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This OET Readers’ Version was designed to be used with the Literal Version alongside, so you won’t get the best understanding from this single viewpoint. This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.
Listen, an army is about to come from a northern country,
≈ and a powerful nation will be roused from the remotest parts of the world.
23 They carry bows and spears.
It’s cruel and they have no mercy.
They make a noise like the sea roaring
and they ride in battle formation on horses
against you, Tsiyyon’s (Zion’s) daughter.
24 We felt weak when we heard the reports about them.
Distress took hold of us and we’re in agony like a woman about to give birth.
25 Don’t go out to the countryside,
≈ There’s terror all around.
26 My people’s daughter, dress yourself in sackcloth
Go into mourning as if you’d lost an only child—
because the destroyer will suddenly come against us.
27 I’ve appointed you to examine my people like ore,
so you can observe their conduct, and test them.
28 They’re all stubborn rebels who go around slandering others.
They’re all like bronze and iron, behaving corruptly.
but after the thorough refining, the lead remains.
The evil people haven’t been separated out.
