19 I have not spoken in (A)secret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
‘Seek Me [a]in vain’;
(B)I, the Lord, speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.

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  1. Isaiah 45:19 Or in a waste place

16 “Come near to Me, hear this:
(A)I have not spoken in secret from the beginning;
From the time that it was, I was there.
And now (B)the Lord God and His Spirit
[a]Have sent Me.”

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  1. Isaiah 48:16 Heb. verb is sing.; or Has sent Me and His Spirit

19 “God(A) is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He (B)said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
(C)He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

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A Call to Repentance

For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:

(A)“Seek Me (B)and live;

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13 And (A)you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me (B)with all your heart. 14 (C)I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; (D)I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.

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20 Jesus answered him, (A)“I spoke openly to the world. I always taught (B)in synagogues and (C)in the temple, where [a]the Jews always meet, and in secret I have said nothing.

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Footnotes

  1. John 18:20 NU all the Jews meet

(A)Every word of God is [a]pure;
(B)He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

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  1. Proverbs 30:5 tested, refined, found pure

(A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.

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The works of His hands are (A)verity[a] and justice;
All His precepts are sure.
(B)They stand fast forever and ever,
And are (C)done in truth and uprightness.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 111:7 truth

(A)You ask and do not receive, (B)because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.

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The Promise of the Holy Spirit

37 (A)On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, (B)“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 (C)He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, (D)out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” 39 (E)But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those [a]believing in Him would receive; for the [b]Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet (F)glorified.

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  1. John 7:39 NU who believed
  2. John 7:39 NU omits Holy

The People Complain Harshly

13 “Your(A) words have been [a]harsh against Me,”
Says the Lord,
“Yet you say,
‘What have we spoken against You?’
14 (B)You have said,
‘It is useless to serve God;
What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,
And that we have walked as mourners
Before the Lord of hosts?

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  1. Malachi 3:13 Lit. strong

19 And when they say to you, (A)“Seek those who are mediums and wizards, (B)who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they (C)seek the dead on behalf of the living?

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