Isa 27:10-11, Eze 15:2-5, Hos 14:8, 2Cor 12:8-10, Gal 2:20, Phili 1:11 | ESV | STEP | For the fortified city is solitary , a habitation deserted and forsaken , like the wilderness ; there the calf grazes ; there it lies down and strips its branches .

Isaiah 27:10-11

10 ^aFor the fortified city is solitary,
a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness;
there the calf grazes;
there it lies down and strips its branches.
11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
women come and make a fire of them.
^bFor this is a people without discernment;
therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
he who formed them will show them no favor.

Ezekiel 15:2-5

2 ^c“Son of man, how does ^dthe wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest? 3 Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take ^ea peg from it to hang any vessel on it? 4 ^fBehold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything? 5 ^gBehold, when it was whole, it was used for nothing. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it ever be used for anything!

Hosea 14:8

8 O ^hEphraim, what have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you. ^{▼▼Hebrew him}
I am like an evergreen cypress;
^jfrom me comes your fruit.

2 Corinthians 12:8-10

8 ^kThree times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, ^l“My grace is sufficient for you, for ^mmy power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that ⁿthe power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 ^oFor the sake of Christ, then, ^pI am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For ^qwhen I am weak, then I am strong.

Galatians 2:20

20 I have been ^rcrucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives ^sin me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, ^twho loved me and ^ugave himself for me.

Philippians 1:11

11 filled ^vwith the fruit of righteousness that comes ^wthrough Jesus Christ, ^xto the glory and praise of God.