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That the government may be increased, and of peace there be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it through justice and through righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of HaShem of hosts doth perform this.
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The L-rd sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
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And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in pride and in arrogancy of heart:
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'The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but cedars will we put in their place.'
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Therefore HaShem doth set upon high the adversaries of Rezin against him, and spur his enemies;
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The Arameans on the east, and the Philistines on the west; and they devour Israel with open mouth. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
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Yet the people turneth not unto Him that smiteth them, neither do they seek HaShem of hosts.
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Therefore HaShem doth cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.
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The elder and the man of rank, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
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For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
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Therefore the L-rd shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall He have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is ungodly and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh wantonness. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
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For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in thick clouds of smoke.
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Through the wrath of HaShem of hosts is the land burnt up; the people also are as the fuel of fire; no man spareth his brother.
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And one snatcheth on the right hand, and is hungry; and he eateth on the left hand, and is not satisfied; they eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
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Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together are against Judah. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.