13 (A)The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
    the cypress, the plane, and (B)the pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
    and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

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13 “The glory of Lebanon(A) will come to you,
    the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,(B)
to adorn my sanctuary;(C)
    and I will glorify the place for my feet.(D)

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it shall blossom abundantly
    and rejoice with joy and singing.
(A)The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
    the majesty of (B)Carmel and (C)Sharon.
(D)They shall see the glory of the Lord,
    the majesty of our God.

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it will burst into bloom;
    it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.(A)
The glory of Lebanon(B) will be given to it,
    the splendor of Carmel(C) and Sharon;(D)
they will see the glory(E) of the Lord,
    the splendor of our God.(F)

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“Let us go to his dwelling place;
    let us (A)worship at his (B)footstool!”

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“Let us go to his dwelling place,(A)
    let us worship at his footstool,(B) saying,

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Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. (A)I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the (B)footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.

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King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my fellow Israelites, my people. I had it in my heart(A) to build a house as a place of rest(B) for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, for the footstool(C) of our God, and I made plans to build it.(D)

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his shoots shall spread out;
    his beauty shall be (A)like the olive,
    and his fragrance like Lebanon.
They shall return and (B)dwell beneath my[a] shadow;
    they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
    their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:7 Hebrew his

    his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,(A)
    his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.(B)
People will dwell again in his shade;(C)
    they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom(D) like the vine—
    Israel’s fame will be like the wine(E) of Lebanon.(F)

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The Humble and Contrite in Spirit

66 (A)Thus says the Lord:
(B)“Heaven is my throne,
    and the earth is my footstool;
what is the house that you would build for me,
    and what is the place of my rest?

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Judgment and Hope

66 This is what the Lord says:

“Heaven is my throne,(A)
    and the earth is my footstool.(B)
Where is the house(C) you will build for me?
    Where will my resting place be?

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13 (A)Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
    instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
    an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

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13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
    and instead of briers(A) the myrtle(B) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,(C)
    for an everlasting sign,
    that will endure forever.”

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19 (A)I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
    the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
I will set in the desert (B)the cypress,
    the plane and the pine together,
20 that they may see and know,
    may consider and understand together,
that (C)the hand of the Lord has done this,
    the Holy One of Israel has created it.

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19 I will put in the desert(A)
    the cedar and the acacia,(B) the myrtle and the olive.
I will set junipers(C) in the wasteland,
    the fir and the cypress(D) together,(E)
20 so that people may see and know,(F)
    may consider and understand,(G)
that the hand(H) of the Lord has done this,
    that the Holy One(I) of Israel has created(J) it.

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Splendor and majesty are before him;
    (A)strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

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Splendor and majesty(A) are before him;
    strength and glory(B) are in his sanctuary.

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27 (A)Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, (B)who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem,

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27 Praise be to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who has put it into the king’s heart(A) to bring honor(B) to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem in this way

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