14 Therefore He says:

(A)“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”

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14 This is why it is said:

“Wake up, sleeper,(A)
    rise from the dead,(B)
    and Christ will shine on you.”(C)

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The Gentiles Bless Zion

60 Arise, (A)shine;
For your light has come!
And (B)the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.

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The Glory of Zion

60 “Arise,(A) shine, for your light(B) has come,
    and the glory(C) of the Lord rises upon you.

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Put on Christ

11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time (A)to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. (B)Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and (C)let us put on the armor of light.

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The Day Is Near

11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come(A) for you to wake up from your slumber,(B) because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over; the day is almost here.(C) So let us put aside the deeds of darkness(D) and put on the armor(E) of light.

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19 (A)Your dead shall live;
Together with [a]my dead body they shall arise.
(B)Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust;
For your dew is like the dew of herbs,
And the earth shall cast out the dead.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:19 So with MT, Vg.; Syr., Tg. their dead bodies; LXX those in the tombs

19 But your dead(A) will live, Lord;
    their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust(B)
    wake up and shout for joy—
your dew(C) is like the dew of the morning;
    the earth will give birth to her dead.(D)

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(A)Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but (B)let us watch and be [a]sober.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:6 self-controlled

So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,(A) but let us be awake(B) and sober.(C)

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God Redeems Jerusalem

52 Awake, awake!
Put on your strength, O Zion;
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city!
For the uncircumcised (A)and the unclean
Shall no longer come to you.

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52 Awake, awake,(A) Zion,
    clothe yourself with strength!(B)
Put on your garments of splendor,(C)
    Jerusalem, the holy city.(D)
The uncircumcised(E) and defiled(F)
    will not enter you again.(G)

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For it is the God (A)who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has (B)shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”[a](A) made his light shine in our hearts(B) to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.(C)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 4:6 Gen. 1:3

25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when (A)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. 26 For (B)as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have (C)life in Himself, 27 and (D)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, (E)because He is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will (F)hear His voice 29 (G)and come forth—(H)those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

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25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come(A) when the dead will hear(B) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life(C) in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge(D) because he is the Son of Man.

28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming(E) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.(F)

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God’s Fury Removed

17 (A)Awake, awake!
Stand up, O Jerusalem,
You who (B)have drunk at the hand of the Lord
The cup of His fury;
You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling,
And drained it out.

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The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

17 Awake, awake!(A)
    Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
    the cup(B) of his wrath,(C)
you who have drained to its dregs(D)
    the goblet that makes people stagger.(E)

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Therefore we were (A)buried with Him through baptism into death, that (B)just as Christ was raised from the dead by (C)the glory of the Father, (D)even so we also should walk in newness of life.

(E)For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,

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We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death(A) in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead(B) through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.(C)

For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.(D)

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Not Carnality but Christ

If then you were (A)raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, (B)where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.

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Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,(A) set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.(B)

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13 And do not present your (A)members as [a]instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but (B)present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

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  1. Romans 6:13 Or weapons

13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,(A) but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.(B)

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As long as I am in the world, (A)I am the light of the world.”

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While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”(A)

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