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1. Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm signal on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land shake with fear, for the day of the LORD is about to come. Indeed, it is near!
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1. Blow H8628 ye the trumpet H7782 in Zion H6726 , and sound an alarm H7321 in my holy H6944 mountain H2022 : let all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 tremble H7264 : for H3588 the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 cometh H935 , for H3588 it is nigh at hand H7138 ;
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2. It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army� there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!
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2. A day H3117 of darkness H2822 and of gloominess H653 , a day H3117 of clouds H6051 and of thick darkness H6205 , as the morning H7837 spread H6566 upon H5921 the mountains H2022 : a great H7227 people H5971 and a strong H6099 ; there hath not H3808 been H1961 ever H4480 H5769 the like H3644 , neither H3808 shall be any more H3254 after H310 it, even to H5704 the years H8141 of many generations H1755 H1755 .
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3. Like fire they devour everything in their path; a flame blazes behind them. The land looks like the Garden of Eden before them, but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness� for nothing escapes them!
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3. A fire H784 devoureth H398 before H6440 them ; and behind H310 them a flame H3852 burneth H3857 : the land H776 is as the garden H1588 of Eden H5731 before H6440 them , and behind H310 them a desolate H8077 wilderness H4057 ; yea H1571 , and nothing H3808 shall escape H1961 H6413 them.
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4. They look like horses; they charge ahead like war horses.
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4. The appearance H4758 of them is as the appearance H4758 of horses H5483 ; and as horsemen H6571 , so H3651 shall they run H7323 .
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5. They sound like chariots rumbling over mountain tops, like the crackling of blazing fire consuming stubble, like the noise of a mighty army being drawn up for battle.
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5. Like the noise H6963 of chariots H4818 on H5921 the tops H7218 of mountains H2022 shall they leap H7540 , like the noise H6963 of a flame H3851 of fire H784 that devoureth H398 the stubble H7179 , as a strong H6099 people H5971 set in battle array H6186 H4421 .
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6. People writhe in fear when they see them. All of their faces turn pale with fright.
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6. Before their face H4480 H6440 the people H5971 shall be much pained H2342 : all H3605 faces H6440 shall gather H6908 blackness H6289 .
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7. They charge like warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. Each one proceeds on his course; they do not alter their path.
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7. They shall run H7323 like mighty men H1368 ; they shall climb H5927 the wall H2346 like men H376 of war H4421 ; and they shall march H1980 every one H376 on his ways H1870 , and they shall not H3808 break H5670 their ranks H734 :
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8. They do not jostle one another; each of them marches straight ahead. They burst through the city defenses and do not break ranks.
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8. Neither H3808 shall one H376 thrust H1766 another H251 ; they shall walk H1980 every one H1397 in his path H4546 : and when they fall H5307 upon H1157 the sword H7973 , they shall not H3808 be wounded H1214 .
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9. They rush into the city; they scale its walls. They climb up into the houses; they go in through the windows like a thief.
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9. They shall run to and fro H8264 in the city H5892 ; they shall run H7323 upon the wall H2346 , they shall climb up H5927 upon the houses H1004 ; they shall enter in H935 at H1157 the windows H2474 like a thief H1590 .
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10. The earth quakes before them; the sky reverberates. The sun and the moon grow dark; the stars refuse to shine.
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10. The earth H776 shall quake H7264 before H6440 them ; the heavens H8064 shall tremble H7493 : the sun H8121 and the moon H3394 shall be dark H6937 , and the stars H3556 shall withdraw H622 their shining H5051 :
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11. The voice of the LORD thunders as he leads his army. Indeed, his warriors are innumerable; Surely his command is carried out! Yes, the day of the LORD is awesome and very terrifying� who can survive it?
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11. And the LORD H3068 shall utter H5414 his voice H6963 before H6440 his army H2428 : for H3588 his camp H4264 is very H3966 great H7227 : for H3588 he is strong H6099 that executeth H6213 his word H1697 : for H3588 the day H3117 of the LORD H3068 is great H1419 and very H3966 terrible H3372 ; and who H4310 can abide H3557 it?
