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Isaiah 4-5
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Isaiah 4-5
New King James Version
Jerusalem’s Glorious Future
4 And (A)in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying,
“We will (B)eat our own food and wear our own apparel;
Only let us be called by your name,
To take away (C)our reproach.”
The Renewal of Zion
2 In that day (D)the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious;
And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing
For those of Israel who have escaped.
3 And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem (E)will be called holy—everyone who is (F)recorded among the living in Jerusalem. 4 When (G)the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the [a]blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning, 5 then the Lord will create above every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and above her assemblies, (H)a cloud and smoke by day and (I)the shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a [b]covering. 6 And there will be a tabernacle for shade in the daytime from the heat, (J)for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and rain.
God’s Disappointing Vineyard
5 Now let me sing to my Well-beloved
A song of my Beloved (K)regarding His vineyard:
My Well-beloved has a vineyard
[c]On a very fruitful hill.
2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones,
And planted it with the choicest vine.
He built a tower in its midst,
And also [d]made a winepress in it;
(L)So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
But it brought forth wild grapes.
3 “And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,
(M)Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.
4 What more could have been done to My vineyard
That I have not done in (N)it?
Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes,
Did it bring forth wild grapes?
5 And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard:
(O)I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned;
And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will lay it (P)waste;
It shall not be pruned or [e]dug,
But there shall come up briers and (Q)thorns.
I will also command the clouds
That they rain no rain on it.”
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.
He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;
For righteousness, but behold, [f]a cry for help.
Impending Judgment on Excesses
8 Woe to those who [g]join (R)house to house;
They add field to field,
Till there is no place
Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
9 (S)In my hearing the Lord of hosts said,
“Truly, many houses shall be desolate,
Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one (T)bath,[h]
And a homer of seed shall yield one [i]ephah.”
11 (U)Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
That they may [j]follow intoxicating drink;
Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!
12 (V)The harp and the strings,
The tambourine and flute,
And wine are in their feasts;
But (W)they do not regard the work of the Lord,
Nor consider the operation of His hands.
13 (X)Therefore my people have gone into captivity,
Because they have no (Y)knowledge;
Their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude dried up with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself
And opened its mouth beyond measure;
Their glory and their multitude and their pomp,
And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it.
15 People shall be brought down,
(Z)Each man shall be humbled,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.
16 But the Lord of hosts shall be (AA)exalted in judgment,
And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.
17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
And in the waste places of (AB)the [k]fat ones strangers shall eat.
18 Woe to those who [l]draw iniquity with cords of [m]vanity,
And sin as if with a cart rope;
19 (AC)That say, “Let Him make speed and hasten His work,
That we may see it;
And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come,
That we may know it.”
20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are (AD)wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!
22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine,
Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
23 Who (AE)justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away justice from the righteous man!
24 Therefore, (AF)as the [n]fire devours the stubble,
And the flame consumes the chaff,
So (AG)their root will be as rottenness,
And their blossom will ascend like dust;
Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 (AH)Therefore the anger of the Lord is aroused against His people;
He has stretched out His hand against them
And stricken them,
And (AI)the hills trembled.
Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets.
(AJ)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
26 (AK)He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar,
And will (AL)whistle to them from (AM)the end of the earth;
Surely (AN)they shall come with speed, swiftly.
27 No one will be weary or stumble among them,
No one will slumber or sleep;
Nor (AO)will the belt on their loins be loosed,
Nor the strap of their sandals be broken;
28 (AP)Whose arrows are sharp,
And all their bows bent;
Their horses’ hooves will [o]seem like flint,
And their wheels like a whirlwind.
29 Their roaring will be like a lion,
They will roar like young lions;
Yes, they will roar
And lay hold of the prey;
They will carry it away safely,
And no one will deliver.
30 In that day they will roar against them
Like the roaring of the sea.
