“Behold, (A)it is written before Me:
(B)I will not keep silence, (C)but will repay—
Even repay into their bosom—

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“See, it stands written before me:
    I will not keep silent(A) but will pay back(B) in full;
    I will pay it back into their laps(C)

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Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;
(A)A fire shall devour before Him,
And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.

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Our God comes(A)
    and will not be silent;(B)
a fire devours(C) before him,(D)
    and around him a tempest(E) rages.

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18 And first I will repay (A)double for their iniquity and their sin, because (B)they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols.”

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18 I will repay(A) them double(B) for their wickedness and their sin, because they have defiled my land(C) with the lifeless forms of their vile images(D) and have filled my inheritance with their detestable idols.(E)(F)

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12 And return to our neighbors (A)sevenfold into their bosom
(B)Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

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12 Pay back into the laps(A) of our neighbors seven times(B)
    the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.

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12 (A)Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord?
(B)Will You [a]hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?

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  1. Isaiah 64:12 keep silent

12 After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?(A)
    Will you keep silent(B) and punish us beyond measure?

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Promise of the Lord’s Help

14 “I have held My peace a long time,
I have been still and restrained Myself.
Now I will cry like a woman in [a]labor,
I will pant and gasp at once.

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  1. Isaiah 42:14 childbirth

14 “For a long time I have kept silent,(A)
    I have been quiet and held myself back.(B)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
    I cry out, I gasp and pant.(C)

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21 These things you have done, and I kept silent;
(A)You thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And (B)set them in order before your eyes.

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21 When you did these things and I kept silent,(A)
    you thought I was exactly[a] like you.
But I now arraign(B) you
    and set my accusations(C) before you.

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  1. Psalm 50:21 Or thought the ‘I am’ was

12 And I saw the dead, (A)small and great, standing before [a]God, (B)and books were opened. And another (C)book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged (D)according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.

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  1. Revelation 20:12 NU, M the throne

12 And I saw the dead, great and small,(A) standing before the throne, and books were opened.(B) Another book was opened, which is the book of life.(C) The dead were judged(D) according to what they had done(E) as recorded in the books.

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A Book of Remembrance

16 Then those (A)who feared the Lord (B)spoke to one another,
And the Lord listened and heard them;
So (C)a book of remembrance was written before Him
For those who fear the Lord
And who [a]meditate on His name.

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  1. Malachi 3:16 Or esteem

The Faithful Remnant

16 Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard.(A) A scroll(B) of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared(C) the Lord and honored his name.

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“Indeed, what have you to do with Me,
(A)O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia?
Will you [a]retaliate against Me?
But if you [b]retaliate against Me,
Swiftly and speedily I will return your [c]retaliation upon your own head;

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  1. Joel 3:4 Or render Me repayment
  2. Joel 3:4 Or repay Me
  3. Joel 3:4 Or repayment

“Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon(A) and all you regions of Philistia?(B) Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done.(C)

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31 Therefore I have (A)poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I have recompensed (B)their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord God.

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31 So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger,(A) bringing down(B) on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.(C)

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21 But as for those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, (A)I will recompense their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord God.

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21 But as for those whose hearts are devoted to their vile images and detestable idols,(A) I will bring down on their own heads what they have done, declares the Sovereign Lord.(B)

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You number my wanderings;
Put my tears into Your bottle;
(A)Are they not in Your book?

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Record my misery;
    list my tears on your scroll[a](A)
    are they not in your record?(B)

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  1. Psalm 56:8 Or misery; / put my tears in your wineskin