Genesis 17:18

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.

“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.

Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he shall put him to death.

Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

They will not labor in vain nor give birth for calamity; for they are the offspring of Yahweh’s blessed and their descendants with them.

It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.

You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.’

and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are today.

but with those who stand here with us today before Yahweh our God, and also with those who are not here with us today

He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

Make your face to shine on your servant. Save me in your loving kindness.

Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”

Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.”

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant, and one by the free woman.

The thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.

Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.

Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’

Also the hand of God came on Judah to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by Yahweh’s word.

He shall be enthroned in God’s presence forever. Appoint your loving kindness and truth, that they may preserve him.

Turn us again, God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Turn us again, Yahweh God of Armies. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.

Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered.

The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

They will dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, in which your fathers lived. They will dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children’s children, forever. David my servant will be their prince forever.

The nations will know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them; so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they all fell by the sword.

I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, ‘You are my people;’ and they will say, ‘My God!’ ”

But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for God’s Kingdom belongs to such as these.

The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”

praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

God, who knows the heart, testified about them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just like he did to us.

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will give praise to you among the Gentiles and sing to your name.”

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

There is one body and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling,

No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,

Cain left Yahweh’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Yahweh said to Noah, “Come with all of your household into the ship, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.

I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.

“ ‘As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword. They will fall when no one pursues.

or in hostility struck him with his hand, so that he died, he who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

and the avenger of blood finds him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the man slayer, he shall not be guilty of blood,

Among these nations you will find no ease, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; but Yahweh will give you there a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and pining of soul.

Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken some of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff.

“Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to Yahweh’s house.

His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land.

May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us.

Won’t you revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh.

His offspring will be mighty in the land. The generation of the upright will be blessed.

Make your face shine on your servant. Teach me your statutes.

Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

Yahweh is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.

Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.

A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there.

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:

I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him. I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You don’t fast today so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

Their children also will be as before, and their congregation will be established before me. I will punish all who oppress them.

For through Yahweh’s anger this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

I won’t hide my face from them any more; for I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel,’ says the Lord Yahweh.”

Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place.

They of the circumcision who believed were amazed, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was also poured out on the Gentiles.

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,

by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.”

Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.”

Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

Esau went to Ishmael, and took, in addition to the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

Let your name be magnified forever, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies is God over Israel; and the house of your servant David will be established before you.’

Many say, “Who will show us any good?” Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.

As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

But your iniquities have separated you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and the good of their children after them.

After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.

For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

Or is God the God of Jews only? Isn’t he the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also,