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21 I will avenge their blood, and I will not clear the guilty,[a]
    for the Lord dwells in Zion.(A)

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  1. 3.21 Gk Syr: Heb I will hold innocent their blood that I have not held innocent

21 Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?(A)
    No, I will not.(B)

The Lord dwells in Zion!(C)

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Let Zion Rejoice

52 Awake; awake;
    put on your strength, O Zion!
Put on your beautiful garments,
    O Jerusalem, the holy city,
for the uncircumcised and the unclean
    shall enter you no more.(A)

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52 Awake, awake,(A) Zion,
    clothe yourself with strength!(B)
Put on your garments of splendor,(C)
    Jerusalem, the holy city.(D)
The uncircumcised(E) and defiled(F)
    will not enter you again.(G)

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40 For on my holy mountain, the mountain height of Israel, says the Lord God, there all the house of Israel, all of them, shall serve me in the land; there I will accept them, and there I will require your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your sacred things.(A)

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40 For on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel,(A) declares the Sovereign Lord, there in the land all the people of Israel will serve me, and there I will accept them. There I will require your offerings(B) and your choice gifts,[a] along with all your holy sacrifices.(C)

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  1. Ezekiel 20:40 Or and the gifts of your firstfruits

Israel’s Final Triumph

17 But on Mount Zion there shall be those who escape,
    and it shall be holy,
and the house of Jacob shall take possession of those who dispossessed them.(A)

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17 But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;(A)
    it will be holy,(B)
    and Jacob will possess his inheritance.(C)

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15 [a]Look! On the mountains the feet of one
    who brings good tidings,
    who proclaims peace!
Celebrate your festivals, O Judah;
    fulfill your vows,
for never again shall the wicked invade you;
    they are utterly cut off.(A)

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  1. 1.15 2.1 in Heb

15 Look, there on the mountains,
    the feet of one who brings good news,(A)
    who proclaims peace!(B)
Celebrate your festivals,(C) Judah,
    and fulfill your vows.
No more will the wicked invade you;(D)
    they will be completely destroyed.[a]

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  1. Nahum 1:15 In Hebrew texts this verse (1:15) is numbered 2:1.