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Then you will be broughtlow; From the earth you will speak, And from the dust where you are prostrate Your words will come. Your voice will also be like that of a spirit from the ground, And your speech will whisper from the dust.
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But the multitude of your enemies will become like finedust, And the multitude of the ruthlessones like the chaff which blowsaway; And it will happeninstantly, suddenly.
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And the multitude of all the nations who wagewaragainstAriel, Even all who wagewar against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, Will be like a dream, a vision of the night.
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It will be as when a hungrymandreams - And behold, he is eating; But when he awakens, his hunger is not satisfied, Or as when a thirstymandreams - And behold, he is drinking, But when he awakens, behold, he is faint And his thirst is not quenched. Thus the multitude of all the nations will be Who wagewaragainstMountZion.
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The entirevision will be to you like the words of a sealedbook, which when they give it to the one who is literate*, saying, "Pleasereadthis," he will say, "I cannot*, for it is sealed."
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Then the Lordsaid, "Because*thispeopledrawnear with their words And honor Me with their lipservice, But they remove their heartsfar from Me, And their reverence for Me consists of tradition*learned by rote,
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Thereforebehold, I will once againdealmarvelously with thispeople, wondrouslymarvelous; And the wisdom of their wisemen will perish, And the discernment of their discerning men will be concealed."
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You turn things around! Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, That what is made would say to its maker, "He did not make me"; Or what is formedsay to him who formed it, "He has nounderstanding "?
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Who cause a person to be indicted by a word, And ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaninglessarguments.
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But when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst, They will sanctify My name; Indeed, they will sanctify the HolyOne of Jacob And will stand in awe of the God of Israel.