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Isaiah 49:26
I will feed your oppressors with their own flesh, And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine; And humanity will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
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Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
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Ezekiel 34:4
Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you searched for the lost; but with force and with violence you have dominated them.
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Isaiah 10:16
Therefore the Lord, the God of armies, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors; And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.
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Ezekiel 39:18
You will eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the leaders of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened livestock of Bashan.
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Isaiah 5:17
Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat in the ruins of the wealthy.
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Luke 15:4-7
“ What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the other ninety nine in the open pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?And when he has found it, he puts it on his shoulders, rejoicing.And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them,‘ Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
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Luke 5:31-32
And Jesus answered and said to them,“ It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.”
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Micah 4:6-7
“ On that day,” declares the Lord,“ I will assemble those who limp And gather the scattered, Those whom I have afflicted.I will make those who limp a remnant, And those who have strayed a mighty nation, And the Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion From now on and forever.
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Micah 7:14
Shepherd Your people with Your scepter, The flock of Your possession Which lives by itself in the woodland, In the midst of a fruitful field. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the days of old.
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Mark 2:17
And hearing this, Jesus* said to them,“ It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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Ezekiel 34:11
For the Lord God says this:“ Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and look after them.
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Jeremiah 9:15
therefore this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says:“ Behold, I will feed this people wormwood; and I will give them poisoned water to drink.
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Jeremiah 10:24
Correct me, Lord, but with justice; Not with Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
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Deuteronomy 32:15
“ But Jeshurun became fat and kicked— You have become fat, thick, and obstinate— Then he abandoned God who made him, And rejected the Rock of his salvation.
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Isaiah 40:11
Like a shepherd He will tend His flock, In His arm He will gather the lambs And carry them in the fold of His robe; He will gently lead the nursing ewes.
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Jeremiah 50:11
“ Because you are glad, because you are jubilant, You who pillage My heritage, Because you skip about like a threshing heifer And neigh like stallions,
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Amos 4:1-3
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who exploit the poor, who oppress the needy, And say to their husbands,“ Bring now, that we may drink!”The Lord God has sworn by His holiness,“ For behold, the days are coming upon you When they will take you away with meat hooks, And the last of you with fish hooks.You will go out through holes in the walls, One in front of the other, And you will be hurled to Harmon,” declares the Lord.
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Jeremiah 23:15
Therefore this is what the Lord of armies says concerning the prophets:‘ Behold, I am going to feed them wormwood And make them drink poisonous water, For from the prophets of Jerusalem Ungodliness has spread into all the land.’ ”
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Matthew 15:24
But He answered and said,“ I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
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Matthew 18:10-14
“ See that you do not look down on one of these little ones; for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.
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Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord anointed me To bring good news to the humble; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to captives And freedom to prisoners;To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The cloak of praise instead of a disheartened spirit. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.