Isaiah 40:2
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2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that she has served her term,
that her penalty is paid,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.(A)
Zechariah 9:12
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12 Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;
today I declare that I will restore to you double.(A)
Hosea 2:14
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14 Therefore, I will now allure her
and bring her into the wilderness
and speak tenderly to her.(A)
Isaiah 61:7
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7 Because their[a] shame was double
and dishonor was proclaimed as their lot,
therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion;
everlasting joy shall be theirs.(A)
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- 61.7 Heb your
Jeremiah 33:8-9
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8 I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.(A) 9 And this city[a] shall be to me a name of joy, a praise, and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them; they shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.(B)
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- 33.9 Heb And it
Revelation 18:6
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6 Render to her as she herself has rendered,
and repay her double for her deeds;
mix a double dose for her in the cup she mixed.(A)
Jeremiah 16:18
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18 And[a] I will doubly repay their iniquity and their sin because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.(A)
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- 16.18 Gk: Heb And first
Isaiah 44:22
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22 I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud
and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.(A)
Isaiah 43:25
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25 I alone am the one
who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,
and I will not remember your sins.(A)
Habakkuk 2:3
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3 For there is still a vision for the appointed time;
it speaks of the end and does not lie.
If it seems to tarry, wait for it;
it will surely come; it will not delay.(A)
Jeremiah 29:11
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11 For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.(A)
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Isaiah 35:4
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4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
“Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God.
He will come with vengeance,
with terrible recompense.
He will come and save you.”(A)
Revelation 11:15-18
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The Seventh Trumpet
15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,
“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Messiah,[a]
and he will reign forever and ever.”(A)
16 Then the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,(B) 17 singing,
“We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty,
who are and who were,
for you have taken your great power
and begun to reign.(C)
18 The nations raged,
but your wrath has come,
and the time for judging the dead,
for rewarding your servants, the prophets
and saints and all who fear your name,
both small and great,
and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”(D)
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- 11.15 Gk Christ
Acts 1:7
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7 He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.(A)
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Daniel 11:35
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35 Some of the wise shall fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and cleansed,[a] until the time of the end, for there is still an interval until the time appointed.(A)
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- 11.35 Heb made them white
Isaiah 12:1
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Thanksgiving and Praise
12 You will say on that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
your anger turned away,
and you comforted me.(A)
Psalm 102:13-28
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13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to favor it;
the appointed time has come.(A)
14 For your servants hold its stones dear
and have pity on its dust.
15 The nations will fear the name of the Lord
and all the kings of the earth your glory.(B)
16 For the Lord will build up Zion;
he will appear in his glory.(C)
17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute
and will not despise their prayer.(D)
18 Let this be recorded for a generation to come,
so that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord:(E)
19 that he looked down from his holy height,
from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,(F)
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners,
to set free those who were doomed to die,(G)
21 so that the name of the Lord may be declared in Zion
and his praise in Jerusalem,(H)
22 when peoples gather together,
and kingdoms, to serve the Lord.(I)
23 He has broken my strength in midcourse;
he has shortened my days.(J)
24 “O my God,” I say, “do not take me away
at the midpoint of my life,
you whose years endure
throughout all generations.”(K)
25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.(L)
26 They will perish, but you endure;
they will all wear out like a garment.
You change them like clothing, and they pass away,(M)
27 but you are the same, and your years have no end.(N)
28 The children of your servants shall live secure;
their offspring shall be established in your presence.(O)
Galatians 4:4
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4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,(A)
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Jeremiah 31:33-34
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33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.(A) 34 No longer shall they teach one another or say to each other, “Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more.(B)
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Isaiah 49:25
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25 But thus says the Lord:
Even the captives of the mighty will be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant will be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.(A)
Isaiah 33:24
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24 And no inhabitant will say, “I am sick”;
the people who live there will be forgiven their iniquity.(A)
Psalm 32:1
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Psalm 32
The Joy of Forgiveness
Of David. A Maskil.
1 Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.(A)
Job 42:10-12
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Job’s Fortunes Are Restored Twofold
10 And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.(A) 11 Then there came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him; and each of them gave him a piece of money[a] and a gold ring.(B) 12 The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning, and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand donkeys.(C)
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- 42.11 Heb a qesitah
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
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9 Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes,[a] men who engage in illicit sex,[b](A) 10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ[c] and in the Spirit of our God.(B)
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