AWAKE TOO LATE

Esther

A(Am)wake! Too (Em)late!
Oh, (Am)sleep too (Em)late!
The (Am)daughters of Je(C)rusalem
Lie (E)bleeding in the (Am)street!

Why (Am)would My children wander from
(C)'neath My guiding (Am)hand?
Why (Am)would she stray, misguided through her
(Em)Own tormented land?
For(Am)saking her salvation,
Giving (C)way to tinseled (Am)gods,
She (Am)wanders lost in (Dm)empti(Am)ness,
Not (E)knowing what the (Am)cost!

(Am)Oh! My little ones! (C)Oh! My (Am)babes!
If (Am)death will show the way,
Then (Em)death will I give!
The (Am)thorns that destroy thy soul
Shall (C)burn with thy (Am)flesh!
Shall (Am)thy life be forgotten,
Shall it (E)perish with the (Am)rest?

Is (Am)flesh so dear you cannot hear
The (C)Word I've given (Am)thee? Re(Am)jected!
Oh, Messiah, bring thine (Em)own captivity!
For (Am)what the price repentance, child?
I (Am)weep for what I see!
Yet, (Am)hasten, Lord, Thy (Dm)judgment (Am)rod,
To (E)bring Thy child to (Am)Thee!

(Am)Oh, My little ones, (C)Oh, my(Am) babes!
The (Am)children of My blood and tears
Lie (Em)dying in their graves
Of (Am)cruel gods of lust and pride decaying by their greed!
My (Am)Word I sent in (Dm)warning (Am)them,
But (E)would my child take (Am)heed?

[First verse]

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