Eze 37:11-14, Hos 1:7, Hag 2:2-5, 1Cor 2:4-5, 2Cor 10:4-5, 1Pe 1:12 | ESV | STEP | Then he said to me, Son of man , these bones are the whole house of Israel . Behold , they say , Our bones are dried up , and our hope is lost ; we are indeed cut off .

11 Then he said to me, ^a“Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and ^bour hope is lost; ^cwe are indeed cut off.’ 12 Therefore ^dprophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, ^eI will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And ^fI will bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And ^gyou shall know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. 14 And ^hI will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the Lord; ⁱI have spoken, and I will do it, declares the Lord.”

Hosea 1:7

7 But ^jI will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I ^kwill not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”

Haggai 2:2-5

2 “Speak now to ^lZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to ^mJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, and say, 3 ⁿ‘Who is left among you who saw this house ^oin its former glory? How do you see it now? ^pIs it not as nothing in your eyes? 4 Yet now ^qbe strong, O ^rZerubbabel, declares the Lord. ^sBe strong, O ^tJoshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ^uBe strong, all you people of the land, declares the Lord. ^vWork, for ^wI am with you, declares the Lord of hosts, 5 ^xaccording to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt. ^yMy Spirit remains in your midst. ^zFear not.

1 Corinthians 2:4-5

4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of ^aathe Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women} but ^acin the power of God.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5

4 For the ^adweapons of ^aeour warfare are not of the flesh but have ^afdivine power ^agto destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and ^ahevery lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to ^aiobey Christ,

1 Peter 1:12

12 ^ajIt was revealed to them that ^akthey were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you ^alby the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, ^amthings into which angels long to look.