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12. "Yet even now," the LORD says, "return to me with all your heart� with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Tear your hearts, not just your garments!"
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12. Therefore also H1571 now H6258 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , turn H7725 ye even to H5704 me with all H3605 your heart H3824 , and with fasting H6685 , and with weeping H1065 , and with mourning H4553 :
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13. Return to the LORD your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love� often relenting from calamitous punishment.
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13. And rend H7167 your heart H3824 , and not H408 your garments H899 , and turn H7725 unto H413 the LORD H3068 your God H430 : for H3588 he H1931 is gracious H2587 and merciful H7349 , slow H750 to anger H639 , and of great H7227 kindness H2617 , and repenteth H5162 him of H5921 the evil H7451 .
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14. Who knows? Perhaps he will be compassionate and grant a reprieve, and leave blessing in his wake� a meal offering and a drink offering for you to offer to the LORD your God!
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14. Who H4310 knoweth H3045 if he will return H7725 and repent H5162 , and leave H7604 a blessing H1293 behind H310 him; even a meat offering H4503 and a drink offering H5262 unto the LORD H3068 your God H430 ?
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15. Blow the trumpet in Zion. Announce a holy fast; proclaim a sacred assembly!
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15. Blow H8628 the trumpet H7782 in Zion H6726 , sanctify H6942 a fast H6685 , call H7121 a solemn assembly H6116 :
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16. Gather the people; sanctify an assembly! Gather the elders; gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom and the bride from her private quarters.
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16. Gather H622 the people H5971 , sanctify H6942 the congregation H6951 , assemble H6908 the elders H2205 , gather H622 the children H5768 , and those that suck H3243 the breasts H7699 : let the bridegroom H2860 go forth H3318 of his chamber H4480 H2315 , and the bride H3618 out of her closet H4480 H2646 .
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17. Let the priests, those who serve the LORD, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say, "Have pity, O LORD, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, "Where is their God?"
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17. Let the priests H3548 , the ministers H8334 of the LORD H3068 , weep H1058 between H996 the porch H197 and the altar H4196 , and let them say H559 , Spare H2347 H5921 thy people H5971 , O LORD H3068 , and give H5414 not H408 thine heritage H5159 to reproach H2781 , that the heathen H1471 should rule H4910 over them: wherefore H4100 should they say H559 among the people H5971 , Where H346 is their God H430 ?
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18. Then the LORD became zealous for his land; he had compassion on his people.
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18. Then will the LORD H3068 be jealous H7065 for his land H776 , and pity H2550 H5921 his people H5971 .
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19. The LORD responded to his people, "Look! I am about to restore your grain as well as fresh wine and olive oil. You will be fully satisfied. I will never again make you an object of mockery among the nations.
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19. Yea , the LORD H3068 will answer H6030 and say H559 unto his people H5971 , Behold H2009 , I will send H7971 you H853 corn H1715 , and wine H8492 , and oil H3323 , and ye shall be satisfied H7646 therewith H854 : and I will no H3808 more H5750 make H5414 you a reproach H2781 among the heathen H1471 :
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20. I will remove the one from the north far from you. I will drive him out to a dry and desolate place. Those in front will be driven eastward into the Dead Sea, and those in back westward into the Mediterranean Sea. His stench will rise up as a foul smell." Indeed, the LORD has accomplished great things.
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20. But I will remove far off H7368 from H4480 H5921 you the northern H6830 army , and will drive H5080 him into H413 a land H776 barren H6723 and desolate H8077 , with H854 his face H6440 toward H413 the east H6931 sea H3220 , and his hinder part H5490 toward H413 the utmost H314 sea H3220 , and his stink H889 shall come up H5927 , and his ill savor H6709 shall come up H5927 , because H3588 he hath done H6213 great things H1431 .
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21. Do not fear, my land! Rejoice and be glad, because the LORD has accomplished great things!
