Amos 9:13-15

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¹³“The days are coming,”^(A) declares the Lord,

“when the reaper^(B) will be overtaken by the plowman^(C)
    and the planter by the one treading^(D) grapes.
New wine^(E) will drip from the mountains
    and flow from all the hills,^(F)
¹⁴    and I will bring^(G) my people Israel back from exile.^[a]^(H)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities^(I) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards^(J) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.^(K)
¹⁵I will plant^(L) Israel in their own land,^(M)
    never again to be uprooted^(N)
    from the land I have given them,”^(O)

says the Lord your God.^(P)

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Footnotes

Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel

Psalm 104:33-35

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³³I will sing^(A) to the Lord all my life;
    I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
³⁴May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    as I rejoice^(B) in the Lord.
³⁵But may sinners vanish^(C) from the earth
    and the wicked be no more.^(D)

Praise the Lord, my soul.

Praise the Lord.^[a]^(E)

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Footnotes

Psalm 104:35 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; in the Septuagint this line stands at the beginning of Psalm 105.

Titus 2:11-15

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¹¹For the grace^(A) of God has appeared^(B) that offers salvation to all people.^(C) ¹²It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions,^(D) and to live self-controlled,^(E) upright and godly lives^(F) in this present age, ¹³while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing^(G) of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,^(H) ¹⁴who gave himself for us^(I) to redeem us from all wickedness^(J) and to purify^(K) for himself a people that are his very own,^(L) eager to do what is good.^(M)