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22 No more will one person ·build a house and someone else live there [L build and another inhabit].
    One person will not ·plant a garden and someone else eat its fruit [L plant and another eat].
·My people will live a long time,
    as trees live long [L For like the days of a tree
    shall be the days of my people].
My chosen people will live there
    and enjoy the ·things they make [L work of their hands].
23 They will ·never again work for nothing [not labor in vain].
    They will never again give birth to children ·who die young [L doomed for misfortune/disaster].
All my people will be blessed by the Lord;
    they and their ·children [descendants; seed] will be blessed.
24 I will ·provide for their needs [L answer] before they ·ask [call],
    and I will ·help them [L hear] while they are still ·asking for help [L speaking].

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22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,(A)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,(B)
    so will be the days(C) of my people;
my chosen(D) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.
23 They will not labor in vain,(E)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;(F)
for they will be a people blessed(G) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants(H) with them.
24 Before they call(I) I will answer;(J)
    while they are still speaking(K) I will hear.

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