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12 Therefore, prophesy to them and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: O my people, I will open your graves of exile and cause you to rise again. Then I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

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12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel.(A)

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19 But those who die in the Lord will live;
    their bodies will rise again!
Those who sleep in the earth
    will rise up and sing for joy!
For your life-giving light will fall like dew
    on your people in the place of the dead!

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19 But your dead(A) will live, Lord;
    their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust(B)
    wake up and shout for joy—
your dew(C) is like the dew of the morning;
    the earth will give birth to her dead.(D)

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14 “Should I ransom them from the grave[a]?
    Should I redeem them from death?
O death, bring on your terrors!
    O grave, bring on your plagues![b]
    For I will not take pity on them.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:14a Hebrew Sheol; also in 13:14b.
  2. 13:14b Greek version reads O death, where is your punishment? / O grave [Hades], where is your sting? Compare 1 Cor 15:55.

14 “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;(A)
    I will redeem them from death.(B)
Where, O death, are your plagues?
    Where, O grave, is your destruction?(C)

“I will have no compassion,

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16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died[a] will rise from their graves.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:16 Greek the dead in Christ.

16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven,(A) with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel(B) and with the trumpet call of God,(C) and the dead in Christ will rise first.(D)

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14 I will bring my exiled people of Israel
    back from distant lands,
and they will rebuild their ruined cities
    and live in them again.
They will plant vineyards and gardens;
    they will eat their crops and drink their wine.
15 I will firmly plant them there
    in their own land.
They will never again be uprooted
    from the land I have given them,”
    says the Lord your God.

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14     and I will bring(A) my people Israel back from exile.[a](B)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities(C) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards(D) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.(E)
15 I will plant(F) Israel in their own land,(G)
    never again to be uprooted(H)
    from the land I have given them,”(I)

says the Lord your God.(J)

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Footnotes

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

14 When you see these things, your heart will rejoice.
    You will flourish like the grass!
Everyone will see the Lord’s hand of blessing on his servants—
    and his anger against his enemies.

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14 When you see this, your heart will rejoice(A)
    and you will flourish(B) like grass;
the hand(C) of the Lord will be made known to his servants,(D)
    but his fury(E) will be shown to his foes.

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13 The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave[a] gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds.

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  1. 20:13 Greek and Hades; also in 20:14.

13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades(A) gave up the dead(B) that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.(C)

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In just a short time he will restore us,
    so that we may live in his presence.

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After two days he will revive us;(A)
    on the third day(B) he will restore(C) us,
    that we may live in his presence.

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25 They will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren after them will live there forever, generation after generation. And my servant David will be their prince forever.

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25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived.(A) They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever,(B) and David my servant will be their prince forever.(C)

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24 For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.

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24 “‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.(A)

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21 And give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered.

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21 and say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.(A)

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Restoration for Israel

25 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Israel will again live in their own land, the land I gave my servant Jacob. For I will gather them from the distant lands where I have scattered them. I will reveal to the nations of the world my holiness among my people.

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25 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I gather(A) the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered,(B) I will be proved holy(C) through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.(D)

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14 You say you can’t see him,
    but he will bring justice if you will only wait.[a]
15 You say he does not respond to sinners with anger
    and is not greatly concerned about wickedness.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 35:13-14 These verses can also be translated as follows: 13 Indeed, God doesn’t listen to their empty plea; / the Almighty is not concerned. / 14 How much less will he listen when you say you don’t see him, / and that your case is before him and you’re waiting for justice.
  2. 35:15 As in Greek and Latin versions; the meaning of this Hebrew word is uncertain.

14 How much less, then, will he listen
    when you say that you do not see him,(A)
that your case(B) is before him
    and you must wait for him,(C)
15 and further, that his anger never punishes(D)
    and he does not take the least notice of wickedness.[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 35:15 Symmachus, Theodotion and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.