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And your spoil shall be gathered [like] the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them (33:4) The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness (33:5) And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, [and] strength of salvation: the fear of the Lord [is] his treasure (33:6) Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly (33:7) The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man (33:8) The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits] (33:9) Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself (33:10) Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, [as] fire, shall devour you (33:11) And the people shall be [as] the burnings of lime: [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire (33:12) Hear, ye [that are] far off, what I have done; and, ye [that are] near, acknowledge my might (33:13) The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? (33:14) He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; (33:15) He shall dwell on high: his place of defence [shall be] the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure (33:16) Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off (33:17) Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where [is] the scribe? where [is] the receiver? where [is] he that counted the towers? (33:18) Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, [that thou canst] not understand (33:19) Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle [that] shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken (33:20) But there the glorious Lord [will be] unto us a place of broad rivers [and] streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby (33:21) For the Lord [is] our judge, the Lord [is] our lawgiver, the Lord [is] our king; he will save us (33:22) Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey (33:23) And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein [shall be] forgiven [their] iniquity
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