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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday September 20, 2024 (NIV)

Isaiah 33:10-36:22

10 “Now I will rise up,”(A) says the Lord.
“Now I will lift myself up.
Now I will be exalted.
11 You will conceive chaff;(B)
you will give birth to stubble.
Your breath is fire that will consume you.
12 The peoples will be burned to ashes,
like thorns cut down and burned in a fire.
13 You who are far off, hear what I have done;
you who are near,(C) know my strength.”
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid;
trembling seizes the ungodly:
“Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire?(D)
Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”(E)
15 The one who lives righteously
and speaks rightly,(F)
who refuses profit from extortion,
whose hand never takes a bribe,
who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots
and shuts his eyes against evil schemes(G)—
16 he will dwell on the heights;
his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,
his food provided, his water assured.
17 Your eyes will see the King in his beauty;(H)
you will see a vast land.(I)
18 Your mind will meditate on the past terror:
“Where is the accountant?[a]
Where is the tribute collector?[b]
Where is the one who spied out our defenses?” [c]
19 You will no longer see the barbarians,
a people whose speech is difficult to comprehend—
who stammer in a language that is not understood.(J)
20 Look at Zion, the city of our festival times.
Your eyes will see Jerusalem,
a peaceful pasture,(K) a tent that does not wander;
its tent pegs will not be pulled up
nor will any of its cords be loosened.(L)
21 For the majestic one, our Lord, will be there,(M)
a place of rivers and broad streams
where ships that are rowed will not go,
and majestic vessels will not pass.(N)
22 For the Lord is our Judge,
the Lord is our Lawgiver,(O)
the Lord is our King.
He will save us.(P)
23 Your ropes are slack;
they cannot hold the base of the mast
or spread out the flag.
Then abundant spoil will be divided,
the lame will plunder it,
24 and none there will say, “I am sick.”
The people who dwell there
will be forgiven(Q) their iniquity.(R)

The Judgment of the Nations

34 You nations, come here and listen;
you peoples, pay attention!(S)
Let the earth and all that fills it hear,
the world and all that comes from it.(T)
2 The Lord is angry with all the nations,
furious with all their armies.(U)
He will set them apart for destruction,(V)
giving them over to slaughter.
3 Their slain will be thrown out,
and the stench of their corpses will rise;(W)
the mountains will flow[d] with their blood.(X)
4 All[e] the stars in the sky(Y) will dissolve.
The sky will roll up like a scroll,(Z)
and its stars will all wither
as leaves wither on the vine,
and foliage on the fig tree.(AA)

The Judgment of Edom

5 When my sword has drunk its fill[f](AB) in the heavens,
it will then come down on Edom(AC)
and on the people I have set apart for destruction.
6 The Lord’s sword is covered with blood.
It drips with fat,
with the blood of lambs and goats,
with the fat of the kidneys of rams.(AD)
For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah,(AE)
a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7 The wild oxen will be struck[g] down with them,
and young bulls with the mighty bulls.
Their land will be soaked with[h] blood,
and their soil will be saturated with fat.
8 For the Lord has a day of vengeance,(AF)
a time of paying back Edom
for its hostility against Zion.
9 Edom’s streams will be turned into pitch,
her soil into sulfur;(AG)
her land will become burning pitch.
10 It will never go out—day or night.
Its smoke will go up forever.(AH)
It will be desolate, from generation to generation;
no one will pass through it forever and ever.(AI)
11 Eagle owls[i] and herons[j] will possess it,
and long-eared owls and ravens will dwell there.(AJ)
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line(AK) over her
for her destruction and chaos.(AL)
12 No nobles will be left to proclaim a king,
and all her princes will come to nothing.
13 Her palaces will be overgrown with thorns;
her fortified cities, with thistles and briers.(AM)
She will become a dwelling for jackals,
an abode[k] for ostriches.(AN)
14 The desert creatures will meet hyenas,
and one wild goat will call to another.
Indeed, the night birds will stay there
and will find a resting place.
15 Sand partridges[l] will make their nests there;
they will lay and hatch their eggs
and will gather their broods under their shadows.
Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there,
each with its mate.(AO)
16 Search and read the scroll of the Lord:(AP)
Not one of them will be missing,
none will be lacking its mate,
because he has ordered it by my[m] mouth,
and he will gather them by his Spirit.
17 He has cast the lot for them;
his hand allotted their portion with a measuring line.
They will possess it forever;(AQ)
they will dwell in it from generation to generation.

The Ransomed Return to Zion

35 The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;
the desert will rejoice and blossom like a wildflower.[n](AR)
2 It will blossom abundantly
and will also rejoice with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon.(AS)
They will see the glory of the Lord,(AT)
the splendor of our God.(AU)
3 Strengthen the weak hands,
steady the shaking knees!(AV)
4 Say to the cowardly:
“Be strong; do not fear!
Here is your God; vengeance is coming.(AW)
God’s retribution is coming; he will save you.”(AX)
5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.(AY)
6 Then the lame will leap like a deer,(AZ)
and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy,(BA)
for water will gush in the wilderness,
and streams in the desert;(BB)
7 the parched ground will become a pool,
and the thirsty land, springs.(BC)
In the haunt of jackals,(BD) in their lairs,
there will be grass, reeds, and papyrus.
8 A road will be there and a way;(BE)
it will be called the Holy Way.(BF)
The unclean will not travel on it,(BG)
but it will be for the one who walks the path.(BH)
Fools will not wander on it.
9 There will be no lion there,
and no vicious beast will go up on it;
they will not be found there.
But the redeemed will walk on it,
10 and the ransomed of the Lord will return(BI)
and come to Zion with singing,
crowned with unending joy.
Joy and gladness will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee.(BJ)

Sennacherib’s Invasion

36 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah,(BK) King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. 2 Then the king of Assyria sent his royal spokesman, along with a massive army, from Lachish(BL) to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. The Assyrian stood near the conduit of the upper pool, by the road to Launderer’s Field.(BM) 3 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary,(BN) and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came out to him.

4 The royal spokesman said to them, “Tell Hezekiah:

The great king, the king of Assyria, says this: What are you relying on? 5 You[o] think mere words are strategy and strength for war. Who are you now relying on that you have rebelled against me?(BO) 6 Look, you are relying on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff(BP) that will pierce the hand of anyone who grabs it and leans on it. This is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who rely on him.(BQ) 7 Suppose you say to me, ‘We rely on the Lord our God.’ Isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You are to worship at this altar’?(BR)

8 “Now make a deal with my master, the king of Assyria. I’ll give you two thousand horses if you’re able to supply riders for them! 9 How then can you drive back a single officer among the least of my master’s servants? How can you rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?(BS) 10 Have I attacked this land to destroy it without the Lord’s approval? The Lord said to me, ‘Attack this land and destroy it.’”

11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the royal spokesman, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic,(BT) since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew[p] within earshot of the people who are on the wall.”

12 But the royal spokesman replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men who are sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?”

13 Then the royal spokesman stood and called out loudly in Hebrew:

Listen to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! 14 This is what the king says: “Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you,(BU) for he cannot rescue you. 15 Don’t let Hezekiah persuade you to rely on the Lord, saying, ‘The Lord will certainly rescue us! This city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.’”

16 Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: “Make peace[q] with me and surrender to me. Then every one of you may eat from his own vine and his own fig tree(BV) and drink water from his own cistern 17 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Beware that Hezekiah does not mislead you by saying, ‘The Lord will rescue us.’(BW) Has any one of the gods of the nations(BX) rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad?(BY) Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they rescued Samaria from my power?(BZ) 20 Who among all the gods of these lands ever rescued his land from my power? So will the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?”

21 But they kept silent; they didn’t say anything, for the king’s command was, “Don’t answer him.”(CA) 22 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him the words of the royal spokesman.

Footnotes:

  1. 33:18 Lit counter
  2. 33:18 Lit weigher
  3. 33:18 Lit who counts towers
  4. 34:3 Or melt, or dissolve
  5. 34:4 DSS read And the valleys will be split, and all
  6. 34:5 DSS read sword will appear
  7. 34:7 Or will go
  8. 34:7 Or will drink its fill of
  9. 34:11 Or Pelicans
  10. 34:11 Or hedgehogs
  11. 34:13 DSS, LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads jackals, grass
  12. 34:15 Or Arrow snakes, or Owls
  13. 34:16 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss, DSS, Syr, Tg read his
  14. 35:1 Or meadow saffron; traditionally rose
  15. 36:5 Many Hb mss, DSS, 2Kg 18:20; MT reads I
  16. 36:11 Lit Judahite, also in v. 13
  17. 36:16 Lit a blessing

Cross references:

  1. 33:10 : Ps 12:5; Is 2:19,21
  2. 33:11 : Ps 7:14; Is 26:18; 59:4; Jms 1:15
  3. 33:13 : Is 18:2; Eph 2:17
  4. 33:14 : Is 30:27,30; 66:15; Heb 12:29
  5. 33:14 : Is 66:24
  6. 33:15 : Ps 15:2; 24:4; Is 58:6–11
  7. 33:15 : Ps 119:37
  8. 33:17 : Is 6:5; 24:23; 33:21–22; Zch 9:9
  9. 33:17 : Is 54:2–3
  10. 33:19 : Dt 28:49–50; Is 28:11; Jr 5:15
  11. 33:20 : Ps 46:5; 125:1–2; Is 32:18
  12. 33:20 : Is 54:2
  13. 33:21 : Rm 8:31
  14. 33:21 : Is 41:18; 43:19–20; 48:18; 66:12
  15. 33:22 : Is 1:10; 51:4,7; Jms 4:12
  16. 33:22 : 2Sm 22:3; 23:5; 2Kg 19:19,34; Is 25:9; 35:4; 38:20
  17. 33:24 : Is 40:2; 44:22; Jr 50:20; Mc 7:18–19; 1Jn 1:7–9
  18. 33:24 : Is 13:11
  19. 34:1 : Ps 49:1; Is 1:2; 41:1; 43:9; 45:20
  20. 34:1 : Ps 24:1; Is 6:3; 42:5
  21. 34:2 : Is 13:5; Jr 10:10; 50:13
  22. 34:2 : Jos 6:21; 1Sm 15:3; Is 11:5; 24:1,6; 43:28
  23. 34:3 : Is 14:21; 18:6; Ezk 39:17; Jl 2:10; Am 4:10; Rv 19:17–19
  24. 34:3 : Ps 46:2–3
  25. 34:4 : 2Kg 17:16; 21:3,5; 23:4–5
  26. 34:4 : Rv 6:12–14
  27. 34:4 : Ps 102:25–27; Is 13:10; 51:6; Ezk 32:7–8; Jl 3:15; Mt 24:29; Mk 13:24–25; 2Pt 3:10,12
  28. 34:5 : Dt 32:41–43; Jr 46:10; Ezk 21:3–5
  29. 34:5 : Nm 20:14–21; Is 63:1; Jr 49:7–8,20; Ezk 25:12–14; 35:1–15; Jl 3:19; Am 1:11–12; Ob 1–14; Mal 1:4
  30. 34:6 : Is 25:6; 30:32; Jr 46:10; 51:40; Ezk 39:17; Zph 1:7–9
  31. 34:6 : Gn 36:33; Is 63:1; Jr 49:13,22
  32. 34:8 : Is 13:6; 35:4; 47:3; 61:2; 63:4
  33. 34:9 : Gn 19:24; Dt 29:23; Ps 11:6; Is 30:33; Ezk 38:22
  34. 34:10 : Is 1:31; 66:24; Rv 14:11; 19:3
  35. 34:10 : Is 13:20–22; Ezk 29:11; Mal 1:3–4
  36. 34:11 : Is 13:21–22; 14:23; Zph 2:14
  37. 34:11 : Am 7:7–9
  38. 34:11 : 2Kg 21:13; Is 24:10; Lm 2:8
  39. 34:13 : Is 32:13
  40. 34:13 : Ps 44:19; Is 13:22; Jr 9:11; 10:22; Mal 1:3
  41. 34:15 : Dt 14:13
  42. 34:16 : Ps 40:7; 139:16; Is 8:16; 30:8; Dn 7:10; Mal 3:16; Rv 20:12
  43. 34:17 : Nm 24:18
  44. 35:1 : Ps 65:12; Is 6:11; 7:21–25; 27:10; 32:15; 41:18–19; 51:3; 55:12–13
  45. 35:2 : Sg 2:1; 5:15; 7:5; Is 33:9
  46. 35:2 : Ex 16:7,10; Lv 9:6,23; Nm 29:6; Is 40:5; Ezk 1:28; 3:23
  47. 35:2 : Ps 45:3–4; 96:6; 104:1; 145:5,12; Is 2:10,19,21; 53:2; 63:1; Ezk 16:14
  48. 35:3 : Heb 12:12
  49. 35:4 : Is 1:24; 34:8; 47:3; 59:17; 61:2; 63:4
  50. 35:4 : Is 33:22
  51. 35:5 : Is 29:18; 32:3–4; 42:7,16,18; 50:4; Mt 11:5; Lk 7:22; Jn 9:6–7
  52. 35:6 : Zph 3:19; Mt 11:5; 15:30–31; 21:14; Ac 3:1–8; 8:7; 14:8–10
  53. 35:6 : Ex 4:11; Mk 7:32; 9:25
  54. 35:6 : Is 41:18; 43:19; Jn 7:38–39
  55. 35:7 : Is 49:10
  56. 35:7 : Is 13:22; 34:13
  57. 35:8 : Is 40:3; 42:16; 43:16,19; 49:11; 51:10; 57:14; 62:10
  58. 35:8 : Is 4:3; 52:1; Mt 7:13–14; 1Pt 1:15–16
  59. 35:8 : Is 52:1; Rv 21:27
  60. 35:8 : Ps 139:24; Is 2:3; 8:11; 30:21; 42:24; 48:17; 58:13
  61. 35:10 : Is 51:11
  62. 35:10 : Is 65:19; Rm 9:2; Rv 21:4
  63. 36:1–22 : 2Kg 18:13,17–37; 2Ch 32:1–16,18
  64. 36:2 : Jos 15:20,39
  65. 36:2 : Is 7:3
  66. 36:3 : Is 22:15,20–21
  67. 36:5 : 2Kg 18:7
  68. 36:6 : Ezk 29:6–7
  69. 36:6 : Is 30:3–7
  70. 36:7 : Dt 12:2–5; 2Kg 18:4–5
  71. 36:9 : Is 20:5; 30:2–5,7; 31:3
  72. 36:11 : Ezr 4:7; Dn 2:4
  73. 36:14 : Is 37:10
  74. 36:16 : 1Kg 4:25; Mc 4:4; Zch 3:10
  75. 36:18 : Is 37:10
  76. 36:18 : 1Ch 5:25; Is 37:12
  77. 36:19 : Is 10:9–11; 37:11–13; Jr 49:23
  78. 36:19 : 2Kg 17:6
  79. 36:21 : Pr 26:4
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Galatians 5:13-26

13 For you were called(A) to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity[a] for the flesh, but serve one another through love. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled(B) in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself.[b](C) 15 But if you bite and devour(D) one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

The Spirit versus the Flesh

16 I say, then, walk by the Spirit(E) and you will certainly not carry out the desire of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires(F) what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.(G) 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious:[c] sexual immorality,(H) moral impurity,(I) promiscuity,(J) 20 idolatry,(K) sorcery,(L) hatreds,(M) strife,(N) jealousy,(O) outbursts of anger,(P) selfish ambitions,(Q) dissensions,(R) factions,(S) 21 envy,[d](T) drunkenness, carousing,(U) and anything similar. I am warning you about these things—as I warned you before—that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.(V)

22 But the fruit of the Spirit(W) is love,(X) joy,(Y) peace, patience,(Z) kindness,(AA) goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness,(AB) and self-control.(AC) The law is not against such things.[e] 24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus(AD) have crucified the flesh(AE) with its passions and desires.(AF) 25 If we live(AG) by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.(AH)

Footnotes:

  1. 5:13 Lit a pretext; a military term for abuse of position
  2. 5:14 Lv 19:18
  3. 5:19 Other mss add adultery,
  4. 5:21 Other mss add murders,
  5. 5:23 Or Against such things there is no law

Cross references:

  1. 5:13 : Col 3:15
  2. 5:14 : Mt 1:22
  3. 5:14 : Lv 19:18; Mt 7:12; 19:19; 22:37–40; Jn 13:34
  4. 5:15 : Gl 5:20; Php 3:2,20
  5. 5:16 : Rm 8:4; 1Tm 3:16; 2Pt 1:4; 2:10
  6. 5:17 : 1Pt 2:11
  7. 5:17 : Rm 7:15,23; Php 2:13
  8. 5:19 : Mk 7:21; 1Th 4:3
  9. 5:19 : 1Th 4:7
  10. 5:19 : Mk 7:22
  11. 5:20 : Col 3:5; 1Pt 4:3
  12. 5:20 : Rv 18:23
  13. 5:20 : Rm 8:7
  14. 5:20 : Ti 3:9
  15. 5:20 : Jms 3:4
  16. 5:20 : Rv 14:19
  17. 5:20 : Rm 2:8
  18. 5:20 : Rm 16:17
  19. 5:20 : 2Pt 2:1
  20. 5:21 : Rm 1:29
  21. 5:21 : Rm 13:13; 1Pt 4:3
  22. 5:21 : 1Co 6:10; 15:50
  23. 5:22 : Mt 7:16–20; Rm 6:21; 7:4; 8:5; Eph 5:9
  24. 5:22 : 1Co 13:1; Phm 5
  25. 5:22 : Jn 15:11; 2Co 6:10
  26. 5:22 : Ex 34:6; 2Tm 3:10
  27. 5:22 : Ps 25:6; 2Co 6:6
  28. 5:23 : Jms 3:13
  29. 5:23 : 2Pt 1:6
  30. 5:24 : Nm 3:12
  31. 5:24 : Rm 8:12
  32. 5:24 : 2Pt 1:4; 2:10
  33. 5:25 : Php 1:21; 3:16
  34. 5:26 : Php 2:3
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Psalm 64

Psalm 64

Protection from Evildoers

For the choir director. A psalm of David.

