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16 You will forget your misery;
    you will remember it as waters that have passed away.(A)

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16 You will surely forget your trouble,(A)
    recalling it only as waters gone by.(B)

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16 Then whoever invokes a blessing in the land
    shall bless by the God of faithfulness,
and whoever takes an oath in the land
    shall swear by the God of faithfulness,
because the former troubles are forgotten
    and are hidden from my sight.(A)

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16 Whoever invokes a blessing(A) in the land
    will do so by the one true God;(B)
whoever takes an oath in the land
    will swear(C) by the one true God.
For the past troubles(D) will be forgotten
    and hidden from my eyes.

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21 When a woman is in labor, she has pain because her hour has come. But when her child is born, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world.(A)

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21 A woman giving birth to a child has pain(A) because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.

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20 For they will scarcely brood over the days of their lives because God keeps them occupied with the joy of their hearts.

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20 They seldom reflect on the days of their life, because God keeps them occupied with gladness of heart.(A)

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This is like the days of Noah to me:
    Just as I swore that the waters of Noah
    would never again go over the earth,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
    and will not rebuke you.(A)

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“To me this is like the days of Noah,
    when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.(A)
So now I have sworn(B) not to be angry(C) with you,
    never to rebuke(D) you again.

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Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed;
    do not be discouraged, for you will not suffer disgrace,
for you will forget the shame of your youth,
    and the disgrace of your widowhood you will remember no more.(A)

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“Do not be afraid;(A) you will not be put to shame.(B)
    Do not fear disgrace;(C) you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth(D)
    and remember no more the reproach(E) of your widowhood.(F)

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14 I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(A)

15 For this reason they are before the throne of God
    and worship him day and night within his temple,
    and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.(B)
16 They will hunger no more and thirst no more;
    the sun will not strike them,
    nor any scorching heat,(C)
17 for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd,
    and he will guide them to springs of the water of life,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”(D)

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14 I answered, “Sir, you know.”

And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes(A) and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(B) 15 Therefore,

“they are before the throne of God(C)
    and serve him(D) day and night in his temple;(E)
and he who sits on the throne(F)
    will shelter them with his presence.(G)
16 ‘Never again will they hunger;
    never again will they thirst.(H)
The sun will not beat down on them,’[a]
    nor any scorching heat.(I)
17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne
    will be their shepherd;(J)
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’[b](K)
    ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’[c](L)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 7:16 Isaiah 49:10
  2. Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 49:10
  3. Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 25:8

Thanksgiving and Praise

12 You will say on that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
    for though you were angry with me,
your anger turned away,
    and you comforted me.(A)

Surely God is my salvation;
    I will trust and will not be afraid,
for the Lord[a] is my strength and my might;
    he has become my salvation.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 12.2 Q ms Heb mss Gk Syr Vg Tg: MT for Yah, the Lord

Songs of Praise

12 In that day(A) you will say:

“I will praise(B) you, Lord.
    Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away(C)
    and you have comforted(D) me.
Surely God is my salvation;(E)
    I will trust(F) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,(G) is my strength(H) and my defense[a];
    he has become my salvation.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 12:2 Or song

let them drink and forget their poverty
    and remember their misery no more.

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Let them drink(A) and forget their poverty
    and remember their misery no more.

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11 or darkness so that you cannot see;
    a flood of water covers you.(A)

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11 why it is so dark(A) you cannot see,
    and why a flood of water covers you.(B)

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15 My companions are treacherous like a torrent bed,
    like swollen streams that pass away,(A)

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15 But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams,(A)
    as the streams that overflow

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51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh,[a] “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.”

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Footnotes

  1. 41.51 That is, making to forget

51 Joseph named his firstborn(A) Manasseh[a](B) and said, “It is because God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 41:51 Manasseh sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for forget.

11 I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”(A)

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11 I establish my covenant(A) with you:(B) Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.(C)

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