And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, “Am I (A)God, to kill and make alive, that this man sends a man to me to heal him of his leprosy? Therefore please consider, and see how he seeks a quarrel with me.”

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As soon as the king of Israel read the letter,(A) he tore his robes and said, “Am I God?(B) Can I kill and bring back to life?(C) Why does this fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is trying to pick a quarrel(D) with me!”

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“The(A) Lord kills and makes alive;
He brings down to the grave and brings up.

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“The Lord brings death and makes alive;(A)
    he brings down to the grave and raises up.(B)

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So the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Notice, please, and see how this man seeks trouble, for he sent to me for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold; and I did not deny him.”

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The king of Israel summoned all the elders(A) of the land and said to them, “See how this man is looking for trouble!(B) When he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, I did not refuse him.”

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And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, (A)Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”

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Jacob became angry with her and said, “Am I in the place of God,(A) who has kept you from having children?”(B)

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39 ‘Now see that (A)I, even I, am He,
And (B)there is no God besides Me;
(C)I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal;
Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.

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54 lying in wait for Him, [a]and (A)seeking to catch Him in something He might say, [b]that they might accuse Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:54 NU omits and seeking
  2. Luke 11:54 NU omits that they might accuse Him

54 waiting to catch him in something he might say.(A)

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14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, (A)they tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, crying out

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14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes(A) and rushed out into the crowd, shouting:

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65 (A)Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His (B)blasphemy!

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65 Then the high priest tore his clothes(A) and said, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.

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A Call to Repentance

Come,(A) and let us return to the Lord;
For (B)He has torn, but (C)He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will [a]bind us up.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 6:1 Bandage

Israel Unrepentant

“Come, let us return(A) to the Lord.
He has torn us to pieces(B)
    but he will heal us;(C)
he has injured us
    but he will bind up our wounds.(D)

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11 It is a [a]difficult thing that the king requests, and there is no other who can tell it to the king (A)except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 2:11 Or rare

11 What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods,(A) and they do not live among humans.”

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24 Yet they were (A)not afraid, nor did they (B)tear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.

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24 The king and all his attendants who heard all these words showed no fear,(A) nor did they tear their clothes.(B)

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37 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah (A)with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Isaiah Assures Deliverance(B)

19 And (C)so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with (D)sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

37 Then Eliakim(A) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn,(B) and told him what the field commander had said.

Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold(C)

19 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore(D) his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the Lord.

14 When she looked, there was the king standing by (A)a pillar according to custom; and the leaders and the trumpeters were by the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. So Athaliah tore her clothes and cried out, “Treason! Treason!”

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14 She looked and there was the king, standing by the pillar,(A) as the custom was. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets.(B) Then Athaliah tore(C) her robes and called out, “Treason! Treason!”(D)

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