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and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the 42 Their enemies also oppressed them,
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LORD and perform it. And the LORD will strike And they were brought into subjection
Egypt, He will strike and heal it; they will under their hand.
return to the LORD, and He will be entreated 43 Many times He delivered them;
by them and heal them. But they rebelled in their counsel,
23 In that day there will be a highway from And were brought low for their
Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come iniquity.
into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and 44 Nevertheless He regarded their
the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians.
24 In that day Israel will be one of three with affliction,
Egypt and Assyria—a blessing in the midst of the 45 When He heard their cry;
And for their sake He remembered His
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land, whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, say- covenant,
ing, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the And relented according to the
work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”
multitude of His mercies.
46 He also made them to be pitied
By all those who carried them away
captive.
47 Save us, O LORD our God,
19:25 My people,…the work of My hands.
Elsewhere Scripture uses these epithets to And gather us from among the Gentiles,
speak only of Israel (10:24; 29:23; 43:6,7; 45:11; To give thanks to Your holy name,
60:21; 64:8; Pss. 100:3; 110:3; 138:8; Jer. 11:4; To triumph in Your praise.
Hos 1:10; 2:23). In the future kingdom, Israel is 48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel
to be God’s instrument for drawing other From everlasting to everlasting!
nations into His fold.
And let all the people say, “Amen!”
Praise the LORD!
In the year that Tartan came to
20 Ashdod, when Sargon the king of As- Proverbs 25:13
syria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod 13 Like the cold of snow in time of harvest
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and took it, at the same time the LORD spoke Is a faithful messenger to those who
by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and send him,
remove the sackcloth from your body, and For he refreshes the soul of his masters.
take your sandals off your feet.” And he did so, 2 Corinthians 6:1–18
walking naked and barefoot.
3 Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant We then, as workers together with Him
Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three 6 also plead with you not to receive the
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years for a sign and a wonder against Egypt and grace of God in vain. For He says:
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Ethiopia, so shall the king of Assyria lead away
the Egyptians as prisoners and the Ethiopians “In an acceptable time I have heard you,
And in the day of salvation I have
as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, helped you.”
with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of
Egypt. Then they shall be afraid and ashamed Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now
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of Ethiopia their expectation and Egypt their is the day of salvation.
glory. And the inhabitant of this territory will 3 We give no offense in anything, that our
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say in that day, ‘Surely such is our expectation, ministry may not be blamed. But in all things
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wherever we flee for help to be delivered from we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in
the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?’ ” much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in dis-
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tresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in
Psalm 106:40–48
tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings;
40 Therefore the wrath of the LORD was 6 by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by
kindled against His people, kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,
So that He abhorred His own 7 by the word of truth, by the power of God, by
inheritance. the armor of righteousness on the right hand
41 And He gave them into the hand and on the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil
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of the Gentiles, report and good report; as deceivers, and yet
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And those who hated them ruled over true; as unknown, and yet well known; as
them. dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and
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