22 Fear not, (A)you beasts of the field,
    for (B)the pastures of the wilderness are green;
(C)the tree bears its fruit;
    the fig tree and (D)vine give their full yield.

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22     Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
    for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.(A)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
    the fig tree(B) and the vine(C) yield their riches.(D)

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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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12 “The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit,(A) the ground will produce its crops,(B) and the heavens will drop their dew.(C) I will give all these things as an inheritance(D) to the remnant of this people.(E)

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12 (A)The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
    the hills (B)gird themselves with joy,

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12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;(A)
    the hills are clothed with gladness.(B)

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14 (A)I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
    and (B)they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
(C)they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
    and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 (D)I will plant them on their land,
    (E)and they shall never again be uprooted
    out of the land (F)that I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.

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14     and I will bring(A) my people Israel back from exile.[a](B)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities(C) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards(D) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.(E)
15 I will plant(F) Israel in their own land,(G)
    never again to be uprooted(H)
    from the land I have given them,”(I)

says the Lord your God.(J)

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  1. Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel

18 How (A)the beasts groan!
    The herds of cattle are perplexed
because there is no pasture for them;
    even the flocks of sheep suffer.[a]

19 To you, (B)O Lord, I call.
(C)For fire has devoured
    the pastures of the wilderness,
(D)and flame has burned
    all the trees of the field.
20 Even the beasts of the field (E)pant for you
    because the water brooks are dried up,
(F)and fire has devoured
    the pastures of the wilderness.

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  1. Joel 1:18 Or are made desolate

18 How the cattle moan!
    The herds mill about
because they have no pasture;(A)
    even the flocks of sheep are suffering.(B)

19 To you, Lord, I call,(C)
    for fire(D) has devoured the pastures(E) in the wilderness
    and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
20 Even the wild animals pant for you;(F)
    the streams of water have dried up(G)
    and fire has devoured the pastures(H) in the wilderness.

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For the Lord (A)comforts Zion;
    he comforts all her waste places
and makes her wilderness like (B)Eden,
    her desert like (C)the garden of the Lord;
(D)joy and gladness will be found in her,
    thanksgiving and the voice of song.

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The Lord will surely comfort(A) Zion(B)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;(C)
he will make her deserts like Eden,(D)
    her wastelands(E) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness(F) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving(G) and the sound of singing.

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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, 24 and (D)the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.

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23 He will also send you rain(A) for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich(B) and plentiful.(C) In that day(D) your cattle will graze in broad meadows.(E) 24 The oxen(F) and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder(G) and mash, spread out with fork(H) and shovel.

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He covers the heavens with clouds;
    he prepares (A)rain for the earth;
    he makes (B)grass grow on the hills.
He (C)gives to the beasts their food,
    and to (D)the young ravens that cry.

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He covers the sky with clouds;(A)
    he supplies the earth with rain(B)
    and makes grass grow(C) on the hills.
He provides food(D) for the cattle
    and for the young ravens(E) when they call.

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15 The eyes of all (A)look to you,
    and you give them their food in due season.
16 You (B)open your hand;
    you (C)satisfy the desire of every living thing.

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15 The eyes of all look to you,
    and you give them their food(A) at the proper time.
16 You open your hand
    and satisfy the desires(B) of every living thing.

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35 He (A)turns a desert into pools of water,
    (B)a parched land into springs of water.
36 And there he lets the hungry dwell,
    and they establish (C)a city to live in;
37 they sow fields and plant vineyards
    and get a fruitful yield.
38 (D)By his blessing they multiply greatly,
    and he does not let their livestock diminish.

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35 He turned the desert into pools of water(A)
    and the parched ground into flowing springs;(B)
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
    and they founded a city where they could settle.
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards(C)
    that yielded a fruitful harvest;
38 he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,(D)
    and he did not let their herds diminish.(E)

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The earth has (A)yielded its increase;
    God, our God, shall bless us.

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The land yields its harvest;(A)
    God, our God, blesses us.(B)

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So (A)neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

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So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

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16 how did you fare? (A)When[a] one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.

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  1. Haggai 2:16 Probable reading (compare Septuagint); Hebrew Lord, since they were. When

16 When anyone came to a heap(A) of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat(B) to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.(C)

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