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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