20 Then everyone else will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything evil like this among you.(A)

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20 The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid,(A) and never again will such an evil thing be done among you.

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He will settle disputes among the nations
and provide arbitration for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plows
and their spears into pruning knives.(A)
Nation will not take up the sword against nation,
and they will never again train for war.(B)

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He will judge(A) between the nations
    and will settle disputes(B) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.(C)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,(D)
    nor will they train for war anymore.

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18 Violence will never again be heard of in your land;(A)
devastation and destruction
will be gone from your borders.
You will call your walls Salvation(B)
and your city gates Praise.

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18 No longer will violence(A) be heard in your land,
    nor ruin or destruction(B) within your borders,
but you will call your walls Salvation(C)
    and your gates Praise.(D)

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16 When you multiply and increase in the land,(A) in those days—this is the Lord’s declaration—no one will say again, “The ark of the Lord’s covenant.”(B) It will never come to mind, and no one will remember or miss it. Another one will not be made.[a]

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  1. 3:16 Or It will no longer be done

16 In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land,” declares the Lord, “people will no longer say, ‘The ark(A) of the covenant of the Lord.’ It will never enter their minds or be remembered;(B) it will not be missed, nor will another one be made.

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On that day—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies—
I will break his yoke from your neck(A)
and tear off your chains,(B)
and strangers will never again enslave him.(C)

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“‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty,
    ‘I will break the yoke(A) off their necks
and will tear off their bonds;(B)
    no longer will foreigners enslave them.(C)

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34 No longer will one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’(A) for they will all know me, from the least to the greatest of them”(B)—this is the Lord’s declaration. “For I will forgive their iniquity(C) and never again remember their sin.

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34 No longer will they teach(A) their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know(B) me,
    from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive(C) their wickedness
    and will remember their sins(D) no more.”

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16 It will never again be an object of trust(A) for the house of Israel, drawing attention to their iniquity of turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.’”

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16 Egypt will no longer be a source of confidence(A) for the people of Israel but will be a reminder(B) of their sin in turning to her for help.(C) Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.(D)’”

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26 You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied.(A)
You will praise the name of the Lord your God,(B)
who has dealt wondrously with you.(C)
My people will never again be put to shame.(D)
27 You will know that I am present in Israel(E)
and that I am the Lord your God,
and there is no other.(F)
My people will never again be put to shame.(G)

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26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,(A)
    and you will praise(B) the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders(C) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.(D)
27 Then you will know(E) that I am in Israel,
    that I am the Lord(F) your God,
    and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.(G)

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15 I will plant them on their land,
and they will never again be uprooted
from the land I have given them.(A)
The Lord your God has spoken.

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15 I will plant(A) Israel in their own land,(B)
    never again to be uprooted(C)
    from the land I have given them,”(D)

says the Lord your God.(E)

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He will settle disputes among many peoples(A)
and provide arbitration for strong nations
that are far away.
They will beat their swords into plows
and their spears into pruning knives.
Nation will not take up the sword against nation,
and they will never again train for war.

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He will judge between many peoples
    and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.(A)
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.(B)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
    nor will they train for war(C) anymore.(D)

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15 Look to the mountains—
the feet of the herald,(A)
who proclaims peace.
Celebrate your festivals, Judah;
fulfill your vows.
For the wicked one will never again
march through you;
he will be entirely wiped out.

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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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Footnotes

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

11 On that day you[a] will not be put to shame(A)
because of everything you have done
in rebelling(B) against me.
For then I will remove
from among you your jubilant,(C) arrogant people,
and you will never again be haughty
on my holy mountain.(D)

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  1. 3:11 = Israel

11 On that day you, Jerusalem, will not be put to shame(A)
    for all the wrongs you have done to me,(B)
because I will remove from you
    your arrogant boasters.(C)
Never again will you be haughty
    on my holy hill.(D)

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11 And each person will not teach his fellow citizen,[a]
and each his brother or sister, saying, “Know the Lord,”
because they will all know me,
from the least to the greatest of them.(A)

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  1. 8:11 Other mss read neighbor

11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,(A)
    from the least of them to the greatest.

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