Therefore he shall give them up (A)until the time
    when she who is in labor has given birth;
then (B)the rest of his brothers shall return
    to the people of Israel.

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The Woman and the Dragon

12 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman (A)clothed with (B)the sun, with (C)the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and (D)was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth.

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27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: (A)“Though the number of the sons of Israel[a] be as the sand of the sea, (B)only a remnant of them will be saved, 28 for the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.”

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:27 Or children of Israel

21 She will bear a son, and (A)you shall call his name Jesus, (B)for he will save his people from their sins.”

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and the lame I will make (A)the remnant,
    and those who were cast off, a strong nation;
and (B)the Lord will reign over them (C)in Mount Zion
    from this time forth and forevermore.

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Now why do you cry aloud?
    (A)Is there no king in you?
(B)Has your counselor perished,
    that (C)pain seized you like a woman in labor?
10 (D)Writhe and groan,[a] O daughter of Zion,
    like a woman in labor,
for (E)now you shall go out from the city
    and dwell in the open country;
    you (F)shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
    (G)there the Lord will redeem you
    from the hand of your enemies.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 4:10 Or push

How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
    How can I hand you over, O Israel?
(A)How can I make you (B)like Admah?
    How can I treat you (C)like Zeboiim?
(D)My heart recoils within me;
    my compassion grows warm and tender.

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The Remnant of Israel Will Return

20 (A)In that day (B)the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more (C)lean on him who struck them, but (D)will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, (E)to the mighty God.

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But what is God's reply to him? (A)“I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” So too at the present time there is (B)a remnant, chosen by grace. (C)But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

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13 But (A)the earth will be desolate
    because of its inhabitants,
    for the fruit of their deeds.

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The Lord's Mercy on Israel

14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
    and (A)bring her into the wilderness,
    and (B)speak tenderly to her.

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Therefore (A)I will take back
    my grain in its time,
    and my wine in its season,
and (B)I will take away my wool and my flax,
    which were to cover her nakedness.

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11 they will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like a garment,
12 like a robe you will roll them up,
    like a garment they will be changed.[a]
But you are (A)the same,
    and your years will have no end.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:12 Some manuscripts omit like a garment

29 For those whom he (A)foreknew he also (B)predestined (C)to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be (D)the firstborn among many brothers.

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40 And (A)the King will answer them, (B)‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these (C)my brothers,[a] you did it to me.’

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  1. Matthew 25:40 Or brothers and sisters

50 For (A)whoever (B)does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

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14 (A)You shall eat, but not be satisfied,
    and there shall be hunger within you;
you shall put away, but not preserve,
    and what you preserve I will give to the sword.

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For thus says the Lord:
(A)“Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
    and raise shouts for (B)the chief of the nations;
proclaim, give praise, and say,
    (C)‘O Lord, save your people,
    the remnant of Israel.’
Behold, I will bring them (D)from the north country
    and (E)gather them from (F)the farthest parts of the earth,
among them (G)the blind and the lame,
    the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;
    a great company, they shall return here.
(H)With weeping they shall come,
    (I)and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
I will make them (J)walk by brooks of water,
    (K)in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
for (L)I am a father to Israel,
    and Ephraim is (M)my firstborn.

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The Lord Will Turn Mourning to Joy

31 (A)“At that time, declares the Lord, (B)I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.”

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Rejoice with Jerusalem

(A)“Before she was in labor
    she gave birth;
before her pain came upon her
    she delivered a son.
Who has heard such a thing?
    Who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day?
    Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment?
For (B)as soon as Zion was in labor
    she brought forth her children.

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11 (A)In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, (B)from Assyria, (C)from Egypt, from (D)Pathros, from (E)Cush,[a] from (F)Elam, from (G)Shinar, from (H)Hamath, and from (I)the coastlands of the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:11 Probably Nubia

(A)Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were faithless to the Lord God of their fathers, so that he made them a desolation, as you see.

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16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and made Israel to sin.”

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