For surely I will (A)shake My hand against them, and they shall become [a]spoil for their servants. Then (B)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

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  1. Zechariah 2:9 booty or plunder

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.”

16 In that day Egypt will (A)be like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, (B)which He waves over it.

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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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“The hands of Zerubbabel
(A)Have laid the foundation of this [a]temple;
His hands (B)shall also finish it.
Then (C)you will know
That the (D)Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.

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  1. Zechariah 4:9 Lit. house

“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 They will not take wood from the field nor cut down any from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons; (A)and they will plunder those who plundered them, and pillage those who pillaged them,” says 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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Then people will take them (A)and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the Lord; they will take them captive whose captives they were, (B)and rule over their oppressors.

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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 Even (A)those from afar shall come and build the temple of the Lord. Then you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. And this shall come to pass if you 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 The Lord (A)will utterly [a]destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt;
With His mighty wind He will shake His fist over [b]the River,
And strike it in the seven streams,
And make men cross over [c]dry-shod.

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  1. Isaiah 11:15 So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Syr., Tg. dry up
  2. Isaiah 11:15 The Euphrates
  3. Isaiah 11:15 Lit. in sandals

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 these things I have told you, that when [a]the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them.

“And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

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  1. John 16:4 NU their

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)Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, 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 says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who (A)touches you touches the [a]apple of His eye.

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  1. Zechariah 2:8 Lit. pupil

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, as I live,”
Says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,
“Surely (A)Moab shall be like Sodom,
And (B)the people of Ammon like Gomorrah—
(C)Overrun[a] with weeds and saltpits,
And a [b]perpetual desolation.
The residue of My people shall plunder them,
And the remnant of My people shall possess them.”

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  1. Zephaniah 2:9 Lit. Possessed by nettles
  2. Zephaniah 2:9 Or permanent ruin

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 For the violence done to Lebanon will cover you,
And the plunder of beasts which made them afraid,
Because of men’s blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.

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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 people shall plunder you,
Because of men’s [a]blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.

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  1. Habakkuk 2:8 Or bloodshed

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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