Bible Cross References
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Isaiah 42:9
The things I predicted have now come true. Now I will tell you of new things even before they begin to happen."
Isaiah 65:17
The LORD says, "I am making a new earth and new heavens. The events of the past will be completely forgotten.
Deuteronomy 32:7
"Think of the past, of the time long ago; ask your parents to tell you what happened, ask the old people to tell of the past.
Nehemiah 9:7-37
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You, LORD God, chose Abram and led him out of Ur in Babylonia; you changed his name to Abraham.
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You found that he was faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him. You promised to give him the land of the Canaanites, the land of the Hittites and the Amorites, the land of the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Girgashites, to be a land where his descendants would live. You kept your promise, because you are faithful.
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"You saw how our ancestors suffered in Egypt; you heard their call for help at the Red Sea.
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You worked amazing miracles against the king, against his officials and the people of his land, because you knew how they oppressed your people. You won then the fame you still have today.
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Through the sea you made a path for your people and led them through on dry ground. Those who pursued them drowned in deep water, as a stone sinks in the raging sea.
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With a cloud you led them in daytime, and at night you lighted their way with fire.
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At Mount Sinai you came down from heaven; you spoke to your people and gave them good laws and sound teachings.
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You taught them to keep your Sabbaths holy, and through your servant Moses you gave them your laws.
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"When they were hungry, you gave them bread from heaven, and water from a rock when they were thirsty. You told them to take control of the land which you had promised to give them.
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But our ancestors grew proud and stubborn and refused to obey your commands.
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They refused to obey; they forgot all you did; they forgot the miracles you had performed. In their pride they chose a leader to take them back to slavery in Egypt. But you are a God who forgives; you are gracious and loving, slow to be angry. Your mercy is great; you did not forsake them.
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They made an idol in the shape of a bull-calf and said it was the god who led them from Egypt! How much they insulted you, LORD!
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But you did not abandon them there in the desert, for your mercy is great. You did not take away the cloud or the fire that showed them the path by day and night.
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In your goodness you told them what they should do; you fed them manna and gave them water to drink.
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Through forty years in the desert you provided all that they needed; their clothing never wore out, and their feet were not swollen with pain.
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"You let them conquer nations and kingdoms, lands that bordered their own. They conquered the land of Heshbon, where Sihon ruled, and the land of Bashan, where Og was king.
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You gave them as many children as there are stars in the sky, and let them conquer and live in the land that you had promised their ancestors to give them.
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They conquered the land of Canaan; you overcame the people living there. You gave your people the power to do as they pleased with the people and kings of Canaan.
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Your people captured fortified cities, fertile land, houses full of wealth, cisterns already dug, olive trees, fruit trees, and vineyards. They ate all they wanted and grew fat; they enjoyed all the good things you gave them.
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"But your people rebelled and disobeyed you; they turned their backs on your Law. They killed the prophets who warned them, who told them to turn back to you. They insulted you time after time,
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so you let their enemies conquer and rule them. In their trouble they called to you for help, and you answered them from heaven. In your great mercy you sent them leaders who rescued them from their foes.
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When peace returned, they sinned again, and again you let their enemies conquer them. Yet when they repented and asked you to save them, in heaven you heard, and time after time you rescued them in your great mercy.
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You warned them to obey your teachings, but in pride they rejected your laws, although keeping your Law is the way to life. Hard-headed and stubborn, they refused to obey.
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Year after year you patiently warned them. You inspired your prophets to speak, but your people were deaf, so you let them be conquered by other nations.
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And yet, because your mercy is great, you did not forsake or destroy them. You are a gracious and merciful God!
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"O God, our God, how great you are! How terrifying, how powerful! You faithfully keep your covenant promises. From the time when Assyrian kings oppressed us, even till now, how much we have suffered! Our kings, our leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors, and all our people have suffered. Remember how much we have suffered!
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You have done right to punish us; you have been faithful, even though we have sinned.
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Our ancestors, our kings, leaders, and priests have not kept your Law. They did not listen to your commands and warnings.
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With your blessing, kings ruled your people when they lived in the broad, fertile land you gave them; but they failed to turn from sin and serve you.
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And now we are slaves in the land that you gave us, this fertile land which gives us food.
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What the land produces goes to the kings that you put over us because we sinned. They do as they please with us and our livestock, and we are in deep distress!"
Psalm 78:1-72
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Listen, my people, to my teaching, and pay attention to what I say.
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I am going to use wise sayings and explain mysteries from the past,
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things we have heard and known, things that our ancestors told us.
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We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about the LORD's power and his great deeds and the wonderful things he has done.
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He gave laws to the people of Israel and commandments to the descendants of Jacob. He instructed our ancestors to teach his laws to their children,
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so that the next generation might learn them and in turn should tell their children.
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In this way they also will put their trust in God and not forget what he has done, but always obey his commandments.
