12 Return to your stronghold, O (A)prisoners of hope;
    today I declare that (B)I will restore to you double.

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12 Return to your fortress,(A) you prisoners of hope;
    even now I announce that I will restore twice(B) as much to you.

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The Lord Restores Job's Fortunes

10 And the Lord (A)restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job (B)twice as much as he had before.

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10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes(A) and gave him twice as much as he had before.(B)

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21 But this I call to mind,
    and (A)therefore I have hope:

22 (B)The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;[a]
    (C)his mercies never come to an end;

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:22 Syriac, Targum; Hebrew Because of the steadfast love of the Lord, we are not cut off

21 Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

22 Because of the Lord’s great love(A) we are not consumed,(B)
    for his compassions never fail.(C)

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10 (A)The Lord has brought about our vindication;
    (B)come, let us declare in Zion
    the work of the Lord our God.

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10 “‘The Lord has vindicated(A) us;
    come, let us tell in Zion
    what the Lord our God has done.’(B)

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(A)Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion;
    instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot;
therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion;
    they shall have everlasting joy.

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Instead of your shame(A)
    you will receive a double(B) portion,
and instead of disgrace
    you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit(C) a double portion in your land,
    and everlasting joy(D) will be yours.

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18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which (A)it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope (B)set before us.

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18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie,(A) we who have fled to take hold of the hope(B) set before us may be greatly encouraged.

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(A)The Lord is good,
    (B)a stronghold in the day of trouble;
(C)he knows those who take refuge in him.

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The Lord is good,(A)
    a refuge in times of trouble.(B)
He cares for(C) those who trust in him,(D)

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17 (A)There is hope for your future,
declares the Lord,
    and your children shall come back to their own country.

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17 So there is hope(A) for your descendants,”
declares the Lord.
    “Your children(B) will return to their own land.

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(A)saying to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’
    to those who are in darkness, ‘Appear.’
(B)They shall feed along the ways;
    on all bare heights shall be their pasture;

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to say to the captives,(A) ‘Come out,’
    and to those in darkness,(B) ‘Be free!’

“They will feed beside the roads
    and find pasture on every barren hill.(C)

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(A)“In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, (B)the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, (C)weeping as they come, and they (D)shall seek the Lord their God. (E)They shall ask the way to Zion, with faces turned toward it, (F)saying, ‘Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in an (G)everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.’

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“In those days, at that time,”
    declares the Lord,
“the people of Israel and the people of Judah together(A)
    will go in tears(B) to seek(C) the Lord their God.
They will ask the way(D) to Zion
    and turn their faces toward it.
They will come(E) and bind themselves to the Lord
    in an everlasting covenant(F)
    that will not be forgotten.

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(A)Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
    and cry to her
that (B)her warfare[a] is ended,
    that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
    double for all her sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:2 Or hardship

Speak tenderly(A) to Jerusalem,
    and proclaim to her
that her hard service(B) has been completed,(C)
    that her sin has been paid for,(D)
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
    double(E) for all her sins.

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And you, O tower of the flock,
    hill of the daughter of Zion,
to you shall it come,
    the former dominion shall come,
    kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.

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As for you, watchtower of the flock,
    stronghold[a] of Daughter Zion,
the former dominion will be restored(A) to you;
    kingship will come to Daughter Jerusalem.(B)

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  1. Micah 4:8 Or hill

16 (A)The Lord roars from Zion,
    and (B)utters his voice from Jerusalem,
    (C)and the heavens and the earth quake.
But the Lord is (D)a refuge to his people,
    a stronghold to the people of Israel.

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16 The Lord will roar(A) from Zion
    and thunder from Jerusalem;(B)
    the earth and the heavens will tremble.(C)
But the Lord will be a refuge(D) for his people,
    a stronghold(E) for the people of Israel.

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