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# Chapter 2
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1 Blow the trumpet in Zion,
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And sound an alarm in My holy mountain!
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Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble;
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For the day of the Lord is coming,
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For it is at hand:
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2 A day of darkness and gloominess,
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A day of clouds and thick darkness,
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Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains.
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A people come, great and strong,
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The like of whom has never been;
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Nor will there ever be any such after them,
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Even for many successive generations.
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3 A fire devours before them,
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And behind them a flame burns;
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The land is like the Garden of Eden before them,
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And behind them a desolate wilderness;
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Surely nothing shall escape them.
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4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses;
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And like swift steeds, so they run.
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5 With a noise like chariots
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Over mountaintops they leap,
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Like the noise of a flaming fire that devours the stubble,
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Like a strong people set in battle array.
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6 Before them the people writhe in pain;
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All faces are drained of color.
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7 They run like mighty men,
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They climb the wall like men of war;
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Every one marches in formation,
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And they do not break ranks.
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8 They do not push one another;
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Every one marches in his own column.
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Though they lunge between the weapons,
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They are not cut down.
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9 They run to and fro in the city,
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They run on the wall;
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They climb into the houses,
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They enter at the windows like a thief.
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10 The earth quakes before them,
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The heavens tremble;
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The sun and moon grow dark,
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And the stars diminish their brightness.
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11 The Lord gives voice before His army,
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For His camp is very great;
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For strong is the One who executes His word.
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For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible;
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Who can endure it?
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12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord,
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“Turn to Me with all your heart,
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With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
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13 So rend your heart, and not your garments;
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Return to the Lord your God,
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For He is gracious and merciful,
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Slow to anger, and of great kindness;
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And He relents from doing harm.
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14 Who knows if He will turn and relent,
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And leave a blessing behind Him—
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A grain offering and a drink offering
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For the Lord your God?
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15 Blow the trumpet in Zion,
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Consecrate a fast,
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Call a sacred assembly;
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16 Gather the people,
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Sanctify the congregation,
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Assemble the elders,
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Gather the children and nursing babes;
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Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber,
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And the bride from her dressing room.
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17 Let the priests, who minister to the Lord,
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Weep between the porch and the altar;
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Let them say, “Spare Your people, O Lord,
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And do not give Your heritage to reproach,
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That the nations should rule over them.
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Why should they say among the peoples,
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‘Where is their God?’ ”
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18 Then the Lord will be zealous for His land,
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And pity His people.
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19 The Lord will answer and say to His people,
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“Behold, I will send you grain and new wine and oil,
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And you will be satisfied by them;
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I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations.
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20 “But I will remove far from you the northern army,
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And will drive him away into a barren and desolate land,
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With his face toward the eastern sea
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And his back toward the western sea;
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His stench will come up,
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And his foul odor will rise,
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Because he has done monstrous things.”
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21 Fear not, O land;
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Be glad and rejoice,
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For the Lord has done marvelous things!
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22 Do not be afraid, you beasts of the field;
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For the open pastures are springing up,
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And the tree bears its fruit;
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The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
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23 Be glad then, you children of Zion,
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And rejoice in the Lord your God;
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For He has given you the former rain faithfully,
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And He will cause the rain to come down for you—
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The former rain,
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And the latter rain in the first month.
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24 The threshing floors shall be full of wheat,
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And the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.
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25 “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten,
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The crawling locust,
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The consuming locust,
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And the chewing locust,
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My great army which I sent among you.
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26 You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
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And praise the name of the Lord your God,
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Who has dealt wondrously with you;
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And My people shall never be put to shame.
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27 Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel:
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I am the Lord your God
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And there is no other.
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My people shall never be put to shame.
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28 “And it shall come to pass afterward
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That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
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Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
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Your old men shall dream dreams,
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Your young men shall see visions.
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29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
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I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
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30 “And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth:
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Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
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31 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
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And the moon into blood,
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Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
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32 And it shall come to pass
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That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
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Shall be saved.
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For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance,
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As the Lord has said,
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Among the remnant whom the Lord calls. |