Isaiah 29:22
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22 Therefore thus says the Lord, (A)who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob shall not now be (B)ashamed,
Nor shall his face now grow pale;
Jeremiah 30:10
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10 ‘Therefore (A)do not fear, O My servant Jacob,’ says the Lord,
‘Nor be dismayed, O Israel;
For behold, I will save you from afar,
And your seed (B)from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet,
And no one shall make him afraid.
Isaiah 51:2
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2 (A)Look to Abraham your father,
And to Sarah who bore you;
(B)For I called him alone,
And (C)blessed him and increased him.”
Isaiah 45:17
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17 (A)But Israel shall be saved by the Lord
With an (B)everlasting salvation;
You shall not be ashamed or (C)disgraced
Forever and ever.
1 Peter 1:18-19
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18 knowing that you were not redeemed with [a]corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 but (A)with the precious blood of Christ, (B)as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
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- 1 Peter 1:18 perishable
Joel 2:27
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27 Then you shall know that I am (A)in the midst of Israel:
(B)I am the Lord your God
And there is no other.
My people shall never be put to shame.
Isaiah 54:4
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4 “Do(A) not fear, for you will not be ashamed;
Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame;
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
Luke 1:68
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Revelation 5:9
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9 And (A)they sang a new song, saying:
(B)“You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And (C)have redeemed us to God (D)by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
Romans 11:11-24
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Israel’s Rejection Not Final
11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But (A)through their [a]fall, to provoke them to (B)jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. 12 Now if their [b]fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as (C)I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and (D)save some of them. 15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be (E)but life from the dead?
16 For if (F)the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 And if (G)some of the branches were broken off, (H)and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and [c]fatness of the olive tree, 18 (I)do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” 20 Well said. Because of (J)unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. 22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, [d]goodness, (K)if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise (L)you also will be cut off. 23 And they also, (M)if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
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- Romans 11:11 trespass
- Romans 11:12 trespass
- Romans 11:17 richness
- Romans 11:22 NU adds of God
Ezekiel 39:25-40:48
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25 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: (A)‘Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy on the (B)whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name— 26 (C)after they have borne their shame, and all their unfaithfulness in which they were unfaithful to Me, when they (D)dwelt safely in their own land and no one made them afraid. 27 (E)When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and I (F)am hallowed in them in the sight of many nations, 28 (G)then they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who sent them into captivity among the nations, but also brought them back to their land, and left none of them [a]captive any longer. 29 (H)And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have (I)poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,’ says the Lord God.”
A New City, a New Temple
40 In the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after (J)the city was [b]captured, on the very same day (K)the hand of the Lord was upon me; and He took me there. 2 (L)In the visions of God He took me into the land of Israel and (M)set me on a very high mountain; on it toward the south was something like the structure of a city. 3 He took me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was (N)like the appearance of bronze. (O)He had a line of flax (P)and a measuring rod in his hand, and he stood in the gateway.
4 And the man said to me, (Q)“Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and [c]fix your mind on everything I show you; for you were brought here so that I might show them to you. (R)Declare to the house of Israel everything you see.” 5 Now there was (S)a wall all around the outside of the [d]temple. In the man’s hand was a measuring rod six [e]cubits long, each being a cubit and a handbreadth; and he measured the width of the wall structure, one rod; and the height, one rod.
The Eastern Gateway of the Temple
6 Then he went to the gateway which faced (T)east; and he went up its stairs and measured the threshold of the gateway, which was one rod wide, and the other threshold was one rod wide. 7 Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide; between the gate chambers was a space of five cubits; and the threshold of the gateway by the vestibule of the inside gate was one rod. 8 He also measured the vestibule of the inside gate, one rod. 9 Then he measured the vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits; and the gateposts, two cubits. The vestibule of the gate was on the inside. 10 In the eastern gateway were three gate chambers on one side and three on the other; the three were all the same size; also the gateposts were of the same size on this side and that side.
11 He measured the width of the entrance to the gateway, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. 12 There was a [f]space in front of the gate chambers, one cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the gate chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side. 13 Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the other; the width was twenty-five cubits, as door faces door. 14 He measured the gateposts, sixty cubits high, and the court all around the gateway extended to the gatepost. 15 From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the vestibule of the inner gate was fifty cubits. 16 There were (U)beveled window frames in the gate chambers and in their intervening archways on the inside of the gateway all around, and likewise in the vestibules. There were windows all around on the inside. And on each gatepost were (V)palm trees.
