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Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation,when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea,beyondJordan, in Galilee of the nations.
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Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joybefore thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
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For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be calledWonderful,Counsellor, The mightyGod, The everlastingFather, The Prince of Peace.
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Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
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The Syriansbefore, and the Philistinesbehind; and they shall devourIsrael with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouthspeakethfolly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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For wickednessburneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
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And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
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Manasseh,Ephraim; and Ephraim,Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.