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He'll settle things fairly between nations. He'll make things right between many peoples. They'll turn their swords into shovels, their spears into hoes. No more will nation fight nation; they won't play war anymore.
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Come, family of Jacob, let's live in the light of God.
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God, you've walked out on your family Jacob because their world is full of hokey religion, Philistine witchcraft, and pagan hocus-pocus,
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a world rolling in wealth, Stuffed with things, no end to its machines and gadgets,
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And gods - gods of all sorts and sizes. These people make their own gods and worship what they make.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.