1 God, hear my voice when I am in anguish.(A)
Protect my life from the terror of the enemy.(B)
2 Hide me from the scheming of wicked people,(C)
from the mob of evildoers,(D)
3 who sharpen their tongues like swords
and aim bitter words like arrows,(E)
4 shooting from concealed places at the blameless.
They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.(F)
5 They adopt[a] an evil plan;
they talk about hiding traps and say,
“Who will see them?” [b](G)
6 They devise crimes and say,
“We have perfected a secret plan.”(H)
The inner man and the heart are mysterious.(I)

7 But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.(J)
8 They will be made to stumble;
their own tongues work against them.
All who see them will shake their heads.(K)
9 Then everyone will fear
and will tell about God’s work,
for they will understand what he has done.(L)

10 The righteous one rejoices in the Lord
and takes refuge in him;
all those who are upright in heart
will offer praise.(M)

Footnotes:

  1. 64:5 Or They strengthen themselves with
  2. 64:5 Or it

Cross references:

  1. 64:1 : Ps 55:2
  2. 64:1 : Ps 140:1
  3. 64:2 : Ps 35:20; 37:12
  4. 64:2 : Ps 22:16; 26:5
  5. 64:3 : Ps 52:2; 57:4; Pr 25:18
  6. 64:4 : Ps 10:8; 11:2
  7. 64:5 : Ps 35:7; 140:5; 141:9; Is 29:15
  8. 64:6 : Ps 21:11; 83:3
  9. 64:6 : Ps 94:11; Pr 20:5; Jr 17:9–10
  10. 64:7 : Ps 7:13; 45:5; 144:6
  11. 64:8 : Jr 18:16; 48:27; Lm 2:15
  12. 64:9 : Ps 40:3
  13. 64:10 : Ps 32:11; 68:3; 97:11–12
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Proverbs 23:23

23 Buy—and do not sell—truth,
wisdom, instruction, and understanding.(A)

Cross references:

  1. 23:23 : Pr 4:5,7; 16:16; 18:15; Mt 13:44
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday September 19, 2024 (NIV)

Isaiah 30:12-33:9

12 Therefore the Holy One of Israel says:
“Because you have rejected this message
and have trusted in oppression and deceit,
and have depended on them,
13 this iniquity(A) of yours will be
like a crumbling gap,
a bulge in a high wall
whose collapse will come in an instant—suddenly!
14 Its collapse will be like the shattering
of a potter’s jar,(B) crushed to pieces,
so that not even a fragment of pottery
will be found among its shattered remains—
no fragment large enough to take fire from a hearth
or scoop water from a cistern.”
15 For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said:
“You will be delivered by returning and resting;
your strength will lie in quiet confidence.
But you are not willing.”
16 You say, “No!
We will escape on horses”—
therefore you will escape!—
and, “We will ride on fast horses”—
but those who pursue you will be faster.(C)
17 One thousand will flee at the threat of one,(D)
at the threat of five you will flee,
until you remain
like a solitary pole on a mountaintop
or a banner on a hill.

The Lord’s Mercy to Israel

18 Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy,
and is rising up to show you compassion,(E)
for the Lord is a just God.
All who wait patiently for him are happy.

19 For people will live on Zion in Jerusalem. You will never weep again; he will show favor to you at the sound of your outcry; as soon as he hears, he will answer you. 20 The Lord will give you meager bread and water during oppression,(F) but your Teacher[a] will not hide any longer. Your eyes will see your Teacher, 21 and whenever you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”(G) 22 Then you will defile your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, and call them filth.

23 Then he will send rain for your seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.(H) 24 The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder scattered with winnowing shovel(I) and fork. 25 Streams flowing with water will be on every high mountain and every raised hill on the day of great slaughter when the towers fall. 26 The moonlight will be as bright as the sunlight, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter(J)—like the light of seven days—on the day(K) that the Lord bandages his people’s injuries and heals the wounds he inflicted.(L)

Annihilation of the Assyrians

27 Look! The name of the Lord is coming from far away,
his anger burning and heavy with smoke.[b]
His lips are full of fury,
and his tongue is like a consuming fire.
28 His breath is like an overflowing torrent(M)
that rises to the neck.(N)
He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction
and to put a bridle on the jaws of the peoples
to lead them astray.(O)
29 Your singing will be like that
on the night of a holy festival,
and your heart will rejoice
like one who walks to the music of a flute,
going up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the Rock of Israel.(P)
30 And the Lord will make the splendor of his voice heard
and reveal his arm(Q) striking in angry wrath
and a flame of consuming fire,
in driving rain, a torrent, and hailstones.
31 Assyria will be shattered by the voice of the Lord.
He will strike with a rod.
32 And every stroke of the appointed[c] staff
that the Lord brings down on him
will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres;
he will fight against him with brandished weapons.
33 Indeed! Topheth has been ready(R)
for the king for a long time.
Its funeral pyre is deep and wide,
with plenty of fire and wood.
The breath of the Lord,(S) like a torrent of burning sulfur,
kindles it.

The Lord, the Only Help

31 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help(T)
and who depend on horses!
They trust in the abundance of chariots
and in the large number of horsemen.(U)
They do not look(V) to the Holy One of Israel,
and they do not seek the Lord.
2 But he also is wise and brings disaster.(W)
He does not go back on what he says;(X)
he will rise up against the house of the wicked
and against the allies of evildoers.
3 Egyptians are men, not God;
their horses are flesh, not spirit.
When the Lord raises his hand to strike,
the helper will stumble
and the one who is helped will fall;
both will perish together.

4 For this is what the Lord said to me:

As a lion or young lion growls over its prey(Y)
when a band of shepherds is called out against it,
and it is not terrified by their shouting
or subdued by their noise,
so the Lord of Armies will come down
to fight on Mount Zion
and on its hill.(Z)

5 Like hovering birds,
so the Lord of Armies will protect Jerusalem;(AA)
by protecting it, he will rescue it;
by passing over it, he will deliver it.

6 Return to the one the Israelites have greatly rebelled against.(AB) 7 For on that day, every one of you will reject the worthless idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.(AC)

8 Then Assyria will fall,
but not by human sword;
a sword will devour him,
but not one made by man.(AD)
He will flee from the sword;
his young men will be put to forced labor.(AE)

9 His rock[d] will pass away because of fear,(AF)
and his officers will be afraid because of the signal flag.(AG)

This is the Lord’s declaration—whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.(AH)

The Righteous Kingdom Announced

32 Indeed, a king will reign righteously,
and rulers will rule justly.(AI)

2 Each will be like a shelter from the wind,
a refuge from the rain,(AJ)
like flowing streams(AK) in a dry land
and the shade of a massive rock in an arid land.
3 Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will listen.(AL)
4 The reckless mind will gain knowledge,
and the stammering tongue(AM) will speak clearly and fluently.
5 A fool will no longer be called a noble,(AN)
nor a scoundrel said to be important.
6 For a fool speaks foolishness
and his mind plots iniquity.
He lives in a godless way
and speaks falsely about the Lord.
He leaves the hungry empty
and deprives the thirsty of drink.(AO)

7 The scoundrel’s weapons are destructive;
he hatches plots to destroy the needy with lies,
even when the poor person says what is right.
8 But a noble person plans noble things;
he stands up for noble causes.
9 Stand up, you complacent women;(AP)
listen to me.
Pay attention to what I say,
you overconfident daughters.
10 In a little more than a year
you overconfident ones will shudder,
for the grapes will fail
and the harvest will not come.
11 Shudder, you complacent ones;
tremble, you overconfident ones!
Strip yourselves bare(AQ)
and put sackcloth around your waists.
12 Beat your breasts in mourning(AR)
for the delightful fields and the fruitful vines,(AS)
13 for the ground of my people
growing thorns and briers,(AT)
indeed, for every joyous house in the jubilant city.

14 For the palace will be deserted,
the busy city abandoned.
The hill and the watchtower will become
barren places forever,
the joy of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for flocks,
15 until the Spirit[e] from on high is poured out on us.(AU)
Then the desert will become an orchard,
and the orchard will seem like a forest.(AV)
16 Then justice will inhabit the wilderness,
and righteousness will dwell in the orchard.

17 The result of righteousness will be peace;(AW)
the effect of righteousness
will be quiet confidence forever.
18 Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place,
in safe and secure dwellings.
19 But hail will level the forest,[f](AX)
and the city will sink into the depths.(AY)
20 You will be happy as you sow seed
beside abundant water,(AZ)
and as you let oxen and donkeys range freely.(BA)

The Lord Rises Up

33 Woe, you destroyer never destroyed,
you traitor never betrayed!
When you have finished destroying,
you will be destroyed.
When you have finished betraying,
they will betray you.(BB)
2 Lord, be gracious to us! We wait for you.(BC)
Be our strength every morning
and our salvation in time of trouble.(BD)
3 The peoples flee at the thunderous noise;(BE)
the nations scatter when you rise in your majesty.
4 Your spoil will be gathered as locusts are gathered;
people will swarm over it like an infestation of locusts.
5 The Lord is exalted, for he dwells on high;
he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 There will be times of security for you—
a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.
The fear of the Lord is Zion’s treasure.(BF)
7 Listen! Their warriors cry loudly in the streets;
the messengers of peace weep bitterly.(BG)

8 The highways are deserted;
travel has ceased.
An agreement has been broken,(BH)
cities[g] despised,
and human life disregarded.
9 The land mourns and withers;(BI)
Lebanon is ashamed and wilted.
Sharon is like a desert;
Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

Footnotes:

  1. 30:20 Or teachers
  2. 30:27 Hb obscure
  3. 30:32 Some Hb mss read punishing
  4. 31:9 Perhaps the Assyrian king
  5. 32:15 Or a wind
  6. 32:19 Hb obscure
  7. 33:8 DSS read witnesses

Cross references:

  1. 30:13 : Is 13:11
  2. 30:14 : Ps 2:9; Jr 19:10–11
  3. 30:16 : Is 31:1,3
  4. 30:17 : Lv 26:36; Dt 28:25; 32:30; Jos 23:10; Pr 28:1
  5. 30:18 : 2Pt 3:9
  6. 30:20 : 1Kg 22:27; Ps 80:5
  7. 30:21 : Is 35:8–9
  8. 30:23 : Ps 144:13; Is 32:20; Hs 4:16
  9. 30:24 : Mt 3:12
  10. 30:26 : Is 24:23; 60:19–20; Rv 21:23; 22:5
  11. 30:26 : Mt 25:13
  12. 30:26 : Is 33:24; Jr 33:6; Hs 6:1–2
  13. 30:28 : Is 11:4; 30:33; 2Th 2:8
  14. 30:28 : Is 8:8
  15. 30:28 : 2Kg 19:28; Is 37:29
  16. 30:29 : Is 8:14; 26:4
  17. 30:30 : Ex 6:6; Dt 4:34; Jb 40:9; Is 53:1; Jr 32:17; Ezk 20:33
  18. 30:33 : 2Kg 23:10; Jr 7:31; 19:6
  19. 30:33 : Is 40:7
  20. 31:1 : Is 30:2,7; 36:6
  21. 31:1 : Dt 17:16; Ps 20:7; 33:17; Is 2:7; 30:16; 36:9
  22. 31:1 : Is 9:13; 17:7–8; Dn 9:13; Am 5:4–8
  23. 31:2 : Is 45:7
  24. 31:2 : Nm 23:19; Is 22:14; Jr 44:29
  25. 31:4 : Nm 24:9; Hs 11:10; Am 3:8
  26. 31:4 : Is 42:13; Zch 12:8
  27. 31:5 : Dt 32:11; Ps 91:4
  28. 31:6 : Is 1:5; 59:13
  29. 31:7 : Is 2:20; 30:22
  30. 31:8 : Is 37:7,36–38
  31. 31:8 : Gn 49:15; Is 14:2
  32. 31:9 : Dt 32:31,37
  33. 31:9 : Is 5:26; 13:2; Jr 4:6,21; 51:12,27
  34. 31:9 : Lv 10:2; Is 10:17; 30:33
  35. 32:1 : Ps 72:1–4; Is 9:6–7; 11:4–5; Jr 23:5; Zch 9:9; 14:9
  36. 32:2 : Is 4:6; 25:4
  37. 32:2 : Is 30:25
  38. 32:3 : Is 6:10; 29:18
  39. 32:4 : Is 33:19
  40. 32:5 : Ps 107:40; 118:9; 146:3
  41. 32:6 : Is 3:15; 10:2
  42. 32:9 : Is 47:8; Am 6:1; Zph 2:15
  43. 32:11 : Is 47:2–3
  44. 32:12 : Nah 2:7
  45. 32:12 : Mk 14:25
  46. 32:13 : Is 5:6; 7:23–25; 9:18; 27:4
  47. 32:15 : Is 11:2; 44:3; 59:21; Ezk 39:29; Jl 2:28
  48. 32:15 : Is 29:17; 35:1–2
  49. 32:17 : Ps 72:2–3; 85:8; 119:165; Is 2:4; Rm 14:17; Jms 3:18
  50. 32:19 : Is 28:2,17; 30:30
  51. 32:19 : Is 24:10,12; 26:5; 27:10; 29:4
  52. 32:20 : Nm 24:7; Ec 11:1; Is 30:23–24
  53. 32:20 : Is 30:24
  54. 33:1 : 2Kg 18:14–36; Is 17:14; 21:2
  55. 33:2 : Is 25:9; 26:8
  56. 33:2 : Ex 15:2; Ps 28:8; Is 12:2; 17:10; 51:5
  57. 33:3 : Is 17:13; 21:15
  58. 33:6 : Is 11:2–3; Ac 9:31
  59. 33:7 : 2Kg 18:18,37; Is 36:3,22
  60. 33:8 : 2Kg 18:14–17; Is 24:5
  61. 33:9 : Is 3:26; 24:4; 29:2
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Galatians 5:1-12

Freedom of the Christian

5 For freedom, Christ set us free. Stand firm,(A) then, and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.(B) 2 Take note! I, Paul, am telling you that if you get yourselves circumcised, Christ will not benefit you at all. 3 Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to do the entire law. 4 You who are trying to be justified by the law are alienated from Christ; you have fallen from grace.(C) 5 For we eagerly await(D) through the Spirit, by faith, the hope(E) of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith(F) working through love.(G)

7 You were running well. Who prevented you from obeying the truth?(H) 8 This persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.(I) 9 A little leaven[a] leavens the whole batch of dough. 10 I myself am persuaded in the Lord you will not accept any other view. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty.(J) 11 Now brothers and sisters, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross(K) has been abolished. 12 I wish those who are disturbing you might also let themselves be mutilated!

Footnotes:

  1. 5:9 Or yeast

Cross references:

  1. 5:1 : Rm 14:4; Php 1:27
  2. 5:1 : Gl 4:22
  3. 5:4 : 2Pt 3:18
  4. 5:5 : Jd 21
  5. 5:5 : Rm 8:23–25; 1Th 1:3
  6. 5:6 : 1Th 1:3
  7. 5:6 : 1Co 13:1; Jms 2:18–22
  8. 5:7 : Jn 8:14; 1Jn 5:20
  9. 5:8 : Col 3:15; 1Pt 1:15
  10. 5:10 : Mk 12:40
  11. 5:11 : Lk 9:23
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Psalm 63

Psalm 63

Praise God Who Satisfies

A psalm of David. When he was in the Wilderness of Judah.(A)

1 God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you.
I thirst for you;
my body faints for you
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.(B)
2 So I gaze on you in the sanctuary
to see your strength and your glory.(C)

3 My lips will glorify you
because your faithful love is better than life.(D)
4 So I will bless you as long as I live;
at your name, I will lift up my hands.(E)
5 You satisfy me as with rich food;[a](F)
my mouth will praise you with joyful lips.(G)

6 When I think of you as I lie on my bed,
I meditate on you during the night watches(H)
7 because you are my helper;(I)
I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.(J)
8 I follow close to you;
your right hand holds on to me.(K)

9 But those who intend to destroy my life
will go into the depths of the earth.(L)
10 They will be given over to the power of the sword;(M)
they will become a meal for jackals.
11 But the king will rejoice in God;(N)
all who swear by him will boast,
for the mouths of liars will be shut.(O)

Footnotes:

  1. 63:5 Lit with fat and fatness

Cross references:

  1. 63:0 : 2Sm 16:14; 17:2,29
  2. 63:1 : Ps 42:2; Is 26:9
  3. 63:2 : Jb 19:26–27; Ps 17:15; 27:4
  4. 63:3 : Ps 69:16
  5. 63:4 : Ps 28:2; 143:6; Lm 3:41
  6. 63:5 : Ps 36:8
  7. 63:5 : Ps 71:23
  8. 63:6 : Ps 77:6; 119:148
  9. 63:7 : Ps 27:9; 40:17
  10. 63:7 : Ps 17:8; 36:7; 57:1
  11. 63:8 : Ps 18:35
  12. 63:9 : Ps 55:15; Ezk 26:20; 31:14–18
  13. 63:10 : Jr 18:21; Ezk 35:5
  14. 63:11 : Ps 21:1
  15. 63:11 : Ps 107:42; Rm 3:19
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Proverbs 23:22

22 Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when[a] she is old.(A)

Footnotes:

  1. 23:22 Or because

Cross references:

  1. 23:22 : Pr 1:8; 15:20; Eph 6:1
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday September 18, 2024 (NIV)

Isaiah 28:14-30:11

A Deal with Death

14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord,(A) you scoffers(B)
who rule this people in Jerusalem.
15 For you said, “We have made a covenant with Death,
and we have an agreement with Sheol;
when the overwhelming catastrophe[a] passes through,(C)
it will not touch us,
because we have made falsehood our refuge
and have hidden behind treachery.”
16 Therefore the Lord God said:
“Look, I have laid a stone(D) in Zion,
a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;(E)
the one who believes will be unshakable.[b](F)
17 And I will make justice the measuring line
and righteousness the mason’s level.”(G)
Hail will sweep away the false refuge,
and water will flood your hiding place.
18 Your covenant with Death will be dissolved,
and your agreement with Sheol will not last.
When the overwhelming catastrophe passes through,
you will be trampled.
19 Every time it passes through,
it will carry you away;
it will pass through every morning—
every day and every night.
Only terror(H) will cause you
to understand the message.[c]
20 Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on,
and its cover too small to wrap up in.
21 For the Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim.(I)
He will rise in wrath, as at the Valley of Gibeon,(J)
to do his work, his unexpected work,
and to perform his task, his unfamiliar task.
22 So now, do not scoff,
or your shackles will become stronger.
Indeed, I have heard from the Lord God of Armies
a decree of destruction for the whole land.(K)

God’s Wonderful Advice

23 Listen and hear my voice.
Pay attention and hear what I say.
24 Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed?
Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?
25 When he has leveled its surface,
does he not then scatter black cumin and sow cumin?
He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots,
with spelt as their border.
26 His God teaches him order;
he instructs him.
27 Certainly black cumin is not threshed
with a threshing board,
and a cart wheel is not rolled over the cumin.
But black cumin is beaten out with a stick,
and cumin with a rod.
28 Bread grain is crushed,
but is not threshed endlessly.
Though the wheel of the farmer’s cart rumbles,
his horses do not crush it.
29 This also comes from the Lord of Armies.
He gives wondrous advice;
he gives great wisdom.(L)

Woe to Jerusalem

29 Woe to Ariel,[d] Ariel,
the city where David camped!(M)
Continue year after year;
let the festivals recur.
2 I will oppress Ariel,
and there will be mourning and crying,
and she will be to me like an Ariel.
3 I will camp in a circle around you;
I will besiege you with earth ramps,
and I will set up my siege towers against you.
4 You will be brought down;
you will speak from the ground,
and your words will come from low in the dust.
Your voice will be like that of a spirit from the ground;(N)
your speech will whisper from the dust.

