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

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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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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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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:18 Or are made desolate

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

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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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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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Footnotes

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

11 And should not I pity (A)Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much (B)cattle?”

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35 And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like (A)the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’

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30 (A)I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, (B)that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations.

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“But you, O mountains of Israel, (A)shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for (B)they will soon come home.

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26 And I will make them and the places all around my hill (A)a blessing, and (B)I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be (C)showers of blessing. 27 (D)And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, (E)and they shall be secure in their land. And (F)they shall know that I am the Lord, when (G)I break the bars of their yoke, and (H)deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

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27 These (A)all look to you,
    to (B)give them their food in due season.
28 When you give it to them, they gather it up;
    when you (C)open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 When you (D)hide your face, they are (E)dismayed;
    when you (F)take away their breath, they die
    and (G)return to their dust.

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11 they (A)give drink to every beast of the field;
    the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell;
    they sing among the branches.
13 (B)From your lofty abode you (C)water the mountains;
    the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

14 You cause (D)the grass to grow for the livestock
    and (E)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth (F)food from the earth

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(A)Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
    (B)your judgments are like the great deep;
    man and beast you (C)save, O Lord.

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then (A)I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. (B)Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. And (C)you shall eat your bread to the full and (D)dwell in your land securely.

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12 When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

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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. 11 I will rebuke (D)the devourer[a] for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts. 12 Then (E)all nations will call you blessed, for you will be (F)a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 3:11 Probably a name for some crop-destroying pest or pests

(A)I will be like the dew to Israel;
    (B)he shall blossom like the lily;
    he shall take root like the trees (C)of Lebanon;
his shoots shall spread out;
    his beauty shall be (D)like the olive,
    and his fragrance like Lebanon.
They shall return and (E)dwell beneath my[a] shadow;
    they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
    their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

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  1. Hosea 14:7 Hebrew his

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