17 (A)A thousand shall flee at the threat of one;
    at the threat of five you shall flee,
till you are left
    like a flagstaff on the top of a mountain,
    like a signal on a hill.

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17 A thousand will flee
    at the threat of one;
at the threat of five(A)
    you will all flee(B) away,
till you are left(C)
    like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
    like a banner(D) on a hill.”

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25 (A)“The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. And you (B)shall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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25 The Lord will cause you to be defeated(A) before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven,(B) and you will become a thing of horror(C) to all the kingdoms on earth.(D)

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30 How could (A)one have chased a thousand,
    and two have put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock (B)had sold them,
    and the Lord had given them up?

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30 How could one man chase a thousand,
    or two put ten thousand to flight,(A)
unless their Rock had sold them,(B)
    unless the Lord had given them up?(C)

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36 And as for those of you who are left, (A)I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The (B)sound of a (C)driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues.

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36 “‘As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf(A) will put them to flight.(B) They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them.(C)

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10 (A)One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the Lord your God (B)who fights for you, just as he promised you.

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10 One of you routs a thousand,(A) because the Lord your God fights for you,(B) just as he promised.

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(A)Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand, and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

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Five(A) of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.(B)

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28 (A)The wicked flee when no one pursues,
    but (B)the righteous are bold as a lion.

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28 The wicked flee(A) though no one pursues,(B)
    but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(C)

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17 But if (A)some of the branches were broken off, and you, (B)although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root[a] of the olive tree,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:17 Greek root of richness; some manuscripts richness

17 If some of the branches have been broken off,(A) and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others(B) and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,

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(A)Every branch in me that does not bear fruit (B)he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, (C)that it may bear more fruit. Already (D)you are clean (E)because of the word that I have spoken to you. (F)Abide (G)in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; (H)you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that (I)bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me (J)he is thrown away like a branch and withers; (K)and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

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He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,(A) while every branch that does bear fruit(B) he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.(C) Remain in me, as I also remain in you.(D) No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;(E) apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. John 15:2 The Greek for he prunes also means he cleans.

21 For then there will be (A)great tribulation, (B)such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be. 22 And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for (C)the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

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21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.(A)

22 “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect(B) those days will be shortened.

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In the whole land, declares the Lord,
    two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
    (A)and one third shall be left alive.
And (B)I will put this third into the fire,
    and refine them as one refines silver,
    and test them as gold is tested.
(C)They will call upon my name,
    and (D)I will answer them.
(E)I will say, ‘They are my people’;
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

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In the whole land,” declares the Lord,
    “two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
    yet one-third will be left in it.(A)
This third I will put into the fire;(B)
    I will refine them like silver(C)
    and test them like gold.(D)
They will call(E) on my name(F)
    and I will answer(G) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(H)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(I)’”

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12 But I will leave in your midst
    a people (A)humble and lowly.
(B)They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,

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12 But I will leave within you
    the meek(A) and humble.
The remnant of Israel
    will trust(B) in the name of the Lord.

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10 (A)For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and (B)burn this city with fire.’”

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10 Even if you were to defeat the entire Babylonian[a] army that is attacking you and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would come out and burn(A) this city down.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 37:10 Or Chaldean; also in verse 11