21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

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21 “Set up road signs;
    put up guideposts.(A)
Take note of the highway,(B)
    the road that you take.
Return,(C) Virgin(D) Israel,
    return to your towns.

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They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

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They will ask the way(A) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(B) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant(C)
    that will not be forgotten.

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20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed his servant Jacob.

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20 Leave Babylon,
    flee(A) from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy(B)
    and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;(C)
    say, “The Lord has redeemed(D) his servant Jacob.”

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Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.

Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.

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“Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have scattered(A) you to the four winds of heaven,”(B) declares the Lord.(C)

“Come, Zion! Escape,(D) you who live in Daughter Babylon!”(E)

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Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

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Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(A) to your ways.

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And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.

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The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely and pay attention to everything I am going to show you,(A) for that is why you have been brought here. Tell(B) the people of Israel everything you see.(C)

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50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.

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50 You who have escaped the sword,
    leave(A) and do not linger!
Remember(B) the Lord in a distant land,(C)
    and call to mind Jerusalem.”

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Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

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I will build you up again,
    and you, Virgin(A) Israel, will be rebuilt.(B)
Again you will take up your timbrels(C)
    and go out to dance(D) with the joyful.(E)

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14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

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14 “Return,(A) faithless people,” declares the Lord, “for I am your husband.(B) I will choose you—one from a town and two from a clan—and bring you to Zion.

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10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

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10 Pass through, pass through the gates!(A)
    Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!(B)
    Remove the stones.
Raise a banner(C) for the nations.

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14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

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Comfort for the Contrite

14 And it will be said:

“Build up, build up, prepare the road!(A)
    Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.”(B)

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11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.

12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your reward.

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11 Depart,(A) depart, go out from there!
    Touch no unclean thing!(B)
Come out from it and be pure,(C)
    you who carry the articles(D) of the Lord’s house.
12 But you will not leave in haste(E)
    or go in flight;
for the Lord will go before you,(F)
    the God of Israel will be your rear guard.(G)

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Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

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Blessed are those whose strength(A) is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.(B)

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