Isaiah 50:2
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2 Why was no one there when I came?
Why didn’t anyone answer when I called?
Is it because I have no power to rescue?
No, that is not the reason!
For I can speak to the sea and make it dry up!
I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.
Isaiah 59:1
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Warnings against Sin
59 Listen! The Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you,
nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call.
Numbers 11:23
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23 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Has my arm lost its power? Now you will see whether or not my word comes true!”
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Isaiah 66:4
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4 I will send them great trouble—
all the things they feared.
For when I called, they did not answer.
When I spoke, they did not listen.
They deliberately sinned before my very eyes
and chose to do what they know I despise.”
Joshua 3:16
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16 the water above that point began backing up a great distance away at a town called Adam, which is near Zarethan. And the water below that point flowed on to the Dead Sea[a] until the riverbed was dry. Then all the people crossed over near the town of Jericho.
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- 3:16 Hebrew the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea.
Exodus 14:21
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21 Then Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the Lord opened up a path through the water with a strong east wind. The wind blew all that night, turning the seabed into dry land.
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Genesis 18:14
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14 Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
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John 1:11
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11 He came to his own people, and even they rejected him.
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Nahum 1:4
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4 At his command the oceans dry up,
and the rivers disappear.
The lush pastures of Bashan and Carmel fade,
and the green forests of Lebanon wither.
Hosea 11:2
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2 But the more I called to him,
the farther he moved from me,[a]
offering sacrifices to the images of Baal
and burning incense to idols.
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- 11:2 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads the more they called to him, the farther he moved from them.
Jeremiah 35:15
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15 Time after time I sent you prophets, who told you, “Turn from your wicked ways, and start doing things right. Stop worshiping other gods so that you might live in peace here in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you would not listen to me or obey me.
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Isaiah 65:12
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12 now I will ‘destine’ you for the sword.
All of you will bow down before the executioner.
For when I called, you did not answer.
When I spoke, you did not listen.
You deliberately sinned—before my very eyes—
and chose to do what you know I despise.”
Isaiah 59:16
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16 He was amazed to see that no one intervened
to help the oppressed.
So he himself stepped in to save them with his strong arm,
and his justice sustained him.
Isaiah 43:16
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16 I am the Lord, who opened a way through the waters,
making a dry path through the sea.
Isaiah 42:15
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15 I will level the mountains and hills
and blight all their greenery.
I will turn the rivers into dry land
and will dry up all the pools.
Proverbs 1:24
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24 “I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come.
I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.
Psalm 106:9
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9 He commanded the Red Sea[a] to dry up.
He led Israel across the sea as if it were a desert.
Exodus 7:21
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21 The fish in the river died, and the water became so foul that the Egyptians couldn’t drink it. There was blood everywhere throughout the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 7:18
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18 The fish in it will die, and the river will stink. The Egyptians will not be able to drink any water from the Nile.’”
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John 3:19
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19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.
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Mark 4:39
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39 When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm.
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Hosea 11:7
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7 For my people are determined to desert me.
They call me the Most High,
but they don’t truly honor me.
Daniel 6:27
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27 He rescues and saves his people;
he performs miraculous signs and wonders
in the heavens and on earth.
He has rescued Daniel
from the power of the lions.”
Daniel 6:20
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20 When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue you from the lions?”
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Daniel 3:29
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29 Therefore, I make this decree: If any people, whatever their race or nation or language, speak a word against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they will be torn limb from limb, and their houses will be turned into heaps of rubble. There is no other god who can rescue like this!”
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