Ezekiel 28-29

New American Standard Bible

Tyre’s King Overthrown

28 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, ²“Son of man, say to the ^[a]leader of Tyre, ‘The Lord ^[b]God says this:

“Because your heart is haughty
And you have said, ‘^(A)I am a god,
I sit in the seat of ^[c]gods
In the heart of the seas’;
Yet you are a ^(B)mortal and not God,
Although you make your heart like the heart of God—
³Behold, you are wiser than ^(C)Daniel;
There is no secret that is a match for you!
⁴By your wisdom and understanding
You have acquired ^(D)riches for yourself
And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.
⁵By your great wisdom, by your ^(E)trade
You have increased your riches,
And your ^(F)heart is haughty because of your riches—

⁶Therefore this is what the Lord God says:

‘Because you have ^(G)made your heart
Like the heart of God,
⁷Therefore, behold, I am going to bring ^(H)strangers against you,
The ^(I)most ruthless of the nations.
And they will draw their swords
Against the beauty of your wisdom
And profane your splendor.
⁸They will bring you down to the pit,
And you will die the ^(J)death of those who are killed
In the heart of the seas.
⁹Will you still say, “I am a god,”
In the presence of one who kills you,
Though you are a mortal and not God,
In the hands of those who wound you?
¹⁰You will die the death of the ^(K)uncircumcised
By the hand of strangers,
For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord God!”’”

¹¹Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ¹²“Son of man, ^(L)take up a song of mourning over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

“You ^[d]had the seal of ^[e]perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
¹³You were in ^(M)Eden, the garden of God;
^(N)Every precious stone was your covering:
The ^(O)ruby, the topaz and the diamond;
The beryl, the onyx and the jasper;
The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald;
And the gold, the workmanship of your ^[f]^(P)settings and ^[g]sockets,
Was in you.
On the day that you were created
They were prepared.
¹⁴You were the ^(Q)anointed cherub who ^[h]covers,
And I placed you there.
You were on the holy ^(R)mountain of God;
You walked in the midst of the ^(S)stones of fire.
¹⁵You were ^(T)blameless in your ways
From the day you were created
Until ^(U)unrighteousness was found in you.
¹⁶By the ^(V)abundance of your trade
^[i]You were internally ^(W)filled with violence,
And you sinned;
Therefore I have cast you as profane
From the mountain of God.
And I have destroyed you, you ^[j]covering cherub,
From the midst of the stones of fire.
¹⁷Your heart was haughty because of your ^(X)beauty;
You ^(Y)corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor.
I threw you to the ground;
I put you before ^(Z)kings,
That they may see you.
¹⁸By the multitude of your wrongdoings,
In the unrighteousness of your trade
You profaned your sanctuaries.
Therefore I have brought ^(AA)fire from the midst of you;
It has consumed you,
And I have turned you to ^(AB)ashes on the earth
In the eyes of all who see you.
¹⁹All who know you among the peoples
Are appalled at you;
You have become ^[k]^(AC)terrified
And you will cease to be ^(AD)forever.”’”

Judgment of Sidon

²⁰And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²¹“Son of man, ^(AE)set your face toward ^(AF)Sidon, prophesy against her ²²and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

“Behold, I am against you, Sidon,
And I will appear in My glory in your midst.
Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I ^(AG)execute judgments against her,
And I will reveal Myself as holy in her.
²³For ^(AH)I will send a plague to her
And blood to her streets,
And the ^(AI)wounded will ^[l]fall in her midst
By the sword upon her on every side;
Then they will know that I am the Lord.

²⁴And there will no longer be for the house of Israel a ^(AJ)painful thorn or a hurtful thorn bush from any surrounding them who despised them; then they will know that I am the Lord God.”

Israel Regathered

²⁵‘This is what the Lord God says: “When I ^(AK)gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations, then they will ^(AL)live on their land which I gave to My servant Jacob. ²⁶They will ^(AM)live on it securely; and they will ^(AN)build houses, plant vineyards, and live securely when I ^(AO)execute judgments upon all around them who despise them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.”’”

Judgment of Egypt

29 In the ^(AP)tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²“Son of man, set your face against ^(AQ)Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all ^(AR)Egypt. ³Speak and say, ‘This is what the Lord ^[m]God says:

“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The great ^[n]^(AS)monster that lies in the midst of his ^[o]canals,
That ^(AT)has said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’
⁴I will put ^(AU)hooks in your jaws
And make the fish of your ^[p]canals cling to your scales.
And I will bring you up out of the midst of your ^[q]canals,
And all the fish of your ^[r]canals will cling to your scales.
⁵I will ^(AV)abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your ^[s]canals;
You will fall on the ^[t]open field; you will not be brought together or ^[u]^(AW)gathered.
I have given you for ^(AX)food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
⁶Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been only a ^(AY)staff made of reed to the house of Israel.
⁷When they took hold of you with the hand,
You ^(AZ)broke and tore all their ^[v]hands;
And when they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their hips ^[w]shake.”

