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\h JOEL 
\toc1 Joel 
\toc2 Joel 
\toc3 Jol 
\mt2 This book is the account of Joel foretelling about many nations conquering the Israeli people and about God restoring them. We call this book  
\mt1 Joel  
\c 1  
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\v 1  \add I am\add* \w Joel|strong="H3100"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Pethuel|strong="H6602"\w*. \add This is\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\s1 The attack by locusts  
\q1
\v 2 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \add of Israel\add*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w else|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w lives|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* country, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \add to this message\add*!  
\q2 \w Nothing|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w ever|strong="H3117"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w lived|strong="H3427"\w*  
\q2 \w or|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* ancestors \w lived|strong="H3427"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w Tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w grandchildren|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w tell|strong="H5608"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 4  \add I am talking about\add* \w the|strong="H3499"\w* \w locusts|strong="H3218"\w* \w that|strong="H3499"\w* have eaten our crops.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H3499"\w* first swarm \w of|strong="H3499"\w* \w locusts|strong="H3218"\w* came \w and|strong="H3499"\w* cut \add many of the leaves of the crops\add*;  
\q1 then another swarm came \w and|strong="H3499"\w* ate \add the rest of the leaves\add*,  
\q2 then another swarm came hopping along,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3499"\w* finally another swarm came  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3499"\w* they destroyed \add everything else\add*.   
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\q1
\v 5 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* people \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H6310"\w* \w drunk|strong="H8354"\w*, \w wake|strong="H6974"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w*!  
\q2 \w Wake|strong="H6974"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H8354"\w* \w wail|strong="H3213"\w* loudly,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* grapes \w are|strong="H6310"\w* ruined,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8354"\w* \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H6310"\w* \w be|strong="H6310"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* new \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* [MTY]!   
\q1
\v 6  \add Huge swarms of\add* locusts \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w entered|strong="H5927"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* country.  
\q1 \add They are like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w powerful|strong="H6099"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w*  
\q1 \add that has very many soldiers\add*,  
\q2 \add with the result that\add* \w no|strong="H5927"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* can \w count|strong="H4557"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* locusts \w have|strong="H1471"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1471"\w* \add as sharp as\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* \w of|strong="H4557"\w* \w lions|strong="H3833"\w* [DOU]!   
\q1
\v 7 \w They|strong="H7760"\w* \w have|strong="H8299"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8047"\w* \w our|strong="H7760"\w* grapevines \w and|strong="H1612"\w* \w our|strong="H7760"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w trees|strong="H8384"\w*  
\q2 \add by\add* stripping \w off|strong="H7993"\w* \add and eating all\add* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* bark,  
\q2 \w with|strong="H1612"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* result \w that|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H7760"\w* \w branches|strong="H8299"\w* \w are|strong="H8299"\w* \w white|strong="H3835"\w* \add and ◄bare/have no leaves on them►\add*.   
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\v 8 Cry \w like|strong="H5921"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* young woman cries  
\q2 \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* young \w man|strong="H1167"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* whom \w she|strong="H5921"\w* was ◄\w engaged|strong="H5921"\w*/promised \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w marry|strong="H5921"\w*► \w has|strong="H1167"\w* died.   
\q1
\v 9 \w There|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3772"\w* grain \w or|strong="H1004"\w* wine \w for|strong="H3068"\w* us \w to|strong="H3068"\w* offer \add as sacrifices\add* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\q2 \add so\add* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w serve|strong="H8334"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* mourning/weeping.   
\q1
\v 10  \add The crops in\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* been \w ruined|strong="H7703"\w*;  
\q2 \add it is as though\add* [PRS] \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w ground|strong="H7704"\w* \w is|strong="H7704"\w* mourning.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* been \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*,  
\q2 there \w are|strong="H7703"\w* no \add grapes to make\add* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7704"\w* there \w is|strong="H7704"\w* no \add more olive \add* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* farmers, grieve!  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3588"\w* take \w care|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* grapevines, \w wail|strong="H3213"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w grain|strong="H2406"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* been destroyed;  
\q2 there \w is|strong="H7704"\w* no \w wheat|strong="H2406"\w* \w or|strong="H7704"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w* growing.   
