The Vigil

from Jeremiah 49:6

Today’s scroll, one verse at a time — each linked to the last by the cross-references rather than by any model of you. The same vigil for everyone, and a different one tomorrow.

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Jeremiah 49:6

And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 48:47

Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

from Jeremiah 49:6 · a strong link

Jeremiah 49:39

But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, says the LORD.

from Jeremiah 48:47 · a strong link

Ezekiel 16:53

When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of your captives in the midst of them:

from Jeremiah 49:39


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Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

Isaiah 44:23

Sing, O you heavens; for the LORD has done it: shout, you lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it: for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.

from Isaiah 49:3 · a strong link

Psalms 24:1

A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and its fullness; the world, and they that dwell in it.

from Psalms 98:7

I Chronicles 29:11

Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all.

from Psalms 24:1 · a strong link


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Jude 1:24

Now to him that is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

Colossians 1:22

In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach in his sight:

from Jude 1:24 · a strong link

Titus 2:14

Who gave himself for us, so that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.

from Colossians 1:22

Deuteronomy 14:2

For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all the nations upon the earth.

from Titus 2:14

Leviticus 20:26

And you shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, so that you should be mine.

from Deuteronomy 14:2 · a strong link

Leviticus 20:24

But I have said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land that flows with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.

from Leviticus 20:26


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Jude 1:11

Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

Numbers 26:9

And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:

from Jude 1:11

Numbers 1:16

These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

from Numbers 26:9 · a strong link

Numbers 7:2

That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:

from Numbers 1:16 · a strong link

Numbers 1:4

And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

from Numbers 7:2


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Luke 2:14

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

John 17:4

I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do.

from Luke 2:14

John 14:13

And whatever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

from John 17:4

Ephesians 3:20

Now to him that is able to do immeasurably more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

from John 14:13 · a strong link


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Luke 18:7

And shall not God give justice to his own elect, which cry day and night to him, though he bear long with them?

Romans 8:33

Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifies.

from Luke 18:7

Romans 8:1

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

from Romans 8:33

Romans 7:17

Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.

from Romans 8:1 · a strong link

Romans 7:20

Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me.

from Romans 7:17 · a strong link


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Luke 14:26

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Deuteronomy 33:9

Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant.

from Luke 14:26

Matthew 22:16

And they sent out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, neither care you for any man: for you regard not the person of men.

from Deuteronomy 33:9

Mark 3:6

And the Pharisees went forth, and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

from Matthew 22:16 · a strong link

Mark 8:15

And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

from Mark 3:6

I Timothy 6:13

I give you charge in the sight of God, who quickens all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

from Mark 8:15

That is the whole thread.

Every verse the cross-references reach from Jeremiah 49:6 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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