71 salvation from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us—

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10 He saved them(A) from the hand of the foe;(B)
    from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.(C)

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15 The Lord has taken away your punishment,
    he has turned back your enemy.
The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you;(A)
    never again will you fear(B) any harm.(C)
16 On that day
    they will say to Jerusalem,
“Do not fear, Zion;
    do not let your hands hang limp.(D)
17 The Lord your God is with you,
    the Mighty Warrior who saves.(E)
He will take great delight(F) in you;
    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,(G)
    but will rejoice over you with singing.”(H)

18 “I will remove from you
    all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,
    which is a burden and reproach for you.
19 At that time I will deal
    with all who oppressed(I) you.
I will rescue the lame;
    I will gather the exiles.(J)
I will give them praise(K) and honor
    in every land where they have suffered shame.
20 At that time I will gather you;
    at that time I will bring(L) you home.
I will give you honor(M) and praise(N)
    among all the peoples of the earth
when I restore your fortunes[a](O)
    before your very eyes,”
says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:20 Or I bring back your captives

In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.(A)
This is the name(B) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.(C)

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29 Blessed are you, Israel!(A)
    Who is like you,(B)
    a people saved by the Lord?(C)
He is your shield and helper(D)
    and your glorious sword.
Your enemies will cower before you,
    and you will tread on their heights.(E)

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28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety,(A) and no one will make them afraid.(B)

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74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
    and to enable us to serve him(A) without fear(B)

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37 I will surely gather(A) them from all the lands where I banish them in my furious anger(B) and great wrath; I will bring them back to this place and let them live in safety.(C)

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25 “‘I will make a covenant(A) of peace(B) with them and rid the land of savage beasts(C) so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.(D)

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“For a brief moment(A) I abandoned(B) you,
    but with deep compassion(C) I will bring you back.(D)
In a surge of anger(E)
    I hid(F) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness(G)
    I will have compassion(H) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.(I)

“To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.(J)
So now I have sworn(K) not to be angry(L) with you,
    never to rebuke(M) you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken(N)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love(O) for you will not be shaken(P)
    nor my covenant(Q) of peace(R) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion(S) on you.

11 “Afflicted(T) city, lashed by storms(U) and not comforted,(V)
    I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,[a](W)
    your foundations(X) with lapis lazuli.(Y)
12 I will make your battlements of rubies,
    your gates(Z) of sparkling jewels,
    and all your walls of precious stones.
13 All your children will be taught by the Lord,(AA)
    and great will be their peace.(AB)
14 In righteousness(AC) you will be established:(AD)
Tyranny(AE) will be far from you;
    you will have nothing to fear.(AF)
Terror(AG) will be far removed;
    it will not come near you.
15 If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
    whoever attacks you will surrender(AH) to you.

16 “See, it is I who created the blacksmith(AI)
    who fans the coals into flame
    and forges a weapon(AJ) fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer(AK) to wreak havoc;
17     no weapon forged against you will prevail,(AL)
    and you will refute(AM) every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants(AN) of the Lord,
    and this is their vindication(AO) from me,”
declares the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 54:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

14 The Lord will have compassion(A) on Jacob;
    once again he will choose(B) Israel
    and will settle them in their own land.(C)
Foreigners(D) will join them
    and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
Nations will take them
    and bring(E) them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations(F)
    and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives(G) of their captors
    and rule over their oppressors.(H)

On the day the Lord gives you relief(I) from your suffering and turmoil(J) and from the harsh labor forced on you,(K)

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The one who does what is sinful is of the devil,(A) because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God(B) appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.(C)

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The Coming of Zion’s King

Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!(A)
    Shout,(B) Daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,(C)
    righteous and victorious,(D)
lowly and riding on a donkey,(E)
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.(F)
10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim
    and the warhorses from Jerusalem,
    and the battle bow will be broken.(G)
He will proclaim peace(H) to the nations.
    His rule will extend from sea to sea
    and from the River[a] to the ends of the earth.(I)

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  1. Zechariah 9:10 That is, the Euphrates

After many days(A) you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations(B) to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety.(C)

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26 They will live there in safety(A) and will build houses and plant(B) vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment(C) on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.(D)’”

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Instead, they will serve the Lord their God
    and David(A) their king,(B)
    whom I will raise up for them.

10 “‘So do not be afraid,(C) Jacob my servant;(D)
    do not be dismayed, Israel,’
declares the Lord.
‘I will surely save(E) you out of a distant place,
    your descendants from the land of their exile.
Jacob will again have peace and security,(F)
    and no one will make him afraid.(G)
11 I am with you(H) and will save you,’
    declares the Lord.
‘Though I completely destroy all the nations
    among which I scatter you,
    I will not completely destroy(I) you.
I will discipline(J) you but only in due measure;
    I will not let you go entirely unpunished.’(K)

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Jerusalem to Be Inhabited

24 “This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(A) who formed(B) you in the womb:(C)

I am the Lord,
    the Maker of all things,
    who stretches out the heavens,(D)
    who spreads out the earth(E) by myself,
25 who foils(F) the signs of false prophets
    and makes fools of diviners,(G)
who overthrows the learning of the wise(H)
    and turns it into nonsense,(I)
26 who carries out the words(J) of his servants
    and fulfills(K) the predictions of his messengers,

who says of Jerusalem,(L) ‘It shall be inhabited,’
    of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,’
    and of their ruins,(M) ‘I will restore them,’(N)

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47 Save us,(A) Lord our God,
    and gather us(B) from the nations,
that we may give thanks(C) to your holy name(D)
    and glory in your praise.

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