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Hosea 10-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Hosea 10-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Vine and the Calf
10 Israel is a lush[a] vine;(A)
it yields fruit for itself.
The more his fruit increased,
the more he increased the altars.(B)
The better his land produced,
the better they made the sacred pillars.(C)
2 Their hearts are devious;[b](D)
now they must bear their guilt.(E)
The Lord will break down their altars(F)
and demolish their sacred pillars.
3 In fact, they are now saying,
“We have no king!
For we do not fear the Lord.(G)
What can a king do for us?”
4 They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.(H)
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.(I)
5 The residents of Samaria(J) will have anxiety
over the calf(K) of Beth-aven.(L)
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.(M)
It will certainly depart from them.
6 The calf itself will be taken to Assyria(N)
as an offering to the great king.[c](O)
Ephraim will experience shame;(P)
Israel will be ashamed of its counsel.(Q)
7 Samaria’s king will disappear[d](R)
like foam[e] on the surface of the water.
8 The high places(S) of Aven, the sin of Israel,(T)
will be destroyed;
thorns and thistles will grow over their altars.(U)
They will say to the mountains,(V) “Cover us!”
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”(W)
Israel’s Defeat because of Sin
9 Israel, you have sinned
since the days of Gibeah;(X)
they have taken their stand there.
Will not war against the unjust
overtake them in Gibeah?
10 I will discipline(Y) them at My discretion;(Z)
nations will be gathered against them
to put them in bondage[f]
for their two crimes.(AA)
11 Ephraim is a well-trained calf(AB)
that loves to thresh,
but I will place a yoke on[g] her fine neck.(AC)
I will harness Ephraim;(AD)
Judah will plow;
Jacob will do the final plowing.
12 Sow righteousness for yourselves(AE)
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.(AF)
It is time to seek the Lord(AG)
until He comes(AH) and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.(AI)
13 You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice;(AJ)
you have eaten the fruit of lies.(AK)
Because you have trusted in your own way[h]
and in your large number of soldiers,(AL)
14 the roar of battle will rise against your people,
and all your fortifications will be demolished(AM)
in a day of war,
like Shalman’s destruction of Beth-arbel.
Mothers will be dashed to pieces
along with their children.(AN)
15 So it will be done to you, Bethel,(AO)
because of your extreme evil.
At dawn the king of Israel will be totally destroyed.
The Lord’s Love for Israel
11 When Israel was a child, I loved him,(AP)
and out of Egypt I called My son.(AQ)
2 The more they[i] called them,[j](AR)
the more they[k] departed from Me.[l]
They kept sacrificing to the Baals(AS)
and burning offerings to idols.(AT)
3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,(AU)
taking them[m] in My arms,(AV)
but they never knew that I healed them.(AW)
4 I led them with human cords,
with ropes of love.(AX)
To them I was like one
who eases the yoke from their jaws;(AY)
I bent down to give them food.(AZ)
5 Israel will not return to the land of Egypt
and Assyria will be his king,(BA)
because they refused to repent.(BB)
6 A sword will whirl through his cities;(BC)
it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates,[n](BD)
because of their schemes.(BE)
7 My people are bent on turning from Me.(BF)
Though they call to Him on high,
He will not exalt them at all.
8 How can I give you up, Ephraim?(BG)
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?(BH)
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?(BI)
I have had a change of heart;
My compassion is stirred!
9 I will not vent the full fury of My anger;(BJ)
I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim.(BK)
For I am God and not man,
the Holy One among you;(BL)
I will not come in rage.[o]
10 They will follow the Lord;(BM)
He will roar like a lion.(BN)
When He roars,
His children will come trembling from the west.(BO)
11 They will be roused like birds from Egypt
and like doves(BP) from the land of Assyria.(BQ)
Then I will settle them in their homes.(BR)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
12 [p] Ephraim surrounds me with lies,(BS)
the house of Israel, with deceit.
Judah still wanders with God
and is faithful to the holy ones.[q][r]
God’s Case against Jacob’s Heirs
12 Ephraim chases[s] the wind(BT)
and pursues the east wind.(BU)
He continually multiplies lies and violence.
He makes a covenant with Assyria,(BV)
and olive oil is carried to Egypt.(BW)
2 The Lord also has a dispute with Judah.
He is about to punish Jacob according to his ways;(BX)
He will repay him based on his actions.