\q1
\v 12 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* grapevines \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w withered|strong="H3001"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w pomegranate|strong="H7416"\w* \add trees\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w palm|strong="H8558"\w* \add trees\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* apricot \add trees\add* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H4480"\w* longer \w joyful|strong="H8342"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w put|strong="H2296"\w* \w on|strong="H2296"\w* \add rough\add* \w sack|strong="H8242"\w* clothes \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w wail|strong="H3213"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w serve|strong="H8334"\w* God \add by offering sacrifices\add* \w on|strong="H2296"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w*,  
\q1 wear \w those|strong="H3588"\w* rough \w sack|strong="H8242"\w* clothes \w all|strong="H3885"\w* \w night|strong="H3885"\w* \add to show that you are mourning\add*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3885"\w* \w is|strong="H1004"\w* no grain \w or|strong="H1004"\w* wine \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* offered \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* God.   
\q1
\v 14 \w Tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w fast|strong="H6685"\w*/abstain \w from|strong="H3068"\w* eating \w food|strong="H1004"\w*►.  
\q1 \w Tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H2205"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* gather \w at|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \add out\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add there\add*.   
\q1
\v 15 Terrible things \w are|strong="H3117"\w* happening \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H3588"\w*!  
\q2 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w soon|strong="H7138"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add who is\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \add will really punish us\add*,  
\q2 \add when he\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause \w us|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* experience \w more|strong="H3588"\w* disasters.   
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\v 16 \w Our|strong="H5048"\w* crops \w are|strong="H5869"\w* already \w gone|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \add one is\add* \w rejoicing|strong="H8057"\w* \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3772"\w* [DOU] \w at|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3772"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H5048"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17  \add When we plant\add* \w seeds|strong="H6507"\w*, \add they do not grow\add*;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w* \w in|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ground,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8478"\w* \w are|strong="H8074"\w* no crops \w to|strong="H3588"\w* harvest.  
\q1 \w Our|strong="H3588"\w* \w barns|strong="H4460"\w*/storehouses \w are|strong="H8074"\w* empty;  
\q2 \w there|strong="H8478"\w* \w is|strong="H1715"\w* no \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \add to store in them\add*.   
\q1
\v 18 \w Our|strong="H3588"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* groan, searching \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w pasture|strong="H4829"\w* \w with|strong="H1241"\w* \w some|strong="H1992"\w* grass \w to|strong="H1992"\w* eat,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6629"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* bleat \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* suffering.   
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\v 19 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \add out\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w pastures|strong="H4999"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w forests|strong="H6086"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w dried|strong="H3068"\w* \w up|strong="H3857"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* hot sunshine [MET].   
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\v 20  \add It is as though\add* \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* animals \w cry|strong="H6165"\w* \add out\add* \w to|strong="H4325"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* streams \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* rivers \w and|strong="H7704"\w* streams \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w all|strong="H1571"\w* \w dry|strong="H3001"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* grass \w in|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w pastures|strong="H4999"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w all|strong="H1571"\w* parched.   
\c 2  
\s1 A warning about the locusts  
\q1
\v 1 \w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \add Hill\add*,  
\q2 \w God|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w sacred|strong="H6944"\w* \w hill|strong="H2022"\w* \add in Jerusalem\add*!  
\q1 \w Tell|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Judah \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w tremble|strong="H7264"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w soon|strong="H7138"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add to punish us further\add*.   
\q1
\v 2  \add That will be a very\add* \w dark|strong="H2822"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w gloomy|strong="H6205"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*;  
\q2 \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add black\add* \w clouds|strong="H6051"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w dark|strong="H2822"\w*.  
\q1 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w huge|strong="H7227"\w* \add swarm of locusts\add* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* covered \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* black \add cloud\add*.  
\q1 \w Nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w this|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w before|strong="H4480"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w this|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* \add happen\add* \w again|strong="H3254"\w*.   
