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Rh :And the fading flower of his glorious beauty,
 * Which is on the head of the fat valley,
 * Shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer,
 * Which when one looketh upon it,
 * While it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.


 * In that day shall the of hosts be
 * For a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty,
 * Unto the residue of His people;
 * And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment,
 * And for strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.


 * But these also reel through wine,
 * And stagger through strong drink;
 * The priest and the prophet reel through strong drink,
 * They are confused because of wine,
 * They stagger because of strong drink;
 * They reel in vision, they totter in judgment.
 * For all tables are full of filthy vomit,
 * And no place is clean.


 * Whom shall one teach knowledge?
 * And whom shall one make to understand the message?
 * Them that are weaned from the milk,
 * Them that are drawn from the breasts?
 * For it is precept by precept, precept by precept,
 * Line by line, line by line;
 * Here a little, there a little.
 * For with stammering lips and with a strange tongue
 * Shall it be spoken to this people;
 * To whom it was said: 'This is the rest,
 * Give ye rest to the weary;
 * And this is the refreshing';
 * Yet they would not hear.
 * And so the word of the is unto them
 * Precept by precept, precept by precept,
 * Line by line, line by line;
 * Here a little, there a little;
 * That they may go, and fall backward, and be broken,
 * And snared, and taken.


 * Wherefore hear the word of the, ye scoffers,
 * The ballad-mongers of this people which is in Jerusalem:
 * Because ye have said: 'We have made a covenant with death,
 * And with the nether-world are we at agreement;
 * When the scouring scourge shall pass through,
 * It shall not come unto us;
 * For we have made lies our refuge,
 * And in falsehood have we hid ourselves';
 * Therefore thus saith the Lord :
 * Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone,
 * A tried stone, a costly corner-stone of sure foundation;
 * He that believeth shall not make haste.
 * And I will make justice the line,
 * And righteousness the plummet;
 * And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies,
 * And the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
 * And your covenant with death shall be disannulled,
 * And your agreement with the nether-world shall not stand;
 * When the scouring scourge shall pass through,
 * Then ye shall be trodden down by it.