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\c 2
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\v 1 Blow the trumpet in Zion,
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\q and sound an alarm on my holy mountain!
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\q Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble in fear,
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\q for the day of Yahweh is coming;
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\q indeed, it is near.
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\q
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\v 2 It is a day of darkness and gloom,
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\q a day of clouds and thick darkness.
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\q Like the dawn that spreads on the mountains,
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\q a large and mighty army is approaching.
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\q There has never been an army like it,
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\q and there never will be again,
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\q even after many generations.
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\q
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\v 3 A fire is consuming everything in front of it,
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\q and behind it a flame is burning.
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\q The land is like the garden of Eden in front of it,
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\q but behind it there is a ruined wilderness.
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\q Indeed, nothing will escape from it.
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\q
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\v 4 The army's appearance is like horses,
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\q and they run like horsemen.
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\q
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\v 5 They jump with a noise like that of chariots on the tops of the mountains,
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\q like the noise of fiery flames that devour the stubble,
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\q like a mighty army ready for battle.
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\q
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\v 6 At their presence people are in anguish
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\q and all their faces become pale.
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\v 7 They run like mighty warriors;
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\q they climb the walls like soldiers;
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\q they march, every one in step,
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\q and do not break their ranks.
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\v 8 Neither does one thrust another aside;
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\q they march, each in his path;
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\q they break through the defenses
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\q and do not fall out of line.
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\v 9 They rush on the city,
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\q they run on the wall,
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\q they climb in the houses,
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\q and they go through the windows like thieves.
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\v 10 The earth shakes in front of them,
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\q the heavens tremble,
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\q the sun and the moon are darkened,
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\q and the stars stop shining.
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\v 11 Yahweh raises his voice in front of his army,
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\q for his warriors are very numerous;
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\q for they are strong, those who carry out his commands.
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\q For the day of Yahweh is great and very terrible.
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\q Who can survive it?
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\v 12 "Yet even now," says Yahweh,
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\q "Return to me with all your heart.
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\q Fast, weep and mourn."
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\v 13 Tear your heart and not only your garments,
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\q and return to Yahweh your God.
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\q For he is gracious and merciful,
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\q slow to anger and abundant in covenant faithfulness,
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\q and he would like to turn from inflicting punishment.
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\v 14 Who knows? Will he perhaps turn and have compassion,
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\q and leave a blessing behind him,
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\q a grain offering and a drink offering for Yahweh your God?
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\v 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion,
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\q call for a holy fast,
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\q and call a holy assembly.
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\v 16 Gather the people,
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\q call for the holy assembly.
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\q Assemble the elders,
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\q gather the children
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\q and the nursing infants.
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\q Let the bridegrooms come out of their rooms,
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\q and the brides out of their bridal chambers.
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\v 17 Let the priests, the servants of Yahweh,
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\q weep between the porch and the altar.
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\q Let them say, "Have pity on your people, Yahweh,
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\q and do not bring your inheritance to shame,
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\q so that the nations may rule over them.
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\q Why should they say among the nations,
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\q 'Where is their God?'"
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\v 18 Then Yahweh was zealous for his land
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\q and had pity on his people.
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\v 19 Yahweh answered his people,
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\q "Look, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil.
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\q You will be satisfied with them,
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\q and I will no longer make you a disgrace among the nations.
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\v 20 I will remove the northern attackers far from you,
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\q and will drive them into a dry and abandoned land.
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\q The front of their army will go into the eastern sea,
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\q and the rear into the western sea.
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\q Its stench will rise,
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\q and its bad smell will rise."
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\q Indeed, he has done great things.
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\v 21 Do not fear, land, be glad and rejoice,
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\q for Yahweh will do great things.
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\v 22 Do not fear, beasts of the field,
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\q for the pastures of the wilderness will sprout,
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\q the trees will bear their fruit,
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\q and the fig trees and the vines will yield their full harvest.
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\v 23 Be glad, people of Zion,
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\q and rejoice in Yahweh your God.
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\q For he will give you the autumn rain in due course
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\q and bring down showers for you,
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\q the autumn rain and the spring rain as before.
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\v 24 The threshing floors will be full of wheat,
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\q and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
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\v 25 "I will restore to you the years of crops that the swarming locust has eaten
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\q —the great locust, the devouring locust, and the destroying locust—
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\q my mighty army that I sent among you.
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\v 26 You will eat plentifully and be full,
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\q and praise the name of Yahweh your God,
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\q who has done wonders among you,
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\q and I will never again bring shame on my people.
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\v 27 You will know that I am among Israel,
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\q and that I am Yahweh your God,
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\q and there is none else,
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\q and I will never bring shame on my people.
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\v 28 It will come about afterward that
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\q I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,
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\q and your sons and your daughters will prophesy.
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\q Your old men will dream dreams,
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\q your young men will see visions.
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\v 29 Also on servants and female servants,
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\q in those days I will pour out my Spirit.
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\v 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth,
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\q blood, fire and pillars of smoke.
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\v 31 The sun will turn into darkness
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\q and the moon into blood,
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\q before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
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\v 32 It will be that everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh will be saved.
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\q For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape,
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\q as Yahweh has said,
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\q and among the survivors,
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\q those whom Yahweh calls.
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