11 As for you also, because of the 1blood of My covenant with you, I have set your 2prisonersfree from the waterless*pit.
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Return to the 3stronghold, O prisoners who have the 4hope; This veryday I am declaring that I will restore5double to you.
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For I will 6bendJudah as My bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O 7Greece; And I will make you like a 8warrior'ssword.
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Then the LORD will appear9over them, And His 10arrow will goforth like lightning; And the LordGOD will blow the 11trumpet, And will march in the 12stormwinds of the south.
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13The LORD of hosts will defend them. And they will 14devour and trample on the 15slingstones; And they will drink and be 16boisterous as with wine; And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin, Drenched like the 17corners of the altar.
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And the LORD their God will 18save them in that day As the flock of His people; For they are as the stones of a 19crown, Sparkling in His land.
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For what20comeliness and 21beauty will be theirs! Grain will make the youngmenflourish, and newwine the virgins.