Then your light will appear like the dawn,
and your recovery will come quickly.(A)
Your righteousness will go before you,(B)
and the Lord’s glory will be your rear guard.(C)

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Then your light will break forth like the dawn,(A)
    and your healing(B) will quickly appear;
then your righteousness[a](C) will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:8 Or your righteous One

The Righteous Branch of David

“The days are coming”(A)—this is the Lord’s declaration—
“when I will raise up a Righteous Branch of David.(B)
He will reign wisely as king
and administer justice and righteousness in the land.(C)

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“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will raise up for David[a] a righteous Branch,(A)
a King(B) who will reign(C) wisely
    and do what is just and right(D) in the land.

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  1. Jeremiah 23:5 Or up from David’s line

“Listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your colleagues sitting before you; indeed, these men are a sign that I am about to bring My servant, the Branch.(A)

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“‘Listen, High Priest(A) Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic(B) of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.(C)

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12 You are to tell him: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Here is a man whose name is Branch;(A) He will branch out from His place and build the Lord’s temple.

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12 Tell him this is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Here is the man whose name is the Branch,(A) and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord.(B)

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But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings,(A) and you will go out and playfully jump like calves from the stall.[a]

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  1. Malachi 4:2 Or like stall-fed calves

But for you who revere my name,(A) the sun of righteousness(B) will rise with healing(C) in its rays. And you will go out and frolic(D) like well-fed calves.

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49 And look, I am sending you[a] what My Father promised.(A) As for you, stay in the city[b] until you are empowered[c](B) from on high.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 24:49 Lit upon you
  2. Luke 24:49 Other mss add of Jerusalem
  3. Luke 24:49 Lit clothed with power

49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised;(A) but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

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For it says:

When He ascended(A) on high,
He took prisoners into captivity;[a]
He gave gifts to people.(B)[b]

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  1. Ephesians 4:8 Or He led the captives
  2. Ephesians 4:8 Ps 68:18

This is why it[a] says:

“When he ascended on high,
    he took many captives(A)
    and gave gifts to his people.”[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:8 Or God
  2. Ephesians 4:8 Psalm 68:18

19 So we have the prophetic word strongly confirmed. You will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dismal place,(A) until the day dawns(B) and the morning star(C) rises in your hearts.

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19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable,(A) and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light(B) shining in a dark place, until the day dawns(C) and the morning star(D) rises in your hearts.(E)

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