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\c 33
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\q1
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\v 1 Terrible things will happen to you people of Assyria!
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\q1 You have destroyed others,
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\q2 but you have not been destroyed yet.
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\q1 You have betrayed others,
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\q2 but you have not been betrayed yet.
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\q1 When you stop destroying others,
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\q2 others will destroy you.
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\q1 When you stop betraying others,
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\q2 others will betray you.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 2 Yahweh, act kindly toward us,
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\q2 because we have patiently waited for you to help us.
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\q1 Enable us to be strong every day,
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\q2 and rescue us when we have troubles.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 3 Our enemies run away when they hear your voice.
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\q2 When you stand up and show that you are powerful, the people of all nations flee.
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\q1
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\v 4 And after our enemies have been defeated,
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\q1 we, your people, will take away all our enemies' possessions,
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\q2 like caterpillars and locusts strip off all the leaves of plants.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 5 Yahweh is greater than anyone else, and he lives in heaven,
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\q2 and he will rule justly and righteously in Jerusalem.
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\q1
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\v 6 When that happens, he will enable you to live securely;
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\q2 he will fully protect your possessions,
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\q2 he will enable you to be wise and to know all that you need to know;
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\q1 and revering Yahweh will be like a valuable treasure that he will give to you.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 7 But now, look, our messengers are crying out in the streets;
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\q1 our ambassadors have gone to other countries to make peace treaties,
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\q2 but they will cry bitterly because they will not succeed.
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\q1
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\v 8 No one travels on our roads.
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\q2 The leaders of Assyria have broken their peace treaty with us;
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\q1 they despise the people who made those treaties,
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\q2 and they do not respect anyone.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 9 The land of Judah is dry and barren.
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\q2 The cedar trees in Lebanon are drying up and decaying.
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\q1 The Plain of Sharon along the coast is now a desert plain.
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\q2 There are no more leaves on the trees in the areas of Bashan and Carmel.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 10 Yahweh says, "Now I will arise and show that I deserve for everyone to honor me.
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\q1
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\v 11 You people of Assyria make plans that are as useless as chaff and straw.
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\q2 Your breath will become a fire that will burn you up.
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\q1
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\v 12 Your people will be burned until only ashes remain,
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\q2 like thornbushes are cut down and burned up.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 13 You people who live far away and you people who live nearby,
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\q2 pay attention to what I have done and realize that I am very powerful."
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\q1
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\v 14 The sinners in Jerusalem will tremble because they are very afraid;
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\q2 godless people will be terrified.
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\q1 They say, "None of us can remain alive because this fire is burning everything;
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\q2 it is like the fire on Yahweh's altar that will burn forever!"
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\q1
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\v 15 Those who act honestly and say what is right,
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\q2 those who do not try to become rich by forcing money from people,
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\q1 those who do not try to get bribes,
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\q2 those who refuse to listen to people who are planning to murder someone,
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\q1 those who do not join others who urge them to do what is wrong,
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\q1
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\v 16 they are the people who will live safely;
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\q2 they will find places to be safe in the caves in the mountains.
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\q1 They will have plenty of food
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\q2 and water.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 17 You people of Judah will see the king wearing all his beautiful robes,
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\q2 and you will see that he rules a land that extends far away.
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\q1
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\v 18 When you see that, you will think about when you were previously terrified,
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\q2 and you will say, "The officers of Assyria who counted the tax money that we were forced to pay to them have disappeared!
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\q2 Those men who counted our towers are gone!
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\q1
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\v 19 Those arrogant people who spoke a language that we could not understand are no longer here!"
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\q1
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\v 20 At that time, you will see Mount Zion, the place where we celebrate our festivals;
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\q2 You will see that Jerusalem has become a place that is calm and safe.
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\q2 It will be secure,
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\q1 like a tent that cannot be moved because its ropes are tight
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\q2 and its stakes are firmly in the ground.
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\q1
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\v 21 Yahweh will be our mighty God;
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\q1 he will be like a mighty river that will protect us
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\q2 because our enemies will not be able to cross it;
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\q2 no one will be able to row across it
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\q2 and no warships will be able to sail across it.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 22 Yahweh is our judge;
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\q2 he is the one who gives us laws,
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\q1 and he is our king.
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\q2 He will rescue us.
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\q1
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\v 23 The ropes on our enemies' boats will hang loose,
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\q2 their masts will not be fastened firmly,
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\q2 and their sails will not be spread out.
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\q1 The treasures that they have seized will be divided among us, God's people,
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\q2 and even lame people among us will get some.
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\q1
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\v 24 And the people in Jerusalem will no longer say, "We are sick,"
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\q2 because Yahweh will forgive the sins that have been committed by the people who live there.
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