Jeremiah 44:28
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28 And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number, and all the remnant of Judah who have come to the land of Egypt to settle shall know whose words will stand, mine or theirs!(A)
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Jeremiah 44:14
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14 so that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to settle in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive or return to the land of Judah. Although they long to go back to live there, they shall not go back, except some fugitives.(A)
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Jeremiah 44:25-26
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25 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You and your wives have accomplished in deeds what you declared in words, saying, ‘We are determined to perform the vows that we have made, to make offerings to the queen of heaven and to pour out libations to her.’ By all means, keep your vows and make your libations!(A) 26 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all you Judeans who live in the land of Egypt: I swear by my great name, says the Lord, that my name shall no longer be pronounced on the lips of any of the people of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, ‘As the Lord God lives.’(B)
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Isaiah 27:12-13
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12 On that day the Lord will thresh from the channel of the Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one, O people of Israel.(A) 13 And on that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.(B)
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Isaiah 10:19
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19 The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few
that a child can write them down.(A)
Zechariah 1:6
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6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your ancestors? So they repented and said, ‘The Lord of hosts has dealt with us according to our ways and deeds, just as he planned to do.’ ”(A)
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Lamentations 3:37-38
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37 Who can command and have it done,
if the Lord has not ordained it?(A)
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that evil and good come?(B)
Jeremiah 44:29
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29 This shall be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I am going to punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my words of disaster against you will surely be carried out:(A)
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Isaiah 46:10-11
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10 declaring the outcome from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, “My purpose shall stand,
and I will fulfill my intention,”(A)
11 calling a bird of prey from the east,
the man for my purpose from a far country.
I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have planned, and I will do it.(B)
Isaiah 28:16-18
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16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
“See, I am laying[a] in Zion a foundation stone,
a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation:
‘One who trusts will not panic.’(A)
17 And I will make justice the line
and righteousness the plummet;
hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter.(B)
18 Then your covenant with death will be annulled,
and your agreement with Sheol will not stand;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be beaten down by it.(C)
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- 28.16 Q mss Compare Syr Tg: MT he laid
Psalm 33:11
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11 The counsel of the Lord stands forever,
the thoughts of his heart to all generations.(A)
Matthew 24:35
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35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.(A)
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Jeremiah 44:16-17
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16 “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you.(A) 17 Instead, we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to the queen of heaven and pour out libations to her, just as we and our ancestors, our kings and our officials, used to do in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. We used to have plenty of food and prospered and saw no misfortune.(B)
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Isaiah 14:24-27
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An Oracle concerning Assyria
24 The Lord of hosts has sworn:
As I have designed,
so shall it be,
and as I have planned,
so shall it come to pass:(A)
25 I will break the Assyrian in my land
and on my mountains trample him under foot;
his yoke shall be removed from them
and his burden from their shoulders.(B)
26 This is the plan that is planned
concerning the whole earth,
and this is the hand that is stretched out
over all the nations.(C)
27 For the Lord of hosts has planned,
and who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
and who will turn it back?(D)
Isaiah 10:22
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22 For though your people, O Israel, were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, an overwhelming verdict.(A)
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Numbers 14:41
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41 But Moses said, “Why do you continue to transgress the command of the Lord? That will not succeed.
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Numbers 14:28-29
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28 Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘I will do to you the very things I heard you say:(A) 29 your dead bodies shall fall in this very wilderness, and of all your number included in the census from twenty years old and up who have complained against me,(B)
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