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21. Fear H3372 not H408 , O land H127 ; be glad H1523 and rejoice H8055 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 will do H6213 great things H1431 .
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22. Do not fear, wild animals! For the pastures of the wilderness are again green with grass. Indeed, the trees bear their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield to their fullest.
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22. Be not afraid H3372 H408 , ye beasts H929 of the field H7704 : for H3588 the pastures H4999 of the wilderness H4057 do spring H1876 , for H3588 the tree H6086 beareth H5375 her fruit H6529 , the fig tree H8384 and the vine H1612 do yield H5414 their strength H2428 .
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23. Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the LORD your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains� both the early and the late rains as formerly.
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23. Be glad H1523 then , ye children H1121 of Zion H6726 , and rejoice H8055 in the LORD H3068 your God H430 : for H3588 he hath given H5414 you H853 the former rain H4175 moderately H6666 , and he will cause to come down H3381 for you the rain H1653 , the former rain H4175 , and the latter rain H4456 in the first H7223 month .
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24. The threshing floors are full of grain; the vats overflow with fresh wine and olive oil.
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24. And the floors H1637 shall be full H4390 of wheat H1250 , and the fats H3342 shall overflow H7783 with wine H8492 and oil H3323 .
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25. I will make up for the years that the 'arbeh-locust consumed your crops� the yeleq-locust, the hasil-locust, and the gazam-locust� my great army that I sent against you.
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25. And I will restore H7999 to you H853 the years H8141 that H834 the locust H697 hath eaten H398 , the cankerworm H3218 , and the caterpillar H2625 , and the palmerworm H1501 , my great H1419 army H2428 which H834 I sent H7971 among you.
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26. You will have plenty to eat, and your hunger will be fully satisfied; you will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has acted wondrously in your behalf. My people will never again be put to shame.
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26. And ye shall eat in plenty H398 H398 , and be satisfied H7646 , and praise H1984 H853 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 , that H834 hath dealt H6213 wondrously H6381 with H5973 you : and my people H5971 shall never H3808 H5769 be ashamed H954 .
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27. You will be convinced that I am in the midst of Israel. I am the LORD your God; there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
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27. And ye shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am in the midst H7130 of Israel H3478 , and that I H589 am the LORD H3068 your God H430 , and none H369 else H5750 : and my people H5971 shall never H3808 H5769 be ashamed H954 .
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28. After all of this I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your elderly will have revelatory dreams; your young men will see prophetic visions.
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28. And it shall come to pass H1961 afterward H310 H3651 , that I will pour out H8210 H853 my spirit H7307 upon H5921 all H3605 flesh H1320 ; and your sons H1121 and your daughters H1323 shall prophesy H5012 , your old men H2205 shall dream H2492 dreams H2472 , your young men H970 shall see H7200 visions H2384 :
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29. Even on male and female servants I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
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29. And also H1571 upon H5921 the servants H5650 and upon H5921 the handmaids H8198 in those H1992 days H3117 will I pour out H8210 H853 my spirit H7307 .
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30. I will produce portents both in the sky and on the earth� blood, fire, and columns of smoke.
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30. And I will show H5414 wonders H4159 in the heavens H8064 and in the earth H776 , blood H1818 , and fire H784 , and pillars H8490 of smoke H6227 .
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31. The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the LORD comes� that great and terrible day!
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31. The sun H8121 shall be turned H2015 into darkness H2822 , and the moon H3394 into blood H1818 , before H6440 the great H1419 and the terrible H3372 day H3117 of the LORD H3068 come H935 .
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32. It will so happen that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be delivered. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who survive, just as the LORD has promised; the remnant will be those whom the LORD will call.
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32. And it shall come to pass H1961 , that whosoever H3605 H834 shall call H7121 on the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 shall be delivered H4422 : for H3588 in mount H2022 Zion H6726 and in Jerusalem H3389 shall be H1961 deliverance H6413 , as H834 the LORD H3068 hath said H559 , and in the remnant H8300 whom H834 the LORD H3068 shall call H7121 .
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