Isa 14:32, 61:1-3, Zec 11:11, 13:8-9, Mat 5:3, 11:5, 1Cor 1:27-28 | ESV | STEP | What will one answer the messengers of the nation ? The Lord has founded Zion , and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge .

Isaiah 14:32

32 What will one answer the messengers of the nation?
^a“The Lord has founded Zion,
and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”

Isaiah 61:1-3

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

1 ^bThe Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has ^canointed me
to bring good news to the poor; ^{▼▼Or afflicted}
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and ^ethe opening of the prison to those who are bound; ^{▼▼Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind}
2 ^gto proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
^hand the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
ⁱto give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
^jthe oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
^kthat they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, ^lthat he may be glorified. ^{▼▼Or that he may display his beauty}

Zechariah 11:11

11 So it was annulled on that day, and the sheep traders, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.

Zechariah 13:8-9

8 In the whole land, declares the Lord,
two thirds shall be cut off and perish,
ⁿand one third shall be left alive.
9 And ^oI will put this third into the fire,
and refine them as one refines silver,
and test them as gold is tested.
^pThey will call upon my name,
and ^qI will answer them.
^rI will say, ‘They are my people’;
and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Matthew 5:3

3 ^s“Blessed are ^tthe poor in spirit, for ^utheirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 11:5

5 ^vthe blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13} are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and ^xthe poor have good news preached to them.

1 Corinthians 1:27-28

27 But ^yGod chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; ^zGod chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even ^aathings that are not, to ^abbring to nothing things that are,