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May the mountains yield prosperity for the people,
    and the hills, in righteousness.(A)

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May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
    the hills the fruit of righteousness.

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How beautiful upon the mountains
    are the feet of the messenger who announces peace,
who brings good news,
    who announces salvation,
    who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”(A)

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How beautiful on the mountains(A)
    are the feet of those who bring good news,(B)
who proclaim peace,(C)
    who bring good tidings,
    who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
    “Your God reigns!”(D)

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19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself,[a] not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.(A) 20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God.(B) 21 For our sake God made the one who knew no sin to be sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(C)

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  1. 5.19 Or God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself

19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.(A) And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,(B) as though God were making his appeal through us.(C) We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.(D) 21 God made him who had no sin(E) to be sin[a] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(F)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:21 Or be a sin offering

18 In that day
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
    the hills shall flow with milk,
and all the streambeds of Judah
    shall flow with water;
a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord
    and water the Wadi Shittim.(A)

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18 “In that day the mountains will drip new wine,(A)
    and the hills will flow with milk;(B)
    all the ravines of Judah will run with water.(C)
A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house(D)
    and will water the valley of acacias.[a](E)

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  1. Joel 3:18 Or Valley of Shittim

24 “Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city: to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.[a](A)

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  1. 9.24 Or thing or one

24 “Seventy ‘sevens’[a] are decreed for your people and your holy city(A) to finish[b] transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone(B) for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness,(C) to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.[c]

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  1. Daniel 9:24 Or ‘weeks’; also in verses 25 and 26
  2. Daniel 9:24 Or restrain
  3. Daniel 9:24 Or the most holy One

13 I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them into their own land, and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited parts of the land.(A) 14 I will feed them with good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture; there they shall lie down in good grazing land, and they shall feed on rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.(B)

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13 I will bring them out from the nations and gather(A) them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land.(B) I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.(C) 14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel(D) will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture(E) on the mountains of Israel.(F)

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The Peace of God’s Reign

16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness
    and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.(A)
17 The effect of righteousness will be peace,
    and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.(B)

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16 The Lord’s justice(A) will dwell in the desert,(B)
    his righteousness(C) live in the fertile field.
17 The fruit of that righteousness(D) will be peace;(E)
    its effect will be quietness and confidence(F) forever.

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Let the floods clap their hands;
    let the hills sing together for joy(A)
at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming
    to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
    and the peoples with equity.(B)

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Let the rivers clap their hands,(A)
    let the mountains(B) sing together for joy;
let them sing before the Lord,
    for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
    and the peoples with equity.(C)

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11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
    let the sea roar and all that fills it;(A)
12     let the field exult and everything in it.
Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
13     before the Lord, for he is coming,
    for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
    and the peoples with his truth.(B)

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11 Let the heavens rejoice,(A) let the earth be glad;(B)
    let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
12 Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;
    let all the trees of the forest(C) sing for joy.(D)
13 Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes,
    he comes to judge(E) the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness(F)
    and the peoples in his faithfulness.(G)

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10 Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet;
    righteousness and peace will kiss each other.(A)
11 Faithfulness will spring up from the ground,
    and righteousness will look down from the sky.

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10 Love and faithfulness(A) meet together;
    righteousness(B) and peace kiss each other.
11 Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,
    and righteousness(C) looks down from heaven.

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16 May there be abundance of grain in the land;
    may it wave on the tops of the mountains;
    may its fruit be like Lebanon;
and may people blossom in the cities
    like the grass of the field.(A)

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16 May grain(A) abound throughout the land;
    on the tops of the hills may it sway.
May the crops(B) flourish like Lebanon(C)
    and thrive[a] like the grass of the field.(D)

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  1. Psalm 72:16 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lebanon, / from the city

12 The pastures of the wilderness overflow;
    the hills gird themselves with joy;(A)

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12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;(A)
    the hills are clothed with gladness.(B)

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