Isaiah 34:1-14

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Judgment Against the Nations

34 Come near, you nations, and listen;^(A)
    pay attention, you peoples!^(B)
Let the earth^(C) hear, and all that is in it,
    the world, and all that comes out of it!^(D)
²The Lord is angry with all nations;
    his wrath^(E) is on all their armies.
He will totally destroy^[a]^(F) them,
    he will give them over to slaughter.^(G)
³Their slain^(H) will be thrown out,
    their dead bodies^(I) will stink;^(J)
    the mountains will be soaked with their blood.^(K)
⁴All the stars in the sky will be dissolved^(L)
    and the heavens rolled up^(M) like a scroll;
all the starry host will fall^(N)
    like withered^(O) leaves from the vine,
    like shriveled figs from the fig tree.

⁵My sword^(P) has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    see, it descends in judgment on Edom,^(Q)
    the people I have totally destroyed.^(R)
⁶The sword^(S) of the Lord is bathed in blood,
    it is covered with fat—
the blood of lambs and goats,
    fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice^(T) in Bozrah^(U)
    and a great slaughter^(V) in the land of Edom.
⁷And the wild oxen^(W) will fall with them,
    the bull calves and the great bulls.^(X)
Their land will be drenched with blood,^(Y)
    and the dust will be soaked with fat.

⁸For the Lord has a day^(Z) of vengeance,^(AA)
    a year of retribution,^(AB) to uphold Zion’s cause.
⁹Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
    her dust into burning sulfur;^(AC)
    her land will become blazing pitch!
¹⁰It will not be quenched^(AD) night or day;
    its smoke will rise forever.^(AE)
From generation to generation^(AF) it will lie desolate;^(AG)
    no one will ever pass through it again.
¹¹The desert owl^[b]^(AH) and screech owl^[c] will possess it;
    the great owl^[d] and the raven^(AI) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom^(AJ)
    the measuring line of chaos^(AK)
    and the plumb line^(AL) of desolation.
¹²Her nobles will have nothing there to be called a kingdom,
    all her princes^(AM) will vanish^(AN) away.
¹³Thorns^(AO) will overrun her citadels,
    nettles and brambles her strongholds.^(AP)
She will become a haunt for jackals,^(AQ)
    a home for owls.^(AR)
¹⁴Desert creatures^(AS) will meet with hyenas,^(AT)
    and wild goats will bleat to each other;
there the night creatures^(AU) will also lie down
    and find for themselves places of rest.

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Isaiah 34:2 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 5.
Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.

Amos 7:7-15

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⁷This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb,^[a] with a plumb line^[b] in his hand. ⁸And the Lord asked me, “What do you see,^(A) Amos?^(B)”

“A plumb line,^(C)” I replied.

Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.^(D)

⁹“The high places^(E) of Isaac will be destroyed
and the sanctuaries^(F) of Israel will be ruined;
with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.^(G)”

Amos and Amaziah

¹⁰Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel^(H) sent a message to Jeroboam^(I) king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy^(J) against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.^(K) ¹¹For this is what Amos is saying:

“‘Jeroboam will die by the sword,
and Israel will surely go into exile,^(L)
away from their native land.’”^(M)

¹²Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer!^(N) Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.^(O) ¹³Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel,^(P) because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple^(Q) of the kingdom.^(R)”

¹⁴Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet^(S) nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.^(T) ¹⁵But the Lord took me from tending the flock^(U) and said to me, ‘Go,^(V) prophesy^(W) to my people Israel.’^(X)

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Amos 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
Amos 7:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain; also in verse 8.

Zechariah 1:13-17

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¹³So the Lord spoke^(A) kind and comforting words^(B) to the angel who talked with me.^(C)

¹⁴Then the angel who was speaking to me said, “Proclaim this word: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I am very jealous^(D) for Jerusalem and Zion, ¹⁵and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure.^(E) I was only a little angry,^(F) but they went too far with the punishment.’^(G)

¹⁶“Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will return^(H) to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line^(I) will be stretched out over Jerusalem,’ declares the Lord Almighty.^(J)

¹⁷“Proclaim further: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘My towns will again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord will again comfort^(K) Zion and choose^(L) Jerusalem.’”^(M)

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Zechariah 2

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A Man With a Measuring Line

2 ^[a]Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. ²I asked, “Where are you going?”

He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.”^(A)

³While the angel who was speaking to me was leaving, another angel came to meet him ⁴and said to him: “Run, tell that young man, ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls^(B) because of the great number^(C) of people and animals in it.^(D) ⁵And I myself will be a wall^(E) of fire^(F) around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory^(G) within.’^(H)

⁶“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered^(I) you to the four winds of heaven,”^(J) declares the Lord.^(K)

⁷“Come, Zion! Escape,^(L) you who live in Daughter Babylon!”^(M) ⁸For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye^(N)— ⁹I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.^[b]^(O) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.^(P)

¹⁰“Shout^(Q) and be glad, Daughter Zion.^(R) For I am coming,^(S) and I will live among you,”^(T) declares the Lord.^(U) ¹¹“Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people.^(V) I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.^(W) ¹²The Lord will inherit^(X) Judah^(Y) as his portion in the holy land and will again choose^(Z) Jerusalem. ¹³Be still^(AA) before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.^(AB)”