(A)Then I said, ‘I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain;
Yet surely my [a]just reward is with the Lord,
And my [b]work with my God.’ ”

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  1. Isaiah 49:4 justice
  2. Isaiah 49:4 recompense

Say to those who are fearful-hearted,
“Be strong, do not fear!
Behold, your God will come with (A)vengeance,
With the recompense of God;
He will come and (B)save you.”

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11 I am afraid for you, (A)lest I have labored for you in vain.

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15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent (A)for your souls; though (B)the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

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15 For we are to God the fragrance of Christ (A)among those who are being saved and (B)among those who are perishing.

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Jesus Laments over Jerusalem(A)

37 (B)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets (C)and stones those who are sent to her! How often (D)I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks (E)under her wings, but you were not willing!

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17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O [a]faithless and (A)perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”

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  1. Matthew 17:17 unbelieving

19 Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; (A)but you have delivered your soul.

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23 They shall not labor in vain,
(A)Nor bring forth children for trouble;
For (B)they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord,
And their offspring with them.

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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.’ ”

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  1. Isaiah 62:11 recompense

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to [a]bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul (A)an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
11 [b]He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.
By His knowledge (B)My righteous (C)Servant shall (D)justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 (E)Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
(F)And He shall divide the [c]spoil with the strong,
Because He (G)poured out His soul unto death,
And He was (H)numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And (I)made intercession for the transgressors.

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  1. Isaiah 53:10 crush
  2. Isaiah 53:11 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; DSS, LXX From the labor of His soul He shall see light
  3. Isaiah 53:12 plunder

10 Behold, the Lord God shall come [a]with a strong hand,
And (A)His arm shall rule for Him;
Behold, (B)His reward is with Him,
And His [b]work before Him.

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  1. Isaiah 40:10 in strength
  2. Isaiah 40:10 recompense

looking unto Jesus, the [a]author and [b]finisher of our faith, (A)who for the joy that was set before Him (B)endured the cross, despising the shame, and (C)has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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  1. Hebrews 12:2 originator
  2. Hebrews 12:2 perfecter

(A)Therefore God also (B)has highly exalted Him and (C)given Him the name which is above every name, 10 (D)that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,

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21 But to Israel he says:

(A)“All day long I have stretched out My hands
To a disobedient and contrary people.”

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(A)I have glorified You on the earth. (B)I have finished the work (C)which You have given Me to do. And now, O Father, glorify Me together [a]with Yourself, with the glory (D)which I had with You before the world was.

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  1. John 17:5 Lit. alongside

11 (A)He came to His [a]own, and His [b]own did not receive Him.

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  1. John 1:11 His own things or domain
  2. John 1:11 His own people

26 (A)Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His (B)glory?”

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(A)I have stretched out My hands all day long to a (B)rebellious people,
Who (C)walk in a way that is not good,
According to their own thoughts;

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22 (A)I will declare Your name to (B)My brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
23 (C)You who fear the Lord, praise Him!
All you [a]descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!
24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from Him;
But (D)when He cried to Him, He heard.

25 (E)My praise shall be of You in the great assembly;
(F)I will pay My vows before those who fear Him.
26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
Let your heart live forever!

27 All the ends of the world
Shall remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the [b]nations
Shall worship before [c]You.
28 (G)For the kingdom is the Lord’s,
And He rules over the nations.

29 (H)All the prosperous of the earth
Shall eat and worship;
(I)All those who go down to [d]the dust
Shall bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep himself alive.

30 A posterity shall serve Him.
It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation,
31 They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born,
That He has done this.

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  1. Psalm 22:23 Lit. seed
  2. Psalm 22:27 Gentiles
  3. Psalm 22:27 So with MT, LXX, Tg.; Arab., Syr., Vg. Him
  4. Psalm 22:29 Death

20 And your (A)strength shall be spent in vain;

for your (B)land shall not yield its produce, nor shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

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