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A jealous and avenging God is Yahweh;Yahweh is avenging and wrathful.Yahweh is avenging against His adversaries,And He keeps His anger for His enemies.

Then they will sweep through like the wind and pass on.But they will be held guilty,They whose power is their god."

Are You not from everlasting,O Yahweh, my God, my Holy One?We will not die.You, O Yahweh, have placed them to judge;And You, O Rock, have established them to reprove.

God comes from Teman,And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah.His splendor covers the heavens,And the earth is full of His praise.

Yet I will exult in Yahweh;I will rejoice in the God of my salvation.

And the coast will beFor the remnant of the house of Judah;They will feed upon it.In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening;For Yahweh their God will care for themAnd restore their fortune.

Therefore, as I live," declares Yahweh of hosts,The God of Israel,"Surely Moab will be like SodomAnd the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah—A place possessed by nettles and salt pits,And a perpetual desolation.The remnant of My people will plunder them,And the remainder of My nation will inherit them."

She did not listen to any voice;She did not receive discipline.She did not trust in Yahweh;She did not draw near to her God.

Yahweh your God is in your midst,A mighty one who will save.He will be joyful over you with gladness;He will be quiet in His love;He will rejoice over you with joyful singing.

Go up to the mountains and bring wood and rebuild the house of God, that I may be pleased with it and be glorified," says Yahweh.

Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, listened to the voice of Yahweh their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Yahweh their God had sent him. And the people feared Yahweh.

So Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work on the house of Yahweh of hosts, their God,

And those who are far off will come and build the temple of Yahweh." Then you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you. And it will happen if you utterly listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

and I will bring them back, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth and righteousness.'

Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘In those days ten men from every tongue of the nations will take hold of the garment of a Jew, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."'"

And I will remove their blood from their mouthAnd their detestable things from between their teeth.Then they also will be a remnant for our God,And be like a clan in Judah,And Ekron like a Jebusite.

And Yahweh their God will save them in that dayAs the flock of His people;For they are as the stones of a crown,Sparkling in His land.

I will make the house of Judah mighty,And I will save the house of Joseph,And I will cause them to return,Because I have had compassion on them;And they will be as though I had not rejected them,For I am Yahweh their God, and I will answer them.

Thus says Yahweh my God, "Shepherd the flock doomed to slaughter.

Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, ‘A strong support for us are the inhabitants of Jerusalem through Yahweh of hosts, their God.'