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Rh :Because they have taunted and spoken boastfully
 * Against the people of the of hosts.
 * The will be terrible unto them;
 * For He will famish all the gods of the earth;
 * Then shall all the isles of the nations worship Him,
 * Every one from its place.
 * Ye Ethiopians also,
 * Ye shall be slain by My sword.


 * And He will stretch out His hand against the north,
 * And destroy Assyria,
 * And will make Nineveh a desolation,
 * And dry like the wilderness.
 * And all beasts of every kind
 * Shall lie down in the midst of her in herds;
 * Both the pelican and the bittern
 * Shall lodge in the capitals thereof;
 * Voices shall sing in the windows;
 * Desolation shall be in the posts;
 * For the cedar-work thereof shall be uncovered.
 * This is the joyous city
 * That dwelt without care,
 * That said in her heart:
 * 'I am, and there is none else beside me';
 * How is she become a desolation,
 * A place for beasts to lie down in,'
 * Every one that passeth by her
 * Shall hiss, and wag his hand.


 * Woe to her that is filthy and polluted,
 * To the oppressing city!
 * She hearkened not to the voice,
 * She received not correction;
 * She trusted not in the ,
 * She drew not near to her God.
 * Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions;
 * Her judges are wolves of the desert,
 * They leave not a bone for the morrow.
 * Her prophets are wanton
 * And treacherous persons;
 * Her priests have profaned that which is holy,
 * They have done violence to the law.
 * The who is righteous is in the midst of her,
 * He will not do unrighteousness;
 * Every morning doth He bring His right to light,
 * It faileth not;
 * But the unrighteous knoweth no shame.
 * I have cut off nations,
 * Their corners are desolate;
 * I have made their streets waste,
 * So that none passeth by;
 * Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man,
 * So that there is no inhabitant.
 * I said: 'Surely thou wilt fear Me,
 * Thou wilt receive correction;
 * So her dwelling shall not be cut off,
 * Despite all that I have visited upon her';
 * But they betimes corrupted all their doings.


 * Therefore wait ye for Me, saith the ,
 * Until the day that I rise up to the prey;
 * For My determination is to gather the nations,
 * That I may assemble the kingdoms,
 * To pour upon them Mine indignation,
 * Even all My fierce anger;
 * For all the earth shall be devoured
 * With the fire of My jealousy.