Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain, <em>so</em> the LORD shall make lightnings and shall give you abundant rain and grass in the field to each one.
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Ask the LORD for rain in the springtime; it is the LORD who sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone.
2 For the idols have spoken vanity and the diviners have seen a lie and have told vain dreams; they comfort in vain; therefore they went their way like sheep; they were humbled because <em>there was</em> no shepherd.
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The idols speak deceitfully, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
3 My anger is kindled against the pastors, and I will visit the he goats, for the LORD of the hosts shall visit his flock, the house of Judah, and shall make them as his horse of honour in the battle.
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“My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders; for the LORD Almighty will care for his flock, the people of Judah, and make them like a proud horse in battle.
4 Out of him shall come the corner, out of him the stake, out of him the battle bow, out of him also every oppressor.
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From Judah will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler.
5 And they shall be as mighty <em>men</em>, who tread down <em>their enemies</em> in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight because the LORD <em>shall be</em> with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
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Together they will be like warriors in battle trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.
6 For I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will keep the house of Joseph, and I will cause them to return; for I shall have compassion upon them, and they shall be as though I had not cast them off, for I <em>am</em> the LORD their God and will hear them.
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“I will strengthen Judah and save the tribes of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them.
7 And <em>those of</em> Ephraim shall be like a mighty <em>man</em>, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine, their sons shall also see <em>it</em> and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
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The Ephraimites will become like warriors, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
8 I will hiss for them and gather them; for I have ransomed them; and they shall be multiplied as they were multiplied.
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I will signal for them and gather them in. Surely I will redeem them; they will be as numerous as before.
9 <em>It was</em> good that I planted them among the peoples; even in far countries there shall be mention made of me; and they shall live with their sons and turn again.
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Though I scatter them among the peoples, yet in distant lands they will remember me. They and their children will survive, and they will return.
10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and <em>place</em> shall not be found for them.
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I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon, and there will not be room enough for them.
11 And the tribulation shall pass through the sea and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall be lost.
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They will pass through the sea of trouble; the surging sea will be subdued and all the depths of the Nile will dry up. Assyria’s pride will be brought down and Egypt’s scepter will pass away.
12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
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I will strengthen them in the LORDand in his name they will live securely,” declares the LORD.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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