Old/New Testament
Israel’s Restoration and Dominion
14 When Yahweh will (A)have compassion on Jacob and again (B)choose Israel, and [a]put them in their own land, then (C)sojourners will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob. 2 And the peoples will take them along and bring them to their place, and the (D)house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of Yahweh (E)for their male and female slaves; and [b]they will take their captors captive and will have dominion over their taskmasters.
3 And it will be in the day when Yahweh gives you (F)rest from your pain and turmoil and harsh slavery in which you have been enslaved, 4 that you will (G)take up this [c]taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“How (H)the taskmaster has ceased,
And how [d]fury has ceased!
5 Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers
6 (I)Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which had dominion over the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
7 The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They (J)break forth into shouts of joy.
8 Even the (K)cypress trees are glad over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
9 (L)Sheol from beneath trembles excitedly over you to meet you when you come;
It wakens for you the [e]spirits of the dead, all the [f]leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
10 (M)They will all answer and say to you,
‘Even you have been made weak as we,
You have become like us.
11 Your (N)pride and the music of your harps
Have been brought down to Sheol;
Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you
And worms are your covering.’
12 How you have (O)fallen from heaven,
O [g](P)star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who have weakened the nations!
13 But you said in your heart,
‘I will (Q)ascend to heaven;
I will (R)raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
(S)I will make myself like the Most High.’
15 Nevertheless you (T)will be brought down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.
16 Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will [h]carefully consider you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who caused kingdoms to quake,
17 Who made the world like a (U)wilderness
And pulled down its cities,
Who (V)did not [i]allow his prisoners to go home?’
18 All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
Each in his own [j]place.
19 But you have been (W)cast out of your grave
Like an abhorred branch,
[k]Clothed with those killed who are pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the (X)pit
Like a (Y)trampled corpse.
20 You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have ruined your country,
You have killed your people.
May the (Z)seed of evildoers not be called upon forever.
21 Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter
Because of the (AA)iniquity of their fathers.
They must not arise and take possession of the earth
And fill the face of the world with cities.”
22 “I will rise up against them,” declares Yahweh of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon (AB)name and remnant, (AC)offspring and posterity,” declares Yahweh. 23 “I will also make it a possession for the (AD)hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of [l](AE)destruction,” declares Yahweh of hosts.
Yahweh’s Plan to Break Assyrian Rule
24 Yahweh of hosts has sworn saying, “Surely, (AF)just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have counseled so it will stand, 25 to (AG)break Assyria in My land, and I will trod him down on My mountains. Then his (AH)yoke will be removed from them and his burden removed from their shoulder. 26 This is the (AI)counsel that is counseled against the whole earth; and this is the (AJ)hand that is stretched out against all the nations. 27 For (AK)Yahweh of hosts has counseled, and who can thwart it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?”
An Oracle Concerning Philistia
28 In the (AL)year that King Ahaz died this [m](AM)oracle came:
29 “Do not be glad, O (AN)Philistia, all of you,
Because the rod that (AO)struck you is broken;
For from the serpent’s root a (AP)viper will come out,
And its fruit will be a (AQ)flying fiery serpent.
30 [n]And the foremost (AR)of the poor will eat,
And the needy will lie down in security;
I will put to death your root with (AS)famine,
And it will kill off your remnant.
31 Wail, O (AT)gate; cry, O city;
[o]Melt away, O (AU)Philistia, all of you;
For smoke comes from the (AV)north,
And (AW)there is no straggler in his ranks.
32 How then will one answer the (AX)messengers of the nation?
That (AY)Yahweh has founded Zion,
And (AZ)the afflicted of His people will take refuge in it.”
An Oracle Concerning Moab
15 The [p]oracle concerning (BA)Moab.
Surely in a night (BB)Ar of Moab is destroyed and ruined;
Surely in a night Kir of Moab is destroyed and ruined.
2 They have gone up to the [q]temple and to (BC)Dibon, even to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is (BD)bald and every beard is cut off.
3 In their streets they have girded themselves with (BE)sackcloth;
(BF)On their rooftops and in their squares
Everyone is wailing, [r](BG)dissolved in weeping.
