Joshua 11

New King James Version

The Northern Conquest

11 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard these things, that he ^(A)sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king ^(B)of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph, ²and to the kings who were from the north, in the mountains, in the plain south of ^(C)Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights ^(D)of Dor on the west, ³to the Canaanites in the east and in the west, the ^(E)Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the mountains, ^(F)and the Hivite below ^(G)Hermon ^(H)in the land of Mizpah. ⁴So they went out, they and all their armies with them, as many people ^(I)as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots. ⁵And when all these kings had ^[a]met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

⁶But the Lord said to Joshua, ^(J)“Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You shall ^(K)hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.” ⁷So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and they attacked them. ⁸And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who defeated them and chased them to ^[b]Greater ^(L)Sidon, to the ^[c]Brook ^(M)Misrephoth, and to the Valley of Mizpah eastward; they attacked them until they left none of them remaining. ⁹So Joshua did to them as the Lord had told him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

¹⁰Joshua turned back at that time and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor was formerly the head of all those kingdoms. ¹¹And they struck all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, ^(N)utterly destroying them. There was none left ^(O)breathing. Then he burned Hazor with fire.

¹²So all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua took and struck with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them, ^(P)as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. ¹³But as for the cities that stood on their ^[d]mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only, which Joshua burned. ¹⁴And all the ^(Q)spoil of these cities and the livestock, the children of Israel took as booty for themselves; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they left none breathing. ¹⁵^(R)As the Lord had commanded Moses His servant, so ^(S)Moses commanded Joshua, and ^(T)so Joshua did. ^[e]He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

Summary of Joshua’s Conquests

¹⁶Thus Joshua took all this land: ^(U)the mountain country, all the South, ^(V)all the land of Goshen, the lowland, and the Jordan ^[f]plain—the mountains of Israel and its lowlands, ¹⁷^(W)from ^[g]Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, even as far as Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured ^(X)all their kings, and struck them down and killed them. ¹⁸Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. ¹⁹There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except ^(Y)the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. All the others they took in battle. ²⁰For ^(Z)it was of the Lord ^[h]to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that He might utterly destroy them, and that they might receive no mercy, but that He might destroy them, ^(AA)as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²¹And at that time Joshua came and cut off ^(AB)the Anakim from the mountains: from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities. ²²None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only ^(AC)in Gaza, in Gath, ^(AD)and in Ashdod.

²³So Joshua took the whole land, ^(AE)according to all that the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel ^(AF)according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land ^(AG)rested from war.

Footnotes

Joshua 11:5 Lit. assembled by appointment
Joshua 11:8 Heb. Sidon Rabbah
Joshua 11:8 Heb. Misrephoth Maim, lit. Burnings of Water
Joshua 11:13 Heb. tel, a heap of successive city ruins
Joshua 11:15 Lit. He turned aside from nothing
Joshua 11:16 Heb. arabah
Joshua 11:17 Lit. The Smooth or Bald Mountain
Joshua 11:20 Lit. to make strong

Psalm 144

New King James Version

A Song to the Lord Who Preserves and Prospers His People

A Psalm of David.

144 Blessed be the Lord my Rock,
^(A)Who trains my hands for war,
And my fingers for battle—
²My lovingkindness and my fortress,
My high tower and my deliverer,
My shield and the One in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues ^[a]my people under me.

³^(B)Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
⁴^(C)Man is like a breath;
^(D)His days are like a passing shadow.

⁵^(E)Bow down Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
^(F)Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
⁶^(G)Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.
⁷Stretch out Your hand from above;
Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,
From the hand of foreigners,
⁸Whose mouth ^(H)speaks ^[b]lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁹I will ^(I)sing a new song to You, O God;
On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
¹⁰The One who gives ^[c]salvation to kings,
^(J)Who delivers David His servant
From the deadly sword.

¹¹Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—
¹²That our sons may be ^(K)as plants grown up in their youth;
That our daughters may be as ^[d]pillars,
Sculptured in palace style;
¹³That our barns may be full,
Supplying all kinds of produce;
That our sheep may bring forth thousands
And ten thousands in our fields;
¹⁴That our oxen may be well laden;
That there be no ^[e]breaking in or going out;
That there be no outcry in our streets.
¹⁵^(L)Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!

Footnotes

Psalm 144:2 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; Syr., Tg. the peoples (cf. 18:47)
Psalm 144:8 empty or worthless
Psalm 144:10 deliverance
Psalm 144:12 corner pillars
Psalm 144:14 Lit. breach

Jeremiah 5

New King James Version

The Justice of God’s Judgment

5 “Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem;
See now and know;
And seek in her open places
^(A)If you can find a man,
^(B)If there is anyone who executes ^[a]judgment,
Who seeks the truth,
^(C)And I will pardon her.
²^(D)Though they say, ‘As ^(E)the Lord lives,’
Surely they ^(F)swear falsely.”

³O Lord, are not ^(G)Your eyes on the truth?
You have ^(H)stricken them,
But they have not grieved;
You have consumed them,
But ^(I)they have refused to receive correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to return.

⁴Therefore I said, “Surely these are poor.
They are foolish;
For ^(J)they do not know the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.
⁵I will go to the great men and speak to them,
For ^(K)they have known the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.”

But these have altogether ^(L)broken the yoke
And burst the bonds.
⁶Therefore ^(M)a lion from the forest shall slay them,
^(N)A wolf of the deserts shall destroy them;
^(O)A leopard will watch over their cities.
Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces,
Because their transgressions are many;
Their backslidings have increased.

