if they take thought in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly’;

Call upon Me in the day of trouble;

I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”

“He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and honor him.

The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.

Seek the Lord while He may be found;

Call upon Him while He is near.

It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

“And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Will be delivered;
For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
There will be those who escape,
As the Lord has said,
Even among the survivors whom the Lord calls.

“So I say to you,

ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

‘And it shall be that

everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;

To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Shew

“As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt,
I will show

you miracles.”

Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,

Mighty

The

secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him,

And He will make them know His covenant.

“I will give you the

treasures of darkness

And hidden wealth of secret places,
So that you may know that it is I,
The Lord, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.

“You have heard; look at all this.
And you, will you not declare it?
I proclaim to you new things from this time,
Even hidden things which you have not known.

Surely the Lord God does nothing

Unless He reveals His secret counsel
To His servants the prophets.

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
“I will open My mouth in parables;
I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory;

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’

General references

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
He saved them out of their distresses.

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.