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Isaiah 1-2
Chapter 1
Rebellion of God's People
1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning (C1)Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw during the (F1)reigns of (C2)Uzziah, (C3)Jotham, (C4)Ahaz, and (C5)Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2 (C1)Listen, heavens, and hear, (C2)earth;
For the LORD has spoken:
"(C3)Sons I have raised and brought up,
But they have (C4)revolted against Me.
3 "An ox knows its owner,
And a donkey its master's manger,
But Israel (C1)does not know,
My people (C2)do not understand."
4 Oh, sinful nation,
People weighed down with guilt,
(F1)(C1)Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who (C2)act corruptly!
They have (C3)abandoned the LORD,
They have (C4)despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away (F2)from Him.
5 Where will you be stricken again,
As you (C1)continue in your rebellion?
The entire head is (C2)sick
And the entire heart is faint.
6 (C1)From the sole of the foot even to the head
There is (C2)nothing healthy in it,
Only bruises, slashes, and raw wounds;
(C3)Not pressed out nor bandaged,
Nor softened with oil.
7 Your (C1)land is desolate,
Your cities are burned with fire;
As for your fields, strangers are devouring them in front of you;
It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.
8 The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard,
Like a watchman's hut in a cucumber field, like a city under watch.
9 (C1)If the LORD of armies
Had not left us a few (C2)survivors,
We would be like (C3)Sodom,
We would be like Gomorrah.
God Has Had Enough
10 Hear (C1)the word of the LORD,
You rulers of (C2)Sodom;
Listen to the instruction of our God,
You people of Gomorrah!
11 "(C1)What are your many sacrifices to Me?"
Says the LORD.
"I (F1)have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fattened cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats.
12 "When you come (C1)to appear before Me,
Who requires (F1)of you this trampling of My courtyards?
13 "Do not go on bringing your worthless offerings,
(C1)Incense is an abomination to Me.
(C2)New moon and Sabbath, the (C3)proclamation of an assembly—
I cannot (C4)endure wrongdoing and the festive assembly.
14 "(F1)I hate your new moon festivals and your (C1)appointed feasts,
They have become a burden to Me;
I am (C2)tired of bearing them.
15 "So when you (C1)spread out your hands in prayer,
(C2)I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you (C3)offer many prayers,
I will not be listening.
(C4)Your hands are (F1)covered with blood.
16 "(C1)Wash yourselves, (C2)make yourselves clean;
(C3)Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
(C4)Stop doing evil,
17 Learn to do good;
(C1)Seek justice,
Rebuke the oppressor,
(C2)Obtain justice for the orphan,
Plead for the widow's case.
Invitation to Debate
18 "Come now, and (C1)let us (F1)debate your case,"
Says the LORD,
"(C2)Though your sins are as scarlet,
They shall become as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be like wool.
19 "(C1)If you are willing and obedient,
You will (C2)eat the best of the land;
20 But if you refuse and rebel,
You will be (C1)devoured by the sword."
For (C2)the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Zion Corrupted; Will Be Redeemed
21 How the faithful city has become a (C1)prostitute,
She who was full of justice!
Righteousness once dwelt in her,
But now murderers.
22 Your silver has become (F1)waste matter,
Your drink diluted with water.
23 Your (C1)rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone (C2)loves a bribe
And chases after gifts.
They (C3)do not obtain justice for the (F1)orphan,
Nor does the widow's case come before them.
24 Therefore the Lord (F1)GOD of armies,
The (C1)Mighty One of Israel, declares,
"Ah, I will have satisfaction against My adversaries,
And (C2)avenge Myself on My enemies.
25 "I will also turn My hand against you,
And (C1)smelt away your impurities as with lye;
And I will remove all your slag.
26 "Then I will restore your (C1)judges as at first,
And your counselors as at the beginning;
After that you will be called the (C2)city of righteousness,
A faithful city."
27 Zion will be (C1)redeemed with justice
And her (F1)repentant ones with righteousness.
28 But (F1)wrongdoers and sinners together will be (C1)broken,
And those who abandon the LORD will come to an end.
29 (F1)You certainly will be ashamed of the (F2)(C1)oaks which you have desired,
And you will be embarrassed by the (C2)gardens which you have chosen.
30 For you will be like an (F1)oak whose (C1)leaf withers away,
Or like a garden that has no water.
31 The strong man will become like (F1)flax fiber,
And his work a spark.
So they shall both (C1)burn together
And there will be (C2)no one to extinguish them.
Chapter 2
God's Universal Reign
1 The word which (C1)Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Now it will come about that
(C1)In the last days
The (C2)mountain of the house of the LORD
Will be established (F1)as the chief of the mountains,
And will be raised above the hills;
And (C3)all the nations will stream to it.
3 And many peoples will come and say,
"Come, let's go up to the mountain of the LORD,
To the house of the God of Jacob;
So that He may teach us (F1)about His ways,
And that we may walk in His paths."
For (F2)the law will go out (C1)from Zion
And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4 And He will judge between the nations,
And will mediate for many peoples;
And (C1)they will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning knives.
(C2)Nation will not lift up a sword against nation,
And never again will they learn war.
5 Come, (C1)house of Jacob, and let's walk in the (C2)light of the LORD.
6 For You have (C1)abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob,
Because they are filled with influences from the east,
And they are soothsayers (C2)like the Philistines.
They also (F1)(C3)strike bargains with the children of foreigners.
