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II] :O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows:
 * For the wicked shall no more pass through thee;
 * He is utterly cut off.


 * that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face:
 * Keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
 * For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob,
 * As the excellency 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 shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation,
 * And the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
 * The chariots shall rage in the streets,
 * They shall justle one against another in the broad ways:
 * They shall seem like torches,
 * They shall run like the lightnings.
 * He shall recount his worthies:
 * They shall stumble in their walk;
 * They shall make haste to the wall thereof,
 * And the defence shall be prepared.
 * The gates of the rivers shall be opened,
 * And the palace shall be dissolved.