Lyrics
The furnace burned across the years
Pride and power disappeared
The silver dross was swept away
By judgment’s hand and cleansing day
Yet from the roots a branch arose
Fairer than the desert rose
Fruit of earth and heaven’s light
Blooming in the latter sight
The names once written in the dust
Are counted now among the just
Cloud by day
Fire by night
Every nation walking in the light
Cloud by day
Fire by night
Not by compass
Not by human sight
As the fathers crossed the sea
As the tribes were taught to see
So the remnant now is led
By the flame that shines ahead
The stain is washed
The wound made clean
Holy is the gathered scene
No more boasting
No more throne
Every heart before Him known
What was scattered now is one
Beneath the everlasting sun
Every people every tongue
Joining in the ancient song
Cloud by day
Fire by night
Every nation walking in the light
Cloud by day
Fire by night
Not by compass
Not by human sight
Above each dwelling
Above each place
A covering rests in boundless grace
The cloud remains
The fire stays
A witness through eternal days
No storm can shake
No heat consume
The shelter of His holy room
The mountain stands
The gates are wide
The King is dwelling there inside
The Branch is fair
The fruit is sweet
And every road leads to His feet
Cloud by day
Fire by night
Every nation walking in the light
Cloud by day
Fire by night
All creation gathered in His sight
Through the ages prophecy
Now becomes reality
And the tabernacle stands
In the midst of Zion’s lands
Cloud by day
Fire by night
The Branch is beautiful
And Zion walks in light