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\v 3  \add It is as though the locusts bring\add* \w flames|strong="H3852"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w fire|strong="H3857"\w*  
\q2 \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w which|strong="H4057"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w can|strong="H3808"\w* \w escape|strong="H6413"\w*.  
\q1 \w In|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w land|strong="H6440"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \add beautiful\add* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Eden|strong="H5731"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* behind \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \add the land is like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* survives.   
\q1
\v 4  \add The locusts\add* resemble \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5483"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w run|strong="H7323"\w* \w like|strong="H4758"\w* [SIM] \w war|strong="H6571"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w Leaping|strong="H7540"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* mountaintops,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* make \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w noise|strong="H6963"\w* \w like|strong="H7540"\w* \w rumbling|strong="H5921"\w* \w chariots|strong="H4818"\w*,  
\q1 \w like|strong="H7540"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w mighty|strong="H6099"\w* \w army|strong="H5971"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H7218"\w* preparing \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*,  
\q2 \w or|strong="H7218"\w* \w like|strong="H7540"\w* [SIM] \w the|strong="H5921"\w* roar \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w that|strong="H5971"\w* burns \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w stubble|strong="H7179"\w* \add in a field\add*.   
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\v 6 When \w people|strong="H5971"\w* see \w them|strong="H6440"\w* coming,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5971"\w* become very \w pale|strong="H6289"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* frightened.   
\q1
\v 7  \add The locusts\add* \w climb|strong="H5927"\w* \w over|strong="H5927"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H4421"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w march|strong="H3212"\w* \w along|strong="H3212"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* columns  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* turn aside \add from their columns\add*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* rush straight ahead  
\q2 \w without|strong="H3808"\w* pushing each other.  
\q1 \add Even though people throw\add* spears \w and|strong="H3212"\w* javelins \w at|strong="H5307"\w* \w them|strong="H5307"\w*,  
\q2 \w that|strong="H5307"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* cause \w them|strong="H5307"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w They|strong="H7323"\w* swarm \w over|strong="H1157"\w* \w the|strong="H5927"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w enter|strong="H5927"\w* our \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H7323"\w* \w enter|strong="H5927"\w* \w through|strong="H1157"\w* our \w windows|strong="H2474"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* [SIM] \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w* do.   
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\v 10  \add It is as though\add* \w they|strong="H6440"\w* cause \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w earth|strong="H8121"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w shake|strong="H7493"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w* \w to|strong="H6440"\w* \w tremble|strong="H7264"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w moon|strong="H3394"\w* \w become|strong="H6937"\w* \w dark|strong="H6937"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* do \w not|strong="H6440"\w* shine  
\q2 \add because there are so many locusts in the sky\add*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* leads \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w army|strong="H4264"\w* \add of countless locusts\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w obey|strong="H6213"\w* \w his|strong="H5414"\w* \w commands|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\q1 \w This|strong="H6213"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* judging \w and|strong="H3068"\w* punishing \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w*,  
\q2 \add with the result that it seems that\add* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* [RHQ] \w can|strong="H4310"\w* \w survive|strong="H3557"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\s1 Yahweh calls them to repent  
\p
\v 12 \w But|strong="H1571"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w says|strong="H5002"\w*,  
\q1 “\w In|strong="H3068"\w* spite \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \add these disasters that you have experienced\add*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3605"\w* can \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* inner beings.  
\q1 \w Weep|strong="H1065"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w mourn|strong="H4553"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* ◄\w fast|strong="H6685"\w*/abstain \w from|strong="H7725"\w* eating food► \add to show that you are sorry for having abandoned me\add*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w tear|strong="H7167"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* clothes  
\q2 \add to show that you are sorry\add*;  
\q2 \w instead|strong="H3588"\w*, show [MET] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w sorry|strong="H5162"\w*.”  
