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Isaiah 46-49
New International Version
Isaiah 46-49
New International Version
Gods of Babylon
46 Bel(A) bows down, Nebo stoops low;
their idols(B) are borne by beasts of burden.[a]
The images that are carried(C) about are burdensome,
a burden for the weary.
2 They stoop and bow down together;
unable to rescue the burden,
they themselves go off into captivity.(D)
3 “Listen(E) to me, you descendants of Jacob,
all the remnant(F) of the people of Israel,
you whom I have upheld since your birth,(G)
and have carried(H) since you were born.(I)
4 Even to your old age and gray hairs(J)
I am he,(K) I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain(L) you and I will rescue you.
5 “With whom will you compare me or count me equal?
To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?(M)
6 Some pour out gold from their bags
and weigh out silver on the scales;
they hire a goldsmith(N) to make it into a god,
and they bow down and worship it.(O)
7 They lift it to their shoulders and carry(P) it;
they set it up in its place, and there it stands.
From that spot it cannot move.(Q)
Even though someone cries out to it, it cannot answer;(R)
it cannot save(S) them from their troubles.
8 “Remember(T) this, keep it in mind,
take it to heart, you rebels.(U)
9 Remember the former things,(V) those of long ago;(W)
I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me.(X)
10 I make known the end from the beginning,(Y)
from ancient times,(Z) what is still to come.(AA)
I say, ‘My purpose will stand,(AB)
and I will do all that I please.’
11 From the east I summon(AC) a bird of prey;(AD)
from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
What I have said, that I will bring about;
what I have planned,(AE) that I will do.(AF)
12 Listen(AG) to me, you stubborn-hearted,(AH)
you who are now far from my righteousness.(AI)
13 I am bringing my righteousness(AJ) near,
it is not far away;
and my salvation(AK) will not be delayed.
I will grant salvation to Zion,(AL)
my splendor(AM) to Israel.
The Fall of Babylon
47 “Go down, sit in the dust,(AN)
Virgin Daughter(AO) Babylon;
sit on the ground without a throne,
queen city of the Babylonians.[b](AP)
No more will you be called
tender or delicate.(AQ)
2 Take millstones(AR) and grind(AS) flour;
take off your veil.(AT)
Lift up your skirts,(AU) bare your legs,
and wade through the streams.
3 Your nakedness(AV) will be exposed
and your shame(AW) uncovered.
I will take vengeance;(AX)
I will spare no one.(AY)”
5 “Sit in silence,(BD) go into darkness,(BE)
queen city of the Babylonians;(BF)
no more will you be called
queen(BG) of kingdoms.(BH)
6 I was angry(BI) with my people
and desecrated my inheritance;(BJ)
I gave them into your hand,(BK)
and you showed them no mercy.(BL)
Even on the aged
you laid a very heavy yoke.
7 You said, ‘I am forever(BM)—
the eternal queen!’(BN)
But you did not consider these things
or reflect(BO) on what might happen.(BP)
8 “Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,
lounging in your security(BQ)
and saying to yourself,
‘I am, and there is none besides me.(BR)
I will never be a widow(BS)
or suffer the loss of children.’
9 Both of these will overtake you
in a moment,(BT) on a single day:
loss of children(BU) and widowhood.(BV)
They will come upon you in full measure,
in spite of your many sorceries(BW)
and all your potent spells.(BX)
10 You have trusted(BY) in your wickedness
and have said, ‘No one sees me.’(BZ)
Your wisdom(CA) and knowledge mislead(CB) you
when you say to yourself,
‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
11 Disaster(CC) will come upon you,
and you will not know how to conjure it away.
A calamity will fall upon you
that you cannot ward off with a ransom;
a catastrophe you cannot foresee
will suddenly(CD) come upon you.
12 “Keep on, then, with your magic spells
and with your many sorceries,(CE)
which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
perhaps you will cause terror.
13 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!(CF)
Let your astrologers(CG) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
let them save(CH) you from what is coming upon you.
14 Surely they are like stubble;(CI)
the fire(CJ) will burn them up.
They cannot even save themselves
from the power of the flame.(CK)
These are not coals for warmth;
this is not a fire to sit by.
15 That is all they are to you—
these you have dealt with
and labored(CL) with since childhood.
All of them go on in their error;
there is not one that can save(CM) you.
