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John 5:31-47
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John 5:31-47
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Testimonies About Jesus
31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.(A) 32 There is another who testifies in my favor,(B) and I know that his testimony about me is true.
33 “You have sent to John and he has testified(C) to the truth. 34 Not that I accept human testimony;(D) but I mention it that you may be saved.(E) 35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light,(F) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.
36 “I have testimony weightier than that of John.(G) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing(H)—testify that the Father has sent me.(I) 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.(J) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,(K) 38 nor does his word dwell in you,(L) for you do not believe(M) the one he sent.(N) 39 You study[a] the Scriptures(O) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.(P) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,(Q) 40 yet you refuse to come to me(R) to have life.
41 “I do not accept glory from human beings,(S) 42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God[b]?(T)
45 “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,(U) on whom your hopes are set.(V) 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.(W) 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”(X)
1 Peter 2:9-17
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1 Peter 2:9-17
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9 But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E) 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God;(F) once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society
11 Dear friends,(G) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(H) to abstain from sinful desires,(I) which wage war against your soul.(J) 12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds(K) and glorify God(L) on the day he visits us.
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority:(M) whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, 14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong(N) and to commend those who do right.(O) 15 For it is God’s will(P) that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.(Q) 16 Live as free people,(R) but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil;(S) live as God’s slaves.(T) 17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers,(U) fear God, honor the emperor.(V)
Song of Songs 2
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Song of Songs 2
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She[a]
He
2 Like a lily among thorns
is my darling among the young women.
She
3 Like an apple[c] tree among the trees of the forest
is my beloved(D) among the young men.
I delight(E) to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.(F)
4 Let him lead me to the banquet hall,(G)
and let his banner(H) over me be love.
5 Strengthen me with raisins,
refresh me with apples,(I)
for I am faint with love.(J)
6 His left arm is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.(K)
7 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(L)
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.(M)
8 Listen! My beloved!
Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
bounding over the hills.(N)
9 My beloved is like a gazelle(O) or a young stag.(P)
Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke and said to me,
“Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, come with me.
11 See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
12 Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree forms its early fruit;(Q)
the blossoming(R) vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me.”
He
14 My dove(S) in the clefts of the rock,
in the hiding places on the mountainside,
show me your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.(T)
15 Catch for us the foxes,(U)
the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards,(V)
our vineyards that are in bloom.(W)
She
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 2:1 Or He
- Song of Songs 2:1 Probably a member of the crocus family
- Song of Songs 2:3 Or possibly apricot; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs
- Song of Songs 2:17 Or the hills of Bether
Jeremiah 47-48
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Jeremiah 47-48
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A Message About the Philistines
47 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines(A) before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:(B)
2 This is what the Lord says:
“See how the waters are rising in the north;(C)
they will become an overflowing torrent.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out;
all who dwell in the land will wail(D)
3 at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
at the noise of enemy chariots(E)
and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
their hands will hang limp.(F)
4 For the day has come
to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
who could help Tyre(G) and Sidon.(H)
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,(I)
the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.[a](J)
5 Gaza will shave(K) her head in mourning;
Ashkelon(L) will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
how long will you cut(M) yourselves?
6 “‘Alas, sword(N) of the Lord,
how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
cease and be still.’(O)
7 But how can it rest
when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”(P)
A Message About Moab(Q)
48 Concerning Moab:(R)
This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“Woe to Nebo,(S) for it will be ruined.
Kiriathaim(T) will be disgraced and captured;
the stronghold[b] will be disgraced and shattered.
2 Moab will be praised(U) no more;
in Heshbon[c](V) people will plot her downfall:
‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’(W)
You, the people of Madmen,[d] will also be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.
3 Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,(X)
cries of great havoc and destruction.
4 Moab will be broken;
her little ones will cry out.[e]
5 They go up the hill to Luhith,(Y)
weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim(Z)
anguished cries over the destruction are heard.
6 Flee!(AA) Run for your lives;
become like a bush[f] in the desert.(AB)
7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches,(AC)
you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh(AD) will go into exile,(AE)
together with his priests and officials.(AF)
8 The destroyer(AG) will come against every town,
and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
and the plateau(AH) destroyed,
because the Lord has spoken.
9 Put salt(AI) on Moab,
for she will be laid waste[g];(AJ)
her towns will become desolate,
with no one to live in them.
10 “A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
A curse on anyone who keeps their sword(AK) from bloodshed!(AL)
11 “Moab has been at rest(AM) from youth,
like wine left on its dregs,(AN)
not poured from one jar to another—
she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
and her aroma is unchanged.
12 But days are coming,”
declares the Lord,
“when I will send men who pour from pitchers,
and they will pour her out;
they will empty her pitchers
and smash her jars.
