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Rh :Whose goings forth are from of old, from ancient days.
 * Therefore will He give them up,
 * Until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth;
 * Then the residue of his brethren shall return with the children of Israel.
 * And he shall stand, and shall feed his flock in the strength of the ,
 * In the majesty of the name of the his God;
 * And they shall abide, for then shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
 * And this shall be peace:
 * When the Assyrian shall come into our land,
 * And when he shall tread in our palaces,
 * Then shall we raise against him seven shepherds,
 * And eight princes among men.
 * And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword,
 * And the land of Nimrod with the keen-edged sword;
 * And he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land,
 * And when he treadeth within our border.


 * And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples,
 * As dew from the, as showers upon the grass,
 * That are not looked for from man,
 * Nor awaited at the hands of the sons of men.
 * And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples,
 * As a lion among the beasts of the forest,
 * As a young lion among the flocks of sheep,
 * Who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces,
 * And there is none to deliver.
 * Let Thy hand be lifted up above Thine adversaries,
 * And let all Thine enemies be cut off.


 * And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the ,
 * That I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee,
 * And will destroy thy chariots;
 * And I will cut off the cities of thy land,
 * And will throw down all thy strongholds;
 * And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand;
 * And thou shalt have no more soothsayers;
 * And I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee;
 * And thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands.
 * And I will pluck up thy Asherim out of the midst of thee;
 * And I will destroy thine enemies.
 * And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the nations,
 * Because they hearkened not.


 * Hear ye now what the saith:
 * Arise, contend thou before the mountains,
 * And let the hills hear thy voice.
 * Hear, O ye mountains, the controversy,
 * And ye enduring rocks, the foundations of the earth;
 * For the hath a controversy with His people,
 * And He will plead with Israel.
 * O My people, what have I done unto thee?
 * And wherein have I wearied thee?
 * Testify against Me.