The <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies will pronounce a blessing over the earth, saying,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Blessed be my people, Egypt, and the work of my hands, Assyria, and my special possession,<n id="2" /> Israel!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">I brought you<n id="1" /> into a fertile landp> <p class="poetry">so you could enjoy<n id="2" /> its fruits and its rich bounty.p> <p class="poetry">But when you entered my land, you defiled it;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">you made the land I call my own<n id="4" /> loathsome to me.p>

<p class="poetry">Then I will gather all the nations,p> <p class="poetry">and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will enter into judgment<n id="2" /> against them therep> <p class="poetry">concerning my people Israel who are my inheritance,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">whom they scattered among the nations.p> <p class="poetry">They partitioned my land,p>