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1. The Lord says, "At that time I will be God of all Israel's family groups, and they will be my people."
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1. At the same H1931 time H6256 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , will I be H1961 the God H430 of all H3605 the families H4940 of Israel H3478 , and they H1992 shall be H1961 my people H5971 .
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2. This is what the Lord says: "The people who were not killed by the enemy's sword found help in the desert. I came to give rest to Israel."
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2. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , The people H5971 which were left H8300 of the sword H2719 found H4672 grace H2580 in the wilderness H4057 ; even Israel H3478 , when I went H1980 to cause him to rest H7280 .
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3. And from far away the Lord appeared to his people and said, "I love you people with a love that will last forever. That is why I have continued showing you kindness.
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3. The LORD H3068 hath appeared H7200 of old H4480 H7350 unto me, saying , Yea , I have loved H157 thee with an everlasting H5769 love H160 : therefore H5921 H3651 with lovingkindness H2617 have I drawn H4900 thee.
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4. People of Israel, I will build you up again, and you will be rebuilt. You will pick up your tambourines again and dance with those who are joyful.
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4. Again H5750 I will build H1129 thee , and thou shalt be built H1129 , O virgin H1330 of Israel H3478 : thou shalt again H5750 be adorned H5710 with thy tabrets H8596 , and shalt go forth H3318 in the dances H4234 of them that make merry H7832 .
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5. You will plant vineyards again on the hills around Samaria. The farmers will plant them and enjoy their fruit.
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5. Thou shalt yet H5750 plant H5193 vines H3754 upon the mountains H2022 of Samaria H8111 : the planters H5193 shall plant H5193 , and shall eat them as common things H2490 .
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6. There will be a time when watchmen in the mountains of Ephraim shout this message: 'Come, let's go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord our God!'"
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6. For H3588 there shall be H3426 a day H3117 , that the watchmen H5341 upon the mount H2022 Ephraim H669 shall cry H7121 , Arise H6965 ye , and let us go up H5927 to Zion H6726 unto H413 the LORD H3068 our God H430 .
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7. This is what the Lord says: "Be happy and sing for the people of Jacob. Shout for Israel, the greatest of the nations. Sing your praises and shout this: 'Lord, save your people, those who are left alive from the nation of Israel!'
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7. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Sing H7442 with gladness H8057 for Jacob H3290 , and shout H6670 among the chief H7218 of the nations H1471 : publish H8085 ye, praise H1984 ye , and say H559 , O LORD H3068 , save H3467 H853 thy people H5971 , H853 the remnant H7611 of Israel H3478 .
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8. Look, I will soon bring Israel from the country in the north, and I will gather them from the faraway places on earth. Some of the people are blind and crippled. Some of the women are pregnant, and some are ready to give birth. A great many people will come back.
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8. Behold H2009 , I will bring H935 them from the north H6828 country H4480 H776 , and gather H6908 them from the coasts H4480 H3411 of the earth H776 , and with them the blind H5787 and the lame H6455 , the woman with child H2029 and her that travaileth with child H3205 together H3162 : a great H1419 company H6951 shall return H7725 thither H2008 .
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9. They will be crying as they come, but they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead those people by streams of water on an even road where they will not stumble. I am Israel's father, and Israel is my firstborn son.
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9. They shall come H935 with weeping H1065 , and with supplications H8469 will I lead H2986 them : I will cause them to walk H1980 by H413 the rivers H5158 of waters H4325 in a straight H3477 way H1870 , wherein they shall not H3808 stumble H3782 : for H3588 I am H1961 a father H1 to Israel H3478 , and Ephraim H669 is my firstborn H1060 .
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10. "Nations, listen to the message from the Lord. Tell this message in the faraway lands by the sea: 'The one who scattered the people of Israel will bring them back, and he will watch over his people like a shepherd.'
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10. Hear H8085 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 , O ye nations H1471 , and declare H5046 it in the isles H339 afar off H4480 H4801 , and say H559 , He that scattered H2219 Israel H3478 will gather H6908 him , and keep H8104 him , as a shepherd H7462 doth his flock H5739 .
