And this he said of Judah:

“Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah,
    and bring him in to his people.
With your hands contend[a] for him,
    and be a help against his adversaries.”

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  1. Deuteronomy 33:7 Probable reading; Hebrew With his hands he contended

“Judah, (A)your brothers shall praise you;
    (B)your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
    (C)your father's sons shall bow down before you.
Judah is (D)a lion's cub;
    from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
(E)He stooped down; he crouched as a lion
    and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
10 The (F)scepter shall not depart from Judah,
    nor the ruler's staff (G)from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;[a]
    and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
11 Binding his foal to the vine
    and his donkey's colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
    and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
12 His (H)eyes are darker than wine,
    and his teeth whiter than milk.

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  1. Genesis 49:10 By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh

10 and the devil (A)who had deceived them was (B)thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where (C)the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Judgment Before the Great White Throne

11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence (D)earth and sky fled away, and (E)no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and (F)books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is (G)the book of life. And (H)the dead were judged by what was written in the books, (I)according to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, (J)Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, (K)according to what they had done. 14 Then (L)Death and Hades (M)were thrown into the lake of fire. This is (N)the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, (O)he was thrown into the lake of fire.

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13 He is clothed in (A)a robe dipped in[a] blood, and the name by which he is called is (B)The Word of God. 14 And the armies of heaven, (C)arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, (D)were following him on white horses. 15 (E)From his mouth comes a sharp sword (F)with which to strike down the nations, and (G)he will rule[b] them with a rod of iron. (H)He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh (I)he has a name written, (J)King of kings and Lord of lords.

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  1. Revelation 19:13 Some manuscripts sprinkled with
  2. Revelation 19:15 Greek shepherd

14 For it is evident that our Lord was descended (A)from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

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25 For he must reign (A)until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

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27 But (A)as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and (B)slaughter them before me.’”

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17 Therefore the Lord does not (A)rejoice over their young men,
    and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for everyone is (B)godless and an evildoer,
    and every mouth speaks (C)folly.[a]
(D)For all this his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is stretched out still.

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  1. Isaiah 9:17 Or speaks disgraceful things

(A)Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose (B)hope is in the Lord his God,

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Your hand will (A)find out all your enemies;
    your right hand will find out those who hate you.

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May he send you help from (A)the sanctuary
    and give you support from (B)Zion!

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The Lord Is in His Holy Temple

To the choirmaster. Of David.

11 In the Lord I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
    (A)“Flee like a bird to your mountain,
for behold, the wicked (B)bend the bow;
    (C)they have fitted their arrow to the string
    to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
if (D)the foundations are destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”[a]

(E)The Lord is in his holy temple;
    the Lord's (F)throne is in heaven;
    his eyes see, his eyelids (G)test the children of man.
The Lord (H)tests the righteous,
    but (I)his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
Let him rain coals on the wicked;
    (J)fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be (K)the portion of their cup.
For the Lord is righteous;
he (L)loves righteous deeds;
    (M)the upright shall behold his face.

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  1. Psalm 11:3 Or for the foundations will be destroyed; what has the righteous done?

(A)And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. 10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel (B)and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place (C)and be disturbed no more. (D)And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly, 11 (E)from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And (F)I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that (G)the Lord will make you a house. 12 (H)When your days are fulfilled and (I)you lie down with your fathers, (J)I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

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[a] (A)But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
    who are too little to be among the clans of (B)Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
    one who is to be (C)ruler in Israel,
(D)whose coming forth is (E)from of old,
    from ancient days.

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  1. Micah 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew

Sit at My Right Hand

A Psalm of David.

110 (A)The Lord says to my Lord:
    (B)“Sit at my right hand,
(C)until I make your enemies your (D)footstool.”

The Lord sends forth (E)from Zion
    (F)your mighty scepter.
    (G)Rule in the midst of your enemies!

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70 He (A)chose David his servant
    and took him from the sheepfolds;

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68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,
    Mount Zion, which he (A)loves.

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The King Rejoices in the Lord's Strength

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

21 O Lord, in your (A)strength the king rejoices,
    and in your (B)salvation how greatly he exults!

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12 And Jehoshaphat grew steadily greater. He built in Judah fortresses and store cities, 13 and he had large supplies in the cities of Judah. He had soldiers, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem. 14 This was the muster of them by fathers' houses: Of Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, with 300,000 mighty men of valor; 15 and next to him Jehohanan the commander, with 280,000; 16 and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, (A)a volunteer for the service of the Lord, with 200,000 mighty men of valor. 17 Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, with 200,000 men (B)armed with bow and shield; 18 and next to him Jehozabad with 180,000 armed for war. 19 These were in the service of the king, besides (C)those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

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22 For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.

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24 And (A)when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then rouse yourself, (B)for then the Lord has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”

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19 And David (A)inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.”

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David Anointed King of Israel

Then all the tribes of Israel (A)came to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, (B)we are your bone and flesh.

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Abner Joins David

There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.

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The Continuing Conquest of Canaan

After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel (A)inquired of the Lord, (B)“Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?” The Lord said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.” And Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into the territory allotted to me, that we may fight against the Canaanites. (C)And I likewise will go with you into the territory allotted to you.” So Simeon went with him. Then Judah went up and the Lord gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they defeated 10,000 of them at Bezek. They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites. Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off (D)used to pick up scraps under my table. (E)As I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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