Isaiah 63:7-14

Common English Bible

Prayer of yearning

⁷I will recount the Lord’s faithful acts;
    I will sing the Lord’s praises,
    because of all the Lord did for us,
    for God’s great favor toward the house of Israel.
    God treated them compassionately
    and with deep affection.
⁸God said, “Truly, they are my people,
    children who won’t do what is wrong.”
    God became their savior.
⁹During all their distress, God also was distressed,
    so a messenger who served him saved them.
In love and mercy God redeemed them,
    lifting and carrying them throughout earlier times.
¹⁰But they rebelled,
    and made God’s holy spirit terribly sad,
    so that he turned into their enemy—
    he fought against them!

¹¹Then they remembered earlier times,
    when he rescued his people.^[a]
Where was the one who drew them up from the sea,
    the shepherd^[b] of the flock?
Where was the one who put within them his holy spirit;
¹²    the one who guided Moses’ strong hand
    with his glorious arm;
    who split the water for them
    to create an enduring reputation for himself,
¹³    and who guided them through the depths?
    Like a horse in the desert, they didn’t stumble.
¹⁴Like cattle descending to the valley,
    the Lord’s spirit brought them to rest.
In this way you led your people
    and made for yourself a glorious reputation.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 63:11 Or Moses, his people
Isaiah 63:11 LXX, Tg; MT shepherds

John 15:26-27

Common English Bible

²⁶“When the Companion^[a] comes, whom I will send from the Father—the Spirit of Truth who proceeds from the Father—he will testify about me. ²⁷You will testify too, because you have been with me from the beginning.

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John 15:26 Or Advocate

John 16:4-15

Common English Bible

⁴But I have said these things to you so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them.

I go away

“I didn’t say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. ⁵But now I go away to the one who sent me. None of you ask me, ‘Where are you going?’ ⁶Yet because I have said these things to you, you are filled with sorrow. ⁷I assure you that it is better for you that I go away. If I don’t go away, the Companion^[a] won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. ⁸When he comes, he will show the world it was wrong about sin, righteousness, and judgment. ⁹He will show the world it was wrong about sin because they don’t believe in me. ¹⁰He will show the world it was wrong about righteousness because I’m going to the Father and you won’t see me anymore. ¹¹He will show the world it was wrong about judgment because this world’s ruler stands condemned.

I still have many things to say

¹²“I have much more to say to you, but you can’t handle it now. ¹³However, when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you in all truth. He won’t speak on his own, but will say whatever he hears and will proclaim to you what is to come. ¹⁴He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and proclaim it to you. ¹⁵Everything that the Father has is mine. That’s why I said that the Spirit takes what is mine and will proclaim it to you.

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