A time to kill,
And a time to heal;
A time to break down,
And a time to build up;

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    a time to kill(A) and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,

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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.
(D)After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.

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  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)
After two days he will revive us;(E)
    on the third day(F) he will restore(G) us,
    that we may live in his presence.

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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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“Thus you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, (A)what I have built I will break down, and what I have planted I will pluck up, that is, this whole land.

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But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot(A) what I have planted,(B) throughout the earth.(C)

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28 And it shall come to pass, that as I have (A)watched over them (B)to pluck up, to break down, to throw down, to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them (C)to build and to plant, says the Lord.

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28 Just as I watched(A) over them to uproot(B) and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster,(C) so I will watch over them to build and to plant,”(D) declares the Lord.

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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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25 “Know therefore and understand,
That from the going forth of the command
To restore and build Jerusalem
Until (A)Messiah (B)the Prince,
There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;
The [a]street shall be built again, and the [b]wall,
Even in troublesome times.

26 “And after the sixty-two weeks
(C)Messiah shall [c]be cut off, (D)but not for Himself;
And (E)the people of the prince who is to come
(F)Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary.
The end of it shall be with a flood,
And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 Then he shall confirm (G)a [d]covenant with (H)many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
(I)Even until the consummation, which is determined,
Is poured out on the [e]desolate.”

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  1. Daniel 9:25 Or open square
  2. Daniel 9:25 Or moat
  3. Daniel 9:26 Suffer the death penalty
  4. Daniel 9:27 Or treaty
  5. Daniel 9:27 Or desolator

25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild(A) Jerusalem until the Anointed One,[a](B) the ruler,(C) comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.(D) 26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death(E) and will have nothing.[b] The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood:(F) War will continue until the end, and desolations(G) have been decreed.(H) 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’[c] In the middle of the ‘seven’[d] he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple[e] he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed(I) is poured out on him.[f][g]

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  1. Daniel 9:25 Or an anointed one; also in verse 26
  2. Daniel 9:26 Or death and will have no one; or death, but not for himself
  3. Daniel 9:27 Or ‘week’
  4. Daniel 9:27 Or ‘week’
  5. Daniel 9:27 Septuagint and Theodotion; Hebrew wing
  6. Daniel 9:27 Or it
  7. Daniel 9:27 Or And one who causes desolation will come upon the wing of the abominable temple, until the end that is decreed is poured out on the desolated city

26 (A)Who confirms the word of His servant,
And performs the counsel of His messengers;
Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’
To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’
And I will raise up her waste places;

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26 who carries out the words(A) of his servants
    and fulfills(B) the predictions of his messengers,

who says of Jerusalem,(C) ‘It shall be inhabited,’
    of the towns of Judah, ‘They shall be rebuilt,’
    and of their ruins,(D) ‘I will restore them,’(E)

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25 If one man sins against another, (A)God[a] will judge him. But if a man (B)sins against the Lord, who will intercede for him?” Nevertheless they did not heed the voice of their father, (C)because the Lord desired to kill them.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:25 Tg. the Judge

25 If one person sins against another, God[a] may mediate for the offender; but if anyone sins against the Lord, who will(A) intercede(B) for them?” His sons, however, did not listen to their father’s rebuke, for it was the Lord’s will to put them to death.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:25 Or the judges

15 so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, (A)that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. 16 Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing (B)sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

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15 As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.(A) 16 Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.(B)

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54 And when His disciples (A)James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, [a]just as (B)Elijah did?”

55 But He turned and rebuked them, [b]and said, “You do not know what manner of (C)spirit you are of. 56 [c]For (D)the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them. And they went to another village.

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  1. Luke 9:54 NU omits just as Elijah did
  2. Luke 9:55 NU omits the rest of v. 55.
  3. Luke 9:56 NU omits For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.

54 When the disciples James and John(A) saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them[a]?”(B) 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them. 56 Then he and his disciples went to another village.

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  1. Luke 9:54 Some manuscripts them, just as Elijah did

The Lord Will Comfort Zion

12 Then the Angel of the Lord answered and said, “O Lord of hosts, (A)how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which You were angry (B)these seventy years?”

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12 Then the angel of the Lord said, “Lord Almighty, how long(A) will you withhold mercy(B) from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah,(C) which you have been angry with these seventy(D) years?”

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14 So I will break down the wall you have plastered with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered; it will fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. (A)Then you shall know that I am the Lord.

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14 I will tear down the wall(A) you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation(B) will be laid bare. When it[a] falls,(C) you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the Lord.

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  1. Ezekiel 13:14 Or the city