(A)The Lord makes poor and rich;
(B)He humbles, He also exalts.
(C)He raises the poor from the dust,
(D)He lifts the needy from the garbage heap
(E)To seat them with nobles,
And He gives them a seat of honor as an inheritance;
(F)For the pillars of the earth are the Lords,
And He set the world on them.

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The Lord sends poverty and wealth;(A)
    he humbles and he exalts.(B)
He raises(C) the poor(D) from the dust(E)
    and lifts the needy(F) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.(G)

“For the foundations(H) of the earth are the Lord’s;
    on them he has set the world.

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16 You shall also anoint (A)Jehu the son of Nimshi king over Israel; and you shall anoint (B)Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah as prophet in your place.

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16 Also, anoint(A) Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha(B) son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah(C) to succeed you as prophet.

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Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: “(A)I have anointed you king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and flee, and do not wait.”

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Then take the flask and pour the oil(A) on his head and declare, ‘This is what the Lord says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run; don’t delay!”

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Now (A)the destruction of Ahaziah was from God, in that [a]he went to Joram. For when he arrived, (B)he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, (C)whom the Lord had anointed to eliminate the house of Ahab.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 22:7 Lit to go

Through Ahaziah’s(A) visit to Joram, God brought about Ahaziah’s downfall. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.

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