Isaiah 41:1
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Israel Assured of God’s Help
41 Listen to me in silence, O coastlands;
let the peoples renew their strength;
let them approach, then let them speak;
let us together draw near for judgment.(A)
Isaiah 1:18
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18 Come now, let us argue it out,
says the Lord:
If your sins are like scarlet,
will they become like snow?
If they are red like crimson,
will they become like wool?(A)
Isaiah 1:18
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Habakkuk 2:20
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20 But the Lord is in his holy temple;
let all the earth keep silence before him!(A)
Habakkuk 2:20
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Zechariah 2:13
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13 Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.(A)
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Zechariah 2:13
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13 Be still(A) before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.(B)”
Micah 6:1-3
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God Challenges Israel
6 Hear what the Lord says:
Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.(A)
2 Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has a case against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.(B)
3 “O my people, what have I done to you?
In what have I wearied you? Answer me!(C)
Micah 6:1-3
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The Lord’s Case Against Israel
6 Listen to what the Lord says:
“Stand up, plead my case before the mountains;(A)
let the hills hear what you have to say.
Joel 3:10-11
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10 Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”(A)
11 Come quickly,[a]
all you nations all around;
gather yourselves there.
Bring down your warriors, O Lord.(B)
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- 3.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 41:6-7
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6 Each one helps the other,
saying to one another, “Take courage!”(A)
7 The artisan encourages the goldsmith,
and the one who smooths with the hammer encourages the one who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good,”
and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.(B)
Isaiah 41:6-7
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Isaiah 11:11
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11 On that day the Lord will again raise[a] his hand to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.(A)
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- 11.11 Cn Compare Gk: Heb the Lord will again a second time
Isaiah 11:11
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11 In that day(A) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant(B) of his people from Assyria,(C) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,(D) from Cush,[a](E) from Elam,(F) from Babylonia,[b] from Hamath(G) and from the islands(H) of the Mediterranean.(I)
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- Isaiah 11:11 That is, the upper Nile region
- Isaiah 11:11 Hebrew Shinar
Job 40:7-10
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7 “Gird up your loins like a man;
I will question you, and you declare to me.(A)
8 Will you even put me in the wrong?
Will you condemn me that you may be justified?(B)
9 Have you an arm like God,
and can you thunder with a voice like his?(C)
10 “Deck yourself with majesty and dignity;
clothe yourself with glory and splendor.(D)
Job 40:7-10
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7 “Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.(A)
Isaiah 50:8
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8 he who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
Let us stand in court together.
Who are my adversaries?
Let them confront me.(A)
Isaiah 50:8
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Isaiah 49:1
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The Servant’s Mission
49 Listen to me, O coastlands;
pay attention, you peoples from far away!
The Lord called me before I was born;
while I was in my mother’s womb he named me.(A)
Isaiah 48:16
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16 Draw near to me; hear this!
From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;
from the time it came to be I have been there.
And now the Lord God has sent me and his spirit.(A)
Isaiah 41:21-22
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The Futility of Idols
21 Set forth your case, says the Lord;
bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.(A)
22 Let them bring them and tell us
what is to happen.
Tell us the former things, what they were,
so that we may consider them
and that we may know their outcome
or declare to us the things to come.(B)
Isaiah 41:21-22
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