5 Your many foes[e] will be like fine dust,(O)
and many of the ruthless, like blowing chaff.
Then suddenly, in an instant,(P)
6 you will be punished by the Lord of Armies
with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise,
storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.(Q)
7 All the many nations(R)
going out to battle against Ariel—
all the attackers, the siege works against her,
and those who oppress her—
will then be like a dream, a vision in the night.(S)
8 It will be like a hungry one who dreams he is eating,
then wakes and is still hungry;
and like a thirsty one who dreams he is drinking,
then wakes and is still thirsty, longing for water.
So it will be for all the many nations
who go to battle against Mount Zion.

9 Stop and be astonished;
blind yourselves and be blind!
They are drunk,[f] but not with wine;
they stagger,[g] but not with beer.(T)
10 For the Lord has poured out on you
an overwhelming urge to[h] sleep;(U)
he has shut your eyes (the prophets)
and covered your heads (the seers).(V)

11 For you the entire vision will be like the words of a sealed document.(W) If it is given to one who can read and he is asked to read it,[i] he will say, “I can’t read it, because it is sealed.” 12 And if the document is given to one who cannot read and he is asked to read it,[j] he will say, “I can’t read.”

13 The Lord said:

These people approach me with their speeches(X)
to honor me with lip-service,[k]
yet their hearts are far from me,
and human rules direct their worship of me.[l]
14 Therefore, I will again confound these people
with wonder after wonder.(Y)
The wisdom of their wise will vanish,(Z)
and the perception of their perceptive will be hidden.

15 Woe to those who go to great lengths
to hide their plans from the Lord.(AA)
They do their works in the dark,
and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?” (AB)
16 You have turned things around,
as if the potter were the same as the clay.
How can what is made say about its maker,
“He didn’t make me”?(AC)
How can what is formed
say about the one who formed it,
“He doesn’t understand what he’s doing”?

17 Isn’t it true that in just a little while
Lebanon will become an orchard,
and the orchard will seem like a forest?(AD)
18 On that day the deaf will hear(AE)
the words of a document,
and out of a deep darkness
the eyes of the blind will see.
19 The humble will have joy
after joy in the Lord,
and the poor people will rejoice(AF)
in the Holy One of Israel.(AG)
20 For the ruthless one will vanish,
the scorner will disappear,(AH)
and all those who lie in wait with evil intent
will be killed—
21 those who, with their speech,
accuse a person of wrongdoing,
who set a trap for the one mediating at the city gate
and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.(AI)

22 Therefore, the Lord who redeemed Abraham(AJ) says this about the house of Jacob:

Jacob will no longer be ashamed,
and his face will no longer be pale.
23 For when he sees his children,
the work of my hands within his nation,
they will honor my name,
they will honor the Holy One of Jacob(AK)
and stand in awe of the God of Israel.(AL)
24 Those who are confused will gain understanding,
and those who grumble will accept instruction.

Condemnation of the Egyptian Alliance

30 Woe to the rebellious children!(AM)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They carry out a plan,(AN) but not mine;
they make an alliance,
but against my will,
piling sin on top of sin.
2 Without asking my advice
they set out to go down to Egypt(AO)
in order to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection
and take refuge in Egypt’s shadow.(AP)
3 But Pharaoh’s protection will become your shame,
and refuge in Egypt’s shadow your humiliation.(AQ)
4 For though his[m] princes are at Zoan(AR)
and his messengers reach as far as Hanes,
5 everyone will be ashamed
because of a people who can’t help.
They are of no benefit, they are no help;
they are good for nothing but shame and disgrace.(AS)

6 A pronouncement(AT) concerning the animals of the Negev:[n]

Through a land of trouble and distress,
of lioness and lion,
of viper and flying serpent,(AU)
they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people who will not help them.
7 Egypt’s help is completely worthless;
therefore, I call her:
Rahab Who Just Sits.(AV)

8 Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence
and inscribe it on a scroll;
it will be for the future,
forever and ever.
9 They are a rebellious people,
deceptive children,(AW)
children who do not want to listen to the Lord’s instruction.
10 They say to the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets,
“Do not prophesy the truth to us.
Tell us flattering things.(AX)
Prophesy illusions.
11 Get out of the way!
Leave the pathway.
Rid us of the Holy One of Israel.”(AY)

Footnotes:

  1. 28:15 Or whip; Hb obscure, also in v. 18
  2. 28:16 Lit will not hurry
  3. 28:19 Or The understanding of the message will cause sheer terror
  4. 29:1 Or Altar Hearth, or Lion of God; Hb obscure, also in v. 2
  5. 29:5 Lit foreigners
  6. 29:9 LXX, Tg, Vg read Be drunk
  7. 29:9 Tg, Vg read wine; stagger
  8. 29:10 Lit you a spirit of
  9. 29:11 Lit If one gives it to one who knows the document, saying, “Read this, please”
  10. 29:12 Lit who does not know the document, saying, “Read this, please”
  11. 29:13 Lit their mouth and honor me with its lips
  12. 29:13 Lit their fearing of me is a taught command of men
  13. 30:4 Or Judah’s
  14. 30:6 Or Southland

Cross references:

  1. 28:14 : Is 1:10; 39:5,8; 66:5
  2. 28:14 : Is 29:20
  3. 28:15 : Is 8:7–8
  4. 28:16 : Is 8:14; 26:4
  5. 28:16 : Mt 21:42; Mk 12:10; Lk 20:17; Ac 4:11; 1Co 3:11; Eph 2:20
  6. 28:16 : Rm 9:33; 1Pt 2:6
  7. 28:17 : 2Kg 21:13; Is 5:16; 30:18; 61:8; Am 7:7–9
  8. 28:19 : 2Ch 29:8; Jr 15:4; 24:9; 29:18
  9. 28:21 : 2Sm 5:20; 1Ch 14:11
  10. 28:21 : Jos 10:10,12; 2Sm 5:25; 1Ch 14:16
  11. 28:22 : Is 10:22–23; Rm 9:27–28
  12. 28:29 : Is 9:6; Jr 32:19
  13. 29:1 : 2Sm 5:9
  14. 29:4 : Is 8:19
  15. 29:5 : Is 17:13; 41:15–16
  16. 29:5 : Is 17:14; 30:13; 47:11; 1Th 5:3
  17. 29:6 : Ex 9:23; 19:16,19; 20:18; 1Sm 2:10; 12:18; Jb 40:9; Ps 77:18; Zch 14:5; Rv 4:5; 11:13
  18. 29:7 : Mc 4:11–12; Zch 12:9
  19. 29:7 : Jb 20:8; Ps 73:20; Is 17:14
  20. 29:9 : Lk 1:15
  21. 29:10 : Ps 69:23; Is 6:9–10; Mc 3:6
  22. 29:10 : Rm 11:8
  23. 29:11 : Is 8:16; Dn 12:4,9; Mt 13:11; Rv 5:1
  24. 29:13 : Ezk 33:31; Mt 15:8–9; Mk 7:6–7
  25. 29:14 : Is 6:9–10; 28:21; 65:7; Hab 1:5
  26. 29:14 : Is 44:25; Jr 8:9; 49:7; 1Co 1:19
  27. 29:15 : Ps 10:11,13; Is 28:15; 30:1
  28. 29:15 : Jb 22:13; Is 57:12; Ezk 8:12
  29. 29:16 : Rm 9:20
  30. 29:17 : Ps 84:6; 107:33,35; Is 32:15
  31. 29:18 : Is 35:5; 42:18–19; 43:8; Mt 11:5; Mk 7:37
  32. 29:19 : Ps 69:32; Is 49:13
  33. 29:19 : Is 1:4
  34. 29:20 : Is 28:14
  35. 29:21 : Is 32:7; Am 5:10,12
  36. 29:22 : Is 41:8; 51:2; 63:16
  37. 29:23 : 2Sm 23:1; Ps 24:6; 76:6; 114:7; Is 2:3
  38. 29:23 : Is 5:16; 8:13
  39. 30:1 : Dt 21:18–21; Is 1:2,23; 30:9; 65:2
  40. 30:1 : Is 29:15
  41. 30:2 : Is 31:1; Jr 43:7
  42. 30:2 : Is 36:9
  43. 30:3 : Is 20:5–6; 36:6; Jr 42:18,22
  44. 30:4 : Is 19:11
  45. 30:5 : Jr 2:36
  46. 30:6 : Is 13:1
  47. 30:6 : Dt 8:15
  48. 30:7 : Ps 87:4; 89:10; Is 51:9; Ezk 29:3,7
  49. 30:9 : Is 30:1
  50. 30:10 : 1Kg 22:8,13; Jr 6:14; 23:17,26; Ezk 13:8–16; Rm 16:18; 2Tm 4:3–4
  51. 30:11 : Is 1:4; 41:14–20; 43:14; 45:11; 48:17; 49:7; 54:5; 55:5; 60:9,14
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Galatians 3:23-4:31

23 Before this faith(A) came, we were confined under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith was revealed.(B) 24 The law, then, was our guardian until Christ,(C) so that we could be justified by faith. 25 But since that faith(D) has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for through faith you are all sons of God in Christ Jesus.

Sons and Heirs

27 For those of you who were baptized into Christ have been clothed with Christ.(E) 28 There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free,(F) male and female;(G) since you are all one(H) in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs(I) according to the promise.(J)

4 Now I say that as long as the heir(K) is a child, he differs in no way from a slave, though he is the owner(L) of everything. 2 Instead, he is under guardians and trustees until the time set by his father. 3 In the same way we also, when we were children, were in slavery under the elements[a] of the world.(M) 4 When the time came to completion, God sent his Son,(N) born of a woman,(O) born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.(P) 6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son(Q) into our[b] hearts, crying, “Abba,[c] Father!” (R) 7 So you are no longer a slave(S) but a son,(T) and if a son, then God has made you an heir.(U)

Paul’s Concern for the Galatians

8 But in the past, since you didn’t know God,(V) you were enslaved to things[d] that by nature are not gods. 9 But now, since you know God,(W) or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless(X) elements?(Y) Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again? 10 You are observing special days, months, seasons, and years.(Z) 11 I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.

12 I beg you, brothers and sisters: Become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have not wronged me; 13 you know[e] that previously I preached the gospel to you because of a weakness of the flesh. 14 You did not despise or reject me though my physical condition was a trial for you.[f] On the contrary, you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus himself.

15 Where, then, is your blessing? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me. 16 So then, have I become your enemy because I told you the truth?(AA) 17 They court you eagerly, but not for good. They want to exclude you from me, so that you would pursue them. 18 But it is always good to be pursued[g] in a good manner—and not just when I am with you. 19 My children,(AB) I am again suffering labor pains(AC) for you until Christ is formed in you. 20 I would like to be with you right now and change my tone of voice, because I don’t know what to do about you.

Sarah and Hagar: Two Covenants

21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, don’t you hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham(AD) had two sons, one by a slave(AE) and the other by a free woman. 23 But the one by the slave was born as a result of the flesh, while the one by the free woman was born through promise. 24 These things are being taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai(AF) and bears children into slavery—this is Hagar.(AG) 25 Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia(AH) and corresponds to the present Jerusalem,(AI) for she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem above(AJ) is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written,(AK)

Rejoice, childless woman,(AL)
unable to give birth.
Burst into song and shout,
you who are not in labor,
for the children of the desolate woman will be many,
more numerous than those
of the woman who has a husband.[h](AM)

28 Now you too, brothers and sisters, like Isaac,(AN) are children of promise.(AO) 29 But just as then the child born as a result of the flesh persecuted the one born as a result of the Spirit,(AP) so also now.(AQ) 30 But what does the Scripture say? “Drive out the slave and her son, for the son of the slave will never be a coheir with the son of the free woman.”[i](AR) 31 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of a slave but of the free woman.(AS)

Footnotes:

  1. 4:3 Or spirits, or principles
  2. 4:6 Other mss read your
  3. 4:6 Aramaic for father
  4. 4:8 Or beings
  5. 4:12–13 Or 12 Become like I am, because I—inasmuch as you are brothers and sisters—am not requesting anything of you. You wronged me. 13 You know
  6. 4:14 Other mss read me
  7. 4:18 Lit zealously courted
  8. 4:27 Is 54:1
  9. 4:30 Gn 21:10

Cross references:

  1. 3:23 : Jd 3
  2. 3:23 : Lk 10:21
  3. 3:24 : Mt 5:17; Col 2:17; Heb 9:10
  4. 3:25 : Jd 3
  5. 3:27 : Pr 31:25
  6. 3:28 : Jn 8:33
  7. 3:28 : Rm 10:12; 1Co 12:13; Gl 5:6
  8. 3:28 : Jn 17:11
  9. 3:29 : Rm 4:14; 8:17
  10. 3:29 : Rm 4:13
  11. 4:1 : Nm 26:52–62
  12. 4:1 : Col 3:22
  13. 4:3 : Rm 7:6; 2Pt 2:20
  14. 4:4 : Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2
  15. 4:4 : Gn 3:15; Lk 2:7; Php 2:7
  16. 4:5 : Dt 14:1; Mt 5:9
  17. 4:6 : Ac 16:7; Rm 5:5,20; 8:9,16; 2Co 3:17
  18. 4:6 : Mk 14:36; Rm 8:15
  19. 4:7 : Mt 10:24; Rv 1:1
  20. 4:7 : Dt 14:1; Mt 5:9
  21. 4:7 : Nm 26:52–62; Rm 4:14; 8:17
  22. 4:8 : Jn 7:28; Php 3:8
  23. 4:9 : Pr 2:6; Php 3:8
  24. 4:9 : Mk 14:17; Rm 15:26
  25. 4:9 : Col 2:8
  26. 4:10 : Rm 14:5; Col 2:16
  27. 4:16 : Eph 4:15
  28. 4:19 : 1Th 2:11
  29. 4:19 : 1Co 4:15; Jms 1:18
  30. 4:22 : Gn 16:15; Jn 8:37; Heb 2:16
  31. 4:22 : Rm 8:15,21; Heb 2:15
  32. 4:24 : Ex 16:1
  33. 4:24 : Gn 16:1
  34. 4:25 : Is 21:13; Jr 25:24; Ezk 27:21; Gl 1:17
  35. 4:25 : Mt 23:37; Ac 8:1
  36. 4:26 : Heb 12:22; Rv 3:12; 21:2,10
  37. 4:27 : Ac 15:15
  38. 4:27 : Gn 11:30; Lk 1:7
  39. 4:27 : Is 54:1
  40. 4:28 : Ps 105:9; Jms 2:21
  41. 4:28 : Gn 12:7; Rm 9:8; Gl 3:29
  42. 4:29 : Ps 51:11; Jn 1:33; Ac 2:4; Rm 8:9; Gl 5:25; Ti 3:5; Rv 3:22
  43. 4:29 : Gn 21:9
  44. 4:30 : Gn 21:10
  45. 4:31 : 1Pt 3:6
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Psalm 62

Psalm 62

Trust in God Alone

For the choir director: according to Jeduthun.(A) A psalm of David.

