For (A)the coastlands shall hope for me,
    (B)the ships of Tarshish first,
(C)to bring your children from afar,
    their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
    and for the Holy One of Israel,
    because (D)he has made you beautiful.

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Surely the islands(A) look to me;
    in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,[a](B)
bringing(C) your children from afar,
    with their silver and gold,(D)
to the honor(E) of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One(F) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.(G)

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  1. Isaiah 60:9 Or the trading ships

(A)Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know,
    and (B)a nation that did not know you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel,
    (C)for he has glorified you.

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Surely you will summon nations(A) you know not,
    and nations you do not know will come running to you,(B)
because of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One(C) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.”(D)

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16 against all (A)the ships of Tarshish,
    and against all the beautiful craft.

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16 for every trading ship[a](A)
    and every stately vessel.

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  1. Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish

(A)My righteousness draws near,
    my salvation has gone out,
    and my arms will judge the peoples;
(B)the coastlands hope for me,
    and for my arm they wait.

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My righteousness draws near speedily,
    my salvation(A) is on the way,(B)
    and my arm(C) will bring justice to the nations.
The islands(D) will look to me
    and wait in hope(E) for my arm.

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11 (A)In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, (B)from Assyria, (C)from Egypt, from (D)Pathros, from (E)Cush,[a] from (F)Elam, from (G)Shinar, from (H)Hamath, and from (I)the coastlands of the sea.

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  1. Isaiah 11:11 Probably Nubia

11 In that day(A) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant(B) of his people from Assyria,(C) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,(D) from Cush,[a](E) from Elam,(F) from Babylonia,[b] from Hamath(G) and from the islands(H) of the Mediterranean.(I)

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  1. Isaiah 11:11 That is, the upper Nile region
  2. Isaiah 11:11 Hebrew Shinar

26 But (A)the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

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26 But the Jerusalem that is above(A) is free, and she is our mother.

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19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them (A)I will send survivors to the nations, to (B)Tarshish, (C)Pul, and (D)Lud, who draw the bow, to (E)Tubal and (F)Javan, (G)to the coastlands far away, (H)that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 (I)And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations (J)as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.

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19 “I will set a sign(A) among them, and I will send some of those who survive(B) to the nations—to Tarshish,(C) to the Libyans[a] and Lydians(D) (famous as archers), to Tubal(E) and Greece,(F) and to the distant islands(G) that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory.(H) They will proclaim my glory among the nations. 20 And they will bring(I) all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain(J) in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,”(K) says the Lord. “They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the Lord in ceremonially clean vessels.(L)

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  1. Isaiah 66:19 Some Septuagint manuscripts Put (Libyans); Hebrew Pul

The Servant of the Lord

49 Listen to me, (A)O coastlands,
    and give attention, you peoples (B)from afar.
(C)The Lord called me from the womb,
    from the body of my mother he named my name.

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The Servant of the Lord

49 Listen(A) to me, you islands;(B)
    hear this, you distant nations:
Before I was born(C) the Lord called(D) me;
    from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.(E)

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Sing to the Lord a New Song

10 (A)Sing to the Lord a new song,
    his praise from the end of the earth,
(B)you who go down to the sea, and all that fills it,
    (C)the coastlands and their inhabitants.

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Song of Praise to the Lord

10 Sing(A) to the Lord a new song,(B)
    his praise(C) from the ends of the earth,(D)
you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it,(E)
    you islands,(F) and all who live in them.

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He will not grow faint or be discouraged[a]
    till he has established justice in the earth;
    and (A)the coastlands wait for his law.

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  1. Isaiah 42:4 Or bruised

    he will not falter or be discouraged
till he establishes justice(A) on earth.
    In his teaching(B) the islands(C) will put their hope.”(D)

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26 for in Christ Jesus (A)you are all sons of God, through faith.

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26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God(A) through faith,

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begging us earnestly (A)for the favor[a] of taking part in (B)the relief of the saints— and this, not as we expected, but they (C)gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 8:4 The Greek word charis can mean favor or grace or thanks, depending on the context

they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing(A) in this service(B) to the Lord’s people.(C) And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us.

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15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for (A)he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name (B)before the Gentiles and (C)kings and the children of Israel.

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15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument(A) to proclaim my name to the Gentiles(B) and their kings(C) and to the people of Israel.

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