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In the days to come Jacob shall take root;
    Israel shall blossom and bud
    and shall fill the whole world with fruit.

Has He struck them,
    as He struck those who struck them?
Or like the slaughter of His slain,
    have they been slain?
You fought with them by banishing them, by driving them away.
    He has expelled them
    on the day of the east wind with His fierce wind.

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In days to come Jacob will take root,(A)
    Israel will bud and blossom(B)
    and fill all the world with fruit.(C)

Has the Lord struck her
    as he struck(D) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
    as those were killed who killed her?
By warfare[a] and exile(E) you contend with her—
    with his fierce blast he drives her out,
    as on a day the east wind(F) blows.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:8 See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.