3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel,(BY)
and as an adult he wrestled with God.(BZ)
4 Jacob struggled with the Angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought His favor.(CA)
He found him[t] at Bethel,(CB)
and there He spoke with him.[u](CC)
5 Yahweh is the God of Hosts;
Yahweh is His name.(CD)
6 But you must return to your God.(CE)
Maintain love and justice,(CF)
and always put your hope in God.(CG)
7 A merchant loves to extort(CH)
with dishonest scales in his hands.(CI)
8 But Ephraim says:
“How rich I have become;(CJ)
I made it all myself.
In all my earnings,
no one can find any crime in me(CK)
that I can be punished for!”[v]
Judgment on Apostate Israel
9 I have been Yahweh your God
ever since[w] the land of Egypt.(CL)
I will make you live in tents again,(CM)
as in the festival days.
10 I spoke through the prophets(CN)
and granted many visions;
I gave parables through the prophets.(CO)
11 Since Gilead is full of evil,(CP)
they will certainly come to nothing.
They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal;(CQ)
even their altars will be like heaps of rocks(CR)
on the furrows of a field.
Further Indictment of Jacob’s Heirs
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram.(CS)
Israel worked to earn a wife;(CT)
he tended flocks for a wife.(CU)
13 The Lord brought Israel from Egypt by a prophet,(CV)
and Israel was tended by a prophet.
14 Ephraim has provoked bitter anger,(CW)
so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him(CX)
and repay him for his contempt.(CY)
13 When Ephraim spoke,(CZ) there was trembling;
he was exalted in Israel.(DA)
But he incurred guilt through Baal(DB) and died.
2 Now they continue to sin
and make themselves a cast image,(DC)
idols skillfully made from their silver,(DD)
all of them the work of craftsmen.(DE)
People say about them,
“Let the men who sacrifice[x] kiss the calves.”(DF)
3 Therefore, they will be like the morning mist,(DG)
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing floor,(DH)
or like smoke from a window.(DI)
Death and Resurrection
4 I have been Yahweh your God(DJ)
ever since[y] the land of Egypt;
you know no God but Me,(DK)
and no Savior exists besides Me.(DL)
5 I knew[z] you in the wilderness,(DM)
in the land of drought.
6 When they had pasture,
they became satisfied;(DN)
they were satisfied,
and their hearts became proud.(DO)
Therefore they forgot Me.(DP)
7 So I will be like a lion(DQ) to them;
I will lurk like a leopard(DR) on the path.
8 I will attack them
like a bear robbed of her cubs
and tear open the rib cage over their hearts.
I will devour them there like a lioness,(DS)
like a wild beast that would rip them open.
9 I will destroy you, Israel;
you have no help but Me.[aa](DT)
10 Where now is your king,[ab](DU)
that he may save you in all your cities,
and the[ac] rulers[ad](DV) you demanded, saying,
“Give me a king and leaders”?
11 I give you a king in My anger(DW)
and take away a king in My wrath.(DX)
12 Ephraim’s guilt is preserved;
his sin is stored up.(DY)
13 Labor pains come on him.(DZ)
He is not a wise son;(EA)
when the time comes,
he will not be born.[ae](EB)
14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.
I will redeem[af] them from death.(EC)
Death, where are your barbs?
Sheol, where is your sting?(ED)
Compassion is hidden from My eyes.(EE)
The Coming Judgment
15 Although he flourishes among his brothers,[ag](EF)
an east wind will come,(EG)
a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert.
His water source will fail,
and his spring will run dry.(EH)
The wind[ah] will plunder the treasury(EI)
of every precious item.
16 [ai]Samaria(EJ) will bear her guilt(EK)
because she has rebelled against her God.(EL)
They will fall by the sword;(EM)
their little ones will be dashed to pieces,(EN)
and their pregnant women ripped open.(EO)
A Plea to Repent
14 Israel, return to Yahweh your God,(EP)
for you have stumbled in your sin.(EQ)
2 Take words of repentance with you(ER)
and return to the Lord.
Say to Him: “Forgive all our sin
and accept what is good,
so that we may repay You
with praise[aj] from our[ak] lips.(ES)
3 Assyria will not save us,(ET)
we will not ride on horses,(EU)
and we will no longer proclaim, ‘Our gods!’(EV)
to the work of our hands.(EW)
For the fatherless receives compassion in You.”(EX)
A Promise of Restoration
4 I will heal their apostasy;(EY)
I will freely love them,(EZ)
for My anger will have turned from him.(FA)
5 I will be like the dew to Israel;(FB)
he will blossom like the lily(FC)
and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.(FD)
6 His new branches will spread,
and his splendor will be like the olive tree,(FE)
his fragrance, like the forest of Lebanon.(FF)
7 The people will return and live beneath his shade.(FG)
They will grow grain(FH)
and blossom like the vine.
