A Vision of an Ideal Future
1In the days to come,
The Mount of the Lord’s House shall stand
Firm above the mountains;
And it shall tower above the hills.
The peoples shall gaze on it with joy,
2And the many nations shall go and shall say:
“Come,
Let us go up to the Mount of the Lord,
To the House of the God of Jacob;
That He may instruct us in His ways,
And that we may walk…
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Micah 1, 3 (selections)
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God’s Forgiveness
Micah 7:18–20
Who is a God like You,
Forgiving iniquity
And remitting transgression;
Who has not maintained His wrath forever
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Nahum 1, 3 (selections)
A pronouncement on Nineveh: The Book of the Prophecy of Nahum the Elkoshite.
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A Complaint to God and Babylon
Habakkuk 1
The pronouncement made by the prophet Habakkuk.
How long, O Lord, shall I cry out
And You not listen,
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