Stubborn Israel
48 “Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob,
you who are called by the name of Israel(CN)
and come from the line of Judah,(CO)
you who take oaths(CP) in the name of the Lord(CQ)
and invoke(CR) the God of Israel—
but not in truth(CS) or righteousness—
2 you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city(CT)
and claim to rely(CU) on the God of Israel—
the Lord Almighty is his name:(CV)
3 I foretold the former things(CW) long ago,
my mouth announced(CX) them and I made them known;
then suddenly(CY) I acted, and they came to pass.
4 For I knew how stubborn(CZ) you were;
your neck muscles(DA) were iron,
your forehead(DB) was bronze.
5 Therefore I told you these things long ago;
before they happened I announced(DC) them to you
so that you could not say,
‘My images brought them about;(DD)
my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’
6 You have heard these things; look at them all.
Will you not admit them?
“From now on I will tell you of new things,(DE)
of hidden things unknown to you.
7 They are created(DF) now, and not long ago;(DG)
you have not heard of them before today.
So you cannot say,
‘Yes, I knew(DH) of them.’
8 You have neither heard nor understood;(DI)
from of old your ears(DJ) have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous(DK) you are;
you were called a rebel(DL) from birth.
9 For my own name’s sake(DM) I delay my wrath;(DN)
for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
so as not to destroy you completely.(DO)
10 See, I have refined(DP) you, though not as silver;
I have tested(DQ) you in the furnace(DR) of affliction.
11 For my own sake,(DS) for my own sake, I do this.
How can I let myself be defamed?(DT)
I will not yield my glory to another.(DU)
Israel Freed
12 “Listen(DV) to me, Jacob,
Israel, whom I have called:(DW)
I am he;(DX)
I am the first and I am the last.(DY)
13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,(DZ)
and my right hand spread out the heavens;(EA)
when I summon them,
they all stand up together.(EB)
14 “Come together,(EC) all of you, and listen:
Which of the idols has foretold(ED) these things?
The Lord’s chosen ally(EE)
will carry out his purpose(EF) against Babylon;(EG)
his arm will be against the Babylonians.[c]
15 I, even I, have spoken;
yes, I have called(EH) him.
I will bring him,
and he will succeed(EI) in his mission.
16 “Come near(EJ) me and listen(EK) to this:
“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;(EL)
at the time it happens, I am there.”
17 This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer,(EP) the Holy One(EQ) of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches(ER) you what is best for you,
who directs(ES) you in the way(ET) you should go.
18 If only you had paid attention(EU) to my commands,
your peace(EV) would have been like a river,(EW)
your well-being(EX) like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants(EY) would have been like the sand,(EZ)
your children like its numberless grains;(FA)
their name would never be blotted out(FB)
nor destroyed from before me.”
20 Leave Babylon,
flee(FC) from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy(FD)
and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;(FE)
say, “The Lord has redeemed(FF) his servant Jacob.”
21 They did not thirst(FG) when he led them through the deserts;
he made water flow(FH) for them from the rock;
he split the rock
and water gushed out.(FI)
The Servant of the Lord
49 Listen(FL) to me, you islands;(FM)
hear this, you distant nations:
Before I was born(FN) the Lord called(FO) me;
from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.(FP)
2 He made my mouth(FQ) like a sharpened sword,(FR)
in the shadow of his hand(FS) he hid me;
he made me into a polished arrow(FT)
and concealed me in his quiver.
3 He said to me, “You are my servant,(FU)
Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.(FV)”
4 But I said, “I have labored in vain;(FW)
I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,(FX)
and my reward(FY) is with my God.”(FZ)
5 And now the Lord says—
he who formed me in the womb(GA) to be his servant
to bring Jacob back to him
and gather Israel(GB) to himself,
for I am[d] honored(GC) in the eyes of the Lord
and my God has been my strength(GD)—
6 he says:
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant(GE)
to restore the tribes of Jacob
and bring back those of Israel I have kept.(GF)
I will also make you a light(GG) for the Gentiles,(GH)
that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”(GI)
7 This is what the Lord says—
the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel(GJ)—
to him who was despised(GK) and abhorred by the nation,
to the servant of rulers:
“Kings(GL) will see you and stand up,
princes will see and bow down,(GM)
because of the Lord, who is faithful,(GN)
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen(GO) you.”
Restoration of Israel
8 This is what the Lord says:
“In the time of my favor(GP) I will answer you,
and in the day of salvation I will help you;(GQ)
I will keep(GR) you and will make you
to be a covenant for the people,(GS)
to restore the land(GT)
and to reassign its desolate inheritances,(GU)
9 to say to the captives,(GV) ‘Come out,’
and to those in darkness,(GW) ‘Be free!’