His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 Ephraim, why should I[al] have anything more
to do with idols?(FI)
It is I who answer and watch over him.
I am like a flourishing pine tree;(FJ)
your fruit comes from Me.(FK)
9 Let whoever is wise(FL) understand these things,
and whoever is insightful recognize them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,(FM)
and the righteous walk in them,(FN)
but the rebellious stumble in them.(FO)
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:1 Or ravaged
- Hosea 10:2 Or divided
- Hosea 10:6 Or to King Yareb
- Hosea 10:7 Or will be cut off
- Hosea 10:7 Or a stick
- Hosea 10:10 LXX, Syr, Vg read against them when they are disciplined
- Hosea 10:11 Lit will pass over
- Hosea 10:13 LXX reads your chariots
- Hosea 11:2 Perhaps the prophets
- Hosea 11:2 = Israel
- Hosea 11:2 = Israel
- Hosea 11:2 LXX; MT reads them
- Hosea 11:3 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads him
- Hosea 11:6 Or devour his empty talkers, or devour his limbs; Hb obscure
- Hosea 11:9 Or come into any city; Hb obscure
- Hosea 11:12 Hs 12:1 in Hb
- Hosea 11:12 Or to the Holy One; Hb obscure
- Hosea 11:12 Possibly angels, or less likely, pagan gods or idols
- Hosea 12:1 Or feeds on, or tends
- Hosea 12:4 Or Him
- Hosea 12:4 LXX, Syr; MT reads us
- Hosea 12:8 Lit crime which is sin
- Hosea 12:9 LXX reads God who brought you out of
- Hosea 13:2 Or Those who make human sacrifices
- Hosea 13:4 DSS, LXX read God who brought you out of
- Hosea 13:5 LXX, Syr read fed
- Hosea 13:9 LXX reads At your destruction, Israel, who will help you?
- Hosea 13:10 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads I will be your king
- Hosea 13:10 Lit your
- Hosea 13:10 Or judges
- Hosea 13:13 Lit he will not present himself at the opening of the womb for sons
- Hosea 13:14 Or Should I ransom . . . Should I redeem . . . ?
- Hosea 13:15 Or among reeds
- Hosea 13:15 Probably the Assyrian king
- Hosea 13:16 Hs 14:1 in Hb
- Hosea 14:2 LXX reads with the fruit
- Hosea 14:2 Lit repay the bulls of our
- Hosea 14:8 LXX reads he
Hosea 10-14
New International Version
Hosea 10-14
New International Version
10 Israel was a spreading vine;(A)
he brought forth fruit for himself.
As his fruit increased,
he built more altars;(B)
as his land prospered,(C)
he adorned his sacred stones.(D)
2 Their heart is deceitful,(E)
and now they must bear their guilt.(F)
The Lord will demolish their altars(G)
and destroy their sacred stones.(H)
3 Then they will say, “We have no king
because we did not revere the Lord.
But even if we had a king,
what could he do for us?”
4 They make many promises,
take false oaths(I)
and make agreements;(J)
therefore lawsuits spring up
like poisonous weeds(K) in a plowed field.
5 The people who live in Samaria fear
for the calf-idol(L) of Beth Aven.[a](M)
Its people will mourn over it,
and so will its idolatrous priests,(N)
those who had rejoiced over its splendor,
because it is taken from them into exile.(O)
6 It will be carried to Assyria(P)
as tribute(Q) for the great king.(R)
Ephraim will be disgraced;(S)
Israel will be ashamed(T) of its foreign alliances.
7 Samaria’s king will be destroyed,(U)
swept away like a twig on the surface of the waters.
8 The high places(V) of wickedness[b](W) will be destroyed—
it is the sin of Israel.
Thorns(X) and thistles will grow up
and cover their altars.(Y)
Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”(Z)
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”(AA)
9 “Since the days of Gibeah,(AB) you have sinned,(AC) Israel,
and there you have remained.[c]
Will not war again overtake
the evildoers in Gibeah?
10 When I please, I will punish(AD) them;
nations will be gathered against them
to put them in bonds for their double sin.
11 Ephraim is a trained heifer
that loves to thresh;
so I will put a yoke(AE)
on her fair neck.
I will drive Ephraim,
Judah must plow,
and Jacob must break up the ground.
