"Whyare You like a mandismayed,Like a mightymanwho cannotsave?Yet You are in our midst,O LORD,And we are calledby Your name;Do not forsakeus!"
and My peoplewhoare calledby My namehumblethemselves and prayand seekMy faceand turnfrom their wickedways,then I will hearfrom heaven,will forgivetheir sinand will healtheir land.
Why do You standafaroff, O LORD?Why do You hide[Yourself] in timesof trouble?
Do not hideYour facefrom me, Do not turnYour servantawayin anger;You have beenmy help;Do not abandonme norforsakeme, O Godof my salvation!
Godis in the midstof her, she will not be moved;Godwill helpher when morningdawns.
Cryaloudand shoutfor joy,O inhabitantof Zion,For greatin your midstis the HolyOneof Israel.
Everyonewho is calledby My name,And whom I have createdfor My glory,Whom I have formed,evenwhom I have made."
Awake,awake,puton strength,O armof the LORD;Awakeas in the daysof old,the generationsof longago.Was it not You who cutRahabin pieces,Who piercedthe dragon?
Behold,the LORD'Shandis not soshortThat it cannotsave;Noris His earsodullThat it cannothear.
We have become[like] those over whom You have neverruled,[Like] those who were not calledby Your name.
Your wordswere foundand I atethem, And Your wordsbecamefor me a joyand the delightof my heart;For I have been calledby Your name,O LORDGodof hosts.
For neitherIsraelnorJudahhas been forsakenBy his God,the LORDof hosts,Althoughtheir landis fullof guiltBeforethe HolyOneof Israel.
Behold,listen!The cryof the daughterof my peoplefrom a distantland:"Is the LORDnot in Zion?Is her Kingnot within her?" "Whyhave they provokedMe with their gravenimages,with foreignidols?"
Whydo You forgetus forever?Why do You forsakeus solong?
"[The city shall be] 18,000[cubits] roundabout;and the nameof the cityfrom [that] day[shall be], 'The LORDis there.'"
Howlong,O LORD,will I callfor help,And You will not hear?I cryout to You, "Violence!"Yet You do not save.
For I,' declaresthe LORD,will be a wallof firearoundher, and I will be the gloryin her midst.'"
"Thussaysthe LORD,'I will returnto Zionand will dwellin the midstof Jerusalem.Then Jerusalemwill be calledthe Cityof Truth,and the mountainof the LORDof hosts[will be called] the HolyMountain.'
The LORDsaidto Moses,"Is the LORD'Spowerlimited?Nowyou shall seewhether My wordwill cometrue~for you ornot."
SOTHAT THE RESTOF MANKINDMAY SEEKTHE LORD,AND ALLTHE GENTILESWHOARE CALLEDBY MY NAME,'
Orwhatagreementhas the templeof Godwith idols?For we are the templeof the livingGod;justas Godsaid,"I WILL DWELLIN THEM AND WALK AMONGTHEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD,AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
"Sincethe LORDyour Godwalksin the midstof your campto deliveryou and to defeatyour enemiesbeforeyou, therefore your campmust be holy;and He must not seeanythingindecentamong you or He will turnawayfrom you.
"So allthe peoplesof the earthwill seethat you are calledby the nameof the LORD,and they will be afraidof you.
[Make sure that] your characteris free from the love of money,being contentwith what you have;for He Himselfhas said,"I WILL NEVERDESERTYOU, NORWILL I EVERFORSAKEYOU,"
And I hearda loudvoicefrom the throne,saying,"Behold,the tabernacleof Godis amongmen,and He will dwellamongthem, and they shall be His people,and GodHimselfwill be amongthem,
"For the LORDwill not abandonHis peopleon accountof His greatname,becausethe LORDhas been pleasedto makeyou a peoplefor Himself.
