Isaiah 54:10-12

New International Version

¹⁰Though the mountains be shaken^(A)
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love^(B) for you will not be shaken^(C)
    nor my covenant^(D) of peace^(E) be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion^(F) on you.

¹¹“Afflicted^(G) city, lashed by storms^(H) and not comforted,^(I)
    I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,^[a]^(J)
    your foundations^(K) with lapis lazuli.^(L)
¹²I will make your battlements of rubies,
    your gates^(M) of sparkling jewels,
    and all your walls of precious stones.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 54:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Matthew 7:24

New International Version

The Wise and Foolish Builders^(A)

²⁴“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice^(B) is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

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Matthew 7:24 in all English translations

Deuteronomy 4:27-31

New International Version

²⁷The Lord will scatter^(A) you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive^(B) among the nations to which the Lord will drive you. ²⁸There you will worship man-made gods^(C) of wood and stone,^(D) which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.^(E) ²⁹But if from there you seek^(F) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart^(G) and with all your soul.^(H) ³⁰When you are in distress^(I) and all these things have happened to you, then in later days^(J) you will return^(K) to the Lord your God and obey him. ³¹For the Lord your God is a merciful^(L) God; he will not abandon^(M) or destroy^(N) you or forget^(O) the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.