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1. This message is the word of the Lord to Israel. This is what the Lord says, who stretched out the skies, and laid the foundations of the earth, and put the human spirit within:
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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 a cup of poison to the nations around her. They will come and attack 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. One day all the nations on earth will come together to attack Jerusalem, but I will make it like a heavy rock; anyone who tries to move it will get hurt.
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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. At that time I will confuse every horse and cause its rider to go crazy," says the Lord. "I will watch over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the 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. Then the leaders of Judah will say to themselves, 'The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the Lord All-Powerful is 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. "At that time I will make the leaders of Judah like a fire burning a stack of wood or like a fire burning straw. They will destroy all the people around them left and right. But the people of Jerusalem will remain safe.
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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 save the homes of Judah first so that the honor given to David's family and to the people of Jerusalem won't be greater than the honor given to 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. At that time the Lord will protect the people in Jerusalem. Then even the weakest of them will be strong like David. And the family of David will be like God, like an angel of the Lord in front of 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. At that time I will go to destroy all the nations that attack 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. "I will pour out on David's family and the people in Jerusalem a spirit of kindness and mercy. They will look at me, the one they have stabbed, and they will cry like someone crying over the death of an only child. They will be as sad as someone who has lost a firstborn son.
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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. At that time there will be much crying in Jerusalem, like the crying for Hadad Rimmon in the plain 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. The land will cry, each family by itself: the family of David by itself and their wives by themselves, the family of Nathan by itself and their wives by themselves,
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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 family of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves, the family of Shimei by itself and their wives by themselves,
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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. and all the rest of the families by themselves and their wives by themselves.
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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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