19 We have become like those of old, over whom You never ruled,
Those who were never called by Your name.

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19 We are yours from of old;
    but you have not ruled over them,
    they have not been called[a] by your name.(A)

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  1. Isaiah 63:19 Or We are like those you have never ruled, / like those never called

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.

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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.

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who are Israelites, (A)to whom pertain the adoption, (B)the glory, (C)the covenants, (D)the giving of the law, (E)the service of God, and (F)the promises;

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the people of Israel.(A) Theirs is the adoption to sonship;(B) theirs the divine glory,(C) the covenants,(D) the receiving of the law,(E) the temple worship(F) and the promises.(G)

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17 So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name,
Says the [a]Lord who does all these things.’

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  1. Acts 15:17 NU Lord, who makes these things

17 that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
    even all the Gentiles who bear my name,
says the Lord, who does these things’[a](A)

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  1. Acts 15:17 Amos 9:11,12 (see Septuagint)

16 (A)who in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways.

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16 In the past, he let(A) all nations go their own way.(B)

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12 (A)That they may possess the remnant of (B)Edom,[a]
And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,”
Says the Lord who does this thing.

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  1. Amos 9:12 LXX mankind

12 so that they may possess the remnant of Edom(A)
    and all the nations that bear my name,[a](B)
declares the Lord, who will do these things.(C)

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  1. Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint so that the remnant of people / and all the nations that bear my name may seek me

The Righteousness of God’s Judgment

65 “I was (A)sought by those who did not ask for Me;
I was found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’
To a nation that (B)was not called by My name.

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Judgment and Salvation

65 “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me;
    I was found by those who did not seek me.(A)
To a nation(B) that did not call on my name,(C)
    I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’

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For (A)the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel for His [a]special treasure.

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  1. Psalm 135:4 precious possession

For the Lord has chosen Jacob(A) to be his own,
    Israel to be his treasured possession.(B)

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(A)Pour out Your wrath on the [a]nations that (B)do not know You,
And on the kingdoms that (C)do not call on Your name.

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  1. Psalm 79:6 Gentiles

Pour out your wrath(A) on the nations
    that do not acknowledge(B) you,
on the kingdoms
    that do not call on your name;(C)

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25 (A)Pour out Your fury on the Gentiles, (B)who do not know You,
And on the families who do not call on Your name;
For they have eaten up Jacob,
(C)Devoured him and consumed him,
And made his dwelling place desolate.

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25 Pour out your wrath on the nations(A)
    that do not acknowledge you,
    on the peoples who do not call on your name.(B)
For they have devoured(C) Jacob;
    they have devoured him completely
    and destroyed his homeland.(D)

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