1 I am at rest in God alone;
my salvation comes from him.(B)
2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,(C)
my stronghold; I will never be shaken.(D)

3 How long will you threaten a man?
Will all of you attack[a]
as if he were a leaning wall
or a tottering fence?(E)
4 They only plan to bring him down
from his high position.
They take pleasure in lying;
they bless with their mouths,
but they curse inwardly.(F)Selah

5 Rest in God alone, my soul,
for my hope comes from him.(G)
6 He alone is my rock and my salvation,(H)
my stronghold; I will not be shaken.(I)
7 My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock.
My refuge is in God.(J)
8 Trust in him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts before him.
God is our refuge.(K)Selah

9 Common people are only a vapor;
important people, an illusion.
Together on a scale,
they weigh less than[b] a vapor.(L)
10 Place no trust in oppression
or false hope in robbery.(M)
If wealth increases,
don’t set your heart on it.(N)

11 God has spoken once;
I have heard this twice:
strength belongs to God,(O)
12 and faithful love belongs to you, Lord.
For you repay each according to his works.(P)

Footnotes:

  1. 62:3 Some Hb mss read you be struck down
  2. 62:9 Lit they go up more than

Cross references:

  1. 62:0 : Ps 39
  2. 62:1 : Ps 33:20; 37:39
  3. 62:1–2 : Dt 32:15; 2Sm 22:47
  4. 62:2 : Ps 37:24; 55:22
  5. 62:3 : Is 30:13
  6. 62:4 : Ps 4:2; 55:21
  7. 62:5 : Ps 71:5
  8. 62:6 : Ps 89:26; 95:1
  9. 62:6 : Ps 16:8; 21:7
  10. 62:7 : Ps 18:2
  11. 62:8 : Ps 91:2; 118:8–9
  12. 62:9 : Ps 39:5–6,11; Ec 1:2; Is 40:17
  13. 62:10 : Pr 22:16
  14. 62:10 : Jb 31:24–25; Pr 11:28; Mk 4:19; 1Tm 6:10,17–19
  15. 62:11 : Jb 40:5
  16. 62:12 : Mt 16:27; Rm 2:6; Rv 22:12
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Proverbs 23:19-21

19 Listen, my son, and be wise;
keep your mind on the right course.
20 Don’t associate with those who drink too much wine(A)
or with those who gorge themselves on meat.(B)
21 For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor,
and grogginess will clothe them in rags.(C)

Cross references:

  1. 23:20 : Pr 20:1; 23:29–30; Is 5:22; Mt 24:49; Lk 21:34; Rm 13:13; Eph 5:18
  2. 23:20 : Pr 28:7
  3. 23:21 : Pr 6:10–11
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Isaiah 25:1-28:13

Salvation and Judgment on That Day

25 Lord, you are my God;(A)
I will exalt you. I will praise your name,
for you have accomplished wonders,
plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
2 For you have turned the city into a pile of rocks,(B)
a fortified city, into ruins;
the fortress of barbarians(C) is no longer a city;
it will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore, a strong people will honor you.
The cities of violent nations will fear you.
4 For you have been a stronghold for the poor person,
a stronghold for the needy(D) in his distress,
a refuge from storms and a shade from heat.(E)
When the breath of the violent
is like a storm against a wall,
5 like heat in a dry land,
you will subdue the uproar of barbarians.
As the shade of a cloud cools the heat of the day,
so he will silence the song of the violent.

6 On this mountain,[a](F)
the Lord of Armies will prepare for all the peoples a feast of choice meat,(G)
a feast with aged wine, prime cuts of choice meat,[b] fine vintage wine.
7 On this mountain
he will swallow up the burial shroud,
the shroud over all the peoples,
the sheet covering all the nations.(H)
8 When he has swallowed up death once and for all,(I)
the Lord God will wipe away the tears
from every face(J)
and remove his people’s disgrace(K)
from the whole earth,
for the Lord has spoken.

9 On that day it will be said,
“Look, this is our God;
we have waited for him, and he has saved us.
This is the Lord; we have waited for him.
Let’s rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”(L)
10 For the Lord’s power will rest on this mountain.
But Moab(M) will be trampled in his place[c]
as straw is trampled in a dung pile.

11 He will spread out his arms in the middle of it,
as a swimmer spreads out his arms to swim.
His pride will be brought low,
along with the trickery of his hands.(N)
12 The high-walled fortress will be brought down,
thrown to the ground, to the dust.(O)

The Song of Judah

26 On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

We have a strong city.
Salvation is established as walls and ramparts.(P)
2 Open the gates
so a righteous nation can come in—
one that remains faithful.
3 You will keep the mind that is dependent on you
in perfect peace,(Q)
for it is trusting in you.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
because in the Lord, the Lord himself, is an everlasting rock!(R)
5 For he has humbled those who live in lofty places—
an inaccessible city.(S)
He brings it down; he brings it down to the ground;
he throws it to the dust.
6 Feet trample it,
the feet of the humble,
the steps of the poor.

God’s People Vindicated

7 The path of the righteous is level;(T)
you clear a straight path for the righteous.
8 Yes, Lord, we wait for you
in the path of your judgments.
Our desire is for your name and renown.(U)
9 I long for you in the night;(V)
yes, my spirit within me diligently seeks you,
for when your judgments are in the land,
the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
10 But if the wicked man is shown favor,
he does not learn righteousness.
In a righteous land he acts unjustly
and does not see the majesty of the Lord.
11 Lord, your hand is lifted up to take action,
but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people
and be put to shame.
Let fire consume your adversaries.
12 Lord, you will establish peace for us,
for you have also done all our work for us.
13 Lord our God, lords other than you have owned[d] us,
but we remember your name alone.(W)

14 The dead do not live;
departed spirits do not rise up.
Indeed, you have punished and destroyed them;
you have wiped out all memory of them.(X)
15 You have added to the nation, Lord.(Y)
You have added to the nation; you are honored.
You have expanded all the borders of the land.(Z)
16 Lord, they went to you in their distress;(AA)
they poured out whispered prayers
because your discipline fell on them.[e]
17 As a pregnant woman about to give birth
writhes and cries out in her pains,(AB)
so we were before you, Lord.
18 We became pregnant, we writhed in pain;
we gave birth to wind.
We have won no victories on earth,
and the earth’s inhabitants have not fallen.

19 Your dead will live; their bodies[f] will rise.(AC)
Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!
For you will be covered with the morning dew,[g]
and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.

20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
and close your doors behind you.
Hide for a little while until the wrath has passed.(AD)
21 For look, the Lord is coming from his place(AE)
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.(AF)
The earth will reveal the blood shed on it
and will no longer conceal her slain.

Leviathan Slain

27 On that day the Lord with his relentless, large, strong sword will bring judgment on Leviathan,(AG) the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.(AH)

The Lord’s Vineyard

2 On that day
sing about a desirable vineyard:(AI)
3 I am the Lord, who watches over it
to water it regularly.
So that no one disturbs it,
I watch over it night and day.
4 I am not angry.
If only there were thorns and briers(AJ) for me to battle,
I would trample them
and burn them to the ground.
5 Or let it take hold of my strength;
let it make peace with me—
make peace with me.
6 In days to come, Jacob will take root.(AK)
Israel will blossom and bloom(AL)
and fill the whole world with fruit.

7 Did the Lord strike Israel
as he struck the one who struck Israel?(AM)
Was Israel killed like those killed by the Lord?
8 You disputed with Israel
by banishing and driving her away.[h]
He removed her with his severe storm
on the day of the east wind.
9 Therefore Jacob’s iniquity(AN) will be atoned for in this way,
and the result of the removal of his sin will be this:(AO)
when he makes all the altar stones
like crushed bits of chalk,
no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
10 For the fortified city will be desolate,
pastures deserted and abandoned like a wilderness.
Calves will graze there,
and there they will spread out and strip its branches.
11 When its branches dry out, they will be broken off.
Women will come and make fires with them,
for they are not a people with understanding.(AP)
Therefore their Maker(AQ) will not have compassion on them,
and their Creator will not be gracious to them.

12 On that day(AR)
the Lord will thresh grain from the Euphrates River
as far as the Wadi of Egypt,(AS)
and you Israelites will be gathered one by one.
13 On that day
a great ram’s horn(AT) will be blown,
and those lost in the land of Assyria will come,
as well as those dispersed in the land of Egypt;
and they will worship the Lord
at Jerusalem on the holy mountain.

Woe to Samaria

28 Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards,(AU)
and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendor,
which is on the summit above the rich valley.
Woe to those overcome with wine.
2 Look, the Lord has a strong and mighty one(AV)—
like a devastating hail storm,
like a storm with strong flooding water.
He will bring it across the land with his hand.
3 The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards
will be trampled underfoot.
4 The fading flower of his beautiful splendor,
which is on the summit above the rich valley,
will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest.(AW)
Whoever sees it will swallow it
while it is still in his hand.
5 On that day
the Lord of Armies will become a crown of beauty
and a diadem of splendor(AX)
to the remnant of his people,
6 a spirit of justice
to the one who sits in judgment,(AY)
and strength
to those who repel attacks at the city gate.

7 Even these stagger because of wine
and stumble under the influence of beer:
Priest and prophet stagger because of beer.
They are confused by wine.(AZ)
They stumble because of beer.
They are muddled in their visions.
They stumble in their judgments.
8 Indeed, all their tables are covered with vomit;
there is no place without a stench.
9 Who is he trying to teach?
Who is he trying to instruct?
Infants[i] just weaned from milk?
Babies[j] removed from the breast?
10 “Law after law, law after law,
line after line, line after line,
a little here, a little there.”[k]
11 For he will speak to this people
with stammering speech
and in a foreign language.(BA)
12 He had said to them,
“This is the place of rest;
let the weary rest;(BB)
this is the place of repose.”
But they would not listen.

13 The word of the Lord will come to them:
“Law after law, law after law,
line after line, line after line,
a little here, a little there,”
so they go stumbling backward,
to be broken, trapped, and captured.(BC)

Footnotes:

  1. 25:6 = Mount Zion
  2. 25:6 Lit wine, fat full of marrow
  3. 25:10 Or trampled under him
  4. 26:13 Or married
  5. 26:16 Hb obscure
  6. 26:19 Lit live; my body they
  7. 26:19 Lit For your dew is a dew of lights
  8. 27:8 Hb obscure
  9. 28:9 Lit Those
  10. 28:9 Lit Those
  11. 28:10 Hb obscure, also in v. 13

Cross references:

  1. 25:1 : Ex 15:2; Ps 118:28; Is 7:13; 44:17
  2. 25:2 : Is 17:1; 26:5
  3. 25:2 : Col 3:11
  4. 25:4 : Mt 11:29
  5. 25:4 : Is 4:6; 32:2
  6. 25:6 : Is 2:2–4
  7. 25:6 : Is 24:23; Rv 19:9
  8. 25:7 : 2Co 3:15–16; Eph 4:18
  9. 25:8 : Hs 13:14; 1Co 15:54; Rv 21:4
  10. 25:8 : Is 30:19; 35:10; 51:11; 65:19; Rv 7:17; 21:4
  11. 25:8 : Ps 89:50–51; Is 51:7; 54:4; Mt 5:11; 1Pt 4:14
  12. 25:9 : Is 35:1–2,10; 66:10
  13. 25:10 : Nm 24:17; Is 15:1
  14. 25:11 : Is 2:10–12,15–17; 16:6,14
  15. 25:10–12 : Is 26:5–6
  16. 26:1 : Is 60:18
  17. 26:3 : Is 26:12; 27:5; 57:19; 66:12
  18. 26:4 : Ps 73:26; Is 17:10; 30:29; 44:8
  19. 26:5–6 : Is 25:10–12
  20. 26:7 : Ps 27:11
  21. 26:8 : Ex 3:15
  22. 26:9 : Ps 77:2; 84:2; 119:20,81
  23. 26:13 : Jn 10:25
  24. 26:14 : Jb 18:17; Ps 9:6
  25. 26:15 : Is 9:3
  26. 26:15 : Is 33:17; 54:2–3
  27. 26:16 : Is 37:3; Hs 5:15
  28. 26:17 : Is 13:8
  29. 26:19 : Is 25:8; Ezk 37:1–14; Dn 12:2; Hs 13:14; Mt 11:5; Lk 7:22; Jn 8:51
  30. 26:20 : Is 10:5,25; 13:5; 34:2; 66:14
  31. 26:21 : Mc 1:3
  32. 26:21 : Is 13:11
  33. 27:1 : Jb 3:8; 41:1,34; Ps 74:14; 104:26
  34. 27:1 : Is 51:9
  35. 27:2 : Ps 80:8; Is 5:7; Jr 2:21
  36. 27:4 : 2Sm 23:6; Is 10:17
  37. 27:6 : Is 37:31
  38. 27:6 : Is 35:1–2; Hs 14:5–6
  39. 27:7 : Is 10:12,17; 30:31–33; 31:8–9; 37:36–38
  40. 27:9 : Is 13:11
  41. 27:9 : Rm 11:27
  42. 27:11 : Ps 32:9; 49:20; Jr 4:22
  43. 27:11 : Jb 4:17; Ps 95:6; Pr 14:31; Is 17:7; 29:16; 44:2; 45:9,11; 51:13; 54:5; Hs 8:14
  44. 27:12 : Is 3:18; 7:18,20; 11:11; 24:21; Zch 12:8
  45. 27:12 : Gn 15:18
  46. 27:13 : Lv 25:9; 1Ch 15:24; Mt 24:31; 1Th 4:16; Rv 11:15
  47. 28:1 : Is 28:7; Hs 7:5
  48. 28:2 : Is 8:7; 40:10
  49. 28:4 : Hs 9:10; Mc 7:1; Nah 3:12
  50. 28:5 : Is 62:3
  51. 28:6 : 1Kg 3:28; Is 11:2; 32:1,15–16; Jn 5:30
  52. 28:7 : Is 5:11,22; 9:15; 22:13; 56:12; Hs 4:11
  53. 28:11–12 : Is 5:26–29; 33:19; 1Co 14:21
  54. 28:12 : Is 11:10; 30:15; 32:17–18; Jr 6:16; Mt 11:28–29
  55. 28:13 : Is 8:15; Mt 21:44
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Galatians 3:10-22

Law and Promise

10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse,(A) because it is written,(B) Everyone who does not do everything written in the book of the law is cursed.[a](C) 11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous will live(D) by faith.[b](E) 12 But the law is not based on faith; instead, the one who does these things will live by them.[c](F) 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us,(G) because it is written, Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.[d](H) 14 The purpose was that the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles by Christ Jesus, so that we could receive the promised Spirit through faith.(I)

15 Brothers and sisters, I’m using a human illustration. No one sets aside or makes additions to a validated human will.[e] 16 Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say “and to seeds,” as though referring to many, but referring to one, and to your seed,[f](J) who is Christ. 17 My point is this: The law, which came 430 years later,(K) does not invalidate a covenant previously established by God[g] and thus cancel the promise. 18 For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise; but God has graciously given it to Abraham through the promise.

The Purpose of the Law

19 Why, then, was the law given?(L) It was added for the sake of transgressions[h] until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come. The law was put into effect through angels(M) by means of a mediator.(N) 20 Now a mediator is not just for one person alone, but God is one.(O) 21 Is the law therefore contrary to God’s promises? Absolutely not! For if the law had been granted with the ability to give life, then righteousness would certainly be on the basis of the law. 22 But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin’s power,[i](P) so that the promise might be given on the basis of faith(Q) in Jesus Christ to those who believe.(R)

Footnotes:

  1. 3:10 Dt 27:26
  2. 3:11 Hab 2:4
  3. 3:12 Lv 18:5
  4. 3:13 Dt 21:23
  5. 3:15 Or a human covenant that has been ratified
  6. 3:16 Gn 12:7; 13:15; 17:8; 24:7
  7. 3:17 Other mss add in Christ
  8. 3:19 Or because of transgressions
  9. 3:22 Lit under sin

Cross references:

  1. 3:10 : Jms 3:10
  2. 3:10 : Ac 15:15
  3. 3:10 : Dt 27:26; Rm 4:15
  4. 3:11 : Php 1:21
  5. 3:11 : Hab 2:4
  6. 3:12 : Lv 18:5
  7. 3:13 : 1Pt 2:24
  8. 3:13 : Dt 21:23; Ac 5:30
  9. 3:14 : Rm 4:16
  10. 3:16 : Gn 12:7; 13:15; 17:8; 24:7
  11. 3:17 : Gn 15:13; Ex 12:40; Ac 7:6
  12. 3:19 : Rm 4:15; 5:20
  13. 3:19 : Gn 16:7; Mt 13:49; Lk 1:11; Ac 5:19; Rv 14:6
  14. 3:19 : Heb 8:6
  15. 3:20 : Dt 6:4
  16. 3:22 : Rm 6:23
  17. 3:22 : Rm 3:22
  18. 3:22 : Mk 11:24; Jn 3:16; Ac 10:43; Rm 10:9; 1Pt 1:8–10
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Psalm 61

Psalm 61

Security in God

For the choir director: on stringed instruments. Of David.

1 God, hear my cry;
pay attention to my prayer.(A)
2 I call to you from the ends of the earth
when my heart is without strength.(B)
Lead me to a rock that is high above me,(C)
3 for you have been a refuge for me,
a strong tower(D) in the face of the enemy.
4 I will dwell in your tent forever
and take refuge under the shelter of your wings.(E)Selah

5 God, you have heard my vows;(F)
you have given a heritage
to those who fear your name.(G)
6 Add days to the king’s life;
may his years span many generations.(H)
7 May he sit enthroned before God forever.(I)
Appoint faithful love and truth to guard him.(J)
8 Then I will continually sing of your name,(K)
fulfilling my vows day by day.(L)

Cross references:

  1. 61:1 : Ps 17:1; 88:2; 142:6
  2. 61:2 : Ps 88:4
  3. 61:2 : Ps 27:5
  4. 61:3 : Pr 18:10
  5. 61:4 : Ru 2:12; Ps 17:8; 91:4
  6. 61:5 : Jb 22:27; Ps 56:12
  7. 61:5 : Mal 4:2
  8. 61:6 : Ps 21:4
  9. 61:7 : Ps 41:12
  10. 61:7 : Ps 40:11
  11. 61:8 : Ps 7:17; 9:2; 18:49
  12. 61:8 : Ps 65:1; 116:14,18
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Proverbs 23:17-18

17 Don’t let your heart envy sinners;(A)
instead, always fear the Lord.(B)
18 For then you will have a future,
and your hope will not be dashed.(C)

Cross references:

  1. 23:17 : Ps 37:1; Pr 24:1,19
  2. 23:17 : Pr 28:14
  3. 23:18 : Ps 9:18; Pr 10:28; 24:14; Jr 29:11
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday September 16, 2024 (NIV)

Isaiah 22-24

A Prophecy About Jerusalem

22 A prophecy(A) against the Valley(B) of Vision:(C)

What troubles you now,
that you have all gone up on the roofs,(D)
2 you town so full of commotion,
you city of tumult(E) and revelry?(F)
Your slain(G) were not killed by the sword,(H)
nor did they die in battle.
3 All your leaders have fled(I) together;
they have been captured(J) without using the bow.
All you who were caught were taken prisoner together,
having fled while the enemy was still far away.
4 Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
let me weep(K) bitterly.
Do not try to console me
over the destruction of my people.”(L)

5 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, has a day(M)
of tumult and trampling(N) and terror(O)
in the Valley of Vision,(P)
a day of battering down walls(Q)
and of crying out to the mountains.
6 Elam(R) takes up the quiver,(S)
with her charioteers and horses;
Kir(T) uncovers the shield.
7 Your choicest valleys(U) are full of chariots,
and horsemen are posted at the city gates.(V)

8 The Lord stripped away the defenses of Judah,
and you looked in that day(W)
to the weapons(X) in the Palace of the Forest.(Y)
9 You saw that the walls of the City of David
were broken through(Z) in many places;
you stored up water
in the Lower Pool.(AA)
10 You counted the buildings in Jerusalem
and tore down houses(AB) to strengthen the wall.(AC)
11 You built a reservoir between the two walls(AD)
for the water of the Old Pool,(AE)
but you did not look to the One who made it,
or have regard(AF) for the One who planned(AG) it long ago.

