18 (A)Lift up your eyes around and see;
    they all gather, they come to you.
(B)As I live, declares the Lord,
    (C)you shall put them all on as an ornament;
    you shall bind them on as a bride does.

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“This is like (A)the days of Noah[a] to me:
    as I swore that the waters of Noah
    should no more go over the earth,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you,
    and will not rebuke you.

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  1. Isaiah 54:9 Some manuscripts For this is as the waters of Noah

The Eternal Covenant of Peace

54 (A)“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;
    break forth into singing and cry aloud,
    you who have not been in labor!
For the children of (B)the desolate one (C)will be more
    than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord.
(D)“Enlarge the place of your tent,
    and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords
    and strengthen your stakes.
(E)For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,
    and your offspring will possess the nations
    and will people the desolate cities.

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12 For thus says the Lord:
(A)“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
    and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and (B)you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
    and bounced upon her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforts,
    so (C)I will comfort you;
    you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

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10 (A)I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
    my soul shall exult in my God,
(B)for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
    he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself (C)like a priest with a beautiful headdress,
    (D)and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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(A)For a brief moment I deserted you,
    but with great compassion I will gather you.

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12 (A)Behold, these shall come from afar,
    and behold, (B)these from the north and from the west,[a]
    and these from the land of Syene.”[b]

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  1. Isaiah 49:12 Hebrew from the sea
  2. Isaiah 49:12 Dead Sea Scroll; Masoretic Text Sinim

15 (A)Outside are (B)the dogs (C)and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

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And I saw (A)the holy city, (B)new Jerusalem, (C)coming down out of heaven from God, (D)prepared (E)as a bride adorned for her husband.

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The Certainty of God's Promise

13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, (A)he swore by himself, 14 saying, (B)“Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 15 And thus Abraham,[a] (C)having patiently waited, obtained the promise. 16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes (D)an oath is final for confirmation. 17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to (E)the heirs of the promise (F)the unchangeable character of his purpose, (G)he guaranteed it with an oath, 18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which (H)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope (I)set before us.

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  1. Hebrews 6:15 Greek he

28 (A)There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave[a] nor free, (B)there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And (C)if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, (D)heirs according to promise.

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  1. Galatians 3:28 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

41 (A)The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all (B)causes of sin and (C)all law-breakers, 42 (D)and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place (E)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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Behold, I will bring them (A)from the north country
    and (B)gather them from (C)the farthest parts of the earth,
among them (D)the blind and the lame,
    the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;
    a great company, they shall return here.

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32 (A)Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
    or a bride her attire?
Yet (B)my people have forgotten me
    days without number.

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20 (A)And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations (B)as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.

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(A)Lift up your eyes all around, and see;
    they all gather together, they come to you;
(B)your sons shall come from afar,
    and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.
Then you shall see and (C)be radiant;
    your heart shall thrill and exult,[a]
because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
    (D)the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
A multitude of camels shall cover you,
    the young camels of (E)Midian and (F)Ephah;
    all those from (G)Sheba shall come.
(H)They shall bring gold and frankincense,
    and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord.
All the flocks of (I)Kedar shall be gathered to you;
    the rams of (J)Nebaioth shall minister to you;
(K)they shall come up with acceptance on my altar,
    (L)and I will beautify my beautiful house.

Who are these that fly like a cloud,
    and (M)like doves to their windows?
For (N)the coastlands shall hope for me,
    (O)the ships of Tarshish first,
(P)to bring your children from afar,
    their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
    and for the Holy One of Israel,
    because (Q)he has made you beautiful.

10 (R)Foreigners shall build up your walls,
    and (S)their kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
    but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
11 (T)Your gates shall be open continually;
    day and night they shall not be shut,
(U)that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
    with their kings led in procession.

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  1. Isaiah 60:5 Hebrew your heart shall tremble and grow wide

The Lord's Coming Salvation

52 (A)Awake, awake,
    put on your strength, O Zion;
(B)put on your beautiful garments,
    O Jerusalem, (C)the holy city;
(D)for there shall no more come into you
    the uncircumcised and the unclean.

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22 Thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
    (A)and raise my signal to the peoples;
(B)and they shall bring your sons in their arms,[a]
    and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.

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  1. Isaiah 49:22 Hebrew in their bosom

23 (A)By myself I have sworn;
    from my mouth has gone out in (B)righteousness
    a word that shall not return:
(C)‘To me every knee shall bow,
    every tongue shall swear allegiance.’[a]

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  1. Isaiah 45:23 Septuagint every tongue shall confess to God

(A)Fear not, for I am with you;
    (B)I will bring your offspring from the east,
    and from the west I will gather you.
I will say to the north, Give up,
    and to the south, Do not withhold;
bring (C)my sons from afar
    and (D)my daughters from the end of the earth,

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(A)Grandchildren are (B)the crown of the aged,
    and the glory of children is their fathers.

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16 and said, (A)“By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

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14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, (A)northward and southward and eastward and westward,

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