The Vigil

from Jeremiah 44:14

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Jeremiah 44:14

So that none of the remnant of Judah, which have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, so that they should return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.

Romans 9:27

Isaiah also cries concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

from Jeremiah 44:14

Jeremiah 5:10

Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.

from Romans 9:27

Jeremiah 39:8

And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

from Jeremiah 5:10

Nehemiah 1:3

And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.

from Jeremiah 39:8 · a strong link


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Acts 20:21

Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 20:24

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

from Acts 20:21

Acts 20:32

And now, brothers, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

from Acts 20:24

Ephesians 1:14

Which is the deposit of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of his glory.

from Acts 20:32

Romans 8:15

For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

from Ephesians 1:14

Jeremiah 3:19

But I said, How shall I put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a fine heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, You shall call me, My father; and shall not turn away from me.

from Romans 8:15


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Acts 13:38

Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins:

Acts 5:31

Him has God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

from Acts 13:38

Matthew 28:18

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.

from Acts 5:31

I Timothy 1:17

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

from I Timothy 6:15 · a strong link


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Acts 17:31

Because he has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.

Matthew 25:31

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

from Acts 17:31

I Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

from Matthew 25:31


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Acts 4:27

For truly against your holy child Jesus, whom you have anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

Matthew 27:2

And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.

from Acts 4:27 · a strong link

Acts 3:13

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus; whom you delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

from Matthew 27:2 · a strong link

Acts 7:32

Saying, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and dared not look.

from Acts 3:13

Matthew 22:32

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

from Acts 7:32


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Acts 7:51

You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you.

Ezekiel 44:9

Thus says the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger among the children of Israel.

from Acts 7:51

Zechariah 14:21

Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness to the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and boil in it: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.

from Ezekiel 44:9

I Timothy 4:3

Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

from Zechariah 14:21

Colossians 2:20

Therefore if you have died with Christ from the elementary principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances,

from I Timothy 4:3

Galatians 4:9

But now, after that you have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn you again to the weak and worthless elementary principles, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

from Colossians 2:20


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Acts 22:21

And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

from Acts 22:21 · a strong link

Romans 1:5

By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

from Acts 9:15

Malachi 1:14

But cursed be the deceiver, which has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the pagans.

from Romans 1:5

Zechariah 14:9

And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

from Malachi 1:14

Daniel 2:44

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

from Zechariah 14:9

Psalms 145:13

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations.

from Daniel 2:44 · a strong link

That is the whole thread.

Every verse the cross-references reach from Jeremiah 44:14 along this chain. Today’s own vigil is laid separately.

Each verse follows the one before it along the chain a study Bible draws — a century old, public, and compiled by people arguing about Scripture rather than about how long you stay. Every card says which verse it came from and opens the chapter it belongs to. Today’s vigil is the same for every reader and is worked out from the date alone, so there is no account, no counter, and nothing stored in your browser or ours.

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