
7 And he shall destroy in this mountain the
poor, the steps of the needy.
face of the bond with which all people were tied,
7 The way of the just is right, the path of the
and the web that he began over all nations.
just is right to walk in.
8 He shall cast death down headlong for ever:
8 And in the way of thy judgments, O Lord,
and the Lord God shall wipe away tears from
we have patiently waited for thee: thy name, and
every face, and the reproach of his people he shall
thy remembrance are the desire of the soul.
take away from off the whole earth: for the Lord
9 My soul hath desired thee in the night: yea,
hath spoken it.
and with my spirit within me in the morning
9 And they shall say in that day: Lo, this is early I will watch to thee. When thou shalt do
our God, we have waited for him, and he will save thy judgments on the earth, the inhabitants of
us: this is the Lord, we have patiently waited for the world shall learn justice.
him, we shall rejoice and be joyful in his salva-
10 Let us have pity on the wicked, but he will
tion. not learn justice: in the land of the saints he
10 For the hand of the Lord shall rest in this hath done wicked things, and he shall not see
mountain: and Moab shall be trodden down un- the glory of the Lord.
der him, as straw is broken in pieces with the 11 Lord, let thy hand be exalted, and let them
wain. not see: let the envious people see, and be con-
11 And he shall stretch forth his hands under founded: and let fire devour thy enemies.
him, as he that swimmeth stretcheth forth his 12 Lord, thou wilt give us peace: for thou hast
hands to swim: and he shall bring down his glory wrought all our works for us.
with the dashing of his hands. 13 O Lord our God, other lords besides thee
12 And the bulwarks of thy high walls shall have had dominion over us, only in thee let us
fall, and be brought low, and shall be pulled remember thy name.
down to the ground, even to the dust. 14 Let not the dead live, let not the giants