“Fear not,… declares the Lord, for I am with you…. Of you I will not make a full end. I will discipline you in just measure.”—“For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you. In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord, your Redeemer…. “For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. “O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in antimony, and lay your foundations with sapphires.”
I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.
The people of Israel cried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud,… a left-handed man…. After him was Shamgar,… who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel.
And the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours;… do not I send you?” And he said to him, “ Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.”
The Lord said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me,… lest Israel boast over me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’”
“Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.”—Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
32 but, though he xcause grief, yhe will have compassion
zaccording to the abundance of his steadfast love;
28 dFear not, O Jacob my servant,
I will make a full end of all the nations
but of you I will not make a full end.
eI will discipline you in just measure,
7 rFor a brief moment I deserted you,
10 For the mountains may depart
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
and umy covenant of peace shall not be removed,”
11 v“O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted,
behold, wI will set your stones in antimony,
xand lay your foundations with sapphires.1
[1] 54:11
9 pI will bear the indignation of the Lord
because I have sinned against him,
until qhe pleads my cause
rHe will bring me out to the light;
27 But nGod chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; oGod chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;
15 Then the people of Israel hcried out to the Lord, and the Lord raised up for them ha deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, ia left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
31 After him was uShamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines vwith an oxgoad, and he also wsaved Israel.
14 And the Lord1 turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; bdo not I send you?”
[1] 6:14
15 And he said to him, c“Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, dmy clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.”
2 The Lord said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, dlest Israel boast over me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to lZerubbabel: mNot by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.