“Behold, (A)I will shake my hand over them, (B)and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then (C)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me.

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I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.[a](A) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.(B)

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  1. Zechariah 2:9 Or says after … eye: “I … plunder them.”

Egypt, Assyria, Israel Blessed

16 In that day the Egyptians will be (A)like women, and (B)tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts shakes over them.

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16 In that day(A) the Egyptians will become weaklings.(B) They will shudder with fear(C) at the uplifted hand(D) that the Lord Almighty raises against them.

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(A)“The hands of (B)Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also (C)complete it. (D)Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

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“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation(A) of this temple; his hands will also complete it.(B) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me(C) to you.

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10 so that they will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for (A)they will make their fires of the weapons. (B)They will seize the spoil of those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord God.

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10 They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel. And they will plunder(A) those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign Lord.(B)

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And (A)the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the Lord's land (B)as male and female slaves.[a] (C)They will take captive those who were their captors, (D)and rule over those who oppressed them.

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  1. Isaiah 14:2 Or servants

Nations will take them
    and bring(A) them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations(B)
    and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives(C) of their captors
    and rule over their oppressors.(D)

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15 (A)“And those who are far off shall come and (B)help to build the temple of the Lord. (C)And you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. (D)And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.”

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15 Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the Lord,(A) and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.(B) This will happen if you diligently obey(C) the Lord your God.”

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15 And the Lord will utterly destroy[a]
    (A)the tongue of the Sea of Egypt,
and will wave his hand over (B)the River[b]
    with his scorching breath,[c]
and strike it into seven channels,
    and he will lead people across in sandals.

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  1. Isaiah 11:15 Hebrew devote to destruction
  2. Isaiah 11:15 That is, the Euphrates
  3. Isaiah 11:15 Or wind

15 The Lord will dry up(A)
    the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind(B) he will sweep his hand(C)
    over the Euphrates River.(D)
He will break it up into seven streams
    so that anyone can cross over in sandals.(E)

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But (A)I have said these things to you, that when (B)their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, (C)because I was with you.

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I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember(A) that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,(B)

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19 (A)I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.

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19 “I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe(A) that I am who I am.(B)

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For thus said the Lord of hosts, after his glory sent me[a] to the nations who plundered you, (A)for he who touches you touches (B)the apple of his eye:

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  1. Zechariah 2:8 Or he sent me after glory

For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye(A)

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Therefore, (A)as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
    the God of Israel,
“Moab shall become (B)like Sodom,
    and the Ammonites (C)like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
    and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
    and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”

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Therefore, as surely as I live,”
    declares the Lord Almighty,
    the God of Israel,
“surely Moab(A) will become like Sodom,(B)
    the Ammonites(C) like Gomorrah—
a place of weeds and salt pits,
    a wasteland forever.
The remnant of my people will plunder(D) them;
    the survivors(E) of my nation will inherit their land.(F)

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17 (A)The violence (B)done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
    as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
(C)for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
    to cities and all who dwell in them.

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17 The violence(A) you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
    and your destruction of animals will terrify you.(B)
For you have shed human blood;(C)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

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(A)Because you have plundered many nations,
    all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
(B)for the blood of man and (C)violence to the earth,
    to cities and all who dwell in them.

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Because you have plundered many nations,
    the peoples who are left will plunder you.(A)
For you have shed human blood;(B)
    you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.(C)

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