Category Archives: sovereignty of God

the crown installer

Isaiah 23:5-11 5 When news gets to Egypt, they will be in anguish at the news of Tyre. 6 Cross over to Tarshish! Wail, coast inhabitants! 7 Is this your proud one — her origin from the days of long … Continue reading

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losing

Isaiah 23:1-4 1 The oracle of Tyre: Wail, ships of Tarshish, because the house is so torn down that no one can enter. It is announced to them from the land of Cyprus. 2 Be still, coastal inhabitants, merchant of … Continue reading

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control freak

Isaiah 22:12-19 12 And the Lord, Yahveh of armies, called on that day for weeping and mourning, and for baldness and sackcloth girding. 13 But see! Joy and gladness, the killing of an ox and the slaughtering of a sheep, … Continue reading

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praying outside the box

Isaiah 19:23-25 23 On that day, there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, and Egypt will worship together with Assyria. 24 On that day, Israel will be third … Continue reading

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my consecrated ones

Isaiah 13:1-8 1 The oracle of Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw: 2 Raise a flag on a bare hill, lift up a voice to them; wave a hand and allow them to enter noblemen’s doorways. 3 I myself … Continue reading

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sovereign mercy

Romans 9:9-16 9 Because this is what the promise declared: “About a year from now I will return and Sarah will have a son.” 10 Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our ancestor Isaac– … Continue reading

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retrying the covenant

Exodus 34:10-26 10 And he said, “See, I am making a covenant. In front of all your people I will do miracles, such as have not been done in all the land or in any nation. And all the people … Continue reading

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the LORD among us

Exodus 26:1-14 26:1 “Further instructions: you should make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you should make them with cherubim skillfully embedded into them. 2 The length of each curtain … Continue reading

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so that we may know

Exodus 10:1-11 1 Then the LORD told Moses, “Go see Pharaoh, because I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, in order that I may show these, my signs, among them, 2 and in order that you … Continue reading

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Yahveh

Exodus 3:13-22 13 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what should … Continue reading

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