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Isaiah 63-65
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Isaiah 63-65
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God’s Day of Vengeance and Redemption
63 Who is this coming from Edom,(A)
from Bozrah,(B) with his garments stained crimson?(C)
Who is this, robed in splendor,
striding forward in the greatness of his strength?(D)
“It is I, proclaiming victory,
mighty to save.”(E)
2 Why are your garments red,
like those of one treading the winepress?(F)
3 “I have trodden the winepress(G) alone;
from the nations no one was with me.
I trampled(H) them in my anger
and trod them down in my wrath;(I)
their blood spattered my garments,(J)
and I stained all my clothing.
4 It was for me the day of vengeance;(K)
the year for me to redeem had come.
5 I looked, but there was no one(L) to help,
I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own arm(M) achieved salvation for me,
and my own wrath sustained me.(N)
6 I trampled(O) the nations in my anger;
in my wrath I made them drunk(P)
and poured their blood(Q) on the ground.”
Praise and Prayer
7 I will tell of the kindnesses(R) of the Lord,
the deeds for which he is to be praised,
according to all the Lord has done for us—
yes, the many good things(S)
he has done for Israel,
according to his compassion(T) and many kindnesses.
8 He said, “Surely they are my people,(U)
children who will be true to me”;
and so he became their Savior.(V)
9 In all their distress he too was distressed,
and the angel(W) of his presence(X) saved them.[a]
In his love and mercy he redeemed(Y) them;
he lifted them up and carried(Z) them
all the days of old.(AA)
10 Yet they rebelled(AB)
and grieved his Holy Spirit.(AC)
So he turned and became their enemy(AD)
and he himself fought(AE) against them.
11 Then his people recalled[b] the days of old,
the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,(AF)
with the shepherd of his flock?(AG)
Where is he who set
his Holy Spirit(AH) among them,
12 who sent his glorious arm(AI) of power
to be at Moses’ right hand,
who divided the waters(AJ) before them,
to gain for himself everlasting renown,(AK)
13 who led(AL) them through the depths?(AM)
Like a horse in open country,
they did not stumble;(AN)
14 like cattle that go down to the plain,
they were given rest(AO) by the Spirit of the Lord.
This is how you guided your people
to make for yourself a glorious name.
15 Look down from heaven(AP) and see,
from your lofty throne,(AQ) holy and glorious.
Where are your zeal(AR) and your might?
Your tenderness and compassion(AS) are withheld(AT) from us.
16 But you are our Father,(AU)
though Abraham does not know us
or Israel acknowledge(AV) us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
our Redeemer(AW) from of old is your name.
17 Why, Lord, do you make us wander(AX) from your ways
and harden our hearts(AY) so we do not revere(AZ) you?
Return(BA) for the sake of your servants,
the tribes that are your inheritance.(BB)
18 For a little while(BC) your people possessed your holy place,
but now our enemies have trampled(BD) down your sanctuary.(BE)
19 We are yours from of old;
but you have not ruled over them,
they have not been called[c] by your name.(BF)
64 [d]Oh, that you would rend the heavens(BG) and come down,(BH)
that the mountains(BI) would tremble before you!
2 As when fire sets twigs ablaze
and causes water to boil,
come down to make your name(BJ) known to your enemies
and cause the nations to quake(BK) before you!
3 For when you did awesome(BL) things that we did not expect,
you came down, and the mountains trembled(BM) before you.
4 Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,(BN)
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.(BO)
5 You come to the help of those who gladly do right,(BP)
who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
you were angry.(BQ)
How then can we be saved?
6 All of us have become like one who is unclean,(BR)
and all our righteous(BS) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,(BT)
and like the wind our sins sweep us away.(BU)
7 No one(BV) calls on your name(BW)
or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden(BX) your face from us
and have given us over(BY) to[e] our sins.
8 Yet you, Lord, are our Father.(BZ)
We are the clay, you are the potter;(CA)
we are all the work of your hand.(CB)
9 Do not be angry(CC) beyond measure, Lord;
do not remember our sins(CD) forever.
Oh, look on us, we pray,
for we are all your people.(CE)
10 Your sacred cities(CF) have become a wasteland;
even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.(CG)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,(CH) where our ancestors praised you,
has been burned with fire,
and all that we treasured(CI) lies in ruins.
12 After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?(CJ)
Will you keep silent(CK) and punish us beyond measure?
