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36 I will bring enemies from all directions,
    and I will scatter the people of Elam to the four winds.
    They will be exiled to countries around the world.

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36 I will bring against Elam the four winds(A)
    from the four quarters of heaven;(B)
I will scatter them to the four winds,
    and there will not be a nation
    where Elam’s exiles do not go.

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32 Their camels and other livestock will all be yours.
    I will scatter to the winds these people
    who live in remote places.[a]
I will bring calamity upon them
    from every direction,” says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 49:32 Or who clip the corners of their hair.

32 Their camels(A) will become plunder,
    and their large herds(B) will be spoils of war.
I will scatter to the winds(C) those who are in distant places[a](D)
    and will bring disaster on them from every side,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:32 Or who clip the hair by their foreheads

God’s People Will Be Preserved

Then I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds so they did not blow on the earth or the sea, or even on any tree.

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144,000 Sealed

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners(A) of the earth, holding back the four winds(B) of the earth to prevent(C) any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree.

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“For I will give the command
    and will shake Israel along with the other nations
as grain is shaken in a sieve,
    yet not one true kernel will be lost.

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“For I will give the command,
    and I will shake the people of Israel
    among all the nations
as grain(A) is shaken in a sieve,(B)
    and not a pebble will reach the ground.(C)

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The goat became very powerful. But at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off. In the large horn’s place grew four prominent horns pointing in the four directions of the earth.

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The goat became very great, but at the height of its power the large horn was broken off,(A) and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven.(B)

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10 Parents will eat their own children, and children will eat their parents. I will punish you and scatter to the winds the few who survive.

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10 Therefore in your midst parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents.(A) I will inflict punishment on you and will scatter all your survivors to the winds.(B)

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17 I will give you back your health
    and heal your wounds,” says the Lord.
“For you are called an outcast—
    ‘Jerusalem[a] for whom no one cares.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 30:17 Hebrew Zion.

17 But I will restore you to health
    and heal(A) your wounds,’
declares the Lord,
‘because you are called an outcast,(B)
    Zion for whom no one cares.’(C)

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But at the height of his power, his kingdom will be broken apart and divided into four parts. It will not be ruled by the king’s descendants, nor will the kingdom hold the authority it once had. For his empire will be uprooted and given to others.

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After he has arisen, his empire will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven.(A) It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the power he exercised, because his empire will be uprooted(B) and given to others.

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22 The four prominent horns that replaced the one large horn show that the Greek Empire will break into four kingdoms, but none as great as the first.

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22 The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.

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In my vision that night, I, Daniel, saw a great storm churning the surface of a great sea, with strong winds blowing from every direction. Then four huge beasts came up out of the water, each different from the others.

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Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven(A) churning up the great sea. Four great beasts,(B) each different from the others, came up out of the sea.

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12 A third of your people will die in the city from disease and famine. A third of them will be slaughtered by the enemy outside the city walls. And I will scatter a third to the winds, chasing them with my sword.

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12 A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds(A) and pursue with drawn sword.(B)

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For the Sovereign Lord,
    who brings back the outcasts of Israel, says:
I will bring others, too,
    besides my people Israel.”

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The Sovereign Lord declares—
    he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather(A) still others to them
    besides those already gathered.”

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13 In that day the great trumpet will sound. Many who were dying in exile in Assyria and Egypt will return to Jerusalem to worship the Lord on his holy mountain.

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13 And in that day(A) a great trumpet(B) will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled(C) in Egypt(D) will come and worship(E) the Lord on the holy mountain(F) in Jerusalem.

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