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Lexicon :: Strong's H6258 - ʿatâ

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עַתָּה
Transliteration
ʿatâ
Pronunciation
at-taw'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1650c

Strong’s Definitions

עַתָּה ʻattâh, at-taw'; from H6256; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive:—henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H6258 in the following manner: now, whereas, henceforth, this time forth, straightway.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H6258 in the following manner: now, whereas, henceforth, this time forth, straightway.

  1. now

    1. now

    2. in phrases

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַתָּה ʻattâh, at-taw'; from H6256; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive:—henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.
STRONGS H6258: Abbreviations
עַתָּ֫ה 435 (also Ezekiel 23:43; Psalm 74:6 עת Kt, Qr עַתָּה), עָ֑֫תָּה Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4] +, adverb of time, now (properly accusative of [`int], עֵת (Köii. 260), at the time, in particular of the present time, i.e. now; compare German zur Zeit, Arabic bdb077401at the time, i.e. now); — now:
1.
a. Genesis 12:19 ועתה הנה אשׁתך and now, behold thy wife, Genesis 22:12 ידעתי עתה ידעתי now, I know (so Exodus 18:11; Judges 17:13; H20881 Kings 17:24 [עַתָּה זֶה], Psalm 20:7 [Psalm 20:6]), Genesis 26:22, Genesis 26:29; H2088Genesis 27:36; Genesis 31:13, Genesis 31:28, etc., Exodus 5:5 הך רבים עתה עם הארץ; whether in opposed to past time, as Genesis 32:11 [Genesis 32:10]; Joshua 14:11 כְּכֹחִי אָז וּכְכֹחִי עָ֑תָּה, Judges 11:8; 1 Kings 12:4; Isaiah 1:21 ועתה מרצחים, Isaiah 16:14; Hosea 2:9 [Hosea 2:7] כִּי טוֺב לִי אָז מַעָ֑תָּה, Hosea 13:2, Job 30:1 +, or to future, as Numbers 24:17 אֶרְאֶנּוּ ולא עתה, Judges 8:6 חֲכַף עַתָּה־בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ זֶבַח וצ׳, 1 Samuel 2:16 כִּי עַתָּה תִּתֵּן; = after all Numbers 22:38; Judges 8:2; = now at last 2 Samuel 24:16; 1 Kings 19:4; 2 Kings 19:25; Hosea 7:2; Jeremiah 4:12; and in the phrase מעתה ועד עולם Isaiah 9:6 [Isaiah 9:7]; Isaiah 59:21; Micah 4:7 (see below), Psalm 113:2; Psalm 115:18; Psalm 121:8; Psalm 125:2; Psalm 131:3.
b. of the imminent or impending future: Genesis 19:9 מֵהֶם לְךָ נָרַע עַתָּה. Genesis 29:32 כי עתה יאהבני אישׁי, Genesis 29:34; Exodus 6:1 עתה תראה, Numbers 11:23; Numbers 22:4; 2 Samuel 20:6; Isaiah 33:10 (Psalm 12:6 [Psalm 12:5]), Isaiah 43:19; Isaiah 49:19; Amos 6:7 לכן עתה יִגְלוּ, Isaiah 49:19; Micah 7:4, Micah 7:10; Daniel 10:20; and especially ἀσυνδέτως in Hosea, introducing a punishment, Hosea 4:16 וגו׳ עתה יִרְעֵם י׳ Hosea 5:7; Hosea 8:8, Hosea 8:13 (Jeremiah 14:10), Jeremiah 10:2.
c. of a time ideally present (= then, from our point of view): Isaiah 29:22 לא עתה יבושׁ יעקב, Isaiah 29:22b Hosea 10:3; Micah 4:9, Micah 4:10, Micah 4:11; Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1]; Micah 5:3 [Micah 5:4].
d. describing a present state = as things are: 1 Samuel 8:5 thou art old, etc., עתה שִׂימָה לנו מלך, 1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Samuel 13:12; 1 Samuel 14:30; 1 Samuel 25:7b; 1 Samuel 27:1 now I shall be swept away one day, etc., 2 Kings 18:20, 2 Kings 18:25; Job 6:21; Job 14:16; Job 16:7.
