The LORD says to the nations, "Now I will act. I will show how powerful I am.

A day is coming when human pride will be ended and human arrogance destroyed. Then the LORD alone will be exalted.

Human pride will be ended, and human arrogance will be destroyed. Idols will completely disappear, and the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.

A day is coming when people will sing, "Give thanks to the LORD! Call for him to help you! Tell all the nations what he has done! Tell them how great he is!

Now, LORD our God, rescue us from the Assyrians, so that all the nations of the world will know that you alone are God."

But to show you my power I have let you live so that my fame might spread over the whole world.

Yet you are still arrogant and refuse to let my people go.

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: "I will sing to the LORD, because he has won a glorious victory; he has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.

"Your right hand, LORD, is awesome in power; it breaks the enemy in pieces.

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods, because he did this when the Egyptians treated the Israelites with such contempt."

Are you as strong as I am? Can your voice thunder as loud as mine?

Look at those who are proud; pour out your anger and humble them.

Bury them all in the ground; bind them in the world of the dead.

They make their plans, and plot against him, but they will not succeed.

We praise you, LORD, for your great strength! We will sing and praise your power.

He stops wars all over the world; he breaks bows, destroys spears, and sets shields on fire.

"Stop fighting," he says, "and know that I am God, supreme among the nations, supreme over the world."

The people of Zion are glad, and the cities of Judah rejoice because of your judgments, O LORD.

LORD Almighty, you are ruler of all the earth; you are much greater than all the gods.

To you alone, O LORD, to you alone, and not to us, must glory be given because of your constant love and faithfulness.

Why should the nations ask us, "Where is your God?"

His power has brought us victory--- his mighty power in battle!"

"And now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, honor, and glorify the King of Heaven. Everything he does is right and just, and he can humble anyone who acts proudly."

(SEE 3:25)

True and just are his judgments! He has condemned the prostitute who was corrupting the earth with her immorality. God has punished her because she killed his servants."

The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. They said, "Amen! Praise God!"

Then I heard what sounded like a crowd, like the sound of a roaring waterfall, like loud peals of thunder. I heard them say, "Praise God! For the Lord, our Almighty God, is King!

"I am the high and holy God, who lives forever. I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and repentant, so that I can restore their confidence and hope.

The LORD says, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house, then, could you build for me, what kind of place for me to live in?

There is no one like the LORD our God. He lives in the heights above,

but he bends down to see the heavens and the earth.

LORD, I look up to you, up to heaven, where you rule.

which he used when he raised Christ from death and seated him at his right side in the heavenly world.

Christ rules there above all heavenly rulers, authorities, powers, and lords; he has a title superior to all titles of authority in this world and in the next.

I will give you rulers and advisers like those you had long ago. Then Jerusalem will be called the righteous, faithful city."

Because the LORD is righteous, he will save Jerusalem and everyone there who repents.

The time is coming when the LORD will make every plant and tree in the land grow large and beautiful. All the people of Israel who survive will take delight and pride in the crops that the land produces.

By his power the Lord will judge and purify the nation and wash away the guilt of Jerusalem and the blood that has been shed there.

Some day there will be a king who rules with integrity, and national leaders who govern with justice.

But once more God will send us his spirit. The wasteland will become fertile, and fields will produce rich crops.

Because everyone will do what is right, there will be peace and security forever.

Jerusalem, be strong and great again! Holy city of God, clothe yourself with splendor! The heathen will never enter your gates again.

The LORD says, "O Jerusalem, you suffering, helpless city, with no one to comfort you, I will rebuild your foundations with precious stones.

"I myself will teach your people and give them prosperity and peace.

Your people will all do what is right, And will possess the land forever. I planted them, I made them, To reveal my greatness to all.

To give to those who mourn in Zion Joy and gladness instead of grief, A song of praise instead of sorrow. They will be like trees That the LORD himself has planted. They will all do what is right, And God will be praised for what he has done.

As surely as seeds sprout and grow, The Sovereign LORD will save his people, And all the nations will praise him.

I will speak out to encourage Jerusalem; I will not be silent until she is saved, And her victory shines like a torch in the night.

Throughout all Judah, King Hezekiah did what was right and what was pleasing to the LORD his God.

He was successful, because everything he did for the Temple or in observance of the Law, he did in a spirit of complete loyalty and devotion to his God.

And this is how all Israel will be saved. As the scripture says, "The Savior will come from Zion and remove all wickedness from the descendants of Jacob.