Judgment and Salvation
65 “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me;
I was found by those who did not seek me.(CL)
To a nation(CM) that did not call on my name,(CN)
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’
2 All day long I have held out my hands
to an obstinate people,(CO)
who walk in ways not good,
pursuing their own imaginations(CP)—
3 a people who continually provoke me
to my very face,(CQ)
offering sacrifices in gardens(CR)
and burning incense(CS) on altars of brick;
4 who sit among the graves(CT)
and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;
who eat the flesh of pigs,(CU)
and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;
5 who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me,
for I am too sacred(CV) for you!’
Such people are smoke(CW) in my nostrils,
a fire that keeps burning all day.
6 “See, it stands written before me:
I will not keep silent(CX) but will pay back(CY) in full;
I will pay it back into their laps(CZ)—
7 both your sins(DA) and the sins of your ancestors,”(DB)
says the Lord.
“Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains
and defied me on the hills,(DC)
I will measure into their laps
the full payment(DD) for their former deeds.”
8 This is what the Lord says:
“As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes(DE)
and people say, ‘Don’t destroy it,
there is still a blessing in it,’
so will I do in behalf of my servants;(DF)
I will not destroy them all.
9 I will bring forth descendants(DG) from Jacob,
and from Judah those who will possess(DH) my mountains;
my chosen(DI) people will inherit them,
and there will my servants live.(DJ)
10 Sharon(DK) will become a pasture for flocks,(DL)
and the Valley of Achor(DM) a resting place for herds,
for my people who seek(DN) me.
11 “But as for you who forsake(DO) the Lord
and forget my holy mountain,(DP)
who spread a table for Fortune
and fill bowls of mixed wine(DQ) for Destiny,
12 I will destine you for the sword,(DR)
and all of you will fall in the slaughter;(DS)
for I called but you did not answer,(DT)
I spoke but you did not listen.(DU)
You did evil in my sight
and chose what displeases me.”(DV)
13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“My servants will eat,(DW)
but you will go hungry;(DX)
my servants will drink,(DY)
but you will go thirsty;(DZ)
my servants will rejoice,(EA)
but you will be put to shame.(EB)
14 My servants will sing(EC)
out of the joy of their hearts,
but you will cry out(ED)
from anguish of heart
and wail in brokenness of spirit.
15 You will leave your name
for my chosen ones to use in their curses;(EE)
the Sovereign Lord will put you to death,
but to his servants he will give another name.(EF)
16 Whoever invokes a blessing(EG) in the land
will do so by the one true God;(EH)
whoever takes an oath in the land
will swear(EI) by the one true God.
For the past troubles(EJ) will be forgotten
and hidden from my eyes.
New Heavens and a New Earth
17 “See, I will create
new heavens and a new earth.(EK)
The former things will not be remembered,(EL)
nor will they come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice(EM) forever
in what I will create,
for I will create Jerusalem(EN) to be a delight
and its people a joy.
19 I will rejoice(EO) over Jerusalem
and take delight(EP) in my people;
the sound of weeping and of crying(EQ)
will be heard in it no more.
20 “Never again will there be in it
an infant(ER) who lives but a few days,
or an old man who does not live out his years;(ES)
the one who dies at a hundred
will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach[f] a hundred
will be considered accursed.
21 They will build houses(ET) and dwell in them;
they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.(EU)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,(EV)
or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,(EW)
so will be the days(EX) of my people;
my chosen(EY) ones will long enjoy
the work of their hands.
23 They will not labor in vain,(EZ)
nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;(FA)
for they will be a people blessed(FB) by the Lord,
they and their descendants(FC) with them.
24 Before they call(FD) I will answer;(FE)
while they are still speaking(FF) I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb(FG) will feed together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox,(FH)
and dust will be the serpent’s(FI) food.
They will neither harm nor destroy
on all my holy mountain,”(FJ)
says the Lord.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 63:9 Or Savior 9 in their distress. / It was no envoy or angel / but his own presence that saved them
- Isaiah 63:11 Or But may he recall
- Isaiah 63:19 Or We are like those you have never ruled, / like those never called
- Isaiah 64:1 In Hebrew texts 64:1 is numbered 63:19b, and 64:2-12 is numbered 64:1-11.
- Isaiah 64:7 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew have made us melt because of
- Isaiah 65:20 Or the sinner who reaches
Psalm 107
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Psalm 107
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BOOK V
Psalms 107–150
Psalm 107
2 Let the redeemed(C) of the Lord tell their story—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 those he gathered(D) from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south.[a]
4 Some wandered in desert(E) wastelands,
finding no way to a city(F) where they could settle.
