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counsel.” “Because they call thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion,
whom no man seeketh after,” “I will restore health unto thee, and I
will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord.” “I will bring again the
captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places.”
Micah 4:10-12
;
Jeremiah 30:17, 18
.
“And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God;
We have waited for Him, and He will save us:
This is the Lord; we have waited for Him,
We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”
“He will swallow up death in victory; ... and the rebuke of His people
shall He take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath
spoken it.”
Isaiah 25:9, 8
.
“Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall
see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken
down.... For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord
is our king.”
Isaiah 33:20-22
.
“With righteousness shall He judge the poor, and reprove with
equity for the meek of the earth.”
Isaiah 11:4
.
Then will the purpose of God be fulfilled; the principles of His
kingdom will be honored by all beneath the sun.
“Violence shall no more be heard in thy land,
Wasting nor destruction within thy borders;
But thou shalt call thy walls Salvation,
And thy gates Praise.”
“In righteousness shalt thou be established:
Thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt
not
fear:
And from terror; for it shall not come near thee.”
Isaiah 60:18
;
54:14
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