23 I will drive him like a peg(A) into a firm place;(B) he will become a seat[a] of honor(C) for the house of his father.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 22:23 Or throne

23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.

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He does not take his eyes off the righteous;(A)
    he enthrones them with kings(B)
    and exalts them forever.(C)

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He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

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“But now, for a brief moment, the Lord our God has been gracious(A) in leaving us a remnant(B) and giving us a firm place[a](C) in his sanctuary, and so our God gives light to our eyes(D) and a little relief in our bondage.

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  1. Ezra 9:8 Or a foothold

And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

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From Judah will come the cornerstone,(A)
    from him the tent peg,(B)
from him the battle bow,(C)
    from him every ruler.

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Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

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He raises(A) the poor(B) from the dust(C)
    and lifts the needy(D) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
    and has them inherit a throne of honor.(E)

“For the foundations(F) of the earth are the Lord’s;
    on them he has set the world.

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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.

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21 To the one who is victorious,(A) I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,(B) just as I was victorious(C) and sat down with my Father on his throne.

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21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

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29 And I confer on you a kingdom,(A) just as my Father conferred one on me, 30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom(B) and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.(C)

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29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;

30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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11 The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails(A)—given by one shepherd.[a]

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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:11 Or Shepherd

11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

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Mordecai the Jew was second(A) in rank(B) to King Xerxes,(C) preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.(D)

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For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

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14 For if you remain silent(A) at this time, relief(B) and deliverance(C) for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”(D)

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14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

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Now hurry(A) back to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay.(B) 10 You shall live in the region of Goshen(C) and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have.(D) 11 I will provide for you there,(E) because five years of famine(F) are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’(G)

12 “You can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin,(H) that it is really I who am speaking to you.(I) 13 Tell my father about all the honor accorded me in Egypt(J) and about everything you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly.(K)

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Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:

10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.

12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.

13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.

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