Micah 2:13
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13 (A)He who opens the breach goes up before them;
they break through and pass the gate,
(B)going out by it.
Their king passes on before them,
(C)the Lord at their head.
Isaiah 52:12
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12 For you shall not (A)go out in haste,
and you shall not go in flight,
(B)for the Lord will go before you,
(C)and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
Zechariah 9:14-15
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The Lord Will Save His People
14 Then the Lord will appear over them,
and (A)his arrow will go forth like lightning;
(B)the Lord God will sound the trumpet
and will march forth in (C)the whirlwinds (D)of the south.
15 The Lord of hosts (E)will protect them,
and (F)they shall devour, (G)and tread down the sling stones,
and (H)they shall drink and roar as if drunk with wine,
and be full like a bowl,
drenched (I)like the corners of the altar.
Hebrews 2:14-15
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14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise (A)partook of the same things, that (B)through death he might (C)destroy (D)the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and deliver all those who (E)through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
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Isaiah 45:1-2
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Cyrus, God's Instrument
45 Thus says the Lord to (A)his anointed, to Cyrus,
(B)whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
and (C)to loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
that gates may not be closed:
2 “I will go before you
and (D)level the exalted places,[a]
(E)I will break in pieces the doors of bronze
and cut through the bars of iron,
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:2 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint level the mountains
Revelation 7:17
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17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne (A)will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of (B)living water,
and (C)God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
John 10:27-30
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27 (A)My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 (B)I give them eternal life, and (C)they will never perish, and (D)no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, (E)who has given them to me,[a] (F)is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of (G)the Father's hand. 30 (H)I and the Father are one.”
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- John 10:29 Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me
Hebrews 6:20
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20 where Jesus has gone (A)as a forerunner on our behalf, (B)having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
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Zechariah 10:12
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Hosea 1:11
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11 And (A)the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and (B)they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
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Daniel 2:44
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44 And in the days of those kings (A)the God of heaven will set up (B)a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. (C)It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and (D)it shall stand forever,
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Zechariah 12:3-8
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3 (A)On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. (B)All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And (C)all the nations of the earth will gather against it. 4 (D)On that day, declares the Lord, (E)I will strike every horse (F)with panic, and its rider (G)with madness. But for the sake of the house of Judah I will keep my eyes open, when I strike every horse of the peoples (H)with blindness. 5 Then the clans of Judah shall say to themselves, ‘The inhabitants of Jerusalem have strength through the Lord of hosts, their God.’
6 (I)“On that day I will make the clans of Judah (J)like a blazing pot in the midst of wood, like a flaming torch among sheaves. And (K)they shall devour to the right and to the left all the surrounding peoples, while (L)Jerusalem shall again be inhabited in its place, in Jerusalem.
7 “And the Lord will give salvation to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not surpass that of Judah. 8 (M)On that day (N)the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that (O)the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, (P)like the angel of the Lord, going before them.
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Zechariah 10:5-7
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5 They shall be like mighty men in battle,
(A)trampling the foe in the mud of the streets;
they shall fight because the Lord is with them,
and they shall put to shame (B)the riders on horses.
6 (C)“I will strengthen the house of Judah,
and (D)I will save the house of Joseph.
(E)I will bring them back (F)because I have compassion on them,
and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,
for (G)I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
7 Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior,
and (H)their hearts shall be glad as with wine.
Their children shall see it and be glad;
their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.
Ezekiel 34:23-24
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23 And (A)I will set up over them one shepherd, (B)my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And (C)I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. (D)I am the Lord; I have spoken.
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Jeremiah 51:20-24
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20 “You are my hammer and weapon of war:
with you I (A)break nations in pieces;
with you I destroy kingdoms;
21 with you I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer;
22 with you I break in pieces man and woman;
with you I break in pieces (B)the old man and the youth;
with you I break in pieces (C)the young man and the young woman;
23 with you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
with you I break in pieces the farmer and his team;
with you I break in pieces (D)governors and commanders.
24 (E)“I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea before your very eyes for all the evil that they have done in Zion, declares the Lord.
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Isaiah 59:16-19
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16 (A)He saw that there was no man,
and wondered that there was no one to intercede;
then his own arm brought him salvation,
and his righteousness upheld him.
17 (B)He put on righteousness as a breastplate,
and a helmet of salvation on his head;
he put on garments of vengeance for clothing,
and wrapped himself in (C)zeal as a cloak.
18 (D)According to their deeds, so will he repay,
wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies;
(E)to the coastlands he will render repayment.
19 (F)So they shall fear the name of the Lord from the west,
and his glory from the rising of the sun;
(G)for he will come like a rushing stream,[a]
which the wind of the Lord drives.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:19 Hebrew a narrow river
Isaiah 55:4
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Isaiah 51:9-10
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9 (A)Awake, awake, (B)put on strength,
O (C)arm of the Lord;
awake, (D)as in days of old,
the generations of long ago.
Was it not you who cut (E)Rahab in pieces,
who pierced (F)the dragon?
10 (G)Was it not you who dried up the sea,
the waters of the great deep,
who made the depths of the sea a way
for the redeemed to pass over?
Isaiah 49:24-25
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24 Can the prey be taken from the mighty,
or the captives of a tyrant[a] be rescued?
25 For thus says the Lord:
(A)“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 49:24 Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac, Vulgate (see also verse 25); Masoretic Text of a righteous man
Isaiah 49:9-10
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9 (A)saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
(B)They shall feed along the ways;
on all bare heights shall be their pasture;
10 (C)they shall not hunger or thirst,
neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them,
for he who has pity on them (D)will lead them,
and by springs of water will guide them.
Isaiah 42:13-16
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13 (A)The Lord goes out like a mighty man,
like a man of war (B)he stirs up his zeal;
he cries out, (C)he shouts aloud,
he shows himself mighty against his foes.
14 For a long time I have held my peace;
I have kept still and restrained myself;
now I will cry out (D)like a woman in labor;
I will gasp and pant.
15 (E)I will lay waste mountains and hills,
and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn the rivers into islands,[a]
and dry up the pools.
16 (F)And I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
(G)the rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:15 Or into coastlands
Isaiah 42:7
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7 (A)to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
(B)from the prison those who sit in darkness.
Revelation 19:13-17
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13 He is clothed in (A)a robe dipped in[a] blood, and the name by which he is called is (B)The Word of God. 14 And the armies of heaven, (C)arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, (D)were following him on white horses. 15 (E)From his mouth comes a sharp sword (F)with which to strike down the nations, and (G)he will rule[b] them with a rod of iron. (H)He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh (I)he has a name written, (J)King of kings and Lord of lords.
17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to (K)all the birds that fly directly overhead, (L)“Come, gather for (M)the great supper of God,
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- Revelation 19:13 Some manuscripts sprinkled with
- Revelation 19:15 Greek shepherd
Hebrews 2:9-10
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9 But we see him (A)who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, (B)crowned with glory and honor (C)because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might (D)taste death (E)for everyone.
10 For it (F)was fitting that he, (G)for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons (H)to glory, should make the (I)founder of their salvation (J)perfect through suffering.
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