Habakkuk 2:1
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2 I will (A)take my stand at my watchpost
and station myself on the tower,
and (B)look out to see (C)what he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
Isaiah 21:8
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8 Then he who saw cried out:[a]
(A)“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
continually by day,
and at my post I am stationed
whole nights.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:8 Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac; Masoretic Text Then a lion cried out, or Then he cried out like a lion
Isaiah 62:6
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6 On your walls, O Jerusalem,
I have set (A)watchmen;
all the day and all the night
they shall never be silent.
You who put the Lord in remembrance,
take no rest,
2 Samuel 18:24
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24 Now David (A)was sitting between the two gates, and (B)the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and when he lifted up his eyes and looked, he saw a man running alone.
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Psalm 73:16-17
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16 But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me (A)a wearisome task,
17 until I went into (B)the sanctuary of God;
then I discerned their (C)end.
2 Corinthians 13:3
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3 since you seek proof that Christ (A)is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but (B)is powerful among you.
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Jeremiah 12:1
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Jeremiah's Complaint
12 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
when I complain to you;
yet I would plead my case before you.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all (C)who are treacherous thrive?
Psalm 5:3
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3 O Lord, in (A)the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you[a] and (B)watch.
Footnotes
- Psalm 5:3 Or I direct my prayer to you
Isaiah 21:11-12
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Job 31:37
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37 I would give him an account of all my steps;
like a prince I would approach him.
Job 23:5-7
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5 I would know what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he (A)contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No; he would pay attention to me.
7 There an upright man could argue with him,
and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
2 Kings 9:17
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17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came and said, “I see a company.” And Joram said, “Take a horseman and send to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’”
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Galatians 1:16
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16 was pleased to reveal his Son to[a] me, in order (A)that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;[b]
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- Galatians 1:16 Greek in
- Galatians 1:16 Greek with flesh and blood
Habakkuk 1:12-17
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Habakkuk's Second Complaint
12 Are you not (A)from everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
(B)We shall not die.
O Lord, (C)you have ordained them as a judgment,
and you, O (D)Rock, have established them for reproof.
13 You who are (E)of purer eyes than to see evil
and cannot look at wrong,
(F)why do you idly look at traitors
and (G)remain silent when the wicked swallows up
the man more righteous than he?
14 You make mankind like the fish of the sea,
like crawling things that have no ruler.
15 (H)He[a] brings all of them up (I)with a hook;
he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his dragnet;
so he rejoices and is glad.
16 (J)Therefore he sacrifices to his net
and makes offerings to his dragnet;
for by them he lives in luxury,[b]
and his food is rich.
17 Is he then to keep on emptying his net
(K)and mercilessly killing nations forever?
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:15 That is, the wicked foe
- Habakkuk 1:16 Hebrew his portion is fat
Isaiah 21:5
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5 (A)They prepare the table,
they spread the rugs,[a]
they eat, they drink.
Arise, O princes;
(B)oil the shield!
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:5 Or they set the watchman
Job 31:35
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35 Oh, that I had one to hear me!
(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty (A)answer me!)
Oh, that I had (B)the indictment written by my adversary!
2 Kings 17:9
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9 And the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, (A)from watchtower to fortified city.
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