⁸‘Therefore the Lord God says this: “Behold, I am going to ^(BA)bring upon you a sword, and I will cut off from you human and animal life. ⁹The ^(BB)land of Egypt will become a desolation and place of ruins. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“Because ^[x]you ^(BC)said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I have made it,’ ¹⁰therefore, behold, I am ^(BD)against you and against your ^[y]canals, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and as far as the border of ^[z]Cush. ¹¹A human foot will ^(BE)not pass through it, nor will the foot of an animal pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years. ¹²So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the ^(BF)midst of deserted lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate for forty years; and I will ^(BG)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.”

¹³‘For this is what the Lord God says: “At the end of forty years I will ^(BH)gather the Egyptians from the peoples ^[aa]among whom they were scattered. ¹⁴And I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of ^(BI)Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom. ¹⁵It will be the ^(BJ)lowest of the kingdoms, and it will not raise itself above the nations again. And I will make them small so that they will not ^(BK)rule over the nations. ¹⁶And it will no longer be a kingdom on which ^(BL)the house of Israel relies, ^[ab]^(BM)bringing to mind the guilt of their having turned ^[ac]to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.”’”

¹⁷Now in the ^(BN)twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ¹⁸“Son of man, ^(BO)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor ^[ad]hard against Tyre; every head ^[ae]had a ^(BP)bald spot and every shoulder was rubbed raw. But he and his army acquired no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had ^[af]performed against it.” ¹⁹Therefore this is what the Lord God says: “Behold, I am going to ^(BQ)give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her ^(BR)wealth and capture her spoils and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army. ²⁰I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor which he ^[ag]^(BS)performed, because they acted for Me,” declares the Lord God.

²¹“On that day I will make a ^(BT)horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will ^[ah]^(BU)open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Footnotes

Ezekiel 28:2 Or ruler, prince
Ezekiel 28:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
Ezekiel 28:2 Or God
Ezekiel 28:12 Lit were the one sealing
Ezekiel 28:12 Or a pattern
Ezekiel 28:13 Or tambourines
Ezekiel 28:13 Or flutes
Ezekiel 28:14 Or guards
Ezekiel 28:16 Lit They filled your midst
Ezekiel 28:16 Or guardian
Ezekiel 28:19 Lit terrors
Ezekiel 28:23 Or be judged
Ezekiel 29:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
Ezekiel 29:3 Heb tannim
Ezekiel 29:3 Or Nile
Ezekiel 29:4 Or Nile
Ezekiel 29:4 Or Nile
Ezekiel 29:4 Or Nile
Ezekiel 29:5 Or Nile
Ezekiel 29:5 Lit faces of the field
Ezekiel 29:5 Or with several mss and Targum, buried
Ezekiel 29:7 As in some ancient versions; MT shoulders
Ezekiel 29:7 Cf. ancient versions; MT stand
Ezekiel 29:9 As in ancient versions; MT he
Ezekiel 29:10 Or Nile
Ezekiel 29:10 Or Ethiopia
Ezekiel 29:13 Lit where
Ezekiel 29:16 Lit causing to remember
Ezekiel 29:16 Lit after them
Ezekiel 29:18 Lit a great labor
Ezekiel 29:18 I.e., injuries from the labor
Ezekiel 29:18 Lit labored
Ezekiel 29:20 Lit labored
Ezekiel 29:21 Lit give you an opening of the mouth

Galatians 3-4

New American Standard Bible

Faith Brings Righteousness

3 ^[a]You foolish ^(A)Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ ^(B)was publicly portrayed as crucified? ²This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by works of ^[b]the Law, or by ^(C)hearing ^[c]with faith? ³Are you so foolish? Having begun ^[d]by the Spirit, are you now ^[e]being perfected by the flesh? ⁴Did you ^[f]suffer so many things in vain—^(D)if indeed it was in vain? ⁵So then, does He who ^(E)provides you with the Spirit and ^(F)works ^[g]miracles among you, do it by works of ^[h]the Law, or by ^(G)hearing ^[i]with faith?

⁶Just as ^(H)Abraham ^(I)believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness. ⁷Therefore, recognize that ^(J)it is those who are of faith who are ^(K)sons of Abraham. ⁸The Scripture, foreseeing that God ^[j]would justify the ^[k]Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “^(L)All the nations will be blessed in you.” ⁹So then, ^(M)those who are of faith are blessed with ^[l]Abraham, the believer.

¹⁰For all who are of works of ^[m]the Law are under a curse; for it is written: “^(N)Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all the things written in the book of the Law, to do them.” ¹¹Now, that ^(O)no one is justified ^[n]by ^[o]the Law before God is evident; for, “^[p]^(P)the righteous one will live by faith.” ¹²^[q]However, the Law is not ^[r]of faith; on the contrary, “^(Q)The person who performs ^[s]them will live by ^[t]them.” ¹³Christ ^(R)redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written: “^(S)Cursed is everyone who hangs on ^(T)a ^[u]tree”— ¹⁴in order that ^(U)in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we ^(V)would receive ^(W)the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Intent of the Law

¹⁵^(X)Brothers and sisters, ^(Y)I speak ^[v]in terms of human relations: ^(Z)even though it is only a man’s ^[w]covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds ^[x]conditions to it. ¹⁶Now the promises were spoken ^(AA)to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as one would in referring to many, but rather as in referring to one, “^(AB)And to your seed,” that is, Christ. ¹⁷What I am saying is this: the Law, which came ^(AC)430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise. ¹⁸For ^(AD)if the inheritance is ^[y]based on law, it is no longer ^[z]based on a promise; but ^(AE)God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise.

