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Isaiah 49:21
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Isaiah 49:21
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21 Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who has begotten these for me,
Since I have lost my children and am desolate,
A captive, and wandering to and fro?
And who has brought these up?
There I was, left alone;
But these, where were they?’ ”
Galatians 4:26-29
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Galatians 4:26-29
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26 but the (A)Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written:
(B)“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”
28 Now (C)we, brethren, as Isaac was, are (D)children of promise. 29 But, as (E)he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, (F)even so it is now.
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Galatians 4:26-29
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Galatians 4:26-29
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26 But the Jerusalem that is above(A) is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written:
“Be glad, barren woman,
you who never bore a child;
shout for joy and cry aloud,
you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
than of her who has a husband.”[a](B)
28 Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.(C) 29 At that time the son born according to the flesh(D) persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit.(E) It is the same now.
Footnotes
- Galatians 4:27 Isaiah 54:1
Galatians 3:29
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Galatians 3:29
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29 And (A)if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s (B)seed, and (C)heirs according to the promise.
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Galatians 3:29
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Galatians 3:29
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29 If you belong to Christ,(A) then you are Abraham’s seed,(B) and heirs(C) according to the promise.(D)
Romans 11:26-31
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Romans 11:26-31
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26 And so all Israel will be [a]saved, as it is written:
(A)“The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
27 For (B)this is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.”
28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are (C)beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are (D)irrevocable. 30 For as you (E)were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, 31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy.
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- Romans 11:26 Or delivered
Romans 11:26-31
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Romans 11:26-31
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26 and in this way[a] all Israel will be saved.(A) As it is written:
“The deliverer will come from Zion;
he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
27 And this is[b] my covenant with them
when I take away their sins.”[c](B)
28 As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies(C) for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,(D) 29 for God’s gifts and his call(E) are irrevocable.(F) 30 Just as you who were at one time disobedient(G) to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now[d] receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you.
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- Romans 11:26 Or and so
- Romans 11:27 Or will be
- Romans 11:27 Isaiah 59:20,21; 27:9 (see Septuagint); Jer. 31:33,34
- Romans 11:31 Some manuscripts do not have now.
Romans 11:24
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Romans 11:24
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24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
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Romans 11:24
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Romans 11:24
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24 After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree,(A) how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
Romans 11:11-17
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Romans 11:11-17
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Israel’s Rejection Not Final
11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But (A)through their [a]fall, to provoke them to (B)jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. 12 Now if their [b]fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as (C)I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and (D)save some of them. 15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be (E)but life from the dead?
16 For if (F)the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 And if (G)some of the branches were broken off, (H)and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and [c]fatness of the olive tree,
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- Romans 11:11 trespass
- Romans 11:12 trespass
- Romans 11:17 richness
Romans 11:11-17
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Romans 11:11-17
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Ingrafted Branches
11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all!(A) Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles(B) to make Israel envious.(C) 12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles,(D) how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!
13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles,(E) I take pride in my ministry 14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own people to envy(F) and save(G) some of them. 15 For if their rejection brought reconciliation(H) to the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?(I) 16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits(J) is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17 If some of the branches have been broken off,(K) and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others(L) and now share in the nourishing sap from the olive root,
Matthew 24:29-30
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Matthew 24:29-30
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The Coming of the Son of Man(A)
29 (B)“Immediately after the tribulation of those days (C)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 (D)Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, (E)and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
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Matthew 24:29-30
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Matthew 24:29-30
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29 “Immediately after the distress of those days
“‘the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[a](A)
30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth[b] will mourn(B) when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven,(C) with power and great glory.[c]
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- Matthew 24:29 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
- Matthew 24:30 Or the tribes of the land
- Matthew 24:30 See Daniel 7:13-14.
Lamentations 1:1-3
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Lamentations 1:1-3
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Jerusalem in Affliction
1 How lonely sits the city
That was full of people!
(A)How like a widow is she,
Who was great among the nations!
The (B)princess among the provinces
Has become a [a]slave!
