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17 I see him but not now;
    I behold him but not near—
a star shall come out of Jacob,
    and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall crush the foreheads[a] of Moab
    and the heads[b] of all the Shethites.(A)

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  1. 24.17 Or borderlands
  2. 24.17 Or territory

16 “It is I, Jesus, who sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”(A)

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32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David.(A) 33 He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”(B)

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10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
    nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him,[a]
    and the obedience of the peoples is his.(A)

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  1. 49.10 Or until Shiloh comes or until he comes to Shiloh or (with Syr) until he comes to whom it belongs

The Seventh Trumpet

15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,

“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord
    and of his Messiah,[a]
and he will reign forever and ever.”(A)

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  1. 11.15 Gk Christ

Look! He is coming with the clouds;
    every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him,
    and all the tribes of the earth will wail on account of him.

So it is to be. Amen.(A)

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19 So we have the prophetic message more fully confirmed. You will do well to be attentive to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.(A)

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Out of them shall come the cornerstone,
    out of them the tent peg,
out of them the battle bow,
    out of them every commander.(A)

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Your throne, O God,[a] endures forever and ever.
    Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity;(A)

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  1. 45.6 Or Your throne is a throne of God, it

But of the Son he says,

“Your throne, O God, is[a] forever and ever,
    and the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your[b] kingdom.(A)

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  1. 1.8 Or God is your throne
  2. 1.8 Other ancient authorities read his

78 Because of the tender mercy of our God,
    the dawn from on high will break[a] upon[b] us,

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  1. 1.78 Other ancient authorities read has broken
  2. 1.78 Gk will visit

asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star in the east[a] and have come to pay him homage.”(A) When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him, and calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah[b] was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it has been written by the prophet:(B)

‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
    are by no means least among the rulers of Judah,
for from you shall come a ruler
    who is to shepherd[c] my people Israel.’ ”(C)

Then Herod secretly called for the magi[d] and learned from them the exact time when the star had appeared. Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay him homage.” When they had heard the king, they set out, and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen in the east,[e] until it stopped over the place where the child was.

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  1. 2.2 Or at its rising
  2. 2.4 Or the Christ
  3. 2.6 Or rule
  4. 2.7 Or astrologers
  5. 2.9 Or at its rising

11 Woe to them! For they go the way of Cain and abandon themselves to Balaam’s error for the sake of gain and perish in Korah’s rebellion.(A)

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