Thematic Bible: Mercy of


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He said:

Lord God of Israel,
there is no God like You
in heaven above or on earth below,
keeping the gracious covenant
with Your servants who walk before You
with their whole heart.


“Tomorrow,” he answered.

Moses replied, “As you have said, so you may know there is no one like Yahweh our God,

There is none like the God of Jeshurun,
who rides the heavens to your aid,
the clouds in His majesty.

This is why You are great, Lord God. There is no one like You, and there is no God besides You, as all we have heard confirms.

Lord, there is no one like You, and there is no God besides You, as all we have heard confirms.

For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?


Then the scribe said to Him, “You are right, Teacher! You have correctly said that He is One, and there is no one else except Him.





Yahweh does whatever He pleases
in heaven and on earth,
in the seas and all the depths.


He stands and shakes the earth;
He looks and startles the nations.
The age-old mountains break apart;
the ancient hills sink down.
His pathways are ancient.



Then I heard something like the voice of a vast multitude, like the sound of cascading waters, and like the rumbling of loud thunder, saying:

Hallelujah, because our Lord God, the Almighty,
has begun to reign!



Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say:

Return, unfaithful Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will not look on you with anger,
for I am unfailing in My love.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will not be angry forever.

maintaining faithful love to a thousand generations, forgiving wrongdoing, rebellion, and sin. But He will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ wrongdoing on the children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation.

Let the wicked one abandon his way
and the sinful one his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord,
so He may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for He will freely forgive.

I will always preserve My faithful love for him,
and My covenant with him will endure.

“I deserted you for a brief moment,
but I will take you back with great compassion.

With the faithful
You prove Yourself faithful;
with the blameless man
You prove Yourself blameless;

for when you return to Yahweh, your brothers and your sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”


He sent out his slaves to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn’t want to come.

For the Lord of Hosts says this: “He has sent Me for His glory against the nations who are plundering you, for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of His eye.

“Zerubbabel’s hands have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me to you.

Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the Lord sent me to do all these things and that it was not of my own will:

Approach Me and listen to this.
From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;
from the time anything existed, I was there.”
And now the Lord God
has sent me and His Spirit.

The Lord sent all His servants the prophets to you time and time again, but you have not obeyed or even paid attention.

The angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and tell you this good news.

There was a man named John
who was sent from God.


so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.


the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea and everything in them.
He remains faithful forever,


Lord God, You are God; Your words are true, and You have promised this grace to Your servant.


Whoever is blessed in the land
will be blessed by the God of truth,
and whoever swears in the land
will swear by the God of truth.
For the former troubles will be forgotten
and hidden from My sight.

Absolutely not! God must be true, even if everyone is a liar, as it is written:

That You may be justified in Your words
and triumph when You judge.


the oath that He swore to our father Abraham.
He has given us the privilege,

So I swore in My anger,
“They will not enter My rest.”

The Lord has sworn with His right hand
and His strong arm:
I will no longer give your grain
to your enemies for food,
and foreigners will not drink your new wine
you have labored for.



and said, “By Myself I have sworn,” this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,

Once and for all
I have sworn an oath by My holiness;
I will not lie to David.

So I swore in My anger,
“They will not enter My rest.”




“Tell Aaron and his sons to deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites that they have consecrated to Me, so they do not profane My holy name; I am Yahweh.

“If you are not careful to obey all the words of this law, which are written in this scroll, by fearing this glorious and awesome name—Yahweh, your God—

and declared:

May the name of God
be praised forever and ever,
for wisdom and power belong to Him.

For when he sees his children,
the work of My hands within his nation,
they will honor My name,
they will honor the Holy One of Jacob
and stand in awe of the God of Israel.

I will honor the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am Yahweh”—the declaration of the Lord God—“when I demonstrate My holiness through you in their sight.












The Lord is my strength and my song;
He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will praise Him,
my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.

God is my strong refuge;
He makes my way perfect.

The Lord is the strength of His people;
He is a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.

For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.Sing for joy to God our strength;
shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.




He did this so they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.




“Am I a God who is only near”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and not a God who is far away?

The One who vindicates Me is near;
who will contend with Me?
Let us confront each other.
Who has a case against Me?
Let him come near Me!


Today, recognize and keep in mind that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below; there is no other.

If I go up to heaven, You are there;
if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.


This is what the Lord says:

Heaven is My throne,
and earth is My footstool.
What house could you possibly build for Me?
And what place could be My home?

Can a man hide himself in secret places where I cannot see him?”—the Lord’s declaration. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?”—the Lord’s declaration.

He did this so they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.


After all that has happened to us because of our evil deeds and terrible guilt—though You, our God, have punished us less than our sins deserve and have allowed us to survive

But he hesitated. Because of the Lord’s compassion for him, the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters. Then they brought him out and left him outside the city.

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is His faithful love
toward those who fear Him.

The Lord said, “If I find 50 righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”

They refused to listen
and did not remember Your wonders
You performed among them.
They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader
to return to their slavery in Egypt.
But You are a forgiving God,
gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love,
and You did not abandon them.

However, in Your abundant compassion,
You did not destroy them or abandon them,
for You are a gracious and compassionate God.


When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance
and divided the human race,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
according to the number of the people of Israel.

The Lord thundered from heaven;
the Most High projected His voice.

I will thank the Lord for His righteousness;
I will sing about the name of Yahweh the Most High.



This word is by decree of the observers;
the matter is a command from the holy ones.
This is so the living will know
that the Most High is ruler
over the kingdom of men.
He gives it to anyone He wants
and sets the lowliest of men over it.


“If a foreigner resides with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreign resident and the native of the land.”

Both were righteous in God’s sight, living without blame according to all the commands and requirements of the Lord.


“Since the days of your fathers, you have turned from My statutes; you have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of Hosts.

But you ask: “How can we return?”

You are to be careful always to observe the statutes, the ordinances, the law, and the commandments He wrote for you; do not fear other gods.

so they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.



Who among you fears the Lord,
listening to the voice of His Servant?
Who among you walks in darkness,
and has no light?
Let him trust in the name of Yahweh;
let him lean on his God.

Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up. Praise Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting.”

Praise Your glorious name,
and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.


“For My name will be great among the nations, from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name in every place because My name will be great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Hosts.







even if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience, and He knows all things.



He will not leave you, destroy you, or forget the covenant with your fathers that He swore to them by oath, because the Lord your God is a compassionate God.

David answered Gad, “I have great anxiety. Please, let us fall into the Lord’s hands because His mercies are great, but don’t let me fall into human hands.”


Who is a God like You,
removing iniquity and passing over rebellion
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not hold on to His anger forever,
because He delights in faithful love.




Lord, the earth is filled with Your faithful love;
teach me Your statutes.

For Your faithful love is higher than the heavens,
and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.


But from eternity to eternity
the Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear Him,
and His righteousness toward the grandchildren



[Because of] the Lord's faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!






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