Isaiah 66
Judgment and Hope
66 This is what the Lord says:
“Heaven is my throne,(A)
and the earth is my footstool.(B)
Where is the house(C) you will build for me?
Where will my resting place be?
2 Has not my hand made all these things,(D)
and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.
“These are the ones I look on with favor:
those who are humble and contrite in spirit,(E)
and who tremble at my word.(F)
3 But whoever sacrifices a bull(G)
is like one who kills a person,
and whoever offers a lamb
is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
whoever makes a grain offering
is like one who presents pig’s(H) blood,
and whoever burns memorial incense(I)
is like one who worships an idol.
They have chosen their own ways,(J)
and they delight in their abominations;(K)
4 so I also will choose harsh treatment for them
and will bring on them what they dread.(L)
For when I called, no one answered,(M)
when I spoke, no one listened.
They did evil(N) in my sight
and chose what displeases me.”(O)
5 Hear the word of the Lord,
you who tremble at his word:(P)
“Your own people who hate(Q) you,
and exclude you because of my name, have said,
‘Let the Lord be glorified,
that we may see your joy!’
Yet they will be put to shame.(R)
6 Hear that uproar from the city,
hear that noise from the temple!
It is the sound(S) of the Lord
repaying(T) his enemies all they deserve.
7 “Before she goes into labor,(U)
she gives birth;
before the pains come upon her,
she delivers a son.(V)
8 Who has ever heard of such things?
Who has ever seen(W) things like this?
Can a country be born in a day(X)
or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
Yet no sooner is Zion in labor
than she gives birth to her children.(Y)
9 Do I bring to the moment of birth(Z)
and not give delivery?” says the Lord.
“Do I close up the womb
when I bring to delivery?” says your God.
10 “Rejoice(AA) with Jerusalem and be glad for her,
all you who love(AB) her;
rejoice greatly with her,
all you who mourn(AC) over her.
11 For you will nurse(AD) and be satisfied
at her comforting breasts;(AE)
you will drink deeply
and delight in her overflowing abundance.”(AF)
12 For this is what the Lord says:
“I will extend peace(AG) to her like a river,(AH)
and the wealth(AI) of nations like a flooding stream;
you will nurse and be carried(AJ) on her arm
and dandled on her knees.
13 As a mother comforts her child,(AK)
so will I comfort(AL) you;
and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”
14 When you see this, your heart will rejoice(AM)
and you will flourish(AN) like grass;
the hand(AO) of the Lord will be made known to his servants,(AP)
but his fury(AQ) will be shown to his foes.
15 See, the Lord is coming with fire,(AR)
and his chariots(AS) are like a whirlwind;(AT)
he will bring down his anger with fury,
and his rebuke(AU) with flames of fire.
16 For with fire(AV) and with his sword(AW)
the Lord will execute judgment(AX) on all people,
and many will be those slain(AY) by the Lord.
17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens,(AZ) following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs,(BA) rats(BB) and other unclean things—they will meet their end(BC) together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.
18 “And I, because of what they have planned and done,(BD) am about to come[a] and gather the people of all nations(BE) and languages, and they will come and see my glory.(BF)
19 “I will set a sign(BG) among them, and I will send some of those who survive(BH) to the nations—to Tarshish,(BI) to the Libyans[b] and Lydians(BJ) (famous as archers), to Tubal(BK) and Greece,(BL) and to the distant islands(BM) that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory.(BN) They will proclaim my glory among the nations. 20 And they will bring(BO) all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain(BP) in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,”(BQ) says the Lord. “They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the Lord in ceremonially clean vessels.(BR) 21 And I will select some of them also to be priests(BS) and Levites,” says the Lord.
