8 But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, to leave us a uremnant and to give us a vsecure hold within his holy place, that our God may wbrighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our slavery.
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Ezra 9:13–14
And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this, shall we break your commandments again and intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be angry with us until you consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
Ezra 9:15
O LORD, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this.”
Isaiah 22:23
And I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his father’s house.
Psalm 13:3
Consider and answer me, O LORD my God;
light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
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