Isaiah 49:8
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Zion’s Children to Be Brought Home
8 Thus says the Lord:
In a time of favor I have answered you;
on a day of salvation I have helped you;
I have kept you and given you
as a covenant to the people,[a]
to establish the land,
to apportion the desolate heritages,(A)
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- 49.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain
2 Corinthians 6:2
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2 For he says,
“At an acceptable time I have listened to you,
and on a day of salvation I have helped you.”
Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!(A)
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Isaiah 42:6
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6 I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness;
I have taken you by the hand and kept you;
I have given you as a covenant to the people,[a]
a light to the nations,(A)
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- 42.6 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 69:13
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13 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord.
At an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast love, answer me.
With your faithful help(A)
Hebrews 12:24
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24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(A)
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Isaiah 61:4
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4 They shall build up the ancient ruins;
they shall raise up the former devastations;
they shall repair the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.(A)
Isaiah 58:12
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12 Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt;
you shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
you shall be called the repairer of the breach,
the restorer of streets to live in.(A)
Hebrews 5:7
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7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus[a] offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.(A)
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Ephesians 2:12-19
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12 remember that you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.(A) 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.(B) 14 For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us,(C) 15 abolishing the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace,(D) 16 and might reconcile both to God in one body[a] through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it.[b](E) 17 So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, 18 for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father.(F) 19 So then, you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God,(G)
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Isaiah 51:16
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16 I have put my words in your mouth
and hidden you in the shadow of my hand,
stretching out[a] the heavens
and laying the foundations of the earth
and saying to Zion, “You are my people.”(A)
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- 51.16 Syr: Heb planting
Isaiah 44:26
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26 who confirms the word of his servant
and fulfills the prediction of his messengers;
who says of Jerusalem, “It shall be inhabited,”
and of the cities of Judah, “They shall be rebuilt,
and I will raise up their ruins”;(A)
Ephesians 1:6
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6 to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
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John 11:41-42
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41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me.(A) 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.”(B)
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Isaiah 54:3
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3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left,
and your descendants will possess nations
and will settle desolate towns.(A)
Isaiah 50:7-9
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7 The Lord God helps me;
therefore I have not been disgraced;
therefore I have set my face like flint,
and I know that I shall not be put to shame;(A)
8 he who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
Let us stand in court together.
Who are my adversaries?
Let them confront me.(B)
9 It is the Lord God who helps me;
who will declare me guilty?
All of them will wear out like a garment;
the moth will eat them up.(C)
Isaiah 49:19
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19 For your wastelands, your desolate places,
and your devastated land—
now you will be too crowded for your inhabitants,
and those who swallowed you up will be far away.(A)
Isaiah 42:1
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The Servant, a Light to the Nations
42 Here is my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.(A)
Isaiah 26:3
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3 Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace,
in peace because they trust in you.
Psalm 75:3
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3 When the earth totters, with all its inhabitants,
it is I who keep its pillars steady. Selah
Psalm 2:8
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8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage
and the ends of the earth your possession.(A)