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28 Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”[a](A)

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  1. 21.28 Or at hand

28 When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”(A)

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23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.(A)

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23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,(A) groan(B) inwardly as we wait eagerly(C) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.(D)

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19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God,

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19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God(A) to be revealed.

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The Ingathering of the Dispersed

60 Arise, shine, for your light has come,
    and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.(A)
For darkness shall cover the earth
    and thick darkness the peoples,
but the Lord will arise upon you,
    and his glory will appear over you.(B)

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The Glory of Zion

60 “Arise,(A) shine, for your light(B) has come,
    and the glory(C) of the Lord rises upon you.
See, darkness(D) covers the earth
    and thick darkness(E) is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
    and his glory appears over you.

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    he will swallow up death forever.
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
    and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,
    for the Lord has spoken.(A)
It will be said on that day,
    “See, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.
    This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
    let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”(B)

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    he will swallow up death(A) forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears(B)
    from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace(C)
    from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.(D)

In that day(E) they will say,

“Surely this is our God;(F)
    we trusted(G) in him, and he saved(H) us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
    let us rejoice(I) and be glad in his salvation.”(J)

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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)

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.(C)

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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)
With joy you will draw water(J)
    from the wells(K) of salvation.

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  1. Isaiah 12:2 Or song

30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption.(A)

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30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,(A) with whom you were sealed(B) for the day of redemption.(C)

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And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?

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And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out(A) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

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Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
    with the lyre and the sound of melody.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn
    make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.(A)

Let the sea roar and all that fills it,
    the world and those who live in it.(B)
Let the floods clap their hands;
    let the hills sing together for joy(C)
at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming
    to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
    and the peoples with equity.(D)

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make music to the Lord with the harp,(A)
    with the harp and the sound of singing,(B)
with trumpets(C) and the blast of the ram’s horn(D)
    shout for joy(E) before the Lord, the King.(F)

Let the sea(G) resound, and everything in it,
    the world, and all who live in it.(H)
Let the rivers clap their hands,(I)
    let the mountains(J) sing together for joy;
let them sing before the Lord,
    for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
    and the peoples with equity.(K)

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14 this[a] is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God’s own people, to the praise of his glory.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.14 Other ancient authorities read who

14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance(A) until the redemption(B) of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.(C)

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