In that day(A) seven women
    will take hold of one man(B)
and say, “We will eat our own food(C)
    and provide our own clothes;
only let us be called by your name.
    Take away our disgrace!”(D)

The Branch of the Lord

In that day(E) the Branch of the Lord(F) will be beautiful(G) and glorious, and the fruit(H) of the land will be the pride and glory(I) of the survivors(J) in Israel. Those who are left in Zion,(K) who remain(L) in Jerusalem, will be called holy,(M) all who are recorded(N) among the living in Jerusalem. The Lord will wash away the filth(O) of the women of Zion;(P) he will cleanse(Q) the bloodstains(R) from Jerusalem by a spirit[a] of judgment(S) and a spirit[b] of fire.(T) Then the Lord will create(U) over all of Mount Zion(V) and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night;(W) over everything the glory[c](X) will be a canopy.(Y) It will be a shelter(Z) and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge(AA) and hiding place from the storm(AB) and rain.

The Song of the Vineyard

I will sing for the one I love
    a song about his vineyard:(AC)
My loved one had a vineyard
    on a fertile hillside.
He dug it up and cleared it of stones
    and planted it with the choicest vines.(AD)
He built a watchtower(AE) in it
    and cut out a winepress(AF) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
    but it yielded only bad fruit.(AG)

“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.(AH)
What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?(AI)
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?(AJ)
Now I will tell you
    what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
    and it will be destroyed;(AK)
I will break down its wall,(AL)
    and it will be trampled.(AM)
I will make it a wasteland,(AN)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns(AO) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain(AP) on it.”

The vineyard(AQ) of the Lord Almighty
    is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,(AR) but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness,(AS) but heard cries of distress.(AT)

Woes and Judgments

Woe(AU) to you who add house to house
    and join field to field(AV)
till no space is left
    and you live alone in the land.

The Lord Almighty(AW) has declared in my hearing:(AX)

“Surely the great houses will become desolate,(AY)
    the fine mansions left without occupants.
10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath[d] of wine;
    a homer[e] of seed will yield only an ephah[f] of grain.”(AZ)

11 Woe(BA) to those who rise early in the morning
    to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
    till they are inflamed with wine.(BB)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes(BC) and timbrels(BD) and wine,
but they have no regard(BE) for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.(BF)
13 Therefore my people will go into exile(BG)
    for lack of understanding;(BH)
those of high rank(BI) will die of hunger
    and the common people will be parched with thirst.(BJ)
14 Therefore Death(BK) expands its jaws,
    opening wide its mouth;(BL)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
    with all their brawlers and revelers.(BM)
15 So people will be brought low(BN)
    and everyone humbled,(BO)
    the eyes of the arrogant(BP) humbled.
16 But the Lord Almighty will be exalted(BQ) by his justice,(BR)
    and the holy God will be proved holy(BS) by his righteous acts.
17 Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;(BT)
    lambs will feed[g] among the ruins of the rich.

18 Woe(BU) to those who draw sin along with cords(BV) of deceit,
    and wickedness(BW) as with cart ropes,
19 to those who say, “Let God hurry;
    let him hasten(BX) his work
    so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One(BY) of Israel—
    let it approach, let it come into view,
    so we may know it.”(BZ)

20 Woe(CA) to those who call evil good(CB)
    and good evil,(CC)
who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,(CD)
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter.(CE)

21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes(CF)
    and clever in their own sight.

22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine(CG)
    and champions at mixing drinks,(CH)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,(CI)
    but deny justice(CJ) to the innocent.(CK)
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire(CL) lick up straw(CM)
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay(CN)
    and their flowers blow away like dust;(CO)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
    and spurned the word(CP) of the Holy One(CQ) of Israel.
25 Therefore the Lord’s anger(CR) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,(CS)
    and the dead bodies(CT) are like refuse(CU) in the streets.(CV)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(CW)
    his hand is still upraised.(CX)

26 He lifts up a banner(CY) for the distant nations,
    he whistles(CZ) for those at the ends of the earth.(DA)
Here they come,
    swiftly and speedily!
27 Not one of them grows tired(DB) or stumbles,
    not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt(DC) is loosened at the waist,(DD)
    not a sandal strap is broken.(DE)
28 Their arrows are sharp,(DF)
    all their bows(DG) are strung;
their horses’ hooves(DH) seem like flint,
    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.(DI)
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,(DJ)
    they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize(DK) their prey
    and carry it off with no one to rescue.(DL)
30 In that day(DM) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.(DN)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness(DO) and distress;(DP)
    even the sun will be darkened(DQ) by clouds.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
  2. Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
  3. Isaiah 4:5 Or over all the glory there
  4. Isaiah 5:10 That is, about 6 gallons or about 22 liters
  5. Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 360 pounds or about 160 kilograms
  6. Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
  7. Isaiah 5:17 Septuagint; Hebrew / strangers will eat

Psalm 115(A)

Not to us, Lord, not to us
    but to your name be the glory,(B)
    because of your love and faithfulness.(C)

Why do the nations say,
    “Where is their God?”(D)
Our God is in heaven;(E)
    he does whatever pleases him.(F)
But their idols are silver and gold,(G)
    made by human hands.(H)
They have mouths, but cannot speak,(I)
    eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears, but cannot hear,
    noses, but cannot smell.
They have hands, but cannot feel,
    feet, but cannot walk,
    nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

All you Israelites, trust(J) in the Lord
    he is their help and shield.
10 House of Aaron,(K) trust in the Lord
    he is their help and shield.
11 You who fear him,(L) trust in the Lord
    he is their help and shield.

