Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of mankind was great on the earth, and that (A)every intent of the thoughts of [a]their hearts was only evil continually. So (B)the Lord was sorry that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was (C)grieved [b]in His heart.

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  1. Genesis 6:5 Lit his heart
  2. Genesis 6:6 Lit to

13 Then God said to Noah, “(A)The end of [a]humanity has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of [b]people; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.

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  1. Genesis 6:13 Lit all flesh
  2. Genesis 6:13 Lit them

17 Now behold, (A)I Myself am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which there is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.

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20 Then Noah built (A)an altar to the Lord, and took some of every kind of (B)clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered (C)burnt offerings on the altar. 21 The Lord (D)smelled the soothing aroma, and the Lord said [a]to Himself, “I will never again (E)curse the ground on account of man, for (F)the [b]intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; (G)and I will never again [c]destroy every living thing, as I have done.

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  1. Genesis 8:21 Lit to His heart
  2. Genesis 8:21 Or inclination
  3. Genesis 8:21 Lit strike

Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, “Now behold, (A)I Myself am establishing My covenant with you, and with your [a]descendants after you; 10 and with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the livestock, and every animal of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, every animal of the earth. 11 I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall (B)never again be eliminated by the waters of a flood, (C)nor shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 God said, “This is (D)the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for [b]all future generations; 13 I have set My (E)rainbow in the cloud, and it shall [c]serve as a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.

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  1. Genesis 9:9 Lit seed
  2. Genesis 9:12 Or everlasting generations
  3. Genesis 9:13 Lit be for

The Suffering Servant

53 (A)Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
For He grew up before Him like a (B)tender [a]shoot,
And like a root out of dry ground;
He has (C)no stately form or majesty
That we would look at Him,
Nor an appearance that we would take pleasure in Him.
He was (D)despised and abandoned by men,
A man of [b]great pain and (E)familiar with sickness;
And like one from whom people hide their faces,
He was (F)despised, and we had no (G)regard for Him.

However, it was our sicknesses that He Himself (H)bore,
And our pains that He carried;
Yet we ourselves assumed that He had been afflicted,
Struck down by (I)God, and humiliated.
But He was [c]pierced for (J)our offenses,
He was crushed for (K)our wrongdoings;
The (L)punishment for our [d]well-being was laid upon Him,
And by (M)His wounds we are healed.

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  1. Isaiah 53:2 Lit suckling
  2. Isaiah 53:3 Lit pains
  3. Isaiah 53:5 Or wounded
  4. Isaiah 53:5 Or peace

34 Yet one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately (A)blood and water came out.

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24 and He Himself [a](A)brought our sins in His body up on the [b](B)cross, so that we (C)might die to [c]sin and live for righteousness; (D)by His [d]wounds you were (E)healed.

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  1. 1 Peter 2:24 Or offered...up
  2. 1 Peter 2:24 Lit wood; see Deut 21:23
  3. 1 Peter 2:24 Lit sins
  4. 1 Peter 2:24 Lit wound; or welt

For God has not given us a (A)spirit of [a]timidity, but of power and love and [b]discipline.

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  1. 2 Timothy 1:7 Or cowardice
  2. 2 Timothy 1:7 Or sound judgment

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