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11 If they plan evil against you,
    if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.(A)

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11 Though they plot evil(A) against you
    and devise wicked schemes,(B) they cannot succeed.

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In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor—
    let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.(A)

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In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak,(A)
    who are caught in the schemes he devises.

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Psalm 2

God’s Promise to His Anointed

Why do the nations conspire
    and the peoples plot in vain?(A)

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Psalm 2

Why do the nations conspire[a]
    and the peoples plot(A) in vain?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:1 Hebrew; Septuagint rage

The Massacre of the Infants

16 When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi,[a] he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the magi.[b]

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  1. 2.16 Or astrologers
  2. 2.16 Or astrologers

16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

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Jeremiah’s Life Threatened

18 It was the Lord who made it known to me, and I knew;
    then you showed me their deeds.
19 But I was like a gentle lamb
    led to the slaughter.
And I did not know it was against me
    that they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit;
    let us cut him off from the land of the living,
    so that his name will no longer be remembered!”(A)

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Plot Against Jeremiah

18 Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. 19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;(A) I did not realize that they had plotted(B) against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
    let us cut him off from the land of the living,(C)
    that his name be remembered(D) no more.”

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63 and said, “Sir, we remember what that impostor said while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise again.’(A) 64 Therefore command the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise, his disciples may go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception would be worse than the first.”

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63 “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’(A) 64 So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body(B) and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”

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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.”

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He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”

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13 For I hear the whispering of many—
    terror all around!—
as they scheme together against me,
    as they plot to take my life.(A)

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13 For I hear many whispering,(A)
    “Terror on every side!”(B)
They conspire against me(C)
    and plot to take my life.(D)

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17 But to keep it from spreading further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.” 18 So they called them and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.(A)

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17 But to stop this thing from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them to speak no longer to anyone in this name.”

18 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.(A)

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And suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.(A) His appearance was like lightning and his clothing white as snow. For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.(B) He is not here, for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he[a] lay.(C)

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  1. 28.6 Other ancient authorities read the Lord

There was a violent earthquake,(A) for an angel(B) of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone(C) and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.(D) The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.

The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid,(E) for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.(F) Come and see the place where he lay.

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They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
    let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”(A)

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“Come,” they say, “let us destroy(A) them as a nation,(B)
    so that Israel’s name is remembered(C) no more.”

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Take notice,[a] you peoples, and be dismayed;
    listen, all you far countries;
gird yourselves and be dismayed![b]
10 Take counsel together, but it shall be brought to naught;
    speak a word, but it will not stand,
    for God is with us.”(A)

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  1. 8.9 Gk: Heb Be shattered
  2. 8.9 Q mss: MT repeats gird yourselves and be dismayed!

Raise the war cry,[a](A) you nations, and be shattered!(B)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(C) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(D)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,(E)
    for God is with us.[b](F)

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  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
  2. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel

‘Let us go up against Judah and terrify it[a] and conquer it for ourselves and make the son of Tabeel king in it’; therefore thus says the Lord God:

It shall not stand,
    and it shall not come to pass.(A)

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  1. 7.6 Or cut it off

“Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.” Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:(A)

“‘It will not take place,
    it will not happen,(B)

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