Ephesians 2:11-22

English Standard Version

One in Christ

¹¹Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called ^(A)the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— ¹²remember ^(B)that you were at that time separated from Christ, ^(C)alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to ^(D)the covenants of promise, ^(E)having no hope and without God in the world. ¹³But now in Christ Jesus you who once were ^(F)far off have been brought near ^(G)by the blood of Christ. ¹⁴For ^(H)he himself is our peace, ^(I)who has made us both one and has broken down ^(J)in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility ¹⁵by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ^(K)ordinances, that he might create in himself one ^(L)new man in place of the two, so making peace, ¹⁶and might ^(M)reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. ¹⁷And he came and ^(N)preached peace to you who were ^(O)far off and peace to those who were ^(P)near. ¹⁸For ^(Q)through him we both have ^(R)access in ^(S)one Spirit to the Father. ¹⁹So then you are no longer ^(T)strangers and aliens,^[a] but you are ^(U)fellow citizens with the saints and ^(V)members of the household of God, ²⁰^(W)built on the foundation of the ^(X)apostles and prophets, ^(Y)Christ Jesus himself being ^(Z)the cornerstone, ²¹^(AA)in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into ^(AB)a holy temple in the Lord. ²²In him ^(AC)you also are being built together ^(AD)into a dwelling place for God by^[b] the Spirit.

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Isaiah 19-20

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An Oracle Concerning Egypt

19 An ^(A)oracle concerning ^(B)Egypt.

Behold, the Lord ^(C)is riding on a swift cloud
    and comes to Egypt;
and ^(D)the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
    and the heart of the Egyptians will ^(E)melt within them.
²And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians,
    ^(F)and they will fight, each against another
    and each against his neighbor,
    city against city, kingdom against kingdom;
³and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
    and I will confound^[a] their ^(G)counsel;
and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
    and ^(H)the mediums and the necromancers;
⁴and I will give over the Egyptians
    into the hand of ^(I)a hard master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,
    declares the Lord God of hosts.

⁵And the waters of the sea will be dried up,
    and the river will be dry and parched,
⁶and its canals will become foul,
    and the branches of Egypt's Nile will diminish and dry up,
    reeds and rushes will rot away.
⁷There will be bare places by the Nile,
    on the brink of the Nile,
and all that is sown by the Nile will be parched,
    will be driven away, and will be no more.
⁸The ^(J)fishermen will mourn and lament,
    all who cast a hook in the Nile;
and they will languish
    who spread nets on the water.
⁹The workers in ^(K)combed flax will be in despair,
    and the weavers of white cotton.
¹⁰Those who are the ^(L)pillars of the land will be crushed,
    and all who ^(M)work for pay will be grieved.

¹¹The princes of ^(N)Zoan are utterly foolish;
    the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
    “I am a son of the wise,
    a son of ancient kings”?
¹²Where then are your ^(O)wise men?
    Let them tell you
    that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
¹³The princes of ^(P)Zoan have become fools,
    and the princes of ^(Q)Memphis are deluded;
those who are the ^(R)cornerstones of her tribes
    have made Egypt stagger.
¹⁴The Lord has mingled within her ^(S)a spirit of confusion,
and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds,
    ^(T)as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
¹⁵And there will be nothing for Egypt
    that ^(U)head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do.

Egypt, Assyria, Israel Blessed

¹⁶In that day the Egyptians will be ^(V)like women, and ^(W)tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts shakes over them. ¹⁷And the land of Judah will become a terror to the Egyptians. Everyone to whom it is mentioned will fear because of the purpose that the Lord of hosts has purposed against them.

¹⁸^(X)In that day there will be ^(Y)five cities in the land of Egypt that ^(Z)speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of these will be called the City of Destruction.^[b]

¹⁹In that day there will be an ^(AA)altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a ^(AB)pillar to the Lord at its border. ²⁰^(AC)It will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry to the Lord because of oppressors, ^(AD)he will send them a savior and defender, and deliver them. ²¹^(AE)And the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day ^(AF)and worship with sacrifice and offering, and they will make vows to the Lord and perform them. ²²^(AG)And the Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the Lord, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.

²³^(AH)In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, ^(AI)and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.

²⁴In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, ^(AJ)a blessing in the midst of the earth, ²⁵whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt ^(AK)my people, and Assyria ^(AL)the work of my hands, and ^(AM)Israel my inheritance.”

A Sign Against Egypt and Cush

20 In the year that ^(AN)the commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to ^(AO)Ashdod and fought against it and captured it— ²at that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet,” and he did so, walking ^(AP)naked and barefoot.

³Then the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years ^(AQ)as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush,^[c] ⁴so shall the ^(AR)king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt. ⁵^(AS)Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast. ⁶And the inhabitants of ^(AT)this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and ^(AU)to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?’”