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Matthew 4:16
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Matthew 4:16
New Living Translation
16 the people who sat in darkness
have seen a great light.
And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow,
a light has shined.”[a]
Matthew 4:16
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Matthew 4:16
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Matthew 4:16
King James Version
Matthew 4:16
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16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
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Isaiah 9:2
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Isaiah 9:2
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Isaiah 9:2
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Isaiah 9:2
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Isaiah 9:2
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Isaiah 9:2
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2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
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Isaiah 42:6-7
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Isaiah 42:6-7
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6 “I, the Lord, have called you to demonstrate my righteousness.
I will take you by the hand and guard you,
and I will give you to my people, Israel,
as a symbol of my covenant with them.
And you will be a light to guide the nations.
7 You will open the eyes of the blind.
You will free the captives from prison,
releasing those who sit in dark dungeons.
Isaiah 42:6-7
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Isaiah 42:6-7
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6 “I, the Lord, have called(A) you in righteousness;(B)
I will take hold of your hand.(C)
I will keep(D) you and will make you
to be a covenant(E) for the people
and a light(F) for the Gentiles,(G)
7 to open eyes that are blind,(H)
to free(I) captives from prison(J)
and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.(K)
Isaiah 42:6-7
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Isaiah 42:6-7
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6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
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Isaiah 60:1-3
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Isaiah 60:1-3
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Future Glory for Jerusalem
60 “Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see.
For the glory of the Lord rises to shine on you.
2 Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth,
but the glory of the Lord rises and appears over you.
3 All nations will come to your light;
mighty kings will come to see your radiance.
Isaiah 60:1-3
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Isaiah 60:1-3
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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.
2 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.
3 Nations(F) will come to your light,(G)
and kings(H) to the brightness of your dawn.
Isaiah 60:1-3
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Isaiah 60:1-3
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60 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
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Luke 1:78-79
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Luke 1:78-79
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78 Because of God’s tender mercy,
the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us,[a]
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
and to guide us to the path of peace.”
Footnotes
- 1:78 Or the Morning Light from Heaven is about to visit us.
Luke 1:78-79
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Luke 1:78-79
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Luke 1:78-79
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Luke 1:78-79
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78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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Psalm 107:10-14
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Psalm 107:10-14
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10 Some sat in darkness and deepest gloom,
imprisoned in iron chains of misery.
11 They rebelled against the words of God,
scorning the counsel of the Most High.
12 That is why he broke them with hard labor;
they fell, and no one was there to help them.
13 “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
14 He led them from the darkness and deepest gloom;
he snapped their chains.
Psalm 107:10-14
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Psalm 107:10-14
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10 Some sat in darkness,(A) in utter darkness,
prisoners suffering(B) in iron chains,(C)
11 because they rebelled(D) against God’s commands
and despised(E) the plans(F) of the Most High.
12 So he subjected them to bitter labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.(G)
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them(H) from their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness,(I) the utter darkness,(J)
and broke away their chains.(K)
Psalm 107:10-14
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Psalm 107:10-14
King James Version
10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
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Micah 7:8
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Micah 7:8
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8 Do not gloat over me, my enemies!
For though I fall, I will rise again.
Though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.
Micah 7:8
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Micah 7:8
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Israel Will Rise
Micah 7:8
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Micah 7:8
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8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
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Amos 5:8
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Amos 5:8
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8 It is the Lord who created the stars,
the Pleiades and Orion.
He turns darkness into morning
and day into night.
He draws up water from the oceans
and pours it down as rain on the land.
The Lord is his name!
Amos 5:8
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Amos 5:8
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Amos 5:8
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Amos 5:8
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8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
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Luke 2:32
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Luke 2:32
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32 He is a light to reveal God to the nations,
and he is the glory of your people Israel!”
Luke 2:32
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Luke 2:32
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32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and the glory of your people Israel.”(A)
Luke 2:32
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Luke 2:32
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32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
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