23 And I will fasten him (A)like a peg in a secure place, and he will become (B)a throne of honor to his father's house.

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He does not withdraw his (A)eyes from the righteous,
    but with (B)kings on the throne
    he sets them forever, and they are (C)exalted.

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But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, to leave us a (A)remnant and to give us a (B)secure hold[a] within his holy place, that our God may (C)brighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our slavery.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 9:8 Hebrew nail, or tent-pin

From him shall come (A)the cornerstone,
    from him (B)the tent peg,
from him the battle bow,
    from him every ruler—(C)all of them together.

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(A)He raises up the poor from the dust;
    he lifts the needy from the ash heap
(B)to make them sit with princes
    and inherit a seat of honor.
(C)For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's,
    and on them he has set the world.

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21 (A)The one who conquers, (B)I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as (C)I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

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11 (A)The words of the wise are like goads, and like (B)nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings; they are (C)given by (D)one Shepherd.

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29 and (A)I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, 30 (B)that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and (C)sit on thrones judging (D)the twelve tribes of Israel.

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For Mordecai the Jew was (A)second in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brothers, for he (B)sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.

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14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

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Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry. 10 (A)You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. 11 (B)There I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come, so that you and your household, and all that you have, do not come to poverty.’ 12 And now your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is (C)my mouth that speaks to you. 13 You must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. Hurry and (D)bring my father down here.”

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