1 Thessalonians 5

New King James Version

The Day of the Lord

5 But concerning ^(A)the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. ²For you yourselves know perfectly that ^(B)the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. ³For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then ^(C)sudden destruction comes upon them, ^(D)as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. ⁴^(E)But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. ⁵You are all ^(F)sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. ⁶^(G)Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but ^(H)let us watch and be ^[a]sober. ⁷For ^(I)those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk ^(J)are drunk at night. ⁸But let us who are of the day be sober, ^(K)putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. ⁹For ^(L)God did not appoint us to wrath, ^(M)but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁰^(N)who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.

¹¹Therefore ^[b]comfort each other and ^[c]edify one another, just as you also are doing.

Various Exhortations

¹²And we urge you, brethren, ^(O)to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and ^[d]admonish you, ¹³and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. ^(P)Be at peace among yourselves.

¹⁴Now we ^[e]exhort you, brethren, ^(Q)warn those who are ^[f]unruly, ^(R)comfort the fainthearted, ^(S)uphold the weak, ^(T)be patient with all. ¹⁵^(U)See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always ^(V)pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.

¹⁶^(W)Rejoice always, ¹⁷^(X)pray without ceasing, ¹⁸in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

¹⁹^(Y)Do not quench the Spirit. ²⁰^(Z)Do not despise prophecies. ²¹^(AA)Test all things; ^(AB)hold fast what is good. ²²Abstain from every form of evil.

Blessing and Admonition

²³Now may ^(AC)the God of peace Himself ^(AD)sanctify^[g] you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body ^(AE)be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴He who calls you is ^(AF)faithful, who also will ^(AG)do it.

²⁵Brethren, pray for us.

²⁶Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss.

²⁷I charge you by the Lord that this ^[h]epistle be read to all the ^[i]holy brethren.

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

Notas al pie

1 Thessalonians 5:6 self-controlled
1 Thessalonians 5:11 Or encourage
1 Thessalonians 5:11 build one another up
1 Thessalonians 5:12 instruct or warn
1 Thessalonians 5:14 encourage
1 Thessalonians 5:14 insubordinate or idle
1 Thessalonians 5:23 set you apart
1 Thessalonians 5:27 letter
1 Thessalonians 5:27 NU omits holy

Isaiah 23-24

New King James Version

Proclamation Against Tyre

23 The ^(A)burden^[a] against Tyre.

Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For it is laid waste,
So that there is no house, no harbor;
From the land of ^[b]Cyprus it is revealed to them.

²Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon,
^[c]Whom those who cross the sea have filled.
³And on great waters the grain of Shihor,
The harvest of ^[d]the River, is her revenue;
And ^(B)she is a marketplace for the nations.

⁴Be ashamed, O Sidon;
For the sea has spoken,
The strength of the sea, saying,
“I do not labor, nor bring forth children;
Neither do I rear young men,
Nor bring up virgins.”
⁵^(C)When the report reaches Egypt,
They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre.

⁶Cross over to Tarshish;
Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!
⁷Is this your ^(D)joyous city,
Whose antiquity is from ancient days,
Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?
⁸Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, ^(E)the crowning city,
Whose merchants are princes,
Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
⁹The Lord of hosts has ^(F)purposed it,
To ^[e]bring to dishonor the ^(G)pride of all glory,
To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

¹⁰Overflow through your land like ^[f]the River,
O daughter of Tarshish;
There is no more ^[g]strength.
¹¹He stretched out His hand over the sea,
He shook the kingdoms;
The Lord has given a commandment ^(H)against Canaan
To destroy its strongholds.
¹²And He said, “You will rejoice no more,
O you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, ^(I)cross over to Cyprus;
There also you will have no rest.”

¹³Behold, the land of the ^(J)Chaldeans,
This people which was not;
Assyria founded it for ^(K)wild beasts of the desert.
They set up its towers,
They raised up its palaces,
And brought it to ruin.

¹⁴^(L)Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For your strength is laid waste.

¹⁵Now it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

¹⁶“Take a harp, go about the city,
You forgotten harlot;
Make sweet melody, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.”

¹⁷And it shall be, at the end of seventy years, that the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her hire, and ^(M)commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. ¹⁸Her gain and her pay ^(N)will be set apart for the Lord; it will not be treasured nor laid up, for her gain will be for those who dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for ^[h]fine clothing.

