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Which sendsenvoys by the sea, Even in papyrusvessels on the surface of the waters. Go, swiftmessengers, to a nationtall and smooth, To a peoplefearedfar* and wide, A powerful and oppressivenationWhoseland the riversdivide.
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All you inhabitants of the world and dwellers on earth, As soon as a standard is raised on the mountains, you will see it, And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it.
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For thus the LORD has told me, "I will look from My dwellingplacequietly Like dazzlingheat in the sunshine, Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."
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For before the harvest, as soon as the budblossoms And the flowerbecomes a ripeninggrape, Then He will cutoff the sprigs with pruningknives And remove and cutaway the spreadingbranches.
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They will be lefttogether for mountainbirds of prey, And for the beasts of the earth; And the birds of prey will spend the summer feeding on them, And all the beasts of the earth will spendharvesttime on them.
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At that time a gift of homage will be brought to the LORD of hosts From a peopletall and smooth, Even from a peoplefearedfar* and wide, A powerful and oppressivenation, Whoseland the riversdivide - To the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, even MountZion.