12 Sow(AF) righteousness(AG) for yourselves,
reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;(AH)
for it is time to seek(AI) the Lord,
until he comes
and showers his righteousness(AJ) on you.
13 But you have planted wickedness,
you have reaped evil,(AK)
you have eaten the fruit of deception.(AL)
Because you have depended on your own strength
and on your many warriors,(AM)
14 the roar of battle will rise against your people,
so that all your fortresses will be devastated(AN)—
as Shalman(AO) devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle,
when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.(AP)
15 So will it happen to you, Bethel,
because your wickedness is great.
When that day dawns,
the king of Israel will be completely destroyed.(AQ)
God’s Love for Israel
11 “When Israel was a child,(AR) I loved(AS) him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.(AT)
2 But the more they were called,
the more they went away from me.[d](AU)
They sacrificed to the Baals(AV)
and they burned incense to images.(AW)
3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
taking them by the arms;(AX)
but they did not realize
it was I who healed(AY) them.
4 I led them with cords of human kindness,
with ties of love.(AZ)
To them I was like one who lifts
a little child to the cheek,
and I bent down to feed(BA) them.(BB)
5 “Will they not return to Egypt(BC)
and will not Assyria(BD) rule over them
because they refuse to repent?(BE)
6 A sword(BF) will flash in their cities;
it will devour(BG) their false prophets
and put an end to their plans.
7 My people are determined to turn(BH) from me.(BI)
Even though they call me God Most High,
I will by no means exalt them.
8 “How can I give you up,(BJ) Ephraim?(BK)
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?
How can I make you like Zeboyim?(BL)
My heart is changed within me;
all my compassion(BM) is aroused.(BN)
9 I will not carry out my fierce anger,(BO)
nor will I devastate(BP) Ephraim again.
For I am God, and not a man(BQ)—
the Holy One(BR) among you.
I will not come against their cities.
10 They will follow the Lord;
he will roar(BS) like a lion.(BT)
When he roars,
his children will come trembling(BU) from the west.(BV)
11 They will come from Egypt,
trembling like sparrows,
from Assyria,(BW) fluttering like doves.(BX)
I will settle them in their homes,”(BY)
declares the Lord.
Israel’s Sin
12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies,(BZ)
Israel with deceit.
And Judah is unruly against God,
even against the faithful(CA) Holy One.[e](CB)
12 [f]1 Ephraim(CC) feeds on the wind;(CD)
he pursues the east wind all day
and multiplies lies and violence.(CE)
He makes a treaty with Assyria(CF)
and sends olive oil to Egypt.(CG)
2 The Lord has a charge(CH) to bring against Judah;(CI)
he will punish(CJ) Jacob[g] according to his ways
and repay him according to his deeds.(CK)
3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;(CL)
as a man he struggled(CM) with God.
4 He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel(CN)
and talked with him there—
5 the Lord God Almighty,
the Lord is his name!(CO)
6 But you must return(CP) to your God;
maintain love and justice,(CQ)
and wait for your God always.(CR)
7 The merchant uses dishonest scales(CS)
and loves to defraud.
8 Ephraim boasts,(CT)
“I am very rich; I have become wealthy.(CU)
With all my wealth they will not find in me
any iniquity or sin.”
9 “I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt;(CV)
I will make you live in tents(CW) again,
as in the days of your appointed festivals.
10 I spoke to the prophets,
gave them many visions
and told parables(CX) through them.”(CY)
11 Is Gilead wicked?(CZ)
Its people are worthless!
Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal?(DA)
Their altars will be like piles of stones
on a plowed field.(DB)
12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram[h];(DC)
Israel served to get a wife,
and to pay for her he tended sheep.(DD)
13 The Lord used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt,(DE)
by a prophet he cared for him.(DF)
14 But Ephraim has aroused his bitter anger;
his Lord will leave on him the guilt of his bloodshed(DG)
and will repay him for his contempt.(DH)
The Lord’s Anger Against Israel
13 When Ephraim spoke, people trembled;(DI)
he was exalted(DJ) in Israel.
But he became guilty of Baal worship(DK) and died.
2 Now they sin more and more;
they make(DL) idols for themselves from their silver,(DM)
cleverly fashioned images,
all of them the work of craftsmen.(DN)
It is said of these people,
“They offer human sacrifices!
They kiss[i](DO) calf-idols!(DP)”
3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears,(DQ)
like chaff(DR) swirling from a threshing floor,(DS)
like smoke(DT) escaping through a window.
