| { |
| "title": "Zephaniah", |
| "language": "en", |
| "versionTitle": "merged", |
| "versionSource": "https://www.sefaria.org/Zephaniah", |
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| "The word of G<small>OD</small> that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi son of Gedaliah son of Amariah son of Hezekiah, during the reign of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah.", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">I will sweep everything away</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">From the face of the earth</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAllDouble\">—declares </span> G<small>OD</small>.", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">I will sweep away human and animal;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">I will sweep away the birds of the sky</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And the fish of the sea.</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">I will make the wicked stumble,</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>I will make the wicked stumble </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> <br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And I will destroy humankind</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">From the face of the earth</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAllDouble\">—declares </span> G<small>OD</small>.", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">I will stretch out My arm against Judah</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And against all who dwell in Jerusalem;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And I will wipe out from this place</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Every vestige of Baal,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And the name of the priestlings</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>priestlings </b>Heb. <i>kemarim</i>, a term used only of priests of heathen gods.</i> along with the priests;", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And those who bow down on the roofs</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">To the host of heaven;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And those who bow down and swear to </span> G<small>OD</small> <br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">But also swear by Malcam;</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>Malcam </b>Apparently identical with “Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites”; cf. 1 Kings 11.5.</i> ", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And those who have forsaken </span> G<small>OD</small>,<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And those who have not sought </span> G<small>OD</small> <br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And have not made inquiry.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Be silent before my Sovereign </span> G<small>OD</small>,<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">For the day of </span> G<small>OD</small> is approaching;<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">For </span> G<small>OD</small> has prepared a sacrificial feast,<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>sacrificial feast </b>I.e., a slaughter of sinners.</i> <br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Has bidden the guests purify themselves.</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>bidden the guests purify themselves </b>I.e., invitations have already been issued in anticipation; cf. 1 Sam. 16.5.</i> ", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And on the day of </span> G<small>OD</small>’s sacrifice<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">I will punish the officials</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And the king’s sons,</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">f</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>king’s sons </b>Apparently brothers of King Amon, who exercised influence during the minority of King Josiah (2 Kings 22.1).</i> <br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And all who don a foreign vestment.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">I will also punish on that day</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Everyone who steps over the threshold,</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">g</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>don a foreign vestment … steps over the threshold </b>Apparently two customs of heathen worship; cf. 2 Kings 10.22 and 1 Sam. 5.5.</i> <br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Who fill their master’s</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">h</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>their master’s </b>I.e., King Josiah’s.</i> palace<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">With lawlessness and fraud.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">In that day there shall be</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAllDouble\">—declares </span> G<small>OD</small> —<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">A loud outcry from the Fish Gate,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And howling from the Mishneh,</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">i</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>Mishneh </b>A quarter of Jerusalem; cf. 2 Kings 22.14.</i> <br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And a sound of great anguish from the hills.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">The dwellers of the Machtesh</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">j</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>Machtesh </b>Another quarter of Jerusalem.</i> howl;<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">For all the traders have perished,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">All who weigh silver are wiped out.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">At that time,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">I will search Jerusalem with lamps;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And I will punish all those</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Who rest untroubled on their lees,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Who say to themselves,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">“</span> G<small>OD</small> will do nothing, good or bad.”", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Their wealth shall be plundered</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And their homes laid waste.</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">They shall build houses and not dwell in them,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Plant vineyards and not drink their wine.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">The great day of </span> G<small>OD</small> is approaching,<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Approaching most swiftly.</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Hark, the day of </span> G<small>OD</small> !<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">It is bitter:</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">There a warrior shrieks!</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">k</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>Hark, the day of G<small>OD</small>! / It is bitter: / There a warrior shrieks! </b>Emendation yields: “The day of G<small>OD</small> is faster than a runner, / Fleeter than a warrior”; cf. Ps. 19.6.</i> ", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">That day shall be a day of wrath,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">A day of trouble and distress,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">A day of calamity and desolation,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">A day of darkness and deep gloom,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">A day of densest clouds,</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">A day of horn blasts and alarms—</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Against the fortified towns</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And the lofty corner towers.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">I will bring distress on the people,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And they shall walk like the blind,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Because they sinned against </span> G<small>OD</small>;<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Their blood shall be spilled like dust,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And their fat</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">l</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>fat </b>Or “marrow”; meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> like dung.", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Moreover, their silver and gold</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Shall not avail to save them.</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">On the day of </span> G<small>OD</small>’s wrath,<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">In the fire of such passion,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">The whole land shall be consumed;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">For [God] will make a terrible end</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Of all who dwell in the land.</span>" |
