27 And in that day (A)his burden will depart from your shoulder, and (B)his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.”[a]

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  1. Isaiah 10:27 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

27 In that day(A) their burden(B) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke(C) from your neck;(D)
the yoke(E) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 10:27 Hebrew; Septuagint broken / from your shoulders

(A)For the yoke of his burden,
    (B)and the staff for his shoulder,
    the rod of his oppressor,
    you have broken as (C)on the day of Midian.

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For as in the day of Midian’s defeat,(A)
    you have shattered(B)
the yoke(C) that burdens them,
    the bar across their shoulders,(D)
    the rod of their oppressor.(E)

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25 that (A)I will break the Assyrian in my land,
    and on my mountains trample him underfoot;
and (B)his yoke shall depart from them,
    and (C)his burden from their shoulder.”

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25 I will crush the Assyrian(A) in my land;
    on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke(B) will be taken from my people,
    and his burden removed from their shoulders.(C)

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18 (A)“The Spirit of the Lord (B)is upon me,
    because he has anointed me
    to (C)proclaim good news to the poor.
(D)He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
    and (E)recovering of sight to the blind,
    (F)to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

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18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,(A)
    because he has anointed me
    to proclaim good news(B) to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
    and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,

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15 saying, (A)“Touch not my anointed ones,
    do my prophets no harm!”

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15 “Do not touch(A) my anointed ones;
    do my prophets(B) no harm.”

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Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed;
    he will answer him from his holy heaven
    with (A)the saving might of his right hand.

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Now this I know:
    The Lord gives victory to his anointed.(A)
He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary
    with the victorious power of his right hand.(B)

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What (A)do you plot against the Lord?
    (B)He will make a complete end;
    trouble will not rise up a second time.
10 For they are (C)like entangled thorns,
    like drunkards as they drink;
    (D)they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
11 From you came one
    (E)who plotted evil against the Lord,
    a worthless counselor.

12 Thus says the Lord,
“Though they are at full strength and many,
    (F)they will be cut down and pass away.
(G)Though I have afflicted you,
    I will afflict you no more.
13 And now (H)I will break his yoke from off you
    and will burst your bonds apart.”

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Whatever they plot(A) against the Lord
    he will bring[a] to an end;
    trouble will not come a second time.
10 They will be entangled among thorns(B)
    and drunk(C) from their wine;
    they will be consumed like dry stubble.[b](D)
11 From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
    who plots evil against the Lord
    and devises wicked plans.

12 This is what the Lord says:

“Although they have allies and are numerous,
    they will be destroyed(E) and pass away.
Although I have afflicted you, Judah,
    I will afflict you no more.(F)
13 Now I will break their yoke(G) from your neck
    and tear your shackles away.”(H)

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  1. Nahum 1:9 Or What do you foes plot against the Lord? / He will bring it
  2. Nahum 1:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

27 But (A)the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and (B)you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and (C)is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

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27 As for you, the anointing(A) you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things(B) and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him.(C)

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    (A)you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore (B)God, your God, has (C)anointed you
    with the oil of (D)gladness (E)beyond your companions;

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You love righteousness(A) and hate wickedness;(B)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing(C) you with the oil of joy.(D)

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20 But you have been (A)anointed by (B)the Holy One, and (C)you all have knowledge.[a]

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  1. 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts you know everything

20 But you have an anointing(A) from the Holy One,(B) and all of you know the truth.[a](C)

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  1. 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts and you know all things

17 There I will make (A)a horn to sprout for David;
    I have prepared (B)a lamp for (C)my anointed.
18 His enemies I will (D)clothe with shame,
    but on him his crown will shine.”

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17 “Here I will make a horn[a] grow(A) for David
    and set up a lamp(B) for my anointed one.(C)
18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,(D)
    but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown.”(E)

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  1. Psalm 132:17 Horn here symbolizes strong one, that is, king.

The Reign of the Lord's Anointed

(A)Why do (B)the nations rage[a]
    and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers take counsel together,
    against the Lord and against his (C)Anointed, saying,
“Let us (D)burst their bonds apart
    and cast away their cords from us.”

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  1. Psalm 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble

Psalm 2

Why do the nations conspire[a]
    and the peoples plot(A) in vain?
The kings(B) of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
    against the Lord and against his anointed,(C) saying,
“Let us break their chains(D)
    and throw off their shackles.”(E)

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  1. Psalm 2:1 Hebrew; Septuagint rage

21 (A)“You mountains of Gilboa,
    let there be no dew or rain upon you,
    nor fields of offerings![a]
For there the shield of the mighty was defiled,
    the shield of Saul, not (B)anointed with oil.

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  1. 2 Samuel 1:21 Septuagint firstfruits

21 “Mountains of Gilboa,(A)
    may you have neither dew(B) nor rain,(C)
    may no showers fall on your terraced fields.[a](D)
For there the shield of the mighty was despised,
    the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.(E)

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  1. 2 Samuel 1:21 Or / nor fields that yield grain for offerings