11 And I will multiply on you (A)man and beast, and (B)they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in (C)your former times, and (D)will do more good to you than ever before. (E)Then you will know that I am the Lord.

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11 I will increase the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful(A) and become numerous. I will settle people(B) on you as in the past(C) and will make you prosper more than before.(D) Then you will know that I am the Lord.

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12 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be (B)habitations of shepherds (C)resting their flocks.

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12 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In this place, desolate(A) and without people or animals(B)—in all its towns there will again be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.(C)

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(A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous (B)Branch, and (C)he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and (D)Israel will (E)dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: (F)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

(G)“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’ but ‘As the Lord lives who brought up and led the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he[a] had driven them.’ Then they shall dwell in their own land.”

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  1. Jeremiah 23:8 Septuagint; Hebrew I

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will raise up for David[a] a righteous Branch,(A)
a King(B) who will reign(C) wisely
    and do what is just and right(D) in the land.
In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.(E)
This is the name(F) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.(G)

“So then, the days are coming,”(H) declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’(I) but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”(J)

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  1. Jeremiah 23:5 Or up from David’s line

14 (A)Shepherd your people (B)with your staff,
    the flock of your inheritance,
who dwell alone in a forest
    (C)in the midst of (D)a garden land;[a]
let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
    as in the days of old.

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  1. Micah 7:14 Hebrew of Carmel

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14 Shepherd(A) your people with your staff,(B)
    the flock of your inheritance,
which lives by itself in a forest,
    in fertile pasturelands.[a](C)
Let them feed in Bashan(D) and Gilead(E)
    as in days long ago.(F)

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  1. Micah 7:14 Or in the middle of Carmel

27 (A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when (B)I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with (C)the seed of man and the seed of beast.

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27 “The days are coming,”(A) declares the Lord, “when I will plant(B) the kingdoms of Israel and Judah with the offspring of people and of animals.

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18 “Thus says the Lord:
Behold, (A)I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
    and have compassion on his dwellings;
the city shall be rebuilt on (B)its mound,
    and the palace shall stand where it used to be.

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18 “This is what the Lord says:

“‘I will restore the fortunes(A) of Jacob’s tents(B)
    and have compassion(C) on his dwellings;
the city will be rebuilt(D) on her ruins,
    and the palace will stand in its proper place.

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40 since God had provided something better for us, (A)that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

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40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us(A) would they be made perfect.(B)

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13 And (A)you shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people.

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13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord,(A) when I open your graves and bring you up from them.(B)

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55 As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former state, (A)and Samaria and her daughters shall return (B)to their former state, (C)and you and your daughters shall return (D)to your former state.

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55 And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to what they were before; and you and your daughters will return to what you were before.(A)

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12 And the Lord blessed (A)the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had (B)14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

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12 The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.

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For he finds fault with them when he says:[a]

(A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel
    and with the house of Judah,
not like the covenant that I made with their fathers
    on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
For they did not continue in my covenant,
    and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.
10 (B)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
    after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws into their minds,
    and (C)write them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.
11 And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor
    and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
for they shall (D)all know me,
    from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
    (E)and I will remember their sins no more.”

13 In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And (F)what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

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  1. Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts For finding fault with it he says to them

But God found fault with the people and said[a]:

“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will make a new covenant(A)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.
It will not be like the covenant
    I made with their ancestors(B)
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
    and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
10 This is the covenant(C) I will establish with the people of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.(D)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(E)
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,(F)
    from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
    and will remember their sins no more.(G)[b](H)

13 By calling this covenant “new,”(I) he has made the first one obsolete;(J) and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

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  1. Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.
  2. Hebrews 8:12 Jer. 31:31-34

11 But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as in the former days, declares the Lord of hosts. 12 (A)For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, (B)and the heavens shall give their dew. (C)And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. 13 And as (D)you have been a byword of cursing among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, (E)so will I save you, and (F)you shall be a blessing. (G)Fear not, but (H)let your hands be strong.”

14 For thus says the Lord of hosts: (I)“As I purposed to bring disaster to you when your fathers provoked me to wrath, and I did not relent, says the Lord of hosts, 15 so again have I purposed in these days to bring good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; (J)fear not.

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11 But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as I did in the past,”(A) declares the Lord Almighty.

12 “The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit,(B) the ground will produce its crops,(C) and the heavens will drop their dew.(D) I will give all these things as an inheritance(E) to the remnant of this people.(F) 13 Just as you, Judah and Israel, have been a curse[a](G) among the nations, so I will save(H) you, and you will be a blessing.[b](I) Do not be afraid,(J) but let your hands be strong.(K)

14 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Just as I had determined to bring disaster(L) on you and showed no pity when your ancestors angered me,” says the Lord Almighty, 15 “so now I have determined to do good(M) again to Jerusalem and Judah.(N) Do not be afraid.

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  1. Zechariah 8:13 That is, your name has been used in cursing (see Jer. 29:22); or, you have been regarded as under a curse.
  2. Zechariah 8:13 Or and your name will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or and you will be seen as blessed

For thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)Yet once more, in a little while, (B)I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and (C)I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. (D)The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of hosts. (E)The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And (F)in this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts.’”

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“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while(A) I will once more shake the heavens and the earth,(B) the sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and what is desired(C) by all nations will come, and I will fill this house(D) with glory,(E)’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘The silver is mine and the gold(F) is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ‘The glory(G) of this present house(H) will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,(I)’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

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