“They will feed beside the roads
and find pasture on every barren hill.(GX)
10 They will neither hunger nor thirst,(GY)
nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.(GZ)
He who has compassion(HA) on them will guide(HB) them
and lead them beside springs(HC) of water.
11 I will turn all my mountains into roads,
and my highways(HD) will be raised up.(HE)
12 See, they will come from afar(HF)—
some from the north, some from the west,(HG)
some from the region of Aswan.[e]”
13 Shout for joy,(HH) you heavens;
rejoice, you earth;(HI)
burst into song, you mountains!(HJ)
For the Lord comforts(HK) his people
and will have compassion(HL) on his afflicted ones.(HM)
15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child(HP) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!(HQ)
16 See, I have engraved(HR) you on the palms of my hands;
your walls(HS) are ever before me.
17 Your children hasten back,
and those who laid you waste(HT) depart from you.
18 Lift up your eyes and look around;
all your children gather(HU) and come to you.
As surely as I live,(HV)” declares the Lord,
“you will wear(HW) them all as ornaments;
you will put them on, like a bride.
19 “Though you were ruined and made desolate(HX)
and your land laid waste,(HY)
now you will be too small for your people,(HZ)
and those who devoured(IA) you will be far away.
20 The children born during your bereavement
will yet say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
give us more space to live in.’(IB)
21 Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who bore me these?(IC)
I was bereaved(ID) and barren;
I was exiled and rejected.(IE)
Who brought these(IF) up?
I was left(IG) all alone,(IH)
but these—where have they come from?’”
22 This is what the Sovereign Lord(II) says:
“See, I will beckon to the nations,
I will lift up my banner(IJ) to the peoples;
they will bring(IK) your sons in their arms
and carry your daughters on their hips.(IL)
23 Kings(IM) will be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.(IN)
They will bow down(IO) before you with their faces to the ground;
they will lick the dust(IP) at your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;(IQ)
those who hope(IR) in me will not be disappointed.(IS)”
25 But this is what the Lord says:
“Yes, captives(IU) will be taken from warriors,(IV)
and plunder retrieved from the fierce;(IW)
I will contend with those who contend with you,(IX)
and your children I will save.(IY)
26 I will make your oppressors(IZ) eat(JA) their own flesh;
they will be drunk on their own blood,(JB) as with wine.
Then all mankind will know(JC)
that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(JD)
your Redeemer,(JE) the Mighty One of Jacob.(JF)”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 46:1 Or are but beasts and cattle
- Isaiah 47:1 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 5
- Isaiah 48:14 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 20
- Isaiah 49:5 Or him, / but Israel would not be gathered; / yet I will be
- Isaiah 49:12 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text Sinim
- Isaiah 49:24 Dead Sea Scrolls, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint and verse 25); Masoretic Text righteous
Isaiah 46-49
New King James Version
Isaiah 46-49
New King James Version
Dead Idols and the Living God
46 Bel (A)bows down, Nebo stoops;
Their idols were on the beasts and on the cattle.
Your carriages were heavily loaded,
(B)A burden to the weary beast.
2 They stoop, they bow down together;
They could not deliver the burden,
(C)But have themselves gone into captivity.
3 “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,
And all the remnant of the house of Israel,
(D)Who have been upheld by Me from [a]birth,
Who have been carried from the womb:
4 Even to your old age, (E)I am He,
And even to gray hairs (F)I will carry you!
I have made, and I will bear;
Even I will carry, and will deliver you.
5 “To(G) whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal
And compare Me, that we should be alike?
6 (H)They lavish gold out of the bag,
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a (I)goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.
7 (J)They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it
And set it in its place, and it stands;
From its place it shall not move.
Though (K)one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer
Nor save him out of his trouble.
8 “Remember this, and [b]show yourselves men;
(L)Recall to mind, O you transgressors.
9 (M)Remember the former things of old,
For I am God, and (N)there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
10 (O)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, (P)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
11 Calling a bird of prey (Q)from the east,
The man (R)who executes My counsel, from a far country.
Indeed (S)I have spoken it;
I will also bring it to pass.
I have purposed it;
I will also do it.
12 “Listen to Me, you (T)stubborn-hearted,
(U)Who are far from righteousness:
13 (V)I bring My righteousness near, it shall not be far off;
My salvation (W)shall not [c]linger.
