(A)The Lord makes poor and rich;
(B)He humbles, He also exalts.
(C)He raises the poor from the dust,
(D)He lifts the needy from the garbage heap
(E)To seat them with nobles,
And He gives them a seat of honor as an inheritance;
(F)For the pillars of the earth are the Lords,
And He set the world on them.

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16 You shall also anoint (A)Jehu the son of Nimshi king over Israel; and you shall anoint (B)Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah as prophet in your place.

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Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head, and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: “(A)I have anointed you king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and flee, and do not wait.”

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Now (A)the destruction of Ahaziah was from God, in that [a]he went to Joram. For when he arrived, (B)he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, (C)whom the Lord had anointed to eliminate the house of Ahab.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 22:7 Lit to go

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