For all of them were trying to frighten us, [a]thinking, “[b]They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done.” But now, (A)God, strengthen my hands.

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  1. Nehemiah 6:9 Lit saying,
  2. Nehemiah 6:9 Lit Their hands will go slack from

They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.”

But I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.”

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God Uses Cyrus

45 This is what the Lord says to (A)Cyrus His anointed,
Whom I have taken by the right (B)hand,
To (C)subdue nations before him
And [a]to (D)undo the weapons belt on the waist of kings;
To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:

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  1. Isaiah 45:1 Lit I will loose

45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,(A)
    to Cyrus,(B) whose right hand I take hold(C) of
to subdue nations(D) before him
    and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
    so that gates will not be shut:

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I am the Lord, and (A)there is no one else;
(B)There is no God except Me.
I will (C)[a]arm you, though you have not known Me,

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  1. Isaiah 45:5 Or embrace

I am the Lord, and there is no other;(A)
    apart from me there is no God.(B)
I will strengthen you,(C)
    though you have not acknowledged me,

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10 ‘This is what the Lord God says:

(A)I will also make the [a]hordes of Egypt cease
By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

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  1. Ezekiel 30:10 Or people; lit crowd, and so throughout the ch

10 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt
    by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar(A) king of Babylon.(B)

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25 So I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fail. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he (A)reaches out with it against the land of Egypt.

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25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I put my sword(A) into the hand of the king of Babylon and he brandishes it against Egypt.(B)

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12 And I will (A)strengthen them in the Lord,
And in His name (B)they will walk,” declares the Lord.

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12 I will strengthen(A) them in the Lord
    and in his name they will live securely,(B)
declares the Lord.

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