12 The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
called you on that day(AH)
to weep(AI) and to wail,
to tear out your hair(AJ) and put on sackcloth.(AK)
13 But see, there is joy and revelry,(AL)
slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
eating of meat and drinking of wine!(AM)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
“for tomorrow we die!”(AN)

14 The Lord Almighty has revealed this in my hearing:(AO) “Till your dying day this sin will not be atoned(AP) for,” says the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

15 This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“Go, say to this steward,
to Shebna(AQ) the palace(AR) administrator:(AS)
16 What are you doing here and who gave you permission
to cut out a grave(AT) for yourself(AU) here,
hewing your grave on the height
and chiseling your resting place in the rock?

17 “Beware, the Lord is about to take firm hold of you
and hurl(AV) you away, you mighty man.
18 He will roll you up tightly like a ball
and throw(AW) you into a large country.
There you will die
and there the chariots(AX) you were so proud of
will become a disgrace to your master’s house.
19 I will depose you from your office,
and you will be ousted(AY) from your position.(AZ)

20 “In that day(BA) I will summon my servant,(BB) Eliakim(BC) son of Hilkiah. 21 I will clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash(BD) around him and hand your authority(BE) over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. 22 I will place on his shoulder(BF) the key(BG) to the house of David;(BH) what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.(BI) 23 I will drive him like a peg(BJ) into a firm place;(BK) he will become a seat[a] of honor(BL) for the house of his father. 24 All the glory of his family will hang on him: its offspring and offshoots—all its lesser vessels, from the bowls to all the jars.

25 “In that day,(BM)” declares the Lord Almighty, “the peg(BN) driven into the firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and will fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut down.” The Lord has spoken.(BO)

A Prophecy Against Tyre

23 A prophecy against Tyre:(BP)

Wail,(BQ) you ships(BR) of Tarshish!(BS)
For Tyre is destroyed(BT)
and left without house or harbor.
From the land of Cyprus
word has come to them.

2 Be silent,(BU) you people of the island
and you merchants(BV) of Sidon,(BW)
whom the seafarers have enriched.
3 On the great waters
came the grain of the Shihor;(BX)
the harvest of the Nile[b](BY) was the revenue of Tyre,(BZ)
and she became the marketplace of the nations.

4 Be ashamed, Sidon,(CA) and you fortress of the sea,
for the sea has spoken:
“I have neither been in labor nor given birth;(CB)
I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”
5 When word comes to Egypt,
they will be in anguish(CC) at the report from Tyre.(CD)

6 Cross over to Tarshish;(CE)
wail, you people of the island.
7 Is this your city of revelry,(CF)
the old, old city,
whose feet have taken her
to settle in far-off lands?
8 Who planned this against Tyre,
the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants(CG) are princes,
whose traders(CH) are renowned in the earth?
9 The Lord Almighty planned(CI) it,
to bring down(CJ) her pride in all her splendor
and to humble(CK) all who are renowned(CL) on the earth.

10 Till[c] your land as they do along the Nile,
Daughter Tarshish,
for you no longer have a harbor.
11 The Lord has stretched out his hand(CM) over the sea
and made its kingdoms tremble.(CN)
He has given an order concerning Phoenicia
that her fortresses be destroyed.(CO)
12 He said, “No more of your reveling,(CP)
Virgin Daughter(CQ) Sidon, now crushed!

“Up, cross over to Cyprus;(CR)
even there you will find no rest.”
13 Look at the land of the Babylonians,[d](CS)
this people that is now of no account!
The Assyrians(CT) have made it
a place for desert creatures;(CU)
they raised up their siege towers,(CV)
they stripped its fortresses bare
and turned it into a ruin.(CW)

14 Wail, you ships(CX) of Tarshish;(CY)
your fortress is destroyed!(CZ)

15 At that time Tyre(DA) will be forgotten for seventy years,(DB) the span of a king’s life. But at the end of these seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:

16 “Take up a harp, walk through the city,
you forgotten prostitute;(DC)
play the harp well, sing many a song,
so that you will be remembered.”

17 At the end of seventy years,(DD) the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her lucrative prostitution(DE) and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.(DF) 18 Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the Lord;(DG) they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the Lord,(DH) for abundant food and fine clothes.(DI)

The Lord’s Devastation of the Earth

24 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth(DJ)
and devastate(DK) it;
he will ruin its face
and scatter(DL) its inhabitants—
2 it will be the same
for priest as for people,(DM)
for the master as for his servant,
for the mistress as for her servant,
for seller as for buyer,(DN)
for borrower as for lender,
for debtor as for creditor.(DO)
3 The earth will be completely laid waste(DP)
and totally plundered.(DQ)
The Lord has spoken(DR) this word.

4 The earth dries up(DS) and withers,(DT)
the world languishes and withers,
the heavens(DU) languish with the earth.(DV)
5 The earth is defiled(DW) by its people;
they have disobeyed(DX) the laws,
violated the statutes
and broken the everlasting covenant.(DY)
6 Therefore a curse(DZ) consumes the earth;
its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,(EA)
and very few are left.
7 The new wine dries up(EB) and the vine withers;(EC)
all the merrymakers groan.(ED)
8 The joyful timbrels(EE) are stilled,
the noise(EF) of the revelers(EG) has stopped,
the joyful harp(EH) is silent.(EI)
9 No longer do they drink wine(EJ) with a song;
the beer is bitter(EK) to its drinkers.
10 The ruined city(EL) lies desolate;(EM)
the entrance to every house is barred.
11 In the streets they cry out(EN) for wine;(EO)
all joy turns to gloom,(EP)
all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
12 The city is left in ruins,(EQ)
its gate(ER) is battered to pieces.
13 So will it be on the earth
and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,(ES)
or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.(ET)

14 They raise their voices, they shout for joy;(EU)
from the west(EV) they acclaim the Lord’s majesty.
15 Therefore in the east(EW) give glory(EX) to the Lord;
exalt(EY) the name(EZ) of the Lord, the God of Israel,
in the islands(FA) of the sea.
16 From the ends of the earth(FB) we hear singing:(FC)
“Glory(FD) to the Righteous One.”(FE)

But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!(FF)
Woe(FG) to me!
The treacherous(FH) betray!
With treachery the treacherous betray!(FI)”
17 Terror(FJ) and pit and snare(FK) await you,
people of the earth.(FL)
18 Whoever flees(FM) at the sound of terror
will fall into a pit;(FN)
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare.(FO)

The floodgates of the heavens(FP) are opened,
the foundations of the earth shake.(FQ)
19 The earth is broken up,(FR)
the earth is split asunder,(FS)
the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth reels like a drunkard,(FT)
it sways like a hut(FU) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion(FV)
that it falls(FW)—never to rise again.(FX)

21 In that day(FY) the Lord will punish(FZ)
the powers(GA) in the heavens above
and the kings(GB) on the earth below.
22 They will be herded together
like prisoners(GC) bound in a dungeon;(GD)
they will be shut up in prison
and be punished[e] after many days.(GE)
23 The moon will be dismayed,
the sun(GF) ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign(GG)
on Mount Zion(GH) and in Jerusalem,
and before its elders—with great glory.(GI)

Footnotes:

  1. Isaiah 22:23 Or throne
  2. Isaiah 23:3 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls Sidon, / who cross over the sea; / your envoys 3 are on the great waters. / The grain of the Shihor, / the harvest of the Nile,
  3. Isaiah 23:10 Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text Go through
  4. Isaiah 23:13 Or Chaldeans
  5. Isaiah 24:22 Or released

Cross references:

  1. Isaiah 22:1 : Isa 13:1
  2. Isaiah 22:1 : Ps 125:2; Jer 21:13; Joel 3:2, 12, 14
  3. Isaiah 22:1 : S Isa 1:1
  4. Isaiah 22:1 : S Jos 2:8; Jer 48:38
  5. Isaiah 22:2 : Eze 22:5
  6. Isaiah 22:2 : S Isa 5:14; S 21:5
  7. Isaiah 22:2 : S Isa 10:4
  8. Isaiah 22:2 : S 2Ki 25:3
  9. Isaiah 22:3 : S Isa 13:14
  10. Isaiah 22:3 : S 2Ki 25:6
  11. Isaiah 22:4 : S Isa 15:3; S La 1:16; Eze 21:6; Lk 19:41
  12. Isaiah 22:4 : Jer 9:1
  13. Isaiah 22:5 : S Isa 2:12
  14. Isaiah 22:5 : S Job 40:12; S Ps 108:13
  15. Isaiah 22:5 : S 2Sa 22:43; Isa 13:3; Jer 30:7; La 1:5; Eze 8:17-18; 9:9-10; Joel 2:31; Am 5:18-20; Zep 1:15
  16. Isaiah 22:5 : S Isa 1:1
  17. Isaiah 22:5 : Ne 6:15; S Ps 89:40; Isa 5:5; Jer 39:8; Eze 13:14
  18. Isaiah 22:6 : S Isa 21:2
  19. Isaiah 22:6 : Ps 46:9; Jer 49:35; 51:56
  20. Isaiah 22:6 : S 2Ki 16:9
  21. Isaiah 22:7 : Jos 15:8
  22. Isaiah 22:7 : S 2Ch 32:1-2
  23. Isaiah 22:8 : S Isa 2:12
  24. Isaiah 22:8 : S 2Ch 32:5
  25. Isaiah 22:8 : S 1Ki 7:2
  26. Isaiah 22:9 : S Ne 1:3
  27. Isaiah 22:9 : S 2Ki 18:17; S 2Ch 32:4
  28. Isaiah 22:10 : Jer 33:4
  29. Isaiah 22:10 : S 2Ch 32:5
  30. Isaiah 22:11 : 2Ki 25:4; 2Ch 32:5; Jer 39:4
  31. Isaiah 22:11 : S 2Ch 32:4
  32. Isaiah 22:11 : S 1Sa 12:24
  33. Isaiah 22:11 : 2Ki 19:25
  34. Isaiah 22:12 : S Isa 2:12
  35. Isaiah 22:12 : Joel 1:9; 2:17
  36. Isaiah 22:12 : S Lev 13:40; Mic 1:16
  37. Isaiah 22:12 : S Isa 3:24
  38. Isaiah 22:13 : S Isa 21:5
  39. Isaiah 22:13 : S 1Sa 25:36; Ecc 8:15; Isa 5:22; 28:7-8; 56:12; Lk 17:26-29
  40. Isaiah 22:13 : 1Co 15:32*
  41. Isaiah 22:14 : Isa 5:9
  42. Isaiah 22:14 : S 1Sa 2:25; Isa 13:11; 26:21; 30:13-14; Eze 24:13
  43. Isaiah 22:15 : S 2Ki 6:30; S 18:18
  44. Isaiah 22:15 : S Ge 41:40
  45. Isaiah 22:15 : ver 21
  46. Isaiah 22:16 : Mt 27:60
  47. Isaiah 22:16 : S Ge 50:5; S Nu 32:42
  48. Isaiah 22:17 : Jer 10:18; 13:18; 22:26
  49. Isaiah 22:18 : S Job 18:11; Isa 14:19; 17:13
  50. Isaiah 22:18 : S Ge 41:43
  51. Isaiah 22:19 : S 1Sa 2:7; S Ps 52:5
  52. Isaiah 22:19 : Lk 16:3
  53. Isaiah 22:20 : ver 25
  54. Isaiah 22:20 : S Isa 20:3
  55. Isaiah 22:20 : S 2Ki 18:18; S Isa 36:3
  56. Isaiah 22:21 : S Isa 5:27
  57. Isaiah 22:21 : ver 15
  58. Isaiah 22:22 : Isa 9:6
  59. Isaiah 22:22 : 1Ch 9:27; Mt 16:19; Rev 3:7
  60. Isaiah 22:22 : S Isa 7:2
  61. Isaiah 22:22 : S Job 12:14
  62. Isaiah 22:23 : ver 25; Eze 15:3; Zec 10:4
  63. Isaiah 22:23 : S Ezr 9:8; S Job 6:25
  64. Isaiah 22:23 : S 1Sa 2:7-8; S Job 36:7
  65. Isaiah 22:25 : ver 20
  66. Isaiah 22:25 : S ver 23
  67. Isaiah 22:25 : Isa 46:11; Mic 4:4
  68. Isaiah 23:1 : Jos 19:29; 1Ki 5:1; Jer 47:4; Joel 3:4-8; Am 1:9-10
  69. Isaiah 23:1 : S Isa 13:6
  70. Isaiah 23:1 : S 1Ki 10:22
  71. Isaiah 23:1 : S Ge 10:4; Isa 2:16 fn
  72. Isaiah 23:1 : S Ge 1:2; Eze 26:4
  73. Isaiah 23:2 : S Job 2:13
  74. Isaiah 23:2 : Eze 27:5-24
  75. Isaiah 23:2 : Jdg 1:31
  76. Isaiah 23:3 : S Ge 41:5
  77. Isaiah 23:3 : S Isa 19:7
  78. Isaiah 23:3 : S Ps 83:7
  79. Isaiah 23:4 : S Ge 10:15, 19
  80. Isaiah 23:4 : Isa 54:1
  81. Isaiah 23:5 : Eze 30:9
  82. Isaiah 23:5 : Eze 26:17-18
  83. Isaiah 23:6 : S Ge 10:4
  84. Isaiah 23:7 : ver 12; S Isa 5:14; S 21:5; 32:13; Eze 26:13
  85. Isaiah 23:8 : Na 3:16
  86. Isaiah 23:8 : Eze 28:5; Rev 18:23
  87. Isaiah 23:9 : S Isa 14:24
  88. Isaiah 23:9 : S Job 40:11
  89. Isaiah 23:9 : S Isa 13:11
  90. Isaiah 23:9 : Isa 5:13; 9:15; Eze 27:3
  91. Isaiah 23:11 : S Ex 14:21
  92. Isaiah 23:11 : S Ps 46:6
  93. Isaiah 23:11 : ver 14; Isa 25:2; Eze 26:4; Zec 9:3-4
  94. Isaiah 23:12 : S ver 7; Rev 18:22
  95. Isaiah 23:12 : Isa 37:22; 47:1; Jer 14:17; 46:11; La 2:13; Zep 3:14; Zec 2:10
  96. Isaiah 23:12 : S Ge 10:4
  97. Isaiah 23:13 : Isa 43:14; Jer 51:12
  98. Isaiah 23:13 : Isa 10:5
  99. Isaiah 23:13 : S Ps 74:14; Isa 18:6
  100. Isaiah 23:13 : S 2Ki 25:1
  101. Isaiah 23:13 : Isa 10:7
  102. Isaiah 23:14 : S 1Ki 10:22
  103. Isaiah 23:14 : S Ge 10:4; Isa 2:16 fn
  104. Isaiah 23:14 : S ver 11
  105. Isaiah 23:15 : Jer 25:22
  106. Isaiah 23:15 : S Ps 90:10
  107. Isaiah 23:16 : Pr 7:10
  108. Isaiah 23:17 : S Ps 90:10
  109. Isaiah 23:17 : Dt 23:17-18; Eze 16:26; Na 3:4; Rev 17:1; 18:3, 9
  110. Isaiah 23:17 : Jer 25:26
  111. Isaiah 23:18 : Ex 28:36; S 39:30; Jos 6:17-19; Ps 72:10
  112. Isaiah 23:18 : Isa 18:7; 60:5-9; 61:6; Mic 4:13
  113. Isaiah 23:18 : Am 1:9-10; Zec 14:1, 14
  114. Isaiah 24:1 : ver 20; Isa 2:19-21; 33:9; Jer 25:29
  115. Isaiah 24:1 : S Jos 6:17; S Isa 13:5
  116. Isaiah 24:1 : S Ge 11:9
  117. Isaiah 24:2 : Hos 4:9
  118. Isaiah 24:2 : Eze 7:12; 1Co 7:29-31
  119. Isaiah 24:2 : S Lev 25:35-37; Dt 23:19-20; Isa 3:1-7
  120. Isaiah 24:3 : S Ge 6:13
  121. Isaiah 24:3 : Isa 6:11-12; 10:6
  122. Isaiah 24:3 : S Isa 7:7
  123. Isaiah 24:4 : Jer 12:11; 14:4; Joel 1:10
  124. Isaiah 24:4 : S Isa 15:6
  125. Isaiah 24:4 : S Isa 2:12
  126. Isaiah 24:4 : S Isa 3:26
  127. Isaiah 24:5 : S Ge 3:17
  128. Isaiah 24:5 : S Isa 1:2; 9:17; 10:6; 59:12; Jer 7:28
  129. Isaiah 24:5 : S Ge 9:11; S Jer 11:10
  130. Isaiah 24:6 : S Jos 23:15
  131. Isaiah 24:6 : S Isa 1:31
  132. Isaiah 24:7 : Jer 48:33; Joel 1:5
  133. Isaiah 24:7 : Isa 7:23; S 15:6; 32:10
  134. Isaiah 24:7 : S Isa 3:26; 16:8-10
  135. Isaiah 24:8 : S Ge 31:27; S Isa 5:12
  136. Isaiah 24:8 : Jer 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11; Hos 2:11
  137. Isaiah 24:8 : S Isa 5:14; S 21:5
  138. Isaiah 24:8 : S Ps 137:2; Rev 18:22
  139. Isaiah 24:8 : La 5:14; Eze 26:13
  140. Isaiah 24:9 : Isa 5:11, 22
  141. Isaiah 24:9 : Isa 5:20
  142. Isaiah 24:10 : Isa 25:2; 26:5
  143. Isaiah 24:10 : S Ge 1:2; S Isa 6:11
  144. Isaiah 24:11 : S Ps 144:14
  145. Isaiah 24:11 : La 2:12
  146. Isaiah 24:11 : S Isa 15:6; 16:10; 32:13; Jer 14:3
  147. Isaiah 24:12 : S Isa 19:18
  148. Isaiah 24:12 : S Isa 3:26; S 13:2
  149. Isaiah 24:13 : S Dt 30:4; S Isa 17:6
  150. Isaiah 24:13 : Ob 1:5; Mic 7:1
  151. Isaiah 24:14 : S Isa 12:6
  152. Isaiah 24:14 : Isa 43:5; 49:12
  153. Isaiah 24:15 : S Ps 113:3
  154. Isaiah 24:15 : Isa 42:12; 66:19; 2Th 1:12
  155. Isaiah 24:15 : S Ex 15:2; Isa 25:3; 59:19; Mal 1:11
  156. Isaiah 24:15 : S Isa 12:4
  157. Isaiah 24:15 : S Isa 11:11
  158. Isaiah 24:16 : S Ps 48:10
  159. Isaiah 24:16 : S Ps 65:8
  160. Isaiah 24:16 : Isa 28:5; 60:1, 19
  161. Isaiah 24:16 : S Ezr 9:15
  162. Isaiah 24:16 : S Lev 26:39
  163. Isaiah 24:16 : 1Sa 4:8; S Isa 5:8; Jer 10:19; 45:3
  164. Isaiah 24:16 : S Ps 25:3
  165. Isaiah 24:16 : Isa 21:2; 33:1; Jer 3:6, 20; 5:11; 9:2; Hos 5:7; 9:1
  166. Isaiah 24:17 : Dt 32:23-25
  167. Isaiah 24:17 : Isa 8:14; Jer 48:43
  168. Isaiah 24:17 : Lk 21:35
  169. Isaiah 24:18 : S Job 20:24
  170. Isaiah 24:18 : Isa 42:22
  171. Isaiah 24:18 : S Job 18:9; S Isa 8:14; La 3:47; Eze 12:13
  172. Isaiah 24:18 : S Ge 7:11
  173. Isaiah 24:18 : S Jdg 5:4; S Job 9:6; S Ps 11:3; S Eze 38:19
  174. Isaiah 24:19 : S Ps 46:2
  175. Isaiah 24:19 : S Dt 11:6
  176. Isaiah 24:20 : S Job 12:25
  177. Isaiah 24:20 : S Job 27:18
  178. Isaiah 24:20 : S Isa 1:2, 28; 43:27; 58:1
  179. Isaiah 24:20 : S Ps 46:2
  180. Isaiah 24:20 : S Job 12:14
  181. Isaiah 24:21 : S Isa 2:11; S 10:20; Rev 16:14
  182. Isaiah 24:21 : Isa 10:12; 13:11; Jer 25:29
  183. Isaiah 24:21 : 1Co 6:3; Eph 6:11-12
  184. Isaiah 24:21 : S Isa 2:12
  185. Isaiah 24:22 : S Isa 10:4
  186. Isaiah 24:22 : Isa 42:7, 22; Lk 8:31; Rev 20:7-10
  187. Isaiah 24:22 : Eze 38:8
  188. Isaiah 24:23 : S Isa 13:10
  189. Isaiah 24:23 : S Ps 97:1; Rev 22:5
  190. Isaiah 24:23 : S Isa 2:2; Heb 12:22
  191. Isaiah 24:23 : Isa 28:5; 41:16; 45:25; 60:19; Eze 48:35; Zec 2:5; Rev 21:23
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Galatians 2:17-3:9