4 (BH)Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out,
Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz;
Therefore [s]the armed men of Moab make a loud shout;
His soul trembles within him.
5 My heart cries out for Moab;
Those who flee from her are as far as (BI)Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah,
For they go up the (BJ)ascent of Luhith weeping;
Surely on the road to Horonaim they keep awake with crying in distress (BK)over their destruction.
6 For the (BL)waters of Nimrim are [t]desolate.
Surely the grass is dried up, the tender grass has [u]completely ceased,
There is (BM)no green thing.
7 Therefore the (BN)abundance they have made and stored up
They carry off over the brook of [v]Arabim.
8 For the cry has gone around the territory of Moab,
Its wailing goes as far as Eglaim and its wailing even to Beer-elim.
9 For the waters of Dimon are full of [w]blood;
Surely I will put added woes upon Dimon,
A (BO)lion upon those of Moab who have escaped and upon the remnant of the land.
16 (BP)Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,
From [x](BQ)Sela by way of the wilderness to the (BR)mountain of the daughter of Zion.
2 Then, like [y](BS)fleeing birds or scattered [z]nestlings,
The daughters of (BT)Moab will be at the fords of the (BU)Arnon.
3 “Bring us counsel, make a decision;
[aa]Cast your (BV)shadow like night [ab]at high noon;
(BW)Hide those banished, do not reveal the one who flees.
4 Let the [ac]banished of Moab sojourn with you;
Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer.”
For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased,
(BX)Oppressors have completely disappeared from the land.
5 And a (BY)throne will be established in lovingkindness,
And a judge will sit on it in truth in the tent of (BZ)David;
Moreover, he will seek justice
And be prompt in righteousness.
6 (CA)We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride;
Even of his lofty pride, pride, and fury;
(CB)His idle boasts are [ad]false.
7 Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail.
You will moan for the (CC)raisin cakes of (CD)Kir-hareseth
As those who are utterly stricken.
8 For the fields of (CE)Heshbon have languished, the vines of (CF)Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;
(CG)Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.
9 Therefore I will (CH)weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah;
I will drench you with my tears, O (CI)Heshbon and Elealeh;
For the shouting over your (CJ)summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.
10 (CK)Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful orchard;
In the (CL)vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or shouts of jubilation,
No (CM)treader treads out wine in the presses,
For I have made the shouting to cease.
11 Therefore my [ae](CN)inner being moans like a harp for Moab
And my [af]inward feelings for Kir-hareseth.
12 So it will be when Moab (CO)appears,
When he (CP)wearies himself upon his (CQ)high place
And comes to his sanctuary to pray,
That he will not prevail.
13 This is the word which Yahweh spoke earlier concerning Moab. 14 But now Yahweh speaks, saying, “Within three years, as [ag](CR)a hired man would count them, the glory of (CS)Moab will be dishonored along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and not mighty.”
Be Imitators of God
5 (A)Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, 2 and (B)walk in love, just as Christ also (C)loved [a]us and (D)gave Himself up for us, an (E)offering and a sacrifice to God [b]as a (F)fragrant aroma.
3 But (G)sexual immorality [c]or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among [d]saints; 4 nor (H)filthiness and foolish talk, or coarse jesting, which (I)are not fitting, but rather (J)giving of thanks. 5 For this you know with certainty, that (K)no one sexually immoral or impure or greedy, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom (L)of Christ and God.
6 (M)Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things (N)the wrath of God comes upon (O)the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not be (P)partakers with them, 8 for (Q)you were formerly (R)darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as (S)children of light 9 (for (T)the fruit of that light consists in all (U)goodness and righteousness and truth), 10 [e](V)trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 (W)And do not participate in the unfruitful (X)works of (Y)darkness, but instead even [f](Z)expose them. 12 For it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. 13 But all things become visible (AA)when they are [g]exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light. 14 For this reason [h]it says,
15 Therefore look carefully how you (AE)walk, not (AF)as unwise but as wise, 16 (AG)redeeming the time, because (AH)the days are evil.
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