e. with an Imperative, as an encouragement, implying that the time has come for the exhortation or advice to be followed, Genesis 31:13 צא קום עתה, Exodus 18:19 עתה שְׁמַע בקולי, Numbers 22:11; Deuteronomy 2:13; Isaiah 30:8.
2. Phrases:
a. עַתָּה זֶה (זֶה 4h) H2088 1 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 5:22.
b. ועתה and, now, or now, therefore (וְ 4), drawing a conclusion, especially (compare 1e) a practical one, from what has been stated: Genesis 3:22 and now (since man has once been disobedient), lest he put forth his hand, etc., Genesis 20:7; Genesis 20:23 וְעַתָּה הִשָּֽׁבְעָה לִי הֵ֫נָּה, Genesis 27:3, Genesis 27:8 ועתה בני שְׁמַע בקולי, Genesis 30:30; Genesis 31:16, Genesis 31:44; Genesis 37:20 + often, Isaiah 5:3, Isaiah 5:5; Psalm 2:10; Genesis 11:6 וגו׳ מֵהֶם לֹא־יִבָּצֵר ועתה, Genesis 31:30; Genesis 45:8; 2 Samuel 19:11 [2 Samuel 19:10]; Psalm 39:8 [Psalm 39:7] אֲדֹנָי מַה־קִּוִּיתִי ועתה , Isaiah 52:5.
c. וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה stating the ground on which some conclusion or action is to be based, Exodus 3:9; Joshua 14:10 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 12:2; 1 Samuel 24:21 [1 Samuel 24:20]; 1 Kings 1:18; Jeremiah 40:4 (with ועתה usually repeated afer the הנה-clause).
†d. גם עתה Genesis 44:10; 1 Samuel 12:16; 1 Kings 14:14; Joel 2:12; Job 16:19.
†e. מֵעַתָּה from now, henceforth, Jeremiah 3:4; Isaiah 48:6; Daniel 10:17 (according to some, here = from just now), 2 Chronicles 16:9; מעתה עולם ועד , see above 1a end.
f. עַדעַֿתָּה until now, Genesis 32:5 [Genesis 32:4], עד־ע׳ וָאֵחַר, Deuteronomy 12:9 אל הנחלה לא באתם עד ע׳ (opposed to the future), H57042 Kings 13:23; especially after clause with מִן, 2Ki 46:34 מִנְּעוּרֵינוּ וְעַדעֿ׳ (2 Samuel 19:8 [2 Samuel 19:7]; Ezekiel 4:14), Exodus 9:18; 2 Kings 8:6; Ruth 2:7.
g. כִּי עַתָּה for in this case, in our idiom, for then (עתה pointing to a condition assumed as a possible contingency: compare Dr§ 141, 142);
† (a) Exodus 9:15 כי עתה שׁלחתי וגו׳ for then (if the intention expressed in Exodus 9:14 had not existed) I should have put forth my hand, etc., Numbers 22:29 כי עתה הֲרַגְתִּיךְ, 1 Samuel 13:13; Job 3:13; followed by imperfect Job 6:3 for then (if it were weighed, Job 6:2) it would be heavier, etc., Job 13:19 for then would I be silent and die;
(b) after a protasis, surely then Genesis 31:42 + (see כִּי 1d b, p. 472).
—Note. Read כְּמוֺ עַתָּ) (Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate) as now, for כְּמוֺ עֵת Ezekiel 16:57, עַתָּ נִשְׁבַּרְתְּ (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate) now art thou broken ! for עֵת נִשְׁבֶּרֶת Ezekiel 27:34, and probably עַתָּ בָּא (Hi We Kö Now, compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version) for עֶתבּֿאֹ Haggai 1:2; also עַתָּה for אַתָּה 1 Kings 1:20, and אַתָּה for עַתָּה 1 Kings 1:18b 2 Samuel 18:3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:22; 11:6; 12:19; 19:9; 20:7; 22:12; 26:22; 26:29; 27:3; 27:8; 27:36; 29:32; 29:34; 30:30; 31:13; 31:13; 31:16; 31:28; 31:30; 31:42; 31:44; 32:4; 32:4; 32:10; 37:20; 44:10; 45:8

