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How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains[a]
the feet of a messenger who announces peace,
a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”[b]

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  1. Isaiah 52:7 tn Heb “How delightful on the mountains.”
  2. Isaiah 52:7 tn Or “has become king.” When a new king was enthroned, his followers would give this shout. For other examples of this enthronement formula (Qal perfect third person masculine singular מָלַךְ [malakh], followed by the name of the king), see 2 Sam 15:10; 1 Kgs 1:11, 13, 18; 2 Kgs 9:13. The Lord is an eternal king, but here he is pictured as a victorious warrior who establishes his rule from Zion.

20 I tell you the solemn truth,[a] whoever accepts[b] the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”[c]

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  1. John 13:20 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
  2. John 13:20 tn Or “receives,” and so throughout this verse.
  3. John 13:20 sn The one who sent me refers to God.