(A)All these things my hand has made,
    and so all these things came to be,
declares the Lord.
(B)But this is the one to whom I will look:
    he who is humble and contrite in spirit
    and trembles at my word.

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15 For thus says (A)the One who is high and lifted up,
    who inhabits eternity, whose name is (B)Holy:
(C)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
    and also (D)with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
(E)to revive the spirit of the lowly,
    and to revive the heart of the contrite.

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18 The Lord is near to (A)the brokenhearted
    and saves (B)the crushed in spirit.

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17 The sacrifices of God are (A)a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

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(A)“Blessed are (B)the poor in spirit, for (C)theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are (D)those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

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27 because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 28 Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place and its inhabitants.’” And they brought back word to the king.

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(A)For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
    but the haughty he knows from afar.

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120 My flesh (A)trembles for fear of you,
    and I am afraid of your judgments.

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Then all who (A)trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of the returned exiles, gathered around me while I sat (B)appalled until the evening sacrifice.

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Lights in the World

12 Therefore, my beloved, (A)as you have always (B)obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

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13 But the tax collector, (A)standing far off, (B)would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but (C)beat his breast, saying, ‘God, (D)be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For (E)everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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16 (A)I hear, and (B)my body trembles;
    my lips quiver at the sound;
(C)rottenness enters into my bones;
    my legs tremble beneath me.
Yet (D)I will quietly wait for the day of trouble
    to come upon people who invade us.

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Hear the word of the Lord,
    you who tremble at his word:
“Your brothers who hate you
    and cast you out for my name's sake
have said, (A)‘Let the Lord be glorified,
    that we may see your joy’;
    but it is they who shall be put to shame.

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The Year of the Lord's Favor

61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
    because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
    he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
    and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
  2. Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind

Therefore (A)let us make a covenant with our God to put away all these wives and (B)their children, according to the counsel of my lord[a] and of (C)those who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done (D)according to the Law.

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  1. Ezra 10:3 Or of the Lord

19 (A)because your heart was penitent, and you (B)humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become (C)a desolation and (D)a curse, and you (E)have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 20 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and (F)you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place.’” And they brought back word to the king.

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29 And the jailer[a] called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he (A)fell down before Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, (B)what must I do to be (C)saved?”

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  1. Acts 16:29 Greek he

14 Blessed is the one who (A)fears the Lord[a] always,
    but whoever (B)hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

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  1. Proverbs 28:14 Hebrew lacks the Lord

And the Lord said to him, “Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and (A)put a mark on the foreheads of the men who (B)sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.” And to (C)the others he said in my hearing, “Pass through the city after him, and strike. (D)Your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity. (E)Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but (F)touch no one on whom is the mark. And (G)begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house.

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19 For after (A)I had turned away, I relented,
    and after I was instructed, (B)I struck my thigh;
(C)I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 (D)Is Ephraim my dear son?
    (E)Is he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
    I do remember him still.
(F)Therefore my heart[a] yearns for him;
    I will surely have mercy on him,
declares the Lord.

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  1. Jeremiah 31:20 Hebrew bowels

Sin and Shin

161 (A)Princes persecute me (B)without cause,
    but my heart (C)stands in awe of your words.

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26 Lift up your eyes on high and see:
    who created these?
(A)He who brings out their host by number,
    calling them all by name;
by the greatness of his might
    and because he is strong in power,
    not one is missing.

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17 And (A)he is before all things, and in him all things (B)hold together.

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But (A)rise and enter the city, and you will be told (B)what you are to do.”

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but (A)in these last days (B)he has spoken to us by (C)his Son, whom he appointed (D)the heir of all things, (E)through whom also he created (F)the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and (G)the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. (H)After making purification for sins, (I)he sat down (J)at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

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