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Here the Lord will strip away
the burial clothes
    that cover the nations.
(A) The Lord All-Powerful
will destroy the power of death
    and wipe away all tears.
No longer will his people
be insulted everywhere.
    The Lord has spoken!

At that time, people will say,
“The Lord has saved us!
    Let's celebrate.
We waited and hoped—
    now our God is here.”

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On this mountain he will destroy
    the shroud(A) that enfolds all peoples,(B)
the sheet that covers all nations;
    he will swallow up death(C) forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears(D)
    from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace(E)
    from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.(F)

In that day(G) they will say,

“Surely this is our God;(H)
    we trusted(I) in him, and he saved(J) us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
    let us rejoice(K) and be glad in his salvation.”(L)

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