(A)Seek the Lord, (B)all you meek of the earth,
Who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
(C)It may be that you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.

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Seek(A) the Lord, all you humble of the land,
    you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness,(B) seek humility;(C)
    perhaps you will be sheltered(D)
    on the day of the Lord’s anger.

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14 Seek good and not evil,
That you may live;
So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,
(A)As you have spoken.
15 (B)Hate evil, love good;
Establish justice in the gate.
(C)It may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

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14 Seek good, not evil,
    that you may live.(A)
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
    just as you say he is.
15 Hate evil,(B) love good;(C)
    maintain justice in the courts.(D)
Perhaps(E) the Lord God Almighty will have mercy(F)
    on the remnant(G) of Joseph.

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Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment

20 Come, my people, (A)enter your chambers,
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide yourself, as it were, (B)for a little moment,
Until the indignation is past.
21 For behold, the Lord (C)comes out of His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
The earth will also disclose her [a]blood,
And will no more cover her slain.

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  1. Isaiah 26:21 Or bloodshed

20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut the doors(A) behind you;
hide(B) yourselves for a little while
    until his wrath(C) has passed by.(D)
21 See, the Lord is coming(E) out of his dwelling(F)
    to punish(G) the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood(H) shed on it;
    the earth will conceal its slain no longer.

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When God (A)arose to judgment,
To deliver all the oppressed of the earth. Selah

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when you, God, rose up to judge,(A)
    to save all the afflicted(B) of the land.

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12 Then you will (A)call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will (B)listen to you. 13 And (C)you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me (D)with all your heart.

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12 Then you will call(A) on me and come and pray(B) to me, and I will listen(C) to you. 13 You will seek(D) me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.(E)

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Seek the Lord and His strength;
(A)Seek His face evermore!

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Look to the Lord and his strength;
    seek his face(A) always.

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26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
Let your heart live forever!

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26 The poor will eat(A) and be satisfied;
    those who seek the Lord will praise him—(B)
    may your hearts live forever!

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(A)Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?

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Who knows?(A) God may yet relent(B) and with compassion turn(C) from his fierce anger(D) so that we will not perish.”

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(A)Seek the Lord while He may be (B)found,
Call upon Him while He is near.
(C)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (D)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(E)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

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  1. Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity

Seek(A) the Lord while he may be found;(B)
    call(C) on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake(D) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.(E)
Let them turn(F) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(G) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(H)

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Set your mind on things above, not on things on the (A)earth. (B)For you died, (C)and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (D)When Christ who is (E)our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in (F)glory.

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Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.(A) For you died,(B) and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your[a] life,(C) appears,(D) then you also will appear with him in glory.(E)

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  1. Colossians 3:4 Some manuscripts our

12 Sow for yourselves righteousness;
Reap in mercy;
(A)Break up your fallow ground,
For it is time to seek the Lord,
Till He (B)comes and rains righteousness on you.

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12 Sow(A) righteousness(B) for yourselves,
    reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;(C)
    for it is time to seek(D) the Lord,
until he comes
    and showers his righteousness(E) on you.

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18 For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword; but (A)your life shall be as a prize to you, (B)because you have put your trust in Me,” says the Lord.’ ”

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18 I will save(A) you; you will not fall by the sword(B) but will escape with your life,(C) because you trust(D) in me, declares the Lord.’”

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18 (A)but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

(B)To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

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18 But grow in the grace(A) and knowledge(B) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.(C) To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.(D)

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