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whose leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which beasts of the field found shade, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens lived—

And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.

"And in that day I will answer, declares the Lord , I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth,

Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

As they go, I will spread over them my net; I will bring them down like birds of the heavens; I will discipline them according to the report made to their congregation.

The earth quakes before them; the heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

"And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.

The Lord roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth quake. But the Lord is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the people of Israel.

who builds his upper chambers in the heavens and founds his vault upon the earth; who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the surface of the earth— the Lord is his name.

You increased your merchants more than the stars of the heavens. The locust spreads its wings and flies away.

God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.

"I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, and the rubble with the wicked. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth," declares the Lord .

those who bow down on the roofs to the host of the heavens, those who bow down and swear to the Lord and yet swear by Milcom,

Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.

For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.

"Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth,

Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord . For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord .

For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord , who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him:

And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;