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

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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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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 12:2 Or song

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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    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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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 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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