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But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. (v. 2)

But who can endure the days of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. (v. 2)

Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days men from nations of every language shall take hold of a Jew, grasping his garment and saying, ‘Let’s go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’ (v. 23)

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ…just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. (vs 3-4)

Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of their great age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets. (vs 4-5)

'Sing and rejoice, O Daughter Zion! For lo, I will come and dwell in your midst,' says the Lord. (v. 10)

…the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. (v. 2b)

‘But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for the Lord does not see as mortals see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.’ (v. 7)

Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.' ( v. 18)

But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said, ‘No! but we are determined to have a king over us, so that we also may be like other nations.’ (vs 19-20)

And the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you.' (1 Samuel 8:7a)