The Kingdom of the Lord

19 Those of (A)the Negeb (B)shall possess (C)Mount Esau,
    and those of the Shephelah shall possess (D)the land of the Philistines;
they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of (E)Samaria,
    and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

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(A)For Gaza shall be deserted,
    and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;
Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon,
    and Ekron shall be uprooted.

Woe to (B)you inhabitants of the seacoast,
    you nation of (C)the Cherethites!
(D)The word of the Lord is against you,
    (E)O Canaan, land of the Philistines;
    and I will destroy you (F)until no inhabitant is left.
(G)And you, O seacoast, (H)shall be pastures,
    with meadows[a] for shepherds
    and folds for flocks.
(I)The seacoast shall become the possession
    of (J)the remnant of the house of Judah,
    (K)on which they shall graze,
and in the houses of Ashkelon
    they shall lie down at evening.
For the Lord their God (L)will be mindful of them
    and (M)restore their fortunes.

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  1. Zephaniah 2:6 Or caves

12 (A)that they may possess the remnant of Edom
    and (B)all the nations who are called by my name,”[a]
    declares the Lord who does this.

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  1. Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint (compare Acts 15:17) that the remnant of mankind and all the nations who are called by my name may seek the Lord

44 Fields shall be bought for money, and (A)deeds shall be signed and (B)sealed and (C)witnessed, (D)in the land of Benjamin, (E)in the places about Jerusalem, (F)and in the cities of Judah, (G)in the cities of the hill country, (H)in the cities of the Shephelah, and in the cities of the Negeb; for (I)I will restore their fortunes, declares the Lord.”

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If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called ‘the wicked country,’ and ‘the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.’” (A)Your own eyes shall see this, and you shall say, “Great is the Lord beyond the border of Israel!”

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21 then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, (A)I will take the people of Israel from the nations among which they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and (B)bring them to their own land. 22 And (C)I will make them one nation in the land, on (D)the mountains of Israel. And (E)one king shall be king over them all, and they shall be no longer (F)two nations, and no longer divided into two kingdoms. 23 (G)They shall not (H)defile themselves anymore (I)with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But (J)I will save them from all the backslidings[a] in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and (K)they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

24 “My servant (L)David (M)shall be king over them, and they shall all have (N)one shepherd. (O)They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25 (P)They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there (Q)forever, and David my servant shall be their prince (R)forever.

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  1. Ezekiel 37:23 Many Hebrew manuscripts; other Hebrew manuscripts dwellings

28 (A)You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and (B)you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

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(A)Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
    O virgin Israel!
(B)Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
    and shall go forth in (C)the dance of the merrymakers.
(D)Again you shall plant vineyards
    on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters shall plant
    and shall enjoy the fruit.
For there shall be a day when watchmen will call
    in (E)the hill country of Ephraim:
(F)‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
    to the Lord our God.’”

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(A)Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid;
    Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish;
    Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded.
The king shall perish from Gaza;
    Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;
(B)a mixed people[a] shall dwell in Ashdod,
    and I will cut off the pride of Philistia.
I will take away (C)its blood from its mouth,
    and (D)its abominations from between its teeth;
(E)it too shall be a remnant for our God;
    it shall be like (F)a clan in Judah,
    and Ekron shall be like the Jebusites.

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  1. Zechariah 9:6 Or a foreign people; Hebrew a bastard

14 (A)Shepherd your people (B)with your staff,
    the flock of your inheritance,
who dwell alone in a forest
    (C)in the midst of (D)a garden land;[a]
let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
    as in the days of old.

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  1. Micah 7:14 Hebrew of Carmel

13 Thus says the Lord:

(A)“For three transgressions of the (B)Ammonites,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (C)they have ripped open pregnant women in (D)Gilead,
    that they might enlarge their border.

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I will cut off the inhabitants from (A)Ashdod,
    and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
    and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
says the Lord God.

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48 “These are the names of the tribes: Beginning at the northern extreme, beside (A)the way of Hethlon (B)to Lebo-hamath, as far as (C)Hazar-enan (which is on the northern border of (D)Damascus over against Hamath), and extending[a] from the east side to the west,[b] (E)Dan, one portion. Adjoining the territory of Dan, from the east side to the west, (F)Asher, one portion. Adjoining the territory of Asher, from the east side to the west, (G)Naphtali, one portion. Adjoining the territory of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, Manasseh, one portion. Adjoining the territory of Manasseh, from the east side to the west, Ephraim, one portion. Adjoining the territory of Ephraim, from the east side to the west, Reuben, one portion. Adjoining the territory of Reuben, from the east side to the west, Judah, one portion.

“Adjoining the territory of Judah, from the east side to the west, shall be (H)the portion which you shall set apart, 25,000 cubits[c] in breadth, and in length equal to one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west, with (I)the sanctuary in the midst of it. The portion that you shall set apart for the Lord shall be 25,000 cubits in length, and 20,000[d] in breadth.

