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O Judah, how I lament your woes!
You have demanded justice
without mercy for your enemies,
and now you will be given justice
for your own crimes.
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You remember the holy days,
but forget your oaths to be a holy people
to YHVH, who is holy.
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You pour out your libations,
and the smoke rises from the fires of your sacrifice,
but the water is polluted,
and the smoke is a bitter scent.
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You have robbed the poor,
and stolen the food of the hungry,
and think that burning up the fat of cows and rams
will quench the hunger of Ha’Elohim.
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But know that every woman cries
in the pain of her labor when she gives birth,
and you, O Judah, shall cry in pain
as you give birth to the children of your distress.
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Yet when you do see, O Judah,
the love that YHVH does have for you
and your sons and your daughters,
then you will cry out
in the joy of your redemption.
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And at the end of days,
the wars shall see their endings,
and the temples will again be consecrated to YHVH Elohim;
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And the true arts will be taught again,
and truth will be written upon pillars
that will rise into the skies,
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And YHVH will come down from the clouds
and the earth, she will receive Him
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And then will the heavens and the earth be one,
and hymns of joy will be sung forever and ever:
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For the heavens will be open
and the treasures of heavens poured out upon this earth!
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And Israel will abandon her pride,
and the daughters of Zion will be given their due,
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For the days of their oppression will have ended,
and they will be lifted up by the right hand
and crowns placed upon their heads.
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And their tears shall be wiped away forever,
and their hearts shall not be broken again.
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And this because YHVH Elohim is the one
who does consecrate
and does purify
all that would walk in His gardens
and tend to His fields.
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And all will see and know the glory of YHVH
and will bow down before Him
and shall proclaim His salvation.
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And then shall all the earth see
the love YHVH has for His bride,
even Israel,
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And shall see her salvation
from the beginning to the end,
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And having repented of her sins,
she will go forth unto YHVH forever and ever,
never again to taste of death or sin.
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And Israel shall say:
YHVH has called me back,
He is my redeemer!
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Though I did turn my back on Him,
He never did look away,
and in His compassion,
He has brought me back:
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And though I hid my face for a time and times,
with everlasting compassion YHVH did remember me!
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And my love is forever for YHVH,
He is my husband,
and our love will never be broken.
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And then shall the poor be fed,
and the fatherless be cared for,
and there shall not be rich nor poor,
but all will be one
in YHVH.
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Even as it was in the beginning;
even so, amen and amen.