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1Blow the trumpet in Zion;
2consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly;
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gather the people.
3Consecrate the congregation; assemble the elders;
4gather the children, even nursing infants.
5Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
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6Between the
7vestibule and the
8altar
9let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep and say, "Spare your people, O LORD, and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations.
10Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"
The Lord Had Pity
18 11Then the LORD became jealous for his land
12and had pity on his people.
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The LORD answered and said to his people, "Behold,
13I am sending to you grain, wine, and oil,
14and you will be satisfied; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
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"I will remove the northerner far from you, and drive him into a parched and desolate land, his vanguard into
15the eastern sea, and his rear guard into
16the western sea;
17the stench and foul smell of him will rise, for he has done great things.
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"Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice, for
18the LORD has done great things!
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Fear not,
19you beasts of the field, for
20the pastures of the wilderness are green;
21the tree bears its fruit; the fig tree and
22vine give their full yield.
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23"Be glad, O children of Zion, and
24rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given
25the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain,
26the early and
27the latter rain, as before.
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"The threshing floors shall be full of grain; the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
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I will restore to you the years that
28the swarming locust has eaten,
29the hopper,
30the destroyer, and
31the cutter,
32my great army, which I sent among you.
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33"You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people
34shall never again be put to shame.
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35You shall know that I am
36in the midst of Israel, and that
37I am the LORD your God
38and there is none else. And my people
39shall never again be put to shame.