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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judah and Jerusalem Judged Along With the Nations</span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Judah Summoned to Repent</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Gather together, gather yourselves together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"><span class="content">you shameful nation,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">before the decree takes effect</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">and that day passes like windblown chaff,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s fierce anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">comes upon you,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">before the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s wrath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">comes upon you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, all you humble of the land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">you who do what he commands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">Seek righteousness, seek humility;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">perhaps you will be sheltered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">on the day of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anger.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Philistia</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Gaza will be abandoned</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">and Ashkelon left in ruins.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">At midday Ashdod will be emptied</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">and Ekron uprooted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Woe to you who live by the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">you Kerethite people;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is against you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">Canaan, land of the Philistines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">He says, &#8220;I will destroy you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">and none will be left.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The land by the sea will become pastures</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">having wells for shepherds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">and pens for flocks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">That land will belong</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">to the remnant of the people of Judah;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">there they will find pasture.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">In the evening they will lie down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">in the houses of Ashkelon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God will care for them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">he will restore their fortunes.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will bring back their captives</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Moab and Ammon</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have heard the insults of Moab</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">and the taunts of the Ammonites,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">who insulted my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">and made threats against their land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore, as surely as I live,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the God of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">&#8220;surely Moab will become like Sodom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the Ammonites like Gomorrah&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">a place of weeds and salt pits,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">a wasteland forever.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">The remnant of my people will plunder them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is what they will get in return for their pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">for insulting and mocking</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">the people of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be awesome to them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">when he destroys all the gods of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">Distant nations will bow down to him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">all of them in their own lands.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Cush</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;You Cushites,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, people from the upper Nile region</span></span></span><span class="content"> too,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="content">will be slain by my sword.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Assyria</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He will stretch out his hand against the north</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">and destroy Assyria,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">leaving Nineveh utterly desolate</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">and dry as the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Flocks and herds will lie down there,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">creatures of every kind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">The desert owl and the screech owl</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">will roost on her columns.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">Their hooting will echo through the windows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">rubble will fill the doorways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">the beams of cedar will be exposed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">This is the city of revelry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">that lived in safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">She said to herself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the one! And there is none besides me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">What a ruin she has become,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">a lair for wild beasts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">All who pass by her scoff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.2.15"><span class="content">and shake their fists.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Jerusalem</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to the city of oppressors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.3.1"><span class="content">rebellious and defiled!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEP.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">She obeys no one,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">she accepts no correction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">She does not trust in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">she does not draw near to her God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEP.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Her officials within her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">are roaring lions;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">her rulers are evening wolves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">who leave nothing for the morning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEP.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Her prophets are unprincipled;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">they are treacherous people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">Her priests profane the sanctuary</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">and do violence to the law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEP.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> within her is righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">he does no wrong.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">Morning by morning he dispenses his justice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">and every new day he does not fail,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">yet the unrighteous know no shame.</span></span></div><div class="s2"><span class="heading">Jerusalem Remains Unrepentant</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEP.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have destroyed nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">their strongholds are demolished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">I have left their streets deserted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">with no one passing through.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">Their cities are laid waste;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">they are deserted and empty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEP.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Of Jerusalem I thought,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">&#8216;Surely you will fear me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">and accept correction!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">Then her place of refuge</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">her sanctuary</span></span></span><span class="content"> would not be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">nor all my punishments come upon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">all those I appointed over</span></span></span><span class="content"> her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">But they were still eager</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">to act corruptly in all they did.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEP.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Therefore wait for me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">&#8220;for the day I will stand up to testify.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:8 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">will rise up to plunder</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">I have decided to assemble the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">to gather the kingdoms</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">and to pour out my wrath on them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">all my fierce anger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">The whole world will be consumed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">by the fire of my jealous anger.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Restoration of Israel&#8217;s Remnant</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEP.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then I will purify the lips of the peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.3.9"><span class="content">that all of them may call on the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.3.9"><span class="content">and serve him shoulder to shoulder.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEP.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">From beyond the rivers of Cush</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, the upper Nile region</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.3.10"><span class="content">my worshipers, my scattered people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.3.10"><span class="content">will bring me offerings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEP.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">On that day you, Jerusalem, will not be put to shame</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">for all the wrongs you have done to me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">because I will remove from you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">your arrogant boasters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">Never again will you be haughty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">on my holy hill.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEP.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But I will leave within you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="content">the meek and humble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="content">The remnant of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="content">will trust in the name of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEP.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They will do no wrong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">they will tell no lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">A deceitful tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">will not be found in their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">They will eat and lie down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">and no one will make them afraid.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEP.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Sing, Daughter Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="content">shout aloud, Israel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="content">Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="content">Daughter Jerusalem!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEP.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has taken away your punishment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="content">he has turned back your enemy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, the King of Israel, is with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="content">never again will you fear any harm.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEP.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">On that day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="content">they will say to Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not fear, Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="content">do not let your hands hang limp.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEP.3.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is with you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">the Mighty Warrior who saves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">He will take great delight in you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">in his love he will no longer rebuke you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">but will rejoice over you with singing.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEP.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will remove from you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.3.18"><span class="content">all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.3.18"><span class="content">which is a burden and reproach for you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ZEP.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">At that time I will deal</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">with all who oppressed you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">I will rescue the lame;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">I will gather the exiles.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">I will give them praise and honor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">in every land where they have suffered shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ZEP.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">At that time I will gather you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">at that time I will bring you home.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">I will give you honor and praise</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">among all the peoples of the earth</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">when I restore your fortunes</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">I bring back your captives</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">before your very eyes,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ZEP.3.20"><span class="content">says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Call to Build the House of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAG.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jozadak,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehozadak</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jozadak</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 12 and 14</span></span></span><span class="content"> the high priest:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAG.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAG.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8220;These people say, &#8216;The time has not yet come to rebuild the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s house.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAG.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAG.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came through the prophet Haggai: </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAG.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAG.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAG.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Now this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8220;Give careful thought to your ways. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAG.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAG.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAG.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8220;Give careful thought to your ways. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAG.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAG.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. &#8220;Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAG.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAG.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAG.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAG.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God and the message of the prophet Haggai, because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God had sent him. And the people feared the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAG.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAG.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Haggai, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s messenger, gave this message of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to the people: &#8220;I am with you,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAG.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, their God, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAG.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Promised Glory of the New House</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAG.1.15"><span class="content">In the second year of King Darius,</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="nb"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HAG.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came through the prophet Haggai: </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HAG.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to Joshua son of Jozadak,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Jehozadak</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Jozadak</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 4</span></span></span><span class="content"> the high priest, and to the remnant of the people. Ask them, </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HAG.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8216;Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing? </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HAG.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But now be strong, Zerubbabel,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8216;Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8216;and work. For I am with you,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAG.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8216;This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HAG.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HAG.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HAG.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HAG.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8216;The silver is mine and the gold is mine,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAG.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8216;The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,&#8217; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty. &#8216;And in this place I will grant peace,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Blessings for a Defiled People</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HAG.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HAG.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to the prophet Haggai: </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HAG.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty says: &#8216;Ask the priests what the law says: </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAG.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If someone carries consecrated meat in the fold of their garment, and that fold touches some bread or stew, some wine, olive oil or other food, does it become consecrated?&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAG.2.12"><span class="content">The priests answered, &#8220;No.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HAG.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAG.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Haggai said, &#8220;If a person defiled by contact with a dead body touches one of these things, does it become defiled?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAG.2.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221; the priests replied, &#8220;it becomes defiled.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HAG.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAG.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then Haggai said, &#8220;&#8198;&#8216;So it is with this people and this nation in my sight,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. &#8216;Whatever they do and whatever they offer there is defiled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HAG.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HAG.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Now give careful thought to this from this day on</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to the days past</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HAG.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When anyone came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HAG.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I struck all the work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet you did not return to me,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HAG.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8216;From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s temple was laid. Give careful thought: </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAG.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAG.2.19"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;From this day on I will bless you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Zerubbabel the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading">&#8217;s Signet Ring</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HAG.2.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="HAG.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month: </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="HAG.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am going to shake the heavens and the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HAG.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I will overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and their drivers; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="HAG.2.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="HAG.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;On that day,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, &#8216;I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8216;and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,&#8217; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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