The Outer Court
17 Then he brought me into (W)the outer court; and there were (X)chambers and a pavement made all around the court; (Y)thirty chambers faced the pavement. 18 The pavement was by the side of the gateways, corresponding to the length of the gateways; this was the lower pavement. 19 Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gateway to the front of the inner court exterior, one hundred cubits toward the east and the north.
The Northern Gateway
20 On the outer court was also a gateway facing north, and he measured its length and its width. 21 Its gate chambers, three on this side and three on that side, its gateposts and its archways, had the same measurements as the first gate; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits. 22 Its windows and those of its archways, and also its palm trees, had the same measurements as the gateway facing east; it was ascended by seven steps, and its archway was in front of it. 23 A gate of the inner court was opposite the northern gateway, just as the eastern gateway; and he measured from gateway to gateway, one hundred cubits.
The Southern Gateway
24 After that he brought me toward the south, and there a gateway was facing south; and he measured its gateposts and archways according to these same measurements. 25 There were windows in it and in its archways all around like those windows; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits. 26 Seven steps led up to it, and its archway was in front of them; and it had palm trees on its gateposts, one on this side and one on that side. 27 There was also a gateway on the inner court, facing south; and he measured from gateway to gateway toward the south, one hundred cubits.
Gateways of the Inner Court
28 Then he brought me to the inner court through the southern gateway; he measured the southern gateway according to these same measurements. 29 Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 30 There were archways all around, (Z)twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. 31 Its archways faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts, and going up to it were eight steps.
32 And he brought me into the inner court facing east; he measured the gateway according to these same measurements. 33 Also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways were according to these same measurements; and there were windows in it and in its archways all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. 34 Its archways faced the outer court, and palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side; and going up to it were eight steps.
35 Then he brought me to the north gateway and measured it according to these same measurements— 36 also its gate chambers, its gateposts, and its archways. It had windows all around; its length was fifty cubits and its width twenty-five cubits. 37 Its gateposts faced the outer court, palm trees were on its gateposts on this side and on that side, and going up to it were eight steps.
Where Sacrifices Were Prepared
38 There was a chamber and its entrance by the gateposts of the gateway, where they (AA)washed the burnt offering. 39 In the vestibule of the gateway were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slay the burnt offering, (AB)the sin offering, and (AC)the trespass offering. 40 At the outer side of the vestibule, as one goes up to the entrance of the northern gateway, were two tables; and on the other side of the vestibule of the gateway were two tables. 41 Four tables were on this side and four tables on that side, by the side of the gateway, eight tables on which they slaughtered the sacrifices. 42 There were also four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, one cubit and a half long, one cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high; on these they laid the instruments with which they slaughtered the burnt offering and the sacrifice. 43 Inside were hooks, a handbreadth wide, fastened all around; and the flesh of the sacrifices was on the tables.
Chambers for Singers and Priests
44 Outside the inner gate were the chambers for (AD)the singers in the inner court, one facing south at the side of the northern gateway, and the other facing north at the side of the [g]southern gateway. 45 Then he said to me, “This chamber which faces south is for (AE)the priests who have charge of the temple. 46 The chamber which faces north is for the priests (AF)who have charge of the altar; these are the sons of (AG)Zadok, from the sons of Levi, who come near the Lord to minister to Him.”
Dimensions of the Inner Court and Vestibule(AH)
47 And he measured the court, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide, foursquare. The altar was in front of the temple. 48 Then he brought me to the (AI)vestibule of the temple and measured the doorposts of the vestibule, five cubits on this side and five cubits on that side; and the width of the gateway was three cubits on this side and three cubits on that side.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 39:28 Lit. there
- Ezekiel 40:1 Lit. struck
- Ezekiel 40:4 Lit. set your heart
- Ezekiel 40:5 Lit. house
- Ezekiel 40:5 A royal cubit of about 21 inches
- Ezekiel 40:12 Lit. border
- Ezekiel 40:44 So with LXX; MT, Vg. eastern
Ezekiel 37:28
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28 (A)The nations also will know that I, the Lord, (B)sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.” ’ ”
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Ezekiel 37:24
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24 (A)“David My servant shall be king over them, and (B)they shall all have one shepherd; (C)they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them.