Exodus

3:9; 5:5; 6:1; 9:14; 9:15; 9:18; 18:11; 18:19

Numbers

11:23; 22:4; 22:11; 22:29; 22:38; 24:17

Deuteronomy

2:13; 12:9

Joshua

14:10; 14:11

Judges

8:2; 8:6; 11:8; 17:13

Ruth

2:7

1 Samuel

2:16; 8:5; 9:6; 12:2; 12:16; 13:12; 13:13; 14:30; 24:20; 25:7; 27:1

2 Samuel

18:3; 19:7; 19:10; 20:6; 24:16

1 Kings

1:18; 1:18; 1:20; 12:4; 14:14; 17:24; 17:24; 19:4

2 Kings

5:22; 8:6; 13:23; 18:20; 18:25; 19:25

2 Chronicles

16:9

Job

3:13; 6:2; 6:3; 6:21; 13:19; 14:16; 16:7; 16:19; 30:1

Psalms

2:10; 12:5; 20:6; 39:7; 74:6; 113:2; 115:18; 121:8; 125:2; 131:3

Isaiah

1:21; 5:3; 5:5; 9:7; 16:14; 29:22; 29:22; 30:8; 33:10; 43:19; 48:6; 49:19; 49:19; 52:5; 59:21

Jeremiah

3:4; 4:12; 10:2; 14:10; 40:4

Ezekiel

4:14; 16:57; 23:43; 27:34

Daniel

10:17; 10:20

Hosea

2:7; 4:16; 5:7; 7:2; 8:8; 8:13; 10:3; 13:2

Joel

2:12

Amos

6:7

Micah

4:7; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11; 5:1; 5:4; 7:4; 7:10

Haggai

1:2

H6258

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6258 matches the Hebrew עַתָּה (ʿatâ),
which occurs 435 times in 422 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 7 / 9 (Job 6:21–Isa 48:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:21 - “Indeed, you have now H6258 become such,
You see a terror and are afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:28 - “Now H6258 please look at me,
And see if I lie to your face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:21 - “Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now H6258 I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me, but I will not be.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:6 - If you are pure and upright,
Surely now H6258 He would rouse Himself for you
And restore your righteous [fn]estate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:19 - “Who will contend with me?
For then H6258 I would be silent and die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:16 - “For now H6258 You number my steps,
You do not observe my sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:7 - “But now H6258 He has exhausted me;
You have laid waste all my company.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:19 - “Even now, H6258 behold, my witness is in heaven,
And my [fn]advocate is on high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:1 - “But now H6258 those younger than I mock me,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:9 - “And now H6258 I have become their [fn]taunt,
I have even become a byword to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:16 - “And now H6258 my soul is poured out [fn]within me;
Days of affliction have seized me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:15 - “And now, H6258 because He has not visited in His anger,
Nor has He acknowledged [fn]transgression well,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:21 - “Now H6258 [fn]men do not see the light which is bright in the skies;
But the wind has passed and cleared them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:5 - “I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear;
But now H6258 my eye sees You;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:8 - “Now H6258 therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will [fn]accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:10 - Now H6258 therefore, O kings, show discernment;
Take warning, O [fn]judges of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5 - “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now H6258 I will arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:11 - They have now H6258 surrounded us in our steps;
They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:6 - Now H6258 I know that the LORD saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
With the [fn]saving strength of His right hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6 - And now H6258 my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me,
And I will offer in His tent sacrifices [fn]with shouts of joy;
I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:7 - “And now, H6258 Lord, for what do I wait?
My hope is in You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:6 - And now H6258 [fn]all its carved work
They smash with hatchet and [fn]hammers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 113:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:2 - Blessed be the name of the LORD
From this H6258 time H6258 forth and forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 115:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:18 - But as for us, we will bless [fn]the LORD
From this H6258 time H6258 forth and forever.
[fn]Praise [fn]the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:67

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:67 - Before I was afflicted I went astray,
But now H6258 I keep Your word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:8 - The LORD will [fn]guard your going out and your coming in
From this H6258 time H6258 forth and forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 125:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:2 - As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
So the LORD surrounds His people
From this H6258 time H6258 forth and forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 131:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 131:3 - O Israel, hope in the LORD
From this H6258 time H6258 forth and forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:7 - Now H6258 then, my sons, listen to me
And do not depart from the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:24 - Now H6258 therefore, my sons, listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:32 - “Now H6258 therefore, O sons, listen to me,
For blessed are they who keep my ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:21 - How the faithful city has become a harlot,
She who was full of justice!
Righteousness once lodged in her,
But now H6258 murderers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:3 - “And now, H6258 O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,
Judge between Me and My vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:5 - “So now H6258 let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:
I will remove its hedge and it will be consumed;
I will break down its wall and it will become trampled ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:7 - There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then H6258 on and forevermore.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:14 - But now H6258 the LORD speaks, saying, “Within three years, as [fn]a hired man would count them, the glory of Moab will be degraded along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and [fn]impotent.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22 - And now H6258 do not carry on as scoffers,
Or your fetters will be made stronger;
For I have heard from the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts
Of decisive destruction on all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:22 - Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob shall not now H6258 be ashamed, nor shall his face now H6258 turn pale;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:8 - Now H6258 go, write it on a tablet before them
And inscribe it on a scroll,
That it may [fn]serve in the time to come
[fn]As a witness forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:10 - “Now H6258 I will arise,” says the LORD,
“Now H6258 I will be exalted, now H6258 I will be lifted up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:5 - “I say, ‘Your counsel and strength for the war are only [fn]empty words.’ Now H6258 on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:8 - “Now H6258 therefore, [fn]come make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:10 - “Have I now H6258 come up [fn]without the LORD’S approval against this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:20 - “Now, H6258 O LORD our God, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, LORD, [fn]are God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26 - “Have you not heard?
Long ago I did it,
From ancient times I planned it.
Now H6258 I have brought it to pass,
That you should turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 - But now, H6258 thus says the LORD, your Creator, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel,
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name; you are Mine!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:19 - “Behold, I will do something new,
Now H6258 it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:1 - “But now H6258 listen, O Jacob, My servant,
And Israel, whom I have chosen:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8 - “Now, H6258 then, hear this, you sensual one,
Who dwells securely,
Who says in [fn]your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one besides me.
I will not sit as a widow,
Nor know loss of children.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:6 - “You have heard; look at all this.
And you, will you not declare it?
I proclaim to you new things from this H6258 time, H6258
Even hidden things which you have not known.

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