⁷“How shall I pardon you for this?
Your children have forsaken Me
And ^(P)sworn by those ^(Q)that are not gods.
^(R)When I had fed them to the full,
Then they committed adultery
And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
⁸^(S)They were like well-fed lusty stallions;
Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
⁹Shall I not punish them for these things?” says the Lord.
“And shall I not ^(T)avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

¹⁰“Go up on her walls and destroy,
But do not ^[b]make a ^(U)complete end.
Take away her branches,
For they are not the Lord’s.
¹¹For ^(V)the house of Israel and the house of Judah
Have dealt very treacherously with Me,” says the Lord.

¹²^(W)They have lied about the Lord,
And said, ^(X)“It is not He.
^(Y)Neither will ^[c]evil come upon us,
Nor shall we see sword or famine.
¹³And the prophets become wind,
For the word is not in them.
Thus shall it be done to them.”

¹⁴Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts:

“Because you speak this word,
^(Z)Behold, I will make My words in your mouth fire,
And this people wood,
And it shall devour them.
¹⁵Behold, I will bring a ^(AA)nation against you ^(AB)from afar,
O house of Israel,” says the Lord.
“It is a mighty nation,
It is an ancient nation,
A nation whose language you do not know,
Nor can you understand what they say.
¹⁶Their quiver is like an open tomb;
They are all mighty men.
¹⁷And they shall eat up your ^(AC)harvest and your bread,
Which your sons and daughters should eat.
They shall eat up your flocks and your herds;
They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;
They shall destroy your fortified cities,
In which you trust, with the sword.

¹⁸“Nevertheless in those days,” says the Lord, “I ^(AD)will not ^[d]make a complete end of you. ¹⁹And it will be when you say, ^(AE)‘Why does the Lord our God do all these things to us?’ then you shall answer them, ‘Just as you have ^(AF)forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so ^(AG)you shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours.’

²⁰“Declare this in the house of Jacob
And proclaim it in Judah, saying,
²¹‘Hear this now, O ^(AH)foolish people,
Without ^[e]understanding,
Who have eyes and see not,
And who have ears and hear not:
²²^(AI)Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord.
‘Will you not tremble at My presence,
Who have placed the sand as the ^(AJ)bound of the sea,
By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it?
And though its waves toss to and fro,
Yet they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.
²³But this people has a defiant and rebellious heart;
They have revolted and departed.
²⁴They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the Lord our God,
^(AK)Who gives rain, both the ^(AL)former and the latter, in its season.
^(AM)He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”
²⁵^(AN)Your iniquities have turned these things away,
And your sins have withheld good from you.

²⁶‘For among My people are found wicked men;
They ^(AO)lie in wait as one who sets snares;
They set a trap;
They catch men.
²⁷As a cage is full of birds,
So their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have become great and grown rich.
²⁸They have grown ^(AP)fat, they are sleek;
Yes, they ^[f]surpass the deeds of the wicked;
They do not plead ^(AQ)the cause,
The cause of the fatherless;
^(AR)Yet they prosper,
And the right of the needy they do not defend.
²⁹^(AS)Shall I not punish them for these things?’ says the Lord.
‘Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?’

³⁰“An astonishing and ^(AT)horrible thing
Has been committed in the land:
³¹The prophets prophesy ^(AU)falsely,
And the priests rule by their own power;
And My people ^(AV)love to have it so.
But what will you do in the end?

Footnotes

Jeremiah 5:1 justice
Jeremiah 5:10 completely destroy
Jeremiah 5:12 disaster
Jeremiah 5:18 completely destroy
Jeremiah 5:21 Lit. heart
Jeremiah 5:28 Or pass over or overlook

Matthew 19

New King James Version

Marriage and Divorce^(A)

19 Now it came to pass, ^(B)when Jesus had finished these sayings, that He departed from Galilee and came to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. ²^(C)And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.

³The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him, and saying to Him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?”

⁴And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who ^[a]made them at the beginning ^(D)‘made them male and female,’ ⁵and said, ^(E)‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and ^(F)the two shall become one flesh’? ⁶So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

⁷They said to Him, ^(G)“Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?”

⁸He said to them, “Moses, because of the ^(H)hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your ^(I)wives, but from the beginning it was not so. ⁹^(J)And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for ^[b]sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.”

¹⁰His disciples said to Him, ^(K)“If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

Jesus Teaches on Celibacy

¹¹But He said to them, ^(L)“All cannot accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given: ¹²For there are ^[c]eunuchs who were born thus from their mother’s womb, and ^(M)there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it.”

Jesus Blesses Little Children^(N)

¹³^(O)Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for ^(P)of such is the kingdom of heaven.” ¹⁵And He laid His hands on them and departed from there.

Jesus Counsels the Rich Young Ruler^(Q)

¹⁶^(R)Now behold, one came and said to Him, ^(S)“Good^[d] Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”

¹⁷So He said to him, ^[e]“Why do you call Me good? ^[f]No one is ^(T)good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, ^(U)keep the commandments.”

¹⁸He said to Him, “Which ones?”

Jesus said, ^(V)“‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ ¹⁹^(W)‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ^(X)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

²⁰The young man said to Him, “All these things I have ^(Y)kept ^[g]from my youth. What do I still lack?”

²¹Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, ^(Z)go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

²²But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

With God All Things Are Possible^(AA)

²³Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Assuredly, I say to you that ^(AB)it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

²⁵When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”

²⁶But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but ^(AC)with God all things are possible.”

²⁷Then Peter answered and said to Him, “See, ^(AD)we have left all and followed You. Therefore what shall we have?”

²⁸So Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, ^(AE)you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹^(AF)And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother ^[h]or wife or children or ^[i]lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. ³⁰^(AG)But many who are first will be last, and the last first.