The Lord's Vineyard
2 On that day sing about a desirable vineyard:
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I, the Lord, watch over it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day so that no one disturbs it.
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I am not angry, but if it produces thorns and briers for Me, I will fight against it, trample it, and burn it to the ground.
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Or let it take hold of My strength; let it make peace with Me- make peace with Me.
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In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bloom and fill the whole world with fruit.
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Did the Lord strike Israel as He struck the one who struck Israel? Was he killed like those killed by Him?
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You disputed with her by banishing and driving her away. He removed [her] with His severe storm on the day of the east wind.
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Therefore Jacob's iniquity will be purged in this way, and the result of the removal of his sin will be this: when he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
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For the fortified city will be deserted, pastures abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness. Calves will graze there, and there they will spread out and strip its branches.
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When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
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On that day the Lord will thresh grain from the Euphrates River as far as the Wadi of Egypt, and you Israelites will be gathered one by one.
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On that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those lost in the land of Assyria will come, as well as those dispersed in the land of Egypt; and they will worship the Lord at Jerusalem on the holy mountain.