22 “As the new heavens and the new earth(BT) that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure.(BU) 23 From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath(BV) to another, all mankind will come and bow down(BW) before me,” says the Lord. 24 “And they will go out and look on the dead bodies(BX) of those who rebelled(BY) against me; the worms(BZ) that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched,(CA) and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”
Footnotes:
- Isaiah 66:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
- Isaiah 66:19 Some Septuagint manuscripts Put (Libyans); Hebrew Pul
Cross references:
- Isaiah 66:1 : S 2Ch 6:18; S Ps 2:4; S 9:7; Mt 23:22
- Isaiah 66:1 : S 1Ki 8:27; Mt 5:34-35
- Isaiah 66:1 : S 2Sa 7:7; Jn 4:20-21; Ac 7:49*; 17:24
- Isaiah 66:2 : S Isa 40:26; Ac 7:50*; 17:24
- Isaiah 66:2 : S Isa 57:15; Mt 5:3-4; Lk 18:13-14
- Isaiah 66:2 : S Ezr 9:4
- Isaiah 66:3 : S Isa 1:11
- Isaiah 66:3 : S Lev 11:7
- Isaiah 66:3 : S Lev 2:2
- Isaiah 66:3 : S Isa 57:17
- Isaiah 66:3 : ver 17; S Dt 27:15; Eze 8:9-13
- Isaiah 66:4 : S Pr 10:24; S Isa 10:12
- Isaiah 66:4 : S 1Sa 8:19; S Isa 41:28
- Isaiah 66:4 : 2Ki 21:2, 4, 6; Isa 59:12
- Isaiah 66:4 : S Isa 65:12
- Isaiah 66:5 : S Ezr 9:4
- Isaiah 66:5 : Ps 38:20; Isa 60:15; Jn 15:21
- Isaiah 66:5 : S Isa 44:9; Lk 13:17
- Isaiah 66:6 : S 1Sa 2:10; S Ps 68:33
- Isaiah 66:6 : S Lev 26:28; Isa 65:6; Joel 3:7
- Isaiah 66:7 : S Isa 54:1
- Isaiah 66:7 : Rev 12:5
- Isaiah 66:8 : Isa 64:4; Jer 18:13
- Isaiah 66:8 : S Isa 49:20
- Isaiah 66:8 : S Isa 49:21
- Isaiah 66:9 : S Isa 37:3
- Isaiah 66:10 : S Dt 32:43; S Isa 25:9; Ro 15:10
- Isaiah 66:10 : S Ps 26:8
- Isaiah 66:10 : Isa 57:19; 61:2
- Isaiah 66:11 : S Nu 11:12; S Isa 60:16
- Isaiah 66:11 : Ge 49:25
- Isaiah 66:11 : S Nu 25:1; S Isa 25:6
- Isaiah 66:12 : S Ps 119:165; S Isa 9:6
- Isaiah 66:12 : S Isa 33:21
- Isaiah 66:12 : Ps 72:3; Isa 60:5; 61:6
- Isaiah 66:12 : S Nu 11:12; Isa 60:4
- Isaiah 66:13 : S Isa 49:15; 1Th 2:7
- Isaiah 66:13 : S Isa 40:1; S 2Co 1:4
- Isaiah 66:14 : S Isa 25:9; S 60:5; S Joel 2:23
- Isaiah 66:14 : S Ps 72:16
- Isaiah 66:14 : S Ezr 5:5; S Isa 41:20
- Isaiah 66:14 : S Isa 54:17
- Isaiah 66:14 : S Isa 10:5; S 30:27
- Isaiah 66:15 : S Isa 1:31; S 42:25
- Isaiah 66:15 : S 2Ki 2:11; S Ps 68:17
- Isaiah 66:15 : S 2Ki 2:1
- Isaiah 66:15 : S Dt 28:20; S Ps 9:5; S 39:11
- Isaiah 66:16 : Isa 30:30; Am 7:4; Mal 4:1
- Isaiah 66:16 : S Isa 1:20; S 27:1; S Eze 14:21
- Isaiah 66:16 : S Isa 13:9, 11; S Jer 2:35; S Eze 36:5
- Isaiah 66:16 : S Isa 10:4
- Isaiah 66:17 : S Isa 1:29
- Isaiah 66:17 : S Lev 11:7
- Isaiah 66:17 : Lev 11:29
- Isaiah 66:17 : Ps 37:20; Isa 1:28
- Isaiah 66:18 : S Pr 24:2; S Isa 65:2
- Isaiah 66:18 : S Isa 2:3; S Zec 12:3
- Isaiah 66:18 : S Ex 16:7; S Isa 59:19
- Isaiah 66:19 : Isa 11:10; 49:22; Mt 24:30
- Isaiah 66:19 : S 2Ki 19:31
- Isaiah 66:19 : S Isa 2:16
- Isaiah 66:19 : Jer 46:9; Eze 27:10
- Isaiah 66:19 : S Ge 10:2
- Isaiah 66:19 : Jer 31:10; Da 11:18
- Isaiah 66:19 : Isa 11:11
- Isaiah 66:19 : S 1Ch 16:24; S Isa 24:15
- Isaiah 66:20 : S Isa 11:12; S Jer 25:22; Eze 34:13
- Isaiah 66:20 : S Dt 33:19; S Isa 2:2; Jer 31:23
- Isaiah 66:20 : S Ezr 2:66
- Isaiah 66:20 : Isa 52:11
- Isaiah 66:21 : S Ex 19:6; 1Pe 2:5, 9
- Isaiah 66:22 : S Isa 65:17; Heb 12:26-27; S 2Pe 3:13
- Isaiah 66:22 : S Isa 48:19; Jn 10:27-29; 1Pe 1:4-5
- Isaiah 66:23 : Eze 46:1-3
- Isaiah 66:23 : S Ps 22:29; S Isa 19:21; S 44:5; Rev 15:4
- Isaiah 66:24 : S Ps 110:6
- Isaiah 66:24 : S Isa 1:2
- Isaiah 66:24 : S Isa 14:11
- Isaiah 66:24 : S Isa 1:31; S Mt 25:41; Mk 9:48*
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Philippians 3:4-21
4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence.(A)
If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised(B) on the eighth day, of the people of Israel,(C) of the tribe of Benjamin,(D) a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;(E) 6 as for zeal,(F) persecuting the church;(G) as for righteousness based on the law,(H) faultless.