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11. The Lord will pay for the people of Jacob and will buy them back from people stronger than they were.
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11. For H3588 the LORD H3068 hath redeemed H6299 H853 Jacob H3290 , and ransomed H1350 him from the hand H4480 H3027 of him that was stronger H2389 than H4480 he.
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12. The people of Israel will come to the high points of Jerusalem and shout for joy. the grain, new wine, oil, young sheep, and young cows. They will be like a garden that has plenty of water, and they will not be troubled anymore.
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12. Therefore they shall come H935 and sing H7442 in the height H4791 of Zion H6726 , and shall flow together H5102 to H413 the goodness H2898 of the LORD H3068 , for H5921 wheat H1715 , and for H5921 wine H8492 , and for H5921 oil H3323 , and for H5921 the young H1121 of the flock H6629 and of the herd H1241 : and their soul H5315 shall be H1961 as a watered H7302 garden H1588 ; and they shall not H3808 sorrow H1669 any more H3254 at all.
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13. Then young women of Israel will be happy and dance, the young men and old men also. I will change their sadness into happiness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sadness.
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13. Then H227 shall the virgin H1330 rejoice H8055 in the dance H4234 , both young men H970 and old H2205 together H3162 : for I will turn H2015 their mourning H60 into joy H8342 , and will comfort H5162 them , and make them rejoice H8055 from their sorrow H4480 H3015 .
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14. The priests will have more than enough sacrifices, and my people will be filled with the good things I give them!" says the Lord.
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14. And I will satiate H7301 the soul H5315 of the priests H3548 with fatness H1880 , and my people H5971 shall be satisfied with H7646 H853 my goodness H2898 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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15. This is what the Lord says: "A voice was heard in Ramah of painful crying and deep sadness: Rachel crying for her children. She refused to be comforted, because her children are dead!"
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15. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; A voice H6963 was heard H8085 in Ramah H7414 , lamentation H5092 , and bitter H8563 weeping H1065 ; Rachel H7354 weeping H1058 for H5921 her children H1121 refused H3985 to be comforted H5162 for H5921 her children H1121 , because H3588 they were not H369 .
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16. But this is what the Lord says: "Stop crying; don't let your eyes fill with tears. You will be rewarded for your work!" says the Lord. "The people will return from their enemy's land.
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16. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Refrain H4513 thy voice H6963 from weeping H4480 H1065 , and thine eyes H5869 from tears H4480 H1832 : for H3588 thy work H6468 shall be H3426 rewarded H7939 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 ; and they shall come again H7725 from the land H4480 H776 of the enemy H341 .
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17. So there is hope for you in the future," says the Lord. "Your children will return to their own land.
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17. And there is H3426 hope H8615 in thine end H319 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that thy children H1121 shall come again H7725 to their own border H1366 .
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18. "I have heard Israel moaning: 'Lord, you punished me, and I have learned my lesson. I was like a calf that had never been trained. Take me back so that I may come back. You truly are the Lord my God.
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18. I have surely heard H8085 H8085 Ephraim H669 bemoaning himself H5110 thus ; Thou hast chastised H3256 me , and I was chastised H3256 , as a bullock H5695 unaccustomed H3808 H3925 to the yoke : turn H7725 thou me , and I shall be turned H7725 ; for H3588 thou H859 art the LORD H3068 my God H430 .
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19. Lord, after I wandered away from you, I changed my heart and life. After I understood, I beat my breast with sorrow. I was ashamed and disgraced, because I suffered for the foolish things I did when I was young.'
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19. Surely H3588 after that H310 I was turned H7725 , I repented H5162 ; and after that H310 I was instructed H3045 , I smote H5606 upon H5921 my thigh H3409 : I was ashamed H954 , yea, even H1571 confounded H3637 , because H3588 I did bear H5375 the reproach H2781 of my youth H5271 .
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20. "You know that Israel is my dear son, The child I love. Yes, I often speak against Israel, but I still remember him. I love him very much, and I want to comfort him," says the Lord.