And if one (AQ)looks to the land,
Behold, darkness and [p]sorrow;
And the light is darkened by the clouds.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 4:4 bloodshed
- Isaiah 4:5 canopy
- Isaiah 5:1 Lit. In a horn, the son of fatness
- Isaiah 5:2 Lit. hewed out
- Isaiah 5:6 hoed
- Isaiah 5:7 wailing
- Isaiah 5:8 Accumulate houses
- Isaiah 5:10 1 bath=1⁄10 homer
- Isaiah 5:10 1 ephah=1⁄10 homer
- Isaiah 5:11 pursue
- Isaiah 5:17 Lit. fatlings, rich ones
- Isaiah 5:18 drag
- Isaiah 5:18 emptiness or falsehood
- Isaiah 5:24 Lit. tongue of fire
- Isaiah 5:28 Lit. be regarded as
- Isaiah 5:30 distress
Isaiah 4-5
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Isaiah 4-5
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4 1 In that day(A) seven women
will take hold of one man(B)
and say, “We will eat our own food(C)
and provide our own clothes;
only let us be called by your name.
Take away our disgrace!”(D)
The Branch of the Lord
2 In that day(E) the Branch of the Lord(F) will be beautiful(G) and glorious, and the fruit(H) of the land will be the pride and glory(I) of the survivors(J) in Israel. 3 Those who are left in Zion,(K) who remain(L) in Jerusalem, will be called holy,(M) all who are recorded(N) among the living in Jerusalem. 4 The Lord will wash away the filth(O) of the women of Zion;(P) he will cleanse(Q) the bloodstains(R) from Jerusalem by a spirit[a] of judgment(S) and a spirit[b] of fire.(T) 5 Then the Lord will create(U) over all of Mount Zion(V) and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night;(W) over everything the glory[c](X) will be a canopy.(Y) 6 It will be a shelter(Z) and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge(AA) and hiding place from the storm(AB) and rain.
The Song of the Vineyard
5 I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:(AC)
My loved one had a vineyard
on a fertile hillside.
2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones
and planted it with the choicest vines.(AD)
He built a watchtower(AE) in it
and cut out a winepress(AF) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
but it yielded only bad fruit.(AG)
3 “Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.(AH)
4 What more could have been done for my vineyard
than I have done for it?(AI)
When I looked for good grapes,
why did it yield only bad?(AJ)
5 Now I will tell you
what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
and it will be destroyed;(AK)
I will break down its wall,(AL)
and it will be trampled.(AM)
6 I will make it a wasteland,(AN)
neither pruned nor cultivated,
and briers and thorns(AO) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
not to rain(AP) on it.”
7 The vineyard(AQ) of the Lord Almighty
is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,(AR) but saw bloodshed;
for righteousness,(AS) but heard cries of distress.(AT)
Woes and Judgments
8 Woe(AU) to you who add house to house
and join field to field(AV)
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.
9 The Lord Almighty(AW) has declared in my hearing:(AX)
“Surely the great houses will become desolate,(AY)
the fine mansions left without occupants.
10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath[d] of wine;
a homer[e] of seed will yield only an ephah[f] of grain.”(AZ)
11 Woe(BA) to those who rise early in the morning
to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
till they are inflamed with wine.(BB)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
pipes(BC) and timbrels(BD) and wine,
but they have no regard(BE) for the deeds of the Lord,
no respect for the work of his hands.(BF)
13 Therefore my people will go into exile(BG)
for lack of understanding;(BH)
those of high rank(BI) will die of hunger
and the common people will be parched with thirst.(BJ)
14 Therefore Death(BK) expands its jaws,
opening wide its mouth;(BL)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
with all their brawlers and revelers.(BM)
15 So people will be brought low(BN)
and everyone humbled,(BO)
the eyes of the arrogant(BP) humbled.
16 But the Lord Almighty will be exalted(BQ) by his justice,(BR)
and the holy God will be proved holy(BS) by his righteous acts.
17 Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;(BT)
lambs will feed[g] among the ruins of the rich.
