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Jerusalem Will Be Rebuilt

The people of Jerusalem say,

“Don’t laugh when we suffer,
    you enemies of ours!
We have fallen.
    But we’ll get up.
Even though we sit in the dark,
    the Lord will give us light.
We’ve sinned against the Lord.
    So he is angry with us.
His anger will continue until he takes up our case.
    Then he’ll do what is right for us.
He’ll bring us out into the light.
    Then we’ll see him save us.
10 Our enemies will see it too.
    And they will be put to shame.
After all, they said to us,
    ‘Where is the Lord your God?’
But we will see them destroyed.
    Soon they will be stomped on
    like mud in the streets.”

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Israel Will Rise

Do not gloat over me,(A) my enemy!
    Though I have fallen, I will rise.(B)
Though I sit in darkness,
    the Lord will be my light.(C)
Because I have sinned against him,
    I will bear the Lord’s wrath,(D)
until he pleads my case(E)
    and upholds my cause.
He will bring me out into the light;(F)
    I will see his righteousness.(G)
10 Then my enemy will see it
    and will be covered with shame,(H)
she who said to me,
    “Where is the Lord your God?”(I)
My eyes will see her downfall;(J)
    even now she will be trampled(K) underfoot
    like mire in the streets.

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