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16 (A) Make sure that everyone
    is fit to worship me.[a]
Bring adults, children, babies,
and even bring newlyweds
    from their festivities.

17 (B) Tell my servants, the priests,
    to cry inside the temple
and to offer this prayer
    near the altar:[b]
“Save your people, Lord God!
Don't let foreign nations
    make jokes about us.
Don't let them laugh and ask,
    ‘Where is your God?’ ”

The Lord Will Bless the Land

18 The Lord was deeply concerned
about his land
    and had pity on his people.

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Footnotes

  1. 2.16 fit to worship me: This required going through certain kinds of ceremonies.
  2. 2.17 inside … altar: The Hebrew text has “between the porch and the altar,” which is the place where the priests usually prayed for the people.

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