“I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,
a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the
You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will
For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of
He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtu
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wis
Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheri
that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gent
God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because
Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises mad
For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I ha
“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will br
For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the h
Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is found
I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles
This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
In those days and at that time I will cause to sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will administer justice and r
Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother
Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of