Micah 5:3
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3 Therefore he shall give them up until the time
when she who is in labor has brought forth;
then the rest of his kindred shall return
to the people of Israel.(A)
Revelation 12:1-2
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The Woman and the Dragon
12 A great portent appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pangs, in the agony of giving birth.(A)
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Romans 9:27-28
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27 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, “Though the number of the children of Israel were like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved,(A) 28 for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth quickly and decisively.”[a]
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- 9.28 Other ancient authorities read for he will finish his work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make the sentence shortened on the earth
Matthew 1:21
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21 She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”(A)
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Micah 4:7
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7 The lame I will make the remnant,
and those who were cast off, a strong nation,
and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Zion
now and forevermore.(A)
Micah 4:9-10
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9 Now why do you cry aloud?
Is there no king in you?
Has your counselor perished,
that pangs have seized you like a woman in labor?(A)
10 Writhe and groan,[a] O daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you shall go forth from the city
and camp in the open country;
you shall go to Babylon.
There you shall be rescued;
there the Lord will redeem you
from the hands of your enemies.(B)
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- 4.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Hosea 11:8
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8 How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?
My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.(A)
Isaiah 10:20-21
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The Repentant Remnant of Israel
20 On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer lean on the one who struck them but will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.(A) 21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.(B)
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Romans 11:4-6
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4 But what is the divine reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”(A) 5 So, too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. 6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.[a](B)
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- 11.6 Other ancient authorities add But if it is by works, it is no longer on the basis of grace, otherwise work would no longer be work
Micah 7:13
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13 But the earth will be desolate
because of its inhabitants,
for the fruit of their doings.(A)
Hosea 2:14
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14 Therefore, I will now allure her
and bring her into the wilderness
and speak tenderly to her.(A)
Hosea 2:9
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9 Therefore I will take back
my grain in its time
and my wine in its season,
and I will take away my wool and my flax,
which were to cover her nakedness.
Hebrews 1:11-12
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11 they will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like clothing;(A)
12 like a cloak you will roll them up,
and like clothing[a] they will be changed.
But you are the same,
and your years will never end.”
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- 1.12 Other ancient authorities lack like clothing
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