Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth exalt; let the sea be moved, and all its fullness.

The plains shall rejoice, and all things in them; then shall all the trees of the wood exalt before the presence of the Lord;

For you shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness; for the mountains and the hills shall exalt to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches.

And instead of the bramble shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle; and the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail.

The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; He brings low, and lifts up.

He lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises the needy from the dunghill; to seat him with the princes of the people, and causing them to inherit the throne of glory;

who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost:

[ 40:7] Bring down also the proud man, and consume at once the ungodly.

For [good comes] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains.

For God is the judge; He puts one down, and raises up another.

But You have cast off and set at nought, You have rejected Your anointed.

You have shortened the days of his throne; You have poured shame upon him. Pause.

and upon every cedar of Lebanon, of them that are high and lifted up, and upon every oak of Bashan,

and upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill,

For a Child is born to us, and a Son is given to us, whose government is upon His shoulder; and His name is called the Messenger of great counsel; for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to Him.

His government shall be great, and of His peace there is no end; [it shall be] upon the throne of David, and [upon] His kingdom, to establish it, and to support [it] with judgment and with righteousness, from this time forward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.

And there shall come forth a Rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from [his] root;

the spirit of the fear of God. He shall not judge according to appearance, nor reprove according to report;

And He shall have His loins girded with righteousness, and His sides clothed with truth.

And the ox and bear shall feed together; and their young shall be together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

And they shall not be hurt, nor shall they be able to destroy anyone on My holy mountain; for the whole [world] is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as much water covers the seas.

who has humbled and brought down them that dwell on high; You shall cast down strong cities, and bring them to the ground.

In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and will rebuild the ruins of it, and will set up the parts thereof that have been broken down, and will build it up as in the ancient days:

And He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there shall be no end."

He has overthrown the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.

But God chose the foolish things of the world in order that He might humiliate the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world in order that He might humiliate the mighty.

And the base things of the world, and the things having been despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, in order that He might nullify the things which are,

For I the Lord will speak My words; I will speak and perform [them], and will delay no more, for in your days, O provoking house, I will speak the word, and will perform [it], says the Lord.

shall your heart endure? Shall your hands be strong in the days which I bring upon you? I the Lord have spoken, and will do [it].

I the Lord have spoken; and it shall come, and I will do [it]; I will not delay, neither will I have any mercy: I will judge you, says the Lord, according to your ways, and according to your devices. Therefore will I judge you according to your bloodshed, and according to your devices will I judge you, you unclean, notorious, and abundantly provoking one.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall by no means pass away.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall by no means pass away.