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Isaiah 50

Israel's Sin and the Servant's Obedience

 ² When I came, why was there no one?
       When I called, why was there no one to answer?
       Was my arm too short to ransom you?
       Do I lack the strength to rescue you?
       By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea,
       I turn rivers into a desert;
       their fish rot for lack of water
       and die of thirst.

 ³ I clothe the sky with darkness
       and make sackcloth its covering."

 ⁴ The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue,
       to know the word that sustains the weary.
       He wakens me morning by morning,
       wakens my ear to listen like one being taught.

 ⁵ The Sovereign LORD has opened my ears,
       and I have not been rebellious;
       I have not drawn back.

 ⁶ I offered my back to those who beat me,
       my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
       I did not hide my face
       from mocking and spitting.

 ⁷ Because the Sovereign LORD helps me,
       I will not be disgraced.
       Therefore have I set my face like flint,
       and I know I will not be put to shame.

 ⁸ He who vindicates me is near.
       Who then will bring charges against me?
       Let us face each other!
       Who is my accuser?
       Let him confront me!

 ⁹ It is the Sovereign LORD who helps me.
       Who is he that will condemn me?
       They will all wear out like a garment;
       the moths will eat them up.

 ¹⁰ Who among you fears the LORD
       and obeys the word of his servant?
       Let him who walks in the dark,
       who has no light,
       trust in the name of the LORD
       and rely on his God.

 ¹¹ But now, all you who light fires
       and provide yourselves with flaming torches,
       go, walk in the light of your fires
       and of the torches you have set ablaze.
       This is what you shall receive from my hand:
       You will lie down in torment.

Isaiah 51

Everlasting Salvation for Zion

 ² look to Abraham, your father,
       and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
       When I called him he was but one,
       and I blessed him and made him many.

 ³ The LORD will surely comfort Zion
       and will look with compassion on all her ruins;
       he will make her deserts like Eden,
       her wastelands like the garden of the LORD.
       Joy and gladness will be found in her,
       thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

 ⁴ "Listen to me, my people;
       hear me, my nation:
       The law will go out from me;
       my justice will become a light to the nations.

 ⁵ My righteousness draws near speedily,
       my salvation is on the way,
       and my arm will bring justice to the nations.
       The islands will look to me
       and wait in hope for my arm.

 ⁶ Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
       look at the earth beneath;
       the heavens will vanish like smoke,
       the earth will wear out like a garment
       and its inhabitants die like flies.
       But my salvation will last forever,
       my righteousness will never fail.

 ⁷ "Hear me, you who know what is right,
       you people who have my law in your hearts:
       Do not fear the reproach of men
       or be terrified by their insults.

 ⁸ For the moth will eat them up like a garment;
       the worm will devour them like wool.
       But my righteousness will last forever,
       my salvation through all generations."

 ⁹ Awake, awake! Clothe yourself with strength,
       O arm of the LORD;
       awake, as in days gone by,
       as in generations of old.
       Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces,
       who pierced that monster through?

 ¹⁰ Was it not you who dried up the sea,
       the waters of the great deep,
       who made a road in the depths of the sea
       so that the redeemed might cross over?

 ¹¹ The ransomed of the LORD will return.
       They will enter Zion with singing;
       everlasting joy will crown their heads.
       Gladness and joy will overtake them,
       and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

 ¹² "I, even I, am he who comforts you.
       Who are you that you fear mortal men,
       the sons of men, who are but grass,

 ¹³ that you forget the LORD your Maker,
       who stretched out the heavens
       and laid the foundations of the earth,
       that you live in constant terror every day
       because of the wrath of the oppressor,
       who is bent on destruction?
       For where is the wrath of the oppressor?

 ¹⁴ The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;
       they will not die in their dungeon,
       nor will they lack bread.

 ¹⁵ For I am the LORD your God,
       who churns up the sea so that its waves roar—
       the LORD Almighty is his name.

