(A)I will make you a great nation;
(B)I will bless you
And make your name great;
(C)And you shall be a blessing.

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11 And all the people who were at the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. (A)The Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who (B)built the house of Israel; and may you prosper in (C)Ephrathah and be famous in (D)Bethlehem.

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11 Then the elders and all the people at the gate(A) said, “We are witnesses.(B) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,(C) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah(D) and be famous in Bethlehem.(E)

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12 May your house be like the house of (A)Perez, (B)whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of (C)the offspring which the Lord will give you from this young woman.”

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12 Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez,(A) whom Tamar(B) bore to Judah.”

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24 In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing in the midst of the land,

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24 In that day(A) Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria,(B) a blessing[a](C) on the earth.

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  1. Isaiah 19:24 Or Assyria, whose names will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or Assyria, who will be seen by others as blessed

25 whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria (A)the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”

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25 The Lord Almighty will bless(A) them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people,(B) Assyria my handiwork,(C) and Israel my inheritance.(D)

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26 I will make them and the places all around (A)My hill (B)a blessing; and I will (C)cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be (D)showers of blessing.

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26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[a](A) I will send down showers in season;(B) there will be showers of blessing.(C)

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  1. Ezekiel 34:26 Or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed

20 At that time (A)I will bring you back,
Even at the time I gather you;
For I will give you [a]fame and praise
Among all the peoples of the earth,
When I return your captives before your eyes,”
Says the Lord.

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  1. Zephaniah 3:20 Lit. a name

20 At that time I will gather you;
    at that time I will bring(A) you home.
I will give you honor(B) and praise(C)
    among all the peoples of the earth
when I restore your fortunes[a](D)
    before your very eyes,”
says the Lord.

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  1. Zephaniah 3:20 Or I bring back your captives