And I will place (X)salvation in Zion,
For Israel My glory.
The Humiliation of Babylon
47 “Come (Y)down and (Z)sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of (AA)Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no more be called
Tender and [d]delicate.
2 (AB)Take the millstones and grind meal.
Remove your veil,
Take off the skirt,
Uncover the thigh,
Pass through the rivers.
3 (AC)Your nakedness shall be uncovered,
Yes, your shame will be seen;
(AD)I will take vengeance,
And I will not arbitrate with a man.”
4 As for (AE)our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is His name,
The Holy One of Israel.
5 “Sit in (AF)silence, and go into darkness,
O daughter of the Chaldeans;
(AG)For you shall no longer be called
The Lady of Kingdoms.
6 (AH)I was angry with My people;
(AI)I have profaned My inheritance,
And given them into your hand.
You showed them no mercy;
(AJ)On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
7 And you said, ‘I shall be (AK)a lady forever,’
So that you did not (AL)take these things to heart,
(AM)Nor remember the latter end of them.
8 “Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures,
Who dwell securely,
Who say in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one else besides me;
I shall not sit as a widow,
Nor shall I know the loss of children’;
9 But these two things shall come to you
(AN)In a moment, in one day:
The loss of children, and widowhood.
They shall come upon you in their fullness
Because of the multitude of your sorceries,
For the great abundance of your enchantments.
10 “For you have trusted in your wickedness;
You have said, ‘No one (AO)sees me’;
Your wisdom and your knowledge have [e]warped you;
And you have said in your heart,
‘I am, and there is no one else besides me.’
11 Therefore evil shall come upon you;
You shall not know from where it arises.
And trouble shall fall upon you;
You will not be able [f]to put it off.
And (AP)desolation shall come upon you (AQ)suddenly,
Which you shall not know.
12 “Stand now with your enchantments
And the multitude of your sorceries,
In which you have labored from your youth—
Perhaps you will be able to profit,
Perhaps you will prevail.
13 (AR)You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels;
Let now (AS)the[g] astrologers, the stargazers,
And [h]the monthly prognosticators
Stand up and save you
From what shall come upon you.
14 Behold, they shall be (AT)as stubble,
The fire shall (AU)burn them;
They shall not deliver themselves
From the power of the flame;
It shall not be a coal to be warmed by,
Nor a fire to sit before!
15 Thus shall they be to you
With whom you have labored,
(AV)Your merchants from your youth;
They shall wander each one to his [i]quarter.
No one shall save you.
Israel Refined for God’s Glory
48 “Hear this, O house of Jacob,
Who are called by the name of Israel,
And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah;
Who swear by the name of the Lord,
And make mention of the God of Israel,
But (AW)not in truth or in righteousness;
2 For they call themselves (AX)after the holy city,
And (AY)lean on the God of Israel;
The Lord of hosts is His name:
3 “I have (AZ)declared the former things from the beginning;
They went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to hear it.
Suddenly I did them, (BA)and they came to pass.
4 Because I knew that you were [j]obstinate,
And (BB)your neck was an iron sinew,
And your brow bronze,
5 Even from the beginning I have declared it to you;
Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you,
Lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my carved image and my molded image
Have commanded them.’
6 “You have heard;
See all this.
And will you not declare it?
I have made you hear new things from this time,
Even hidden things, and you did not know them.
7 They are created now and not from the beginning;
And before this day you have not heard them,
Lest you should say, ‘Of course I knew them.’
8 Surely you did not hear,
Surely you did not know;
Surely from long ago your ear was not opened.
For I knew that you would deal very treacherously,
And were called (BC)a transgressor from the womb.
9 “For(BD) My name’s sake (BE)I will [k]defer My anger,
And for My praise I will restrain it from you,
So that I do not cut you off.
10 Behold, (BF)I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the (BG)furnace of affliction.
11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it;
For (BH)how should My name be profaned?
And (BI)I will not give My glory to another.
God’s Ancient Plan to Redeem Israel
12 “Listen to Me, O Jacob,
And Israel, My called:
I am He, (BJ)I am the (BK)First,
I am also the Last.
13 Indeed (BL)My hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
And My right hand has stretched out the heavens;
When (BM)I call to them,
They stand up together.
14 “All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
Who among them has declared these things?
(BN)The Lord loves him;
(BO)He shall do His pleasure on Babylon,
And His arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
15 I, even I, have spoken;
Yes, (BP)I have called him,
I have brought him, and his way will prosper.
