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Rh :Thus saith the :
 * Though they be in full strength, and likewise many,
 * Even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away;
 * And though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
 * And now will I break his yoke from off thee,
 * And will burst thy bonds in sunder.


 * And the hath given commandment concerning thee,
 * That no more of thy name be sown;
 * Out of the house of thy god will I cut off
 * The graven image and the molten image;
 * I will make thy grave; for thou art become worthless.


 * Behold upon the mountains the feet of him
 * That bringeth good tidings, that announceth peace!
 * Keep thy feasts, O Judah,
 * Perform thy vows;
 * For the wicked one shall no more pass through thee;
 * He is utterly cut off.


 * A maul is come up before thy face;
 * Guard the defences,
 * Watch the way, make thy loins strong,
 * Fortify thy power mightily!—
 * For the restoreth the pride of Jacob,
 * As the pride of Israel;
 * For the emptiers have emptied them out,
 * And marred their vine-branches.—
 * The shield of his mighty men is made red,
 * The valiant men are in scarlet;
 * The chariots are fire of steel in the day of his preparation,
 * And the cypress spears are made to quiver.
 * The chariots rush madly in the streets,
 * They jostle one against another in the broad places;
 * The appearance of them is like torches,
 * They run to and fro like the lightnings.


 * He bethinketh himself of his worthies;
 * They stumble in their march;
 * They make haste to the wall thereof,
 * And the mantelet is prepared.
 * The gates of the rivers are opened,
 * And the palace is dissolved.
 * And the queen is uncovered, she is carried away,
 * And her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves,
 * Tabering upon their breasts.


 * But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water;
 * Yet they flee away;
 * 'Stand, stand';
 * But none looketh back.
 * Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold;
 * For there is no end of the store,
 * Rich with all precious vessels.
 * She is empty, and void, and waste;
 * And the heart melteth, and the knees smite together,
 * And convulsion is in all loins,
 * And the faces of them all have gathered blackness.


 * Where is the den of the lions,
 * Which was the feeding-place of the young lions,
 * Where the lion and the lioness walked,
 * And the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?