18 Woe(BU) to those who draw sin along with cords(BV) of deceit,
and wickedness(BW) as with cart ropes,
19 to those who say, “Let God hurry;
let him hasten(BX) his work
so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One(BY) of Israel—
let it approach, let it come into view,
so we may know it.”(BZ)
20 Woe(CA) to those who call evil good(CB)
and good evil,(CC)
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,(CD)
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.(CE)
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes(CF)
and clever in their own sight.
22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine(CG)
and champions at mixing drinks,(CH)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,(CI)
but deny justice(CJ) to the innocent.(CK)
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire(CL) lick up straw(CM)
and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay(CN)
and their flowers blow away like dust;(CO)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
and spurned the word(CP) of the Holy One(CQ) of Israel.
25 Therefore the Lord’s anger(CR) burns against his people;
his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,(CS)
and the dead bodies(CT) are like refuse(CU) in the streets.(CV)
26 He lifts up a banner(CY) for the distant nations,
he whistles(CZ) for those at the ends of the earth.(DA)
Here they come,
swiftly and speedily!
27 Not one of them grows tired(DB) or stumbles,
not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt(DC) is loosened at the waist,(DD)
not a sandal strap is broken.(DE)
28 Their arrows are sharp,(DF)
all their bows(DG) are strung;
their horses’ hooves(DH) seem like flint,
their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.(DI)
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,(DJ)
they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize(DK) their prey
and carry it off with no one to rescue.(DL)
30 In that day(DM) they will roar over it
like the roaring of the sea.(DN)
And if one looks at the land,
there is only darkness(DO) and distress;(DP)
even the sun will be darkened(DQ) by clouds.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
- Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
- Isaiah 4:5 Or over all the glory there
- Isaiah 5:10 That is, about 6 gallons or about 22 liters
- Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 360 pounds or about 160 kilograms
- Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
- Isaiah 5:17 Septuagint; Hebrew / strangers will eat
Psalm 115-116
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Psalm 115-116
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The Futility of Idols and the Trustworthiness of God
115 Not (A)unto us, O Lord, not unto us,
But to Your name give glory,
Because of Your mercy,
Because of Your truth.
2 Why should the [a]Gentiles say,
(B)“So where is their God?”
3 (C)But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.
4 (D)Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
5 They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;
6 They have ears, but they do not hear;
Noses they have, but they do not smell;
7 They have hands, but they do not handle;
Feet they have, but they do not walk;
Nor do they mutter through their throat.
8 (E)Those who make them are like them;
So is everyone who trusts in them.
9 (F)O Israel, trust in the Lord;
(G)He is their help and their shield.
10 O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord;
He is their help and their shield.
11 You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord;
He is their help and their shield.
12 The Lord [b]has been mindful of us;
He will bless us;
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.
13 (H)He will bless those who fear the Lord,
Both small and great.
14 May the Lord give you increase more and more,
You and your children.
15 May you be (I)blessed by the Lord,
(J)Who made heaven and earth.
16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s;
But the earth He has given to the children of men.
17 (K)The dead do not praise the Lord,
Nor any who go down into silence.
18 (L)But we will bless the Lord
From this time forth and forevermore.
Praise the Lord!
Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death
116 I (M)love the Lord, because He has heard
My voice and my supplications.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
3 (N)The [c]pains of death surrounded me,
And the [d]pangs of Sheol [e]laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then I called upon the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”
5 (O)Gracious is the Lord, and (P)righteous;
Yes, our God is merciful.
6 The Lord preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.
7 Return to your (Q)rest, O my soul,
For (R)the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
8 (S)For You have delivered my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the Lord
(T)In the land of the living.
10 (U)I believed, therefore I spoke,
“I am greatly afflicted.”
11 (V)I said in my haste,
(W)“All men are liars.”
12 What shall I render to the Lord
For all His benefits toward me?
13 I will take up the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of the Lord.
14 (X)I will pay my vows to the Lord
Now in the presence of all His people.
