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I will be like the dew to Israel;
    he shall blossom like the lily;
    he shall strike root like the forests of Lebanon.[a](A)

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  1. 14.5 Cn: Heb like Lebanon

it shall blossom abundantly
    and rejoice with joy and shouting.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
    the majesty of Carmel and Sharon.
They shall see the glory of the Lord,
    the majesty of our God.]][a](A)

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  1. 34.17–35.2 Q ms lacks 34.17–35.2

In days to come[a] Jacob shall take root;
    Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots
    and fill the whole world with fruit.(A)

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  1. 27.6 Heb Those to come

17 and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.

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28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin,

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16 May there be abundance of grain in the land;
    may it wave on the tops of the mountains;
    may its fruit be like Lebanon;
and may people blossom in the cities
    like the grass of the field.(A)

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19 my roots spread out to the waters,
    with the dew all night on my branches;(A)

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May my teaching drop like the rain,
    my speech condense like the dew,
like gentle rain on grass,
    like showers on new growth.(A)

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The Future Role of the Remnant

Then the remnant of Jacob,
    surrounded by many peoples,
shall be like dew from the Lord,
    like showers on the grass,
which do not depend upon people
    or wait for any mortal.(A)

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Israel Exalted at Last

22 Thus says the Lord God:

I myself will take a sprig
    from the lofty top of the cedar;
    I will set it out.
I will break off a tender shoot
    from the topmost of its young twigs;
I myself will transplant it
    on a high and lofty mountain.(A)
23 On the mountain height of Israel
    I will transplant it,
and it will produce boughs and bear fruit
    and become a noble cedar.
Under it every kind of bird will live;
    in the shade of its branches will nest
    winged creatures of every kind.(B)
24 All the trees of the field shall know
    that I am the Lord.
I bring low the high tree;
    I make high the low tree;
I dry up the green tree
    and make the dry tree flourish.
I the Lord have spoken;
    I will accomplish it.(C)

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For I will pour water on the thirsty land
    and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my spirit upon your descendants
    and my blessing on your offspring.(A)

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19 Your dead shall live; their corpses[a] shall rise.
    Those who dwell in the dust will awake and shout for joy![b]
For your dew is a radiant dew,
    and the earth will give birth to those long dead.[c](A)

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  1. 26.19 Cn Compare Syr Tg: Heb my corpse
  2. 26.19 Q ms Compare Gk Syr: MT dust, awake and shout for joy!
  3. 26.19 Heb to the shades

For thus the Lord said to me:
“I will quietly look from my dwelling
    like clear heat in sunshine,
    like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”(A)

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12 A king’s anger is like the growling of a lion,
    but his favor is like dew on the grass.(A)

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May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass,
    like showers that water the earth.(A)

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30 The surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward,(A)

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is like the light of morning,
    like the sun rising on a cloudless morning,
    gleaming from the rain on the grassy land.”(A)

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27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,[a] yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.(A)

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  1. 12.27 Other ancient authorities read Consider the lilies: they neither spin nor weave