Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her were found guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. Th
He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possessio
If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing an
for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtu
All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, the
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for wh
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—fo
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as thei
that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy pe
On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LOR
This is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Isra
how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!
You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep t
Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Th
whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my beloved Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the p
It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches
but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity
I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even
You must not hold back offerings from your granaries or vats. You are to give Me the firstborn of your sons.
Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as J
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:
Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom t