Israel was holy(A) to the Lord,(B)
    the firstfruits(C) of his harvest;
all who devoured(D) her were held guilty,(E)
    and disaster overtook them,’”
declares the Lord.

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18 He chose to give us birth(A) through the word of truth,(B) that we might be a kind of firstfruits(C) of all he created.

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These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins.(A) They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.(B) They were purchased from among mankind(C) and offered as firstfruits(D) to God and the Lamb.

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Whoever found them devoured(A) them;
    their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,(B)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
    the Lord, the hope(C) of their ancestors.’

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11 “All who rage(A) against you
    will surely be ashamed and disgraced;(B)
those who oppose(C) you
    will be as nothing and perish.(D)

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For you are a people holy(A) to the Lord your God.(B) The Lord your God has chosen(C) you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.(D)

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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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Footnotes

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

14 This is what the Lord says: “As for all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance(A) I gave my people Israel, I will uproot(B) them from their lands and I will uproot(C) the people of Judah from among them.

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for you are a people holy(A) to the Lord your God.(B) Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession.(C)

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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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For he chose us(A) in him before the creation of the world(B) to be holy and blameless(C) in his sight. In love(D)

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Greet also the church that meets at their house.(A)

Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert(B) to Christ in the province of Asia.(C)

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16 If the part of the dough offered as firstfruits(A) is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the root is holy, so are the branches.

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He fell to the ground and heard a voice(A) say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.

“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied.

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20 On that day holy to the Lord(A) will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots(B) in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred bowls(C) in front of the altar. 21 Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy(D) to the Lord Almighty, and all who come to sacrifice will take some of the pots and cook in them. And on that day(E) there will no longer be a Canaanite[a](F) in the house(G) of the Lord Almighty.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 14:21 Or merchant

“I am going to make Jerusalem a cup(A) that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling.(B) Judah(C) will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. On that day, when all the nations(D) of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock(E) for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure(F) themselves. On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness,” declares the Lord. “I will keep a watchful eye over Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations.(G)

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For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye(A)

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15 and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure.(A) I was only a little angry,(B) but they went too far with the punishment.’(C)

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It has laid waste(A) my vines
    and ruined my fig trees.(B)
It has stripped off their bark
    and thrown it away,
    leaving their branches white.

Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth(C)
    grieving for the betrothed of her youth.

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Tell it to your children,(A)
    and let your children tell it to their children,
    and their children to the next generation.(B)

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16 “‘But all who devour(A) you will be devoured;
    all your enemies will go into exile.(B)
Those who plunder(C) you will be plundered;
    all who make spoil of you I will despoil.

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I was angry(A) with my people
    and desecrated my inheritance;(B)
I gave them into your hand,(C)
    and you showed them no mercy.(D)
Even on the aged
    you laid a very heavy yoke.

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25 whose hearts he turned(A) to hate his people,
    to conspire(B) against his servants.
26 He sent Moses(C) his servant,
    and Aaron,(D) whom he had chosen.(E)
27 They performed(F) his signs(G) among them,
    his wonders(H) in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness(I) and made the land dark—
    for had they not rebelled against(J) his words?
29 He turned their waters into blood,(K)
    causing their fish to die.(L)
30 Their land teemed with frogs,(M)
    which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
31 He spoke,(N) and there came swarms of flies,(O)
    and gnats(P) throughout their country.
32 He turned their rain into hail,(Q)
    with lightning throughout their land;
33 he struck down their vines(R) and fig trees(S)
    and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke,(T) and the locusts came,(U)
    grasshoppers(V) without number;(W)
35 they ate up every green thing in their land,
    ate up the produce of their soil.
36 Then he struck down all the firstborn(X) in their land,
    the firstfruits of all their manhood.

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14 He allowed no one to oppress(A) them;
    for their sake he rebuked kings:(B)
15 “Do not touch(C) my anointed ones;
    do my prophets(D) no harm.”

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14 how quickly I would subdue(A) their enemies
    and turn my hand against(B) their foes!
15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe(C) before him,
    and their punishment would last forever.

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