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But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from Yahweh our God, (A)to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a (B)peg in His holy place, that our God may (C)enlighten our eyes and give us a little reviving in our slavery. (D)For we are slaves; yet in our slavery our God has not forsaken us, but (E)has extended lovingkindness to us before the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its waste places, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

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A Remnant Remains

10 Then it will be in that day,
That the (A)nations will seek the (B)root of Jesse,
Who will stand as a [a](C)standard for the peoples;
And His (D)resting place will be [b]glorious.

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  1. Isaiah 11:10 Or signal
  2. Isaiah 11:10 Lit glory

(A)Speak to the heart of Jerusalem;
And call out to her, that her [a](B)warfare has been fulfilled,
That her [b](C)iniquity has been removed,
That she has received from the hand of Yahweh
(D)Double for all her sins.”

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  1. Isaiah 40:2 Or hard service
  2. Isaiah 40:2 Or penalty of iniquity has been accepted as paid off

10 (A)Fear not, O Jacob My [a]servant,’ declares Yahweh,
‘And do not be dismayed, O Israel;
For behold, I will save you (B)from afar
And your seed from the land of their captivity.
And Jacob will return and will be (C)quiet and at ease,
And (D)no one will make him tremble.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 30:10 Or slave, cf. 30:8, 9; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”

27 “But as for you, O Jacob My servant, (A)do not fear,
Nor be dismayed, O Israel!
For behold, I am going to (B)save you from afar,
And your seed from the land of their captivity;
And Jacob will return and have (C)quiet
And be at ease, with no one making him tremble.

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