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For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holyo place, with him alsop that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to reviveq the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

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Zech. 2:13• ¹³Be silent, O all flesh, before Jehovah: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. (Zech. 2:13)

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Isa. 66:1‑2• ¹Thus saith Jehovah, the heavens [are] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: what [is] the house that ye will build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?
²Even all those [things] hath my hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith Jehovah. But to this [man] will I look, to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and trembling at my word. (Isa. 66:1‑2)

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Psa. 34:18• ¹⁸Jehovah [is] nigh unto the broken in heart{HR}And he saveth the contrite in spirit. (Psa. 34:18)

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Psa. 138:6• ⁶For Jehovah [is] exalted, yet he seeth the lowly,{HR}And the proud he knoweth from afar. (Psa. 138:6)

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Matt. 5:4• ⁴Blessed they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. (Matt. 5:4)

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the high.

Isa. 6:1• ¹In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. (Isa. 6:1)

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Psa. 83:18• ¹⁸And they shall know that thou alone,{HR}Whose name [is] Jehovah,{HR}[Art] Most High above all the earth. (Psa. 83:18)

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Psa. 97:9• ⁹For {i}thou,{/i} Jehovah, [art] Most High above all the earth,{HR}Thou art exceedingly exalted above all gods. (Psa. 97:9)

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Psa. 138:6• ⁶For Jehovah [is] exalted, yet he seeth the lowly,{HR}And the proud he knoweth from afar. (Psa. 138:6)

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Dan. 4:17,24‑25,34• ¹⁷{i}This sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the decision by the word of the holy ones: that the living may know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.{/i}
²⁴This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king.
²⁵{i}They shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and{/i} they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven; and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.
³⁴And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth forever; whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. (Dan. 4:17,24‑25,34)

that inhabiteth.

Isa. 40:28• ²⁸Dost thou not know, hast thou not heard, [that] the everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [There is] no searching of his understanding. (Isa. 40:28)

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Gen. 21:33• ³³And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of Jehovah God everlasting. (Gen. 21:33)

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Deut. 33:27• ²⁷The God of ages is a refuge,{HR}And underneath the everlasting arms;{HR}And he shall drive away the enemy from thy presence,{HR}And say, Destroy! (Deut. 33:27)

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Psa. 90:2• ²Before mountains were brought forth,{HR}And thou gavest birth to earth and world,{HR}Even from eternity to eternity {i}thou{/i} [art] God . (Psa. 90:2)

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Psa. 93:2• ²Fixed [is] thy throne of old:{HR}From eternity [art] {i}thou.{/i} (Psa. 93:2)

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Prov. 8:23• ²³I was set up from everlasting,{HR}From the beginning, before the earth was. (Prov. 8:23)

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Jer. 10:10• ¹⁰{i}But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.{/i} (Jer. 10:10)

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Mic. 5:2• ²But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel: his goings forth have been of old from everlasting. (Mic. 5:2)

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Rom. 1:20• ²⁰For the invisible things of him from [the] world's creation are perceived, being understood by the works, both his eternal power and Godhead, that they might be inexcusable. (Rom. 1:20)

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1 Tim. 1:17• ¹⁷Now to him who is King of the ages, incorruptible, invisible, only God, [be] honour and glory unto the ages of ages. Amen. (1 Tim. 1:17)

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Heb. 9:14• ¹⁴by how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by [the] eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve a living God? (Heb. 9:14)

whose.

Isa. 6:3• ³And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory. (Isa. 6:3)

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Ex. 15:11• ¹¹{i}Who is like unto thee, Jehovah, among the gods?{HR}Who is like unto thee, glorifying thyself in holiness,{HR}Fearful in praises, doing wonders?{HR}{/i} (Ex. 15:11)

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1 Sam. 2:2• ²There is none holy as Jehovah:{HR}For there is none beside thee:{HR}Neither is there any rock like our God. (1 Sam. 2:2)

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Job 6:10• ¹⁰So would it ever be my comfort,{HR}And I would exult if he in pain should not spare,{HR}For I have not denied the words of the Holy One. (Job 6:10)

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Psa. 99:3• ³They shall praise thy great and terrible name;{HR}Holy [is] {i}he.{/i} (Psa. 99:3)

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Psa. 111:9• ⁹Redemption he sent to his people;{HR}He commanded to everlasting his covenant:{HR}Holy and fearful [is] his name. (Psa. 111:9)

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Luke 1:49• ⁴⁹For the Mighty One hath done to me great things; and holy [is] his name, (Luke 1:49)

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Acts 3:14• ¹⁴But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you; (Acts 3:14)

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Rev. 3:7• ⁷And to the angel of the church that is in Philadelphia write, These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and no one shall shut, and that shutteth and no one shall open: (Rev. 3:7)

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Rev. 4:8• ⁸And the four living creatures, having each of them six wings, round about and within are full of eyes; and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God the Almighty that was and that is and that is to come. (Rev. 4:8)

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Rev. 15:4• ⁴Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for {i}thou{/i} only {i}art{/i} holy: for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteousnesses were manifested. (Rev. 15:4)

I dwell.

