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 \q2 Listen, earth, and all that is in you.
 \q Let the Lord Yahweh be a witness against you,
 \q2 the Lord from his holy temple.
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 \v 3 Look, Yahweh comes out of his place;
 \q2 he will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
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 \q2 they desire houses and take them.
 \q They oppress a man and his house,
 \q2 a man and his inheritance.
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 \v 3 Therefore Yahweh says this,
 \q "Look, I am planning to bring disaster against this clan,
 \q2 from which you will not remove your necks.
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 \v 5 Therefore, you rich people will have no descendants
 \q2 to divide up the territory by lot in the assembly of Yahweh.
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 \v 6 "Do not prophesy," their prophets say.
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 \v 7 Should it really be said, house of Jacob,
 \q2 "Is the Spirit of Yahweh impatient?
 \q2 Are these really his deeds?"
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 \q Do not my words do good
 \q2 to anyone who walks uprightly?
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 \v 8 Lately my people have risen up
 \q2 like an enemy.
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 \q2 he would be considered to be a prophet for this people.
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 \v 12 I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob.
 \q2 I will surely gather the remnant of Israel.
 \q I will bring them together like sheep in a fold,
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 \q2 but he will not answer you.
 \q He will hide his face from you at that time,
 \q2 because you have done evil deeds."
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 \v 5 Yahweh says this,
 \q "As for the prophets
 \q2 who lead my people astray,
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-\v 8 But as for me, I am full of power
-\q2 by the Spirit of Yahweh,
+\v 8 But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Yahweh,
 \q2 and am full of justice and might,
 \q to declare to Jacob his transgression,
 \q2 and to Israel his sin.
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 \v 12 Therefore, because of you,
 \q2 Zion will become a plowed field,
-\q Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,
+\q2 Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,
 \q and the hill of the temple
 \q2 will become high places of a thicket.
 
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 \v 1 But in the last days it will come about
-\q that the mountain of the house of Yahweh
+\q2 that the mountain of the house of Yahweh
 \q2 will be established as the chief over the other mountains.
 \q It will be exalted above the hills,
 \q2 and peoples will stream to it.
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 \v 2 Many nations will go and say,
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 \q "Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh,
 \q2 to the house of the God of Jacob.
 \q He will teach us his ways,
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 \v 6 "On that day"—this is Yahweh's declaration—
-\q "I will assemble the lame
-\q2 and gather the outcast,
+\q2 "I will assemble the lame
+\q and gather the outcast,
 \q2 those whom I have afflicted.
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 \v 7 I will turn the lame into a remnant,
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 \q2 hill of the daughter of Zion—
 \q to you it will come, your former dominion will be restored,
 \q2 the kingdom that belongs to the daughter of Jerusalem.
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-\v 1 Now come together in battle ranks,
-\q2 daughter of soldiers!
-\q2 A siege has been set up against us!
+\v 1 Now come together in battle ranks, daughter of soldiers!
+\q1 A siege has been set up against us!
 \q With a rod they strike the judge of Israel
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 \q2 on the cheek. \f + \ft Instead of \fqa come together in battle ranks \fqa* , some modern translations read \fqa cut yourselves \fqa* , referring to the pagan practice of cutting oneself while praying to idols. There are some modern translations that follow an ancient translation of the Hebrew text that reads \fqa build up your fortifications \fqa* . \f*
 
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 \q2 to rule in Israel,
 \q whose beginning is from ancient times,
 \q2 from everlasting.
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 \v 3 Therefore God will give them up,
 \q2 until the time when she who is in labor bears a child,
 \q and the rest of his brothers return
 \q2 to the people of Israel.
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 \v 4 He will stand and shepherd his flock
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 \q2 in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God.
 \q They will remain,
 \q2 for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
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 \v 5 He will give us peace.
-\q2 When the Assyrians come into our land,
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+\q2When the Assyrians come into our land,
 \q2 and when they march against our fortresses,
 \q then we will raise against them seven shepherds
 \q2 and eight leaders over men.
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 \v 9 Your hand will be lifted against your enemies,
 \q2 and it will destroy them.
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 \v 10 "It will happen in that day"—this is Yahweh's declaration—
 \q "that I will destroy your horses from among you
-\q2 and will demolish your chariots.
+\q and will demolish your chariots.
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 \v 11 I will destroy the cities in your land
 \q2 and throw down all your strongholds.
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 \v 1 Now listen to what Yahweh says,
 \q "Arise and state your case before the mountains;
 \q2 let the hills hear your voice.
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 \q For Yahweh has a lawsuit with his people,
 \q2 and he will fight in court against Israel.
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 \v 3 My people, what have I done to you?
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 \q I sent Moses, Aaron,
 \q2 and Miriam to you.
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-\v 5 My people, remember
-\q2 what Balak king of Moab devised,
+\v 5 My people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised,
 \q2 and how Balaam son of Beor answered him
 \q as you went from Shittim to Gilgal,
 \q2 so you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh."
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 \v 6 What should I bring to Yahweh,
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 \q Act justly, love kindness,
 \q2 and walk humbly with your God.
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 \v 9 The voice of Yahweh is making a proclamation to the city—
 \q2 even now wisdom fears your name:
-\q "Listen to the rod, and to the one who has put it in place. \f + \ft The copies of the ancient Hebrew text which were translated here read, \fqa Listen to the rod and to the one who has put it in place \fqa* , but some modern translations have \fqa Listen, tribe, and those assembled together in the city \fqa* . \f*
+\q2 "Listen to the rod, and to the one who has put it in place. \f + \ft The copies of the ancient Hebrew text which were translated here read, \fqa Listen to the rod and to the one who has put it in place \fqa* , but some modern translations have \fqa Listen, tribe, and those assembled together in the city \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 10 There is wealth in the houses of the wicked that is dishonest,
 \q2 and false measures that are abominable.
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 \v 3 Their hands are very good at doing harm:
 \q2 the ruler asks for money,
-\q the judge is ready for bribes,
-\q2 and the powerful man is telling others of the desire of his soul.
+\q2 the judge is ready for bribes,
+\q and the powerful man is telling others of the desire of his soul.
 \q2 Thus they plot together.
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 \v 4 The best of them is like a brier,
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 \q and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
 \q2 A man's enemies are the people of his own house.
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 \v 7 But as for me, I will look to Yahweh.
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 \q My eyes will look at her;
 \q2 she will be trampled down like the mud in the streets.
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 \v 11 A day to build your walls will come;
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 \v 13 But the land will be desolate
 \q2 because of the people who are living there,
 \q2 because of the fruit of their actions.
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 \q2 in the midst of a pastureland.
 \q Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
 \q2 as in the old days.
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 \v 15 As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
 \q2 I will show them wonders.
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 \v 16 The nations will see and be ashamed
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 \q They will come out of their fortresses with fear;
 \q2 they will come with fear to you, Yahweh our God,
 \q2 and they will be afraid because of you.
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