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19 For I was afraid that the anger that the Lord bore against you was so fierce that he would destroy you. But the Lord listened to me that time also.(A)

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19 I feared the anger and wrath of the Lord, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you.(A) But again the Lord listened to me.(B)

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16 Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.(A) 17 Elijah was a human like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.(B)

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16 Therefore confess your sins(A) to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.(B) The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.(C)

17 Elijah was a human being, even as we are.(D) He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.(E)

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10 “I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. And once again the Lord listened to me. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you.(A)

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10 Now I had stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, as I did the first time, and the Lord listened to me at this time also. It was not his will to destroy you.(A)

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Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
    Samuel also was among those who called on his name.
    They cried to the Lord, and he answered them.(A)

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Moses(A) and Aaron(B) were among his priests,
    Samuel(C) was among those who called on his name;
they called on the Lord
    and he answered(D) them.

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17 The Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have asked, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”(A)

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17 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked,(A) because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”(B)

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14 And the Lord changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people.(A)

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14 Then the Lord relented(A) and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

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10 Now let me alone so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, and of you I will make a great nation.”(A)

11 But Moses implored the Lord his God and said, “O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?(B)

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10 Now leave me alone(A) so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy(B) them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”(C)

11 But Moses sought the favor(D) of the Lord his God. “Lord,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?(E)

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Exhortation to Fearless Confession

“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body and after that can do nothing more.(A) But I will show you whom to fear: fear the one who, after killing, has authority[a] to cast into hell.[b] Yes, I tell you, fear that one!(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 12.5 Or power
  2. 12.5 Gk Gehenna

“I tell you, my friends,(A) do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.(B)

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When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,

“O Lord God, forgive, I beg you!
    How can Jacob stand?
    He is so small!”(A)
The Lord relented concerning this;
    “It shall not be,” said the Lord.(B)

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When they had stripped the land clean,(A) I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive?(B) He is so small!(C)

So the Lord relented.(D)

“This will not happen,” the Lord said.(E)

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one of my brothers, Hanani, came with certain men from Judah, and I asked them about the Jews who escaped, those who had survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem. They replied, “The remnant there in the province who escaped captivity are in great trouble and shame; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been destroyed by fire.”(A)

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.(B) I said, “O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments,(C) let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for your servants, the Israelites, confessing the sins of the Israelites, which we have sinned against you. Both I and my family have sinned.(D) We have offended you deeply, failing to keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances that you commanded Moses your servant.(E)

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Hanani,(A) one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant(B) that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.(C)

When I heard these things, I sat down and wept.(D) For some days I mourned and fasted(E) and prayed before the God of heaven. Then I said:

Lord, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God,(F) who keeps his covenant of love(G) with those who love him and keep his commandments, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear(H) the prayer(I) your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess(J) the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you. We have acted very wickedly(K) toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.

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Then I said,

“O Lord God, cease, I beg you!
    How can Jacob stand?
    He is so small!”(A)
The Lord relented concerning this;
    “This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.(B)

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Then I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, I beg you, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!(A)

So the Lord relented.(B)

“This will not happen either,” the Sovereign Lord said.(C)

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23 Therefore he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.(A)

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23 So he said he would destroy(A) them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach(B) before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.

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“Even at Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, and the Lord was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you.(A)

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At Horeb you aroused the Lord’s wrath(A) so that he was angry enough to destroy you.(B)

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