Ezekiel 17:24
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24 All the trees of the field shall know
that I am the Lord.
I bring low the high tree;
I make high the low tree;
I dry up the green tree
and make the dry tree flourish.
I the Lord have spoken;
I will accomplish it.(A)
Amos 9:11
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The Restoration of David’s Kingdom
11 On that day I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its[a] breaches
and raise up its[b] ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,(A)
1 Corinthians 1:27-28
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27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;(A) 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to abolish things that are,
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Ezekiel 24:14
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14 I the Lord have spoken; the time is coming; I will act. I will not refrain; I will not spare; I will not relent. According to your ways and your doings I will judge you, says the Lord God.(A)
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Ezekiel 22:14
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14 Can your courage endure, or can your hands remain strong in the days when I shall deal with you? I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.(A)
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Ezekiel 12:25
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25 But I the Lord will speak the word that I speak, and it will be fulfilled. It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and fulfill it, says the Lord God.”(A)
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Isaiah 26:5
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5 For he has brought low
the inhabitants of the height;
the lofty city he lays low.
He lays it low to the ground,
casts it to the dust.(A)
Psalm 89:45
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45 You have cut short the days of his youth;
you have covered him with shame. Selah(A)
Luke 21:33
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33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.(A)
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Luke 1:52-53
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52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones
and lifted up the lowly;(A)
53 he has filled the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty.(B)
Luke 1:33
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33 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”(A)
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Matthew 24:35
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35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.(A)
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Ezekiel 21:26
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26 thus says the Lord God:
Remove the turban, take off the crown;
things shall not remain as they are.
Exalt that which is low;
humble that which is high.(A)
Isaiah 55:12-13
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12 For you shall go out in joy
and be led back in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you
shall burst into song,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.(A)
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle,
and it shall be to the Lord for a memorial,
for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.(B)
Isaiah 11:1-9
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The Peaceful Kingdom
11 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch shall grow[a] out of his roots.(A)
2 The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.(B)
3 His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see
or decide by what his ears hear,(C)
4 but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor
and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.(D)
5 Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist
and faithfulness the belt around his loins.(E)
6 The wolf shall live with the lamb;
the leopard shall lie down with the kid;
the calf and the lion will feed[b] together,
and a little child shall lead them.
7 The cow and the bear shall graze;
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp,
and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.
9 They will not hurt or destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.(F)
Isaiah 9:6-7
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6 For a child has been born for us,
a son given to us;
authority rests upon his shoulders,
and he is named
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.(A)
7 Great will be his authority,[a]
and there shall be endless peace
for the throne of David and his kingdom.
He will establish and uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time onward and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.(B)
Footnotes
- 9.7 Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 2:13-14
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13 against all the cedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up;
and against all the oaks of Bashan;(A)
14 against all the high mountains
and against all the lofty hills;(B)
Psalm 96:11-12
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11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
let the sea roar and all that fills it;(A)
12 let the field exult and everything in it.
Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy
Psalm 89:38
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38 But now you have spurned and rejected him;
you are full of wrath against your anointed.(A)
Psalm 75:6-7
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6 For not from the east or from the west
and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,(A)
7 but it is God who executes judgment,
putting down one and lifting up another.(B)
Job 40:12
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12 Look on all who are proud and bring them low;
tread down the wicked where they stand.(A)
Job 5:11
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11 he sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.(A)
1 Samuel 2:7-8
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7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
he brings low; he also exalts.(A)
8 He raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
and on them he has set the world.(B)
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