Rend your hearts and not your garments
Turn O Judah to the Lord,
Rend your hearts with fasting, weeping,
Your forgiveness is assured.
Many nations hate, despise thee
Seek to move thee off the earth.
They forget I am thy keeper
Thou didst come of royal birth.
Rend your hearts and not your garments
Sanctify a fast for me.
Let thy priests approach mine altar
Bearing your iniquity.
Wash your hands from vain oblations
Bring the incense I ordained
Cast aside subversive rituals
Which has oft my Name profaned
When you call I will sustain you
Sins dark night I will dispel.
Blessings heard from Mount Gerizim
I thy God will sure fulfill.
Hostile nations then will fear thee
For the wonder I will do.
As they come arraigned for battle
Thinking evil thoughts of you.
I will usher in an era
That has ne’er been known before.
Joy and peace instead of conflict
Songs resound from shore to shore.
Harps unchained and tuned to music
Voices raised in glad refrain.
Zions songs with hallelujahs
Praising Him who is to reign.
The Origin of the Organic World – Part One