Yet you are he who (A)took me from the womb;
    you made me trust you at my mother's breasts.

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Yet you brought me out of the womb;(A)
    you made me trust(B) in you, even at my mother’s breast.

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Upon you I have leaned (A)from before my birth;
    you are he who (B)took me from my mother's womb.
My praise is continually of you.

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From birth(A) I have relied on you;
    you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.(B)
    I will ever praise(C) you.

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The Servant of the Lord

49 Listen to me, (A)O coastlands,
    and give attention, you peoples (B)from afar.
(C)The Lord called me from the womb,
    from the body of my mother he named my name.
(D)He made my mouth like a sharp sword;
    (E)in the shadow of his hand he hid me;
he made me a polished arrow;
    in his quiver he hid me away.

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The Servant of the Lord

49 Listen(A) to me, you islands;(B)
    hear this, you distant nations:
Before I was born(C) the Lord called(D) me;
    from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.(E)
He made my mouth(F) like a sharpened sword,(G)
    in the shadow of his hand(H) he hid me;
he made me into a polished arrow(I)
    and concealed me in his quiver.

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17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,
    and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

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17 Since my youth, God, you have taught(A) me,
    and to this day I declare your marvelous deeds.(B)

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The Flight to Egypt

13 Now when they had departed, behold, (A)an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. (B)This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, (C)“Out of Egypt I called my son.”

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The Escape to Egypt

13 When they had gone, an angel(A) of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.(B) “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”(C)

14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled(D) what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:15 Hosea 11:1

(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
    (G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.

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  1. Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
  2. Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

For to us a child is born,(A)
    to us a son is given,(B)
    and the government(C) will be on his shoulders.(D)
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor,(E) Mighty God,(F)
    Everlasting(G) Father,(H) Prince of Peace.(I)

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15 (A)My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
    intricately woven in (B)the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your (C)book were written, every one of them,
    the days that were formed for me,
    when as yet there was none of them.

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15 My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made(A) in the secret place,
    when I was woven together(B) in the depths of the earth.(C)
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained(D) for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.

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His tail swept down (A)a third of the stars of heaven and (B)cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child (C)he might devour it. She gave birth to a male child, (D)one who is to rule[a] all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was (E)caught up to God and to his throne,

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  1. Revelation 12:5 Greek shepherd

Its tail swept a third(A) of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth.(B) The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that it might devour her child(C) the moment he was born. She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”[a](D) And her child was snatched up(E) to God and to his throne.

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  1. Revelation 12:5 Psalm 2:9

14 Therefore the (A)Lord himself will give you a sign. (B)Behold, the (C)virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name (D)Immanuel.[a] 15 He shall eat (E)curds and honey when he knows how to refuse the evil and choose the good.

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  1. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God is with us

14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you[a] a sign:(A) The virgin[b](B) will conceive and give birth to a son,(C) and[c] will call him Immanuel.[d](D) 15 He will be eating curds(E) and honey(F) when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right,

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  1. Isaiah 7:14 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Isaiah 7:14 Or young woman
  3. Isaiah 7:14 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls son, and he or son, and they
  4. Isaiah 7:14 Immanuel means God with us.