10 For to this end we toil and strive, [1] because we have our hope set on the living God, q who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
8 Behold, x the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,
y except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.
9 “For behold, I will command,
z and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
but no pebble shall fall to the earth.
28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together h for good, [2] for i those who are called according to his purpose.
3 For r I am the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
s I give Egypt as your ransom,
Cush and t Seba in exchange for you.
4 Because you are precious in my eyes,
and honored, and I love you,
I give men in return for you,
peoples in exchange for your life.
5 u Fear not, for I am with you;
v I will bring your offspring from the east,
and from the west I will gather you.
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