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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Nations Judged</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 3:1-21 is numbered 4:1-21.</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;In those days and at that time,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.3.1"><span class="content">when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOL.3.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will gather all nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="fq">Jehoshaphat </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">the <span class="nd">Lord</span> judges</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 12.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">There I will put them on trial</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">because they scattered my people among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"><span class="content">and divided up my land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOL.3.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They cast lots for my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="content">and traded boys for prostitutes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"><span class="content">they sold girls for wine to drink.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOL.3.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOL.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon and all you regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOL.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">palaces</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, that you might send them far from their homeland.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOL.3.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOL.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them, and I will return on your own heads what you have done. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away.&#8221; The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has spoken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOL.3.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Proclaim this among the nations:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">Prepare for war!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">Rouse the warriors!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"><span class="content">Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOL.3.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Beat your plowshares into swords</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">and your pruning hooks into spears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">Let the weakling say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"><span class="content">&#8220;I am strong!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOL.3.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Come quickly, all you nations from every side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="content">and assemble there.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"><span class="content">Bring down your warriors, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOL.3.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let the nations be roused;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">for there I will sit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"><span class="content">to judge all the nations on every side.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOL.3.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Swing the sickle,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">for the harvest is ripe.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">Come, trample the grapes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">for the winepress is full</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">and the vats overflow&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"><span class="content">so great is their wickedness!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOL.3.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Multitudes, multitudes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">in the valley of decision!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">For the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is near</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"><span class="content">in the valley of decision.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOL.3.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The sun and moon will be darkened,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.3.15"><span class="content">and the stars no longer shine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.3.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will roar from Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">and thunder from Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">the earth and the heavens will tremble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">But the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be a refuge for his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"><span class="content">a stronghold for the people of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Blessings for God&#8217;s People</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.3.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then you will know that I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">dwell in Zion, my holy hill.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">Jerusalem will be holy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"><span class="content">never again will foreigners invade her.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.3.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;In that day the mountains will drip new wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">and the hills will flow with milk;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">all the ravines of Judah will run with water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">A fountain will flow out of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s house</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"><span class="content">and will water the valley of acacias.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Valley of Shittim</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.3.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But Egypt will be desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">Edom a desert waste,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">because of violence done to the people of Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"><span class="content">in whose land they shed innocent blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.3.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Judah will be inhabited forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.3.20"><span class="content">and Jerusalem through all generations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.3.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.3.21"><span class="content">No, I will not.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.3.21"></span></div><div class="qc"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.3.21"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> dwells in Zion!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Look on Zion, the city of our festivals;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">your eyes will see Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">its stakes will never be pulled up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"><span class="content">nor any of its ropes broken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ISA.33.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">There the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be our Mighty One.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">No galley with oars will ride them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"><span class="content">no mighty ship will sail them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ISA.33.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is our judge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is our lawgiver,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is our king;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"><span class="content">it is he who will save us.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ISA.33.22"></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch33" data-usfm="JER.33.1+JER.33.2+JER.33.3+JER.33.4+JER.33.5+JER.33.6+JER.33.7+JER.33.8+JER.33.9+JER.33.10+JER.33.11">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JER.33.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to him a second time: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JER.33.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says, he who made the earth, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> who formed it and established it&#8212;the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is his name: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JER.33.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8216;Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JER.33.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the God of Israel, says about the houses in this city and the royal palaces of Judah that have been torn down to be used against the siege ramps and the sword </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.33.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">in the fight with the Babylonians</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">33:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span><span class="content">: &#8216;They will be filled with the dead bodies of the people I will slay in my anger and wrath. I will hide my face from this city because of all its wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JER.33.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JER.33.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Nevertheless, I will bring health and healing to it; I will heal my people and will let them enjoy abundant peace and security. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JER.33.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will bring Judah and Israel back from captivity</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">33:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will restore the fortunes of Judah and Israel</span></span></span><span class="content"> and will rebuild them as they were before. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JER.33.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.33.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the abundant prosperity and peace I provide for it.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JER.33.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.33.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;You say about this place, &#8220;It is a desolate waste, without people or animals.&#8221; Yet in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, inhabited by neither people nor animals, there will be heard once more </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.33.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.33.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.33.11"><span class="content">for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.33.11"><span class="content">his love endures forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.33.11"><span class="content">For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.33.11"></span></div>
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