4 “But I have been the Lord your God
ever since you came out of Egypt.(DU)
You shall acknowledge(DV) no God but me,(DW)
no Savior(DX) except me.
5 I cared for you in the wilderness,(DY)
in the land of burning heat.
6 When I fed them, they were satisfied;
when they were satisfied, they became proud;(DZ)
then they forgot(EA) me.(EB)
7 So I will be like a lion(EC) to them,
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
8 Like a bear robbed of her cubs,(ED)
I will attack them and rip them open;
like a lion(EE) I will devour them—
a wild animal will tear them apart.(EF)
9 “You are destroyed, Israel,
because you are against me,(EG) against your helper.(EH)
10 Where is your king,(EI) that he may save you?
Where are your rulers in all your towns,
of whom you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?(EJ)
11 So in my anger I gave you a king,(EK)
and in my wrath I took him away.(EL)
12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
his sins are kept on record.(EM)
13 Pains as of a woman in childbirth(EN) come to him,
but he is a child without wisdom;
when the time(EO) arrives,
he doesn’t have the sense to come out of the womb.(EP)
14 “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;(EQ)
I will redeem them from death.(ER)
Where, O death, are your plagues?
Where, O grave, is your destruction?(ES)
“I will have no compassion,
15 even though he thrives(ET) among his brothers.
An east wind(EU) from the Lord will come,
blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
and his well dry up.(EV)
His storehouse will be plundered(EW)
of all its treasures.
16 The people of Samaria(EX) must bear their guilt,(EY)
because they have rebelled(EZ) against their God.
They will fall by the sword;(FA)
their little ones will be dashed(FB) to the ground,
their pregnant women(FC) ripped open.”[j]
Repentance to Bring Blessing
14 [k]Return,(FD) Israel, to the Lord your God.
Your sins(FE) have been your downfall!(FF)
2 Take words with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
“Forgive(FG) all our sins
and receive us graciously,(FH)
that we may offer the fruit of our lips.[l](FI)
3 Assyria cannot save us;(FJ)
we will not mount warhorses.(FK)
We will never again say ‘Our gods’(FL)
to what our own hands have made,(FM)
for in you the fatherless(FN) find compassion.”
4 “I will heal(FO) their waywardness(FP)
and love them freely,(FQ)
for my anger has turned away(FR) from them.
5 I will be like the dew(FS) to Israel;
he will blossom like a lily.(FT)
Like a cedar of Lebanon(FU)
he will send down his roots;(FV)
6 his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,(FW)
his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.(FX)
7 People will dwell again in his shade;(FY)
they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom(FZ) like the vine—
Israel’s fame will be like the wine(GA) of Lebanon.(GB)
8 Ephraim, what more have I[m] to do with idols?(GC)
I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(GD)
your fruitfulness comes from me.”
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
- Hosea 10:8 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.
- Hosea 10:9 Or there a stand was taken
- Hosea 11:2 Septuagint; Hebrew them
- Hosea 11:12 In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 12:1.
- Hosea 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.
- Hosea 12:2 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.
- Hosea 12:12 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia
- Hosea 13:2 Or “Men who sacrifice / kiss
- Hosea 13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.
- Hosea 14:1 In Hebrew texts 14:1-9 is numbered 14:2-10.
- Hosea 14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls
- Hosea 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim
Jude
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jude
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Greeting
Jude,(A) a slave of Jesus Christ and a brother of James:
To those who are the called,(B) loved[a](C) by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ.(D)
2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.(E)
Jude’s Purpose in Writing
3 Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share,(F) I found it necessary to write and exhort you to contend for the faith(G) that was delivered(H) to the saints once for all. 4 For some men, who were designated for this judgment long ago,(I) have come in by stealth;(J) they are ungodly,(K) turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying(L) Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.
