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32 He will flatter with smooth words those who violate the covenant, but the people who are loyal to their God shall stand firm and take action.(A)

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“And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with single mind and willing heart, for the Lord searches every mind and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will abandon you forever.(A)

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10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,
    for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.(A)

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And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.(A)

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12 I will make them strong in the Lord,
    and they shall walk in his name,
            says the Lord.(A)

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The Future Role of the Remnant

Then the remnant of Jacob,
    surrounded by many peoples,
shall be like dew from the Lord,
    like showers on the grass,
which do not depend upon people
    or wait for any mortal.(A)
And among the nations the remnant of Jacob,
    surrounded by many peoples,
shall be like a lion among the animals of the forest,
    like a young lion among the flocks of sheep,
which, when it goes through, treads down
    and tears in pieces, with no one to deliver.(B)
Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries,
    and all your enemies shall be cut off.(C)

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A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus

You then, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.(A) Share in suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

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Now by this we know that we have come to know him, if we obey his commandments. Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist;

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13 For I have bent Judah as my bow;
    I have made Ephraim its arrow.[a]
I will arouse your sons, O Zion,
    against your sons, O Greece,
    and wield you like a warrior’s sword.(A)

14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
    and his arrow go forth like lightning;
the Lord God will sound the trumpet
    and march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.(B)
15 The Lord of hosts will protect them,
    and they shall consume and conquer the slingers;[b]
they shall drink their blood[c] like wine
    and be full like a bowl,
    drenched like the corners of the altar.(C)

16 On that day the Lord their God will save them,
    for they are the flock of his people,
for like the jewels of a crown
    they shall shine on his land.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 9.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 9.15 Cn: Heb the slingstones
  3. 9.15 Gk: Heb they roared

On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it shall grievously hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth shall come together against it.(A) On that day, says the Lord, I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness. But on the house of Judah I will keep a watchful eye, when I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.(B) Then the clans of Judah shall say to themselves, “The inhabitants of Jerusalem have strength through the Lord of hosts, their God.”(C)

On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a blazing pot on a pile of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves, and they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.(D)

And the Lord will save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not be exalted over that of Judah.(E)

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32 But recall those earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,(A) 33 sometimes being publicly exposed to insults and afflictions and sometimes becoming partners with those so treated.(B)

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The coming of the lawless one is apparent in the working of Satan, who uses all power, signs, lying wonders,(A) 10 and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(B) 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false,(C) 12 so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.(D)

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My anger is hot against the shepherds,
    and I will punish the leaders,[a]
for the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,
    and will make them like his proud war horse.(A)
Out of them shall come the cornerstone,
    out of them the tent peg,
out of them the battle bow,
    out of them every commander.(B)
Together they shall be like warriors in battle,
    trampling the foe in the mud of the streets;
they shall fight, for the Lord is with them,
    and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.(C)

I will strengthen the house of Judah,
    and I will save the house of Joseph.
I will bring them back because I have compassion on them,
    and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,
    for I am the Lord their God, and I will answer them.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 10.3 Or male goats