17 “But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners,(A) doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!(B) 18 If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.

19 “For through the law I died to the law(C) so that I might live for God.(D) 20 I have been crucified with Christ(E) and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.(F) The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,(G) who loved me(H) and gave himself for me.(I) 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law,(J) Christ died for nothing!”[a]

Faith or Works of the Law

3 You foolish(K) Galatians!(L) Who has bewitched you?(M) Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.(N) 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit(O) by the works of the law,(P) or by believing what you heard?(Q) 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?[b] 4 Have you experienced[c] so much in vain—if it really was in vain? 5 So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles(R) among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?(S) 6 So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”[d](T)

7 Understand, then, that those who have faith(U) are children of Abraham.(V) 8 Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[e](W) 9 So those who rely on faith(X) are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.(Y)

Footnotes:

  1. Galatians 2:21 Some interpreters end the quotation after verse 14.
  2. Galatians 3:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
  3. Galatians 3:4 Or suffered
  4. Galatians 3:6 Gen. 15:6
  5. Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18

Cross references:

  1. Galatians 2:17 : ver 15
  2. Galatians 2:17 : Gal 3:21
  3. Galatians 2:19 : S Ro 7:4
  4. Galatians 2:19 : Ro 6:10, 11, 14; 2Co 5:15
  5. Galatians 2:20 : S Ro 6:6
  6. Galatians 2:20 : S Ro 8:10; 1Pe 4:2
  7. Galatians 2:20 : S Mt 4:3
  8. Galatians 2:20 : S Ro 8:37
  9. Galatians 2:20 : S Gal 1:4
  10. Galatians 2:21 : Gal 3:21
  11. Galatians 3:1 : Lk 24:25
  12. Galatians 3:1 : S Ac 16:6
  13. Galatians 3:1 : Gal 5:7
  14. Galatians 3:1 : 1Co 1:23
  15. Galatians 3:2 : S Jn 20:22
  16. Galatians 3:2 : ver 5, 10; Gal 2:16
  17. Galatians 3:2 : Ro 10:17; Heb 4:2
  18. Galatians 3:5 : 1Co 12:10
  19. Galatians 3:5 : ver 2, 10; Gal 2:16
  20. Galatians 3:6 : Ge 15:6; S Ro 4:3
  21. Galatians 3:7 : ver 9
  22. Galatians 3:7 : S Lk 3:8
  23. Galatians 3:8 : Ge 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; Ac 3:25
  24. Galatians 3:9 : ver 7; Ro 4:16
  25. Galatians 3:9 : Ro 4:18-22
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Psalm 60

Psalm 60[a](A)

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A miktam[b] of David. For teaching. When he fought Aram Naharaim[c] and Aram Zobah,[d] and when Joab returned and struck down twelve thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.(B)

1 You have rejected us,(C) God, and burst upon us;
you have been angry(D)—now restore us!(E)
2 You have shaken the land(F) and torn it open;
mend its fractures,(G) for it is quaking.
3 You have shown your people desperate times;(H)
you have given us wine that makes us stagger.(I)
4 But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner(J)
to be unfurled against the bow.[e]

5 Save us and help us with your right hand,(K)
that those you love(L) may be delivered.
6 God has spoken from his sanctuary:
“In triumph I will parcel out Shechem(M)
and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.(N)
7 Gilead(O) is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim(P) is my helmet,
Judah(Q) is my scepter.(R)
8 Moab is my washbasin,
on Edom I toss my sandal;
over Philistia I shout in triumph.(S)”

9 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
10 Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?(T)
11 Give us aid against the enemy,
for human help is worthless.(U)
12 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.(V)

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 60:1 In Hebrew texts 60:1-12 is numbered 60:3-14.
  2. Psalm 60:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  3. Psalm 60:1 Title: That is, Arameans of Northwest Mesopotamia
  4. Psalm 60:1 Title: That is, Arameans of central Syria
  5. Psalm 60:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 60:1 : 60:5-12pp — Ps 108:6-13
  2. Psalm 60:1 : 2Sa 8:13
  3. Psalm 60:1 : 2Sa 5:20; Ps 44:9
  4. Psalm 60:1 : Ps 79:5
  5. Psalm 60:1 : Ps 80:3
  6. Psalm 60:2 : Ps 18:7
  7. Psalm 60:2 : S 2Ch 7:14
  8. Psalm 60:3 : Ps 71:20
  9. Psalm 60:3 : Ps 75:8; Isa 29:9; 51:17; 63:6; Jer 25:16; Zec 12:2; Rev 14:10
  10. Psalm 60:4 : Isa 5:26; 11:10, 12; 18:3
  11. Psalm 60:5 : S Job 40:14
  12. Psalm 60:5 : S Dt 33:12
  13. Psalm 60:6 : S Ge 12:6
  14. Psalm 60:6 : S Ge 33:17
  15. Psalm 60:7 : Jos 13:31
  16. Psalm 60:7 : S Ge 41:52
  17. Psalm 60:7 : S Nu 34:19
  18. Psalm 60:7 : S Ge 49:10
  19. Psalm 60:8 : S 2Sa 8:1
  20. Psalm 60:10 : S Jos 7:12
  21. Psalm 60:11 : Ps 146:3; Pr 3:5
  22. Psalm 60:12 : S Job 40:12; Ps 44:5
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Proverbs 23:15-16

Saying 14

15 My son, if your heart is wise,
then my heart will be glad indeed;
16 my inmost being will rejoice
when your lips speak what is right.(A)

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 23:16 : ver 24; Pr 27:11; 29:3
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Isaiah 19-21

A Pronouncement against Egypt

19 A pronouncement(A) concerning Egypt:(B)

Look, the Lord rides on a swift cloud(C)
and is coming to Egypt.
Egypt’s worthless idols will tremble before him,(D)
and Egypt will lose heart.(E)
2 I will provoke Egyptians against Egyptians;
each will fight against his brother(F)
and each against his friend,
city against city, kingdom against kingdom.(G)
3 Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it,
and I will frustrate its plans.
Then they will inquire of worthless idols, ghosts,
mediums, and spiritists.(H)

4 I will hand over Egypt to harsh masters,(I)
and a strong king will rule it.
This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.
5 The water of the sea will dry up,
and the river will be parched and dry.
6 The channels will stink;
they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched.
Reed and rush will wilt.
7 The reeds by the Nile, by the mouth of the river,
and all the cultivated areas of the Nile
will wither, blow away, and vanish.
8 Then the fishermen will mourn.
All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament,
and those who spread nets on the water will give up.
9 Those who work with flax will be dismayed;(J)
those combing it and weaving linen will turn pale.[a]
10 Egypt’s weavers[b] will be dejected;
all her wage earners will be demoralized.
11 The princes of Zoan are complete fools;(K)
Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice!
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one[c] of the wise,
a student of eastern[d] kings”?
12 Where then are your wise men?
Let them tell you and reveal
what the Lord of Armies has planned against Egypt.
13 The princes of Zoan have been fools;
the princes of Memphis are deceived.(L)
Her tribal chieftains have led Egypt astray.

14 The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of confusion.
The leaders have made Egypt stagger in all she does,
as a drunkard staggers in his vomit.
15 No head or tail, palm or reed,(M)
will be able to do anything for Egypt.

Egypt Will Know the Lord

16 On that day Egypt will be like women and will tremble with fear because of the threatening hand of the Lord of Armies when he raises it against them. 17 The land of Judah will terrify Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble because of what the Lord of Armies has planned(N) against it.

18 On that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear loyalty to the Lord of Armies. One of the cities will be called the City of the Sun.[e][f]

19 On that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the center of the land of Egypt and a pillar to the Lord near her border.(O) 20 It will be a sign and witness to the Lord of Armies in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and leader, and he will rescue them.(P) 21 The Lord will make himself known to Egypt, and Egypt will know the Lord on that day. They will offer sacrifices and offerings;(Q) they will make vows to the Lord and fulfill them. 22 The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing. Then they will turn to the Lord, and he will be receptive to their prayers and heal them.

23 On that day there will be a highway(R) from Egypt to Assyria. Assyria will go to Egypt, Egypt to Assyria, and Egypt will worship with Assyria.

24 On that day Israel will form a triple alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing within the land. 25 The Lord of Armies will bless them, saying, “Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork,(S) and Israel my inheritance are blessed.”(T)

No Help from Cush or Egypt

20 In the year that the chief commander,(U) sent by King Sargon of Assyria, came to Ashdod(V) and attacked and captured it— 2 during that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah(W) son of Amoz, saying, “Go, take off your sackcloth from your waist and remove the sandals from your feet,” and he did that, going stripped and barefoot(X)— 3 the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,(Y) 4 so the king of Assyria will lead the captives of Egypt(Z) and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, stripped and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame. 5 Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.(AA) 6 And the inhabitants of this coastland will say on that day, ‘Look, this is what has happened to those we relied on and fled to for help to rescue us from the king of Assyria! Now, how will we escape?’”

A Judgment on Babylon

21 A pronouncement(AB) concerning the desert by the sea:(AC)

Like storms that pass over the Negev,
it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.
2 A troubling vision is declared to me:
“The treacherous one acts treacherously,(AD)
and the destroyer destroys.
Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all the groaning.”
3 Therefore I am[g] filled with anguish.
Pain grips me, like the pain of a woman in labor.(AE)
I am too perplexed to hear,
too dismayed to see.
4 My heart staggers;
horror terrifies me.
He has turned my last glimmer of hope[h]
into sheer terror.(AF)
5 Prepare a table,(AG) and spread out a carpet!
Eat and drink!
Rise up, you princes, and oil the shields!
6 For the Lord has said to me,
“Go, post a lookout;
let him report what he sees.
7 When he sees riders—
pairs of horsemen,
riders on donkeys,
riders on camels—
he must pay close attention.”
8 Then the lookout[i] reported,
“Lord, I stand on the watchtower all day,(AH)
and I stay at my post all night.
9 Look, riders come—
horsemen in pairs.”
And he answered, saying,
“Babylon has fallen,(AI) has fallen.
All the images of her gods
have been shattered on the ground.”(AJ)
10 My people who have been crushed
on the threshing floor,(AK)
I have declared to you
what I have heard from the Lord of Armies,
the God of Israel.

A Pronouncement against Dumah

11 A pronouncement(AL) concerning Dumah:[j](AM)

One calls to me from Seir,(AN)
“Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?”
12 The watchman said,
“Morning has come, and also night.
If you want to ask, ask!
Come back again.”

A Pronouncement against Arabia

13 A pronouncement concerning Arabia:(AO)

In the desert[k] brush
you will camp for the night,
you caravans of Dedanites.(AP)
14 Bring water for the thirsty.
The inhabitants of the land of Tema(AQ)
meet[l] the refugees with food.
15 For they have fled from swords,
from the drawn sword,
from the bow that is strung,
and from the stress of battle.

16 For the Lord said this to me: “Within one year,(AR) as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar(AS) will be gone. 17 The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number.” For the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.

Footnotes:

  1. 19:9 DSS, Tg; MT reads weavers of white cloth
  2. 19:10 Or foundations
  3. 19:11 Lit a son
  4. 19:11 Lit a son of ancient
  5. 19:18 Some Hb mss, DSS, Sym, Tg, Vg, Arabic; other Hb mss read of Destruction; LXX reads of Righteousness
  6. 19:18 = the ancient Egyptian city Heliopolis
  7. 21:3 Lit my waist is, or my insides are
  8. 21:4 Lit my twilight
  9. 21:8 DSS, Syr; MT reads Then a lion
  10. 21:11 Some Hb mss, LXX read Edom
  11. 21:13 LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read desert at evening
  12. 21:14 LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg read meet as a command

Cross references:

  1. 19:1 : Is 13:1
  2. 19:1 : Jr 46:13–26; Ezk 29:1–31:2; 31:18–32:32; Jl 3:19
  3. 19:1 : Ps 18:9–10; 104:3; Mt 26:64; Rv 1:7
  4. 19:1 : Ex 12:12; Jr 43:12; 44:8
  5. 19:1 : Jos 2:11; Is 13:7
  6. 19:2 : Mk 13:12
  7. 19:2 : Jdg 7:22; 1Sm 14:20; 2Ch 20:23; Mt 10:21,36; Mk 13:8; Lk 21:10
  8. 19:3 : 1Ch 10:13; Is 8:19; Dn 2:2
  9. 19:4 : Is 20:4; Jr 46:26; Ezk 29:19
  10. 19:9 : Pr 7:16; Ezk 27:7
  11. 19:11 : Nm 13:22; Ps 78:12,43; Is 30:4
  12. 19:13 : Jr 2:16; 46:14,19; Ezk 30:13
  13. 19:15 : Is 9:14–16
  14. 19:17 : Is 5:19
  15. 19:19 : Gn 28:18; Ex 24:4; Jos 22:10,26–27
  16. 19:20 : Jdg 3:9,15; 6:7; 10:10
  17. 19:21 : Is 56:7; 60:7; Zch 14:16–18
  18. 19:23 : Is 11:16; 35:8; 49:11; 62:10
  19. 19:25 : Ps 100:3; Is 29:23; 45:11; 60:21; 64:8; Eph 2:10
  20. 19:25 : Dt 9:26,29; 32:9; Ps 28:9; Is 47:6; 63:17
  21. 20:1 : 2Kg 18:17
  22. 20:1 : 1Sm 5:1
  23. 20:2 : Mt 3:3; 12:17
  24. 20:2 : 1Sm 19:24; Mc 1:8
  25. 20:3 : Is 8:18
  26. 20:4 : Is 19:4
  27. 20:5 : 2Kg 18:21; Is 30:3–5; 31:1; Ezk 29:6–7
  28. 21:1 : Is 13:1
  29. 21:1 : Is 13:20–22; 14:23; 21:9; Jr 51:41–44
  30. 21:2 : Is 24:16; 33:1
  31. 21:3 : Ps 48:6; Is 13:8; 16:11; 26:17–18; Jr 4:31; 6:24; 22:23; 30:6; 50:43; Mc 4:9–10; 1Th 5:3
  32. 21:4 : Dt 28:67
  33. 21:5 : Jr 51:39,57; Dn 5:1–4
  34. 21:8 : Hab 2:1
  35. 21:9 : 2Sm 1:19; Is 3:8; 14:12; Jr 51:8; Ezk 32:22; Rv 14:8; 18:2
  36. 21:9 : Is 46:1; Jr 50:2; 51:44
  37. 21:10 : Jr 51:33; Mc 4:13
  38. 21:11 : Is 21:1
  39. 21:11 : Gn 25:14
  40. 21:11 : Dt 2:8; Ezk 35:2
  41. 21:13 : Jr 25:23–24; 49:28
  42. 21:13 : Gn 10:7; Jr 25:23; 49:8; Ezk 27:15
  43. 21:14 : Gn 25:15; Jb 6:19
  44. 21:16 : Is 16:14
  45. 21:16 : Ps 120:5; Sg 1:5; Is 42:11; 60:7; Jr 2:10; Ezk 27:21
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Galatians 2:1-16

Paul Defends His Gospel at Jerusalem

2 Then after fourteen years I went up again(A) to Jerusalem with Barnabas,(B) taking Titus(C) along also. 2 I went up according to a revelation(D) and presented to them the gospel I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those recognized as leaders. I wanted to be sure I was not running, and had not been running, in vain. 3 But not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. 4 This matter arose because some false brothers(E) had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus in order to enslave us. 5 But we did not give up and submit to these people for even a moment, so that the truth(F) of the gospel would be preserved for you.

