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Rh :And his name is called
 * Pele-joez-el-gibbor-
 * Abi-ad-sar-shalom;
 * That the government may be increased,
 * And of peace there be no end,
 * Upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom,
 * To establish it, and to uphold it
 * Through justice and through righteousness
 * From henceforth even for ever.
 * The zeal of the of hosts doth perform this.


 * The Lord sent a word into Jacob,
 * And it hath lighted upon Israel.
 * And all the people shall know,
 * Even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria,
 * That say in pride and in arrogancy of heart:
 * 'The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stones;
 * The sycamores are cut down, but cedars will we put in their place.'
 * Therefore the doth set upon high the adversaries of Rezin against him,
 * And spur his enemies;
 * The Arameans on the east, and the Philistines on the west;
 * And they devour Israel with open mouth.
 * For all this His anger is not turned away,
 * But His hand is stretched out still.


 * Yet the people turneth not unto Him that smiteth them,
 * Neither do they seek the of hosts.
 * Therefore the doth cut off from Israel head and tail,
 * Palm-branch and rush, in one day.
 * The elder and the man of rank, he is the head;
 * And the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
 * For they that lead this people cause them to err;
 * And they that are led of them are destroyed.
 * Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men,
 * Neither shall He have compassion on their fatherless and widows;
 * For every one is ungodly and an evil-doer,
 * And every mouth speaketh wantonness.
 * For all this His anger is not turned away,
 * But His hand is stretched out still.


 * For wickedness burneth as the fire;
 * It devoureth the briers and thorns;
 * Yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest,
 * And they roll upward in thick clouds of smoke.
 * Through the wrath of the of hosts is the land burnt up;
 * The people also are as the fuel of fire;
 * No man spareth his brother.
 * And one snatcheth on the right hand, and is hungry;
 * And he eateth on the left hand, and is not satisfied;
 * They eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
 * Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh;
 * And they together are against Judah.
 * For all this His anger is not turned away,
 * But His hand is stretched out still.


 * Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees,
 * And to the writers that write iniquity;