Isaiah 27:3
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3 I, the Lord, will watch over it,
watering it carefully.
Day and night I will watch so no one can harm it.
Isaiah 58:11
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11 The Lord will guide you continually,
giving you water when you are dry
and restoring your strength.
You will be like a well-watered garden,
like an ever-flowing spring.
1 Samuel 2:9
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9 “He will protect his faithful ones,
but the wicked will disappear in darkness.
No one will succeed by strength alone.
John 15:1-2
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Jesus, the True Vine
15 “I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.
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John 10:27-30
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27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, 29 for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else.[a] No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand. 30 The Father and I are one.”
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- 10:29 Other manuscripts read for what my Father has given me is more powerful than anything; still others read for regarding that which my Father has given me, he is greater than all.
Ezekiel 37:28
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28 And when my Temple is among them forever, the nations will know that I am the Lord, who makes Israel holy.”
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Ezekiel 37:14
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14 I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live again and return home to your own land. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done what I said. Yes, the Lord has spoken!’”
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Ezekiel 34:24
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24 And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be a prince among my people. I, the Lord, have spoken!
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Ezekiel 34:11
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The Good Shepherd
11 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search and find my sheep.
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Isaiah 60:16
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16 Powerful kings and mighty nations
will satisfy your every need,
as though you were a child
nursing at the breast of a queen.
You will know at last that I, the Lord,
am your Savior and your Redeemer,
the Mighty One of Israel.[a]
Isaiah 55:10-11
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10 “The rain and snow come down from the heavens
and stay on the ground to water the earth.
They cause the grain to grow,
producing seed for the farmer
and bread for the hungry.
11 It is the same with my word.
I send it out, and it always produces fruit.
It will accomplish all I want it to,
and it will prosper everywhere I send it.
Isaiah 46:9
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9 Remember the things I have done in the past.
For I alone am God!
I am God, and there is none like me.
Isaiah 46:4
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4 I will be your God throughout your lifetime—
until your hair is white with age.
I made you, and I will care for you.
I will carry you along and save you.
Isaiah 41:13-19
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13 For I hold you by your right hand—
I, the Lord your God.
And I say to you,
‘Don’t be afraid. I am here to help you.
14 Though you are a lowly worm, O Jacob,
don’t be afraid, people of Israel, for I will help you.
I am the Lord, your Redeemer.
I am the Holy One of Israel.’
15 You will be a new threshing instrument
with many sharp teeth.
You will tear your enemies apart,
making chaff of mountains.
16 You will toss them into the air,
and the wind will blow them all away;
a whirlwind will scatter them.
Then you will rejoice in the Lord.
You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17 “When the poor and needy search for water and there is none,
and their tongues are parched from thirst,
then I, the Lord, will answer them.
I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them.
18 I will open up rivers for them on the high plateaus.
I will give them fountains of water in the valleys.
I will fill the desert with pools of water.
Rivers fed by springs will flow across the parched ground.
19 I will plant trees in the barren desert—
cedar, acacia, myrtle, olive, cypress, fir, and pine.
Isaiah 35:6-7
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6 The lame will leap like a deer,
and those who cannot speak will sing for joy!
Springs will gush forth in the wilderness,
and streams will water the wasteland.
7 The parched ground will become a pool,
and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land.
Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish
where desert jackals once lived.
Isaiah 5:6
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6 I will make it a wild place
where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed,
a place overgrown with briers and thorns.
I will command the clouds
to drop no rain on it.
Psalm 121:3-5
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3 He will not let you stumble;
the one who watches over you will not slumber.
4 Indeed, he who watches over Israel
never slumbers or sleeps.
5 The Lord himself watches over you!
The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.
Psalm 46:11
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11 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us;
the God of Israel is our fortress. Interlude
Psalm 46:5
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5 God dwells in that city; it cannot be destroyed.
From the very break of day, God will protect it.
Deuteronomy 33:26-29
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26 “There is no one like the God of Israel.[a]
He rides across the heavens to help you,
across the skies in majestic splendor.
27 The eternal God is your refuge,
and his everlasting arms are under you.
He drives out the enemy before you;
he cries out, ‘Destroy them!’
28 So Israel will live in safety,
prosperous Jacob in security,
in a land of grain and new wine,
while the heavens drop down dew.
29 How blessed you are, O Israel!
Who else is like you, a people saved by the Lord?
He is your protecting shield
and your triumphant sword!
Your enemies will cringe before you,
and you will stomp on their backs!”
Footnotes
- 33:26 Hebrew of Jeshurun, a term of endearment for Israel.
Genesis 9:9
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9 “I hereby confirm my covenant with you and your descendants,
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Genesis 6:17
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17 “Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
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