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| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Gather together, gather,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">O nation without shame,</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Before the day the decree is born—</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">The day flies by like chaff</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>O nation … chaff </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Emendation yields: “O straw [Aramaic <i>gel</i>] not gathered in, / Before you are driven like flying chaff”; cf. Ps. 35.5.</i> —<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Before the </span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Of G<small>OD</small>’s fierce anger </span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Overtakes you,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Before the day G<small>OD</small>’s anger </span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Overtakes you.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Seek </span> G<small>OD</small>,<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">All you humble of the land</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Who have fulfilled God’s law;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Seek righteousness,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Seek humility.</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Perhaps you will find shelter</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">On the day of </span> G<small>OD</small>’s anger.", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Indeed, Gaza shall be deserted</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And Ashkelon desolate;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Ashdod’s people shall be expelled in broad daylight,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And Ekron shall be uprooted.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Ah, nation of Cherethites</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Who inhabit the seacoast!</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">There is a word of </span> G<small>OD</small> against you,<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">O Canaan,</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>Canaan </b>Or “Phoenicia,” of which Philistia is regarded as an extension southward.</i> land of the Philistines:<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">I will lay you waste</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Without inhabitants.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">The seacoast Cheroth</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>Cheroth </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> shall become<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">An abode for shepherds and folds for flocks,</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And shall be a portion for the remnant of the House of Judah;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">On these [pastures] they shall graze [their flocks],</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">They shall lie down</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>lie down </b>Change of vocalization yields “rest [them]”; cf. Song 1.7.</i> at eventide<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">In the houses of Ashkelon.</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">For </span> the E<small>TERNAL</small> their God will take note of them<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And restore their fortunes.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">I have heard the insults of Moab</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And the jeers of the Ammonites,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Who have insulted My people</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And gloated over their country.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Assuredly, as I live</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAllDouble\">—declares </span> G<small>OD</small> of Hosts, the God of Israel—<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Moab shall become like Sodom</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And the Ammonites like Gomorrah:</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Clumps</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>Clumps </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> of weeds and patches<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">f</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>patches </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> of salt,<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And desolation evermore.</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">The remnant of My people shall plunder them,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">The remainder of My nation shall possess them.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">That is what they’ll get for their haughtiness,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">For insulting and jeering</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">At the people of </span> G<small>OD</small> of Hosts.", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\"> G<small>OD</small> </span> will appear terrible against them,<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Causing all the gods on earth to shrivel;</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">g</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>shrivel </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> <br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And all the coastlands of the nations</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Shall bow in homage—</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Everyone in their own home.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">You Cushites too—</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">They shall be slain by My sword.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">[God] will reach out against the north</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And destroy Assyria—</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Making Nineveh a desolation,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Arid as the desert.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">In it flocks shall lie down,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Every species of beast,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">While jackdaws and owls roost on its capitals,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">The great owl hoots in the window,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And the raven [croaks] on the threshold.</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">For its cedarwork is laid bare.</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">h</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>species of beast … laid bare </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> ", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Is this the exultant city</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">That dwelt secure,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">That thought in her heart,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">“I am, and there is none but me”?</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Alas, she is become a waste,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">A lair of wild beasts!</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Everyone who passes by her</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Hisses and makes a hand gesture.</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">i</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>Hisses and makes a hand gesture </b>To ward off a like fate from themselves; cf. Jer. 18.16 and note.</i> " |
