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To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up.
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house.
Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
Give us day by day our daily bread.
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle?
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
