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Rh :At that time shall it be said of this people and of Jerusalem;
 * A hot wind of the high hills in the wilderness
 * Toward the daughter of My people,
 * Not to fan, nor to cleanse;
 * A wind too strong for this shall come for Me;
 * Now will I also utter judgments against them.
 * Behold, he cometh up as clouds,
 * And his chariots are as the whirlwind;
 * His horses are swifter than eagles.—
 * 'Woe unto us! for we are undone.'—
 * O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness,
 * That thou mayest be saved.
 * How long shall thy baleful thoughts
 * Lodge within thee?
 * For hark! one declareth from Dan,
 * And announceth calamity from the hills of Ephraim:
 * 'Make ye mention to the nations:
 * Behold—publish concerning Jerusalem—
 * Watchers come from a far country,
 * And give out their voice against the cities of Judah.'
 * As keepers of a field
 * Are they against her round about;
 * Because she hath been rebellious against Me,
 * Saith the.
 * Thy way and thy doings have procured
 * These things unto thee;
 * This is thy wickedness; yea, it is bitter,
 * Yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.


 * My bowels, my bowels! I writhe in pain!
 * The chambers of my heart!
 * My heart moaneth within me!
 * I cannot hold my peace!
 * Because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the horn,
 * The alarm of war.
 * Destruction followeth upon destruction,
 * For the whole land is spoiled;
 * Suddenly are my tents spoiled,
 * My curtains in a moment.
 * How long shall I see the standard,
 * Shall I hear the sound of the horn?


 * For My people is foolish,
 * They know Me not;
 * They are sottish children,
 * And they have no understanding;
 * They are wise to do evil,
 * But to do good they have no knowledge.


 * I beheld the earth,
 * And, lo, it was waste and void;
 * And the heavens, and they had no light.
 * I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled,
 * And all the hills moved to and fro.
 * I beheld, and, lo, there was no man,
 * And all the birds of the heavens were fled.
 * I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness,
 * And all the cities thereof were broken down
 * At the presence of the ,
 * And before His fierce anger.


 * For thus saith the :
 * The whole land shall be desolate;
 * Yet will I not make a full end.
 * For this shall the earth mourn,
 * And the heavens above be black;
 * Because I have spoken it, I have purposed it,
 * And I have not repented, neither will I turn back from it.