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 \v 1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet.
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 \v 2 Yahweh, I have heard about you;
 \q1 and I revere you because of all the amazing things that you have done.
 \q2 In our time, do again some of those things that you did long ago!

38-ZEC/09.usfm

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 \v 2 This message is also about the people in the region of Hamath near to Damascus, and about the people in the cities of Tyre and Sidon, people who think they are very wise.
 
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-\v 3 The people in Tyre have built a high wall around their city.
+\v 3 The people in Tyre have built a high wall around their city. They piled up huge amounts of silver and gold like other people pile up soil when they dig in the streets.
- They piled up huge amounts of silver and gold
- like other people pile up soil when they dig in the streets.
 \v 4 But I, Yahweh, will make them lose everything, including their ships in which their men fight on the sea. Their city will burn to the ground.
 
 
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-\v 5 The people in the city of Ashkelon will see that happen,
+\v 5 The people in the city of Ashkelon will see that happen, and they will become very afraid. The people in the city of Gaza will shake because they are terrified, and the people in the city of Ekron will shake too, because they no longer hope to escape enemies. The king of Gaza will die; no one will live any longer in Ashkelon.
- and they will become very afraid.
+\v 6 Yahweh says, "Foreigners will occupy the city of Ashdod. I will no longer allow the people in all those cities of Philistia to be proud.
- The people in the city of Gaza will shake because they are terrified,
+\v 7 I will no longer allow them to eat meat that still has blood in it, and I will forbid them to eat food that they offered to idols. At that time, the people in the region of Philistia who survive will worship me; they will become like a clan in Judah. The people of the city of Ekron will become part of my people, as the people of the city of Jebus did when the Israelites conquered them.
- and the people in the city of Ekron will shake too,
- because they no longer hope to escape enemies.
-The king of Gaza will die;
- No one will live any longer in Ashkelon.
-\v 6 Yahweh says, "Foreigners will occupy the city of Ashdod.
- I will no longer allow the people in all those cities of Philistia to be proud.
-\v 7 I will no longer allow them to eat meat that still has blood in it,
-and I will forbid them to eat food that they offered to idols.
- At that time, the people in the region of Philistia who survive will worship me;
- they will become like a clan in Judah. The people of the city of Ekron will become part of my people, as the people of the city of Jebus did when the Israelites conquered them.
 
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-\v 8 I will protect my land,
+\v 8 I will protect my land, and I will not allow any enemy soldiers to enter it. No enemies will harm my people again, because I myself will be watching over them carefully.
- and I will not allow any enemy soldiers to enter it.
- No enemies will harm my people again,
- because I myself will be watching over them carefully.
 
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-\v 9 Rejoice very much, you people of Jerusalem
+\v 9 Rejoice very much, you people of Jerusalem and shout joyfully,
- and shout joyfully,
+\q because your king will be coming to you.
- because your king will be coming to you.
+\q He is righteous and victorious;
- He is righteous and victorious;
+\q he will be gentle,
- he will be gentle,
+\q and he will be riding on a donkey,
- and he will be riding on a donkey,
+\q on a young female donkey.
- on a young female donkey.
 
-\v 10 I will destroy the chariots in the region of Ephraim that are used in war
+\v 10 I will destroy the chariots in the region of Ephraim that are used in war and all the horses in Jerusalem that they take into battle. I will break all the bows they use in wars. 
- and all the horses in Jerusalem that they take into battle.
+\q Your king will proclaim that he will cause things to go well and peacefully among the nations. He will rule the area from the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea, and from the Euphrates River to the most distant places on the earth.
- I will break all the bows they use in wars.
- Your king will proclaim that he will cause things to go well and peacefully among the nations.
- He will rule the area from the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea,
- and from the Euphrates River to the most distant places on the earth.
 
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+\v 11 As for you, my people of Jerusalem, because of the blood that flowed when I made my covenant with you, I will free your people whom they took to other countries, where it was as though they were prisoners in a waterless pit.
 
-\v 11 As for you, my people of Jerusalem,
+\v 12 You people who were prisoners in those countries who still believe that I will help you, return to Judah, for I will defend you there. Today I declare that I will give you two blessings for each of the troubles that you have experienced.
- because of the blood that flowed when I made my covenant with you,
- I will free your people whom they took to other countries,
- where it was as though they were prisoners in a waterless pit.
 
-\v 12 You people who were prisoners in those countries who still believe that I will help you,
+\v 13 I will cause Judah to be like my bow, and I will cause Israel to be like my arrow. I will enable you young men of Jerusalem to fight against the soldiers of Greece; you will be like a warrior's sword."
- return to Judah, for I will defend you there.
- Today I declare that I will give you two blessings
- for each of the troubles that you have experienced.
-
-\v 13 I will cause Judah to be like my bow,
- and I will cause Israel to be like my arrow.
- I will enable you young men of Jerusalem to fight against the soldiers of Greece;
- you will be like a warrior's sword."
 
