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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Blow the trumpet in Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="content">declare a holy fast,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="content">call a sacred assembly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOL.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Gather the people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">consecrate the assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">bring together the elders,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">gather the children,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">those nursing at the breast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">Let the bridegroom leave his room</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">and the bride her chamber.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOL.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Let the priests, who minister before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">weep between the portico and the altar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">Let them say, &#8220;Spare your people, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">a byword among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">Why should they say among the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">&#8216;Where is their God?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Answer</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOL.2.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was jealous for his land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.2.18"><span class="content">and took pity on his people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOL.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> replied</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:18,19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa"><span class="nd">Lord</span> will be jealous&#8230; / and take pity&#8230; / </span><span class="fv">19 </span><span class="fqa">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> will reply</span></span></span><span class="content"> to them:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.2.19"><span class="content">&#8220;I am sending you grain, new wine and olive oil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.2.19"><span class="content">enough to satisfy you fully;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.2.19"><span class="content">never again will I make you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.2.19"><span class="content">an object of scorn to the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOL.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will drive the northern horde far from you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="content">pushing it into a parched and barren land;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="content">its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="content">and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="content">And its stench will go up;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="content">its smell will rise.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="content">Surely he has done great things!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOL.2.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Do not be afraid, land of Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.2.21"><span class="content">be glad and rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.2.21"><span class="content">Surely the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done great things!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOL.2.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOL.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not be afraid, you wild animals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOL.2.22"><span class="content">for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOL.2.22"><span class="content">The trees are bearing their fruit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOL.2.22"><span class="content">the fig tree and the vine yield their riches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOL.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOL.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Be glad, people of Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOL.2.23"><span class="content">rejoice in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOL.2.23"><span class="content">for he has given you the autumn rains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOL.2.23"><span class="content">because he is faithful.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOL.2.23"><span class="content">He sends you abundant showers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOL.2.23"><span class="content">both autumn and spring rains, as before.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOL.2.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOL.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The threshing floors will be filled with grain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOL.2.24"><span class="content">the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOL.2.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOL.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOL.2.25"><span class="content">the great locust and the young locust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOL.2.25"><span class="content">the other locusts and the locust swarm</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:25 </span><span class="ft">The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOL.2.25"><span class="content">my great army that I sent among you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOL.2.25"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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