Ezekiel 34:12
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12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on (A)a day of clouds and (B)thick darkness.
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John 10:11-12
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Luke 19:10
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10 For (A)the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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Luke 15:4-6
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4 (A)“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, (B)if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine (C)in the open country, and (D)go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, (E)he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for (F)I have found my sheep that was lost.’
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Ezekiel 30:3
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3 (A)For the day is near,
(B)the day of the Lord is near;
it will be (C)a day of clouds,
a time of doom for[a] the nations.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 30:3 Hebrew lacks doom for
Isaiah 40:11
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11 (A)He will tend his flock like a shepherd;
(B)he will gather the lambs in his arms;
(C)he will carry them in his bosom,
and gently lead those that are with young.
Jeremiah 31:10
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10 “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
and declare it in the coastlands far away;
say, ‘He who scattered Israel will (A)gather him,
and will keep him (B)as a shepherd keeps his flock.’
Zephaniah 1:15
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15 (A)A day of wrath is that day,
a day of distress and anguish,
a day of (B)ruin and devastation,
(C)a day of darkness and gloom,
(D)a day of clouds and thick darkness,
Jeremiah 13:16
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16 (A)Give glory to the Lord your God
(B)before he brings darkness,
before your feet stumble
on the twilight mountains,
and (C)while you look for light
he turns it into gloom
and makes it (D)deep darkness.
Isaiah 50:10
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10 Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys (A)the voice of his servant?
(B)Let him who walks in darkness
and has no light
trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on his God.
Acts 2:19-21
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19 And I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;
20 (A)the sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before (B)the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.
21 And it shall come to pass that (C)everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
Amos 5:18-20
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Let Justice Roll Down
18 Woe to you who desire (A)the day of the Lord!
Why would you have the day of the Lord?
(B)It is darkness, and not light,
19 (C)as if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
and a serpent bit him.
20 (D)Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?
Joel 2:1-3
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The Day of the Lord
2 (A)Blow a trumpet in (B)Zion;
sound an alarm on (C)my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
for (D)the day of the Lord is coming; it is near,
2 (E)a day of darkness and gloom,
(F)a day of clouds and thick darkness!
Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains
(G)a great and powerful people;
(H)their like has never been before,
nor will be again after them
through the years of all generations.
3 (I)Fire devours before them,
and behind them a flame burns.
The land is like (J)the garden of Eden before them,
but (K)behind them a desolate wilderness,
and nothing escapes them.
1 Samuel 17:34-35
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34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, 35 I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him.
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