12 The Lord remembers(M) us and will bless us:(N)
    He will bless his people Israel,
    he will bless the house of Aaron,
13 he will bless those who fear(O) the Lord
    small and great alike.

14 May the Lord cause you to flourish,(P)
    both you and your children.
15 May you be blessed by the Lord,
    the Maker of heaven(Q) and earth.

16 The highest heavens belong to the Lord,(R)
    but the earth he has given(S) to mankind.
17 It is not the dead(T) who praise the Lord,
    those who go down to the place of silence;
18 it is we who extol the Lord,(U)
    both now and forevermore.(V)

Praise the Lord.[a](W)

Psalm 116

I love the Lord,(X) for he heard my voice;
    he heard my cry(Y) for mercy.(Z)
Because he turned his ear(AA) to me,
    I will call on him as long as I live.

The cords of death(AB) entangled me,
    the anguish of the grave came over me;
    I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
Then I called on the name(AC) of the Lord:
    Lord, save me!(AD)

The Lord is gracious and righteous;(AE)
    our God is full of compassion.(AF)
The Lord protects the unwary;
    when I was brought low,(AG) he saved me.(AH)

Return to your rest,(AI) my soul,
    for the Lord has been good(AJ) to you.

For you, Lord, have delivered me(AK) from death,
    my eyes from tears,
    my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before the Lord(AL)
    in the land of the living.(AM)

10 I trusted(AN) in the Lord when I said,
    “I am greatly afflicted”;(AO)
11 in my alarm I said,
    “Everyone is a liar.”(AP)

12 What shall I return to the Lord
    for all his goodness(AQ) to me?

13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
    and call on the name(AR) of the Lord.
14 I will fulfill my vows(AS) to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.

15 Precious in the sight(AT) of the Lord
    is the death of his faithful servants.(AU)
16 Truly I am your servant, Lord;(AV)
    I serve you just as my mother did;(AW)
    you have freed me from my chains.(AX)

17 I will sacrifice a thank offering(AY) to you
    and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will fulfill my vows(AZ) to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts(BA) of the house of the Lord
    in your midst, Jerusalem.(BB)

Praise the Lord.[b]

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 115:18 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
  2. Psalm 116:19 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

Jude,(A) a servant of Jesus Christ(B) and a brother of James,

To those who have been called,(C) who are loved in God the Father and kept for[a] Jesus Christ:(D)

Mercy, peace(E) and love be yours in abundance.(F)

The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People

Dear friends,(G) although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share,(H) I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend(I) for the faith(J) that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.(K) For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about[b] long ago have secretly slipped in among you.(L) They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.(M)

Though you already know all this,(N) I want to remind you(O) that the Lord[c] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.(P) And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.(Q) In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah(R) and the surrounding towns(S) gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.(T)

In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.(U) But even the archangel(V) Michael,(W) when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses,(X) did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”[d](Y) 10 Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.(Z)

11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain;(AA) they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error;(AB) they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.(AC)

12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts,(AD) eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves.(AE) They are clouds without rain,(AF) blown along by the wind;(AG) autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted(AH)—twice dead. 13 They are wild waves of the sea,(AI) foaming up their shame;(AJ) wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.(AK)

14 Enoch,(AL) the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming(AM) with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones(AN) 15 to judge(AO) everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[e](AP) 16 These people are grumblers(AQ) and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires;(AR) they boast(AS) about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

A Call to Persevere

17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles(AT) of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.(AU) 18 They said to you, “In the last times(AV) there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”(AW) 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.(AX)

20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up(AY) in your most holy faith(AZ) and praying in the Holy Spirit,(BA) 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait(BB) for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.(BC)

22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them from the fire;(BD) to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.[f](BE)

Doxology

24 To him who is able(BF) to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence(BG) without fault(BH) and with great joy— 25 to the only God(BI) our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore!(BJ) Amen.(BK)

Footnotes

  1. Jude 1:1 Or by; or in
  2. Jude 1:4 Or individuals who were marked out for condemnation
  3. Jude 1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus
  4. Jude 1:9 Jude is alluding to the Jewish Testament of Moses (approximately the first century a.d.).
  5. Jude 1:15 From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century b.c.)
  6. Jude 1:23 The Greek manuscripts of these verses vary at several points.

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