23 (A)“Be glad, O children of Zion,
    and (B)rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given (C)the early rain for your vindication;
    he has poured down for you abundant rain,
    (D)the early and (E)the latter rain, as before.

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Patience in Suffering

Be patient, therefore, brothers,[a] until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives (A)the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. (B)Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord (C)is at hand.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:7 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 9, 10, 12, 19

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.

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(A)Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.

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(A)Let us know; (B)let us press on to know the Lord;
    (C)his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us (D)as the showers,
    (E)as the spring rains that water the earth.”

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“Behold, God is my salvation;
    I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for (A)the Lord God[a] is my strength and my song,
    and he has become my salvation.”

(B)With joy you[b] will draw water from the wells of salvation. (C)And you will say in that day:

(D)“Give thanks to the Lord,
    call upon his name,
(E)make known his deeds among the peoples,
    proclaim (F)that his name is exalted.

(G)“Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;
    let this be made known[c] in all the earth.
Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
    for great (H)in your[d] midst is (I)the Holy One of Israel.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 12:2 Hebrew for Yah, the Lord
  2. Isaiah 12:3 The Hebrew for you is plural in verses 3, 4
  3. Isaiah 12:5 Or this is made known
  4. Isaiah 12:6 The Hebrew for your in verse 6 is singular, referring to the inhabitant of Zion

14 (A)he[a] will give the rain for your land in its season, (B)the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil.

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  1. Deuteronomy 11:14 Samaritan, Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew I; also verse 15

16 (A)you shall winnow them, and (B)the wind shall carry them away,
    and the tempest shall scatter them.
(C)And you shall rejoice in the Lord;
    in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.

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Let Israel (A)be glad in (B)his Maker;
    let the children of Zion rejoice in their (C)King!

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Righteousness Through Faith in Christ

Finally, my brothers,[a] (A)rejoice in the Lord. (B)To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 13, 17

The Restoration for Judah and Israel

10 Ask rain (A)from the Lord
    in the season of (B)the spring rain,
from the Lord (C)who makes the storm clouds,
    and (D)he will give them showers of rain,
    to everyone the vegetation in the field.

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Habakkuk Rejoices in the Lord

17 Though the fig tree should not blossom,
    nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
    and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
    and there be no herd in the stalls,
18 (A)yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
    (B)I will take joy in the God of my salvation.

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12 The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, (A)to give the rain to your land in its season and (B)to bless all the work of your hands. And (C)you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

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For (A)we are the circumcision, (B)who worship (C)by the Spirit of God[a] and (D)glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh—

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  1. Philippians 3:3 Some manuscripts God in spirit

Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior,
    and (A)their hearts shall be glad as with wine.
Their children shall see it and be glad;
    their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.

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Israel's Joy and Restoration

14 (A)Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion;
    shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
    O daughter of Jerusalem!
15 The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;
    he has cleared away your enemies.
(B)The King of Israel, (C)the Lord, is in your midst;
    you shall never again fear evil.
16 (D)On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
“Fear not, O Zion;
    (E)let not your hands grow weak.
17 (F)The Lord your God is in your midst,
    (G)a mighty one who will save;
(H)he will rejoice over you with gladness;
    he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.

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The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

28 [a] (A)“And it shall come to pass afterward,
    that (B)I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
(C)your sons and (D)your daughters shall prophesy,
    your old men shall dream dreams,
    and your young men shall see visions.
29 (E)Even on the male and female servants
    in those days I will pour out my Spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 2:28 Ch 3:1 in Hebrew

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,

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11 (A)Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous,
    and (B)shout for joy, all you (C)upright in heart!

The Steadfast Love of the Lord

33 (D)Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous!
    (E)Praise befits the upright.

The Lord is my strength and (A)my shield;
    in him my heart (B)trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
    and with my (C)song I give thanks to him.

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May (A)my teaching drop as the rain,
    my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
    and (B)like showers upon the herb.

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24 They do not say in their hearts,
    ‘Let us fear the Lord our God,
(A)who gives the rain in its season,
    the autumn rain and the spring rain,
and keeps for us
    (B)the weeks appointed for the harvest.’

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(A)Therefore the showers have been withheld,
    and the spring rain has not come;
yet you have (B)the forehead of a whore;
    you refuse to be ashamed.

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21 (A)And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is (B)the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.

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