10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven
and do not return there
without saturating the earth
and making it germinate and sprout,
and providing seed to sow
and food to eat,(A)

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10 As the rain(A) and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,(B)
    so that it yields seed(C) for the sower and bread for the eater,(D)

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12 “For they will sow in peace: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce, and the skies will yield their dew. I will give the remnant of this people all these things as an inheritance.(A)

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12 “The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit,(A) the ground will produce its crops,(B) and the heavens will drop their dew.(C) I will give all these things as an inheritance(D) to the remnant of this people.(E)

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10 Bring the full tenth into the storehouse(A) so that there may be food in my house.(B) Test me in this way,”(C) says the Lord of Armies. “See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven(D) and pour out a blessing for you without measure.(E) 11 I will rebuke the devourer[a](F) for you, so that it will not ruin the produce of your land and your vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the Lord of Armies.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:11 Perhaps locusts

10 Bring the whole tithe(A) into the storehouse,(B) that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates(C) of heaven and pour out(D) so much blessing(E) that there will not be room enough to store it.(F) 11 I will prevent pests from devouring(G) your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,(H)” says the Lord Almighty.

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