6 Now from those recognized as important (what they[a] once were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism[b](G))—they added nothing to me. 7 On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised,(H) just as Peter(I) was for the circumcised, 8 since the one at work in Peter for an apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in me for the Gentiles. 9 When James,(J) Cephas,[c](K) and John(L)—those recognized as pillars(M)—acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 They asked only that we would remember the poor,(N) which I had made every effort to do.

Freedom from the Law

11 But when Cephas[d] came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned.[e] 12 For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party. 13 Then the rest of the Jews(O) joined his hypocrisy,(P) so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were deviating from the truth of the gospel, I told Cephas[f] in front of everyone, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile(Q) and not like a Jew,(R) how can you compel Gentiles to live(S) like Jews?” [g]

15 We are Jews by birth and not “Gentile sinners,” 16 and yet because we know that a person is not justified by the works of the law(T) but by faith in Jesus Christ,[h] even we ourselves have believed in Christ Jesus. This was so that we might be justified by faith in Christ[i] and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no human being will[j] be justified.

Footnotes:

  1. 2:6 Lit the recognized ones
  2. 2:6 Or God is not a respecter of persons; lit God does not receive the face of man
  3. 2:9 Other mss read Peter
  4. 2:11 Other mss read Peter
  5. 2:11 Or he was in the wrong
  6. 2:14 Other mss read Peter
  7. 2:14 Some translations continue the quotation through v. 16 or v. 21.
  8. 2:16 Or by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ
  9. 2:16 Or by the faithfulness of Christ
  10. 2:16 Lit law all flesh will not

Cross references:

  1. 2:1 : Ac 15:2–30
  2. 2:1 : Ac 4:36
  3. 2:1 : Ti 1:4
  4. 2:2 : 1Pt 4:13
  5. 2:4 : 2Pt 2:1
  6. 2:5 : 2Th 2:10
  7. 2:6 : Dt 16:19
  8. 2:7 : Col 3:11
  9. 2:7 : Lk 6:14; Ac 10:32
  10. 2:9 : Jd 1
  11. 2:9 : Jn 1:42
  12. 2:9 : Jn 21:7
  13. 2:9 : 1Tm 3:15; Rv 3:12; 10:1
  14. 2:10 : Mk 14:7; Rm 15:26
  15. 2:13 : Rm 2:28–29
  16. 2:13 : Mk 12:15
  17. 2:14 : Rm 1:13
  18. 2:14 : Rm 14:2
  19. 2:14 : Rm 6:2
  20. 2:16 : Rm 3:20; Gl 3:2,5,10
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Psalm 59

Psalm 59

God Our Stronghold

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. When Saul sent agents to watch the house and kill him.(A)

1 Rescue me from my enemies, my God;(B)
protect me from those who rise up against me.(C)
2 Rescue me from evildoers,
and save me from men of bloodshed.(D)
3 Because look, Lord, they set an ambush for me.(E)
Powerful men attack me,
but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.(F)
4 For no fault of mine,
they run and take up a position.
Awake to help me, and take notice.(G)
5 Lord God of Armies, you are the God of Israel.
Rise up to punish all the nations;
do not show favor to any wicked traitors.(H)Selah

6 They return at evening, snarling like dogs
and prowling around the city.(I)
7 Look, they spew from their mouths—
sharp words from[a] their lips.(J)
“For who,” they say, “will hear?” (K)
8 But you laugh at them, Lord;
you ridicule all the nations.(L)
9 I will keep watch for you, my[b] strength,
because God is my stronghold.(M)
10 My faithful God[c] will come to meet me;
God will let me look down on my adversaries.(N)

11 Do not kill them; otherwise, my people will forget.
By your power, make them homeless wanderers(O)
and bring them down,
Lord, our shield.(P)
12 For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,
let them be caught in their pride.
They utter curses and lies.(Q)
13 Consume them in fury;
consume them until they are gone.(R)
Then people will know throughout[d] the earth
that God rules over Jacob.(S)Selah

14 And they return at evening, snarling like dogs
and prowling around the city.(T)
15 They scavenge for food;
they growl if they are not satisfied.(U)

16 But I will sing of your strength
and will joyfully proclaim
your faithful love in the morning.(V)
For you have been a stronghold for me,
a refuge in my day of trouble.(W)
17 To you, my strength, I sing praises,
because God is my stronghold—
my faithful God.(X)

Footnotes:

  1. 59:7 Lit swords are on
  2. 59:9 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg, Tg; other Hb mss read his
  3. 59:10 Alt Hb tradition reads My God in his faithful love
  4. 59:13 Lit know to the ends of

Cross references:

  1. 59:0 : 1Sm 19:11
  2. 59:1 : Ps 143:9
  3. 59:1 : 2Sm 22:18; Ps 18:17; 91:14
  4. 59:2 : Ps 5:6; 17:7
  5. 59:3 : Pr 1:11,18
  6. 59:3 : 1Sm 20:1; 24:11
  7. 59:4 : Ps 7:3–4; 69:4
  8. 59:5 : Jr 18:23
  9. 59:6 : Ps 22:16
  10. 59:7 : Ps 52:2; 57:4; 64:3
  11. 59:7 : Ps 73:11
  12. 59:8 : Ps 2:4; 37:13
  13. 59:9 : Ps 28:8; Jr 16:19
  14. 59:10 : Ps 54:7
  15. 59:11 : Hs 9:17
  16. 59:11 : Gn 15:1; Dt 33:29; 2Sm 22:3,31; Ps 3:3; 5:12; 18:2; 28:7; 119:114
  17. 59:12 : Ps 10:7; Pr 12:13
  18. 59:13 : Ps 104:35
  19. 59:13 : Ps 83:18
  20. 59:14 : Ps 22:16
  21. 59:15 : Jb 15:23; Ps 109:10
  22. 59:16 : Ps 5:3; 88:13; 92:2
  23. 59:16 : Is 25:4; Nah 1:7
  24. 59:17 : Ps 28:8; Jr 16:19
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Proverbs 23:13-14

13 Don’t withhold discipline from a youth;
if you punish him with a rod, he will not die.(A)
14 Punish him with a rod,
and you will rescue his life from Sheol.(B)

Cross references:

  1. 23:13 : Pr 13:24; 19:18; 22:15
  2. 23:14 : 1Co 5:5
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday September 14, 2024 (NIV)

Isaiah 15-18

A Prophecy Against Moab(A)

15 A prophecy(B) against Moab:(C)

Ar(D) in Moab is ruined,(E)
destroyed in a night!
Kir(F) in Moab is ruined,
destroyed in a night!
2 Dibon(G) goes up to its temple,
to its high places(H) to weep;
Moab wails(I) over Nebo(J) and Medeba.
Every head is shaved(K)
and every beard cut off.(L)
3 In the streets they wear sackcloth;(M)
on the roofs(N) and in the public squares(O)
they all wail,(P)
prostrate with weeping.(Q)
4 Heshbon(R) and Elealeh(S) cry out,
their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.(T)
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
and their hearts are faint.

5 My heart cries out(U) over Moab;(V)
her fugitives(W) flee as far as Zoar,(X)
as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.
They go up the hill to Luhith,
weeping as they go;
on the road to Horonaim(Y)
they lament their destruction.(Z)
6 The waters of Nimrim are dried up(AA)
and the grass is withered;(AB)
the vegetation is gone(AC)
and nothing green is left.(AD)
7 So the wealth they have acquired(AE) and stored up
they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.
8 Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab;
their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim,
their lamentation as far as Beer(AF) Elim.
9 The waters of Dimon[a] are full of blood,
but I will bring still more upon Dimon[b]—
a lion(AG) upon the fugitives of Moab(AH)
and upon those who remain in the land.

16 Send lambs(AI) as tribute(AJ)
to the ruler of the land,
from Sela,(AK) across the desert,
to the mount of Daughter Zion.(AL)
2 Like fluttering birds
pushed from the nest,(AM)
so are the women of Moab(AN)
at the fords(AO) of the Arnon.(AP)

3 “Make up your mind,” Moab says.
“Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night—
at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,(AQ)
do not betray the refugees.
4 Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
be their shelter(AR) from the destroyer.”

The oppressor(AS) will come to an end,
and destruction will cease;(AT)
the aggressor will vanish from the land.
5 In love a throne(AU) will be established;(AV)
in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
one from the house[c] of David(AW)—
one who in judging seeks justice(AX)
and speeds the cause of righteousness.

6 We have heard of Moab’s(AY) pride(AZ)—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
but her boasts are empty.
7 Therefore the Moabites wail,(BA)
they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
for the raisin cakes(BB) of Kir Hareseth.(BC)
8 The fields of Heshbon(BD) wither,(BE)
the vines of Sibmah(BF) also.
The rulers of the nations
have trampled down the choicest vines,(BG)
which once reached Jazer(BH)
and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots spread out(BI)
and went as far as the sea.[d](BJ)
9 So I weep,(BK) as Jazer weeps,
for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,(BL)
I drench you with tears!(BM)
The shouts of joy(BN) over your ripened fruit
and over your harvests(BO) have been stilled.
10 Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;(BP)
no one sings or shouts(BQ) in the vineyards;
no one treads(BR) out wine at the presses,(BS)
for I have put an end to the shouting.
11 My heart laments for Moab(BT) like a harp,(BU)
my inmost being(BV) for Kir Hareseth.
12 When Moab appears at her high place,(BW)
she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine(BX) to pray,
it is to no avail.(BY)

13 This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab. 14 But now the Lord says: “Within three years,(BZ) as a servant bound by contract(CA) would count them,(CB) Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised,(CC) and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”(CD)

A Prophecy Against Damascus

17 A prophecy(CE) against Damascus:(CF)

“See, Damascus will no longer be a city
but will become a heap of ruins.(CG)
2 The cities of Aroer(CH) will be deserted
and left to flocks,(CI) which will lie down,(CJ)
with no one to make them afraid.(CK)
3 The fortified(CL) city will disappear from Ephraim,
and royal power from Damascus;
the remnant of Aram will be
like the glory(CM) of the Israelites,”(CN)
declares the Lord Almighty.

4 “In that day(CO) the glory(CP) of Jacob will fade;
the fat of his body will waste(CQ) away.
5 It will be as when reapers harvest the standing grain,
gathering(CR) the grain in their arms—
as when someone gleans heads of grain(CS)
in the Valley of Rephaim.(CT)
6 Yet some gleanings will remain,(CU)
as when an olive tree is beaten,(CV)
leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches,
four or five on the fruitful boughs,”
declares the Lord, the God of Israel.

7 In that day(CW) people will look(CX) to their Maker(CY)
and turn their eyes to the Holy One(CZ) of Israel.
8 They will not look to the altars,(DA)
the work of their hands,(DB)
and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles[e](DC)
and the incense altars their fingers(DD) have made.

9 In that day their strong cities, which they left because of the Israelites, will be like places abandoned to thickets and undergrowth.(DE) And all will be desolation.

10 You have forgotten(DF) God your Savior;(DG)
you have not remembered the Rock,(DH) your fortress.(DI)
Therefore, though you set out the finest plants
and plant imported vines,(DJ)
11 though on the day you set them out, you make them grow,
and on the morning(DK) when you plant them, you bring them to bud,
yet the harvest(DL) will be as nothing(DM)
in the day of disease and incurable(DN) pain.(DO)

12 Woe to the many nations that rage(DP)—
they rage like the raging sea!(DQ)
Woe to the peoples who roar(DR)—
they roar like the roaring of great waters!(DS)
13 Although the peoples roar(DT) like the roar of surging waters,
when he rebukes(DU) them they flee(DV) far away,
driven before the wind like chaff(DW) on the hills,
like tumbleweed before a gale.(DX)
14 In the evening, sudden(DY) terror!(DZ)
Before the morning, they are gone!(EA)
This is the portion of those who loot us,
the lot of those who plunder us.

A Prophecy Against Cush

18 Woe(EB) to the land of whirring wings[f]
along the rivers of Cush,[g](EC)
2 which sends envoys(ED) by sea
in papyrus(EE) boats over the water.

Go, swift messengers,
to a people tall and smooth-skinned,(EF)
to a people feared far and wide,
an aggressive(EG) nation of strange speech,
whose land is divided by rivers.(EH)

3 All you people of the world,(EI)
you who live on the earth,
when a banner(EJ) is raised on the mountains,
you will see it,
and when a trumpet(EK) sounds,
you will hear it.
4 This is what the Lord says to me:
“I will remain quiet(EL) and will look on from my dwelling place,(EM)
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,(EN)
like a cloud of dew(EO) in the heat of harvest.”
5 For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone
and the flower becomes a ripening grape,
he will cut off(EP) the shoots with pruning knives,
and cut down and take away the spreading branches.(EQ)
6 They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey(ER)
and to the wild animals;(ES)
the birds will feed on them all summer,
the wild animals all winter.

7 At that time gifts(ET) will be brought to the Lord Almighty

from a people tall and smooth-skinned,(EU)
from a people feared(EV) far and wide,
an aggressive nation of strange speech,
whose land is divided by rivers(EW)—

the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the Lord Almighty.(EX)

Footnotes:

  1. Isaiah 15:9 Dimon, a wordplay on Dibon (see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for blood.
  2. Isaiah 15:9 Dimon, a wordplay on Dibon (see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for blood.
  3. Isaiah 16:5 Hebrew tent
  4. Isaiah 16:8 Probably the Dead Sea
  5. Isaiah 17:8 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
  6. Isaiah 18:1 Or of locusts
  7. Isaiah 18:1 That is, the upper Nile region

Cross references:

