The Lord Yahweh said this:
Here, I shall raise my hand to the nations,
to the peoples I will lift up my signal.
They will bring your sons in their embrace,
carry your daughters on their shoulder.
Kings will be your foster fathers,
their queens your nursing mothers.
Face to the ground they’ll bow low to you,
they’ll lick up the earth under your feet.
And you will acknowledge that I am Yahweh;
those who hope in me will not be shamed.
Can prey be taken from a strong man
or the captives of a faithful one escape?
Because Yahweh has said this:
Yes, the strong man’s captives may be taken,
the prey of the violent may escape.
I myself will argue with the one arguing with you,
and your children I will deliver.
I’ll feed your oppressors with their own flesh;
they’ll be drunk on their own blood as on grape juice.
And all flesh will acknowledge that I am Yahweh your deliverer,
Ya’aqob’s strong one, your restorer.
Yahweh has said this:
Where now is the divorce document belonging to your mother
whom I sent off?
Or who among my creditors was it to
whom I sold you?
There – you were sold for your wayward acts,
and for your rebellions your mother was sent off.
Why did I come and there was no one there,
did I call and there was no one answering?
Has my hand become far too short for redeeming,
or is there no energy in me to rescue?
There, with my reprimand I can dry up the sea,
I can make rivers into wilderness.
Their fish will smell because there’s no water;
they’ll die of thirst.
I can clothe the heavens in black,
make sack their covering.
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Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is discord, union,
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
For your mercy and your truth’s sake
Amen.
—St. Francis of Assisi