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-\v 14 One day Yahweh will appear in the sky above his people,
+\v 14 One day Yahweh will appear in the sky above his people, and the arrows that he shoots will be like lightning bolts. Yahweh our Lord will blow his trumpet, and he will march with the powerful storms that come from the land of Teman in the south.
- and the arrows that he shoots will be like lightning bolts.
- Yahweh our Lord will blow his trumpet,
- and he will march with the powerful storms that come from the land of Teman in the south.
 
-\v 15 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, will protect his people;
+\v 15 Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, will protect his people; the soldiers of Judah will attack and defeat their enemies who attack them using slings and stones. Those soldiers of Judah will drink and celebrate and shout like people who are drunk; they will be as full of wine as the bowl that holds the blood of the animals priest kill at the altar—the blood that the priests sprinkle on the corners of the altar.
- the soldiers of Judah will attack and defeat their enemies who attack them using slings and stones.
- Those soldiers of Judah will drink and celebrate and shout like people who are drunk;
- they will be as full of wine as the bowl that holds the blood of the animals priests kill at the altar—
- the blood that the priests sprinkle on the corners of the altar.
 
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+\v 16 On that day, Yahweh our God will save his people like a shepherd saves his flock of sheep from danger. In our land, they will be like jewels that sparkle in a crown.
-\v 16 On that day, Yahweh our God will save his people
+\v 17 They will be delightful and beautiful. The young men will become strong from eating grain, and the young women will become strong from drinking new wine.
- like a shepherd saves his flock of sheep from danger.
- In our land, they will be like jewels that sparkle in a crown.
-
-\v 17 They will be delightful and beautiful.
- The young men will become strong from eating grain,
- and the young women will become strong from drinking new wine.
 
 
 

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-\v 1 Ask Yahweh to cause rain to fall in the springtime,
+\v 1 Ask Yahweh to cause rain to fall in the springtime, because he is the one who makes the clouds from which the rain falls in storms. He causes showers to fall on us, and he causes crops to grow well in the fields.
-because he is the one who makes the clouds from which the rain falls in storms.
-He causes showers to fall on us,
-and he causes crops to grow well in the fields.
 
-\v 2 What people think that the idols in their houses say is only nonsense,
+\v 2 What people think that the idols in their houses say is only nonsense, and people who say that they can interpret dreams tell only lies. When they tell people things to comfort them, what they say is useless, so the people who consult them are like lost sheep; they are in danger because they have no one to protect them like sheep with no shepherd.
- and people who say that they can interpret dreams tell only lies.
-When they tell people things to comfort them, what they say is useless,
-so the people who consult them are like lost sheep;
-they are in danger because they have no one to protect them
-like sheep with no shepherd.
 
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-\v 3 Yahweh says, "I am angry with the leaders of my people,
+\v 3 Yahweh says, "I am angry with the leaders of my people, and I will punish them. I, Yahweh, the Commander of the angel armies, I will take care of my people, the people of Judah, like a shepherd takes care of his flock, and I will cause them to be like war horses in battle.
-and I will punish them.
-I, Yahweh, the Commander of the angel armies, will take care of my people, the people of Judah,
-like a shepherd takes care of his flock,
-and I will cause them to be like war horses in battle.
 
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-\v 4 From Judah will come rulers who will be very important.
+\v 4 From Judah will come rulers who will be very important. From Judah will come leaders who will hold the people together, like a tent peg keeps a tent up. From Judah will come leaders who will take the soldiers into war, like a king holding his own bow for battle. From them will come every one of their own leaders.
-From Judah will come leaders who will hold the people together, like a tent peg keeps a tent up.
+\v 5 They will be like mighty warriors who trample their enemies into the mud during battle. I, Yahweh, will be with them, so they will defeat and shame their enemies who ride on horses.
-From Judah will come leaders who will take the soldiers into war, like a king holding his own bow for battle.
-From them will come every one of their own leaders.
-\v 5 They will be like mighty warriors
-who trample their enemies into the mud during battle.
-I, Yahweh, will be with them,
-so they will defeat and shame their enemies who ride on horses.
-\b
 
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-\v 6 I will make the people of Judah strong,
+\v 6 I will make the people of Judah strong, and I will rescue the people of Israel. I will bring them back from the countries to which they were exiled; I will do that because I pity them. Then it will be as though I had never abandoned them because I am Yahweh, their God, and I will answer them when they pray for help.
-and I will rescue the people of Israel.
+\v 7 The people of Israel will then be like strong soldiers; they will be as happy as people who have drunk a lot of wine. Their children will see their fathers being very happy, and they also will be happy because of what I have done for them.
-I will bring them back from the countries to which they were exiled;
- I will do that because I pity them.
- Then it will be as though I had never abandoned them
-because I am Yahweh, their God,
- and I will answer them when they pray for help.
-\v 7 The people of Israel will then be like strong soldiers;
- they will be as happy as people who have drunk a lot of wine.
- Their children will see their fathers being very happy,
-and they also will be happy because of what I have done for them.
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-\v 8 I will signal for my people to return from far away,
- and I will gather them together in their own country.
- I will rescue them,
-and they will become very numerous as they were previously.
-
-\v 9 I have caused them to be scattered among many people groups,
- but in those distant countries they will think about me again.
-They and their children will remain alive and return to Judah.
-\v 10 I will bring them back from Egypt and from Assyria;
-I will bring them back to the regions of Gilead and Lebanon,
- but there not be enough space for them all to live there.
 
