19 (A)I did not speak in secret,
    in a land of darkness;
I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,
    (B)‘Seek me in vain.’[a]
I the Lord speak (C)the truth;
    I declare what is right.

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  1. Isaiah 45:19 Hebrew in emptiness

19 I have not spoken in secret,(A)
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;(B)
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,(C)
    ‘Seek(D) me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.(E)

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16 (A)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 (B)the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.

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16 “Come near(A) me and listen(B) to this:

“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;(C)
    at the time it happens, I am there.”

And now the Sovereign Lord(D) has sent(E) me,
    endowed with his Spirit.(F)

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19 (A)God is not man, that he should lie,
    or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
    Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
20 Behold, I received a command to bless:
    (B)he has blessed, and (C)I cannot revoke it.

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19 God is not human,(A) that he should lie,(B)
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.(C)
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise(D) and not fulfill?
20 I have received a command to bless;(E)
    he has blessed,(F) and I cannot change it.(G)

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For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:

(A)“Seek me and live;

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This is what the Lord says to Israel:

“Seek(A) me and live;(B)

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13 (A)You will seek me and find me, when you seek me (B)with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, declares the Lord, (C)and I will restore your fortunes and (D)gather you from all the nations and all the places (E)where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

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13 You will seek(A) me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.(B) 14 I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back(C) from captivity.[a] I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”(D)

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  1. Jeremiah 29:14 Or will restore your fortunes

20 Jesus answered him, “I have spoken (A)openly (B)to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. (C)I have said nothing in secret.

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20 “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus replied. “I always taught in synagogues(A) or at the temple,(B) where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.(C)

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(A)Every word of God proves true;
    he is (B)a shield to those who take refuge in him.

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“Every word of God is flawless;(A)
    he is a shield(B) to those who take refuge in him.

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(A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
    but (B)the prayer of the upright is acceptable to him.

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The Lord detests the sacrifice(A) of the wicked,(B)
    but the prayer of the upright pleases him.(C)

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The works of his hands are faithful and just;
    all his precepts are (A)trustworthy;
they are (B)established forever and ever,
    to be performed with (C)faithfulness and uprightness.

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The works of his hands(A) are faithful and just;
    all his precepts are trustworthy.(B)
They are established for ever(C) and ever,
    enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.

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You ask and do not receive, because you ask (A)wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

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When you ask, you do not receive,(A) because you ask with wrong motives,(B) that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

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Rivers of Living Water

37 (A)On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, (B)“If anyone thirsts, let him (C)come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, (D)as[a] the Scripture has said, (E)‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of (F)living water.’” 39 Now (G)this he said about the Spirit, (H)whom those who believed in him were to receive, (I)for as yet the Spirit had not been (J)given, (K)because Jesus was not yet glorified.

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  1. John 7:38 Or let him come to me, and let him who believes in me drink. As

37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(A) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(B) 38 Whoever believes(C) in me, as Scripture has said,(D) rivers of living water(E) will flow from within them.”[a](F) 39 By this he meant the Spirit,(G) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.(H) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.(I)

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  1. John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink 38 who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”

13 (A)“Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. (B)But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ 14 You have said, (C)‘It is vain to serve God. (D)What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?

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Israel Speaks Arrogantly Against God

13 “You have spoken arrogantly(A) against me,” says the Lord.

“Yet you ask,(B) ‘What have we said against you?’

14 “You have said, ‘It is futile(C) to serve(D) God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements(E) and going about like mourners(F) before the Lord Almighty?

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19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the (A)mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of (B)the dead on behalf of the living?

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The Darkness Turns to Light

19 When someone tells you to consult(A) mediums and spiritists,(B) who whisper and mutter,(C) should not a people inquire(D) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

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