22 this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him:

“‘She despises you, she scorns you—
    (A)the virgin daughter of Zion;
she wags her head behind you—
    the daughter of Jerusalem.

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I also could speak as you do,
    if you were in my place;
I could join words together against you
    and (A)shake my head at you.

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10 (A)Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for (B)behold, I come (C)and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord.

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Israel's Joy and Restoration

14 (A)Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion;
    shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
    O daughter of Jerusalem!

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13 What can I say for you, (A)to what compare you,
    O daughter of Jerusalem?
(B)What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you,
    O virgin daughter of Zion?
(C)For your ruin is vast as the sea;
    who can heal you?

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17 “You shall say to them this word:
(A)‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
    and let them not cease,
for the virgin (B)daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,
    (C)with a very grievous blow.

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And (A)the daughter of Zion is left
    like a (B)booth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
    like a besieged city.

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14 that I may recount all your praises,
    that in the gates of (A)the daughter of Zion
    I may (B)rejoice in your salvation.

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(A)“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your king is coming to you,
    (B)humble, and mounted on a donkey,
    on a colt,[a] the foal of a beast of burden.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 21:5 Or donkey, and on a colt

The Coming King of Zion

(A)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
    Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
(B)Behold, (C)your king is coming to you;
    righteous and having salvation is he,
(D)humble and mounted on a donkey,
    on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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“Fallen, no more to rise,
    is (A)the virgin Israel;
forsaken on her land,
    with none to raise her up.”

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Proclaim this among the nations:
(A)Consecrate for war;[a]
    stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near;
    let them come up.
10 (B)Beat your plowshares into swords,
    and (C)your pruning hooks into spears;
    let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”

11 (D)Hasten and come,
    all you surrounding nations,
    and gather yourselves there.
(E)Bring down your warriors, O Lord.
12 Let the nations stir themselves up
    and come up to (F)the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
(G)for there I will sit to judge
    all the surrounding nations.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:9 Or Consecrate a war

15 “The Lord rejected
    all my mighty men in my midst;
he summoned an assembly against me
    to crush my young men;
(A)the Lord has trodden as in a winepress
    the virgin daughter of Judah.

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11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed
    to the end of the earth:
(A)Say to the daughter of Zion,
    (B)“Behold, your salvation comes;
behold, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense before him.”

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32 This very day he will halt at (A)Nob;
    he will shake his fist
    at the mount of (B)the daughter of Zion,
    the hill of Jerusalem.

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Be broken,[a] you peoples, and (A)be shattered;[b]
    give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
    strap on your armor and be shattered.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
    speak a word, (B)but it will not stand,
    for God (C)is with us.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Be evil
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  3. Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel

God Is Our Fortress

To the choirmaster. Of (A)the Sons of Korah. According to (B)Alamoth.[a] A Song.

46 God is our (C)refuge and strength,
    a very (D)present[b] help in (E)trouble.
Therefore we will not fear (F)though the earth gives way,
    though the mountains be moved into (G)the heart of the sea,
though (H)its waters roar and foam,
    though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah

There is (I)a river whose streams make glad (J)the city of God,
    the holy (K)habitation of the Most High.
(L)God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
    God will help her when morning dawns.
(M)The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
    he (N)utters his voice, the earth (O)melts.
(P)The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 46:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 46:1 Or well proved

18 Let the lying lips be mute,
    which (A)speak (B)insolently against the righteous
    in pride and contempt.

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The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation

Of David.

27 The Lord is my (A)light and my (B)salvation;
    (C)whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold[a] of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?

When evildoers assail me
    to (D)eat up my flesh,
my adversaries and foes,
    it is they who stumble and fall.

(E)Though an army encamp against me,
    my heart shall not fear;
though war arise against me,
    yet[b] I will be confident.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 27:1 Or refuge
  2. Psalm 27:3 Or in this

All who see me (A)mock me;
    they make mouths at me; they (B)wag their heads;
(C)“He trusts in the Lord; let him (D)deliver him;
    let him rescue him, for he (E)delights in him!”

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The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers take counsel together,
    against the Lord and against his (A)Anointed, saying,
“Let us (B)burst their bonds apart
    and cast away their cords from us.”

He who (C)sits in the heavens (D)laughs;
    the Lord holds them in derision.

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44 The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh (A)to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.” 45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with (B)a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, (C)whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. (D)And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day (E)to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, (F)that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that (G)the Lord saves not with sword and spear. (H)For the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hand.”

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36 Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, (A)for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

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12 And he said:
“You will no more exult,
    O oppressed virgin daughter of (A)Sidon;
arise, (B)cross over to (C)Cyprus,
    even there you will have no rest.”

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