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Isaiah 42:16

Isaiah 42:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

I will bring: Isaiah 29:18, Isaiah 29:24, Isaiah 30:21, Isaiah 32:3, Isaiah 35:5, Isaiah 35:8, Isaiah 48:17, Isaiah 54:13, Isaiah 60:1-2, Isaiah 60:19-20; Jeremiah 31:8-9; Hosea 2:14; Luke 1:78-79; Ephesians 5:8

lead: Isaiah 41:3; Joshua 3:4; Hosea 2:6

crooked: Isaiah 40:4, Isaiah 45:2; Ecclesiastes 1:15, Ecclesiastes 7:13; Luke 3:5

straight: Heb. into straightness

and not: Psalms 94:14; Jeremiah 32:39-41; Ezekiel 14:23; Romans 5:8-10, Romans 8:29-31; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; 1 Peter 1:3-5; Hebrews 13:5

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