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Isaiah 41:8-9
But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham, my friend—I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said to you: You are my servant; I have chosen you; I haven’t rejected you.
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Romans 11:7
What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for, but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened,
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Isaiah 44:1
“ And now listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen.
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Exodus 19:5-6
Now if you will carefully listen to me and keep my covenant, you will be my own possession out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine,and you will be my kingdom of priests and my holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to say to the Israelites.”
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Acts 17:23
For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed,‘ To an Unknown God.’ Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.
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Jeremiah 50:17-20
Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions. The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria; the last who crushed his bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.Therefore, this is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to punish the king of Babylon and his land just as I punished the king of Assyria.I will return Israel to his grazing land, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan; he will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and of Gilead.In those days and at that time— this is the LORD’s declaration— one will search for Israel’s iniquity, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found, for I will forgive those I leave as a remnant.
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Matthew 24:22
Unless those days were cut short, no one would be saved. But those days will be cut short because of the elect.
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Mark 13:20
If the Lord had not cut those days short, no one would be saved. But he cut those days short for the sake of the elect, whom he chose.
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Isaiah 44:28-45:1
who says to Cyrus,“ My shepherd, he will fulfill all my pleasure” and says to Jerusalem,“ She will be rebuilt,” and of the temple,“ Its foundation will be laid.”The LORD says this to Cyrus, his anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him and disarm kings, to open doors before him, and even city gates will not be shut:
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Galatians 4:8-9
But in the past, since you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.But now, since you know God, or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elements? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again?
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Romans 9:6
Now it is not as though the word of God has failed, because not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
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Isaiah 43:14
This is what the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: Because of you, I will send an army to Babylon and bring all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans in the ships in which they rejoice.
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Isaiah 43:3-4
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, and your Savior. I have given Egypt as a ransom for you, Cush and Seba in your place.Because you are precious in my sight and honored, and I love you, I will give people in exchange for you and nations instead of your life.
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Ephesians 2:12
At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.
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1 Thessalonians 4 5
not with lustful passions, like the Gentiles, who don’t know God.