5 They were hungry(G) and thirsty,(H)
and their lives ebbed away.
6 Then they cried out(I) to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way(J)
to a city(K) where they could settle.
8 Let them give thanks(L) to the Lord for his unfailing love(M)
and his wonderful deeds(N) for mankind,
9 for he satisfies(O) the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.(P)
10 Some sat in darkness,(Q) in utter darkness,
prisoners suffering(R) in iron chains,(S)
11 because they rebelled(T) against God’s commands
and despised(U) the plans(V) of the Most High.
12 So he subjected them to bitter labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.(W)
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them(X) from their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness,(Y) the utter darkness,(Z)
and broke away their chains.(AA)
15 Let them give thanks(AB) to the Lord for his unfailing love(AC)
and his wonderful deeds(AD) for mankind,
16 for he breaks down gates of bronze
and cuts through bars of iron.
17 Some became fools(AE) through their rebellious ways(AF)
and suffered affliction(AG) because of their iniquities.
18 They loathed all food(AH)
and drew near the gates of death.(AI)
19 Then they cried(AJ) to the Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them(AK) from their distress.
20 He sent out his word(AL) and healed them;(AM)
he rescued(AN) them from the grave.(AO)
21 Let them give thanks(AP) to the Lord for his unfailing love(AQ)
and his wonderful deeds(AR) for mankind.
22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings(AS)
and tell of his works(AT) with songs of joy.(AU)
23 Some went out on the sea(AV) in ships;(AW)
they were merchants on the mighty waters.
24 They saw the works of the Lord,(AX)
his wonderful deeds in the deep.
25 For he spoke(AY) and stirred up a tempest(AZ)
that lifted high the waves.(BA)
26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
in their peril(BB) their courage melted(BC) away.
27 They reeled(BD) and staggered like drunkards;
they were at their wits’ end.
28 Then they cried(BE) out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distress.(BF)
29 He stilled the storm(BG) to a whisper;
the waves(BH) of the sea[b] were hushed.(BI)
30 They were glad when it grew calm,
and he guided them(BJ) to their desired haven.
31 Let them give thanks(BK) to the Lord for his unfailing love(BL)
and his wonderful deeds(BM) for mankind.
32 Let them exalt(BN) him in the assembly(BO) of the people
and praise him in the council of the elders.
33 He turned rivers into a desert,(BP)
flowing springs(BQ) into thirsty ground,
34 and fruitful land into a salt waste,(BR)
because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
35 He turned the desert into pools of water(BS)
and the parched ground into flowing springs;(BT)
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
and they founded a city where they could settle.
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards(BU)
that yielded a fruitful harvest;
38 he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,(BV)
and he did not let their herds diminish.(BW)
39 Then their numbers decreased,(BX) and they were humbled(BY)
by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
40 he who pours contempt on nobles(BZ)
made them wander in a trackless waste.(CA)
41 But he lifted the needy(CB) out of their affliction
and increased their families like flocks.(CC)
42 The upright see and rejoice,(CD)
but all the wicked shut their mouths.(CE)
Footnotes
- Psalm 107:3 Hebrew north and the sea
- Psalm 107:29 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / their waves
John 2
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John 2
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Jesus Changes Water Into Wine
2 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.(A) Jesus’ mother(B) was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”
4 “Woman,[a](C) why do you involve me?”(D) Jesus replied. “My hour(E) has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”(F)
6 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing,(G) each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[b]
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.
8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”
They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine.(H) He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”
11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs(I) through which he revealed his glory;(J) and his disciples believed in him.(K)
12 After this he went down to Capernaum(L) with his mother(M) and brothers(N) and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.
Jesus Clears the Temple Courts(O)
13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover,(P) Jesus went up to Jerusalem.(Q) 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves,(R) and others sitting at tables exchanging money.(S) 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house(T) into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”[c](U)
18 The Jews(V) then responded to him, “What sign(W) can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”(X)
19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”(Y)
20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body.(Z) 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said.(AA) Then they believed the scripture(AB) and the words that Jesus had spoken.
23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(AC) many people saw the signs(AD) he was performing and believed(AE) in his name.[d] 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. 25 He did not need any testimony about mankind,(AF) for he knew what was in each person.(AG)
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