Ezra 9:8
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8 But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, who has left us a remnant and given us a stake in his holy place, in order that he[a] may brighten our eyes and grant us a little sustenance in our slavery.(A)
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- 9.8 Heb our God
Psalm 13:3
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3 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God!
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,(A)
Romans 11:5-6
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5 So, too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.[a](A)
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- 11.6 Other ancient authorities add But if it is by works, it is no longer on the basis of grace, otherwise work would no longer be work
Hosea 6:2
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2 After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
Habakkuk 3:2
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The Prophet’s Prayer
2 O Lord, I have heard of your renown,
and I stand in awe, O Lord, of your work.
In our own time revive it;
in our own time make it known;
in wrath may you remember mercy.(A)
Ezekiel 37:11-14
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11 Then he said to me, “Mortal, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are cut off completely.’(A) 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves and bring you up from your graves, O my people, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.(B) 13 And you shall know that I am the Lord when I open your graves and bring you up from your graves, O my people.(C) 14 I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you on your own soil; then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and will act, says the Lord.”(D)
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Isaiah 57:15
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15 For thus says the high and lofty one
who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
I dwell in the high and holy place
and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble
and to revive the heart of the contrite.(A)
Psalm 85:6
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6 Will you not revive us again,
so that your people may rejoice in you?(A)
Revelation 3:12
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12 If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.(A)
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Romans 9:27
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27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the children of Israel were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved,(A)
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Zechariah 10:4
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4 Out of them shall come the cornerstone,
out of them the tent peg,
out of them the battle bow,
out of them every commander.(A)
Zechariah 8:12
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12 For there shall be a sowing of peace; the vine shall yield its fruit, the ground shall give its produce, and the skies shall give their dew, and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.(A)
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Zechariah 8:6
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6 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Even though it seems impossible to the remnant of this people in these days, should it also seem impossible to me, says the Lord of hosts?(A)
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Ezekiel 14:22
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22 Yet survivors shall be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out; they will come out to you. When you see their ways and their deeds, you will be consoled for the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, for all that I have brought upon it.(A)
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Ezekiel 6:8-9
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8 But I will spare some. Some of you shall escape the sword among the nations and be scattered through the countries.(A) 9 Your survivors shall remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I was crushed by their wanton heart that turned away from me and their wanton eyes that turned after their idols. Then they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, for all their abominations.(B)
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Jeremiah 44:14
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14 so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to settle in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive or return to the land of Judah. Although they long to go back to live there, they shall not go back, except some fugitives.(A)
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Jeremiah 42:2
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2 the prophet Jeremiah and said, “Be good enough to listen to our plea, and pray to the Lord your God for us—for all this remnant. For there are only a few of us left out of many, as your eyes can see.(A)
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Isaiah 56:5
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5 I will give, in my house and within my walls,
a monument and a name
better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
that shall not be cut off.(A)
Isaiah 22:23-25
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23 I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his ancestral house.(A) 24 And they will hang on him the whole weight of his ancestral house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons. 25 On that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way; it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will perish, for the Lord has spoken.”(B)
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Isaiah 1:9
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9 If the Lord of hosts
had not left us a few survivors,
we would have been like Sodom
and become like Gomorrah.(A)
Ecclesiastes 12:11
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11 The sayings of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings that are given by one shepherd.[a](A)
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- 12.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 138:7
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7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies;
you stretch out your hand,
and your right hand delivers me.(A)
Psalm 34:5
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- 34.5 Gk Syr Jerome: Heb their
Job 33:30
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- 33.30 Syr: Heb to be lighted with the light of life
Nehemiah 9:31
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31 Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
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