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upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
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The Lord GOD
which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather
others
to him, beside those that are
gathered unto him.
9
All ye beasts of the field, come to devour,
yea,
all ye beasts in the forest.
10
His watchmen
are
blind: they are all ignorant, they
are
all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving
to slumber.
11
Yea,
they are
greedy dogs
which
can never have enough, and they
are
shepherds
that
cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
12
Come ye,
say they,
I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow
shall be as this day,
and
much more abundant.
CHAPTER 57
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth
it
to heart: and merciful men
are
taken away, none
considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil
to come.
2
He shall enter into peace: they
shall rest in their beds,
each one
walking
in
his uprightness.
3
But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
4
Against
whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth,
and
draw out the tongue?
are
ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
5
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every
green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
6
Among the smooth
stones
of the stream
is
thy portion; they, they
are
thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink
offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
7
Upon a lofty and
high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
8
Behind the
doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered
thyself to
another
than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee
a covenant
with them;
thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest
it.
9
And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and
didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase
thyself even
unto hell.
10
Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way;
yet
saidst thou not, There is no hope:
thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
11
And of whom hast thou
been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid
it
to thy heart? have
not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
12
I will declare thy righteousness, and
thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
13
When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away;
vanity shall take
them:
but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit
my holy mountain;
14
And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the
stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
15
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth
eternity, whose name
is
Holy; I dwell in the high and holy
place,
with him also
that is
of a contrite
and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
16
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before
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