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Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool*: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
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For all those things hath mine handmade, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contritespirit, and trembleth at my word.
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He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog'sneck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine'sblood; he that burnethincense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their souldelighteth in their abominations.
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I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they didevil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
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Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
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Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in oneday? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon asZiontravailed, she brought forth her children.
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For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extendpeace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowingstream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
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And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
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For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
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They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardensbehindone tree in the midst,eatingswine'sflesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumedtogether,saith the LORD.
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And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish,Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
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And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holymountainJerusalem,saith the LORD, as the children of Israelbring an offering in a cleanvessel into the house of the LORD.
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And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all fleshcome to worshipbefore me, saith the LORD.
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And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.