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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 2 Kings chapter

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18, as well as Isaiah chapter 11 and 12. 2 Kings

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chapter 18. Now it came to pass in the third

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year of Hosea the son of Elah king of Israel,

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that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began

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to reign. He was 25 years old when he became

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king, and he reigned 29 years in Jerusalem. His

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mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

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And he did what was right in the sight of the

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Lord, according to all that his father David

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had done. He removed the high places, and broke

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the sacred pillars, cut down the wooden image,

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and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses

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had made. For until those days the children of

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Israel burned incense to it and called it Nehushtan.

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He trusted in the Lord God of Israel. so that

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after him was none like him among all the kings

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of Judah, nor who were before him. For he held

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fast to the Lord. He did not depart from following

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him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord

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had commanded Moses. The Lord was with him. He

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prospered wherever he went, and he rebelled against

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the king of Assyria and did not serve him. He

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subdued the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its

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territory, from watchtower to fortified city.

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Now it came to pass in the fourth year of King

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Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hosea

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the son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser

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king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged

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it, and at the end of three years they took it.

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In the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth

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year of Hosea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

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Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away

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captive to Assyria and put them in Hala, and

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by the harbor the river Gozan. and in the cities

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of the Medes, because they did not obey the voice

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of the Lord their God, but transgressed his covenant

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and all that Moses the servant of the Lord had

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commanded, and they would neither hear nor do

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them. And in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah,

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Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all

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the fortified cities of Judah and took them.

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Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king

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of Assyria at Lashish, saying, I have done wrong,

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turn away from me. whatever you impose on me

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i will pay and the king of assyria assessed hezekiah

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king of judah 300 talents of silver and 30 talents

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of gold so hezekiah gave him all the silver that

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was found in the house of the lord and in the

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treasuries of the king's house at that time hezekiah

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stripped the gold from the doors of the temple

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of the lord and from the pillars which hezekiah

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king of judah had overlaid and gave it to the

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king of assyria then the king of assyria sent

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the tartan the Rapsaris and the Rapshaki, from

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Lashish, with a great army against Jerusalem,

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to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to

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Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and

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stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, which

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was on the highway to the fuller's field. And

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when they had called to the king, Eliakim the

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son of Elkiah, who was over the household, Shebna

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the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder,

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came out to meet them. Then Arab Shaki said to

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them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great

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king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is

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this in which you trust? You speak of having

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plans and power for war, but they are mere words.

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And in whom do you trust that you rebel against

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me? Now look, you are trusting in the staff of

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this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans,

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it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is

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Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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But if you say to me, We trust in the Lord our

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God, is it not He whose high places and whose

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altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to Judah

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and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this

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altar in Jerusalem? Now therefore I urge you,

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give a pledge to my master, the king of Assyria,

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and I will give you two thousand horses, if you

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are able on your part to put riders on them.

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How then will you repel one captain of the least

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of my master's servants and put your trust in

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Egypt for chariots and horsemen? Have I now come

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up without the Lord against this place to destroy

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it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land

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and destroy it. Then Eliakim the son of Elkiah,

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Shebna and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, Please

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speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand

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it, and do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing

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of the people who are on the wall. But the Rabshakeh

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said to them, Has my master sent me to your master

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and to you to speak these words, and not to the

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men who sit on the wall, who will eat and drink

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their own waste with you? Then the Rabshakeh

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stood and called out with a loud voice in Hebrew

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and spoke, saying, Hear the word of the great

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king, the king of Assyria. Thus says the king,

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Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall

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not be able to deliver you from his hand. Nor

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let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying,

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The Lord will surely deliver us. this city shall

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not be given into the hand of the king of assyria

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do not listen to hezekiah for thus says the king

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of assyria make peace with me by a present and

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come out to me and every one of you eat from

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his own vine and every one from his own fig tree

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and every one of you drink the waters of his

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own cistern until i come and take you away to

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a land like your own land a land of grain and

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new wine a land of bread and vineyards a land

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of olive groves and honey that you may live and

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not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, lest

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he persuade you, saying, The Lord will deliver

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us. Has any of the gods of the nations at all

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delivered its land from the hand of the king

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of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamad and Arpad?

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Where are the gods of Sepharvim and Hanna and

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Eva? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from

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my hand? Who among all the gods of the lands

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have delivered their countries from my hand?

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that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem from my

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hand. But the people held their peace and answered

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him not a word, for the king's commandment was,

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Do not answer him. Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,

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who was over the household, Shebna the scribe,

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and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came

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to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told

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him the words of the Rabshakeh. Isaiah chapter

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11 There shall come forth a rod from the stem

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of Jesse. and a branch shall grow out of his

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roots. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon

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him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

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the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of

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knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. His delight

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is in the fear of the Lord, and he shall not

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judge by the sight of his eyes, nor decide by

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the hearing of his ears, but with righteousness

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he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity

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for the meek of the earth. He shall strike the

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earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the

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breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

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Righteousness shall be the belt of his loins,

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and faithfulness the belt of his waist. The wolf

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also shall dwell with the lamb. The leopard shall

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lie down with the young goat, the calf with the

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young lion, and the fatling together. And a little

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child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall

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graze, their young ones shall lie down together.

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And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The

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nursing child shall play by the cobra's hole,

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and the weaned child shall put his hand in the

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viper's den. They shall not hurt nor destroy

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in all my holy mountain, for the earth shall

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be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the

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waters cover the sea. And in that day there shall

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be a root of Jesse, who shall stand as a banner

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to the people, for the Gentiles shall seek him,

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and his resting place shall be glorious. It shall

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come to pass in that day. that the Lord shall

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set his hand again the second time to cover the

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remnant of his people who are left, from Assyria

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and Egypt, from Pathros and Cush, from Elam and

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Shinar, from Hamath and the islands of the sea.

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He will set up a banner for the nations, and

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will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather

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together the dispersed of Judah. From the four

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corners of the earth also the envy of Ephraim

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shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall

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be cut off. Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and

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Judah shall not harass Ephraim. But they shall

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fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines

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toward the west. Together they shall plunder

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the people of the east. They shall lay their

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hand on Edom and Moab, and the people of Ammon

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shall obey them. The Lord will utterly destroy

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the tongue of the sea of Egypt. With his mighty

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wind he will shake his fist over the river, and

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strike it in the seven streams, and make men

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cross over dry shod. There will be a highway

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for the remnant of his people who will be left

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from Assyria as it was for Israel in the day

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that he came up from the land of Egypt. Chapter

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12 And in that day you will say, O Lord, I will

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praise you. Though you were angry with me, your

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anger is turned away, and you comfort me. Behold,

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God is my salvation. I will trust and not be

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afraid. For yeah, the Lord is my strength and

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song. He also has become my salvation. Therefore

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with joy you will draw water from the wells of

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salvation. And in that day you will say, Praise

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the Lord, call upon his name, declare his deeds

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among the peoples, make mention that his name

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is exalted. Sing to the Lord, for he has done

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excellent things. This is known in all the earth.

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Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, for

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great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst.

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I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as

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I did and I look forward to seeing you again

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tomorrow to continue on our journey. God bless

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you and have a great day.