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15 God it was who afflicted me,
    and God who has had mercy on me.
    Now I see my son Tobiah!”

Then Tobit went back in, rejoicing and praising God with full voice. Tobiah related to his father how his journey had been a success; that he had brought back the money; and that he had married Raguel’s daughter Sarah, who was about to arrive, for she was near the gate of Nineveh.(A)

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Jerusalem, holy city,
    he will afflict you for the works of your hands,[a]
    but will again pity the children of the righteous.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:9 Works of your hands: idols.

39 See now that I, I alone, am he,
    and there is no god besides me.
It is I who bring both death and life,
    I who inflict wounds and heal them,
    and from my hand no one can deliver.(A)

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“The Lord puts to death and gives life,
    casts down to Sheol and brings up again.(A)

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13 [a]For you have dominion over life and death;(A)
    you lead down to the gates of Hades and lead back.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:13–14 The author recognizes the power of the Lord over life and death, as expressed in 1 Sm 2:6; Tb 13:2. The traditional imagery of Sheol (gates and confinement) colors the passage.