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Jeremiah 33:24-26
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24 “Have you not considered what these people have spoken, saying, ‘The two families which the Lord has chosen, He has also cast them off’? Thus they have (A)despised My people, as if they should no more be a nation before them.
25 “Thus says the Lord: ‘If (B)My covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not (C)appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth, 26 (D)then I will (E)cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captives to return, and will have mercy on them.’ ”
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Jeremiah 31:10-12
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10 “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
And declare it in the [a]isles afar off, and say,
‘He who scattered Israel (A)will gather him,
And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’
11 For (B)the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
And ransomed him (C)from the hand of one stronger than he.
12 Therefore they shall come and sing in (D)the height of Zion,
Streaming to (E)the goodness of the Lord—
For wheat and new wine and oil,
For the young of the flock and the herd;
Their souls shall be like a (F)well-watered garden,
(G)And they shall sorrow no more at all.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:10 Or coastlands
Jeremiah 30:5-7
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5 “For thus says the Lord:
‘We have heard a voice of trembling,
Of [a]fear, and not of peace.
6 Ask now, and see,
Whether a [b]man is ever in [c]labor with child?
So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins
(A)Like a woman in labor,
And all faces turned pale?
7 (B)Alas! For that day is great,
(C)So that none is like it;
And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble,
But he shall be saved out of it.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 30:5 dread
- Jeremiah 30:6 Lit. male can give birth
- Jeremiah 30:6 childbirth
Isaiah 63:16
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16 (A)Doubtless You are our Father,
Though Abraham (B)was ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O Lord, are our Father;
Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
Isaiah 61:7-11
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7 (A)Instead of your shame you shall have double honor,
And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they shall possess double;
Everlasting joy shall be theirs.
8 “For (B)I, the Lord, love justice;
(C)I hate robbery [a]for burnt offering;
I will direct their work in truth,
(D)And will make with them an everlasting covenant.
9 Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,
And their offspring among the people.
All who see them shall acknowledge them,
(E)That they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed.”
10 (F)I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For (G)He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
(H)As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,
So the Lord God will cause (I)righteousness and (J)praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:8 Or in
Isaiah 60:1-9
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The Gentiles Bless Zion
60 Arise, (A)shine;
For your light has come!
And (B)the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people;
But the Lord will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.
3 The (C)Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
4 “Lift(D) up your eyes all around, and see:
They all gather together, (E)they come to you;
Your sons shall come from afar,
And your daughters shall be nursed at your side.
5 Then you shall see and become radiant,
And your heart shall swell with joy;
Because (F)the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.
6 The multitude of camels shall cover your land,
The dromedaries of Midian and (G)Ephah;
All those from (H)Sheba shall come;
They shall bring (I)gold and incense,
And they shall proclaim the praises of the Lord.
7 All the flocks of (J)Kedar shall be gathered together to you,
The rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you;
They shall ascend with (K)acceptance on My altar,
And (L)I will glorify the house of My glory.
8 “Who are these who fly like a cloud,
And like doves to their roosts?
9 (M)Surely the coastlands shall wait for Me;
And the ships of Tarshish will come first,
(N)To bring your sons from afar,
(O)Their silver and their gold with them,
To the name of the Lord your God,
And to the Holy One of Israel,
(P)Because He has glorified you.
Isaiah 51:11
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11 So (A)the ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness;
Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah 49:7-26
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7 Thus says the Lord,
The Redeemer of Israel, [a]their Holy One,
(A)To Him [b]whom man despises,
To Him whom the nation abhors,
To the Servant of rulers:
(B)“Kings shall see and arise,
Princes also shall worship,
Because of the Lord who is faithful,
The Holy One of Israel;
And He has chosen You.”
8 Thus says the Lord:
“In an (C)acceptable[c] time I have heard You,
And in the day of salvation I have helped You;
I will [d]preserve You (D)and give You
As a covenant to the people,
To restore the earth,
To cause them to inherit the desolate [e]heritages;
9 That You may say (E)to the prisoners, ‘Go forth,’
To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
“They shall feed along the roads,
And their pastures shall be on all desolate heights.
