Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
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1 Woe to thee that spoilest, shalt not thou thyself also be spoiled? and thou that despisest, shalt not thyself also be despised? when thou shalt have made an end of spoiling, thou shalt be spoiled: when being wearied thou shalt cease to despise, thou shalt be despised.
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Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed; you treacherous one, with whom no one has dealt treacherously! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have stopped dealing treacherously, you will be dealt with treacherously.
2 O Lord, have mercy on us: for we have waited for thee: be thou our arm in the morning, and our salvation in the time of trouble.
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O Lord, be gracious to us; we wait for you. Be our arm every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble.
3 At the voice of the angel the people fled, and at the lifting up thyself the nations are scattered.
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At the sound of tumult, peoples fled; before your majesty, nations scattered.
4 And your spoils shall be gathered together as the locusts are gathered, as when the ditches are full of them.
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Spoil was gathered as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap, they leaped upon it.
5 The Lord is magnified, for he hath dwelt on high: he hath filled Sion with judgment and justice.
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The Lord is exalted, he dwells on high; he filled Zion with justice and righteousness;
6 And there shall be faith in thy times: riches of salvation, wisdom and knowledge: the fear of the Lord is his treasure.
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he will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is Zion's treasure.
7 Behold they that see shall cry without, the angels of peace shall weep bitterly.
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Listen! the valiant cry in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8 The ways are made desolate, no one passeth by the road, the covenant is made void, he hath rejected the cities, he hath not regarded the men.
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The highways are deserted, travelers have quit the road. The treaty is broken, its oaths are despised, its obligation is disregarded.
9 The land hath mourned, and languished: Libanus is confounded, and become foul, and Saron is become as a desert: and Basan and Carmel are shaken.
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The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
10 Now will I rise up, saith the Lord: now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself.
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"Now I will arise," says the Lord, "now I will lift myself up; now I will be exalted.
11 You shall conceive heat, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath as fire shall devour you.
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You conceive chaff, you bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that will consume you.
12 And the people shall be as ashes after a fire, as a bundle of thorns they shall be burnt with fire.
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And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire."
13 Hear, you that are far off, what I have done, and you that are near know my strength.
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Hear, you who are far away, what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge my might.
14 The sinners in Sion are afraid, trembling hath seized upon the hypocrites. Which of you can dwell with devouring fire? which of you shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
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The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: "Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting flames?"
15 He that walketh in justices, and speaketh truth, that casteth away avarice by oppression, and shaketh his hands from all bribes, that stoppeth his ears lest he hear blood, and shutteth his eyes that he may see no evil.
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Those who walk righteously and speak uprightly, who despise the gain of oppression, who wave away a bribe instead of accepting it, who stop their ears from hearing of bloodshed and shut their eyes from looking on evil,
16 He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure.
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they will live on the heights; their refuge will be the fortresses of rocks; their food will be supplied, their water assured.
17 His eyes shall see the king in his beauty, they shall see the land far off.
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Your eyes will see the king in his beauty; they will behold a land that stretches far away.
18 Thy heart shall meditate fear: where is the learned? where is he that pondered the words of the law? where is the teacher of little ones?
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Your mind will muse on the terror: "Where is the one who counted? Where is the one who weighed the tribute? Where is the one who counted the towers?"
19 The shameless people thou shalt not see, the people of profound speech: so that thou canst not understand the eloquence of his tongue, in whom there is no wisdom.
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No longer will you see the insolent people, the people of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend, stammering in a language that you cannot understand.
20 Look upon Sion the city of our solemnity: thy eyes shall see Jerusalem, a rich habitation, a tabernacle that cannot be removed: neither shall the nails thereof be taken away for ever, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
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Look on Zion, the city of our appointed festivals! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, an immovable tent, whose stakes will never be pulled up, and none of whose ropes will be broken.
21 Because only there our Lord is magnificent: a place of rivers, very broad and spacious streams: no ship with oars shall pass by it, neither shall the great galley pass through it.
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But there the Lord in majesty will be for us a place of broad rivers and streams, where no galley with oars can go, nor stately ship can pass.
22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king: he will save us.
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For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our ruler, the Lord is our king; he will save us.
23 Thy tacklings are loosed, and they shall be of no strength: thy mast shall be in such condition, that thou shalt not be able to spread the flag. Then shall the spoils of much prey be divided: the lame shall take the spoil.
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Your rigging hangs loose; it cannot hold the mast firm in its place, or keep the sail spread out. Then prey and spoil in abundance will be divided; even the lame will fall to plundering.
24 Neither shall he that is near, say: I am feeble. The people that dwell therein, shall have their iniquity taken away from them.
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And no inhabitant will say, "I am sick"; the people who live there will be forgiven their iniquity.
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