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1. But when all is said and done, GOD's Temple on the mountain, Firmly fixed, will dominate all mountains, towering above surrounding hills. People will stream to it
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1. But in the last H319 days H3117 it shall come to pass H1961 , that the mountain H2022 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 shall be H1961 established H3559 in the top H7218 of the mountains H2022 , and it H1931 shall be exalted H5375 above the hills H4480 H1389 ; and people H5971 shall flow H5102 unto H5921 it.
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2. and many nations set out for it, Saying, "Come, let's climb GOD's mountain. Let's go to the Temple of Jacob's God. He will teach us how to live. We'll know how to live God's way." True teaching will issue from Zion, GOD's revelation from Jerusalem.
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2. And many H7227 nations H1471 shall come H1980 , and say H559 , Come H1980 , and let us go up H5927 to H413 the mountain H2022 of the LORD H3068 , and to H413 the house H1004 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290 ; and he will teach H3384 us of his ways H4480 H1870 , and we will walk H1980 in his paths H734 : for H3588 the law H8451 shall go forth H3318 of Zion H4480 H6726 , and the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 from Jerusalem H4480 H3389 .
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3. He'll establish justice in the rabble of nations and settle disputes in faraway places. They'll trade in their swords for shovels, their spears for rakes and hoes. Nations will quit fighting each other, quit learning how to kill one another.
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3. And he shall judge H8199 among H996 many H7227 people H5971 , and rebuke H3198 strong H6099 nations H1471 afar off H5704 H7350 ; and they shall beat H3807 their swords H2719 into plowshares H855 , and their spears H2595 into pruning hooks H4211 : nation H1471 shall not H3808 lift up H5375 a sword H2719 against H413 nation H1471 , neither H3808 shall they learn H3925 war H4421 any more H5750 .
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4. Each man will sit under his own shade tree, each woman in safety will tend her own garden. GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies says so, and he means what he says.
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4. But they shall sit H3427 every man H376 under H8478 his vine H1612 and under H8478 his fig tree H8384 ; and none H369 shall make them afraid H2729 : for H3588 the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 hath spoken H1696 it .
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5. Meanwhile, all the other people live however they wish, picking and choosing their gods. But we live honoring GOD, and we're loyal to our God forever and ever.
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5. For H3588 all H3605 people H5971 will walk H1980 every one H376 in the name H8034 of his god H430 , and we H587 will walk H1980 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 forever H5769 and ever H5703 .
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6. "On that great day," GOD says, "I will round up all the hurt and homeless, everyone I have bruised or banished.
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6. In that H1931 day H3117 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , will I assemble H622 her that halteth H6760 , and I will gather H6908 her that is driven out H5080 , and her that H834 I have afflicted H7489 ;
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7. I will transform the battered into a company of the elite. I will make a strong nation out of the long lost, A showcase exhibit of GOD's rule in action, as I rule from Mount Zion, from here to eternity.
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7. And I will make H7760 H853 her that halted H6760 a remnant H7611 , and her that was cast far off H1972 a strong H6099 nation H1471 : and the LORD H3068 shall reign H4427 over H5921 them in mount H2022 Zion H6726 from henceforth H4480 H6258 , even forever H5704 H5769 .
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8. "And you stragglers around Jerusalem, eking out a living in shantytowns: The glory that once was will be again. Jerusalem's daughter will be the kingdom center."
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8. And thou H859 , O tower H4026 of the flock H5739 , the stronghold H6076 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 , unto H5704 thee shall it come H857 , even the first H7223 dominion H4475 ; the kingdom H4467 shall come H935 to the daughter H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 .
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9. So why the doomsday hysterics? You still have a king, don't you? But maybe he's not doing his job and you're panicked like a woman in labor.
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9. Now H6258 why H4100 dost thou cry out H7321 aloud H7452 ? is there no H369 king H4428 in thee? is thy counselor H3289 perished H6 ? for H3588 pangs H2427 have taken H2388 thee as a woman in travail H3205 .
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10. Well, go ahead--twist and scream, Daughter Jerusalem. You are like a woman in childbirth. You'll soon be out of the city, on your way and camping in the open country. And then you'll arrive in Babylon. What you lost in Jerusalem will be found in Babylon. GOD will give you new life again. He'll redeem you from your enemies.
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10. Be in pain H2342 , and labor to bring forth H1518 , O daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 , like a woman in travail H3205 : for H3588 now H6258 shalt thou go forth H3318 out of the city H4480 H7151 , and thou shalt dwell H7931 in the field H7704 , and thou shalt go H935 even to H5704 Babylon H894 ; there H8033 shalt thou be delivered H5337 ; there H8033 the LORD H3068 shall redeem H1350 thee from the hand H4480 H3709 of thine enemies H341 .
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11. But for right now, they're ganged up against you, many godless peoples, saying, "Kick her when she's down! Violate her! We want to see Zion grovel in the dirt."
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11. Now H6258 also many H7227 nations H1471 are gathered H622 against H5921 thee , that say H559 , Let her be defiled H2610 , and let our eye H5869 look H2372 upon Zion H6726 .
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12. These blasphemers have no idea what GOD is thinking and doing in this. They don't know that this is the making of GOD's people, that they are wheat being threshed, gold being refined.
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12. But they H1992 know H3045 not H3808 the thoughts H4284 of the LORD H3068 , neither H3808 understand H995 they his counsel H6098 : for H3588 he shall gather H6908 them as the sheaves H5995 into the floor H1637 .
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13. On your feet, Daughter of Zion! Be threshed of chaff, be refined of dross. I'm remaking you into a people invincible, into God's juggernaut to crush the godless peoples. You'll bring their plunder as holy offerings to GOD, their wealth to the Master of the earth.
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13. Arise H6965 and thresh H1758 , O daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 : for H3588 I will make H7760 thine horn H7161 iron H1270 , and I will make H7760 thy hooves H6541 brass H5154 : and thou shalt beat in pieces H1854 many H7227 people H5971 : and I will consecrate H2763 their gain H1215 unto the LORD H3068 , and their substance H2428 unto the Lord H113 of the whole H3605 earth H776 .
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