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20. Is Ephraim H669 my dear H3357 son H1121 ? is he a pleasant H8191 child H3206 ? for H3588 since H4480 H1767 I spoke H1696 against him , I do earnestly remember H2142 H2142 him still H5750 : therefore H5921 H3651 my bowels H4578 are troubled H1993 for him ; I will surely have mercy H7355 H7355 upon him, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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21. "People of Israel, fix the road signs. Put up signs to show you the way home. Watch the road. Pay attention to the road on which you travel. People of Israel, come home, come back to your towns.
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21. Set thee up H5324 waymarks H6725 , make H7760 thee high heaps H8564 : set H7896 thine heart H3820 toward the highway H4546 , even the way H1870 which thou wentest H1980 : turn again H7725 , O virgin H1330 of Israel H3478 , turn again H7725 to H413 these H428 thy cities H5892 .
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22. You are an unfaithful daughter. How long will you wander before you come home? in the land: A woman will go seeking a man."
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22. How long H5704 H4970 wilt thou go about H2559 , O thou backsliding H7728 daughter H1323 ? for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath created H1254 a new thing H2319 in the earth H776 , A woman H5347 shall compass H5437 a man H1397 .
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23. The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: "I will again do good things for the people of Judah. At that time the people in the land of Judah and its towns will again use these words: 'May the Lord bless you, home of what is good, holy mountain.'
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23. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , the God H430 of Israel H3478 ; As yet H5750 they shall use H559 H853 this H2088 speech H1697 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in the cities H5892 thereof , when I shall bring again H7725 H853 their captivity H7622 ; The LORD H3068 bless H1288 thee , O habitation H5116 of justice H6664 , and mountain H2022 of holiness H6944 .
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24. People in all the towns of Judah will live together in peace. Farmers and those who move around with their flocks will live together in peace.
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24. And there shall dwell H3427 in Judah H3063 itself , and in all H3605 the cities H5892 thereof together H3162 , husbandmen H406 , and they that go forth H5265 with flocks H5739 .
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25. I will give rest and strength to those who are weak and tired."
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25. For H3588 I have satiated H7301 the weary H5889 soul H5315 , and I have replenished H4390 every H3605 sorrowful H1669 soul H5315 .
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26. After hearing that, I, Jeremiah, woke up and looked around. My sleep had been very pleasant.
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26. Upon H5921 this H2063 I awaked H6974 , and beheld H7200 ; and my sleep H8142 was sweet H6149 unto me.
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27. The Lord says, "The time is coming when I will help the families of Israel and Judah and their children and animals to grow.
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27. Behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that I will sow H2232 H853 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 and the house H1004 of Judah H3063 with the seed H2233 of man H120 , and with the seed H2233 of beast H929 .
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28. In the past I watched over Israel and Judah, to pull them up and tear them down, to destroy them and bring them disaster. But now I will watch over them to build them up and make them strong," says the Lord.
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28. And it shall come to pass H1961 , that like as H834 I have watched H8245 over H5921 them , to pluck up H5428 , and to break down H5422 , and to throw down H2040 , and to destroy H6 , and to afflict H7489 ; so H3651 will I watch H8245 over H5921 them , to build H1129 , and to plant H5193 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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29. "At that time people will no longer say: 'The parents have eaten sour grapes, and that caused the children to grind their teeth from the sour taste.'
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29. In those H1992 days H3117 they shall say H559 no H3808 more H5750 , The fathers H1 have eaten H398 a sour grape H1155 , and the children H1121 's teeth H8127 are set on edge H6949 .
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30. Instead, each person will die for his own sin; the person who eats sour grapes will grind his own teeth.
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30. But H3588 H518 every one H376 shall die H4191 for his own iniquity H5771 : every H3605 man H120 that eateth H398 the sour grape H1155 , his teeth H8127 shall be set on edge H6949 .
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31. "Look, the time is coming," says the Lord, "when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and the people of Judah.
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31. Behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that I will make H3772 a new H2319 covenant H1285 with H854 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 , and with H854 the house H1004 of Judah H3063 :
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32. It will not be like the agreement I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of Egypt. I was a husband to them, but they broke that agreement," says the Lord.