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  1. Ezekiel 48:1 Probable reading; Hebrew and they shall be his
  2. Ezekiel 48:1 Septuagint (compare verses 2–8); Hebrew the east side the west
  3. Ezekiel 48:8 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  4. Ezekiel 48:9 Compare 45:1; Hebrew 10,000

Division of the Land

13 Thus says the Lord God: “This is the boundary[a] by which (A)you shall divide the land for inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel. (B)Joseph shall have two portions. 14 And you shall divide equally what (C)I swore (D)to give to your fathers. (E)This land shall fall to you as your inheritance.

15 “This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side, from (F)the Great Sea (G)by way of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, and on to (H)Zedad,[b] 16 (I)Berothah, Sibraim (which lies on the border between (J)Damascus and (K)Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran. 17 So the boundary shall run from the sea to (L)Hazar-enan, which is on the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north.[c] This shall be the north side.[d]

18 “On the east side, the boundary shall run between Hauran and Damascus; along the Jordan between (M)Gilead and the land of Israel; to (N)the eastern sea and as far as Tamar.[e] This shall be the east side.

19 “On the south side, it shall run from (O)Tamar as far as (P)the waters of Meribah-kadesh, from there along (Q)the Brook of Egypt[f] to (R)the Great Sea. This shall be the south side.

20 “On the west side, the Great Sea shall be the boundary to a point (S)opposite Lebo-hamath. This shall be the west side.

21 (T)“So you shall divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel.

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  1. Ezekiel 47:13 Probable reading; Hebrew The valley of the boundary
  2. Ezekiel 47:15 Septuagint; Hebrew the entrance of Zedad, Hamath
  3. Ezekiel 47:17 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  4. Ezekiel 47:17 Probable reading; Hebrew and as for the north side
  5. Ezekiel 47:18 Compare Syriac; Hebrew to the eastern sea you shall measure
  6. Ezekiel 47:19 Hebrew lacks of Egypt

Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to (A)the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord God: (B)Behold, I have spoken in my jealous wrath, because you have suffered (C)the reproach of the nations. Therefore thus says the Lord God: (D)I swear that the nations that are all around you (E)shall themselves suffer reproach.

“But you, O mountains of Israel, (F)shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for (G)they will soon come home. For (H)behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and (I)you shall be tilled and sown. 10 And (J)I will multiply people on you, the whole house of Israel, all of it. (K)The cities shall be inhabited and the waste places rebuilt. 11 And I will multiply on you (L)man and beast, and (M)they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in (N)your former times, and (O)will do more good to you than ever before. (P)Then you will know that I am the Lord. 12 I will let people walk on you, even my people Israel. (Q)And they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no longer (R)bereave them of children.

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16 therefore thus says the Lord God, (A)Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off (B)the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the seacoast.

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Judgment on Ammon

49 (A)Concerning the Ammonites.

Thus says the Lord:

“Has Israel no sons?
    Has he no heir?
Why then has (B)Milcom[a] (C)dispossessed Gad,
    and his people settled in its cities?

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  1. Jeremiah 49:1 Or their king; also verse 3

13 (A)The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,
    and those who harass Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
    and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
14 (B)But they shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines in the west,
    and together they shall plunder (C)the people of the east.
They shall put out their hand (D)against (E)Edom and (F)Moab,
    and (G)the Ammonites shall obey them.

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35 For (A)God will save Zion
    and build up the cities of Judah,
and people shall dwell there and possess it;

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The King Orders the Work to Cease

17 The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now

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The Letter to King Artaxerxes

In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam and (A)Mithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The letter was written (B)in Aramaic and translated.[a] Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows: Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates, the (C)judges, the (D)governors, the officials, the Persians, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the (E)Elamites, 10 and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble (F)Osnappar deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River.

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  1. Ezra 4:7 Hebrew written in Aramaic and translated in Aramaic, indicating that 4:8–6:18 is in Aramaic; another interpretation is The letter was written in the Aramaic script and set forth in the Aramaic language

they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers' houses and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we worship your God as you do, and we have been sacrificing to him ever (A)since the days of (B)Esarhaddon king of Assyria (C)who brought us here.”

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26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of (A)Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of (B)Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them (C)to Halah, (D)Habor, Hara, and (E)the river Gozan, to this day.

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Assyria Resettles Samaria

24 (A)And the king of Assyria brought people from (B)Babylon, Cuthah, (C)Avva, (D)Hamath, and (E)Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the people of Israel. And they took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities.

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18 Judah also (A)captured Gaza with its territory, and Ashkelon with its territory, and Ekron with its territory. 19 (B)And the Lord was with Judah, and he took possession of the (C)hill country, but he could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain because they had (D)chariots of iron.

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