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Psalm 74:21

Psalm 74:21 (MSG)
Don't leave the victims to rot in the street; make them a choir that sings your praises.

Jeremiah 21:12

Jeremiah 21:12 (MSG)
House of David, listen-God's Message to you: 'Start each day by dealing with justice. Rescue victims from their exploiters. Prevent fire-the fire of my anger-for once it starts, it can't be put out. Your evil regime is fuel for my anger.

Jeremiah 1:5, Jeremiah 1:9, Jeremiah 1:11-12, Jeremiah 1:18-19

Jeremiah 1:5 (MSG)
"Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. Before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you: A prophet to the nations— that's what I had in mind for you."

Jeremiah 1:9 (MSG)
God reached out, touched my mouth, and said, "Look! I've just put my words in your mouth—hand-delivered! See what I've done? I've given you a job to do among nations and governments—a red-letter day! Your job is to pull up and tear down, take apart and demolish, And then start over, building and planting."

Jeremiah 1:11-12 (MSG)
God's Message came to me: "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I said, "A walking stick—that's all." And God said, "Good eyes! I'm sticking with you. I'll make every word I give you come true."

Jeremiah 1:18-19 (MSG)
"Stand at attention while I prepare you for your work. I'm making you as impregnable as a castle, Immovable as a steel post, solid as a concrete block wall. You're a one-man defense system against this culture, Against Judah's kings and princes, against the priests and local leaders. They'll fight you, but they won't even scratch you. I'll back you up every inch of the way." God's Decree.

Isaiah 64:4

Isaiah 64:4 (MSG)
Since before time began no one has ever imagined, No ear heard, no eye seen, a God like you who works for those who wait for him.

Isaiah 52:11-15

Isaiah 52:11-15 (MSG)
Out of here! Out of here! Leave this place! Don't look back. Don't contaminate yourselves with plunder. Just leave, but leave clean. Purify yourselves in the process of worship, carrying the holy vessels of God. But you don't have to be in a hurry. You're not running from anybody! God is leading you out of here, and the God of Israel is also your rear guard.

Isaiah 49:8-11, Isaiah 49:16, Isaiah 49:23

Isaiah 49:8-11 (AMP)
Thus says the Lord, In an acceptable and favorable time I have heard and answered you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you; and I will preserve you and give you for a covenant to the people, to raise up and establish the land [from its present state of ruin] and to apportion and cause them to inherit the desolate [moral wastes of heathenism, their] heritages,

Isaiah 49:16 (AMP)
Behold, I have indelibly imprinted (tattooed a picture of) you on the palm of each of My hands; [O Zion] your walls are continually before Me.

Isaiah 49:23 (AMP)
And kings shall be your foster fathers and guardians, and their queens your nursing mothers. They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know [with an acquaintance and understanding based on and grounded in personal experience] that I am the Lord; for they shall not be put to shame who wait for, look for, hope for, and expect Me.

Isaiah 49:8-11

Isaiah 49:8-11 (MSG)
God also says: "When the time's ripe, I answer you. When victory's due, I help you. I form you and use you to reconnect the people with me, To put the land in order, to resettle families on the ruined properties. I tell prisoners, 'Come on out. You're free!' and those huddled in fear, 'It's all right. It's safe now.' There'll be foodstands along all the roads, picnics on all the hills— Nobody hungry, nobody thirsty, shade from the sun, shelter from the wind, For the Compassionate One guides them, takes them to the best springs. I'll make all my mountains into roads, turn them into a superhighway. Look: These coming from far countries, and those, out of the north, These streaming in from the west, and those from all the way down the Nile!"

Psalm 46:10

Psalm 46:10 (KJV)
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Isaiah 43:1-13, Isaiah 43:19, Isaiah 43:22-26

Isaiah 43:1-13 (AMP)
BUT NOW [in spite of past judgments for Israel’s sins], thus says the Lord, He Who created you, O Jacob, and He Who formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you [ransomed you by paying a price instead of leaving you captives]; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.

Isaiah 43:19 (AMP)
Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 43:22-26 (AMP)
Yet you have not called upon Me [much less toiled for Me], O Jacob; but you have been weary of Me, O Israel!

Isaiah 43:1-13

Isaiah 43:1-13 (MSG)
But now, God's Message, the God who made you in the first place, Jacob, the One who got you started, Israel: "Don't be afraid, I've redeemed you. I've called your name. You're mine. When you're in over your head, I'll be there with you. When you're in rough waters, you will not go down. When you're between a rock and a hard place, it won't be a dead end— Because I am God, your personal God, The Holy of Israel, your Savior. I paid a huge price for you: all of Egypt, with rich Cush and Seba thrown in! That's how much you mean to me! That's how much I love you! I'd sell off the whole world to get you back, trade the creation just for you.

Isaiah 41:9-10

Isaiah 41:9-10 (MSG)
I pulled you in from all over the world, called you in from every dark corner of the earth, Telling you, 'You're my servant, serving on my side. I've picked you. I haven't dropped you.'

Isaiah 41:9-10

Isaiah 41:9-10 (MSG)
I pulled you in from all over the world, called you in from every dark corner of the earth, Telling you, 'You're my servant, serving on my side. I've picked you. I haven't dropped you.'

2 Kings 3:15-18

2 Kings 3:15-18 (NIV)
But now bring me a harpist." While the harpist was playing, the hand of the lord came on Elisha

2 Kings 3:14

2 Kings 3:14 (NIV)
Elisha said, "As surely as the lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay any attention to you.

2 Kings 2:21

2 Kings 2:21 (NIV)
Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, "This is what the lord says: 'I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.'"

Proverbs 8:17, Proverbs 8:20, Proverbs 8:35

Proverbs 8:17 (NIV)
I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

Proverbs 8:20 (NIV)
I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,

Proverbs 8:35 (NIV)
For those who find me find life and receive favor from the lord.

Psalm 20:1

Psalm 20:1 (NLT)
In times of trouble, may the LORD answer your cry. May the name of the God of Jacob keep you safe from all harm.

Psalm 20:2

Psalm 20:2 (NLT)
May he send you help from his sanctuary and strengthen you from Jerusalem.

Psalm 20:7

Psalm 20:7 (NLT)
Some nations boast of their chariots and horses, but we boast in the name of the LORD our God.

Psalm 32:1

Psalm 32:1 (NLT)
Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight!

Psalm 32:7

Psalm 32:7 (NLT)
For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory. Interlude

Psalm 32:10

Psalm 32:10 (NLT)
Many sorrows come to the wicked, but unfailing love surrounds those who trust the LORD.

Psalm 32:11

Psalm 32:11 (NLT)
So rejoice in the LORD and be glad, all you who obey him! Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!

Psalm 65:7

Psalm 65:7 (NLT)
You quieted the raging oceans with their pounding waves and silenced the shouting of the nations.

Psalm 65:8

Psalm 65:8 (NLT)
Those who live at the ends of the earth stand in awe of your wonders. From where the sun rises to where it sets, you inspire shouts of joy.