23 (A)And he will give (B)rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. (C)In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures,

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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.

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20 (A)Happy are you who sow beside all waters,
    who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.

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You visit the earth and (A)water it;[a]
    you greatly enrich it;
(B)the river of God is full of water;
    (C)you provide their grain,
    for so you have prepared it.
10 You water its furrows abundantly,
    settling its ridges,
softening it with (D)showers,
    and blessing its growth.
11 You crown the year with your bounty;
    your wagon tracks (E)overflow with abundance.
12 (F)The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
    the hills (G)gird themselves with joy,
13 (H)the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,
    the valleys deck themselves with grain,
    they (I)shout and sing together for joy.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 65:9 Or and make it overflow

for while (A)bodily training is of some value, godliness (B)is of value in every way, as (C)it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

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10 (A)Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby (B)put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open (C)the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

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The Restoration for Judah and Israel

10 Ask rain (A)from the Lord
    in the season of (B)the spring rain,
from the Lord (C)who makes the storm clouds,
    and (D)he will give them showers of rain,
    to everyone the vegetation in the field.

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“I also (A)withheld the rain from you
    when there were yet three months to the harvest;
(B)I would send rain on one city,
    and send no rain on another city;
one field would have rain,
    and the field on which it did not rain would wither;
so two or three cities (C)would wander to another city
    to drink water, and would not be satisfied;
(D)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

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11 And the Lord will guide you continually
    and satisfy your desire in scorched places
    and make your bones strong;
and you shall be (A)like a watered garden,
    like a spring of water,
    whose waters do not fail.

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12 May our sons in their youth
    be like (A)plants full grown,
our daughters like (B)corner pillars
    cut for the structure of a palace;
13 (C)may our granaries be full,
    (D)providing all kinds of produce;
may our sheep bring forth thousands
    and ten thousands in our fields;
14 may our cattle be heavy with young,
    suffering no mishap or failure in bearing;[a]
may there be no (E)cry of distress in our streets!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 144:14 Hebrew with no breaking in or going out

13 (A)From your lofty abode you (B)water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

14 You cause (C)the grass to grow for the livestock
    and (D)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth (E)food from the earth

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They feast on (A)the abundance of your house,
    and you give them drink from (B)the river of (C)your delights.

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18 Seven cows, plump and attractive, came up out of the Nile and fed in the reed grass.

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33 But (A)seek first (B)the kingdom of God and his righteousness, (C)and all these things will be added to you.

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But for you (A)who fear my name, (B)the sun (C)of righteousness shall rise (D)with healing in its wings. You shall go out (E)leaping like calves from the stall.

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21 “Fear not, O land;
    be glad and rejoice,
    for (A)the Lord has done great things!
22 Fear not, (B)you beasts of the field,
    for (C)the pastures of the wilderness are green;
(D)the tree bears its fruit;
    the fig tree and (E)vine give their full yield.

23 (F)“Be glad, O children of Zion,
    and (G)rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given (H)the early rain for your vindication;
    he has poured down for you abundant rain,
    (I)the early and (J)the latter rain, as before.

24 “The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
    the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 I will restore[a] to you the years
    that (K)the swarming locust has eaten,
(L)the hopper, (M)the destroyer, and (N)the cutter,
    (O)my great army, which I sent among you.

26 (P)“You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
    and praise the name of the Lord your God,
    who has dealt wondrously with you.
And my people (Q)shall never again be put to shame.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:25 Or pay back

21 “And (A)in that day (B)I will answer, declares the Lord,
    I will answer the heavens,
    and they shall answer the earth,
22 and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,
    and they shall answer (C)Jezreel,[a]
23     and (D)I will sow her for myself in the land.
And (E)I (F)will have mercy on No Mercy,[b]
    and (G)I will say to Not My People,[c] (H)‘You are my people’;
    and he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God will sow
  2. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ruhama
  3. Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ammi

25 (A)I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from (B)all your uncleannesses, and (C)from all your idols (D)I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you (E)a new heart, and (F)a new spirit I will put within you. (G)And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

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22 Are there any among (A)the false gods of the nations (B)that can bring rain?
    Or can the heavens give showers?
Are you not he, O Lord our God?
    We set our hope on you,
    (C)for you do all these things.

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10 (A)“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
    and do not return there but water the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
    (B)giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
    it shall not return to me empty,
but (C)it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
    and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

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Thus says the Lord who made you,
    (A)who formed you from the womb and will help you:
(B)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
    (C)Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
(D)For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
    and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour my Spirit upon your offspring,
    and my blessing on your descendants.
They shall spring up among the grass
    (E)like willows by flowing streams.

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I will make it a waste;
    it shall not be pruned or hoed,
    and (A)briers and thorns shall grow up;
(B)I will also command the clouds
    that they rain no rain upon it.

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The Branch of the Lord Glorified

In that day (A)the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and (B)the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.

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35 He (A)turns a desert into pools of water,
    (B)a parched land into springs of water.
36 And there he lets the hungry dwell,
    and they establish (C)a city to live in;
37 they sow fields and plant vineyards
    and get a fruitful yield.
38 (D)By his blessing they multiply greatly,
    and he does not let their livestock diminish.

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26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one.

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