15 (Y)Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His saints.
16 O Lord, truly (Z)I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, (AA)the son of Your maidservant;
You have loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to You (AB)the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the Lord.
18 I will pay my vows to the Lord
Now in the presence of all His people,
19 In the (AC)courts of the Lord’s house,
In the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
[f]Praise the Lord!
Footnotes
- Psalm 115:2 nations
- Psalm 115:12 has remembered us
- Psalm 116:3 Lit. cords
- Psalm 116:3 distresses
- Psalm 116:3 Lit. found me
- Psalm 116:19 Heb. Hallelujah
Psalm 115-116
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Psalm 115-116
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Psalm 115(A)
1 Not to us, Lord, not to us
but to your name be the glory,(B)
because of your love and faithfulness.(C)
2 Why do the nations say,
“Where is their God?”(D)
3 Our God is in heaven;(E)
he does whatever pleases him.(F)
4 But their idols are silver and gold,(G)
made by human hands.(H)
5 They have mouths, but cannot speak,(I)
eyes, but cannot see.
6 They have ears, but cannot hear,
noses, but cannot smell.
7 They have hands, but cannot feel,
feet, but cannot walk,
nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
8 Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.
9 All you Israelites, trust(J) in the Lord—
he is their help and shield.
10 House of Aaron,(K) trust in the Lord—
he is their help and shield.
11 You who fear him,(L) trust in the Lord—
he is their help and shield.
12 The Lord remembers(M) us and will bless us:(N)
He will bless his people Israel,
he will bless the house of Aaron,
13 he will bless those who fear(O) the Lord—
small and great alike.
14 May the Lord cause you to flourish,(P)
both you and your children.
15 May you be blessed by the Lord,
the Maker of heaven(Q) and earth.
16 The highest heavens belong to the Lord,(R)
but the earth he has given(S) to mankind.
17 It is not the dead(T) who praise the Lord,
those who go down to the place of silence;
18 it is we who extol the Lord,(U)
both now and forevermore.(V)
Psalm 116
1 I love the Lord,(X) for he heard my voice;
he heard my cry(Y) for mercy.(Z)
2 Because he turned his ear(AA) to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.
3 The cords of death(AB) entangled me,
the anguish of the grave came over me;
I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
4 Then I called on the name(AC) of the Lord:
“Lord, save me!(AD)”
5 The Lord is gracious and righteous;(AE)
our God is full of compassion.(AF)
6 The Lord protects the unwary;
when I was brought low,(AG) he saved me.(AH)
8 For you, Lord, have delivered me(AK) from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling,
9 that I may walk before the Lord(AL)
in the land of the living.(AM)
10 I trusted(AN) in the Lord when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted”;(AO)
11 in my alarm I said,
“Everyone is a liar.”(AP)
12 What shall I return to the Lord
for all his goodness(AQ) to me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name(AR) of the Lord.
14 I will fulfill my vows(AS) to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight(AT) of the Lord
is the death of his faithful servants.(AU)
16 Truly I am your servant, Lord;(AV)
I serve you just as my mother did;(AW)
you have freed me from my chains.(AX)
17 I will sacrifice a thank offering(AY) to you
and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will fulfill my vows(AZ) to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts(BA) of the house of the Lord—
in your midst, Jerusalem.(BB)
Praise the Lord.[b]
Footnotes
- Psalm 115:18 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
- Psalm 116:19 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
Jude
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Jude
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Greeting to the Called
1 Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and (A)brother of James,
To those who are (B)called, [a]sanctified by God the Father, and (C)preserved in Jesus Christ:
2 Mercy, (D)peace, and love be multiplied to you.
Contend for the Faith
3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you (E)concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting (F)you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord [b]God and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Old and New Apostates
5 But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that (G)the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not keep their [c]proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; 7 as (H)Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the [d]vengeance of eternal fire.
