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\c 62
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\q1
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\v 1 Because I am very concerned about the people of Jerusalem,
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\q2 I will do something to help them.
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\q1 I will not stop praying for them
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\q2 until they are rescued from their oppressors,
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\q1 until that becomes as apparent to everyone as the dawn every morning,
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\q2 until people can see it as clearly as they see a torch shining brightly at night.
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\v 2 Some day the people of many nations will know that Yahweh has rescued you, his people.
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\q2 Their kings will see that your city is very great.
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\q1 And Yahweh will give your city a new name.
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\q1
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\v 3 It will be as though Yahweh had held you up in his hands in order that everyone can see you.
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\q2 Under his authority you will be like a crown worn by a king.
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\q1
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\v 4 Your city will never again be called 'the deserted city,' and your country will never again be called 'the desolate land';
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\q2 it will be called 'the land that Yahweh delights in,'
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\q2 and it will also be called 'married to Yahweh.'
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\q1 It will be called that because Yahweh will be delighted with you,
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\q2 and it will be as though you were his bride.
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\q1
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\v 5 You people will live in all the country of Judah
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\q2 like a young man lives with his bride.
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\q1 And our God will be happy that you belong to him,
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\q2 like a bridegroom is happy that his bride belongs to him.
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\q1
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\v 6 You people of Jerusalem, I have placed watchmen on your walls;
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\q2 they will earnestly pray to Yahweh day and night.
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\q1 You watchmen, you must not stop praying
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\q2 and reminding Yahweh about what he has promised to do.
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\v 7 And tell Yahweh that he should not rest
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\q2 until he causes Jerusalem to be a city that is famous and admired throughout the world.
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\v 8 Yahweh has raised his right hand to solemnly promise to the people of Jerusalem:
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\q2 "I will use my power and will never again allow your enemies to defeat you;
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\q1 soldiers from other nations will never come again to take away your grain
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\q2 and the wine that you worked hard to produce.
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\v 9 You yourselves will grow the grain,
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\q2 and you will be the ones who will praise me, Yahweh, while you eat the bread made from the grain.
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\q1 Inside the courtyards of my temple,
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\q2 you yourselves will drink the wine made from the grapes that you harvested."
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\q1
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\v 10 Go out through the city gates!
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\q2 Prepare the highway on which people will return from other countries!
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\q1 Cause the road to become smooth;
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\q2 clear off all the stones;
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\q1 set up signal flags to help the people groups to see the road to Jerusalem.
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\v 11 This is the message that Yahweh has sent to the people of every nation:
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\q2 "Tell the people of Israel, 'The one who will rescue you is coming!
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\q1 Look! He will be bringing to you your reward;
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\q2 those whom he has rescued will be going ahead of him.'"
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\v 12 They will be called 'Yahweh's own people,'
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\q2 'the ones whom he rescued.'
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\q1 And Jerusalem will be known as the city that Yahweh loves,
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\q2 the city that is no longer abandoned.
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