 ¹⁶ I have put my words in your mouth
       and covered you with the shadow of my hand—
       I who set the heavens in place,
       who laid the foundations of the earth,
       and who say to Zion, 'You are my people.' "

The Cup of the LORD's Wrath

 ¹⁸ Of all the sons she bore
       there was none to guide her;
       of all the sons she reared
       there was none to take her by the hand.

 ¹⁹ These double calamities have come upon you—
       who can comfort you?—
       ruin and destruction, famine and sword—
       who can ^[a] console you?

 ²⁰ Your sons have fainted;
       they lie at the head of every street,
       like antelope caught in a net.
       They are filled with the wrath of the LORD
       and the rebuke of your God.

 ²¹ Therefore hear this, you afflicted one,
       made drunk, but not with wine.

 ²² This is what your Sovereign LORD says,
       your God, who defends his people:
       "See, I have taken out of your hand
       the cup that made you stagger;
       from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
       you will never drink again.

 ²³ I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,
       who said to you,
       'Fall prostrate that we may walk over you.'
       And you made your back like the ground,
       like a street to be walked over."

Isaiah 52

 ¹ Awake, awake, O Zion,
       clothe yourself with strength.
       Put on your garments of splendor,
       O Jerusalem, the holy city.
       The uncircumcised and defiled
       will not enter you again.

 ² Shake off your dust;
       rise up, sit enthroned, O Jerusalem.
       Free yourself from the chains on your neck,
       O captive Daughter of Zion.

 ³ For this is what the LORD says:
       "You were sold for nothing,
       and without money you will be redeemed."

 ⁴ For this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
       "At first my people went down to Egypt to live;
       lately, Assyria has oppressed them.

 ⁵ "And now what do I have here?" declares the LORD.
       "For my people have been taken away for nothing,
       and those who rule them mock, ^[b] "
       declares the LORD.
       "And all day long
       my name is constantly blasphemed.

 ⁶ Therefore my people will know my name;
       therefore in that day they will know
       that it is I who foretold it.
       Yes, it is I."

 ⁷ How beautiful on the mountains
       are the feet of those who bring good news,
       who proclaim peace,
       who bring good tidings,
       who proclaim salvation,
       who say to Zion,
       "Your God reigns!"

 ⁸ Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices;
       together they shout for joy.
       When the LORD returns to Zion,
       they will see it with their own eyes.

 ⁹ Burst into songs of joy together,
       you ruins of Jerusalem,
       for the LORD has comforted his people,
       he has redeemed Jerusalem.

 ¹⁰ The LORD will lay bare his holy arm
       in the sight of all the nations,
       and all the ends of the earth will see
       the salvation of our God.

 ¹¹ Depart, depart, go out from there!
       Touch no unclean thing!
       Come out from it and be pure,
       you who carry the vessels of the LORD.

 ¹² But you will not leave in haste
       or go in flight;
       for the LORD will go before you,
       the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

The Suffering and Glory of the Servant

 ¹⁴ Just as there were many who were appalled at him ^[d]—
       his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man
       and his form marred beyond human likeness—

 ¹⁵ so will he sprinkle many nations, ^[e]
       and kings will shut their mouths because of him.
       For what they were not told, they will see,
       and what they have not heard, they will understand.

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1 Thessalonians 5

 ¹Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, ²for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. ³While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

 ⁴But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. ⁵You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. ⁶So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. ⁷For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. ⁸But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. ⁹For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁰He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. ¹¹Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

Final Instructions

 ¹⁶Be joyful always; ¹⁷pray continually; ¹⁸give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

 ¹⁹Do not put out the Spirit's fire; ²⁰do not treat prophecies with contempt. ²¹Test everything. Hold on to the good. ²²Avoid every kind of evil.

 ²³May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.

 ²⁵Brothers, pray for us. ²⁶Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. ²⁷I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.

 ²⁸The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.