\b  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w merciful|strong="H7349"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* kind;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w does|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* quickly \w become|strong="H5162"\w* angry;  
\q1 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* loves \add people\add*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w does|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* quickly \w become|strong="H5162"\w* angry;  
\q2 \w instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w greatly|strong="H7227"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* loves \add you\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w does|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w like|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* punish \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w No|strong="H3045"\w* \w one|strong="H4310"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w* [RHQ] if \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w change|strong="H5162"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H5162"\w* \add about punishing you\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* if instead \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* act mercifully \add toward you\add*.  
\q1 If \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* bless \w you|strong="H7725"\w*  
\q2 \add by giving you plenty of grain and wine\add*  
\q2 \w in|strong="H3068"\w* order \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w can|strong="H4310"\w* offer \add some of \add* those things \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H4503"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 15 \w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H7782"\w* \w on|strong="H7121"\w* \w Zion|strong="H6726"\w* \add Hill\add*!  
\q2 Gather \w the|strong="H7121"\w* people \w together|strong="H7121"\w*!  
\q1 \w Show|strong="H6942"\w* \w by|strong="H7121"\w* \w fasting|strong="H6685"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H6726"\w* \w are|strong="H6726"\w* sorry \add for the sins that you have committed\add*.   
\q1
\v 16 Perform \w the|strong="H3318"\w* rituals \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H6942"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* acceptable \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q1 \w Gather|strong="H6908"\w* everyone \w together|strong="H6908"\w*—  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w old|strong="H2205"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3318"\w* \w children|strong="H5768"\w*, even \w the|strong="H3318"\w* babies,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* summon \w brides|strong="H3618"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* bridegrooms \w from|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H3318"\w* \w rooms|strong="H2315"\w*.   
\q1
\v 17 Tell \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w serve|strong="H8334"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* cry \w between|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* entrance \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* temple  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* pray \add this\add*:  
\q1 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, rescue/save \add us\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*;  
\q2 \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* other \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* despise \w us|strong="H5414"\w*;  
\q1 \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* ridicule \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* say,  
\q2 ‘\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* [RHQ] \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \add abandoned them\add*?’”   
\s1 Yahweh promised to prosper them again  
\q1
\v 18 \w But|strong="H5971"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add showed that he\add* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* concerned \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* act mercifully \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\p
\v 19 \w When|strong="H7971"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* prayed,  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H6030"\w*,  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \add plenty of\add* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w insult|strong="H2781"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 20 \w Another|strong="H6440"\w* \w army|strong="H5927"\w* \add of locusts will come\add* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* north \add to attack you\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3220"\w* force \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* continue \add past Jerusalem\add*  
\q2 \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w desert|strong="H6723"\w*.  
\q1 \w Some|strong="H7368"\w* \w will|strong="H3220"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Dead \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w east|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \w some|strong="H7368"\w* \w will|strong="H3220"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w into|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \add Mediterranean\add* \w Sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*.  
\q1 \add There\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3220"\w* \add all die, and their bodies\add* \w will|strong="H3220"\w* stink.”  
\b  
\q1 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w* \w things|strong="H1431"\w*!   
\q2
\v 21 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* wonderful \w things|strong="H1431"\w*!  
\q2 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ground \w should|strong="H3068"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*!   
\q1
\v 22 \w And|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* animals \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* meadows \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w soon|strong="H3588"\w* \w become|strong="H5375"\w* \w green|strong="H1876"\w* again;  
\q1 \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \add other\add* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* \w full|strong="H2428"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* grapevines \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H5414"\w* covered \w with|strong="H6086"\w* grapes.   
\q1
\v 23 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jerusalem,  
\q2 \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* about \w what|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \add will be doing for you\add*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w send|strong="H5414"\w* abundant \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w right|strong="H6666"\w* \w time|strong="H7223"\w*/\w time|strong="H7223"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* needed►—  
\q2 ◄\w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w spring|strong="H4456"\w*/\w early|strong="H4175"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w year|strong="H1121"\w*► \w and|strong="H1121"\w* ◄\w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* autumn/\w late|strong="H4456"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w year|strong="H1121"\w*►  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3381"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w previously|strong="H7223"\w*.   
