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"Therefore1wait for Me," declares the LORD, "For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to 2gathernations, To assemblekingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burninganger; For 3all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal.
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"I have cut off nations; Their corner towers are in ruins. I have made their streets desolate, With no one passing by; Their cities are laid waste, Without a man, without an inhabitant.
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"I said, 'Surely you will revere Me, Accept instruction.' So her dwelling will not be cut off According to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they were eager to corrupt all their deeds.
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"Therefore wait for Me," declares the LORD , "For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burning anger; For all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal.
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"For then I will give to the peoples purified lips, That all of them may call on the name of the LORD , To serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
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"From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My worshipers, My dispersed ones, Will bring My offerings.