Isaiah 33

New American Standard Bible

The Judgment of God

33 Woe ^(A)to you, destroyer,
While you were not destroyed;
And he ^(B)who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him.
As soon as you finish destroying, ^(C)you will be destroyed;
As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will ^(D)deal treacherously with you.
²Lord, ^(E)be gracious to us; we have ^(F)waited for You.
Be ^[a]their ^[b]^(G)strength every morning,
Our salvation also in the ^(H)time of distress.
³At the sound of a roar, ^(I)peoples flee;
At the ^(J)lifting up of Yourself, nations disperse.
⁴Your plunder is gathered as the caterpillar gathers;
Like an infestation of locusts, people storm it.
⁵The Lord is ^(K)exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has ^(L)filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
⁶And He will be the ^[c]^(M)stability of your times,
A ^(N)wealth of salvation, wisdom, and ^(O)knowledge;
The ^(P)fear of the Lord is his treasure.
⁷Behold, their brave men cry out ^[d]in the streets,
The ^[e]^(Q)ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
⁸The highways are desolate, ^[f]the ^(R)traveler has ceased,
He has ^(S)broken the covenant, he has despised the cities,
He has no regard for mankind.
⁹^(T)The land mourns and wastes away,
^(U)Lebanon is shamed and withers;
^(V)Sharon is like a desert plain,
And Bashan and Carmel ^[g]lose their foliage.
¹⁰“Now ^(W)I will arise,” says the Lord,
“Now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up.
¹¹You have ^(X)conceived ^[h]chaff, you will give birth to stubble;
^[i]My ^(Y)breath will consume you like a fire.
¹²The peoples will be burned to lime,
^(Z)Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire.

¹³“You who are far away, ^(AA)hear what I have done;
And you who are near, ^[j]acknowledge My might.”
¹⁴^(AB)Sinners in Zion are terrified;
^(AC)Trembling has seized the godless.
“Who among us can live with ^(AD)the consuming fire?
Who among us can live with everlasting ^(AE)burning?”
¹⁵One who ^(AF)walks righteously and speaks with integrity,
One who rejects ^[k]unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
One who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And ^(AG)shuts his eyes from looking at evil;
¹⁶He will dwell on the heights,
^(AH)His refuge will be the ^[l]impregnable rock;
^(AI)His bread will be given him,
His water will be sure.

¹⁷Your eyes will see ^(AJ)the King in His beauty;
They will see ^(AK)a distant land.
¹⁸Your heart will meditate on ^(AL)terror:
“Where is ^(AM)one who counts?
Where is one who weighs?
Where is one who counts the towers?”
¹⁹You will no longer see a fierce people,
A people of ^[m]^(AN)unintelligible speech ^[n]which no one comprehends,
Of a stammering tongue ^[o]which no one understands.
²⁰^(AO)Look at Zion, the city of our appointed feasts;
Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an ^(AP)undisturbed settlement,
^(AQ)A tent which will not be folded;
Its stakes will never be pulled up,
Nor any of its ropes be torn apart.
²¹But there the majestic One, the Lord, will be for us
A place of ^(AR)rivers and wide canals
On which no boat with oars will go,
And on which no mighty ship will pass—
²²For the Lord is our ^(AS)judge,
The Lord is ^(AT)our lawgiver,
The Lord is ^(AU)our king;
^(AV)He will save us—
²³Your ship’s tackle hangs slack;
It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then the ^(AW)prey of an abundant spoil will be divided;
^(AX)Those who limp will take the plunder.
²⁴And no resident will say, “I am ^(AY)sick”;
The people who live ^[p]there will be ^(AZ)forgiven their wrongdoing.

Footnotes

Isaiah 33:2 Some ancient versions our
Isaiah 33:2 Lit arm
Isaiah 33:6 Or faithfulness
Isaiah 33:7 Lit outside
Isaiah 33:7 Lit messengers
Isaiah 33:8 Lit one who passes along the way
Isaiah 33:9 Lit shake off
Isaiah 33:11 Lit dry grass
Isaiah 33:11 One ancient version; MT Your breath will
Isaiah 33:13 Lit know
Isaiah 33:15 Lit gain of extortioners
Isaiah 33:16 Lit stronghold of rock
Isaiah 33:19 Lit deepness of lip
Isaiah 33:19 Lit from hearing
Isaiah 33:19 Lit there is no understanding
Isaiah 33:24 Lit in it

Revelation 3

New American Standard Bible

Message to Sardis

3 “To the angel of the church in ^(A)Sardis write:

He who has ^[a]^(B)the seven spirits of God and ^(C)the seven stars, says this: ‘^(D)I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, and yet you are ^(E)dead. ²Be constantly alert, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. ³So ^(F)remember ^[b]what you have received and heard; and ^[c]keep it, and ^(G)repent. Then if you are not alert, ^(H)I will come ^(I)like a thief, and you will not know at ^(J)what hour I will come to you. ⁴But you have a few ^[d]^(K)people in ^(L)Sardis who have not ^(M)soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me ^(N)in white, for they are worthy. ⁵^(O)The one who overcomes will be clothed the same way, in ^(P)white garments; and I will not ^(Q)erase his name from the book of life, and ^(R)I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. ⁶^(S)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Message to Philadelphia

⁷“And to the angel of the church in ^(T)Philadelphia write:

^(U)He who is holy, ^(V)who is true, who has ^(W)the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:

⁸‘^(X)I know your ^[e]deeds. Behold, I have put before you ^(Y)an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have followed My word, and ^(Z)have not denied My name. ⁹Behold, I ^[f]will make those of ^(AA)the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them ^(AB)come and bow down before your feet, and make them know that ^(AC)I have loved you. ¹⁰Because you have ^(AD)kept ^(AE)My ^[g]word of perseverance, ^(AF)I also will keep you from the hour of the ^[h]^(AG)testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole ^[i]^(AH)world, to ^[j]test ^(AI)those who live on the earth. ¹¹^(AJ)I am coming quickly; ^(AK)hold firmly to what you have, so that no one will take your ^(AL)crown. ¹²^(AM)The one who overcomes, I will make him a ^(AN)pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the ^(AO)name of My God, and ^(AP)the name of the city of My God, ^(AQ)the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My ^(AR)new name. ¹³^(AS)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Message to Laodicea

¹⁴“To the angel of the church in ^(AT)Laodicea write:

^(AU)The Amen, ^(AV)the faithful and true Witness, ^(AW)the ^[k]Origin of the creation of God, says this:

¹⁵‘^(AX)I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; ^(AY)I wish that you were cold or hot. ¹⁶So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth. ¹⁷Because you say, “^(AZ)I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have no need of anything,” and you do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked, ¹⁸I advise you to ^(BA)buy from Me ^(BB)gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and ^(BC)white garments so that you may clothe yourself and ^(BD)the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to apply to your eyes so that you may see. ¹⁹^(BE)Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline; therefore be zealous and ^(BF)repent. ²⁰Behold, I stand ^(BG)at the door and ^(BH)knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^(BI)I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. ²¹^(BJ)The one who overcomes, I will grant to him ^(BK)to sit with Me on My throne, as ^(BL)I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne. ²²^(BM)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

Footnotes

Revelation 3:1 Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angels
Revelation 3:3 Lit how
Revelation 3:3 Or follow
Revelation 3:4 Lit names
Revelation 3:8 Or deeds (behold...shut), that you have
Revelation 3:9 Lit give
Revelation 3:10 Or instruction
Revelation 3:10 Or temptation
Revelation 3:10 Lit inhabited earth
Revelation 3:10 Or tempt
Revelation 3:14 Or Beginning; i.e., Originator