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They will not be like their ancestors, a rebellious and disobedient people, whose trust in God was never firm and who did not remain faithful to him.
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The Ephraimites, armed with bows and arrows, ran away on the day of battle.
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They did not keep their covenant with God; they refused to obey his law.
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They forgot what he had done, the miracles they had seen him perform.
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While their ancestors watched, God performed miracles in the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.
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He divided the sea and took them through it; he made the waters stand like walls.
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By day he led them with a cloud and all night long with the light of a fire.
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He split rocks open in the desert and gave them water from the depths.
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He caused a stream to come out of the rock and made water flow like a river.
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But they continued to sin against God, and in the desert they rebelled against the Most High.
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They deliberately put God to the test by demanding the food they wanted.
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They spoke against God and said, "Can God supply food in the desert?
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It is true that he struck the rock, and water flowed out in a torrent; but can he also provide us with bread and give his people meat?"
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And so the LORD was angry when he heard them; he attacked his people with fire, and his anger against them grew,
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because they had no faith in him and did not believe that he would save them.
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But he spoke to the sky above and commanded its doors to open;
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he gave them grain from heaven, by sending down manna for them to eat.
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So they ate the food of angels, and God gave them all they wanted.
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He also caused the east wind to blow, and by his power he stirred up the south wind;
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and to his people he sent down birds, as many as the grains of sand on the shore;
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they fell in the middle of the camp all around the tents.
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So the people ate and were satisfied; God gave them what they wanted.
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But they had not yet satisfied their craving and were still eating,
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when God became angry with them and killed their strongest men, the best young men of Israel.
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In spite of all this the people kept sinning; in spite of his miracles they did not trust him.
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So he ended their days like a breath and their lives with sudden disaster.
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Whenever he killed some of them, the rest would turn to him; they would repent and pray earnestly to him.
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They remembered that God was their protector, that the Almighty came to their aid.
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But their words were all lies; nothing they said was sincere.
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They were not loyal to him; they were not faithful to their covenant with him.
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But God was merciful to his people. He forgave their sin and did not destroy them. Many times he held back his anger and restrained his fury.
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He remembered that they were only mortal beings, like a wind that blows by and is gone.
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How often they rebelled against him in the desert; how many times they made him sad!
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Again and again they put God to the test and brought pain to the Holy God of Israel.
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They forgot his great power and the day when he saved them from their enemies
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and performed his mighty acts and miracles in the plain of Zoan in the land of Egypt.
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He turned the rivers into blood, and the Egyptians had no water to drink.
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He sent flies among them, that tormented them, and frogs that ruined their land.
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He sent locusts to eat their crops and to destroy their fields.
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He killed their grapevines with hail and their fig trees with frost.
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He killed their cattle with hail and their flocks with lightning.
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He caused them great distress by pouring out his anger and fierce rage, which came as messengers of death.
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He did not restrain his anger or spare their lives, but killed them with a plague.
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He killed the first-born sons of all the families of Egypt.
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Then he led his people out like a shepherd and guided them through the desert.
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He led them safely, and they were not afraid; but the sea came rolling over their enemies.
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He brought them to his holy land, to the mountains which he himself conquered.
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He drove out the inhabitants as his people advanced; he divided their land among the tribes of Israel and gave their homes to his people.
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But they rebelled against Almighty God and put him to the test. They did not obey his commandments,
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but were rebellious and disloyal like their ancestors, unreliable as a crooked arrow.
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They angered him with their heathen places of worship, and with their idols they made him furious.
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God was angry when he saw it, so he rejected his people completely.
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He abandoned his tent in Shiloh, the home where he had lived among us.
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He allowed our enemies to capture the Covenant Box, the symbol of his power and glory.
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He was angry with his own people and let them be killed by their enemies.
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Young men were killed in war, and young women had no one to marry.
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Priests died by violence, and their widows were not allowed to mourn.
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At last the Lord woke up as though from sleep; he was like a strong man excited by wine.
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He drove his enemies back in lasting and shameful defeat.
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But he rejected the descendants of Joseph; he did not select the tribe of Ephraim.
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Instead he chose the tribe of Judah and Mount Zion, which he dearly loves.
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There he built his Temple like his home in heaven; he made it firm like the earth itself, secure for all time.
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He chose his servant David; he took him from the pastures,
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where he looked after his flocks, and he made him king of Israel, the shepherd of the people of God.
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David took care of them with unselfish devotion and led them with skill.
Psalm 105:1-106
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Give thanks to the LORD, proclaim his greatness; tell the nations what he has done.
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Sing praise to the LORD; tell the wonderful things he has done.
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Be glad that we belong to him; let all who worship him rejoice.
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Go to the LORD for help; and worship him continually.
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You descendants of Abraham, his servant; you descendants of Jacob, the man he chose: remember the miracles that God performed and the judgments that he gave.
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The LORD is our God; his commands are for all the world.