Isa. 66:1• ¹Thus saith Jehovah, the heavens [are] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: what [is] the house that ye will build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest? (Isa. 66:1)

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1 Kings 8:27• ²⁷{i}But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!{/i} (1 Kings 8:27)

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Psa. 68:4‑5• ⁴Sing to God, sing praises to his name;{HR}Cast up a way for him that rideth in the deserts:{HR}His name [is] Jah, and exult ye before him.
⁵A father of orphans and a judge of widows{HR}[Is] God in the habitation of his holiness. (Psa. 68:4‑5)

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Psa. 113:4‑6• ⁴High above all nations [is] Jehovah,{HR}His glory above the heavens.
⁵Who [is] like Jehovah our God,{HR}That dwelleth on high,
⁶That seeth deep in the heavens and in the earth? (Psa. 113:4‑6)

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Psa. 115:3• ³And our God [is] in the heavens:{HR}All that he pleased he did. (Psa. 115:3)

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Psa. 123:1• ¹A song of the ascents.{HR}Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes,{HR}O thou that dwellest in the heavens. (Psa. 123:1)

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Zech. 2:13• ¹³Be silent, O all flesh, before Jehovah: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. (Zech. 2:13)

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Matt. 6:9• ⁹{i}Thus therefore pray ye : Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be sanctified,{/i} (Matt. 6:9)

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1 Tim. 6:16• ¹⁶who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom none of men saw nor can see; to whom [be] honour and might eternal. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:16)

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Isa. 66:1‑2• ¹Thus saith Jehovah, the heavens [are] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: what [is] the house that ye will build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?
²Even all those [things] hath my hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith Jehovah. But to this [man] will I look, to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and trembling at my word. (Isa. 66:1‑2)

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2 Chron. 33:12‑13• ¹²{i}And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,{/i}
¹³{i}and prayed to him. And he was intreated of him and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.{/i} Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God. (2 Chron. 33:12‑13)

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2 Chron. 34:27• ²⁷{i}Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard thee , saith Jehovah.{/i} (2 Chron. 34:27)

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Psa. 34:18• ¹⁸Jehovah [is] nigh unto the broken in heart{HR}And he saveth the contrite in spirit. (Psa. 34:18)

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Psa. 51:17• ¹⁷The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit;{HR}A heart broken and contrite, Ο God, thou wilt not despise. (Psa. 51:17)

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Psa. 138:6• ⁶For Jehovah [is] exalted, yet he seeth the lowly,{HR}And the proud he knoweth from afar. (Psa. 138:6)

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Ezek. 9:4• ⁴Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. (Ezek. 9:4)

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Ezek. 16:63• ⁶³that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth anymore because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 16:63)

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Matt. 5:3‑4• ³Blessed the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
⁴Blessed they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. (Matt. 5:3‑4)

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James 4:6• ⁶But he giveth more grace; wherefore he saith, God setteth himself against haughty [men], but giveth grace to lowly. (James 4:6)

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1 Peter 5:5• ⁵Likewise, ye younger, be subject to elders; and all of you bind on humility to one another; because God setteth himself against haughty ones, and giveth grace to lowly. (1 Peter 5:5)

to revive the spirit.

Isa. 61:1‑3• ¹The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah [is] upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek. He hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and opening of the prison to the bound;
²to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
³to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty be given them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he might be glorified. (Isa. 61:1‑3)

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Psa. 147:3• ³The healer of the broken-hearted,{HR}And binding up their wounds. (Psa. 147:3)

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Matt. 5:4• ⁴Blessed they that mourn; for they shall be comforted. (Matt. 5:4)

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Luke 4:18• ¹⁸[The] Spirit of [the] Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to [the] poor; he hath sent me [to heal the broken-hearted], to preach to captives deliverance, and to [the] blind sight, to send forth [the] crushed delivered, (Luke 4:18)

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Luke 15:20‑24• ²⁰And he arose and came unto his father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck and covered him with kisses.
²¹And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee: I am no more worthy to be called thy son.
²²But the father said to his bondmen, Bring out the best robe, and clothe him in [it], and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet,
²³and bring the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry:
²⁴for this my son was dead, and has come to life,—was lost, and has been found. And they began to be merry. (Luke 15:20‑24)

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2 Cor. 1:4• ⁴that comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those that are in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God, (2 Cor. 1:4)

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2 Cor. 2:7• ⁷so that, on the contrary, ye should rather forgive and comfort, lest somehow such an one be swallowed up with excessive grief. (2 Cor. 2:7)

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2 Cor. 7:6• ⁶But he that encourageth the lowly, God, encouraged us by the coming of Titus, (2 Cor. 7:6)

• The right spirit is indicated in verse 15. Jehovah presents Himself in a light calculated to produce that right spirit in those that approach Him. He is high and elevated in the depths of space, far above this little world, He inhabits eternity, not restricted by the times and seasons that confine us. His name is “Holy”. Are we sensible of this? If so, we shall at once be contrite as regards the past, and humble in the present. (“Isaiah 57” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

W. Kelly Translation

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For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy, I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.