Isaiah 49:15
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15 “Can(A) a woman forget her nursing child,
[a]And not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Surely they may forget,
(B)Yet I will not forget you.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:15 Lit. From having compassion
Isaiah 49:15
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Isaiah 44:21
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Israel Is Not Forgotten
21 “Remember these, O Jacob,
And Israel, for you are My servant;
I have formed you, you are My servant;
O Israel, you will not be (A)forgotten by Me!
Isaiah 44:21
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Psalm 103:13
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13 (A)As a father pities his children,
So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
Psalm 103:13
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13 As a father has compassion(A) on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
Matthew 7:11
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11 If you then, (A)being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will 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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Hosea 11:1
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God’s Love for Israel
Jeremiah 31:20
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20 Is Ephraim My dear son?
Is he a pleasant child?
For though I spoke against him,
I earnestly remember him still;
(A)Therefore My [a]heart yearns for him;
(B)I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:20 Lit. inward parts
Jeremiah 31:20
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Malachi 3:17
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17 “They(A) shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts,
“On the day that I make them My (B)jewels.[a]
And (C)I will spare them
As a man spares his own son who serves him.”
Footnotes
- Malachi 3:17 Lit. special treasure
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.
Lamentations 4:10
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10 The hands of the (A)compassionate women
Have [a]cooked their (B)own children;
They became (C)food for them
In the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 4:10 boiled
Lamentations 4:10
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10 With their own hands compassionate women
have cooked their own children,(A)
who became their food
when my people were destroyed.
2 Kings 6:28-29
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28 Then the king said to her, “What is troubling you?”
And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’ 29 So (A)we boiled my son, and ate him. And I said to her on the next day, ‘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 living spoke to the king, for (A)she yearned with compassion for her son; and she said, “O my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him!”
But the other said, “Let him be neither mine nor yours, but divide him.”
27 So the king answered and said, “Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother.”
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1 Kings 3:26-27
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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.”
2 Kings 11:1-2
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Athaliah Reigns in Judah(A)
11 When (B)Athaliah (C)the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was (D)dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs. 2 But [a]Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of (E)Ahaziah, took [b]Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being murdered; and they hid him and his nurse in the bedroom, from Athaliah, so that he was not killed.
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- 2 Kings 11:2 Jehoshabeath, 2 Chr. 22:11
- 2 Kings 11:2 Or Jehoash
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
Romans 11:28-29
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28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are (A)beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are (B)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)
Deuteronomy 28:56-57
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56 The [a]tender and [b]delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and sensitivity, [c]will refuse to the husband of her bosom, and to her son and her daughter, 57 her [d]placenta which comes out (A)from between her feet and her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of everything in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you at all your gates.
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- Deuteronomy 28:56 sensitive
- Deuteronomy 28:56 refined
- Deuteronomy 28:56 Lit. her eye shall be evil toward
- Deuteronomy 28:57 afterbirth
Deuteronomy 28:56-57
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56 The most gentle and sensitive(A) woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter(B) 57 the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them(C) secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.
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