Mark 1:1-8

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The Messiah’s Herald

1 The beginning^(A) of the gospel^(B) of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.^[a]^(C) ²As it is written in Isaiah^(D) the prophet:^[b]^(E)

See, I am sending my messenger^(F) ahead of you;
he will prepare your way.^[c]^[d] ^(G)
³A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:^(H)
Prepare the way for the Lord;^(I)
make his paths straight!^[e]^(J)

⁴John came baptizing^[f]^(K) in the wilderness^(L) and proclaiming a baptism of repentance^(M) for the forgiveness^(N) of sins.^(O) ⁵The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem^(P) were going out to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan^(Q) River, confessing^(R) their sins.^(S) ⁶John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts^(T) and wild honey.^(U)

⁷He proclaimed, “One who is more powerful^(V) than I am is coming after me.^(W) I am not worthy^(X) to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals.^(Y) ⁸I baptize you with^[g] water,^(Z) but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”^(AA)

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Footnotes

1:1 Some mss omit the Son of God
1:2 Other mss read in the prophets
1:2 Other mss add before you
1:2 Mal 3:1
1:3 Is 40:3
1:4 Or John the Baptist came
1:8 Or in

Psalm 64

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Psalm 64

Protection from Evildoers

For the choir director. A psalm of David.

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

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

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

Footnotes

64:5 Or They strengthen themselves with
64:5 Or it

Amos 1:1-2:5

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1 The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders^[a]^(A) from Tekoa^(B)—what he saw regarding Israel in the days of King Uzziah^(C) of Judah and Jeroboam^(D) son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.^(E)

²He said:

The Lord roars^(F) from Zion
and makes his voice heard from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds mourn,^[b]^(G)
and the summit of Carmel^(H) withers.

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

³The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Damascus^(I)
for three crimes, even four,^(J)
because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.
⁴Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace,
and it will consume Ben-hadad’s^(K) citadels.
⁵I will break down the gates^[c]^(L) of Damascus.
I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven,
and the one who wields the scepter from Beth-eden.
The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir.^(M)
The Lord has spoken.

⁶The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Gaza^(N)
for three crimes, even four,
because they exiled a whole community,
handing them over to Edom.
⁷Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza,
and it will consume its citadels.
⁸I will cut off the ruler from Ashdod,^(O)
and the one who wields the scepter from Ashkelon.^(P)
I will also turn my hand against Ekron,
and the remainder of the Philistines^(Q) will perish.
The Lord God has spoken.

⁹The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Tyre^(R)
for three crimes, even four,
because they handed over
a whole community of exiles to Edom
and broke^[d] a treaty of brotherhood.^(S)
¹⁰Therefore, I will send fire^(T) against the walls of Tyre,
and it will consume its citadels.

¹¹The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Edom^(U)
for three crimes, even four,
because he pursued his brother with the sword.^(V)
He stifled his compassion,
his anger tore at him^(W) continually,
and he harbored his rage incessantly.
¹²Therefore, I will send fire against Teman,^(X)
and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.

¹³The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing the Ammonites^(Y)
for three crimes, even four,
because they ripped open
the pregnant women of Gilead^(Z)
in order to enlarge their territory.^(AA)
¹⁴Therefore, I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah,^(AB)
and it will consume its citadels.
There will be shouting on the day of battle^(AC)
and a violent wind on the day of the storm.^(AD)
¹⁵Their king and his princes
will go into exile together.^(AE)
The Lord has spoken.

2 The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Moab^(AF)
for three crimes, even four,
because he burned the bones
of the king of Edom to lime.^(AG)
²Therefore, I will send fire against Moab,
and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth.^(AH)
Moab will die with a tumult,^(AI)
with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn.
³I will cut off the judge^(AJ) from the land
and kill all its officials^(AK) with him.
The Lord has spoken.

Judgment on Judah

⁴The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Judah^(AL)
for three crimes, even four,
because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord^(AM)
and have not kept his statutes.^(AN)
The lies^(AO) that their ancestors followed^(AP)
have led them astray.
⁵Therefore, I will send fire^(AQ) against Judah,
and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.

Footnotes

1:1 Or the shepherds
1:2 Or dry up
1:5 Lit gate bars
1:9 Lit and did not remember

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