10 The (A)scepter shall not depart from Judah,
    nor the ruler's staff (B)from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;[a]
    and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:10 By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh

32 He will be great and will be called the Son of (A)the Most High. And the Lord God (B)will give to him the throne of (C)his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob (D)forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

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17 (A)I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not near:
(B)a star shall come out of Jacob,
    and (C)a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall (D)crush the forehead[a] of Moab
    and break down all the sons of Sheth.

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  1. Numbers 24:17 Hebrew corners [of the head]

(A)Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
    (B)Ephraim is (C)my helmet;
    Judah is my (D)scepter.

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(A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous (B)Branch, and (C)he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved, and (D)Israel will (E)dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: (F)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

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The Lord's Chosen Servant

42 (A)Behold (B)my servant, whom I uphold,
    my chosen, (C)in whom my soul delights;
(D)I have put my Spirit upon him;
    (E)he will bring forth justice to the nations.

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22 For the Lord is our (A)judge; the Lord is our (B)lawgiver;
    the Lord is our (C)king; he will save us.

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(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
    (G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.

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  1. Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
  2. Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

11 (A)He shall pass through the sea of troubles
    and strike down the waves of the sea,
    (B)and all the depths of the Nile shall be dried up.
The pride of Assyria shall be laid low,
    and (C)the scepter of Egypt shall depart.

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14 For it is evident that our Lord was descended (A)from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

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27 A ruin, ruin, ruin I will make it. (A)This also shall not be, (B)until he comes, the one to whom judgment belongs, and I will give it to him.

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(A)a bruised reed he will not break,
    and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
    (B)he will faithfully bring forth justice.
He will not grow faint or be discouraged[a]
    till he has established justice in the earth;
    and (C)the coastlands wait for his law.

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  1. Isaiah 42:4 Or bruised

30 for (A)my eyes have seen your (B)salvation
31     (C)that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
32 (D)a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and (E)for glory to (F)your people Israel.”

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11 (A)And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. (B)And I will dwell in your midst, and (C)you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

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21 (A)Their prince shall be one of themselves;
    (B)their ruler shall come out from their midst;
(C)I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me,
    (D)for who would dare of himself to approach me?
declares the Lord.

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(A)Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples,
    (B)a leader and commander for the peoples.
(C)Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know,
    and (D)a nation that did not know you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel,
    (E)for he has glorified you.

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he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
    to raise up the tribes of Jacob
    and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
(A)I will make you (B)as a light for the nations,
    that (C)my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Thus says the Lord,
    (D)the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
(E)to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,
    the servant of rulers:
(F)“Kings shall see and arise;
    princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
    the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

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12 He will raise (A)a signal for the nations
    and will assemble (B)the banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
    from the four corners of the earth.
13 (C)The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,
    and those who harass Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
    and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

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The Righteous Reign of the Branch

11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (A)Jesse,
    and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
And (B)the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
    the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and might,
    the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
(C)He shall not judge by (D)what his eyes see,
    or decide disputes by (E)what his ears hear,
but (F)with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
    and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall (G)strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
    and (H)with the breath of his lips (I)he shall kill the wicked.
Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
    and (J)faithfulness the belt of his loins.

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“As for me, I have (A)set my King
    on (B)Zion, my (C)holy hill.”

I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, (D)“You are my Son;
    today I have begotten you.
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
    and (E)the ends of the earth your possession.
You shall (F)break[a] them with (G)a rod of iron
    and dash them in pieces like (H)a potter's vessel.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:9 Revocalization yields (compare Septuagint) You shall rule

The Seventh Trumpet

15 Then (A)the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and (B)there were loud voices in heaven, saying, (C)“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of (D)his Christ, and (E)he shall reign forever and ever.”

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10 For (A)we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, (B)so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

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12 And again Isaiah says,

(A)(B)“The root of Jesse will come,
    even he who arises to rule the Gentiles;
(C)in him will the Gentiles hope.”

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32 And I, (A)when I am lifted up from the earth, (B)will draw (C)all people to myself.”

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He was still speaking when, behold, (A)a bright cloud overshadowed them, and (B)a voice from the cloud said, (C)“This is my beloved Son,[a] with whom I am well pleased; (D)listen to him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 17:5 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved

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