Thus says the Lord:

“In an (A)acceptable[a] time I have heard You,
And in the day of salvation I have helped You;
I will [b]preserve You (B)and give You
As a covenant to the people,
To restore the earth,
To cause them to inherit the desolate [c]heritages;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:8 favorable
  2. Isaiah 49:8 keep
  3. Isaiah 49:8 inheritances

Restoration of Israel

This is what the Lord says:

“In the time of my favor(A) I will answer you,
    and in the day of salvation I will help you;(B)
I will keep(C) you and will make you
    to be a covenant for the people,(D)
to restore the land(E)
    and to reassign its desolate inheritances,(F)

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For He says:

(A)“In an acceptable time I have heard you,
And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

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For he says,

“In the time of my favor I heard you,
    and in the day of salvation I helped you.”[a](A)

I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:2 Isaiah 49:8

“I,(A) the Lord, have called You in righteousness,
And will hold Your hand;
I will keep You (B)and give You as a covenant to the people,
As (C)a light to the Gentiles,

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“I, the Lord, have called(A) you in righteousness;(B)
    I will take hold of your hand.(C)
I will keep(D) you and will make you
    to be a covenant(E) for the people
    and a light(F) for the Gentiles,(G)

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13 But as for me, my prayer is to You,
O Lord, in the acceptable time;
O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,
Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

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13 But I pray to you, Lord,
    in the time of your favor;(A)
in your great love,(B) O God,
    answer me with your sure salvation.

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And they shall (A)rebuild the old ruins,
They shall raise up the former desolations,
And they shall repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.

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They will rebuild the ancient ruins(A)
    and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.

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24 to Jesus (A)the Mediator of the new covenant, and to (B)the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things (C)than that of Abel.

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24 to Jesus the mediator(A) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood(B) that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(C)

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16 And (A)I have put My words in your mouth;
(B)I have covered you with the shadow of My hand,
(C)That I may [a]plant the heavens,
Lay the foundations of the earth,
And say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ”

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  1. Isaiah 51:16 establish

16 I have put my words in your mouth(A)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand(B)
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,(C)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.(D)’”

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who, in the days of His flesh, when He had (A)offered up prayers and supplications, (B)with vehement cries and tears to Him (C)who was able to save Him from death, and was heard (D)because of His godly fear,

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During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions(A) with fervent cries and tears(B) to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard(C) because of his reverent submission.(D)

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to the praise of the glory of His grace, (A)by which He [a]made us accepted in (B)the Beloved.

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  1. Ephesians 1:6 Lit. bestowed grace (favor) upon us

to the praise of his glorious grace,(A) which he has freely given us in the One he loves.(B)

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41 Then they took away the stone [a]from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but (A)because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”

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  1. John 11:41 NU omits from the place where the dead man was lying

41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up(A) and said, “Father,(B) I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here,(C) that they may believe that you sent me.”(D)

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12 Those from among you
(A)Shall build the old waste places;
You shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach,
The Restorer of [a]Streets to Dwell In.

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  1. Isaiah 58:12 Lit. Paths

12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins(A)
    and will raise up the age-old foundations;(B)
you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,(C)
    Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

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12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Christ Our Peace

14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, 15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one (A)new man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and that He might (B)reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby (C)putting to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. 18 For (D)through Him we both have access (E)by one Spirit to the Father.

Christ Our Cornerstone

19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

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12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners(A) to the covenants of the promise,(B) without hope(C) and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once(D) were far away have been brought near(E) by the blood of Christ.(F)

14 For he himself is our peace,(G) who has made the two groups one(H) and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in his flesh(I) the law with its commands and regulations.(J) His purpose was to create in himself one(K) new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross,(L) by which he put to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace(M) to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.(N) 18 For through him we both have access(O) to the Father(P) by one Spirit.(Q)

19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers,(R) but fellow citizens(S) with God’s people and also members of his household,(T)

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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.

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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.

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