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12 Return, you exiles who now have hope;
    return to your place of safety.
Now I tell you that I will repay you twice over
    with blessing for all you have suffered.
13 I will use Judah like a soldier's bow
    and Israel like the arrows.
I will use the men of Zion like a sword,
    to fight the men of Greece.”

14 The Lord will appear above his people;
    he will shoot his arrows like lightning.
The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet;
    he will march in the storms from the south.

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12 Return to your fortress,(A) you prisoners of hope;
    even now I announce that I will restore twice(B) as much to you.
13 I will bend Judah as I bend my bow(C)
    and fill it with Ephraim.(D)
I will rouse your sons, Zion,
    against your sons, Greece,(E)
    and make you like a warrior’s sword.(F)

The Lord Will Appear

14 Then the Lord will appear over them;(G)
    his arrow will flash like lightning.(H)
The Sovereign Lord will sound the trumpet;(I)
    he will march in the storms(J) of the south,

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