\q1
\v 24 \w The|strong="H4390"\w* ground where you thresh \w the|strong="H4390"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w* \w will|strong="H3342"\w* be \w covered|strong="H4390"\w* \w with|strong="H4390"\w* \w grain|strong="H1250"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8492"\w* \w your|strong="H4390"\w* \w vats|strong="H3342"\w* where you store grape \w juice|strong="H8492"\w* \w and|strong="H8492"\w* \add olive\add* \w oil|strong="H3323"\w* \w will|strong="H3342"\w* be \w full|strong="H4390"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 25  \add Yahweh said,\add* “\w I|strong="H8141"\w* \w will|strong="H2428"\w* \w repay|strong="H7999"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H7971"\w* everything \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w was|strong="H8141"\w* destroyed \w by|strong="H8141"\w* those \w great|strong="H1419"\w* swarms \w of|strong="H8141"\w* \w locusts|strong="H3218"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H8141"\w* \w I|strong="H8141"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H7971"\w* attack \w you|strong="H7971"\w*.   
\q1
\v 26 \w You|strong="H6213"\w*, \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w until|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* stomachs \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w full|strong="H7646"\w*.  
\q1 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* \w me|strong="H6213"\w* [MTY], \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w wonderful|strong="H6381"\w* \w things|strong="H6381"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* again \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* disgraced.   
\q1
\v 27 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* happens, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \add always\add* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* \add God\add*.  
\q1 \w Never|strong="H3808"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* disgraced.”   
\s1 Yahweh promised to send his Spirit  
\q1
\v 28 “Some time later, I will give my Spirit to many [HYP] people.  
\q2 Your sons and daughters will proclaim messages that come directly from me.  
\q1 Your old men will have dreams \add that come from me\add*,  
\q2 and your young men will have visions \add that come from me\add*.   
\q1
\v 29 At that time, I will give my Spirit even to servants, both men and women.   
\q1
\v 30 I will do unusual/amazing things on the earth and in the sky.  
\q2 \add On the earth\add* [CHI], there will be much blood \add shed\add*  
\q2 and \add there will be very large\add* fires and smoke that resembles huge clouds.   
\q1
\v 31  \add In the sky,\add* the sun will become dark and the moon will become \add as red as\add* [MET] blood.  
\q2 \add Those things will happen\add* before that great and terrible day when \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, appear.   
\q1
\v 32 But at that time \add I\add* will save everyone who worships me.  
\q2 I promise that some people in Jerusalem [DOU] will escape \add those disasters\add*;  
\q2 those whom I have chosen will survive.”   
\c 3  
\s1 Yahweh will judge the nations  
\p
\v 1  \add Yahweh says this\add*:  
\q1 “\w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w time|strong="H1961"\w* [DOU], \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* enable \add the people of\add* Jerusalem \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add other places in\add* Judah \w to|strong="H1961"\w* prosper \w again|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2  \add Then\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Valley \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Judgment \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* gather \w together|strong="H5921"\w* \add the people of\add* \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add other\add* nations;  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H5650"\w* judge \add and punish\add* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* scattered \w my|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1571"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* forced \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* go \w to|strong="H5921"\w* other countries.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* divided \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* land   
\q1
\v 3 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w they|strong="H5414"\w* ◄threw marked stones/\w cast|strong="H5414"\w* lots► \w to|strong="H5414"\w* determine who would get \add each of\add* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w*.  
\q1 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H5414"\w* sold \add some of\add* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Israeli boys \w and|strong="H8064"\w* girls  
\q2 \add to get money to pay\add* \w for|strong="H5414"\w* prostitutes \w and|strong="H8064"\w* wine \w to|strong="H5414"\w* drink.   
\p
\v 4 \w You|strong="H6440"\w* \add people of\add* [APO] Tyre \w and|strong="H3068"\w* Sidon \add cities\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add you people of\add* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* Philistia \add region\add*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* certainly \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3372"\w* [RHQ] done anything \w to|strong="H3068"\w* harm \w you|strong="H6440"\w*! \add So\add* if \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* trying \w to|strong="H3068"\w* get revenge \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* quickly get revenge \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\v 5 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w taken|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* silver \w and|strong="H3068"\w* gold \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add other \add*valuable \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* temple \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* temples.  