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He will keep his covenant forever, his promises for a thousand generations.
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He will keep the agreement he made with Abraham and his promise to Isaac.
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The LORD made a covenant with Jacob, one that will last forever.
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"I will give you the land of Canaan," he said. "It will be your own possession."
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God's people were few in number, strangers in the land of Canaan.
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They wandered from country to country, from one kingdom to another.
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But God let no one oppress them; to protect them, he warned the kings:
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"Don't harm my chosen servants; do not touch my prophets."
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The LORD sent famine to their country and took away all their food.
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But he sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.
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His feet were kept in chains, and an iron collar was around his neck,
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until what he had predicted came true. The word of the LORD proved him right.
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Then the king of Egypt had him released; the ruler of nations set him free.
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He put him in charge of his government and made him ruler over all the land,
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with power over the king's officials and authority to instruct his advisers.
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Then Jacob went to Egypt and settled in that country.
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The LORD gave many children to his people and made them stronger than their enemies.
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He made the Egyptians hate his people and treat his servants with deceit.
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Then he sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
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They did God's mighty acts and performed miracles in Egypt.
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God sent darkness on the country, but the Egyptians did not obey his command.
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He turned their rivers into blood and killed all their fish.
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Their country was overrun with frogs; even the palace was filled with them.
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God commanded, and flies and gnats swarmed throughout the whole country.
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He sent hail and lightning on their land instead of rain;
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he destroyed their grapevines and fig trees and broke down all the trees.
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He commanded, and the locusts came, countless millions of them;
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they ate all the plants in the land; they ate all the crops.
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He killed the first-born sons of all the families of Egypt.
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Then he led the Israelites out; they carried silver and gold, and all of them were healthy and strong.
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The Egyptians were afraid of them and were glad when they left.
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God put a cloud over his people and a fire at night to give them light.
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They asked, and he sent quails; he gave them food from heaven to satisfy them.
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He opened a rock, and water gushed out, flowing through the desert like a river.
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He remembered his sacred promise to Abraham his servant.
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So he led his chosen people out, and they sang and shouted for joy.
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He gave them the lands of other peoples and let them take over their fields,
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so that his people would obey his laws and keep all his commands. Praise the LORD!
Psalm 111:4
The LORD does not let us forget his wonderful actions; he is kind and merciful.
Jeremiah 23:7
"The time is coming," says the LORD, "when people will no longer swear by me as the living God who brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
Jeremiah 23:8
Instead, they will swear by me as the living God who brought the people of Israel out of a northern land and out of all the other countries where I had scattered them. Then they will live in their own land."
Daniel 9:6-15
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We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our rulers, our ancestors, and our whole nation.
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You, Lord, always do what is right, but we have always brought disgrace on ourselves. This is true of all of us who live in Judea and in Jerusalem and of all the Israelites whom you scattered in countries near and far because they were unfaithful to you.
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Our kings, our rulers, and our ancestors have acted shamefully and sinned against you, Lord.
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You are merciful and forgiving, although we have rebelled against you.
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We did not listen to you, O LORD our God, when you told us to live according to the laws which you gave us through your servants the prophets.
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All Israel broke your laws and refused to listen to what you said. We sinned against you, and so you brought on us the curses that are written in the Law of Moses, your servant.
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You did what you said you would do to us and our rulers. You punished Jerusalem more severely than any other city on earth,
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giving us all the punishment described in the Law of Moses. But even now, O LORD our God, we have not tried to please you by turning from our sins or by following your truth.
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You, O LORD our God, were prepared to punish us, and you did, because you always do what is right, and we did not listen to you.
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"O Lord our God, you showed your power by bringing your people out of Egypt, and your power is still remembered. We have sinned; we have done wrong.
I am God
Isaiah 45:5
"I am the LORD; there is no other god. I will give you the strength you need, although you do not know me.
Isaiah 45:6
I do this so that everyone from one end of the world to the other may know that I am the LORD and that there is no other god.
Isaiah 45:14
The LORD says to Israel, "The wealth of Egypt and Ethiopia will be yours, and the tall men of Seba will be your slaves; they will follow you in chains. They will bow down to you and confess, 'God is with you---he alone is God.
Isaiah 45:18
The LORD created the heavens--- he is the one who is God! He formed and made the earth--- he made it firm and lasting. He did not make it a desolate waste, but a place for people to live. It is he who says, "I am the LORD, and there is no other god.
Isaiah 45:21
Come and present your case in court; let the defendants consult one another. Who predicted long ago what would happen? Was it not I, the LORD, the God who saves his people? There is no other god.
Isaiah 45:22
"Turn to me now and be saved, people all over the world! I am the only God there is.
and there is none like
Isaiah 46:5
"To whom will you compare me?" says the LORD. "Is there anyone else like me?
Deuteronomy 33:26
People of Israel, no god is like your God, riding in splendor across the sky, riding through the clouds to come to your aid.