Impending Judgment on the Earth

24 Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste,
Distorts its surface
And scatters abroad its inhabitants.
²And it shall be:
As with the people, so with the ^(O)priest;
As with the servant, so with his master;
As with the maid, so with her mistress;
^(P)As with the buyer, so with the seller;
As with the lender, so with the borrower;
As with the creditor, so with the debtor.
³The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered,
For the Lord has spoken this word.

⁴The earth mourns and fades away,
The world languishes and fades away;
The ^(Q)haughty^[i] people of the earth languish.
⁵^(R)The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have ^(S)transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken the ^(T)everlasting covenant.
⁶Therefore ^(U)the curse has devoured the earth,
And those who dwell in it are ^[j]desolate.
Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are ^(V)burned,
And few men are left.

⁷^(W)The new wine fails, the vine languishes,
All the merry-hearted sigh.
⁸The mirth ^(X)of the tambourine ceases,
The noise of the jubilant ends,
The joy of the harp ceases.
⁹They shall not drink wine with a song;
Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
¹⁰The city of confusion is broken down;
Every house is shut up, so that none may go in.
¹¹There is a cry for wine in the streets,
All joy is darkened,
The mirth of the land is gone.
¹²In the city desolation is left,
And the gate is stricken with destruction.
¹³When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people,
^(Y)It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree,
Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done.

¹⁴They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing;
For the majesty of the Lord
They shall cry aloud from the sea.
¹⁵Therefore ^(Z)glorify the Lord in the dawning light,
^(AA)The name of the Lord God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.
¹⁶From the ends of the earth we have heard songs:
“Glory to the righteous!”
But I said, ^[k]“I am ruined, ruined!
Woe to me!
^(AB)The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously,
Indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.”

¹⁷^(AC)Fear and the pit and the snare
Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.
¹⁸And it shall be
That he who flees from the noise of the fear
Shall fall into the pit,
And he who comes up from the midst of the pit
Shall be ^[l]caught in the snare;
For ^(AD)the windows from on high are open,
And ^(AE)the foundations of the earth are shaken.

¹⁹^(AF)The earth is violently broken,
The earth is split open,
The earth is shaken exceedingly.
²⁰The earth shall ^(AG)reel^[m] to and fro like a drunkard,
And shall totter like a hut;
Its transgression shall be heavy upon it,
And it will fall, and not rise again.

²¹It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord will punish on high the host of exalted ones,
And on the earth ^(AH)the kings of the earth.
²²They will be gathered together,
As prisoners are gathered in the ^[n]pit,
And will be shut up in the prison;
After many days they will be punished.
²³Then the ^(AI)moon will be disgraced
And the sun ashamed;
For the Lord of hosts will ^(AJ)reign
On ^(AK)Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
And before His elders, gloriously.

Notas al pie

Isaiah 23:1 oracle, prophecy
Isaiah 23:1 Heb. Kittim, western lands, especially Cyprus
Isaiah 23:2 So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Tg. Passing over the water; DSS Your messengers passing over the sea
Isaiah 23:3 The Nile
Isaiah 23:9 pollute
Isaiah 23:10 The Nile
Isaiah 23:10 restraint, lit. belt
Isaiah 23:18 choice
Isaiah 24:4 proud
Isaiah 24:6 Or held guilty
Isaiah 24:16 Lit. Leanness to me, leanness to me
Isaiah 24:18 Lit. taken
Isaiah 24:20 stagger
Isaiah 24:22 dungeon

Psalm 116

New King James Version

Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Death

116 I ^(A)love the Lord, because He has heard
My voice and my supplications.
²Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

³^(B)The ^[a]pains of death surrounded me,
And the ^[b]pangs of Sheol ^[c]laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.
⁴Then I called upon the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”

⁵^(C)Gracious is the Lord, and ^(D)righteous;
Yes, our God is merciful.
⁶The Lord preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.
⁷Return to your ^(E)rest, O my soul,
For ^(F)the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

⁸^(G)For You have delivered my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from falling.
⁹I will walk before the Lord
^(H)In the land of the living.
¹⁰^(I)I believed, therefore I spoke,
“I am greatly afflicted.”
¹¹^(J)I said in my haste,
^(K)“All men are liars.”

¹²What shall I render to the Lord
For all His benefits toward me?
¹³I will take up the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of the Lord.
¹⁴^(L)I will pay my vows to the Lord
Now in the presence of all His people.

¹⁵^(M)Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His saints.

¹⁶O Lord, truly ^(N)I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, ^(O)the son of Your maidservant;
You have loosed my bonds.
¹⁷I will offer to You ^(P)the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the Lord.