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SEPTEMBER 28
Then your peace would have been like
a river,
And your righteousness like the waves
48:10,11 refined…tested. Since Isaiah’s time, of the sea.
Israel’s testings have included the Babylonian 19 Your descendants also would have
captivity and present worldwide dispersion been like the sand,
from her land; unlike silver purged in the fur- And the offspring of your body like the
nace,the purging of Israel is not complete,and grains of sand;
they are not refined. But God keeps up the His name would not have been cut off
afflictions until they are, so His name is not Nor destroyed from before Me.”
defamed through the destruction of Israel. 20
The nation will be purged (Zech. 13:1). God’s Go forth from Babylon!
plan is such that He alone, not man or man- Flee from the Chaldeans!
made idols, will receive credit for Israel’s salva- With a voice of singing,
tion (42:8; Rom. 11:25–27,33–36). The adver- Declare, proclaim this,
saries of God are never to be given legitimate Utter it to the end of the earth;
reasons for scoffing at God and His work. Say, “The LORD has redeemed
His servant Jacob!”
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And they did not thirst
For how should My name be profaned? When He led them through the
And I will not give My glory to another. deserts;
He caused the waters to flow from the
12 “Listen to Me, O Jacob, rock for them;
And Israel, My called: He also split the rock, and the waters
I am He, I am the First, gushed out.
I am also the Last.
13 Indeed My hand has laid the 22 “There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for
foundation of the earth, the wicked.”
And My right hand has stretched out Psalm 111:7–10
the heavens;
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When I call to them, The works of His hands are verity and
They stand up together. justice;
All His precepts are sure.
14 “All of you, assemble yourselves, 8 They stand fast forever and ever,
and hear! And are done in truth and uprightness.
Who among them has declared these 9 He has sent redemption to His people;
things? He has commanded His covenant
The LORD loves him; forever:
He shall do His pleasure on Babylon, Holy and awesome is His name.
And His arm shall be against the
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Chaldeans. The fear of the LORD is the beginning
15 of wisdom;
I, even I, have spoken;
Yes, I have called him, A good understanding have all those
I have brought him, and his way will who do His commandments.
prosper. His praise endures forever.
16 “Come near to Me, hear this: Proverbs 26:11–12
I have not spoken in secret from the 11 As a dog returns to his own vomit,
beginning; So a fool repeats his folly.
From the time that it was, I was there. 12 Do you see a man wise in his own
And now the Lord GOD and His Spirit eyes?
Have sent Me.”
There is more hope for a fool than for
17 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, him.
The Holy One of Israel:
“I am the LORD your God, Galatians 6:1–18
Who teaches you to profit, Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any tres-
Who leads you by the way you should 6 pass, you who are spiritual restore such a
go. one in a spirit of gentleness, considering your-
2
18 Oh, that you had heeded My self lest you also be tempted. Bear one anoth-
commandments! er’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

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