Isaiah 54:11-17

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¹¹“O you afflicted one,
Tossed with tempest, and not comforted,
Behold, I will lay your stones with ^(A)colorful gems,
And lay your foundations with sapphires.
¹²I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
Your gates of crystal,
And all your walls of precious stones.
¹³All your children shall be ^(B)taught by the Lord,
And ^(C)great shall be the peace of your children.
¹⁴In righteousness you shall be established;
You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
And from terror, for it shall not come near you.
¹⁵Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me.
Whoever assembles against you shall ^(D)fall for your sake.

¹⁶“Behold, I have created the blacksmith
Who blows the coals in the fire,
Who brings forth an ^[a]instrument for his work;
And I have created the ^[b]spoiler to destroy.
¹⁷No weapon formed against you shall ^(E)prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
^(F)And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the Lord.

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Isaiah 54:16 Or weapon
Isaiah 54:16 destroyer

Hosea 6:1-6

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A Call to Repentance

6 Come,^(A) and let us return to the Lord;
For ^(B)He has torn, but ^(C)He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will ^[a]bind us up.
²^(D)After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
³^(E)Let us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.
His going forth is established ^(F)as the morning;
^(G)He will come to us ^(H)like the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

Impenitence of Israel and Judah

⁴“O Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
And like the early dew it goes away.
⁵Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets,
I have slain them by ^(I)the words of My mouth;
And ^[b]your judgments are like light that goes forth.
⁶For I desire ^(J)mercy^[c] and ^(K)not sacrifice,
And the ^(L)knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

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Hosea 6:1 Bandage
Hosea 6:5 Or the judgments on you
Hosea 6:6 Or faithfulness or loyalty

Luke 10:17-24

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The Seventy Return with Joy

¹⁷Then ^(A)the ^[a]seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”

¹⁸And He said to them, ^(B)“I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. ¹⁹Behold, ^(C)I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. ²⁰Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but ^[b]rather rejoice because ^(D)your names are written in heaven.”

Jesus Rejoices in the Spirit^(E)

²¹^(F)In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. ²²^(G)All^[c] things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and ^(H)no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.”

²³Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, ^(I)“Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see; ²⁴for I tell you ^(J)that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it.”