1 Chronicles 16

New International Version

Ministering Before the Ark^(A)^(B)^(C)

16 They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched^(D) for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before God. ²After David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed^(E) the people in the name of the Lord. ³Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins^(F) to each Israelite man and woman.

⁴He appointed some of the Levites to minister^(G) before the ark of the Lord, to extol,^[a] thank, and praise the Lord, the God of Israel: ⁵Asaph was the chief, and next to him in rank were Zechariah, then Jaaziel,^[b] Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel. They were to play the lyres and harps, Asaph was to sound the cymbals, ⁶and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

⁷That day David first appointed Asaph and his associates to give praise^(H) to the Lord in this manner:

⁸Give praise^(I) to the Lord, proclaim his name;
    make known among the nations^(J) what he has done.
⁹Sing to him, sing praise^(K) to him;
    tell of all his wonderful acts.
¹⁰Glory in his holy name;^(L)
    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
¹¹Look to the Lord and his strength;
    seek^(M) his face always.

¹²Remember^(N) the wonders^(O) he has done,
    his miracles,^(P) and the judgments he pronounced,
¹³you his servants, the descendants of Israel,
    his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.
¹⁴He is the Lord our God;
    his judgments^(Q) are in all the earth.

¹⁵He remembers^[c]^(R) his covenant forever,
    the promise he made, for a thousand generations,
¹⁶the covenant^(S) he made with Abraham,
    the oath he swore to Isaac.
¹⁷He confirmed it to Jacob^(T) as a decree,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant:
¹⁸“To you I will give the land of Canaan^(U)
    as the portion you will inherit.”

¹⁹When they were but few in number,^(V)
    few indeed, and strangers in it,
²⁰they^[d] wandered^(W) from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another.
²¹He allowed no one to oppress them;
    for their sake he rebuked kings:^(X)
²²“Do not touch my anointed ones;
    do my prophets^(Y) no harm.”

²³Sing to the Lord, all the earth;
proclaim his salvation day after day.
²⁴Declare his glory^(Z) among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

²⁵For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise;^(AA)
    he is to be feared^(AB) above all gods.^(AC)
²⁶For all the gods of the nations are idols,
    but the Lord made the heavens.^(AD)
²⁷Splendor and majesty are before him;
    strength and joy are in his dwelling place.

²⁸Ascribe to the Lord, all you families of nations,
    ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.^(AE)
²⁹Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;^(AF)
    bring an offering and come before him.
Worship the Lord in the splendor of his^[e] holiness.^(AG)
³⁰    Tremble^(AH) before him, all the earth!
    The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.^(AI)

³¹Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;^(AJ)
    let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!^(AK)”
³²Let the sea resound, and all that is in it;^(AL)
    let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them!
³³Let the trees^(AM) of the forest sing,
    let them sing for joy before the Lord,
    for he comes to judge^(AN) the earth.

³⁴Give thanks^(AO) to the Lord, for he is good;^(AP)
    his love endures forever.^(AQ)
³⁵Cry out, “Save us, God our Savior;^(AR)
    gather us and deliver us from the nations,
that we may give thanks to your holy name,
    and glory in your praise.”
³⁶Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,^(AS)
    from everlasting to everlasting.

Then all the people said “Amen” and “Praise the Lord.”

³⁷David left Asaph and his associates before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister there regularly, according to each day’s requirements.^(AT) ³⁸He also left Obed-Edom^(AU) and his sixty-eight associates to minister with them. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah,^(AV) were gatekeepers.

³⁹David left Zadok^(AW) the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the Lord at the high place in Gibeon^(AX) ⁴⁰to present burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of burnt offering regularly, morning and evening, in accordance with everything written in the Law^(AY) of the Lord, which he had given Israel. ⁴¹With them were Heman^(AZ) and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord, “for his love endures forever.” ⁴²Heman and Jeduthun were responsible for the sounding of the trumpets and cymbals and for the playing of the other instruments for sacred song.^(BA) The sons of Jeduthun^(BB) were stationed at the gate.

⁴³Then all the people left, each for their own home, and David returned home to bless his family.

Footnotes

1 Chronicles 16:4 Or petition; or invoke
1 Chronicles 16:5 See 15:18,20; Hebrew Jeiel, possibly another name for Jaaziel.
1 Chronicles 16:15 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Psalm 105:8); Hebrew Remember
1 Chronicles 16:20 One Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint and Vulgate (see also Psalm 105:12); most Hebrew manuscripts inherit, / ¹⁹though you are but few in number, / few indeed, and strangers in it.” / ²⁰They
1 Chronicles 16:29 Or Lord with the splendor of

Obadiah

New International Version

Obadiah’s Vision^(A)^(B)

¹The vision^(C) of Obadiah.

This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom^(D)—

We have heard a message from the Lord:
An envoy^(E) was sent to the nations to say,
“Rise, let us go against her for battle”^(F)—

²“See, I will make you small^(G) among the nations;
    you will be utterly despised.
³The pride^(H) of your heart has deceived you,
    you who live in the clefts of the rocks^[a]^(I)
    and make your home on the heights,
you who say to yourself,
    ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’^(J)
⁴Though you soar like the eagle
    and make your nest^(K) among the stars,
    from there I will bring you down,”^(L)
declares the Lord.^(M)
⁵“If thieves came to you,
    if robbers in the night—
oh, what a disaster awaits you!—
    would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
If grape pickers came to you,
    would they not leave a few grapes?^(N)
⁶But how Esau will be ransacked,
    his hidden treasures pillaged!
⁷All your allies^(O) will force you to the border;
    your friends will deceive and overpower you;
those who eat your bread^(P) will set a trap for you,^[b]
    but you will not detect it.

⁸“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “will I not destroy^(Q) the wise men of Edom,
    those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
⁹Your warriors, Teman,^(R) will be terrified,
    and everyone in Esau’s mountains
    will be cut down in the slaughter.
¹⁰Because of the violence^(S) against your brother Jacob,^(T)
    you will be covered with shame;
    you will be destroyed forever.^(U)
¹¹On the day you stood aloof
    while strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
    and cast lots^(V) for Jerusalem,
    you were like one of them.^(W)
¹²You should not gloat^(X) over your brother
    in the day of his misfortune,^(Y)
nor rejoice^(Z) over the people of Judah
    in the day of their destruction,^(AA)
nor boast^(AB) so much
    in the day of their trouble.^(AC)
¹³You should not march through the gates of my people
    in the day of their disaster,
nor gloat over them in their calamity^(AD)
    in the day of their disaster,
nor seize their wealth
    in the day of their disaster.
¹⁴You should not wait at the crossroads
    to cut down their fugitives,^(AE)
nor hand over their survivors
    in the day of their trouble.

¹⁵“The day of the Lord is near^(AF)
    for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
    your deeds^(AG) will return upon your own head.
¹⁶Just as you drank^(AH) on my holy hill,^(AI)
    so all the nations will drink^(AJ) continually;
they will drink and drink
    and be as if they had never been.^(AK)
¹⁷But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;^(AL)
    it will be holy,^(AM)
    and Jacob will possess his inheritance.^(AN)
¹⁸Jacob will be a fire
    and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
    and they will set him on fire^(AO) and destroy^(AP) him.
There will be no survivors^(AQ)
    from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.

¹⁹People from the Negev will occupy
    the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
    the land of the Philistines.^(AR)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,^(AS)
    and Benjamin^(AT) will possess Gilead.
²⁰This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
    will possess the land as far as Zarephath;^(AU)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negev.^(AV)
²¹Deliverers^(AW) will go up on^[c] Mount Zion
    to govern the mountains of Esau.
    And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.^(AX)