Isaiah 12:2-3

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²Surely God is my salvation;^(A)
    I will trust^(B) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,^(C) is my strength^(D) and my defense^[a];
    he has become my salvation.^(E)”
³With joy you will draw water^(F)
    from the wells^(G) of salvation.

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Isaiah 12:2 Or song

Isaiah 44:1-3

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Israel the Chosen

44 “But now listen, Jacob, my servant,^(A)
    Israel, whom I have chosen.^(B)
²This is what the Lord says—
    he who made^(C) you, who formed you in the womb,^(D)
    and who will help^(E) you:
Do not be afraid,^(F) Jacob, my servant,^(G)
    Jeshurun,^[a]^(H) whom I have chosen.
³For I will pour water^(I) on the thirsty land,
    and streams on the dry ground;^(J)
I will pour out my Spirit^(K) on your offspring,
    and my blessing^(L) on your descendants.^(M)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 44:2 Jeshurun means the upright one, that is, Israel.

Joel 2:28

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The Day of the Lord

²⁸“And afterward,
    I will pour out my Spirit^(A) on all people.^(B)
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,^(C)
    your old men will dream dreams,^(D)
    your young men will see visions.

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Joel 2:28 in all English translations

Acts 2:16-21

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¹⁶No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

¹⁷“‘In the last days, God says,
    I will pour out my Spirit on all people.^(A)
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,^(B)
    your young men will see visions,
    your old men will dream dreams.
¹⁸Even on my servants, both men and women,
    I will pour out my Spirit in those days,
    and they will prophesy.^(C)
¹⁹I will show wonders in the heavens above
    and signs on the earth below,^(D)
    blood and fire and billows of smoke.
²⁰The sun will be turned to darkness
    and the moon to blood^(E)
    before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
²¹And everyone who calls
    on the name of the Lord^(F) will be saved.’^[a]^(G)