16 But I have raised you up[a] for this very purpose,(A) that I might show you my power(B) and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

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  1. Exodus 9:16 Or have spared you

16 But indeed for (A)this purpose I have raised you up, that I may (B)show My power in you, and that My (C)name may be declared in all the earth.

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Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments(A) I have provided for that purpose.”(B)

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four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand (A)praised the Lord with musical instruments, (B)“which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.”

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“God is mighty,(A) but despises no one;(B)
    he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.(C)

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“Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one;
(A)He is mighty in strength [a]of understanding.

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  1. Job 36:5 of heart

I cry out to God Most High,
    to God, who vindicates me.(A)

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I will cry out to God Most High,
To God (A)who performs all things for me.

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The Lord will vindicate(A) me;
    your love, Lord, endures forever(B)
    do not abandon(C) the works of your hands.(D)

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(A)The Lord will [a]perfect that which concerns me;
Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever;
(B)Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

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  1. Psalm 138:8 complete

21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.(A)

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21 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
(A)Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.

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But this is not what he intends,(A)
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nations.

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(A)Yet he does not mean so,
Nor does his heart think so;
But it is in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few nations.

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10 I make known the end from the beginning,(A)
    from ancient times,(B) what is still to come.(C)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,(D)
    and I will do all that I please.’

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10 (A)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, (B)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’

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11 From the east I summon(A) a bird of prey;(B)
    from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
    what I have planned,(C) that I will do.(D)

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11 Calling a bird of prey (A)from the east,
The man (B)who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed (C)I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.

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14 “Come together,(A) all of you, and listen:
    Which of the idols has foretold(B) these things?
The Lord’s chosen ally(C)
    will carry out his purpose(D) against Babylon;(E)
    his arm will be against the Babylonians.[a]

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  1. Isaiah 48:14 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 20

14 “All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
Who among them has declared these things?
(A)The Lord loves him;
(B)He shall do His pleasure on Babylon,
And His arm shall be against the Chaldeans.

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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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(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

11 so is my word(A) that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,(B)
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose(C) for which I sent it.

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11 (A)So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me [a]void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall (B)prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

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  1. Isaiah 55:11 empty, without fruit

11 The Lord said,

“Surely I will deliver you(A) for a good purpose;
    surely I will make your enemies plead(B) with you
    in times of disaster and times of distress.

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11 The Lord said:

“Surely it will be well with your remnant;
Surely I will cause (A)the enemy to intercede with you
In the time of adversity and in the time of affliction.

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