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11 The ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth will cross the Jordan before you.

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11 See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth(A) will go into the Jordan ahead of you.(B)

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13 Arise and thresh, O daughter Zion;
    your horn I will make iron
And your hoofs I will make bronze,
    that you may crush many peoples;
You shall devote their spoils to the Lord,[a]
    their riches to the Lord of the whole earth.(A)

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  1. 4:13 Devote their spoils to the Lord: the fulfillment of the ancient ordinance of the holy war in which all plunder taken in the war was “put under the ban,” i.e., belonged to the Lord.

13 “Rise and thresh,(A) Daughter Zion,
    for I will give you horns of iron;
I will give you hooves of bronze,
    and you will break to pieces many nations.”(B)
You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,(C)
    their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

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(A)These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands[a] that stand before the Lord of the earth.

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  1. 11:4 The two olive trees and the two lampstands: the martyrs who stand in the presence of the Lord; the imagery is taken from Zec 4:8–14, where the olive trees refer to Zerubbabel and Joshua.

They are “the two olive trees”(A) and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 11:4 See Zech. 4:3,11,14.