Isaiah 49:15
English Standard Version
15 (A)“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
Isaiah 49:15
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Isaiah 44:21
English Standard Version
The Lord Redeems Israel
21 Remember these things, O Jacob,
and Israel, for you are (A)my servant;
I formed you; you are my servant;
(B)O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.
Isaiah 44:21
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Psalm 103:13
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13 As (A)a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion (B)to those who fear him.
Psalm 103:13
New International Version
13 As a father has compassion(A) on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
Matthew 7:11
English Standard Version
11 If you then, (A)who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will (B)your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
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Matthew 7:11
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11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts(A) to those who ask him!
Hosea 11:1
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The Lord's Love for Israel
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Hosea 11:1
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God’s Love for Israel
Jeremiah 31:20
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20 (A)Is Ephraim my dear son?
(B)Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
(C)Therefore my heart[a] yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:20 Hebrew bowels
Jeremiah 31:20
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Lamentations 4:10
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10 (A)The hands of (B)compassionate women
(C)have boiled their own children;
(D)they became their food
during the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Lamentations 4:10
New International Version
10 With their own hands compassionate women
have cooked their own children,(A)
who became their food
when my people were destroyed.
Malachi 3:17
English Standard Version
17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, (A)in the day when I make up (B)my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
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Malachi 3:17
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17 “On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my(A) treasured possession.(B) I will spare(C) them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son(D) who serves him.
2 Kings 11:1-2
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Athaliah Reigns in Judah
11 (A)Now when (B)Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took (C)Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king's sons who were being put to death, and she put[a] him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus they[b] hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not put to death.
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- 2 Kings 11:2 Compare 2 Chronicles 22:11; Hebrew lacks and she put
- 2 Kings 11:2 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 2 Chronicles 22:11) she
2 Kings 11:1-2
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Athaliah and Joash(A)
11 When Athaliah(B) the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram[a] and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash(C) son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah; so he was not killed.(D)
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 11:2 Hebrew Joram, a variant of Jehoram
2 Kings 6:28-29
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28 And the king asked her, “What is your trouble?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’ 29 (A)So we boiled my son and ate him. And on the next day I said to her, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him.’ But she has hidden her son.”
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2 Kings 6:28-29
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28 Then he asked her, “What’s the matter?”
She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him today, and tomorrow we’ll eat my son.’ 29 So we cooked my son and ate(A) him. The next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him,’ but she had hidden him.”
1 Kings 3:26-27
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26 Then the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because (A)her heart yearned for her son, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means put him to death.” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him.” 27 Then the king answered and said, “Give the living child to the first woman, and by no means put him to death; she is his mother.”
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1 Kings 3:26-27
New International Version
26 The woman whose son was alive was deeply moved(A) out of love for her son and said to the king, “Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!”
But the other said, “Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!”
27 Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.”
Romans 11:28-29
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28 As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are (A)beloved for the sake of their forefathers. 29 For the gifts and (B)the calling of God are irrevocable.
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Romans 11:28-29
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28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies(A) for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,(B) 29 for God’s gifts and his call(C) are irrevocable.(D)
Lamentations 4:3
English Standard Version
3 Even jackals offer the breast;
they nurse their young;
but the daughter of my people has become cruel,
like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Lamentations 4:3
New International Version
3 Even jackals offer their breasts
to nurse their young,
but my people have become heartless
like ostriches in the desert.(A)
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