7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss(I) for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing(J) Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ(K) 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,(L) but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness(M) that comes from God on the basis of faith.(N) 10 I want to know(O) Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings,(P) becoming like him in his death,(Q) 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection(R) from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,(S) but I press on to take hold(T) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.(U) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind(V) and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on(W) toward the goal to win the prize(X) for which God has called(Y) me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Following Paul’s Example
15 All of us, then, who are mature(Z) should take such a view of things.(AA) And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.(AB) 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
17 Join together in following my example,(AC) brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.(AD) 18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears,(AE) many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.(AF) 19 Their destiny(AG) is destruction, their god is their stomach,(AH) and their glory is in their shame.(AI) Their mind is set on earthly things.(AJ) 20 But our citizenship(AK) is in heaven.(AL) And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,(AM) 21 who, by the power(AN) that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies(AO) so that they will be like his glorious body.(AP)
Footnotes:
- Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of
Cross references:
- Philippians 3:4 : 2Co 11:21
- Philippians 3:5 : S Lk 1:59
- Philippians 3:5 : 2Co 11:22
- Philippians 3:5 : Ro 11:1
- Philippians 3:5 : Ac 23:6
- Philippians 3:6 : S Ac 21:20
- Philippians 3:6 : S Ac 8:3
- Philippians 3:6 : ver 9; Ro 10:5
- Philippians 3:7 : Mt 13:44; Lk 14:33
- Philippians 3:8 : ver 10; Jer 9:23, 24; Jn 17:3; Eph 4:13; S 2Pe 1:2
- Philippians 3:8 : Ps 73:25
- Philippians 3:9 : ver 6; Ro 10:5
- Philippians 3:9 : Jer 33:16
- Philippians 3:9 : S Ro 9:30
- Philippians 3:10 : S ver 8
- Philippians 3:10 : S 2Co 1:5
- Philippians 3:10 : S Ro 6:3-5
- Philippians 3:11 : S Jn 11:24; S Ro 6:5; Rev 20:5, 6
- Philippians 3:12 : 1Co 13:10
- Philippians 3:12 : 1Ti 6:12
- Philippians 3:12 : Ac 9:5, 6
- Philippians 3:13 : Lk 9:62
- Philippians 3:14 : Heb 6:1
- Philippians 3:14 : 1Co 9:24
- Philippians 3:14 : S Ro 8:28
- Philippians 3:15 : S 1Co 2:6
- Philippians 3:15 : Gal 5:10
- Philippians 3:15 : Eph 1:17; 1Th 4:9
- Philippians 3:17 : S 1Co 4:16
- Philippians 3:17 : S 1Ti 4:12
- Philippians 3:18 : Ac 20:31
- Philippians 3:18 : Gal 6:12
- Philippians 3:19 : Ps 73:17
- Philippians 3:19 : Ro 16:18
- Philippians 3:19 : Ro 6:21; Jude 13
- Philippians 3:19 : Ro 8:5, 6; Col 3:2
- Philippians 3:20 : Eph 2:19
- Philippians 3:20 : Col 3:1; Heb 12:22
- Philippians 3:20 : S 1Co 1:7
- Philippians 3:21 : Eph 1:19
- Philippians 3:21 : 1Co 15:43-53
- Philippians 3:21 : Ro 8:29; Col 3:4
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Psalm 74
Psalm 74
A maskil[a] of Asaph.
1 O God, why have you rejected(A) us forever?(B)
Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?(C)
2 Remember the nation you purchased(D) long ago,(E)
the people of your inheritance,(F) whom you redeemed(G)—
Mount Zion,(H) where you dwelt.(I)
3 Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,(J)
all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.
4 Your foes roared(K) in the place where you met with us;
they set up their standards(L) as signs.
5 They behaved like men wielding axes
to cut through a thicket of trees.(M)
6 They smashed all the carved(N) paneling
with their axes and hatchets.
