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

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

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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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Footnotes

  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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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 25:23 Or from birth

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

28 (A)“Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
    O inhabitants of Moab!
Be (B)like the dove that nests
    in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.

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13 (A)“Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley,
    O rock of the plain,
declares the Lord;
you who say, (B)‘Who shall come down against us,
    or who shall enter our habitations?’

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19 (A)Behold, I am doing a new thing;
    now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
(B)I will make a way in the wilderness
    (C)and rivers in the desert.

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The Ransomed Shall Return

35 (A)The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;
    (B)the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;

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(A)The pride of your heart has deceived you,
    you who live in the clefts of the rock,[a]
    in your lofty dwelling,
(B)who say in your heart,
    “Who will bring me down to the ground?”

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:3 Or of Sela

(A)A voice cries:[a]
(B)“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
    (C)make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one crying

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