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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 12, Verse 6

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Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this [is] known in all the earth.
King James Version
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
American Standard Version
Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion; for great in the midst of thee is the Holy One of Israel.
New English Translation
Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!”
World English Bible
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for the Holy One of Israel is great in the midst of you!"
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The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
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Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
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I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, [even] them that rejoice in my highness.
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The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
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They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, [even] the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
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Howl ye; for the day of the LORD [is] at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
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Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
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And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces [shall be as] flames.
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Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
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For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.