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\c 3
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\q1
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\v 1 Terrible things will happen to Jerusalem,
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\q2 the city whose people have rebelled against Yahweh
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\q1 and who have become unacceptable to him because of the sins that they have committed.
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\q2 They act violently toward others and they oppress other people.
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\q1
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\v 2 The people there pay no attention to the prophets whom Yahweh has sent to tell them the wrong things that they are doing
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\q2 and try to correct them.
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\q1 The people in Jerusalem do not trust in their God or worship him.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 Their leaders are like roaring lions;
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\q2 they are like wolves that attack during the evening,
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\q2 and eat everything that they kill,
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\q2 with the result that the next morning there is nothing left of those animals to eat.
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\q1
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\v 4 The prophets in Jerusalem are proud,
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\q2 and the priests give messages that no one should trust.
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\q1 They make the temple unholy by doing things that are against the law of Moses.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 5 But Yahweh is also in the city, and he never does what is wrong.
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\q1 He treats people justly, day after day;
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\q2 but wicked people are never ashamed about their wrongdoing.
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\s5
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\p
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\v 6 Yahweh says this:
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\q1 "I have destroyed many nations;
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\q2 I have destroyed their strong city walls and towers.
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\q1 Now I have caused the streets in those cities to be completely deserted.
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\q2 Those cities are ruined and there is no one still alive there.
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\q2 They are all dead.
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\q1
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\v 7 So I said to myself,
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\q2 'Because of what I have done to those other nations,
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\q2 surely the people of Jerusalem will honor me now
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\q2 and allow me to correct them.
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\q1 If they do that, I will not destroy them;
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\q2 I will not punish them like I said that I would do.'
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\q1 But in spite of knowing how I punished those other nations,
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\q2 they were still eager to get up early each morning
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\q2 and continue to perform evil deeds."
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\q1
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\v 8 This is what Yahweh declares:
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\q2 "Wait for the day when I will take action to plunder you!
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\q1 I have decided to gather the people of the kingdoms of the earth
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\q2 and cause them to know that I am very angry with them.
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\q1 All over the earth I will punish and destroy people;
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\q2 I will burn them up with my anger as if it were fire!
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\q1
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\v 9 When that happens, I will cause all people to be changed
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\q2 and enable them to speak only what is pure,
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\q2 in order that everyone can worship me as one people.
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\q1
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\v 10 Then my people who were forced to go to other countries, those who live along the upper part of the Nile River in Ethiopia,
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\q2 will come to me and bring offerings to me.
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\q1
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\v 11 At that time, you people in Jerusalem will no longer be ashamed about what has happened to you,
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\q2 because you no longer will be rebelling against me.
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\q1 I will get rid of all the people among you who are very proud.
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\q2 No one on Zion, my holy hill, will strut around proudly anymore.
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\q1
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\v 12 Those who are still alive in Israel will be poor and humble;
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\q2 they will trust in me.
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\q1
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\v 13 Those people who are still alive in Israel will not do anything wrong;
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\q2 they will tell no lies or deceive anyone.
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\q1 They will eat and sleep safely,
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\q2 because no one will cause them to be afraid."
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 14 You people who live in Jerusalem and other places in Israel,
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\q2 sing and shout loudly!
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\q1 Be glad, and rejoice with all your inner being,
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\q1
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\v 15 because Yahweh will take away the charges against you,
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\q2 and he will make your enemies go enemies far away from you!
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\q1 Yahweh himself, the king of the Israelites, will live among you,
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\q2 and you will never again be afraid that others will harm you.
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\q1
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\v 16 At that time, other people will say to us people of Jerusalem,
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\q2 "You people of Jerusalem, do not be afraid; do not become weak or discouraged."
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 17 Yahweh your God will live among you.
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\q2 He is mighty, and he will rescue you.
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\q1 He will be very happy about you;
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\q2 because he loves you, he will cause you to rest without being anxious.
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\q2 He will sing loudly to rejoice about you,
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\q1
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\v 18 like people who are happy at a festival. Yahweh says, "I will no longer allow any enemies to destroy you. You will no longer be defeated or ashamed.
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\q1
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\v 19 Truly, I will severely punish all those who oppressed you.
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\q2 I will rescue those who are helpless and those who were forced to go to other countries, just as a shepherd would rescue his lost sheep.
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\q2 I will give them praise and honor in every country where they were exiled,
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\q2 places where they had been disgraced.
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\q1
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\v 20 At that time, I will gather you together and bring you back home to Israel.
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\q1 I will cause you to greatly praised and honored
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\q2 among all the nations of the earth.
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\q1 You will see when I bring your people home again."
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\q2 This is what Yahweh, has declared!
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