7 They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
they defiled(O) the dwelling place(P) of your Name.(Q)
8 They said in their hearts, “We will crush(R) them completely!”
They burned(S) every place where God was worshiped in the land.
9 We are given no signs from God;(T)
no prophets(U) are left,
and none of us knows how long this will be.
10 How long(V) will the enemy mock(W) you, God?
Will the foe revile(X) your name forever?
11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?(Y)
Take it from the folds of your garment(Z) and destroy them!
13 It was you who split open the sea(AC) by your power;
you broke the heads of the monster(AD) in the waters.
14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan(AE)
and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.(AF)
15 It was you who opened up springs(AG) and streams;
you dried up(AH) the ever-flowing rivers.
16 The day is yours, and yours also the night;
you established the sun and moon.(AI)
17 It was you who set all the boundaries(AJ) of the earth;
you made both summer and winter.(AK)
18 Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord,
how foolish people(AL) have reviled your name.
19 Do not hand over the life of your dove(AM) to wild beasts;
do not forget the lives of your afflicted(AN) people forever.
20 Have regard for your covenant,(AO)
because haunts of violence fill the dark places(AP) of the land.
21 Do not let the oppressed(AQ) retreat in disgrace;
may the poor and needy(AR) praise your name.
22 Rise up,(AS) O God, and defend your cause;
remember how fools(AT) mock you all day long.
23 Do not ignore the clamor(AU) of your adversaries,(AV)
the uproar(AW) of your enemies,(AX) which rises continually.
Footnotes:
- Psalm 74:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
Cross references:
- Psalm 74:1 : S Ps 43:2
- Psalm 74:1 : S Ps 44:23
- Psalm 74:1 : Ps 79:13; 95:7; 100:3
- Psalm 74:2 : S Ex 15:16; S 1Co 6:20
- Psalm 74:2 : S Dt 32:7
- Psalm 74:2 : S Ex 34:9
- Psalm 74:2 : S Ex 15:13; S Isa 48:20
- Psalm 74:2 : Ps 2:6
- Psalm 74:2 : Ps 43:3; 68:16; Isa 46:13; Joel 3:17, 21; Ob 1:17
- Psalm 74:3 : Isa 44:26; 52:9
- Psalm 74:4 : La 2:7
- Psalm 74:4 : S Nu 2:2; S Jer 4:6
- Psalm 74:5 : Jer 46:22
- Psalm 74:6 : S 1Ki 6:18
- Psalm 74:7 : S Lev 20:3; Ac 21:28
- Psalm 74:7 : S Lev 15:31
- Psalm 74:7 : Ps 75:1
- Psalm 74:8 : Ps 94:5
- Psalm 74:8 : 2Ki 25:9; 2Ch 36:19; Jer 21:10; 34:22; 52:13
- Psalm 74:9 : S Ex 4:17; S 10:1
- Psalm 74:9 : S 1Sa 3:1
- Psalm 74:10 : Ps 6:3; 79:5; 80:4
- Psalm 74:10 : ver 22
- Psalm 74:10 : S Ps 44:16
- Psalm 74:11 : S Ex 15:6
- Psalm 74:11 : Ne 5:13; Eze 5:3
- Psalm 74:12 : Ps 2:6; S 24:7; 68:24
- Psalm 74:12 : Ps 27:1
- Psalm 74:13 : S Ex 14:21
- Psalm 74:13 : Isa 27:1; 51:9; Eze 29:3; 32:2
- Psalm 74:14 : S Job 3:8
- Psalm 74:14 : Isa 13:21; 23:13; 34:14; Jer 50:39
- Psalm 74:15 : S Ex 17:6; S Nu 20:11
- Psalm 74:15 : S Ex 14:29; S Jos 2:10
- Psalm 74:16 : S Ge 1:16; Ps 136:7-9
- Psalm 74:17 : Dt 32:8; Ac 17:26
- Psalm 74:17 : S Ge 8:22
- Psalm 74:18 : Dt 32:6
- Psalm 74:19 : S Ge 8:8; S Isa 59:11
- Psalm 74:19 : S Ps 9:18
- Psalm 74:20 : S Ge 6:18
- Psalm 74:20 : Job 34:22
- Psalm 74:21 : Ps 9:9; 10:18; 103:6; Isa 58:10
- Psalm 74:21 : S Ps 35:10
- Psalm 74:22 : Ps 17:13
- Psalm 74:22 : S Ps 53:1
- Psalm 74:23 : Isa 31:4
- Psalm 74:23 : S Ps 65:7
- Psalm 74:23 : S Ps 46:6
- Psalm 74:23 : S Nu 25:17
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Proverbs 24:15-16
Saying 27
15 Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,
do not plunder their dwelling place;
16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.(A)
Cross references:
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