  1. Isaiah 15:1 : 16:6-12pp — Jer 48:29-36
  2. Isaiah 15:1 : S Isa 13:1
  3. Isaiah 15:1 : Nu 22:3-6; S Dt 23:6; S Isa 11:14
  4. Isaiah 15:1 : S Nu 21:15
  5. Isaiah 15:1 : S Nu 17:12; Isa 25:12; 26:5; Jer 48:24, 41; 51:58
  6. Isaiah 15:1 : S 2Ki 3:25
  7. Isaiah 15:2 : S Nu 21:30
  8. Isaiah 15:2 : 1Ki 11:7; Isa 16:12; Jer 48:35
  9. Isaiah 15:2 : S Isa 13:6; 65:14
  10. Isaiah 15:2 : S Nu 32:38
  11. Isaiah 15:2 : S Lev 13:40; S Job 1:20
  12. Isaiah 15:2 : S 2Sa 10:4
  13. Isaiah 15:3 : S Isa 3:24
  14. Isaiah 15:3 : S Jos 2:8
  15. Isaiah 15:3 : Jer 48:38
  16. Isaiah 15:3 : Isa 14:31; Jer 47:2
  17. Isaiah 15:3 : ver 5; Isa 16:9; 22:4; La 2:11; Eze 7:18; Mic 1:8
  18. Isaiah 15:4 : S Nu 21:25; S Jos 13:26
  19. Isaiah 15:4 : S Nu 32:3
  20. Isaiah 15:4 : S Nu 21:23
  21. Isaiah 15:5 : S ver 3
  22. Isaiah 15:5 : Isa 16:11; Jer 48:31
  23. Isaiah 15:5 : S Nu 21:29
  24. Isaiah 15:5 : S Ge 13:10
  25. Isaiah 15:5 : Jer 48:3, 34
  26. Isaiah 15:5 : Jer 4:20; 48:5
  27. Isaiah 15:6 : Isa 19:5-7; Jer 48:34
  28. Isaiah 15:6 : Ps 37:2; Isa 16:8; 24:4, 7, 11; 33:9; 34:4; 37:27; 40:7; 51:6, 12; Hos 4:3; Joel 1:12
  29. Isaiah 15:6 : S Isa 14:17
  30. Isaiah 15:6 : Jer 14:5
  31. Isaiah 15:7 : Isa 30:6; Jer 48:36
  32. Isaiah 15:8 : S Nu 21:16
  33. Isaiah 15:9 : S 2Ki 17:25
  34. Isaiah 15:9 : Eze 25:8-11
  35. Isaiah 16:1 : S 2Ki 3:4
  36. Isaiah 16:1 : S 2Ch 32:23
  37. Isaiah 16:1 : S Jdg 1:36; Ob 3 fn
  38. Isaiah 16:1 : S Isa 10:32
  39. Isaiah 16:2 : Pr 27:8
  40. Isaiah 16:2 : Nu 21:29
  41. Isaiah 16:2 : Jdg 12:5
  42. Isaiah 16:2 : Nu 21:13-14; Jer 48:20
  43. Isaiah 16:3 : S 1Ki 18:4
  44. Isaiah 16:4 : Isa 58:7
  45. Isaiah 16:4 : S Isa 9:4
  46. Isaiah 16:4 : Isa 2:2-4
  47. Isaiah 16:5 : S 1Sa 13:14; Da 7:14; Mic 4:7
  48. Isaiah 16:5 : S Pr 20:28
  49. Isaiah 16:5 : S Isa 7:2; Lk 1:32
  50. Isaiah 16:5 : S Isa 9:7
  51. Isaiah 16:6 : Jer 25:21; Eze 25:8; Am 2:1; Zep 2:8
  52. Isaiah 16:6 : S Lev 26:19; S Job 20:6; Jer 49:16; Ob 1:3; Zep 2:10
  53. Isaiah 16:7 : S Isa 13:6; Jer 48:20; 49:3
  54. Isaiah 16:7 : S 1Ch 16:3
  55. Isaiah 16:7 : S 2Ki 3:25
  56. Isaiah 16:8 : S Nu 21:25
  57. Isaiah 16:8 : S Isa 15:6
  58. Isaiah 16:8 : S Nu 32:3
  59. Isaiah 16:8 : S Isa 5:2
  60. Isaiah 16:8 : S Nu 21:32
  61. Isaiah 16:8 : S Job 8:16
  62. Isaiah 16:8 : Ps 80:11
  63. Isaiah 16:9 : S Isa 15:3; Eze 27:31
  64. Isaiah 16:9 : S Nu 32:3
  65. Isaiah 16:9 : S Job 7:3
  66. Isaiah 16:9 : S Ezr 3:13
  67. Isaiah 16:9 : Jer 40:12
  68. Isaiah 16:10 : Isa 24:7-8
  69. Isaiah 16:10 : Jer 25:30
  70. Isaiah 16:10 : S Jdg 9:27
  71. Isaiah 16:10 : S Job 24:11; S Isa 5:2
  72. Isaiah 16:11 : S Isa 15:5
  73. Isaiah 16:11 : S Job 30:31
  74. Isaiah 16:11 : Isa 63:15; Hos 11:8; Php 2:1
  75. Isaiah 16:12 : 1Ki 11:7
  76. Isaiah 16:12 : S Isa 15:2
  77. Isaiah 16:12 : S 1Ki 18:29; Ps 115:4-7; Isa 44:17-18; 1Co 8:4
  78. Isaiah 16:14 : Isa 20:3; 37:30
  79. Isaiah 16:14 : S Lev 25:50
  80. Isaiah 16:14 : S Lev 19:13
  81. Isaiah 16:14 : Isa 25:10; Jer 48:42
  82. Isaiah 16:14 : Isa 21:17
  83. Isaiah 17:1 : Isa 13:1
  84. Isaiah 17:1 : S Ge 14:15; Ac 9:2
  85. Isaiah 17:1 : S Dt 13:16; S Isa 25:2
  86. Isaiah 17:2 : S 2Ki 10:33
  87. Isaiah 17:2 : S Isa 5:17; 7:21; Eze 25:5
  88. Isaiah 17:2 : Isa 27:10
  89. Isaiah 17:2 : S Lev 26:6; Jer 7:33; Mic 4:4
  90. Isaiah 17:3 : Isa 25:2, 12; Hos 10:14
  91. Isaiah 17:3 : ver 4; Isa 21:16; Hos 9:11
  92. Isaiah 17:3 : Isa 7:8, 16; 8:4
  93. Isaiah 17:4 : S Isa 2:11
  94. Isaiah 17:4 : S ver 3
  95. Isaiah 17:4 : S Isa 10:16
  96. Isaiah 17:5 : ver 11; Isa 33:4; Jer 51:33; Joel 3:13; Mt 13:30
  97. Isaiah 17:5 : Job 24:24
  98. Isaiah 17:5 : S Jos 17:15; S 1Ch 11:15
  99. Isaiah 17:6 : S Dt 4:27; S Isa 10:19; S 24:13
  100. Isaiah 17:6 : ver 11; Isa 27:12
  101. Isaiah 17:7 : S Isa 2:11
  102. Isaiah 17:7 : S Isa 9:13; S 10:20
  103. Isaiah 17:7 : S Ps 95:6
  104. Isaiah 17:7 : S Isa 12:6
  105. Isaiah 17:8 : S Lev 26:30
  106. Isaiah 17:8 : S 2Ch 32:19; Isa 2:18, 20; 30:22; 46:6; Rev 9:20
  107. Isaiah 17:8 : S Jdg 3:7; S 2Ki 17:10
  108. Isaiah 17:8 : Isa 2:8
  109. Isaiah 17:9 : S Isa 7:19
  110. Isaiah 17:10 : S Dt 6:12; 8:11; Ps 50:22; 106:21; Isa 51:13; 57:11; Jer 2:32; 3:21; 13:25; 18:15; Eze 22:12; 23:35; Hos 8:14; 13:6
  111. Isaiah 17:10 : S Isa 12:2; S Lk 1:47
  112. Isaiah 17:10 : S Ge 49:24
  113. Isaiah 17:10 : S Ps 18:2
  114. Isaiah 17:10 : S Isa 5:7
  115. Isaiah 17:11 : Ps 90:6
  116. Isaiah 17:11 : S ver 5
  117. Isaiah 17:11 : S Lev 26:20; Hos 8:7; Joel 1:11; Hag 1:6
  118. Isaiah 17:11 : Jer 10:19; 30:12
  119. Isaiah 17:11 : S Dt 28:39; S Job 4:8
  120. Isaiah 17:12 : ver 13; Isa 41:11
  121. Isaiah 17:12 : S Ps 18:4; Lk 21:25
  122. Isaiah 17:12 : S Ps 46:6; Isa 8:9
  123. Isaiah 17:12 : Isa 8:7
  124. Isaiah 17:13 : S Ps 46:3
  125. Isaiah 17:13 : S Dt 28:20; S Ps 9:5
  126. Isaiah 17:13 : S Ps 68:1; S Isa 13:14
  127. Isaiah 17:13 : S Job 13:25; S Isa 2:22; 41:2, 15-16; Da 2:35
  128. Isaiah 17:13 : Job 21:18; S Ps 65:7
  129. Isaiah 17:14 : Isa 29:5; 30:13; 47:11; 48:3
  130. Isaiah 17:14 : Isa 33:18; 54:14
  131. Isaiah 17:14 : S 2Ki 19:35
  132. Isaiah 18:1 : Isa 5:8
  133. Isaiah 18:1 : S Ge 10:6; S Ps 68:31; S Eze 29:10
  134. Isaiah 18:2 : Ob 1:1
  135. Isaiah 18:2 : Ex 2:3; Job 9:26
  136. Isaiah 18:2 : S Ge 41:14
  137. Isaiah 18:2 : S Ge 10:8-9; S 2Ch 12:3
  138. Isaiah 18:2 : ver 7
  139. Isaiah 18:3 : S Ps 33:8
  140. Isaiah 18:3 : S Ps 60:4; Isa 5:26; 11:10; 13:2; 31:9; Jer 4:21
  141. Isaiah 18:3 : S Jos 6:20; S Jdg 3:27
  142. Isaiah 18:4 : Isa 62:1; 64:12
  143. Isaiah 18:4 : Isa 26:21; Hos 5:15; Mic 1:3
  144. Isaiah 18:4 : S Jdg 5:31; S Ps 18:12; Hab 3:4
  145. Isaiah 18:4 : 2Sa 1:21; S Ps 133:3; Isa 26:19; Hos 14:5
  146. Isaiah 18:5 : S Isa 10:33
  147. Isaiah 18:5 : Isa 17:10-11; Eze 17:6
  148. Isaiah 18:6 : S Isa 8:8
  149. Isaiah 18:6 : Isa 37:36; 56:9; Jer 7:33; Eze 32:4; 39:17
  150. Isaiah 18:7 : S 2Ch 9:24; S Isa 60:7
  151. Isaiah 18:7 : S Ge 41:14
  152. Isaiah 18:7 : Hab 1:7
  153. Isaiah 18:7 : ver 2
  154. Isaiah 18:7 : Ps 68:31
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Galatians 1

1 Paul, an apostle(A)—sent not from men nor by a man,(B) but by Jesus Christ(C) and God the Father,(D) who raised him from the dead(E)— 2 and all the brothers and sisters[a] with me,(F)

To the churches in Galatia:(G)

3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,(H) 4 who gave himself for our sins(I) to rescue us from the present evil age,(J) according to the will of our God and Father,(K) 5 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.(L)

No Other Gospel

6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called(M) you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel(N)— 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion(O) and are trying to pervert(P) the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you,(Q) let them be under God’s curse!(R) 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted,(S) let them be under God’s curse!

10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people?(T) If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Paul Called by God

11 I want you to know, brothers and sisters,(U) that the gospel I preached(V) is not of human origin. 12 I did not receive it from any man,(W) nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation(X) from Jesus Christ.(Y)

13 For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism,(Z) how intensely I persecuted the church of God(AA) and tried to destroy it.(AB) 14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous(AC) for the traditions of my fathers.(AD) 15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb(AE) and called me(AF) by his grace, was pleased 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles,(AG) my immediate response was not to consult any human being.(AH) 17 I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.(AI)

18 Then after three years,(AJ) I went up to Jerusalem(AK) to get acquainted with Cephas[b] and stayed with him fifteen days. 19 I saw none of the other apostles—only James,(AL) the Lord’s brother. 20 I assure you before God(AM) that what I am writing you is no lie.(AN)

21 Then I went to Syria(AO) and Cilicia.(AP) 22 I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea(AQ) that are in Christ.(AR) 23 They only heard the report: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith(AS) he once tried to destroy.”(AT) 24 And they praised God(AU) because of me.

Footnotes:

  1. Galatians 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 11; and in 3:15; 4:12, 28, 31; 5:11, 13; 6:1, 18.
  2. Galatians 1:18 That is, Peter

Cross references:

  1. Galatians 1:1 : S 1Co 1:1
  2. Galatians 1:1 : ver 11, 12
  3. Galatians 1:1 : ver 15, 16; S Ac 9:15; 20:24
  4. Galatians 1:1 : ver 15, 16; S Ac 9:15; 20:24
  5. Galatians 1:1 : S Ac 2:24
  6. Galatians 1:2 : Php 4:21
  7. Galatians 1:2 : S Ac 16:6
  8. Galatians 1:3 : S Ro 1:7
  9. Galatians 1:4 : S Mt 20:28; S Ro 4:25; S 1Co 15:3; Gal 2:20
  10. Galatians 1:4 : S 1Co 1:20
  11. Galatians 1:4 : S Php 4:20
  12. Galatians 1:5 : S Ro 11:36
  13. Galatians 1:6 : ver 15; S Ro 8:28
  14. Galatians 1:6 : 2Co 11:4
  15. Galatians 1:7 : Ac 15:24; Gal 5:10
  16. Galatians 1:7 : Jer 23:16, 36
  17. Galatians 1:8 : ver 11, 16; 1Co 15:1; 2Co 11:4; Gal 2:2
  18. Galatians 1:8 : Ro 9:3
  19. Galatians 1:9 : Ro 16:17
  20. Galatians 1:10 : S Ro 2:29
  21. Galatians 1:11 : 1Co 15:1
  22. Galatians 1:11 : S ver 8
  23. Galatians 1:12 : ver 1
  24. Galatians 1:12 : ver 16; S 1Co 2:10
  25. Galatians 1:12 : 1Co 11:23; 15:3
  26. Galatians 1:13 : Ac 26:4, 5
  27. Galatians 1:13 : S 1Co 10:32
  28. Galatians 1:13 : S Ac 8:3
  29. Galatians 1:14 : S Ac 21:20
  30. Galatians 1:14 : Mt 15:2
  31. Galatians 1:15 : Isa 49:1, 5; Jer 1:5
  32. Galatians 1:15 : S Ac 9:15; S Ro 8:28
  33. Galatians 1:16 : S Ac 9:15; Gal 2:9
  34. Galatians 1:16 : Mt 16:17
  35. Galatians 1:17 : Ac 9:2, 19-22
  36. Galatians 1:18 : Ac 9:22, 23
  37. Galatians 1:18 : Ac 9:26, 27
  38. Galatians 1:19 : Mt 13:55; S Ac 15:13
  39. Galatians 1:20 : S Ro 1:9
  40. Galatians 1:20 : S Ro 9:1
  41. Galatians 1:21 : S Lk 2:2
  42. Galatians 1:21 : S Ac 6:9
  43. Galatians 1:22 : 1Th 2:14
  44. Galatians 1:22 : S Ro 16:3
  45. Galatians 1:23 : Ac 6:7
  46. Galatians 1:23 : S Ac 8:3
  47. Galatians 1:24 : S Mt 9:8
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Psalm 58

Psalm 58[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A miktam.[b]

1 Do you rulers indeed speak justly?(A)
Do you judge people with equity?
2 No, in your heart you devise injustice,(B)
and your hands mete out violence on the earth.(C)

3 Even from birth the wicked go astray;
from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies.
4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake,(D)
like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,
5 that will not heed(E) the tune of the charmer,(F)
however skillful the enchanter may be.

6 Break the teeth in their mouths, O God;(G)
Lord, tear out the fangs of those lions!(H)
7 Let them vanish like water that flows away;(I)
when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.(J)
8 May they be like a slug that melts away as it moves along,(K)
like a stillborn child(L) that never sees the sun.

9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns(M)—
whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.[c](N)
10 The righteous will be glad(O) when they are avenged,(P)
when they dip their feet in the blood of the wicked.(Q)
11 Then people will say,
“Surely the righteous still are rewarded;(R)
surely there is a God who judges the earth.”(S)

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 58:1 In Hebrew texts 58:1-11 is numbered 58:2-12.
  2. Psalm 58:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  3. Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 58:1 : Ps 82:2
  2. Psalm 58:2 : Mt 15:19
  3. Psalm 58:2 : Ps 94:20; Isa 10:1; Lk 6:38
  4. Psalm 58:4 : S Nu 21:6
  5. Psalm 58:5 : Ps 81:11
  6. Psalm 58:5 : Ecc 10:11; Jer 8:17
  7. Psalm 58:6 : Ps 3:7
  8. Psalm 58:6 : S Job 4:10
  9. Psalm 58:7 : S Lev 26:36; S Job 11:16
  10. Psalm 58:7 : Ps 11:2; 57:4; 64:3
  11. Psalm 58:8 : Isa 13:7
  12. Psalm 58:8 : S Job 3:16
  13. Psalm 58:9 : Ps 118:12; Ecc 7:6
  14. Psalm 58:9 : S Job 7:10; S 21:18
  15. Psalm 58:10 : S Job 22:19
  16. Psalm 58:10 : Dt 32:35; Ps 7:9; 91:8; Jer 11:20; Ro 12:17-21
  17. Psalm 58:10 : Ps 68:23
  18. Psalm 58:11 : S Ge 15:1; S Ps 128:2; Lk 6:23
  19. Psalm 58:11 : S Ge 18:25
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Proverbs 23:12

Saying 12

12 Apply your heart to instruction(A)
and your ears to words of knowledge.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 23:12 : S Pr 2:2
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday September 13, 2024 (NIV)

Isaiah 12-14

Songs of Praise

12 In that day(A) you will say:

“I will praise(B) you, Lord.
Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away(C)
and you have comforted(D) me.
2 Surely God is my salvation;(E)
I will trust(F) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,(G) is my strength(H) and my defense[a];
he has become my salvation.(I)”
3 With joy you will draw water(J)
from the wells(K) of salvation.

4 In that day(L) you will say:

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;(M)
make known among the nations(N) what he has done,
and proclaim that his name is exalted.(O)
5 Sing(P) to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;(Q)
let this be known to all the world.
6 Shout aloud and sing for joy,(R) people of Zion,
for great(S) is the Holy One of Israel(T) among you.(U)”

A Prophecy Against Babylon

13 A prophecy(V) against Babylon(W) that Isaiah son of Amoz(X) saw:(Y)

2 Raise a banner(Z) on a bare hilltop,
shout to them;
beckon to them
to enter the gates(AA) of the nobles.
3 I have commanded those I prepared for battle;
I have summoned my warriors(AB) to carry out my wrath(AC)—
those who rejoice(AD) in my triumph.

4 Listen, a noise on the mountains,
like that of a great multitude!(AE)
Listen, an uproar(AF) among the kingdoms,
like nations massing together!
The Lord Almighty(AG) is mustering(AH)
an army for war.
5 They come from faraway lands,
from the ends of the heavens(AI)—
the Lord and the weapons(AJ) of his wrath(AK)—
to destroy(AL) the whole country.

6 Wail,(AM) for the day(AN) of the Lord is near;
it will come like destruction(AO) from the Almighty.[b](AP)
7 Because of this, all hands will go limp,(AQ)
every heart will melt with fear.(AR)
8 Terror(AS) will seize them,
pain and anguish will grip(AT) them;
they will writhe like a woman in labor.(AU)
They will look aghast at each other,
their faces aflame.(AV)

9 See, the day(AW) of the Lord is coming
—a cruel(AX) day, with wrath(AY) and fierce anger(AZ)—
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.
10 The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light.(BA)
The rising sun(BB) will be darkened(BC)
and the moon will not give its light.(BD)
11 I will punish(BE) the world for its evil,
the wicked