22 Do not be afraid, you beasts of the field;
For (A)the open pastures are springing up,
And the tree bears its fruit;
The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.

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12 ‘For(A) the [a]seed shall be prosperous,
The vine shall give its fruit,
(B)The ground shall give her increase,
And (C)the heavens shall give their dew—
I will cause the remnant of this people
To possess all these.

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  1. Zechariah 8:12 Lit. seed of peace

12 They drop on the pastures of the wilderness,
And the little hills rejoice on every side.

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14 (A)I will bring back the captives of My people Israel;
(B)They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them;
They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.
15 I will plant them in their land,
(C)And no longer shall they be pulled up
From the land I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.

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18 How (A)the animals groan!
The herds of cattle are restless,
Because they have no pasture;
Even the flocks of sheep [a]suffer punishment.

19 O Lord, (B)to You I cry out;
For (C)fire has devoured the [b]open pastures,
And a flame has burned all the trees of the field.
20 The beasts of the field also (D)cry out to You,
For (E)the water brooks are dried up,
And fire has devoured the [c]open pastures.

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  1. Joel 1:18 LXX, Vg. are made desolate
  2. Joel 1:19 Lit. pastures of the wilderness
  3. Joel 1:20 Lit. pastures of the wilderness

For the Lord will (A)comfort Zion,
He will comfort all her waste places;
He will make her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert (B)like the garden of the Lord;
Joy and gladness will be found in it,
Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

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23 (A)Then He will give the rain for your seed
With which you sow the ground,
And bread of the increase of the earth;
It will be [a]fat and plentiful.
In that day your cattle will feed
In large pastures.
24 Likewise the oxen and the young donkeys that work the ground
Will eat cured fodder,
Which has been winnowed with the shovel and fan.

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  1. Isaiah 30:23 rich

(A)Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
(B)He gives to the beast its food,
And (C)to the young ravens that cry.

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

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35 (A)He turns a wilderness into pools of water,
And dry land into watersprings.
36 There He makes the hungry dwell,
That they may establish a city for a dwelling place,
37 And sow fields and plant vineyards,
That they may yield a fruitful harvest.
38 (B)He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
And He does not let their cattle (C)decrease.

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(A)Then the earth shall [a]yield her increase;
God, our own God, shall bless us.

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  1. Psalm 67:6 give her produce

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

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16 since those days, (A)when one came to a heap of twenty ephahs, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty baths from the press, there were but twenty.

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11 And should I not pity Nineveh, (A)that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons (B)who cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?”

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

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30 (A)And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations.

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But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come.

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26 I will make them and the places all around (A)My hill (B)a blessing; and I will (C)cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be (D)showers of blessing. 27 Then (E)the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase. They shall be safe in their land; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have (F)broken the bands of their yoke and delivered them from the hand of those who (G)enslaved them.

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27 (A)These all wait for You,
That You may give them their food in due season.
28 What You give them they gather in;
You open Your hand, they are filled with good.
29 You hide Your face, they are troubled;
(B)You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.

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11 They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 By them the birds of the heavens have their home;
They sing among the branches.
13 (A)He waters the hills from His upper chambers;
The earth is satisfied with (B)the fruit of Your works.

14 (C)He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
And vegetation for the service of man,
That he may bring forth (D)food from the earth,

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Your righteousness is like the [a]great mountains;
(A)Your judgments are a great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.

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  1. Psalm 36:6 Lit. mountains of God

(A)then I will give you rain in its season, (B)the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

(C)Your threshing shall last till the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last till the time of sowing;

you shall eat your bread to the full, and (D)dwell in your land safely.

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12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.”

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10 (A)Bring all the tithes into the (B)storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“If I will not open for you the (C)windows of heaven
And (D)pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.

11 “And I will rebuke (E)the devourer for your sakes,
So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,”
Says the Lord of hosts;
12 “And all nations will call you blessed,
For you will be (F)a delightful land,”
Says the Lord of hosts.

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I will be like the (A)dew to Israel;
He shall [a]grow like the lily,
And [b]lengthen his roots like Lebanon.
His branches shall [c]spread;
(B)His beauty shall be like an olive tree,
And (C)his fragrance like Lebanon.
(D)Those who dwell under his shadow shall return;
They shall be revived like grain,
And [d]grow like a vine.
Their [e]scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:5 Lit. bud or sprout
  2. Hosea 14:5 Lit. strike
  3. Hosea 14:6 Lit. go
  4. Hosea 14:7 Lit. bud or sprout
  5. Hosea 14:7 Lit. remembrance

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