So the children of Israel said to Samuel, (A)“Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”

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It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to (A)reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”

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16 [a]Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. (A)The effective, [b]fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:16 NU Therefore confess your sins
  2. James 5:16 supplication

19 And all the people said to Samuel, (A)“Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins the evil of asking a king for ourselves.”

20 Then Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness; (B)yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21 And (C)do not turn aside; (D)for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing. 22 For (E)the Lord will not forsake (F)His people, (G)for His great name’s sake, because (H)it has pleased the Lord to make you His people. 23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord (I)in ceasing to pray for you; but (J)I will teach you the (K)good and the right way. 24 (L)Only fear the Lord, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for (M)consider what (N)great things He has done for you.

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(A)I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
They shall [a]never hold their peace day or night.
You who [b]make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent,
And give Him no rest till He establishes
And till He makes Jerusalem (B)a praise in the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:6 not be silent
  2. Isaiah 62:6 remember

Assurance of Zion’s Salvation

62 For Zion’s sake I will not [a]hold My peace,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
And her salvation as a lamp that burns.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:1 keep silent

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