Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
Isn't it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
For thus says the LORD, "You were sold for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money."
Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the LORD has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.
For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of Armies is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting loving kindness will I have mercy on you," says the LORD your Redeemer.
"A Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob," says the LORD.
You shall also drink the milk of the nations, and shall nurse from royal breasts; and you shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
They shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and you shall be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.
For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn't know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, the LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible.
For the LORD has ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he.
Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Armies is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
In famine he will redeem you from death; in war, from the power of the sword.
or, 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand?' or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?'
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life shall see the light.'
Lord, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life.
"'If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.
If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it;
"'If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption.
If it isn't redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee.
But the houses of the villages which have no wall around them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall be released in the Jubilee.
"'Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time.
The Levites may redeem the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, and it shall be released in the Jubilee; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him;
or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any who is a close relative to him of his family may redeem him; or if he has grown rich, he may redeem himself.
If he isn't redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the Year of Jubilee, he, and his children with him.
But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of it to its valuation.
If he who dedicates it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.
If he who dedicated the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall remain his.
If he will not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more;
If it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back according to your valuation, and shall add to it the fifth part of it: or if it isn't redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
"'Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to the LORD of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD.
If a man redeems anything of his tithe, he shall add a fifth part to it.
He shall not search whether it is good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he changes it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy. It shall not be redeemed.'"
But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you will go forth out of the city, and will dwell in the field, and will come even to Babylon. There you will be rescued. There the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
"Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand.
I said to them, "We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?" Then they held their peace, and found never a word.
and you shall give the money, with which the remainder of them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons."
Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;
Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to the LORD, both of man and animal shall be yours: nevertheless you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.
You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs).
"But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to the LORD.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, the LORD, my rock, and my redeemer. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Redeem Israel, God, out all of his troubles. By David.
But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.
Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, the LORD, God of truth.
the LORD redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned. By David.
Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake. For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Lilies." A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song.
none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah.
He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.
Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!
He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
Remember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.
You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
They didn't remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies;
He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
Let the redeemed by the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
Redeem me from the oppression of man, so I will observe your precepts.
Plead my cause, and redeem me! Revive me according to your promise.
He will redeem Israel from all their sins. A Song of Ascents. By David.
They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.
These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
I thought to disclose it to you, saying, 'Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.' If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you." He said, "I will redeem it."
The near kinsman said, "I can't redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can't redeem it."
Now this was [the custom] in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the [way of] attestation in Israel.
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
I will signal for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they will increase as they have increased.
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