11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

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11 “Also for you, Judah,
    a harvest(A) is appointed.

“Whenever I would restore the fortunes(B) of my people,

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13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

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13 Swing the sickle,(A)
    for the harvest(B) is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,(C)
    for the winepress(D) is full
    and the vats overflow—
so great is their wickedness!”

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33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

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33 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:

“Daughter Babylon(A) is like a threshing floor(B)
    at the time it is trampled;
    the time to harvest(C) her will soon come.(D)

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10 And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

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10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes(A) and gave him twice as much as he had before.(B)

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15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

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15 Then another angel came out of the temple(A) and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle(B) and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest(C) of the earth is ripe.”

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And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

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That land will belong
    to the remnant(A) of the people of Judah;
    there they will find pasture.
In the evening they will lie down
    in the houses of Ashkelon.
The Lord their God will care for them;
    he will restore their fortunes.[a](B)

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  1. Zephaniah 2:7 Or will bring back their captives

12 But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

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12 But they do not know
    the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,(A)
    that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

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126 When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

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Psalm 126

A song of ascents.

When the Lord restored(A) the fortunes of[a] Zion,
    we were like those who dreamed.[b]

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  1. Psalm 126:1 Or Lord brought back the captives to
  2. Psalm 126:1 Or those restored to health