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| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Ah, sullied, polluted,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Overbearing</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">a</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>Overbearing </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Emendation yields “Whore”; cf. Isa. 1.21.</i> city!", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">She heeds no call,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Has learned no lesson;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">She has not trusted in </span> G<small>OD</small>,<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Has not drawn near to her God.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">The officials within her</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Are roaring lions;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Her judges are wolves of the steppe,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">They leave no bone until morning.</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">b</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>of the steppe, / They leave no bone until morning </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> ", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Her prophets are reckless,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Totally faithless;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Her priests profane what is holy,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">They give perverse rulings.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">But </span> G<small>OD</small> in her midst is righteous,<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And does no wrong;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">[God] issues judgment every morning,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">As unfailing as the light.</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">The wrongdoer knows no shame!</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">I wiped out nations:</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Their corner towers are desolate;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">I turned their thoroughfares into ruins,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">With none passing by;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Their towns lie waste with nobody around,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Without inhabitants.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And I thought that she</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">c</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>she </b>Heb. “you.”</i> would fear Me,<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Would learn a lesson,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And that the punishment I brought on them</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">d</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>them </b>Heb. “her.”</i> <br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Would not be lost on her.</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">e</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>lost on her </b>Lit. “cut off [from] her vision.”</i> <br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Instead, all the more eagerly</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">They have practiced corruption in all their deeds.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">But wait for Me—says </span> G<small>OD</small> —<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">For the day when I arise as an accuser;</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">f</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>accuser </b>Understanding <i>ʻad</i> as equivalent to <i>ʻed</i>, with Septuagint and Syriac.</i> <br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">When I decide to gather nations,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">To bring kingdoms together,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">To pour out My indignation on them,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">All My blazing anger.</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Indeed, by the fire of My passion</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">All the earth shall be consumed.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">For then I will make the peoples pure of speech,</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">g</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>I will make the peoples pure of speech </b>Thus reversing the primeval confounding of speech in Babel; cf. Abravanel and Gen. 11.9.</i> <br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">So that they all invoke </span> G<small>OD</small> by name<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And render service with one accord.</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">h</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>accord </b>Lit. “back,” i.e., like working animals.</i> ", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">From beyond the rivers of Cush, My suppliants</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">i</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>My suppliants </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> <br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Shall bring offerings to Me in Fair Puzai.</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">j</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>Puzai </b>Emendation yields “Zion.” For the thought, cf. Isa. 18.1, 7.</i> ", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">In that day,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">You will no longer be shamed for all the deeds</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">By which you have defied Me.</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">For then I will remove</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">The proud and exultant within you,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And you will be haughty no more</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">On My sacred mount.</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">k</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>On My sacred mount </b>I.e., in My holy land; cf. Isa. 11.9; 57.13; 65.25.</i> ", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">But I will leave within you</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">A poor, humble folk,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And they shall find refuge</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">In the name of </span> G<small>OD</small>.", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">The remnant of Israel</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Shall do no wrong</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And speak no falsehood;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">A deceitful tongue</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Shall not be in their mouths.</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Only such as these shall graze and lie down,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">With none to trouble them.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Shout for joy, Fair Zion,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Cry aloud, O Israel!</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Rejoice and be glad with all your heart,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Fair Jerusalem!</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\"> G<small>OD</small> </span> has annulled the judgment against you,<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And swept away your foes.</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Israel’s Sovereign </span> G<small>OD</small> is within you;<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">You need fear misfortune no more.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">In that day,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">This shall be said to Jerusalem:</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Have no fear, O Zion;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Let not your hands droop!</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Your God </span> the E<small>TERNAL</small> One is in your midst—<br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">A warrior who brings triumph—</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Who will rejoice over you and be glad,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Who will shout over you with jubilation</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Who will lovingly soothe</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Those long disconsolate.</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">l</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>lovingly … disconsolate </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> <br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">I will take away from you the woe</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Over which you endured mockery.</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">m</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>the woe … mockery </b>Meaning of Heb. uncertain.</i> ", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">At that time I will make [an end]</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Of all who afflicted you.</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And I will rescue the lame [sheep]</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And gather the strayed;</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And I will exchange their disgrace</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">For fame and renown in all the earth.</span>", |
| "<span class=\"poetry indentAll\">At that time I will gather you,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">And at [that] time I will bring you [home];</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">For I will make you renowned and famous</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Among all the peoples on earth,</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">When I restore your fortunes</span><br><span class=\"poetry indentAll\">Before their</span><sup class=\"footnote-marker\">n</sup><i class=\"footnote\"><b>their </b>Heb. “your.”</i> very eyes<br><span class=\"poetry indentAllDouble\">—said </span> G<small>OD</small>." |
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