(A)“Shower, O heavens, from above,
    and (B)let the clouds rain down righteousness;
let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;
    let the earth cause them both to sprout;
    I the Lord have created it.

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12 (A)Sow for yourselves righteousness;
    reap steadfast love;
    (B)break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
    that he may come and (C)rain righteousness upon you.

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11 For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,
    and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up,
so the Lord God will cause (A)righteousness and praise
    to sprout up before all the nations.

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

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For (A)we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when (B)the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, (C)not because of works done by us in righteousness, but (D)according to his own mercy, by (E)the washing of regeneration and (F)renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he (G)poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

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(A)I planted, (B)Apollos watered, (C)but God gave the growth. So (D)neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each (E)will receive his wages according to his labor. For we are (F)God's fellow workers. You are God's field, (G)God's building.

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18 “And in that day
(A)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
    and the hills shall flow with milk,
and (B)all the streambeds of Judah
    shall flow with water;
(C)and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord
    and water the Valley of (D)Shittim.

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The Righteous Reign of the Branch

11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (A)Jesse,
    and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

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Surely his (A)salvation is near to those who fear him,
    that (B)glory may dwell in our land.

10 (C)Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
    (D)righteousness and peace kiss each other.
11 Faithfulness springs up from the ground,
    and righteousness looks down from the sky.
12 Yes, (E)the Lord will give what is good,
    and our land (F)will yield its increase.

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The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

28 [a] (A)“And it shall come to pass afterward,
    that (B)I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
(C)your sons and (D)your daughters shall prophesy,
    your old men shall dream dreams,
    and your young men shall see visions.
29 (E)Even on the male and female servants
    in those days I will pour out my Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:28 Ch 3:1 in Hebrew

(A)I will be like the dew to Israel;
    (B)he shall blossom like the lily;
    he shall take root like the trees (C)of Lebanon;
his shoots shall spread out;
    his beauty shall be (D)like the olive,
    and his fragrance like Lebanon.
They shall return and (E)dwell beneath my[a] shadow;
    they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
    their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

O (F)Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
    It is I who answer and look after you.[b]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
    (G)from me comes your fruit.

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  1. Hosea 14:7 Hebrew his
  2. Hosea 14:8 Hebrew him

New Heavens and a New Earth

17 “For behold, (A)I create new heavens
    and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
    or come into mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever
    in that which I create;
for behold, (B)I create Jerusalem to be a joy,
    and her people to be a gladness.

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21 (A)Your people shall all be righteous;
    (B)they shall possess the land forever,
(C)the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,
    that I might be glorified.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 60:21 Or that I might display my beauty

For he grew up before him like a young plant,
    (A)and like a root out of dry ground;
(B)he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
    and no beauty that we should desire him.

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(A)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.

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15 until (A)the Spirit is poured upon us from on high,
    and (B)the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
    and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.

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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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Let the mountains bear (A)prosperity for the people,
    and the hills, in righteousness!

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24 and to put on (A)the new self, (B)created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

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10 For (A)we are his workmanship, (B)created in Christ Jesus (C)for good works, (D)which God prepared beforehand, (E)that we should walk in them.

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33 (A)Being therefore (B)exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from (C)the Father (D)the promise of the Holy Spirit, (E)he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.

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26 And I will make them and the places all around my hill (A)a blessing, and (B)I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be (C)showers of blessing.

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22 (A)How long will you waver,
    (B)O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
    a woman encircles a man.”

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22 “For as (A)the new heavens and the new earth
    that I make
shall remain before me, says the Lord,
    so (B)shall your offspring and your name remain.

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to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
    (A)to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
(B)the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
    the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
(C)that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
    the planting of the Lord, (D)that he may be glorified.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty

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