Job 13:3
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Isaiah 41:21
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The Futility of Idols
21 Set forth your case, says the Lord;
bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.
Isaiah 1:18-20
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18 “Come now, (A)let us reason[a] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as (B)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19 (C)If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
(D)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
Job 31:35
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35 Oh, that I had one to hear me!
(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty (A)answer me!)
Oh, that I had (B)the indictment written by my adversary!
Job 13:22
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22 (A)Then call, and I will answer;
or let me speak, and you reply to me.
Job 9:3
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3 If one wished to (A)contend with him,
one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
Micah 6:2
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2 (A)Hear, you mountains, (B)the indictment of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has an indictment against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.
Jeremiah 12:1-2
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Jeremiah's Complaint
12 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
when I complain to you;
yet I would plead my case before you.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all (C)who are treacherous thrive?
2 You plant them, and they take root;
they grow and produce fruit;
(D)you are near in their mouth
and far from their heart.
Job 23:3-7
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3 Oh, (A)that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to his (B)seat!
4 I would (C)lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he (D)contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No; he would pay attention to me.
7 There an upright man could argue with him,
and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Job 13:15
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Footnotes
- Job 13:15 Or Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope
Job 11:5
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5 But oh, that God would speak
and open his lips to you,
Job 9:34-35
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34 (A)Let him take his (B)rod away from me,
and let (C)not dread of him terrify me.
35 Then I would speak without fear of him,
for I am not so in myself.
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