(A)The Lord makes poor and rich;
(B)He brings low, He also exalts.
(C)He raises the poor from the dust,
(D)He lifts the needy from the ash heap
(E)To make them sit with nobles,
And inherit a seat of honor;
(F)For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He set the world on them.

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16 and (A)Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel; and (B)Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.

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Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says the Lord, “(A)I have anointed you king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and flee and do not wait.”

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Now (A)the destruction of Ahaziah was from God, in that [a]he went to Joram. For when he came, (B)he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, (C)whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 22:7 Lit to go