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18 Look with favor on Zion and help her;
    rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

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18 May it please you to prosper Zion,(A)
    to build up the walls of Jerusalem.(B)

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16 For the Lord will rebuild Jerusalem.
    He will appear in his glory.

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16 For the Lord will rebuild Zion(A)
    and appear in his glory.(B)

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13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.

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13 for it is God who works in you(A) to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.(B)

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God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.

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he[a] predestined(A) us for adoption to sonship[b](B) through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure(C) and will—

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:5 Or sight in love. He
  2. Ephesians 1:5 The Greek word for adoption to sonship is a legal term referring to the full legal standing of an adopted male heir in Roman culture.

32 “So don’t be afraid, little flock. For it gives your Father great happiness to give you the Kingdom.

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32 “Do not be afraid,(A) little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.(B)

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Pray for peace in Jerusalem.
    May all who love this city prosper.
O Jerusalem, may there be peace within your walls
    and prosperity in your palaces.
For the sake of my family and friends, I will say,
    “May you have peace.”
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek what is best for you, O Jerusalem.

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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    “May those who love(A) you be secure.
May there be peace(B) within your walls
    and security within your citadels.(C)
For the sake of my family and friends,
    I will say, “Peace be within you.”
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your prosperity.(D)

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11 So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call. May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do.

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11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you,(A) that our God may make you worthy(B) of his calling,(C) and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness(D) and your every deed prompted by faith.(E)

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22 O God, ransom Israel
    from all its troubles.

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22 Deliver Israel,(A) O God,
    from all their troubles!

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God has now revealed to us his mysterious will regarding Christ—which is to fulfill his own good plan.

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he[a] made known to us the mystery(A) of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed(B) in Christ,

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 1:9 Or us with all wisdom and understanding. And he

28 Then, besides all this, I have the daily burden of my concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak without my feeling that weakness? Who is led astray, and I do not burn with anger?

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28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.(A) 29 Who is weak, and I do not feel weak?(B) Who is led into sin,(C) and I do not inwardly burn?

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Then I, myself, will be a protective wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the Lord. And I will be the glory inside the city!’”

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And I myself will be a wall(A) of fire(B) around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory(C) within.’(D)

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11 In that day, Israel, your cities will be rebuilt,
    and your borders will be extended.

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11 The day for building your walls(A) will come,
    the day for extending your boundaries.

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25 Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty-two sets of seven[a] will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler—the Anointed One[b]—comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses,[c] despite the perilous times.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:25a Hebrew Seven sevens plus sixty-two sevens.
  2. 9:25b Or an anointed one; similarly in 9:26. Hebrew reads a messiah.
  3. 9:25c Or and a moat, or and trenches.

25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild(A) Jerusalem until the Anointed One,[a](B) the ruler,(C) comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:25 Or an anointed one; also in verse 26