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Hear the word of the Lord,
    you who tremble at his word:
“Your brothers who hate you
    and cast you out for my name's sake
have said, (A)‘Let the Lord be glorified,
    that we may see your joy’;
    but it is they who shall be put to shame.
“The sound of an uproar from the city!
    A sound from the temple!
The sound of the Lord,
    (B)rendering recompense to his enemies!

Rejoice with Jerusalem

(C)“Before she was in labour
    she gave birth;
before her pain came upon her
    she delivered a son.

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