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\c 2
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\q1
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\v 1 Blow trumpets on Mount Zion,
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\q2 God's sacred hill in Jerusalem!
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\q1 Tell the people of Judah that they should be afraid and tremble,
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\q2 because it will soon be the time for Yahweh to punish us further.
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\q1
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\v 2 That will be a very dark and gloomy day;
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\q2 there will be black clouds and it will be very dark.
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\q1 A huge swarm of locusts has covered the mountains like a black cloud.
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\q1 Nothing like this has ever happened before,
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\q2 and nothing like this will ever happen again.
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\q1
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\v 3 It is as though they bring flames of fire
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\q2 from which no one can escape.
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\q1 In front of them, the land was as beautiful as the garden of Eden,
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\q2 but behind them the land is like a desert,
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\q2 and nothing survives.
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\q1
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\v 4 The locusts resemble horses,
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\q2 and they run like soldiers on horses.
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\q1
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\v 5 Leaping over the mountaintops,
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\q2 they make a noise like rumbling chariots,
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\q1 like a mighty army that is preparing for a battle,
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\q2 or like the roar of a fire that burns up stubble in a field.
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\q1
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\v 6 When people see them coming,
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\q2 they become very pale and frightened.
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\q1
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\v 7 The locusts climb over walls like soldiers do;
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\q2 they march along in columns
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\q1 and never turn aside from their lines.
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\q1
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\v 8 They rush straight ahead
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\q2 without pushing each other.
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\q1 Even though people throw spears and javelins at them,
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\q2 that will not cause them to stop.
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\q1
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\v 9 They swarm over the city walls and enter our houses;
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\q2 they enter through our windows as thieves do.
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\q1
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\v 10 It is as though they cause the earth to shake and the sky to tremble.
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\q2 The sun and the moon become dark,
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\q1 and the stars do not shine
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\q2 because there are so many locusts in the sky.
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\q1
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\v 11 Yahweh leads this army of countless locusts,
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\q2 and they obey his commands.
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\q1 This time when he is judging and punishing us is very terrible,
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\q2 with the result that it seems that no one can survive it.
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\p
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\v 12 But Yahweh says,
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\q1 "In spite of these disasters that you have experienced,
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\q2 you can return to me with all your inner being.
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\q1 Weep, and mourn, and fast to show that you are sorry that you have abandoned me.
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\v 13 Do not tear only your clothes
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\q2 to show that you are sorry;
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\q2 more importantly, show in your inner being that you are sorry."
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\q1 Yahweh is merciful and kind;
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\q2 he does not quickly become angry;
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\q1 he faithfully loves people.
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\q1 He does not quickly become angry;
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\q2 instead, he greatly and faithfully loves you,
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\q2 and he does not like to punish us.
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\v 14 No one knows if he will change his mind about punishing you
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\q2 and instead act mercifully toward you.
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\q1 If he does that, he will bless you
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\q2 by giving you plenty of grain and wine
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\q2 in order that you can offer some of those things for sacrifices to him.
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\v 15 Blow the trumpets on Mount Zion!
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\q2 Gather the people together!
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\q1 Set apart time to fast, to show that you are sorry for your sins.
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\q1
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\v 16 Perform the rituals to cause yourselves to be acceptable to Yahweh.
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\q2 Come apart and join together as a group with a purpose—
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\q1 the old people and the children, even the babies,
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\q2 and summon brides and bridegrooms from their rooms.
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\q1
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\v 17 Tell the priests who serve Yahweh to cry between the altar and the entrance to the temple
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\q2 and to pray this:
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\q1 "Yahweh, rescue us, your people;
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\q2 do not allow people from other nations to despise us;
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\q1 do not allow them to ridicule us and say,
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\q2 'Why has their God abandoned them?'"
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\v 18 But Yahweh showed that he was concerned about his people
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\q2 and that he would act mercifully toward them.
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\p
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\v 19 When the people prayed,
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\q1 Yahweh answered and said,
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\q1 "I will give you plenty of grain and wine and olive oil,
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\q2 and you will be satisfied.
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\q1 I will no longer allow other nations to insult you.
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\q1
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\v 20 Another army of locusts will come from the north to attack you,
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\q2 but I will force them to continue past Jerusalem
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\q2 into the desert.
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\q1 Some will go into the Dead Sea in the east,
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\q2 and some will go into the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
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\q1 There they will all die, and their bodies will stink."
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\q2 God will certainly do wonderful things.
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\v 21 Yahweh will indeed do wonderful things!
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\q2 So even the ground should rejoice!
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\v 22 And the wild animals should not be afraid,
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\q2 because the meadows will soon become green again;
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\q1 the fig trees and other trees will be full of fruit,
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\q2 and the grapevines will be covered with grapes.
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\v 23 You people of Jerusalem,
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\q2 rejoice about what Yahweh, your God, will do for you.
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\q1 He will send abundant rain at the right time—
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\q2 in the spring and in the autumn,
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\q2 as he did previously.
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\v 24 The ground where you thresh the grain will be covered with grain,
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\q2 and your vats where you store the fresh grape juice and olive oil will overflow.
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\v 25 Yahweh said, "I will repay you for everything that was destroyed by those great swarms of locusts,
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\q2 that enormous army that I sent to attack you.
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\v 26 You, my people, will eat until your stomachs are full.
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\q2 Then you will praise me, Yahweh, your God,
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\q2 for the wonderful things that I have done for you.
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\q1 And never again will I let others shame you.
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\v 27 When that happens, you will know that I am always among you,
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\q2 that I am Yahweh, your God,
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\q2 and that there is no other God.
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\q1 Never again will I let others shame you."
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\v 28 "Some time later, I will give my Spirit to many people.
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\q2 You sons and daughters will proclaim messages that come directly from me.
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\q1 Your old men will have dreams that come from me,
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\q2 and your young men will have visions that come from me.
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\v 29 At that time, I will give my Spirit even to servants, both men and women.
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\v 30 I will do unusual things on the earth and in the sky.
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\q2 On the earth, there will be much blood shed,
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\q2 and there will be very large fires and smoke that resembles huge clouds.
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\q1
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\v 31 In the sky, the sun will become dark, and the moon will become as red as blood.
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\q2 Those things will happen before that great and terrible day when I, Yahweh, come to judge all people.
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\v 32 But at that time I will save everyone who worships me.
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\q2 I promise that some people in Jerusalem will escape those disasters;
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\q2 those whom I have chosen will survive."
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