Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for (A)they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring (B)my servant (C)the Branch.

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(A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous (B)Branch, and (C)he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

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The Righteous Reign of the Branch

11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (A)Jesse,
    and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

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12 And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is (A)the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and (B)he shall build the temple of the Lord.

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15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous (A)Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

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For he grew up before him like a young plant,
    (A)and like a root out of dry ground;
(B)he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
    and no beauty that we should desire him.

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The Lord's Chosen Servant

42 (A)Behold (B)my servant, whom I uphold,
    my chosen, (C)in whom my soul delights;
(D)I have put my Spirit upon him;
    (E)he will bring forth justice to the nations.

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Then the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years (A)as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 20:3 Probably Nubia

The Branch of the Lord Glorified

In that day (A)the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and (B)the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.

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(A)who, though he was in (B)the form of God, did not count equality with God (C)a thing to be grasped,[a] but (D)emptied himself, by taking the form of a (E)servant,[b] (F)being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by (G)becoming obedient to the point of death, (H)even death on a cross.

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  1. Philippians 2:6 Or a thing to be held on to for advantage
  2. Philippians 2:7 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

22 Thus says the Lord God: (A)“I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. (B)I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and (C)I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. 23 (D)On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. (E)And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest. 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord; (F)I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up (G)the green tree, and make (H)the dry tree flourish. (I)I am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.”

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11 Say, (A)‘I am a sign for you: (B)as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.’

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11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see[a] and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall (A)the righteous one, my servant,
    (B)make many to be accounted righteous,
    (C)and he shall bear their iniquities.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:11 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll he shall see light

He Was Pierced for Our Transgressions

13 Behold, (A)my servant shall act wisely;[a]
    he shall be high and lifted up,
    and shall be exalted.

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  1. Isaiah 52:13 Or shall prosper

(A)And now the Lord says,
    he (B)who formed me from the womb to be his servant,
to bring Jacob back to him;
    and that Israel might be gathered to him—
for (C)I am honored in the eyes of the Lord,
    and my God has become my strength—

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18 (A)Behold, I and (B)the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

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78 because of the (A)tender mercy of our God,
    whereby (B)the sunrise shall (C)visit us[a] (D)from on high

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  1. Luke 1:78 Or when the sunrise shall dawn upon us; some manuscripts since the sunrise has visited us

24 “My servant (A)David (B)shall be king over them, and they shall all have (C)one shepherd. (D)They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes.

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29 And I will provide for them (A)renowned plantations so that (B)they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land, and no longer (C)suffer the reproach of the nations.

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24 Thus shall Ezekiel be to you (A)a sign; (B)according to all that he has done you shall do. When this comes, then (C)you will know that I am the Lord God.’

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For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, (A)like men sentenced to death, because we (B)have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 (C)We are fools for Christ's sake, but (D)you are wise in Christ. (E)We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour (F)we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and (G)buffeted and (H)homeless, 12 and we (I)labor, working with our own hands. (J)When reviled, we bless; (K)when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. (L)We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, (M)the refuse of all things.

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23 And (A)I will set up over them one shepherd, (B)my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24 And (C)I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David shall be prince among them. (D)I am the Lord; I have spoken.

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And he said to me, “You are my servant,
    Israel, (A)in whom I will be glorified.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:3 Or I will display my beauty

I have been as (A)a portent to many,
    but you are my strong refuge.

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