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1. This message concerning the fate of Israel came from the LORD: "This message is from the LORD, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and formed the human spirit.
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1. The burden H4853 of the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 for H5921 Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , which stretcheth forth H5186 the heavens H8064 , and layeth the foundation H3245 of the earth H776 , and formeth H3335 the spirit H7307 of man H120 within H7130 him.
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2. I will make Jerusalem like an intoxicating drink that makes the nearby nations stagger when they send their armies to besiege Jerusalem and Judah.
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2. Behold H2009 , I H595 will make H7760 H853 Jerusalem H3389 a cup H5592 of trembling H7478 unto all H3605 the people H5971 round about H5439 , when they shall be H1961 in the siege H4692 both H1571 against H5921 Judah H3063 and against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 .
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3. On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves.
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3. And in that H1931 day H3117 will I make H7760 H853 Jerusalem H3389 a burdensome H4614 stone H68 for all H3605 people H5971 : all H3605 that burden H6006 themselves with it shall be cut in pieces H8295 H8295 , though all H3605 the people H1471 of the earth H776 be gathered together H622 against H5921 it.
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4. "On that day," says the LORD, "I will cause every horse to panic and every rider to lose his nerve. I will watch over the people of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of their enemies.
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4. In that H1931 day H3117 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , I will smite H5221 every H3605 horse H5483 with astonishment H8541 , and his rider H7392 with madness H7697 : and I will open H6491 H853 mine eyes H5869 upon H5921 the house H1004 of Judah H3063 , and will smite H5221 every H3605 horse H5483 of the people H5971 with blindness H5788 .
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5. And the clans of Judah will say to themselves, 'The people of Jerusalem have found strength in the LORD of Heaven's Armies, their God.'
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5. And the governors H441 of Judah H3063 shall say H559 in their heart H3820 , The inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 shall be my strength H556 in the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 their God H430 .
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6. "On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a flame that sets a woodpile ablaze or like a burning torch among sheaves of grain. They will burn up all the neighboring nations right and left, while the people living in Jerusalem remain secure.
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6. In that H1931 day H3117 will I make H7760 H853 the governors H441 of Judah H3063 like a hearth H3595 of fire H784 among the wood H6086 , and like a torch H3940 of fire H784 in a sheaf H5995 ; and they shall devour H398 H853 all H3605 the people H5971 round about H5439 , on H5921 the right hand H3225 and on H5921 the left H8040 : and Jerusalem H3389 shall be inhabited H3427 again H5750 in her own place H8478 , even in Jerusalem H3389 .
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7. "The LORD will give victory to the rest of Judah first, before Jerusalem, so that the people of Jerusalem and the royal line of David will not have greater honor than the rest of Judah.
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7. The LORD H3068 also shall save H3467 H853 the tents H168 of Judah H3063 first H7223 , that H4616 the glory H8597 of the house H1004 of David H1732 and the glory H8597 of the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 do not H3808 magnify H1431 themselves against H5921 Judah H3063 .
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8. On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem; the weakest among them will be as mighty as King David! And the royal descendants will be like God, like the angel of the LORD who goes before them!
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8. In that H1931 day H3117 shall the LORD H3068 defend H1598 H1157 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 ; and he that is feeble H3782 among them at that H1931 day H3117 shall be H1961 as David H1732 ; and the house H1004 of David H1732 shall be as God H430 , as the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 before H6440 them.
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9. For on that day I will begin to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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9. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , that I will seek H1245 to destroy H8045 H853 all H3605 the nations H1471 that come H935 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 .
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10. "Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died.
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10. And I will pour H8210 upon H5921 the house H1004 of David H1732 , and upon H5921 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 , the spirit H7307 of grace H2580 and of supplications H8469 : and they shall look H5027 upon H413 me H853 whom H834 they have pierced H1856 , and they shall mourn H5594 for H5921 him , as one mourneth H4553 for H5921 his only H3173 son , and shall be in bitterness H4843 for H5921 him , as one that is in bitterness H4843 for H5921 his firstborn H1060 .
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11. The sorrow and mourning in Jerusalem on that day will be like the great mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddo.
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11. In that H1931 day H3117 shall there be a great H1431 mourning H4553 in Jerusalem H3389 , as the mourning H4553 of Hadadrimmon H1910 in the valley H1237 of Megiddon H4023 .
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12. "All Israel will mourn, each clan by itself, and with the husbands separate from their wives. The clan of David will mourn alone, as will the clan of Nathan,
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12. And the land H776 shall mourn H5594 , every family H4940 H4940 apart H905 ; the family H4940 of the house H1004 of David H1732 apart H905 , and their wives H802 apart H905 ; the family H4940 of the house H1004 of Nathan H5416 apart H905 , and their wives H802 apart H905 ;
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13. the clan of Levi, and the clan of Shimei.
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13. The family H4940 of the house H1004 of Levi H3878 apart H905 , and their wives H802 apart H905 ; the family H4940 of Shimei H8097 apart H905 , and their wives H802 apart H905 ;
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14. Each of the surviving clans from Judah will mourn separately, and with the husbands separate from their wives.
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14. All H3605 the families H4940 that remain H7604 , every family H4940 H4940 apart H905 , and their wives H802 apart H905 .
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