16 “Come near to Me, hear this:
(BQ)I have not spoken in secret from the beginning;
From the time that it was, I was there.
And now (BR)the Lord God and His Spirit
[l]Have sent Me.”
17 Thus says (BS)the Lord, your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
Who teaches you to profit,
(BT)Who leads you by the way you should go.
18 (BU)Oh, that you had heeded My commandments!
(BV)Then your peace would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
19 (BW)Your descendants also would have been like the sand,
And the offspring of your body like the grains of sand;
His name would not have been cut off
Nor destroyed from before Me.”
20 (BX)Go forth from Babylon!
Flee from the Chaldeans!
With a voice of singing,
Declare, proclaim this,
Utter it to the end of the earth;
Say, “The Lord has (BY)redeemed
His servant Jacob!”
21 And they (BZ)did not thirst
When He led them through the deserts;
He (CA)caused the waters to flow from the rock for them;
He also split the rock, and the waters gushed out.
22 “There(CB) is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”
The Servant, the Light to the Gentiles
49 “Listen, (CC)O coastlands, to Me,
And take heed, you peoples from afar!
(CD)The Lord has called Me from the womb;
From the [m]matrix of My mother He has made mention of My name.
2 And He has made (CE)My mouth like a sharp sword;
(CF)In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me,
And made Me (CG)a polished shaft;
In His quiver He has hidden Me.”
3 “And He said to me,
(CH)‘You are My servant, O Israel,
(CI)In whom I will be glorified.’
4 (CJ)Then I said, ‘I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain;
Yet surely my [n]just reward is with the Lord,
And my [o]work with my God.’ ”
5 “And now the Lord says,
Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him,
So that Israel (CK)is [p]gathered to Him
(For I shall be glorious in the eyes of the Lord,
And My God shall be My strength),
6 Indeed He says,
‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant
To raise up the tribes of Jacob,
And to restore the preserved ones of Israel;
I will also give You as a (CL)light to the Gentiles,
That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”
7 Thus says the Lord,
The Redeemer of Israel, [q]their Holy One,
(CM)To Him [r]whom man despises,
To Him whom the nation abhors,
To the Servant of rulers:
(CN)“Kings shall see and arise,
Princes also shall worship,
Because of the Lord who is faithful,
The Holy One of Israel;
And He has chosen You.”
8 Thus says the Lord:
“In an (CO)acceptable[s] time I have heard You,
And in the day of salvation I have helped You;
I will [t]preserve You (CP)and give You
As a covenant to the people,
To restore the earth,
To cause them to inherit the desolate [u]heritages;
9 That You may say (CQ)to the prisoners, ‘Go forth,’
To those who are in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’
“They shall feed along the roads,
And their pastures shall be on all desolate heights.
10 They shall neither (CR)hunger nor thirst,
(CS)Neither heat nor sun shall strike them;
For He who has mercy on them (CT)will lead them,
Even by the springs of water He will guide them.
11 (CU)I will make each of My mountains a road,
And My highways shall be elevated.
12 Surely (CV)these shall come from afar;
Look! Those from the north and the west,
And these from the land of Sinim.”
13 (CW)Sing, O heavens!
Be joyful, O earth!
And break out in singing, O mountains!
For the Lord has comforted His people,
And will have mercy on His afflicted.
God Will Remember Zion
14 (CX)But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me,
And my Lord has forgotten me.”
15 “Can(CY) a woman forget her nursing child,
[v]And not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Surely they may forget,
(CZ)Yet I will not forget you.
16 See, (DA)I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your walls are continually before Me.
17 Your [w]sons shall make haste;
Your destroyers and those who laid you waste
Shall go away from you.
18 (DB)Lift up your eyes, look around and see;
All these gather together and come to you.
As I live,” says the Lord,
“You shall surely clothe yourselves with them all (DC)as an ornament,
And bind them on you as a bride does.
19 “For your waste and desolate places,
And the land of your destruction,
(DD)Will even now be too small for the inhabitants;
And those who swallowed you up will be far away.
20 (DE)The children you will have,
(DF)After you have lost the others,
Will say again in your ears,
‘The place is too small for me;
Give me a place where I may dwell.’
21 Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who has begotten these for me,
Since I have lost my children and am desolate,
A captive, and wandering to and fro?
And who has brought these up?