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32. Not H3808 according to the covenant H1285 that H834 I made H3772 with H854 their fathers H1 in the day H3117 that I took H2388 them by the hand H3027 to bring H3318 them out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 ; which H834 H853 my covenant H1285 they H1992 broke H6565 , although I H595 was a husband H1166 unto them, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 :
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33. "This is the agreement I will make with the people of Israel at that time," says the Lord: "I will put my teachings in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
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33. But H3588 this H2063 shall be the covenant H1285 that H834 I will make H3772 with H854 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 ; After H310 those H1992 days H3117 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , I will put H5414 H853 my law H8451 in their inward parts H7130 , and write H3789 it in H5921 their hearts H3820 ; and will be H1961 their God H430 , and they H1992 shall be H1961 my people H5971 .
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34. People will no longer have to teach their neighbors and relatives to know the Lord, because all people will know me, from the least to the most important," says the Lord. "I will forgive them for the wicked things they did, and I will not remember their sins anymore."
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34. And they shall teach H3925 no H3808 more H5750 every man H376 H853 his neighbor H7453 , and every man H376 H853 his brother H251 , saying H559 , Know H3045 H853 the LORD H3068 : for H3588 they shall all H3605 know H3045 me , from the least H4480 H6996 of them unto H5704 the greatest H1419 of them, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 : for H3588 I will forgive H5545 their iniquity H5771 , and I will remember H2142 their sin H2403 no H3808 more H5750 .
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35. The Lord makes the sun shine in the day and the moon and stars to shine at night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves crash on the shore. The Lord All-Powerful is his name.
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35. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , which giveth H5414 the sun H8121 for a light H216 by day H3119 , and the ordinances H2708 of the moon H3394 and of the stars H3556 for a light H216 by night H3915 , which divideth H7280 the sea H3220 when the waves H1530 thereof roar H1993 ; The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is his name H8034 :
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36. "Only if these laws should ever fail," says the Lord, "will Israel's descendants ever stop being a nation before me."
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36. If H518 those H428 ordinances H2706 depart H4185 from before H4480 H6440 me, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , then the seed H2233 of Israel H3478 also H1571 shall cease H7673 from being H4480 H1961 a nation H1471 before H6440 me forever H3605 H3117 .
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37. This is what the Lord says: "Only if people can measure the sky above and learn the secrets of the earth below, will I reject all the descendants of Israel because of what they have done," says the Lord.
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37. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; If H518 heaven H8064 above H4480 H4605 can be measured H4058 , and the foundations H4146 of the earth H776 searched out H2713 beneath H4295 , I H589 will also H1571 cast off H3988 all H3605 the seed H2233 of Israel H3478 for H5921 all H3605 that H834 they have done H6213 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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38. The Lord says, "The time is coming when Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me -- everything from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.
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38. Behold H2009 , the days H3117 come H935 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , that the city H5892 shall be built H1129 to the LORD H3068 from the tower H4480 H4026 of Hananeel H2606 unto the gate H8179 of the corner H6438 .
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39. The measuring line will stretch from the Corner Gate straight to the hill of Gareb. Then it will turn to the place named Goah.
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39. And the measuring H4060 line H6957 shall yet H5750 go forth H3318 over against H5048 it upon H5921 the hill H1389 Gareb H1619 , and shall compass about H5437 to Goath H1601 .
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40. The whole valley where dead bodies and ashes are thrown, and all the terraces out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far as the corner of the Horse Gate -- all that area will be holy to the Lord. The city of Jerusalem will never again be torn down or destroyed."
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40. And the whole H3605 valley H6010 of the dead bodies H6297 , and of the ashes H1880 , and all H3605 the fields H8309 unto H5704 the brook H5158 of Kidron H6939 , unto H5704 the corner H6438 of the horse H5483 gate H8179 toward the east H4217 , shall be holy H6944 unto the LORD H3068 ; it shall not H3808 be plucked up H5428 , nor H3808 thrown down H2040 any more H5750 forever H5769 .
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