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

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The land yields its harvest;(A)
    God, our God, blesses us.(B)

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I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

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21 On that day I will answer, says the Lord,
    I will answer the heavens,
    and they shall answer the earth,
22 and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil,
    and they shall answer Jezreel,[a](A)

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  1. 2.22 That is, God sows

21 “In that day I will respond,”
    declares the Lord
“I will respond(A) to the skies,
    and they will respond to the earth;
22 and the earth will respond to the grain,
    the new wine and the olive oil,(B)
    and they will respond to Jezreel.[a](C)

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  1. Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God plants.

26 I will make them and the region around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing.(A) 27 The trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase. They shall be secure on their soil, and they shall know that I am the Lord when I break the bars of their yoke and save them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(B)

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26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[a](A) I will send down showers in season;(B) there will be showers of blessing.(C) 27 The trees will yield their fruit(D) and the ground will yield its crops;(E) the people will be secure(F) in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke(G) and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(H)

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  1. Ezekiel 34:26 Or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed

33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.(A)

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33 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
    after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds(A)
    and write it on their hearts.(B)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(C)

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23 He will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and grain, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plenteous. On that day your cattle will graze in broad pastures,(A) 24 and the oxen and donkeys that till the ground will eat silage that has been winnowed with shovel and fork.

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23 He will also send you rain(A) for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich(B) and plentiful.(C) In that day(D) your cattle will graze in broad meadows.(E) 24 The oxen(F) and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder(G) and mash, spread out with fork(H) and shovel.

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15 God also said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,[a] the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’:

This is my name forever,
and this my title for all generations.(A)

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  1. 3.15 The word “Lord” when spelled with capital letters stands for the divine name, YHWH, which is here connected with the verb hayah, “to be”

15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,[a] the God of your fathers(A)—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob(B)—has sent me to you.’

“This is my name(C) forever,
    the name you shall call me
    from generation to generation.(D)

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  1. Exodus 3:15 The Hebrew for Lord sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for I am in verse 14.

I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.(A)

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I will establish my covenant(A) as an everlasting covenant(B) between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God(C) and the God of your descendants after you.(D)

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Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him,
    that his glory may dwell in our land.(A)

10 Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet;
    righteousness and peace will kiss each other.(B)
11 Faithfulness will spring up from the ground,
    and righteousness will look down from the sky.
12 The Lord will give what is good,
    and our land will yield its increase.(C)

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Surely his salvation(A) is near those who fear him,
    that his glory(B) may dwell in our land.

10 Love and faithfulness(C) meet together;
    righteousness(D) and peace kiss each other.
11 Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,
    and righteousness(E) looks down from heaven.
12 The Lord will indeed give what is good,(F)
    and our land will yield(G) its harvest.

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I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and each will receive wages according to their own labor.(A) For we are God’s coworkers, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.(B)

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I planted the seed,(A) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.(B) For we are co-workers in God’s service;(C) you are God’s field,(D) God’s building.(E)

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The Joyful Return of the Exiles

31 At that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.(A)

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31 “At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God(A) of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”

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19 If you are willing and obedient,
    you shall eat the good of the land,(A)

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19 If you are willing and obedient,(A)
    you will eat the good things of the land;(B)

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14     that this is God,
our God forever and ever.
    He will be our guide forever.(A)

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14 For this God is our God for ever and ever;
    he will be our guide(A) even to the end.

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