8 (I)Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and (J)speak evil of [e]dignitaries. 9 Yet Michael the archangel, in [f]contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, (K)“The Lord rebuke you!” 10 (L)But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way (M)of Cain, (N)have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished (O)in the rebellion of Korah.
Apostates Depraved and Doomed
12 These are [g]spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried [h]about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; 13 (P)raging waves of the sea, (Q)foaming up their own shame; wandering stars (R)for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the (S)harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
Apostates Predicted
16 These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they (T)mouth great swelling words, (U)flattering people to gain advantage. 17 (V)But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: 18 how they told you that (W)there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. 19 These are [i]sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.
Maintain Your Life with God
20 But you, beloved, (X)building yourselves up on your most holy faith, (Y)praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, (Z)looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And on some have compassion, [j]making a distinction; 23 but (AA)others save [k]with fear, (AB)pulling them out of the [l]fire, hating even (AC)the garment defiled by the flesh.
Glory to God
24 (AD)Now to Him who is able to keep [m]you from stumbling,
And (AE)to present you faultless
Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
25 To [n]God our Savior,
[o]Who alone is wise,
Be glory and majesty,
Dominion and [p]power,
Both now and forever.
Amen.
Footnotes
- Jude 1:1 NU beloved
- Jude 1:4 NU omits God
- Jude 1:6 own
- Jude 1:7 punishment
- Jude 1:8 glorious ones, lit. glories
- Jude 1:9 arguing
- Jude 1:12 stains, or hidden reefs
- Jude 1:12 NU, M along
- Jude 1:19 soulish or worldly
- Jude 1:22 NU who are doubting (or making distinctions)
- Jude 1:23 NU omits with fear
- Jude 1:23 NU adds and on some have mercy with fear
- Jude 1:24 M them
- Jude 1:25 NU the only God our
- Jude 1:25 NU Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Be glory
- Jude 1:25 NU adds Before all time,
Jude
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Jude
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1 Jude,(A) a servant of Jesus Christ(B) and a brother of James,
To those who have been called,(C) who are loved in God the Father and kept for[a] Jesus Christ:(D)
2 Mercy, peace(E) and love be yours in abundance.(F)
The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People
3 Dear friends,(G) although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share,(H) I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend(I) for the faith(J) that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.(K) 4 For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about[b] long ago have secretly slipped in among you.(L) They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.(M)
5 Though you already know all this,(N) I want to remind you(O) that the Lord[c] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.(P) 6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.(Q) 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah(R) and the surrounding towns(S) gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.(T)
8 In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.(U) 9 But even the archangel(V) Michael,(W) when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses,(X) did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”[d](Y) 10 Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.(Z)
11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain;(AA) they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error;(AB) they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.(AC)
12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts,(AD) eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves.(AE) They are clouds without rain,(AF) blown along by the wind;(AG) autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted(AH)—twice dead. 13 They are wild waves of the sea,(AI) foaming up their shame;(AJ) wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.(AK)
14 Enoch,(AL) the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming(AM) with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones(AN) 15 to judge(AO) everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[e](AP) 16 These people are grumblers(AQ) and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires;(AR) they boast(AS) about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
A Call to Persevere
17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles(AT) of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.(AU) 18 They said to you, “In the last times(AV) there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”(AW) 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.(AX)
20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up(AY) in your most holy faith(AZ) and praying in the Holy Spirit,(BA) 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait(BB) for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.(BC)
22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them from the fire;(BD) to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.[f](BE)
Doxology
24 To him who is able(BF) to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence(BG) without fault(BH) and with great joy— 25 to the only God(BI) our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore!(BJ) Amen.(BK)
Footnotes
- Jude 1:1 Or by; or in
- Jude 1:4 Or individuals who were marked out for condemnation
- Jude 1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus
- Jude 1:9 Jude is alluding to the Jewish Testament of Moses (approximately the first century a.d.).
- Jude 1:15 From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century b.c.)
- Jude 1:23 The Greek manuscripts of these verses vary at several points.
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