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2.2 KiB
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69 lines
2.2 KiB
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# Chapter 4
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1 In the last days
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the mountain of the Lord’s house
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will be established
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at the top of the mountains
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and will be raised above the hills.
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Peoples will stream to it,
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2 and many nations will come and say,
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“Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the Lord,
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to the house of the God of Jacob.
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He will teach us about his ways
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so we may walk in his paths.”
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For instruction will go out of Zion
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and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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3 He will settle disputes among many peoples
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and provide arbitration for strong nations
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that are far away.
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They will beat their swords into plows
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and their spears into pruning knives.
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Nation will not take up the sword against nation,
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and they will never again train for war.
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4 But each person will sit under his grapevine
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and under his fig tree
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with no one to frighten him.
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For the mouth of the Lord of Armies
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has spoken.
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5 Though all the peoples walk
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in the name of their own gods,
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we will walk in the name of the Lord our God
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forever and ever.
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6 On that day—
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this is the Lord’s declaration—
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I will assemble the lame
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and gather the scattered,
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those I have injured.
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7 I will make the lame into a remnant,
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those far removed into a strong nation.
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Then the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion
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from this time on and forever.
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8 And you, watchtower for the flock,
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fortified hill of Daughter Zion,
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the former rule will come to you;
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sovereignty will come to Daughter Jerusalem.
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9 Now, why are you shouting loudly?
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Is there no king with you?
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Has your counselor perished
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so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
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10 Writhe and cry out, Daughter Zion,
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like a woman in labor,
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for now you will leave the city
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and camp in the open fields.
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You will go to Babylon;
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there you will be rescued;
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there the Lord will redeem you
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from the grasp of your enemies!
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11 Many nations have now assembled against you;
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they say, “Let her be defiled,
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and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
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12 But they do not know the Lord’s intentions
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or understand his plan,
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that he has gathered them
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like sheaves to the threshing floor.
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13 Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion,
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for I will make your horns iron
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and your hooves bronze
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so you can crush many peoples.
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Then you will set apart their plunder
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for the Lord,
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their wealth for the Lord of the whole earth. |