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12 Some of you will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities.
    Then you will be known as a rebuilder of walls
    and a restorer of homes.

13 “Keep the Sabbath day holy.
    Don’t pursue your own interests on that day,
but enjoy the Sabbath
    and speak of it with delight as the Lord’s holy day.
Honor the Sabbath in everything you do on that day,
    and don’t follow your own desires or talk idly.
14 Then the Lord will be your delight.
    I will give you great honor
and satisfy you with the inheritance I promised to your ancestor Jacob.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!”

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12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins(A)
    and will raise up the age-old foundations;(B)
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,(C)
    Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

13 “If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath(D)
    and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight(E)
    and the Lord’s holy day honorable,
and if you honor it by not going your own way
    and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,(F)
14 then you will find your joy(G) in the Lord,
    and I will cause you to ride in triumph on the heights(H) of the land
    and to feast on the inheritance(I) of your father Jacob.”
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(J)

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