Despair and God's Promise of Judgment
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Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8
The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: the enemy hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth not man.
9
The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
10
Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.
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Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
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And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
Bible text: American Standard Version (1901) · Public domain