¹⁹^(AF)Why the Law then? It was added on account of the ^[aa]violations, having been ^(AG)ordered through angels ^(AH)at the hand of a ^[ab]mediator, until ^(AI)the Seed would come to whom the promise had been made. ²⁰Now ^(AJ)a mediator is not ^[ac]for one party only; but God is only one. ²¹Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? ^[ad]^(AK)Far from it! For ^(AL)if a law had been given that was able to impart life, then righteousness ^[ae]would indeed have been ^[af]based on law. ²²But the Scripture has ^(AM)confined ^[ag]everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

²³But before faith came, ^[ah]we were kept in custody under the Law, ^(AN)being confined for the faith that was destined to be revealed. ²⁴Therefore the Law has become our ^[ai]^(AO)guardian to lead us to Christ, so that ^(AP)we may be justified by faith. ²⁵But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a ^[aj]^(AQ)guardian. ²⁶For you are all ^(AR)sons and daughters of God through faith in ^(AS)Christ Jesus. ²⁷For all of you who were ^(AT)baptized into Christ have ^(AU)clothed yourselves with Christ. ²⁸^(AV)There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is ^[ak]neither male nor female; for ^(AW)you are all one in ^(AX)Christ Jesus. ²⁹And if ^(AY)you ^[al]belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s ^[am]descendants, heirs according to ^(AZ)promise.

Sonship in Christ

4 Now I say, as long as the heir is a ^[an]child, he does not differ at all from a slave, although he is ^[ao]owner of everything, ²but he is under guardians and ^[ap]managers until the ^[aq]date set by the father. ³So we too, when we were children, were held ^(BA)in bondage under the ^[ar]^(BB)elementary principles of the world. ⁴But when ^(BC)the fullness of the time came, God sent His Son, ^(BD)born of a woman, born ^(BE)under ^[as]the Law, ⁵so that He might redeem those who were under ^[at]the Law, that we might receive the adoption as ^(BF)sons and daughters. ⁶Because you are sons, ^(BG)God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “^(BH)Abba! ^[au]Father!” ⁷Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and ^(BI)if a son, then an heir ^[av]through God.

⁸However at that time, ^(BJ)when you did not know God, you were ^(BK)slaves to ^(BL)those which by nature are not gods. ⁹But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be ^(BM)known by God, ^(BN)how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless ^[aw]^(BO)elementary principles, to which you want to be enslaved all over again? ¹⁰You ^(BP)meticulously observe days and months and seasons and years. ¹¹I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored ^[ax]over you in vain.

¹²I beg of you, ^(BQ)brothers and sisters, ^(BR)become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong; ¹³but you know that it was because of a ^[ay]bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the ^[az]first time; ¹⁴and you did not despise that which was a trial to you in my ^[ba]bodily condition, nor express contempt, but ^(BS)you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself. ¹⁵Where then is ^[bb]that sense of blessing you had? For I testify about you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me. ¹⁶So have I become your enemy ^(BT)by ^[bc]telling you the truth? ¹⁷They eagerly seek you, not ^[bd]in a commendable way, but they want to shut you out so that you will seek them. ¹⁸But it is good always to be eagerly sought ^[be]in a commendable way, and ^(BU)not only when I am present with you. ¹⁹^(BV)My children, with whom ^(BW)I am again in labor until ^(BX)Christ is formed in you— ²⁰but I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone of voice, for ^(BY)I am at a loss about you!

Slave and Free

²¹Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not ^(BZ)listen to the Law? ²²For it is written that Abraham had two sons, ^(CA)one by the slave woman and ^(CB)one by the free woman. ²³But ^(CC)the son by the slave woman ^[bf]was born according to the flesh, and ^(CD)the son by the free woman through the promise. ²⁴^[bg]^(CE)This is speaking allegorically, for these women are two covenants: one coming from ^(CF)Mount Sinai giving birth to children ^[bh]who are to be ^(CG)slaves; ^[bi]she is Hagar. ²⁵Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is enslaved with her children. ²⁶But ^(CH)the Jerusalem above is free; ^[bj]she is our mother. ²⁷For it is written:

“^(CI)Rejoice, infertile one, you who do not give birth;
Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor;
For the children of the desolate one are more numerous
Than those of the one who has a husband.”

²⁸And you, brothers and sisters, ^(CJ)like Isaac, are ^(CK)children of promise. ²⁹But as at that time ^(CL)the son who was born according to the flesh ^(CM)persecuted the one who was born according to the Spirit, ^(CN)so it is even now. ³⁰But what does the Scripture say?