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Rh :And the days of thy mourning shall be ended.


 * Thy people also shall be all righteous,
 * They shall inherit the land for ever;
 * The branch of My planting, the work of My hands,
 * Wherein I glory.
 * The smallest shall become a thousand,
 * And the least a mighty nation;
 * I the will hasten it in its time.


 * The spirit of the Lord God is upon me;
 * Because the hath anointed me
 * To bring good tidings unto the humble;
 * He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted,
 * To proclaim liberty to the captives,
 * And the opening of the eyes to them that are bound;
 * To proclaim the year of the good pleasure,
 * And the day of vengeance of our God;
 * To comfort all that mourn;
 * To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion,
 * To give unto them a garland for ashes,
 * The oil of joy for mourning,
 * The mantle of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
 * That they might be called terebinths of righteousness,
 * The planting of the, wherein He might glory.
 * And they shall build the old wastes,
 * They shall raise up the former desolations,
 * And they shall renew the waste cities,
 * The desolations of many generations.
 * And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
 * And aliens shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
 * But ye shall be named the priests of the ,
 * Men shall call you the ministers of our God;
 * Ye shall eat the wealth of the nations,
 * And in their splendour shall ye revel.
 * For your shame which was double,
 * And for that they rejoiced: 'Confusion is their portion';
 * Therefore in their land they shall possess double,
 * Everlasting joy shall be unto them.


 * For I the love justice,
 * I hate robbery with iniquity;
 * And I will give them their recompense in truth,
 * And I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
 * And their seed shall be known among the nations,
 * And their offspring among the peoples;
 * All that see them shall acknowledge them,
 * That they are the seed which the hath blessed.


 * I will greatly rejoice in the ,
 * My soul shall be joyful in my God;
 * For He hath clothed me with the garments of salvation,
 * He hath covered me with the robe of victory,
 * As a bridegroom putteth on a priestly diadem,
 * And as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
 * For as the earth bringeth forth her growth,