There I was, left alone;
But these, where were they?’ ”
22 (DG)Thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I will lift My hand in an oath to the nations,
And set up My [x]standard for the peoples;
They shall bring your sons in their [y]arms,
And your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders;
23 (DH)Kings shall be your foster fathers,
And their queens your nursing mothers;
They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth,
And (DI)lick up the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord,
(DJ)For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.”
25 But thus says the Lord:
“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away,
And the prey of the terrible be delivered;
For I will contend with him who contends with you,
And I will save your children.
26 I will (DL)feed those who oppress you with their own flesh,
And they shall be drunk with their own (DM)blood as with sweet wine.
All flesh (DN)shall know
That I, the Lord, am your Savior,
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 46:3 Lit. the belly
- Isaiah 46:8 be men, take courage
- Isaiah 46:13 delay
- Isaiah 47:1 dainty
- Isaiah 47:10 led you astray
- Isaiah 47:11 Lit. to cover it or atone for it
- Isaiah 47:13 Lit. viewers of the heavens
- Isaiah 47:13 Lit. those giving knowledge for new moons
- Isaiah 47:15 own side or way
- Isaiah 48:4 Heb. hard
- Isaiah 48:9 delay
- Isaiah 48:16 Heb. verb is sing.; or Has sent Me and His Spirit
- Isaiah 49:1 Lit. inward parts
- Isaiah 49:4 justice
- Isaiah 49:4 recompense
- Isaiah 49:5 Qr., DSS, LXX gathered to Him; Kt. not gathered
- Isaiah 49:7 Lit. his or its
- Isaiah 49:7 Lit. who is despised of soul
- Isaiah 49:8 favorable
- Isaiah 49:8 keep
- Isaiah 49:8 inheritances
- Isaiah 49:15 Lit. From having compassion
- Isaiah 49:17 DSS, LXX, Tg., Vg. builders
- Isaiah 49:22 banner
- Isaiah 49:22 Lit. bosom
- Isaiah 49:24 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, Syr., Vg. of the mighty; LXX unjustly
1 Peter 5
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1 Peter 5
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To the Elders and the Flock
5 To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder(A) and a witness(B) of Christ’s sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed:(C) 2 Be shepherds of God’s flock(D) that is under your care, watching over them—not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be;(E) not pursuing dishonest gain,(F) but eager to serve; 3 not lording it over(G) those entrusted to you, but being examples(H) to the flock. 4 And when the Chief Shepherd(I) appears, you will receive the crown of glory(J) that will never fade away.(K)
5 In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves(L) to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility(M) toward one another, because,
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.(O) 7 Cast all your anxiety on him(P) because he cares for you.(Q)
8 Be alert and of sober mind.(R) Your enemy the devil prowls around(S) like a roaring lion(T) looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him,(U) standing firm in the faith,(V) because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.(W)
10 And the God of all grace, who called you(X) to his eternal glory(Y) in Christ, after you have suffered a little while,(Z) will himself restore you and make you strong,(AA) firm and steadfast. 11 To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.(AB)
Final Greetings
12 With the help of Silas,[b](AC) whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly,(AD) encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.(AE)
13 She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark.(AF) 14 Greet one another with a kiss of love.(AG)
Peace(AH) to all of you who are in Christ.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 5:5 Prov. 3:34
- 1 Peter 5:12 Greek Silvanus, a variant of Silas
1 Peter 5
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1 Peter 5
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Shepherd the Flock
5 The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a (A)witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the (B)glory that will be revealed: 2 (C)Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, (D)not by compulsion but [a]willingly, (E)not for dishonest gain but eagerly; 3 nor as (F)being [b]lords over (G)those entrusted to you, but (H)being examples to the flock; 4 and when (I)the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive (J)the crown of glory that does not fade away.
Submit to God, Resist the Devil
5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, (K)all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for
6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
8 Be [c]sober, be [d]vigilant; [e]because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 10 But [f]may the God of all grace, (N)who called [g]us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, [h]perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 11 (O)To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Farewell and Peace
12 By (P)Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying (Q)that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.
13 She who is in Babylon, elect together with you, greets you; and so does (R)Mark my son. 14 Greet one another with a kiss of love.
Peace to you all who are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 5:2 NU adds according to God
- 1 Peter 5:3 masters
- 1 Peter 5:8 self-controlled
- 1 Peter 5:8 watchful
- 1 Peter 5:8 NU, M omit because
- 1 Peter 5:10 NU the God of all grace,
- 1 Peter 5:10 NU, M you
- 1 Peter 5:10 NU will perfect
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