The Promise of Future Renewal

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In but a little while the L'vanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field regarded as a forest.

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On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

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The humble will again rejoice in ADONAI and the poor exult in the Holy One of Isra'el,

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for the tyrant is now nothing, the scoffer is finished, and all alert to do evil are cut off

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those whose words make a man out to be a sinner, those who set traps for the arbitrator at the city gate, and those who groundlessly deny justice to the one in the right.

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Therefore, here are the words of ADONAI, who redeemed Avraham, concerning the house of Ya'akov: "Ya'akov will no longer be ashamed, no longer will his face grow pale.

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When his descendants see the work of my hands among them, they will consecrate my name. Yes, they will consecrate the Holy one of Ya'akov and stand in awe of the God of Isra'el.

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Those whose spirits stray will come to understand, and those who complain will learn their lesson.

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