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Rh :I gave access to them that asked not for Me,
 * I was at hand to them that sought Me not;
 * I said: 'Behold Me, behold Me',
 * Unto a nation that was not called by My name.
 * I have spread out My hands all the day
 * Unto a rebellious people,
 * That walk in a way that is not good,
 * After their own thoughts;
 * A people that provoke Me
 * To My face continually,
 * That sacrifice in gardens,
 * And burn incense upon bricks;
 * That sit among the graves,
 * And lodge in the vaults;
 * That eat swine's flesh,
 * And broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
 * That say: 'Stand by thyself,
 * Come not near to me, for I am holier than thou';
 * These are a smoke in My nose,
 * A fire that burneth all the day.
 * Behold, it is written before Me;
 * I will not keep silence, except I have requited,
 * Yea, I will requite into their bosom,
 * Your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together,
 * Saith the, that have offered upon the mountains,
 * And blasphemed Me upon the hills;
 * Therefore will I first measure their wage into their bosom.


 * Thus saith the :
 * As, when wine is found in the cluster,
 * One saith: 'Destroy it not,
 * For a blessing is in it';
 * So will I do for My servants' sakes,
 * That I may not destroy all.
 * And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob,
 * And out of Judah an inheritor of My mountains;
 * And Mine elect shall inherit it,
 * And My servants shall dwell there.
 * And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks,
 * And the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in,
 * For My people that have sought Me.
 * But ye that forsake the ,
 * That forget My holy mountain,
 * That prepare a table for Fortune,
 * And that offer mingled wine in full measure unto Destiny,
 * I will destine you to the sword,
 * And ye shall all bow down to the slaughter;
 * Because when I called, ye did not answer,
 * When I spoke, ye did not hear;
 * But ye did that which was evil in Mine eyes,
 * And chose that wherein I delighted not.


 * Therefore thus saith the Lord :
 * Behold, My servants shall eat,
 * But ye shall be hungry;
 * Behold, My servants shall drink,
 * But ye shall be thirsty;
 * Behold, My servants shall rejoice,
 * But ye shall be ashamed;
 * Behold, My servants shall sing
 * For joy of heart,
 * But ye shall cry for sorrow of heart,
 * And shall wail for vexation of spirit.
 * And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto Mine elect:
 * 'So may the Lord slay thee';
 * But He shall call His servants by another name;
 * So that he who blesseth himself in the earth
 * Shall bless himself by the God of truth;
 * And he that sweareth in the earth