Isaiah 37:22
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22 this is the word which the Lord has spoken concerning him:
“The virgin, the daughter of Zion,
Has despised you, laughed you to scorn;
The daughter of Jerusalem
Has shaken her head behind your back!
Job 16:4
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4 I also could speak as you do,
If your soul were in my soul’s place.
I could heap up words against you,
And (A)shake my head at you;
Zechariah 2:10
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10 (A)“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I (B)will dwell in your midst,” says the Lord.
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Zephaniah 3:14
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Joy in God’s Faithfulness
14 (A)Sing, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O Israel!
Be glad and rejoice with all your heart,
O daughter of Jerusalem!
Lamentations 2:13
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13 How shall I (A)console[a] you?
To what shall I liken you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
For your ruin is spread wide as the sea;
Who can heal you?
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:13 Or bear witness to
Jeremiah 14:17
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17 “Therefore you shall say this word to them:
(A)‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
(B)For the virgin daughter of my people
Has been broken with a mighty stroke, with a very severe blow.
Isaiah 1:8
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8 So the daughter of Zion is left (A)as a [a]booth in a vineyard,
As a hut in a garden of cucumbers,
(B)As a besieged city.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:8 shelter
Psalm 9:14
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14 That I may tell of all Your praise
In the gates of [a]the daughter of Zion.
I will (A)rejoice in Your salvation.
Footnotes
- Psalm 9:14 Jerusalem
Matthew 27:39
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39 And (A)those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads
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Matthew 21:5
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5 “Tell(A) the daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your King is coming to you,
Lowly, and sitting on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
Zechariah 9:9
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The Coming King(A)
9 “Rejoice (B)greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, (C)your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.
Amos 5:2
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2 The virgin of Israel has fallen;
She will rise no more.
She lies forsaken on her land;
There is no one to raise her up.
Joel 3:9-12
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9 (A)Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near,
Let them come up.
10 (B)Beat your plowshares into swords
And your [a]pruning hooks into spears;
(C)Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”
11 Assemble and come, all you nations,
And gather together all around.
Cause (D)Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.
12 “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
For there I will sit to (E)judge all the surrounding nations.
Footnotes
- Joel 3:10 pruning knives
Lamentations 1:15
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15 “The Lord has trampled underfoot all my mighty men in my midst;
He has called an assembly against me
To crush my young men;
(A)The Lord trampled as in a winepress
The virgin daughter of Judah.
Isaiah 62:11
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11 Indeed the Lord has proclaimed
To the end of the world:
(A)“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Surely your salvation is coming;
Behold, His (B)reward is with Him,
And His [a]work before Him.’ ”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 62:11 recompense
Isaiah 10:32
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32 As yet he will remain (A)at Nob that day;
He will (B)shake his fist at the mount of (C)the daughter of Zion,
The hill of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 8:9-10
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9 “Be(A) shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces!
Give ear, all you from far countries.
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces;
Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.
10 (B)Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
Speak the word, (C)but it will not stand,
(D)For [a]God is with us.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 8:10 Heb. Immanuel
Psalm 46:1-7
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God the Refuge of His People and Conqueror of the Nations
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A Song (A)for Alamoth.
46 God is our (B)refuge and strength,
(C)A[a] very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the [b]midst of the sea;
3 (D)Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah
4 There is a (E)river whose streams shall make glad the (F)city of God,
The holy place of the [c]tabernacle of the Most High.
5 God is (G)in the midst of her, she shall not be [d]moved;
God shall help her, just [e]at the break of dawn.
6 (H)The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice, the earth melted.
7 The (I)Lord of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 46:1 An abundantly available help
- Psalm 46:2 Lit. heart
- Psalm 46:4 dwelling places
- Psalm 46:5 shaken
- Psalm 46:5 Lit. at the turning of the morning
Psalm 31:18
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18 (A)Let the lying lips be put to silence,
Which (B)speak insolent things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Psalm 27:1-3
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An Exuberant Declaration of Faith
A Psalm of David.
27 The Lord is my (A)light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The (B)Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked came against me
To (C)eat[a] up my flesh,
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.
3 (D)Though an army may encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear;
Though war may rise against me,
In this I will be confident.
Footnotes
- Psalm 27:2 devour
Psalm 22:7-8
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7 (A)All those who see Me ridicule Me;
They [a]shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 “He(B) [b]trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him;
(C)Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”
Footnotes
- Psalm 22:7 Show contempt with their mouth
- Psalm 22:8 LXX, Syr., Vg. hoped; Tg. praised
Psalm 2:2-4
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2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the (A)rulers take counsel together,
Against the Lord and against His (B)Anointed,[a] saying,
3 “Let (C)us break Their bonds in pieces
And cast away Their cords from us.”
4 He who sits in the heavens (D)shall laugh;
The Lord shall hold them in derision.
Footnotes
- Psalm 2:2 Christ, Commissioned One, Heb. Messiah
1 Samuel 17:44-47
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44 And the Philistine (A)said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. (B)But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have (C)defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give (D)the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, (E)that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord (F)does not save with sword and spear; for (G)the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.”
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1 Samuel 17:36
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36 Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.”
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Isaiah 23:12
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12 And He said, “You will rejoice no more,
O you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, (A)cross over to Cyprus;
There also you will have no rest.”
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