Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from God for ever.
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Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, O Jerusalem, and put on forever the beauty of the glory from God.
2 Cast about thee a double garment of the righteousness which cometh from God; and set a diadem on thine head of the glory of the Everlasting.
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Put on the robe of the righteousness that comes from God; put on your head the diadem of the glory of the Everlasting;
3 For God will shew thy brightness unto every country under heaven.
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for God will show your splendor everywhere under heaven.
4 For thy name shall be called of God for ever The peace of righteousness, and The glory of God's worship.
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For God will give you evermore the name, "Righteous Peace, Godly Glory."
5 Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high, and look about toward the east, and behold thy children gathered from the west unto the east by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the remembrance of God.
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Arise, O Jerusalem, stand upon the height; look toward the east, and see your children gathered from west and east at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that God has remembered them.
6 For they departed from thee on foot, and were led away of their enemies: but God bringeth them unto thee exalted with glory, as children of the kingdom.
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For they went out from you on foot, led away by their enemies; but God will bring them back to you, carried in glory, as on a royal throne.
7 For God hath appointed that every high hill, and banks of long continuance, should be cast down, and valleys filled up, to make even the ground, that Israel may go safely in the glory of God,
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For God has ordered that every high mountain and the everlasting hills be made low and the valleys filled up, to make level ground, so that Israel may walk safely in the glory of God.
8 Moreover even the woods and every sweet smelling tree shall overshadow Israel by the commandment of God.
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The woods and every fragrant tree have shaded Israel at God's command.
9 For God shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that cometh from him.
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For God will lead Israel with joy, in the light of his glory, with the mercy and righteousness that come from him.
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