(A)Then I said, ‘I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain;
Yet surely my [a]just reward is with the Lord,
And my [b]work with my God.’ ”

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  1. Isaiah 49:4 justice
  2. Isaiah 49:4 recompense

But I said, “I have labored in vain;(A)
    I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,(B)
    and my reward(C) is with my God.”(D)

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“And now the Lord says,
Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him,
So that Israel (A)is [a]gathered to Him
(For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the Lord,
And My God shall be My strength),

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  1. Isaiah 49:5 Qr., DSS, LXX gathered to Him; Kt. not gathered

And now the Lord says—
    he who formed me in the womb(A) to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
    and gather Israel(B) to himself,
for I am[a] honored(C) in the eyes of the Lord
    and my God has been my strength(D)

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  1. Isaiah 49:5 Or him, / but Israel would not be gathered; / yet I will be

14 (A)Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only themselves (B)by their righteousness,” says the Lord God.

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14 even if these three men—Noah,(A) Daniel[a](B) and Job(C)—were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness,(D) declares the Sovereign Lord.

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  1. Ezekiel 14:14 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature; also in verse 20

20 even (A)though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live,” says the Lord God, “they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.”

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20 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.(A)

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But (A)when they opposed him and blasphemed, (B)he shook his garments and said to them, (C)“Your blood be upon your own heads; (D)I am clean. (E)From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

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But when they opposed Paul and became abusive,(A) he shook out his clothes in protest(B) and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads!(C) I am innocent of it.(D) From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”(E)

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26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am (A)innocent[a] of the blood of all men.

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  1. Acts 20:26 Lit. clean

26 Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.(A)

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16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

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16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save(A) both yourself and your hearers.

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