1 Samuel 2:1-11

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Hannah’s Prayer^(A)

2 And Hannah ^(B)prayed and said:

^(C)“My heart rejoices in the Lord;
^(D)My ^[a]horn is exalted in the Lord.
^[b]I smile at my enemies,
Because I ^(E)rejoice in Your salvation.

²“No^(F) one is holy like the Lord,
For there is ^(G)none besides You,
Nor is there any ^(H)rock like our God.

³“Talk no more so very proudly;
^(I)Let no arrogance come from your mouth,
For the Lord is the God of ^(J)knowledge;
And by Him actions are weighed.

⁴“The^(K) bows of the mighty men are broken,
And those who stumbled are girded with strength.
⁵Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
And the hungry have ceased to hunger.
Even ^(L)the barren has borne seven,
And ^(M)she who has many children has become feeble.

⁶“The^(N) Lord kills and makes alive;
He brings down to the grave and brings up.
⁷The Lord ^(O)makes poor and makes rich;
^(P)He brings low and lifts up.
⁸^(Q)He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the beggar from the ash heap,
^(R)To set them among princes
And make them inherit the throne of glory.

^(S)“For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He has set the world upon them.
⁹^(T)He will guard the feet of His saints,
But the ^(U)wicked shall be silent in darkness.

“For by strength no man shall prevail.
¹⁰The adversaries of the Lord shall be ^(V)broken in pieces;
^(W)From heaven He will thunder against them.
^(X)The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

^(Y)“He will give ^(Z)strength to His king,
And ^(AA)exalt the ^[c]horn of His anointed.”

¹¹Then Elkanah went to his house at Ramah. But the child ^[d]ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 2:1 Strength
1 Samuel 2:1 Lit. My mouth is enlarged
1 Samuel 2:10 Strength
1 Samuel 2:11 served

Jeremiah 1:15-19

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¹⁵For behold, I am ^(A)calling
All the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says the Lord;
“They shall come and ^(B)each one set his throne
At the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem,
Against all its walls all around,
And against all the cities of Judah.
¹⁶I will utter My judgments
Against them concerning all their wickedness,
Because ^(C)they have forsaken Me,
Burned ^(D)incense to other gods,
And worshiped the works of their own ^(E)hands.

¹⁷“Therefore ^(F)prepare yourself and arise,
And speak to them all that I command you.
^(G)Do not be dismayed before their faces,
Lest I dismay you before them.
¹⁸For behold, I have made you this day
^(H)A fortified city and an iron pillar,
And bronze walls against the whole land—
Against the kings of Judah,
Against its princes,
Against its priests,
And against the people of the land.
¹⁹They will fight against you,
But they shall not prevail against you.
For I am with you,” says the Lord, “to deliver you.”

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2 Corinthians 1:15-24

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Sparing the Church

¹⁵And in this confidence ^(A)I intended to come to you before, that you might have ^(B)a second benefit— ¹⁶to pass by way of you to Macedonia, ^(C)to come again from Macedonia to you, and be helped by you on my way to Judea. ¹⁷Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I plan, do I plan ^(D)according to the flesh, that with me there should be Yes, Yes, and No, No? ¹⁸But as God is ^(E)faithful, our ^[a]word to you was not Yes and No. ¹⁹For ^(F)the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me, ^(G)Silvanus, and ^(H)Timothy—was not Yes and No, ^(I)but in Him was Yes. ²⁰^(J)For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. ²¹Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and ^(K)has anointed us is God, ²²who ^(L)also has sealed us and ^(M)given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

²³Moreover ^(N)I call God as witness against my soul, ^(O)that to spare you I came no more to Corinth. ²⁴Not ^(P)that we ^[b]have dominion over your faith, but are fellow workers for your joy; for ^(Q)by faith you stand.