Psalm 68:6
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6 (A)God sets the solitary in families;
(B)He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;
But (C)the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
Psalm 113:9
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Psalm 69:33
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33 For the Lord hears the poor,
And does not despise (A)His prisoners.
Psalm 107:10
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Footnotes
- Psalm 107:10 Prisoners
Psalm 107:14
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14 (A)He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And broke their chains in pieces.
Isaiah 61:1
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The Good News of Salvation
61 “The (A)Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord (B)has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me (C)to [a]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim (D)liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:1 Lit. bind up
Psalm 146:7
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7 (A)Who executes justice for the oppressed,
(B)Who gives food to the hungry.
(C)The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.
Psalm 107:40-41
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40 (A)He pours contempt on princes,
And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;
41 (B)Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction,
And (C)makes their families like a flock.
Galatians 4:27
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27 For it is written:
(A)“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”
1 Samuel 2:5
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5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
And the hungry have ceased to hunger.
Even (A)the barren has borne seven,
And (B)she who has many children has become feeble.
Acts 16:26
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26 (A)Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately (B)all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.
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Acts 12:6-25
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6 And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were [a]keeping the prison. 7 Now behold, (A)an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands. 8 Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so he did. And he said to him, “Put on your garment and follow me.” 9 So he went out and followed him, and (B)did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought (C)he was seeing a vision. 10 When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, (D)which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
11 And when Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that (E)the Lord has sent His angel, and (F)has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.”
12 So, when he had considered this, (G)he came to the house of Mary, the mother of (H)John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together (I)praying. 13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a girl named Rhoda came to answer. 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate. 15 But they said to her, “You are beside yourself!” Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, (J)“It is his angel.”
16 Now Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. 17 But (K)motioning to them with his hand to keep silent, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Go, tell these things to James and to the brethren.” And he departed and went to another place.
18 Then, as soon as it was day, there was no small [b]stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter. 19 But when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death.
And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.
Herod’s Violent Death
20 Now Herod had been very angry with the people of (L)Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus [c]the king’s personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because (M)their country was [d]supplied with food by the king’s country.
21 So on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave an oration to them. 22 And the people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a man!” 23 Then immediately an angel of the Lord (N)struck him, because (O)he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and [e]died.
24 But (P)the word of God grew and multiplied.
Barnabas and Saul Appointed
25 And (Q)Barnabas and Saul returned [f]from Jerusalem when they had (R)fulfilled their ministry, and they also (S)took with them (T)John whose surname was Mark.
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- Acts 12:6 guarding
- Acts 12:18 disturbance
- Acts 12:20 who was in charge of the king’s bedchamber
- Acts 12:20 Lit. nourished
- Acts 12:23 breathed his last
- Acts 12:25 NU, M to
Psalm 107:34
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Footnotes
- Psalm 107:34 Lit. a salty waste
Deuteronomy 28:23-24
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23 And (A)your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be iron. 24 The Lord will change the rain of your land to powder and dust; from the heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed.
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Malachi 1:3
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3 But Esau I have hated,
And (A)laid waste his mountains and his heritage
For the jackals of the wilderness.”
Hosea 2:3
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3 Lest (A)I strip her naked
And expose her, as in the day she was (B)born,
And make her like a wilderness,
And set her like a dry land,
And slay her with (C)thirst.
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