Isaiah 25:4
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For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
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But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.
What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”