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Their appearance is like the appearance of horses;And like war horses, so they run.

So rejoice, O sons of Zion,And be glad in Yahweh your God,For He has given you the early rain in righteousness.And He has poured down for you the rain,The early and late rains as before.

So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael,And it will consume the citadels of Ben‑hadad.

I will also break the gate bar of DamascusAnd cut off the inhabitant from the valley of AvenAnd him who holds the scepter from Beth‑eden;So the people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,"Says Yahweh.

So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza,And it will consume her citadels.

So I will send fire upon the wall of Tyre,And it will consume her citadels."

So I will send fire upon Teman,And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah."

So I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah,And it will consume her citadelsAmid a loud shout on the day of battleAnd a storm on the day of tempest.

So I will send fire upon Moab,And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth;And Moab will die amid great rumbling,Amid a loud shout and the sound of a trumpet.

So I will send fire upon Judah,And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem."

Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophetsAnd some of your choice men to be Nazirites.Is this not so, O sons of Israel?" declares Yahweh.

So flight will perish from the swift,And the strong will not instill his power with courage,Nor will the mighty man make his life escape.

Thus says Yahweh,"Just as the shepherd delivers from the lion's mouth a couple of legs or a piece of an ear,So will the sons of Israel inhabiting Samaria be delivered—With the corner of a bed and the cover of a couch!

And offer a thank offering also from that which is leavened,And call for freewill offerings; cause them to be heard about.For so you love to do, you sons of Israel,"Declares Lord Yahweh.

So two or three cities would wander around to another city to drink water,But would not be satisfied;Yet you have not returned to Me," declares Yahweh.

So now, hear the word of Yahweh: you are saying, ‘You shall not prophesy against Israel, nor shall you drip out words against the house of Isaac.'

saying,"When will the new moon pass over,So that we may sell grain,And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market,To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger,And to cheat with a deceptive balance,

So as to buy the poor for moneyAnd the needy for a pair of sandals,And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?"

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said,"Strike the capitals so that the thresholds will quake,And break them on the heads of them all!Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword;Not one of them who can flee will flee,And not one of them who can survive will escape.

Now Lord Yahweh of hosts,The One who touches the land so that it melts,And all those who inhabit it mourn,And all of it rises up like the NileAnd subsides like the Nile of Egypt;