\v 6  \add You dragged away\add* the people of Jerusalem and \add other places in\add* Judah, and you took them far away and sold them to people in Greece.   
\p
\v 7 But I will cause my people to want to return from the places to which you sold them, and I will do to you what you did to them.  
\v 8 Then I will cause \add some of\add* your sons and your daughters to be sold to the people of Judah! And \add some of\add* them will be sold to the Sabea people-group, who live far away. \add That will certainly happen because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, have said it.”   
\s1 God will judge and punish the nations  
\q1
\v 9 Proclaim to the \add people of all\add* nations,  
\q2 “Prepare for \w a|strong="H3068"\w* war!  
\q1 Summon your soldiers,  
\q2 and tell them to stand in their battle positions.   
\q1
\v 10  \add Take\add* your plows and make swords from them,  
\q2 and \add take\add* your pruning knives and make spears from them.  
\q1 \add Even\add* the weak people must \add also\add* be like [MET] \add strong\add* soldiers.   
\q1
\v 11 All you \add people from the\add* nations that are near \add Judah\add*  
\q2 must come quickly and gather \add in the Valley of Judgment\add*.”  
\b  
\q1 But \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add when that happens\add*, send your army \add of angels to attack them\add*!   
\b  
\q1
\v 12 The \add people in\add* the nations near \add Judah\add* must get ready and come to the Valley of Judgment.  
\q2 There \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* will sit and judge \add and punish\add* them.   
\q1
\v 13  \add They are like\add* [MET] crops that are ready to be harvested;  
\q2 so \add strike them like\add* [MET] \add a farmer\add* swings his sickle to cut the grain.  
\q1 They are like [MET] grapes that are piled high in the pits where they will be pressed;  
\q2 because they are very wicked,  
\q1 \add punish them severely\add* [MET] now,  
\q2 like [MET] \add a farmer\add* tramples on the grapes until the pits are full of juice.   
\b  
\q1
\v 14  \add There will be\add* huge crowds of people in that Valley of Judgment.  
\q2 It will soon be the time that \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add will punish them\add*.   
\q1
\v 15  \add At that time\add* there will be no light from the sun or moon,  
\q2 and the stars will not shine.   
\q1
\v 16 From Zion \add Hill\add* in Jerusalem \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* will shout,  
\q2 and his voice will be like thunder,  
\q2 and his voice will cause the sky and the earth to shake.  
\q1 But \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* will protect [MET] his people;  
\q2 he will be like [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* strong wall behind which the people of Israel will be protected.   
\s1 God’s blessings for his people  
\q1
\v 17  \add Yahweh says\add*, “At that time, you Israeli people will know that I am \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, your God.  
\q2 I live on Zion, my sacred hill.  
\q1 Jerusalem will be \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sacred \add city\add*,  
\q2 and \add soldiers from\add* other countries will never conquer it again.   
\b  
\q1
\v 18 At that time, there will be vineyards covering [MTY] the hills,  
\q2 and \add your cattle and goats on\add* those hills will produce plenty of milk.  
\q2 The streams in Judah will never dry up.  
\q1 And \w a|strong="H3068"\w* stream will flow from my temple into the Acacia Valley \add northeast of the Dead Sea\add*.   
\q1
\v 19  \add The armies of\add* Egypt and Edom attacked the people of Judah  
\q2 and killed [MTY] many people who had not done anything that was wrong.  
\q1 So \add now\add* those countries will become deserts,   
\q1
\v 20 but there will always be people living in Jerusalem and \add in other places\add* in Judea.   
\q1
\v 21  \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, live on Zion \add Hill in Jerusalem\add*,  
\q2 and I will get revenge on the people \add of Egypt and Edom\add* who killed [MTY] \add many of my people\add*.”