7 Their land has also been filled with silver and gold
And there is no end to their treasures;
Their land has also been filled with (C1)horses,
And there is no end to their chariots.
8 Their land has also been (C1)filled with idols;
They worship the (C2)work of their hands,
That which their fingers have made.
9 So (C1)the common person has been humbled
And the person of importance has been brought low,
But (C2)do not forgive them.
10 (C1)Enter the rocky place and hide in the dust
(C2)From the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty.
11 The (F1)(C1)proud look of humanity will be brought low,
And the (C2)arrogance of people will be humbled;
And the LORD alone will be exalted on that day.
A Day of Reckoning Coming
12 For the LORD of armies will have a day of reckoning
Against (C1)everyone who is arrogant and haughty,
And against everyone who is lifted up,
That he may be brought low.
13 And it will be against all the cedars of Lebanon that are lofty and lifted up,
Against all the (C1)oaks of Bashan,
14 Against all the (C1)lofty mountains,
Against all the hills that are lifted up,
15 Against every (C1)high tower,
Against every fortified wall,
16 Against all the (C1)ships of Tarshish
And against all the delightful ships.
17 And the pride of humanity will be humbled
And the arrogance of people will be brought low;
And the LORD alone will be exalted on that day,
18 And the (C1)idols will completely vanish.
19 People will (C1)go into caves of the rocks
And into holes in the (F1)ground
Away from the terror of the LORD
And the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises (C2)to terrify the earth.
20 On that day people will (C1)throw away to the moles and the (C2)bats
Their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
Which they made for themselves to worship,
21 In order to (C1)go into the clefts of the rocks and the crannies of the cliffs
Before the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to terrify the earth.
22 (F1)(C1)Take no account of man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils;
For (F2)(C2)why should he be esteemed?
Psalms 108
Chapter 108
God Praised and Pleas to Give Victory.
1 (C1)My heart is steadfast, God;
I will sing, I will sing praises also with my (F1)soul.
2 Awake, harp and lyre;
I will awaken the dawn!
3 I will give thanks to You, LORD, among the peoples,
And I will sing praises to You among the nations.
4 For Your (C1)mercy is great (C2)above the heavens,
And Your truth reaches to the skies.
5 (C1)Be exalted above the heavens, God,
And may Your glory be above all the earth.
6 (C1)So that Your beloved may be rescued,
Save with Your right hand, and answer me!
7 God has spoken in His (F1)holiness:
"I will triumph, I will divide up Shechem,
And measure out the Valley of Succoth.
8 "Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the (F1)helmet of My head;
(C1)Judah is My (F2)scepter.
9 "Moab is My washbowl;
I will throw My sandal over Edom;
I will shout aloud over Philistia."
10 (C1)Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who (F1)will lead me to Edom?
11 God, have You Yourself not (C1)rejected us?
And will You not go forth with our armies, God?
12 Give us help against the enemy,
For (C1)deliverance (F1)by man is worthless.
13 (F1)Through God we will do valiantly,
And (C1)it is He who will trample down our enemies.
Revelation 17
Chapter 17
The Doom of Babylon
1 (C1)Then one of the (C2)seven angels who had the (C3)seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I will show you (C4)the judgment of the (C5)great prostitute who (C6)sits on many waters,2 with whom (C1)the kings of the earth committed acts of sexual immorality, and (C2)those who live on the earth (C3)became drunk with the wine of her sexual immorality."3 And (C1)he carried me away (F1)(C2)in the Spirit (C3)into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a (C4)scarlet beast, full of (C5)blasphemous names, having (C6)seven heads and ten horns.4 The woman (C1)was clothed in purple and scarlet, and (F1)adorned with gold, precious (F2)stones, and pearls, holding in her hand (C2)a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her sexual immorality,5 and on her forehead a name was written, ">(F1)a (C1)mystery: "(C2)BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF (C3)THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."6 And I saw the woman drunk with (C1)the blood of the (F1)saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered (F2)greatly.7 And the angel said to me, "Why (F1)do you wonder? I will tell you the (C1)mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the (C2)seven heads and the ten horns.
8 "(C1)The beast that you saw (C2)was, and is not, and is about to (C3)come up out of the (C4)abyss and (F1)(C5)go to destruction. And (C6)those who live on the earth, (C7)whose names have not been written in the book of life (C8)from the foundation of the world, will (C9)wonder when they see the beast, that he was, and is not, and will (F2)come.9 "(C1)Here is the mind which has wisdom. The (C2)seven heads are seven mountains upon which the woman sits,10 and they are seven (C1)kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.11 "The beast which (C1)was, and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he (C2)goes to destruction.12 "The (C1)ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast (C2)for one hour.13 "These have (C1)one (F1)purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
Victory for the Lamb
14 "These will wage (C1)war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will (C2)overcome them because He is (C3)Lord of lords and (C3)King of kings; and (C4)those who are with Him are the (C5)called and chosen and faithful."15 And he (*)said to me, "The (C1)waters which you saw where the prostitute sits are (C2)peoples and multitudes, and nations and languages.16 "And the (C1)ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her (C2)desolate and (C3)naked, and will (C4)eat her flesh and will (C5)burn her up with fire.17 "For (C1)God has put it in their hearts to execute His (F1)purpose (F2)by (C2)having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the (C3)words of God will be fulfilled.18 "The woman whom you saw is (C1)the great city, which (F1)reigns over the kings of the earth."
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