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See how the faithful city has become a prostitute! She once was full of justice; righteousness used to dwell in her – but now murderers!
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I will restore your leaders as in days of old, your rulers as at the beginning. Afterwards you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.’
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The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son. If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.”’
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Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash round his waist.
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In love a throne will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it – one from the house of David – one who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness.
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Praise to the Lord
Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.
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Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.
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‘Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.’ And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
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For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.
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The living, the living – they praise you, as I am doing today; parents tell their children about your faithfulness.
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A voice says, ‘Cry out.’ And I said, ‘What shall I cry?’ ‘All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
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A bruised reed he will not break, and a smouldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;
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This is what the Lord says – the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel – to him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the servant of rulers: ‘Kings will see you and stand up, princes will see and bow down, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.’
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Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
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‘For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them.