11 Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice,
    the villages that (A)Kedar inhabits;
let the habitants of (B)Sela sing for joy,
    let them shout from the top of the mountains.

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11 Let the wilderness(A) and its towns raise their voices;
    let the settlements where Kedar(B) lives rejoice.
Let the people of Sela(C) sing for joy;
    let them shout from the mountaintops.(D)

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16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
    and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.

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16 The Lord’s justice(A) will dwell in the desert,(B)
    his righteousness(C) live in the fertile field.

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All the flocks of (A)Kedar shall be gathered to you;
    the rams of (B)Nebaioth shall minister to you;
(C)they shall come up with acceptance on my altar,
    (D)and I will beautify my beautiful house.

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All Kedar’s(A) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings(B) on my altar,(C)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.(D)

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15 [a] (A)Behold, upon the mountains, (B)the feet of him
    who brings good news,
    who publishes peace!
(C)Keep your feasts, O Judah;
    (D)fulfill your vows,
(E)for never again shall the worthless pass through you;
    he is utterly cut off.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:15 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew

15 Look, there on the mountains,
    the feet of one who brings good news,(A)
    who proclaims peace!(B)
Celebrate your festivals,(C) Judah,
    and fulfill your vows.
No more will the wicked invade you;(D)
    they will be completely destroyed.[a]

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  1. Nahum 1:15 In Hebrew texts this verse (1:15) is numbered 2:1.

(A)How beautiful upon the mountains
    are the feet of him who brings good news,
who publishes peace, (B)who brings good news of happiness,
    who publishes salvation,
    who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

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How beautiful on the mountains(A)
    are the feet of those who bring good news,(B)
who proclaim peace,(C)
    who bring good tidings,
    who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
    “Your God reigns!”(D)

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18 (A)I will open rivers on the bare heights,
    and fountains in the midst of the valleys.
(B)I will make the wilderness a pool of water,
    and the dry land springs of water.
19 (C)I will put in the wilderness the cedar,
    the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive.
I will set in the desert (D)the cypress,
    the plane and the pine together,

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18 I will make rivers flow(A) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert(B) into pools of water,(C)
    and the parched ground into springs.(D)
19 I will put in the desert(E)
    the cedar and the acacia,(F) the myrtle and the olive.
I will set junipers(G) in the wasteland,
    the fir and the cypress(H) together,(I)

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(A)then shall the lame man leap like a deer,
    and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
(B)For waters break forth in the wilderness,
    and streams in the desert;

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Then will the lame(A) leap like a deer,(B)
    and the mute tongue(C) shout for joy.(D)
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
    and streams(E) in the desert.

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16 For thus the Lord said to me, “Within a year, (A)according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of (B)Kedar will come to an end.

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16 This is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a servant bound by contract(A) would count it, all the splendor(B) of Kedar(C) will come to an end.

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16 (A)Send the lamb to the ruler of the land,
from (B)Sela, by way of the desert,
    to the mount of the daughter of Zion.

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16 Send lambs(A) as tribute(B)
    to the ruler of the land,
from Sela,(C) across the desert,
    to the mount of Daughter Zion.(D)

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Woe to me, that I sojourn in (A)Meshech,
    that I dwell among (B)the tents of (C)Kedar!

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Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
    that I live among the tents of Kedar!(A)

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May he have dominion from (A)sea to sea,
    and from (B)the River[a] to the (C)ends of the earth!
May desert tribes (D)bow down before him,
    and his enemies (E)lick the dust!
10 May the kings of (F)Tarshish and of (G)the coastlands
    render him (H)tribute;
may the kings of (I)Sheba and (J)Seba
    bring gifts!

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  1. Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates

May he rule from sea to sea
    and from the River[a](A) to the ends of the earth.(B)
May the desert tribes bow before him
    and his enemies lick the dust.
10 May the kings of Tarshish(C) and of distant shores(D)
    bring tribute to him.
May the kings of Sheba(E) and Seba
    present him gifts.(F)

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  1. Psalm 72:8 That is, the Euphrates

23 And the Lord said to her,

(A)“Two nations are in your womb,
    and two peoples from within you[a] shall be divided;
(B)the one shall be stronger than the other,
    (C)the older shall serve the younger.”

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  1. Genesis 25:23 Or from birth

23 The Lord said to her,

“Two nations(A) are in your womb,
    and two peoples from within you will be separated;
one people will be stronger than the other,
    and the older will serve the younger.(B)

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16 The horror you inspire has deceived you,
    and the pride of your heart,
you who live in the clefts of the rock,[a]
    who hold the height of the hill.
Though you (A)make your nest as high as the eagle's,
    I will bring you down from there,
declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 49:16 Or of Sela

16 The terror you inspire
    and the pride(A) of your heart have deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks,(B)
    who occupy the heights of the hill.
Though you build your nest(C) as high as the eagle’s,
    from there I will bring you down,”
declares the Lord.

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