August 13: Isaiah 54:7–8; Isaiah 54:10–11; Jeremiah 46:28; Lamentations 3:31–32; Micah 7:9; Judges 3:15; Judges 3:31; Judges 6:14–15; Judges 7:2; Zechariah 4:6; 1 Corinthians 1:27; Ephesians 6:10 - a podcast by Crossway

For the Lord will not cast off forever, but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion.

“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.

Isaiah 54:7–8 (Listen)

7   For a brief moment I deserted you,
    but with great compassion I will gather you.
8   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.

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Isaiah 54:10–11 (Listen)

10   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.


11   “O afflicted one, storm-tossed and not comforted,
    behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
    and lay your foundations with sapphires.¹

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Jeremiah 46:28 (Listen)

28   Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
      declares the LORD,
    for I am with you.
  I will make a full end of all the nations
    to which I have driven you,
    but of you I will not make a full end.
  I will discipline you in just measure,
    and I will by no means leave you unpunished.”

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Lamentations 3:31–32 (Listen)

31   For the Lord will not
    cast off forever,
32   but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion
    according to the abundance of his steadfast love;

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Micah 7:9 (Listen)

9   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.

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God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

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.

Judges 3:15 (Listen)

15 Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, and the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

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Judges 3:31 (Listen)

Shamgar

31 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel.

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Judges 6:14–15 (Listen)

14 And the LORD¹ turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?” 15 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.”

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Judges 7:2 (Listen)

2 The LORD said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel boast over me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

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Zechariah 4:6 (Listen)

6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of hosts.

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1 Corinthians 1:27 (Listen)

27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;

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Ephesians 6:10 (Listen)

The Whole Armor of God

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

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