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MESSIAH.

SONG.

Every Valley ſhall be exalted, and every Mountain and Hill made low, the crooked ſtraight, and the rough Places plain.

Chorus.

And the Glory of the Lord ſhall be revealed, and all Fleſh ſhall ſee it together, for the Mouth of the Lord hath ſpoken it.

Recitative, accompany'd.

Thus ſaith the Lord of Hoſts: Yet once a little while, and I will ſhake the Heavens and the Earth, the Sea and the dry Land, and I will ſhake all Nations, and the Deſire of all Nations ſhall come; the Lord whom ye ſeek, ſhall ſuddenly come to his Temple, even the Meſſenger of the Covenant whom ye delight in, behold he ſhall come, ſaith the Lord of Hoſts.

Recitative.

But who may abide the Day of his coming?
And who ſhall ſtand when he appeareth?
For he is like a Refiner's Fire.

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