2 She (C)weeps bitterly in the (D)night,
Her tears are on her cheeks;
Among all her lovers
She has none to comfort her.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
They have become her enemies.
3 (E)Judah has gone into captivity,
Under affliction and hard servitude;
(F)She dwells among the [b]nations,
She finds no (G)rest;
All her persecutors overtake her in dire straits.
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- Lamentations 1:1 Lit. forced laborer
- Lamentations 1:3 Gentiles
Lamentations 1:1-3
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Lamentations 1:1-3
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1 [a]How deserted(A) lies the city,
once so full of people!(B)
How like a widow(C) is she,
who once was great(D) among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces
has now become a slave.(E)
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- Lamentations 1:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Jeremiah 31:15-17
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Jeremiah 31:15-17
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Mercy on Ephraim
15 Thus says the Lord:
(A)“A voice was heard in (B)Ramah,
Lamentation and bitter (C)weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children,
Refusing to be comforted for her children,
Because (D)they are no more.”
16 Thus says the Lord:
“Refrain your voice from (E)weeping,
And your eyes from tears;
For your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord,
And they shall come back from the land of the enemy.
17 There is (F)hope in your future, says the Lord,
That your children shall come back to their own border.
Jeremiah 31:15-17
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Jeremiah 31:15-17
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15 This is what the Lord says:
“A voice is heard in Ramah,(A)
mourning and great weeping,
Rachel weeping for her children
and refusing to be comforted,(B)
because they are no more.”(C)
16 This is what the Lord says:
Isaiah 64:10
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Isaiah 64:10
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10 Your holy cities are a wilderness,
Zion is a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
Isaiah 64:10
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Isaiah 64:10
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Isaiah 62:4
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Isaiah 62:4
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4 (A)You shall no longer be termed (B)Forsaken,[a]
Nor shall your land any more be termed (C)Desolate;[b]
But you shall be called [c]Hephzibah, and your land [d]Beulah;
For the Lord delights in you,
And your land shall be married.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 62:4 Heb. Azubah
- Isaiah 62:4 Heb. Shemamah
- Isaiah 62:4 Lit. My Delight Is in Her
- Isaiah 62:4 Lit. Married
Isaiah 62:4
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Isaiah 62:4
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- Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
- Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.
Isaiah 60:15
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Isaiah 60:15
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15 “Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
So that no one went through you,
I will make you an eternal excellence,
A joy of many generations.
Isaiah 60:15
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Isaiah 60:15
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Isaiah 54:3-8
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Isaiah 54:3-8
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3 For you shall expand to the right and to the left,
And your descendants will (A)inherit the nations,
And make the desolate cities inhabited.
4 “Do(B) not fear, for you will not be ashamed;
Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame;
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
5 (C)For your Maker is your husband,
The Lord of hosts is His name;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel;
He is called (D)the God of the whole earth.
6 For the Lord (E)has called you
Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Like a youthful wife when you were refused,”
Says your God.
7 “For(F) a mere moment I have forsaken you,
But with great mercies (G)I will gather you.
8 With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment;
(H)But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,”
Says the Lord, your Redeemer.
Isaiah 54:3-8
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Isaiah 54:3-8
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3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
your descendants(A) will dispossess nations(B)
and settle in their desolate(C) cities.
4 “Do not be afraid;(D) you will not be put to shame.(E)
Do not fear disgrace;(F) you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth(G)
and remember no more the reproach(H) of your widowhood.(I)
5 For your Maker(J) is your husband(K)—
the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One(L) of Israel is your Redeemer;(M)
he is called the God of all the earth.(N)
6 The Lord will call you back(O)
as if you were a wife deserted(P) and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,(Q)
only to be rejected,” says your God.
7 “For a brief moment(R) I abandoned(S) you,
but with deep compassion(T) I will bring you back.(U)
8 In a surge of anger(V)
I hid(W) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness(X)
I will have compassion(Y) on you,”
says the Lord your Redeemer.(Z)
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