Isaiah 41:1
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Israel Assured of God’s Help
41 Listen to me in silence, O coastlands;
let the peoples renew their strength;
let them approach, then let them speak;
let us together draw near for judgment.(A)
Isaiah 1:18
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18 Come now, let us argue it out,
says the Lord:
If your sins are like scarlet,
will they become like snow?
If they are red like crimson,
will they become like wool?(A)
Habakkuk 2:20
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20 But the Lord is in his holy temple;
let all the earth keep silence before him!(A)
Zechariah 2:13
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13 Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.(A)
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Psalm 46:10
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10 “Be still, and know that I am God!
I am exalted among the nations;
I am exalted in the earth.”(A)
Isaiah 41:6-7
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6 Each one helps the other,
saying to one another, “Take courage!”(A)
7 The artisan encourages the goldsmith,
and the one who smooths with the hammer encourages the one who strikes the anvil,
saying of the soldering, “It is good,”
and they fasten it with nails so that it cannot be moved.(B)
Joel 3:10-11
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10 Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”(A)
11 Come quickly,[a]
all you nations all around;
gather yourselves there.
Bring down your warriors, O Lord.(B)
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- 3.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Isaiah 34:1
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Judgment on the Nations
34 Draw near, O nations, to hear;
O peoples, give heed!
Let the earth hear and all that fills it,
the world and all that comes from it.(A)
Isaiah 11:11
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11 On that day the Lord will again raise[a] his hand to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.(A)
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- 11.11 Cn Compare Gk: Heb the Lord will again a second time
Job 40:7-10
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7 “Gird up your loins like a man;
I will question you, and you declare to me.(A)
8 Will you even put me in the wrong?
Will you condemn me that you may be justified?(B)
9 Have you an arm like God,
and can you thunder with a voice like his?(C)
10 “Deck yourself with majesty and dignity;
clothe yourself with glory and splendor.(D)
Job 38:3
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3 Gird up your loins like a man;
I will question you, and you shall declare to me.(A)
Micah 6:1-3
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God Challenges Israel
6 Hear what the Lord says:
Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.(A)
2 Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has a case against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.(B)
3 “O my people, what have I done to you?
In what have I wearied you? Answer me!(C)
Isaiah 50:8
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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.(A)
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