Isaiah 49:8-15

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Restoration of Israel

⁸This is what the Lord says:

“In the time of my favor^(A) I will answer you,
    and in the day of salvation I will help you;^(B)
I will keep^(C) you and will make you
    to be a covenant for the people,^(D)
to restore the land^(E)
    and to reassign its desolate inheritances,^(F)
⁹to say to the captives,^(G) ‘Come out,’
    and to those in darkness,^(H) ‘Be free!’

“They will feed beside the roads
    and find pasture on every barren hill.^(I)
¹⁰They will neither hunger nor thirst,^(J)
    nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.^(K)
He who has compassion^(L) on them will guide^(M) them
    and lead them beside springs^(N) of water.
¹¹I will turn all my mountains into roads,
    and my highways^(O) will be raised up.^(P)
¹²See, they will come from afar^(Q)—
    some from the north, some from the west,^(R)
    some from the region of Aswan.^[a]”

¹³Shout for joy,^(S) you heavens;
    rejoice, you earth;^(T)
    burst into song, you mountains!^(U)
For the Lord comforts^(V) his people
    and will have compassion^(W) on his afflicted ones.^(X)

¹⁴But Zion^(Y) said, “The Lord has forsaken^(Z) me,
the Lord has forgotten me.”

¹⁵“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child^(AA) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!^(AB)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 49:12 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text Sinim

Psalm 145:8-19

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⁸The Lord is gracious and compassionate,^(A)
slow to anger and rich in love.^(B)

⁹The Lord is good^(C) to all;
    he has compassion^(D) on all he has made.
¹⁰All your works praise you,^(E) Lord;
    your faithful people extol^(F) you.^(G)
¹¹They tell of the glory of your kingdom^(H)
    and speak of your might,^(I)
¹²so that all people may know of your mighty acts^(J)
    and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.^(K)
¹³Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,^(L)
    and your dominion endures through all generations.

The Lord is trustworthy^(M) in all he promises^(N)
    and faithful in all he does.^[a]
¹⁴The Lord upholds^(O) all who fall
    and lifts up all^(P) who are bowed down.^(Q)
¹⁵The eyes of all look to you,
    and you give them their food^(R) at the proper time.
¹⁶You open your hand
    and satisfy the desires^(S) of every living thing.

¹⁷The Lord is righteous^(T) in all his ways
    and faithful in all he does.^(U)
¹⁸The Lord is near^(V) to all who call on him,^(W)
    to all who call on him in truth.
¹⁹He fulfills the desires^(X) of those who fear him;^(Y)
    he hears their cry^(Z) and saves them.^(AA)

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Footnotes

Psalm 145:13 One manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text do not have the last two lines of verse 13.

John 5:19-29

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¹⁹Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself;^(A) he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. ²⁰For the Father loves the Son^(B) and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these,^(C) so that you will be amazed. ²¹For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,^(D) even so the Son gives life^(E) to whom he is pleased to give it. ²²Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,^(F) ²³that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.^(G)

²⁴“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me^(H) has eternal life^(I) and will not be judged^(J) but has crossed over from death to life.^(K) ²⁵Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come^(L) when the dead will hear^(M) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. ²⁶For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life^(N) in himself. ²⁷And he has given him authority to judge^(O) because he is the Son of Man.

²⁸“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming^(P) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice ²⁹and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.^(Q)

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