Hearken <H8085> to me, ye that follow after <H7291> righteousness, <H6664> ye that seek <H1245> the LORD: <H3068> look <H5027> unto the rock <H6697> [whence] ye are hewn, <H2672> and to the hole <H4718> of the pit <H0953> [whence] ye are digged. <H5365>
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Look <H5027> unto Abraham <H0085> your father, <H0001> and unto Sarah <H8283> [that] bare <H2342> you: for I called <H7121> him alone, <H0259> and blessed <H1288> him, and increased <H7235> him.
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For the LORD <H3068> shall comfort <H5162> Zion: <H6726> he will comfort <H5162> all her waste places; <H2723> and he will make <H7760> her wilderness <H4057> like Eden, <H5731> and her desert <H6160> like the garden <H1588> of the LORD; <H3068> joy <H8342> and gladness <H8057> shall be found <H4672> therein, thanksgiving, <H8426> and the voice <H6963> of melody. <H2172>
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Hearken <H7181> unto me, my people; <H5971> and give ear <H0238> unto me, O my nation: <H3816> for a law <H8451> shall proceed <H3318> from me, and I will make my judgment <H4941> to rest <H7280> for a light <H0216> of the people. <H5971>
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My righteousness <H6664> [is] near; <H7138> my salvation <H3468> is gone forth, <H3318> and mine arms <H2220> shall judge <H8199> the people; <H5971> the isles <H0339> shall wait <H6960> upon me, and on mine arm <H2220> shall they trust. <H3176>
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Lift up <H5375> your eyes <H5869> to the heavens, <H8064> and look <H5027> upon the earth <H0776> beneath: for the heavens <H8064> shall vanish away <H4414> like smoke, <H6227> and the earth <H0776> shall wax old <H1086> like a garment, <H0899> and they that dwell <H3427> therein shall die <H4191> in like <H3644> manner: <H3654> but my salvation <H3444> shall be for ever, <H5769> and my righteousness <H6666> shall not be abolished. <H2865>
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Hearken <H8085> unto me, ye that know <H3045> righteousness, <H6664> the people <H5971> in whose heart <H3820> [is] my law; <H8451> fear <H3372> ye not the reproach <H2781> of men, <H0582> neither be ye afraid <H2865> of their revilings. <H1421>
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For the moth <H6211> shall eat <H0398> them up like a garment, <H0899> and the worm <H5580> shall eat <H0398> them like wool: <H6785> but my righteousness <H6666> shall be for ever, <H5769> and my salvation <H3444> from generation <H1755> to generation. <H1755>
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Awake, <H5782> awake, <H5782> put on <H3847> strength, <H5797> O arm <H2220> of the LORD; <H3068> awake, <H5782> as in the ancient <H6924> days, <H3117> in the generations <H1755> of old. <H5769> [Art] thou not it that hath cut <H2672> Rahab, <H7294> [and] wounded <H2490> the dragon? <H8577>
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[Art] thou not it which hath dried <H2717> the sea, <H3220> the waters <H4325> of the great <H7227> deep; <H8415> that hath made <H7760> the depths <H4615> of the sea <H3220> a way <H1870> for the ransomed <H1350> to pass over? <H5674>
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Therefore the redeemed <H6299> of the LORD <H3068> shall return, <H7725> and come <H0935> with singing <H7440> unto Zion; <H6726> and everlasting <H5769> joy <H8057> [shall be] upon their head: <H7218> they shall obtain <H5381> gladness <H8342> and joy; <H8057> [and] sorrow <H3015> and mourning <H0585> shall flee away. <H5127>
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I, [even] I, [am] he that comforteth <H5162> you: who [art] thou, that thou shouldest be afraid <H3372> of a man <H0582> [that] shall die, <H4191> and of the son <H1121> of man <H0120> [which] shall be made <H5414> [as] grass; <H2682>
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And forgettest <H7911> the LORD <H3068> thy maker, <H6213> that hath stretched forth <H5186> the heavens, <H8064> and laid the foundations <H3245> of the earth; <H0776> and hast feared <H6342> continually <H8548> every day <H3117> because <H6440> of the fury <H2534> of the oppressor, <H6693> as if <H0834> he were ready <H3559> to destroy? <H7843> and where [is] the fury <H2534> of the oppressor? <H6693>
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The captive exile <H6808> hasteneth <H4116> that he may be loosed, <H6605> and that he should not die <H4191> in the pit, <H7845> nor that his bread <H3899> should fail. <H2637>
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But I [am] the LORD <H3068> thy God, <H0430> that divided <H7280> the sea, <H3220> whose waves <H1530> roared: <H1993> The LORD <H3068> of hosts <H6635> [is] his name. <H8034>
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And I have put <H7760> my words <H1697> in thy mouth, <H6310> and I have covered <H3680> thee in the shadow <H6738> of mine hand, <H3027> that I may plant <H5193> the heavens, <H8064> and lay the foundations <H3245> of the earth, <H0776> and say <H0559> unto Zion, <H6726> Thou [art] my people. <H5971>
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Awake, <H5782> awake, <H5782> stand up, <H6965> O Jerusalem, <H3389> which hast drunk <H8354> at the hand <H3027> of the LORD <H3068> the cup <H3563> of his fury; <H2534> thou hast drunken <H8354> the dregs <H6907> of the cup <H3563> of trembling, <H8653> [and] wrung [them] out. <H4680>
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[There is] none to guide <H5095> her among all the sons <H1121> [whom] she hath brought forth; <H3205> neither [is there any] that taketh <H2388> her by the hand <H3027> of all the sons <H1121> [that] she hath brought up. <H1431>
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These two <H8147> [things] are come <H7122> unto thee; who shall be sorry <H5110> for thee? desolation, <H7701> and destruction, <H7667> and the famine, <H7458> and the sword: <H2719> by whom shall I comfort <H5162> thee?
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Thy sons <H1121> have fainted, <H5968> they lie <H7901> at the head <H7218> of all the streets, <H2351> as a wild bull <H8377> in a net: <H4364> they are full <H4392> of the fury <H2534> of the LORD, <H3068> the rebuke <H1606> of thy God. <H0430>
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Therefore hear <H8085> now this, thou afflicted, <H6041> and drunken, <H7937> but not with wine: <H3196>
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Thus saith <H0559> thy Lord <H0113> the LORD, <H3068> and thy God <H0430> [that] pleadeth <H7378> the cause of his people, <H5971> Behold, I have taken <H3947> out of thine hand <H3027> the cup <H3563> of trembling, <H8653> [even] the dregs <H6907> of the cup <H3563> of my fury; <H2534> thou shalt no more <H3254> drink <H8354> it again:
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But I will put <H7760> it into the hand <H3027> of them that afflict <H3013> thee; which have said <H0559> to thy soul, <H5315> Bow down, <H7812> that we may go over: <H5674> and thou hast laid <H7760> thy body <H1460> as the ground, <H0776> and as the street, <H2351> to them that went over. <H5674>