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Therefore hell hath enlargedherself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
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And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
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But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God[a] that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
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Then shall the lambsfeed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangerseat.
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Woe unto them that drawiniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cartrope:
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That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
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Woe unto them that call[b]evilgood, and goodevil; that putdarkness for light, and light for darkness; that putbitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
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Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
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Woe unto them that are mighty to drinkwine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
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Which justify the wickedforreward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
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Therefore as the fire[c]devoureth the stubble, and the flame*consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.