10 They shall neither (F)hunger nor thirst,
(G)Neither heat nor sun shall strike them;
For He who has mercy on them (H)will lead them,
Even by the springs of water He will guide them.
11 (I)I will make each of My mountains a road,
And My highways shall be elevated.
12 Surely (J)these shall come from afar;
Look! Those from the north and the west,
And these from the land of Sinim.”
13 (K)Sing, O heavens!
Be joyful, O earth!
And break out in singing, O mountains!
For the Lord has comforted His people,
And will have mercy on His afflicted.
God Will Remember Zion
14 (L)But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me,
And my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 “Can(M) a woman forget her nursing child,
[f]And not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Surely they may forget,
(N)Yet I will not forget you.
16 See, (O)I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your walls are continually before Me.
17 Your [g]sons shall make haste;
Your destroyers and those who laid you waste
Shall go away from you.
18 (P)Lift up your eyes, look around and see;
All these gather together and come to you.
As I live,” says the Lord,
“You shall surely clothe yourselves with them all (Q)as an ornament,
And bind them on you as a bride does.
19 “For your waste and desolate places,
And the land of your destruction,
(R)Will even now be too small for the inhabitants;
And those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20 (S)The children you will have,
(T)After you have lost the others,
Will say again in your ears,
‘The place is too small for me;
Give me a place where I may dwell.’
21 Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who has begotten these for me,
Since I have lost my children and am desolate,
A captive, and wandering to and fro?
And who has brought these up?
There I was, left alone;
But these, where were they?’ ”
22 (U)Thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I will lift My hand in an oath to the nations,
And set up My [h]standard for the peoples;
They shall bring your sons in their [i]arms,
And your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders;
23 (V)Kings shall be your foster fathers,
And their queens your nursing mothers;
They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth,
And (W)lick up the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord,
(X)For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.”
25 But thus says the Lord:
“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away,
And the prey of the terrible be delivered;
For I will contend with him who contends with you,
And I will save your children.
26 I will (Z)feed those who oppress you with their own flesh,
And they shall be drunk with their own (AA)blood as with sweet wine.
All flesh (AB)shall know
That I, the Lord, am your Savior,
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:7 Lit. his or its
- Isaiah 49:7 Lit. who is despised of soul
- Isaiah 49:8 favorable
- Isaiah 49:8 keep
- Isaiah 49:8 inheritances
- Isaiah 49:15 Lit. From having compassion
- Isaiah 49:17 DSS, LXX, Tg., Vg. builders
- Isaiah 49:22 banner
- Isaiah 49:22 Lit. bosom
- Isaiah 49:24 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, Syr., Vg. of the mighty; LXX unjustly
Isaiah 46:3-4
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3 “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
(A)Who have been upheld by Me from [a]birth,
Who have been carried from the womb:
4 Even to your old age, (B)I am He,
And even to gray hairs (C)I will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
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- Isaiah 46:3 Lit. the belly
Isaiah 45:25
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Isaiah 44:21-26
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Israel Is Not Forgotten
21 “Remember these, O Jacob,
And Israel, for you are My servant;
I have formed you, you are My servant;
O Israel, you will not be (A)forgotten by Me!
22 (B)I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions,
And like a cloud, your sins.
Return to Me, for (C)I have redeemed you.”
23 (D)Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it!
Shout, you lower parts of the earth;
Break forth into singing, you mountains,
O forest, and every tree in it!
For the Lord has redeemed Jacob,
And (E)glorified Himself in Israel.
Judah Will Be Restored
24 Thus says the Lord, (F)your Redeemer,
And (G)He who formed you from the womb:
“I am the Lord, who makes all things,
(H)Who stretches out the heavens [a]all alone,
Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself;
25 Who (I)frustrates the signs (J)of the babblers,
And drives diviners mad;
Who turns wise men backward,
(K)And makes their knowledge foolishness;
26 (L)Who confirms the word of His servant,
And performs the counsel of His messengers;
Who says to Jerusalem, ‘You shall be inhabited,’
To the cities of Judah, ‘You shall be built,’
And I will raise up her waste places;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 44:24 By Himself
Isaiah 41:14
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14 “Fear not, you (A)worm Jacob,
You men of Israel!
I will help you,” says the Lord
And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
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