15 The Lord has taken away your judgments,
He has cast out your enemy.
(A)The King of Israel, the Lord, (B)is in your midst;
You shall [a]see disaster no more.

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  1. Zephaniah 3:15 So with Heb. mss., LXX, Bg.; MT, Vg. fear

22 Thus says your Lord,
The Lord and your God,
Who (A)pleads the cause of His people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
The cup of trembling,
The dregs of the cup of My fury;
You shall no longer drink it.

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29 (A)And I will not hide My face from them anymore; for I shall have (B)poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel,’ says the Lord God.”

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The Lord is righteous in her midst,
He will do no unrighteousness.
[a]Every morning He brings His justice to light;
He never fails,
But (A)the unjust knows no shame.

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  1. Zephaniah 3:5 Lit. Morning by morning

15 I will plant them in their land,
(A)And no longer shall they be pulled up
From the land I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.

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20 But Judah shall abide forever,
And Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 For I will (A)acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted;
For the Lord dwells in Zion.”

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24 (A)“David My servant shall be king over them, and (B)they shall all have one shepherd; (C)they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. 25 (D)Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children’s children, (E)forever; and (F)My servant David shall be their prince forever. 26 Moreover I will [a]make (G)a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and (H)multiply them, and I will set My (I)sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 (J)My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be (K)their God, and they shall be My people. 28 (L)The nations also will know that I, the Lord, (M)sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.” ’ ”

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  1. Ezekiel 37:26 Lit. cut

And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, (A)the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. (B)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; (C)there shall be no more death, (D)nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

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49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, (A)You are the Son of God! You are (B)the King of Israel!”

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11 The people shall dwell in it;
And (A)no longer shall there be utter destruction,
(B)But Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

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(A)And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem (B)a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.

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“I will strengthen the house of Judah,
And I will save the house of Joseph.
(A)I will bring them back,
Because I (B)have mercy on them.
They shall be as though I had not cast them aside;
For I am the Lord their God,
And I (C)will hear them.
Those of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man,
And their (D)heart shall rejoice as if with wine.
Yes, their children shall see it and be glad;
Their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.

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For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who (A)touches you touches the [a]apple of His eye. For surely I will (B)shake My hand against them, and they shall become [b]spoil for their servants. Then (C)you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

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  1. Zechariah 2:8 Lit. pupil
  2. Zechariah 2:9 booty or plunder

16 The nations (A)shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
(B)They shall put their hand over their mouth;
Their ears shall be deaf.
17 They shall lick the (C)dust like a serpent;
(D)They shall crawl from their holes like [a]snakes of the earth.
(E)They shall be afraid of the Lord our God,
And shall fear because of You.
18 (F)Who is a God like You,
(G)Pardoning iniquity
And passing over the transgression of (H)the remnant of His heritage?

(I)He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in (J)mercy.[b]
19 He will again have compassion on us,
And will subdue our iniquities.

You will cast all [c]our sins
Into the depths of the sea.
20 (K)You will give truth to Jacob
And [d]mercy to Abraham,
(L)Which You have sworn to our fathers
From days of old.

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  1. Micah 7:17 Lit. crawlers
  2. Micah 7:18 Or lovingkindness
  3. Micah 7:19 Lit. their
  4. Micah 7:20 Or lovingkindness

18 Violence shall no longer be heard in your land,
Neither [a]wasting nor destruction within your borders;
But you shall call (A)your walls Salvation,
And your gates Praise.

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  1. Isaiah 60:18 devastation

22 (For the Lord is our (A)Judge,
The Lord is our (B)Lawgiver,
(C)The Lord is our King;
He will save us);

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You have taken away all Your wrath;
You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.

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10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, (A)“Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, (B)who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.

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15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will (A)dwell among them.

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33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? (A)It is God who justifies. 34 (B)Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, (C)who is even at the right hand of God, (D)who also makes intercession for us.

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19 (A)Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was:

JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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15 “Fear(A) not, daughter of Zion;
Behold, your King is coming,
Sitting on a donkey’s colt.”

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The Coming King(A)

“Rejoice (B)greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, (C)your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.

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13 And it shall come to pass
That just as you were (A)a curse among the nations,
O house of Judah and house of Israel,
So I will save you, and (B)you shall be a blessing.
Do not fear,
Let your hands be strong.’

14 “For thus says the Lord of hosts:

(C)‘Just as I determined to [a]punish you
When your fathers provoked Me to wrath,’
Says the Lord of hosts,
(D)‘And I would not relent,
15 So again in these days
I am determined to do good
To Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
Do not fear.

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  1. Zechariah 8:14 Lit. bring calamity to you

14 So the angel who spoke with me said to me, [a]“Proclaim, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts:

“I am (A)zealous[b] for Jerusalem
And for Zion with great [c]zeal.
15 I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease;
For (B)I was a little angry,
And they helped—but with evil intent.

16 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord:

(C)“I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy;
My (D)house (E)shall be built in it,” says the Lord of hosts,
“And (F)a surveyor’s line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.” ’

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  1. Zechariah 1:14 Lit. Cry out
  2. Zechariah 1:14 Or jealous
  3. Zechariah 1:14 Or jealousy

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