Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,(A)
    extol him who rides on the clouds[a](B);
    rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.(C)

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  1. Psalm 68:4 Or name, / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts

and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it,(A)
    passing through it and reaching up to the neck.
Its outspread wings(B) will cover the breadth of your land,
    Immanuel[a]!”(C)

Raise the war cry,[b](D) you nations, and be shattered!(E)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(F) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(G)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,(H)
    for God is with us.[c](I)

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  1. Isaiah 8:8 Immanuel means God with us.
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
  3. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel

Judgment and Covenant Renewal

[a]“Surely the day is coming;(A) it will burn like a furnace.(B) All the arrogant(C) and every evildoer will be stubble,(D) and the day that is coming will set them on fire,(E)” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch(F) will be left to them. But for you who revere my name,(G) the sun of righteousness(H) will rise with healing(I) in its rays. And you will go out and frolic(J) like well-fed calves.

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  1. Malachi 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:19-24.

21 From the sky huge hailstones,(A) each weighing about a hundred pounds,[a] fell on people. And they cursed God(B) on account of the plague of hail,(C) because the plague was so terrible.

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  1. Revelation 16:21 Or about 45 kilograms

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