“Therefore you shall keep every commandment which I command you today, that you may (A)be strong, and go in and possess the land which you cross over to possess, and (B)that you may prolong your days in the land (C)which the Lord [a]swore to give your fathers, to them and their descendants, (D)‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’ 10 For the land which you go to possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and watered it by foot, as a vegetable garden; 11 (E)but the land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven, 12 a land for which the Lord your God cares; (F)the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year.

13 ‘And it shall be that if you earnestly [b]obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 then (G)I[c] will give you the rain for your land in its season, (H)the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. 15 (I)And I will send grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may (J)eat and be [d]filled.’ 16 Take heed to yourselves, (K)lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and (L)serve other gods and worship them, 17 lest (M)the Lord’s anger be aroused against you, and He (N)shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and (O)you perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you.

18 “Therefore (P)you shall [e]lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your (Q)soul, and (R)bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 (S)You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 20 (T)And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 that (U)your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, like (V)the days of the heavens above the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 11:9 promised
  2. Deuteronomy 11:13 Lit. listen to
  3. Deuteronomy 11:14 So with MT, Tg.; Sam., LXX, Vg. He
  4. Deuteronomy 11:15 satisfied
  5. Deuteronomy 11:18 Lit. put

32 As yet he will remain (A)at Nob that day;
He will (B)shake his fist at the mount of (C)the daughter of Zion,
The hill of Jerusalem.

33 Behold, the Lord,
The Lord of hosts,
Will lop off the bough with terror;
(D)Those of high stature will be hewn down,
And the haughty will be humbled.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron,
And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

The Reign of Jesse’s Offspring(E)

11 There (F)shall come forth a [a]Rod from the [b]stem of (G)Jesse,
And (H)a Branch shall [c]grow out of his roots.
(I)The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him,
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and might,
The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

His delight is in the fear of the Lord,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;
But (J)with righteousness He shall judge the poor,
And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
He shall (K)strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins,
And faithfulness the belt of His waist.

“The(L) wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
The leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
The calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little child shall lead them.
The cow and the bear shall graze;
Their young ones shall lie down together;
And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole,
And the weaned child shall put his hand in the viper’s den.
(M)They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain,
For (N)the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.

10 “And(O) in that day (P)there shall be a Root of Jesse,
Who shall stand as a (Q)banner to the people;
For the (R)Gentiles shall seek Him,
And His resting place shall be glorious.”

11 It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time
To recover the remnant of His people who are left,
(S)From Assyria and Egypt,
From Pathros and Cush,
From Elam and Shinar,
From Hamath and the [d]islands of the sea.

12 He will set up a banner for the nations,
And will [e]assemble the outcasts of Israel,
And gather together (T)the dispersed of Judah
From the four [f]corners of the earth.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:1 Shoot
  2. Isaiah 11:1 stock or trunk
  3. Isaiah 11:1 be fruitful
  4. Isaiah 11:11 Or coastlands
  5. Isaiah 11:12 gather
  6. Isaiah 11:12 Lit. wings

The Coming of the Son of Man(A)

29 (B)“Immediately after the tribulation of those days (C)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 (D)Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, (E)and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 (F)And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His [a]elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

The Parable of the Fig Tree(G)

32 “Now learn (H)this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So you also, when you see all these things, know (I)that [b]it is near—at the doors! 34 Assuredly, I say to you, (J)this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. 35 (K)Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.

No One Knows the Day or Hour(L)

36 (M)“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of [c]heaven, (N)but My Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 (O)For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 (P)Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. 42 (Q)Watch therefore, for you do not know what [d]hour your Lord is coming. 43 (R)But know this, that if the master of the house had known what [e]hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 (S)Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:31 chosen ones
  2. Matthew 24:33 Or He
  3. Matthew 24:36 NU adds nor the Son
  4. Matthew 24:42 NU day
  5. Matthew 24:43 Lit. watch of the night

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