13 Then Moab will be ashamed(AO) of Chemosh,(AP)
as Israel was ashamed
when they trusted in Bethel.(AQ)
14 “How can you say, ‘We are warriors,(AR)
men valiant in battle’?
15 Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;
her finest young men(AS) will go down in the slaughter,(AT)”
declares the King,(AU) whose name is the Lord Almighty.(AV)
16 “The fall of Moab is at hand;(AW)
her calamity will come quickly.
17 Mourn for her, all who live around her,
all who know her fame;(AX)
say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,(AY)
how broken the glorious staff!’
18 “Come down from your glory
and sit on the parched ground,(AZ)
you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,(BA)
for the one who destroys Moab
will come up against you
and ruin your fortified cities.(BB)
19 Stand by the road and watch,
you who live in Aroer.(BC)
Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
ask them, ‘What has happened?’
20 Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.
Wail(BD) and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon(BE)
that Moab is destroyed.
21 Judgment has come to the plateau(BF)—
to Holon,(BG) Jahzah(BH) and Mephaath,(BI)
22 to Dibon,(BJ) Nebo(BK) and Beth Diblathaim,
23 to Kiriathaim,(BL) Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,(BM)
24 to Kerioth(BN) and Bozrah(BO)—
to all the towns(BP) of Moab, far and near.
25 Moab’s horn[h](BQ) is cut off;
her arm(BR) is broken,”
declares the Lord.
26 “Make her drunk,(BS)
for she has defied(BT) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;(BU)
let her be an object of ridicule.(BV)
27 Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?(BW)
Was she caught among thieves,(BX)
that you shake your head(BY) in scorn(BZ)
whenever you speak of her?
28 Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove(CA) that makes its nest
at the mouth of a cave.(CB)
29 “We have heard of Moab’s pride(CC)—
how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
and the haughtiness(CD) of her heart.
30 I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
“and her boasts(CE) accomplish nothing.
31 Therefore I wail(CF) over Moab,
for all Moab I cry out,
I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.(CG)
32 I weep for you, as Jazer(CH) weeps,
you vines of Sibmah.(CI)
Your branches spread as far as the sea[i];
they reached as far as[j] Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen
on your ripened fruit and grapes.
33 Joy and gladness are gone
from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine(CJ) from the presses;
no one treads them with shouts of joy.(CK)
Although there are shouts,
they are not shouts of joy.
34 “The sound of their cry rises
from Heshbon(CL) to Elealeh(CM) and Jahaz,(CN)
from Zoar(CO) as far as Horonaim(CP) and Eglath Shelishiyah,
for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.(CQ)
35 In Moab I will put an end
to those who make offerings on the high places(CR)
and burn incense(CS) to their gods,”
declares the Lord.
36 “So my heart laments(CT) for Moab like the music of a pipe;
it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.(CU)
The wealth they acquired(CV) is gone.
37 Every head is shaved(CW)
and every beard(CX) cut off;
every hand is slashed
and every waist is covered with sackcloth.(CY)
38 On all the roofs in Moab
and in the public squares(CZ)
there is nothing but mourning,
for I have broken Moab
like a jar(DA) that no one wants,”
declares the Lord.
39 “How shattered(DB) she is! How they wail!
How Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule,(DC)
an object of horror to all those around her.”
40 This is what the Lord says:
“Look! An eagle is swooping(DD) down,
spreading its wings(DE) over Moab.
41 Kerioth[k](DF) will be captured
and the strongholds taken.
In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors(DG)
will be like the heart of a woman in labor.(DH)
42 Moab will be destroyed(DI) as a nation(DJ)
because she defied(DK) the Lord.
43 Terror(DL) and pit and snare(DM) await you,
you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.
44 “Whoever flees(DN) from the terror
will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
the year(DO) of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.
45 “In the shadow of Heshbon
the fugitives stand helpless,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
a blaze from the midst of Sihon;(DP)
it burns the foreheads of Moab,
the skulls(DQ) of the noisy boasters.
46 Woe to you, Moab!(DR)
The people of Chemosh are destroyed;
your sons are taken into exile
and your daughters into captivity.
47 “Yet I will restore(DS) the fortunes of Moab
in days to come,”
declares the Lord.
Here ends the judgment on Moab.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 47:4 That is, Crete
- Jeremiah 48:1 Or captured; / Misgab
- Jeremiah 48:2 The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot.
- Jeremiah 48:2 The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for be silenced.
- Jeremiah 48:4 Hebrew; Septuagint / proclaim it to Zoar
- Jeremiah 48:6 Or like Aroer
- Jeremiah 48:9 Or Give wings to Moab, / for she will fly away
- Jeremiah 48:25 Horn here symbolizes strength.
- Jeremiah 48:32 Probably the Dead Sea
- Jeremiah 48:32 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts as far as the Sea of
- Jeremiah 48:41 Or The cities
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