east from west
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12As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our iniquities from us.
27For just as lightning goes out from the east, and appears even in the west, so shall it be also at the advent of the Son of man.
7Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the land of the East, and from the land of the setting of the sun.
5Fear not, for I am with you. I will lead your offspring from the East, and I will gather you from the West.
25I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.
23And the glory of the Lord ascended from the midst of the city and stood above the mountain, which is to the east of the city.
11For I say to you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and they shall sit at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
19He will turn back and have mercy on us. He will put away our iniquities, and he will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.
19And those from the west will fear the name of the Lord, and those from the rising of the sun will fear his glory, when he arrives like a violent river, which the Spirit of the Lord urges on.
14And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was divided from him: “Lift up your eyes, and gaze out from the place where you are now, to the north and to the meridian, to the east and to the west.
34And they will no longer teach, a man his neighbor, and a man his brother, saying: ‘Know the Lord.’ For all will know me, from the littlest of them even to the greatest, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will no longer remember their sin.
2And I saw another Angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the Seal of the living God. And he cried out, in a great voice, to the four Angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,
11For, from the rising of the sun even to its setting, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place, a clean oblation is being sacrificed and offered to my name. For my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of hosts.
12For I will forgive their iniquities, and I will no longer remember their sins.”
9If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.
14And your offspring will be like the dust of the earth. You will spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the Meridian. And in you and in your offspring, all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed.
22I have wiped away your iniquities like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to me, because I have redeemed you.
1And so, when Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judah, in the days of king Herod, behold, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, 2saying: “Where is he who was born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and we have come to adore him.”