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+\v 8 I will signal for my people to return from far away, and I will gather them together in their own country. I will rescue them, and they will become very numerous  as they were previously.
 
-\v 11 I will go before them through their sufferings, as if I were walking through a sea,
+\v 9 I have caused them to be scattered among many people groups, but in those distant countries they will think about me again. They and their children will remain alive and return to Judah.
- but I will calm those waves and end their sufferings, as if I were drying up the Nile River.
+\v 10 I will bring them back from Egypt and from Assyria; I will bring them back to the regions of Gilead and Lebanon, but there not be enough space for them all to live there.
-I will defeat the proud soldiers of Assyria,
+
-and I will cause Egypt to no longer be powerful.
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-\v 12 I will enable my people to be strong,
+\v 11 I will go before them through their sufferings, as if I were walking through a sea, but I will calm those waves and end their sufferings,  as if I were drying up the Nile River. I will defeat the proud soldiers of Assyria, and I will cause Egypt to no longer be powerful.
-and they will honor me and obey me.
+\v 12 I will enable my people to be strong, and they will honor me and obey me. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it."
-That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it."
 
 
 

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 \v 1 You people of Lebanon must open your gates and allow the fire to burn your cedar trees!
-\v 2 Your cypress trees must be like people who are wailing,
+\v 2 Your cypress trees must be like people who are wailing, because enemies have cut down the cedar trees. Those glorious trees are all gone. The oak trees in the region of Bashan should also be like people who are wailing, because enemies have cut down the oak trees in the dense forest.
-because enemies have cut down the cedar trees.
+\v 3 And listen to the shepherds crying because the fertile pastures have been ruined.
-Those glorious trees are all gone.
+Listen to the lions roar; they roar because the thick forest where they live near the Jordan River has been ruined.
- The oak trees in the region of Bashan should also be like people who are wailing,
-because enemies have cut down the oak trees in the dense forest.
-\v 3 And listen to the shepherds crying
-because the fertile pastures have been ruined.
-Listen to the lions roar;
-they roar because the thick forest where they live near the Jordan River has been ruined.
 
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 \v 16 because I am going to appoint a new shepherd for the people, one who will not take care of my people. He will be a foolish shepherd: he will ignore the dying sheep and those that have gotten lost. As for the healthy sheep, he will not feed them; instead, he will butcher them for his own food and will tear off their hooves.
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-\v 17 But terrible things will happen to that foolish shepherd
+\v 17 But terrible things will happen to that foolish shepherd who abandons the flock.
-who abandons the flock.
+May his enemies strike his arm and his right eye with their swords. May he have no more strength in his arm,  and may his right eye become completely blind."
-May his enemies strike his arm and his right eye with their swords.
-May he have no more strength in his arm,
- and may his right eye become completely blind."
 
 
 

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 \v 1 At that time it will be as though there is a spring of water that will continuously flow to cleanse the descendants of King David and all the other people in Jerusalem from the guilt of the sins that they have committed, especially from becoming unacceptable to Yahweh by worshiping idols.
 
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 \v 6 But others will see scars on their bodies and think that they cut themselves in order to please idols while they were worshiping them. So they will ask, 'Why do you have those scars?' And they will tell a lie: 'I was injured in a quarrel at my friend's house.'"
 
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 \v 7 Yahweh, the Commander of angel armies, says,
-"Someone must attack and kill the one who is like a shepherd working for me,
+\q "Someone must attack and kill the one who is like a shepherd working for me, 
-the man who is my close companion.
+\q the man who is my close companion. 
-You with the sword! When you kill my shepherd, my people will run away like sheep.
+\q You with the sword! When you kill my shepherd, my people will run away like sheep.
-And I myself will attack my ordinary people, those who are like little sheep."
+\q And I myself will attack my ordinary people, those who are like little sheep."
 
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 \v 8 Yahweh also says, "Two thirds of the people in Judah will die;
 Only one third of the people in Judah will remain alive.
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 \v 9 I will test the ones that remain alive by causing them to experience great difficulties, to find out if they will continue to worship me.
 I will purify them as someone purifies gold or silver by putting it into a very hot fire.
-Then my people will call to me for help,
+Then my people will call to me for help, and I will answer them. I will tell them that they are my people, and they will say that I, Yahweh, am the God they worship and obey.
-and I will answer them.
-I will tell them that they are my people,
-and they will say that I, Yahweh, am the God they worship and obey.