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19 But the God of Israel[a] is no idol!
    He is the Creator of everything that exists,
including his people, his own special possession.
    The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name!

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Footnotes

  1. 51:19 Hebrew the Portion of Jacob. See note on 5:20.

19 He who is the Portion(A) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,
including the people of his inheritance(B)
    the Lord Almighty is his name.

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16 But the God of Israel[a] is no idol!
    He is the Creator of everything that exists,
including Israel, his own special possession.
    The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name!

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Footnotes

  1. 10:16 Hebrew the Portion of Jacob. See note on 5:20.

16 He who is the Portion(A) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,(B)
including Israel, the people of his inheritance(C)
    the Lord Almighty is his name.(D)

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26 My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak,
    but God remains the strength of my heart;
    he is mine forever.

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26 My flesh and my heart(A) may fail,(B)
    but God is the strength(C) of my heart
    and my portion(D) forever.

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But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests,[a] a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

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  1. 2:9 Greek a royal priesthood.

But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E)

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12 What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord,
    whose people he has chosen as his inheritance.

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12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,(A)
    the people he chose(B) for his inheritance.(C)

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Our Redeemer, whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
    is the Holy One of Israel.

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Our Redeemer(A)—the Lord Almighty(B) is his name(C)
    is the Holy One(D) of Israel.

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Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me. And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.”

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Now if you obey me fully(A) and keep my covenant,(B) then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.(C) Although the whole earth(D) is mine, you[a] will be for me a kingdom of priests(E) and a holy nation.’(F) These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

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  1. Exodus 19:6 Or possession, for the whole earth is mine. You

24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;
    therefore, I will hope in him!”

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24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;(A)
    therefore I will wait for him.”

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Babylon’s Sure Fall

11 “You rejoice and are glad,
    you who plundered my chosen people.
You frisk about like a calf in a meadow
    and neigh like a stallion.

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11 “Because you rejoice and are glad,
    you who pillage my inheritance,(A)
because you frolic like a heifer(B) threshing grain
    and neigh like stallions,

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“I have abandoned my people, my special possession.
    I have surrendered my dearest ones to their enemies.
My chosen people have roared at me like a lion of the forest,
    so I have treated them with contempt.
My chosen people act like speckled vultures,[a]
    but they themselves are surrounded by vultures.
    Bring on the wild animals to pick their corpses clean!

10 “Many rulers have ravaged my vineyard,
    trampling down the vines
    and turning all its beauty into a barren wilderness.

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  1. 12:9 Or speckled hyenas.

“I will forsake(A) my house,
    abandon(B) my inheritance;
I will give the one I love(C)
    into the hands of her enemies.(D)
My inheritance has become to me
    like a lion(E) in the forest.
She roars at me;
    therefore I hate her.(F)
Has not my inheritance become to me
    like a speckled bird of prey
    that other birds of prey surround and attack?
Go and gather all the wild beasts;
    bring them to devour.(G)
10 Many shepherds(H) will ruin my vineyard
    and trample down my field;
they will turn my pleasant field
    into a desolate wasteland.(I)

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For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself,
    Israel for his own special treasure.

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For the Lord has chosen Jacob(A) to be his own,
    Israel to be his treasured possession.(B)

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Our God is in the heavens,
    and he does as he wishes.

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Our God is in heaven;(A)
    he does whatever pleases him.(B)

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Remember that we are the people you chose long ago,
    the tribe you redeemed as your own special possession!
    And remember Jerusalem,[a] your home here on earth.

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  1. 74:2 Hebrew Mount Zion.

Remember the nation you purchased(A) long ago,(B)
    the people of your inheritance,(C) whom you redeemed(D)
    Mount Zion,(E) where you dwelt.(F)

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