The Renewal of Zion

In that day (A)the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious;
And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing
For those of Israel who have escaped.

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12 Then speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying:

“Behold, (A)the Man whose name is the (B)BRANCH!
From His place He shall [a]branch out,
(C)And He shall build the temple of the Lord;

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  1. Zechariah 6:12 Lit. sprout up

“Behold, (A)the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;
A King shall reign and [a]prosper,
(B)And execute [b]judgment and righteousness in the [c]earth.

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  1. Jeremiah 23:5 act wisely
  2. Jeremiah 23:5 justice
  3. Jeremiah 23:5 land

‘Hear, O Joshua, the high priest,
You and your companions who sit before you,
For they are (A)a[a] wondrous sign;
For behold, I am bringing forth (B)My Servant the (C)BRANCH.

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  1. Zechariah 3:8 Lit. men of a sign or wonder

Those who come He shall cause (A)to take root in Jacob;
Israel shall blossom and bud,
And fill the face of the world with fruit.

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32 And it shall come to pass
That (A)whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be [a]saved.
For (B)in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be [b]deliverance,
As the Lord has said,
Among (C)the remnant whom the Lord calls.

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  1. Joel 2:32 Or delivered
  2. Joel 2:32 Or salvation

But what does the divine response say to him? (A)“I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” (B)Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

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15 ‘In those days and at that time
I will cause to grow up to David
A (A)Branch of righteousness;
He shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

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For it is the God (A)who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has (B)shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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Israel’s Final Triumph

17 “But on Mount Zion there (A)shall be [a]deliverance,
And there shall be holiness;
The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

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  1. Obadiah 1:17 Or salvation

22 The earth shall answer
With grain,
With new wine,
And with oil;
They shall answer [a]Jezreel.
23 Then (A)I will sow her for Myself in the earth,
(B)And I will have mercy on her who had [b]not obtained mercy;
Then (C)I will say to those who were [c]not My people,
‘You are [d]My people!’
And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”

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  1. Hosea 2:22 Lit. God Will Sow
  2. Hosea 2:23 Heb. lo-ruhamah
  3. Hosea 2:23 Heb. lo-ammi
  4. Hosea 2:23 Heb. ammi

Israel Exalted at Last(A)

22 Thus says the Lord God: “I will take also one of the highest (B)branches of the high cedar and set it out. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs (C)a tender one, and will (D)plant it on a high and prominent mountain. 23 (E)On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it; and it will bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a majestic cedar. (F)Under it will dwell birds of every sort; in the shadow of its branches they will dwell.

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14 so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there shall escape or survive, lest they return to the land of Judah, to which they (A)desire[a] to return and dwell. For (B)none shall return except those who escape.’ ”

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  1. Jeremiah 44:14 Lit. lift up their soul

For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no [a]form or [b]comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no [c]beauty that we should desire Him.

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  1. Isaiah 53:2 Stately form
  2. Isaiah 53:2 splendor
  3. Isaiah 53:2 Lit. appearance

31 And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah
Shall again take root downward,
And bear fruit upward.
32 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant,
And those who escape from Mount Zion.
The (A)zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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16 There will be an abundance of grain in the earth,
On the top of the mountains;
Its fruit shall wave like Lebanon;
(A)And those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

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A Multitude from the Great Tribulation

After these things I looked, and behold, (A)a great multitude which no one could number, (B)of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, (C)clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, (D)“Salvation belongs to our God (E)who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 (F)All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and (G)worshiped God, 12 (H)saying:

“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,
Be to our God forever and ever.
Amen.”

13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in (I)white robes, and where did they come from?”

14 And I said to him, [a]“Sir, you know.”

So he said to me, (J)“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and (K)washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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  1. Revelation 7:14 NU, M My lord

The Trustworthy Prophetic Word(A)

16 For we did not follow (B)cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the (C)power and (D)coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were (E)eyewitnesses of His majesty.

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The Word Becomes Flesh

14 (A)And the Word (B)became (C)flesh and dwelt among us, and (D)we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, (E)full of grace and truth.

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36 (A)Watch therefore, and (B)pray always that you may [a]be counted (C)worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and (D)to stand before the Son of Man.”

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  1. Luke 21:36 NU have strength to

22 And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; (A)but for the [a]elect’s sake those days will be shortened.

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  1. Matthew 24:22 chosen ones’

17 For (A)how great is [a]its goodness
And how great its (B)beauty!
(C)Grain shall make the young men thrive,
And new wine the young women.

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  1. Zechariah 9:17 Lit. His

God Blesses His People

18 And it will come to pass in that day
That the mountains shall drip with new wine,
The hills shall flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water;
A (A)fountain shall flow from the house of the Lord
And water the Valley of [a]Acacias.

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  1. Joel 3:18 Heb. Shittim

16 ‘Those who (A)survive will escape and be on the mountains
Like doves of the valleys,
All of them mourning,
Each for his iniquity.

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28 Yet (A)a small number who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah; and all the remnant of Judah, who have gone to the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose words will stand, Mine or theirs.

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