20 You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people.(A)

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David in Saul’s Court

14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had left Saul,(A) and an evil spirit sent from the Lord began to torment him,

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10 “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 2:10 Lit sin with his lips

49 He sent His burning anger against them:
fury, indignation, and calamity—
a band of deadly messengers.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 78:49 Or angels

I form light and create darkness,(A)
I make success and create disaster;(B)
I, Yahweh, do all these things.

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14 Then the Lord said to me, “Disaster will be poured out[a] from the north(A) on all who live in the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 1:14 LXX reads will boil

42 “For this is what the Lord says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on these people,(A) so am I about to bring on them all the good I am promising them.

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If a ram’s horn(A) is blown in a city,
aren’t people afraid?(B)
If a disaster(C) occurs in a city,
hasn’t the Lord done it?(D)

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