Apostates: Past and Present
5 Now I want to remind you, though you know all these things: The Lord[b] first[c] saved a people out of Egypt and later destroyed those who did not believe;(M) 6 and He has kept, with eternal chains in darkness for the judgment of the great day, the angels(N) who did not keep their own position but deserted their proper dwelling. 7 In the same way, Sodom and Gomorrah(O) and the cities around them committed sexual immorality and practiced perversions,[d] just as angels did, and serve as an example by undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.(P)
8 Nevertheless, these dreamers likewise defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones.(Q) 9 Yet Michael(R) the archangel,(S) when he was disputing with the Devil(T) in a debate about Moses’(U) body, did not dare bring an abusive condemnation against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 10 But these people blaspheme anything they don’t understand. What they know by instinct like unreasoning animals—they destroy themselves with these things. 11 Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain,(V) have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam(W) for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.(X)
The Apostates’ Doom
12 These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs[e] at your love feasts.(Y) They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds;(Z) trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots; 13 wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars(AA) for whom the blackness of darkness(AB) is reserved forever!(AC)
14 And Enoch,(AD) in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about them:
Look! The Lord comes[f]
with thousands of His holy ones(AE)
15 to execute judgment on all
and to convict them[g]
of all their ungodly(AF) acts
that they have done in an ungodly way,
and of all the harsh things ungodly sinners
have said against Him.
16 These people are discontented grumblers, walking according to their desires;(AG) their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering(AH) people for their own advantage.
17 But you, dear friends, remember what was predicted by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 they told you, “In the end time(AI) there will be scoffers(AJ) walking according to their own ungodly desires.” 19 These people create divisions and are unbelievers,[h](AK) not having the Spirit.
Exhortation and Benediction
20 But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit,(AL) 21 keep yourselves in the love of God,(AM) expecting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life. 22 Have mercy on those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them from the fire;(AN) have mercy on others but with fear,(AO) hating(AP) even the garment(AQ) defiled by the flesh.
24 Now to Him(AR) who is able to protect you from stumbling(AS) and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless(AT) and with great joy, 25 to the only(AU) God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord,[i] be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time,[j] now and forever. Amen.
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- Jude 1:1 Other mss read sanctified
- Jude 1:5 Other mss read Jesus/Joshua, God, or God Christ
- Jude 1:5 Other mss place first after remind you
- Jude 1:7 Lit and went after other flesh
- Jude 1:12 Or like spots
- Jude 1:14 Or came
- Jude 1:15 Lit convict all
- Jude 1:19 Or natural
- Jude 1:25 Other mss omit through Jesus Christ our Lord
- Jude 1:25 Other mss omit before all time
Jude
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Jude
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1 Jude,(A) a servant of Jesus Christ(B) and a brother of James,
To those who have been called,(C) who are loved in God the Father and kept for[a] Jesus Christ:(D)
2 Mercy, peace(E) and love be yours in abundance.(F)
The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People
3 Dear friends,(G) although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share,(H) I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend(I) for the faith(J) that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.(K) 4 For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about[b] long ago have secretly slipped in among you.(L) They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.(M)
5 Though you already know all this,(N) I want to remind you(O) that the Lord[c] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.(P) 6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.(Q) 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah(R) and the surrounding towns(S) gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.(T)
8 In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.(U) 9 But even the archangel(V) Michael,(W) when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses,(X) did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”[d](Y) 10 Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.(Z)
11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain;(AA) they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error;(AB) they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.(AC)
12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts,(AD) eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves.(AE) They are clouds without rain,(AF) blown along by the wind;(AG) autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted(AH)—twice dead. 13 They are wild waves of the sea,(AI) foaming up their shame;(AJ) wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.(AK)
14 Enoch,(AL) the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming(AM) with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones(AN) 15 to judge(AO) everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[e](AP) 16 These people are grumblers(AQ) and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires;(AR) they boast(AS) about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
A Call to Persevere
17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles(AT) of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.(AU) 18 They said to you, “In the last times(AV) there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”(AW) 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.(AX)
20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up(AY) in your most holy faith(AZ) and praying in the Holy Spirit,(BA) 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait(BB) for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.(BC)
22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them from the fire;(BD) to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.[f](BE)
Doxology
24 To him who is able(BF) to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence(BG) without fault(BH) and with great joy— 25 to the only God(BI) our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore!(BJ) Amen.(BK)
Footnotes
- Jude 1:1 Or by; or in
- Jude 1:4 Or individuals who were marked out for condemnation
- Jude 1:5 Some early manuscripts Jesus
- Jude 1:9 Jude is alluding to the Jewish Testament of Moses (approximately the first century a.d.).
- Jude 1:15 From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century b.c.)
- Jude 1:23 The Greek manuscripts of these verses vary at several points.
Psalm 127
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Psalm 127
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Psalm 127
The Blessing of the Lord
A Solomonic song of ascents.
1 Unless the Lord builds a house,
its builders labor over it in vain;(A)
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.(B)
2 In vain you get up early and stay up late,
working hard to have enough food—
yes, He gives sleep to the one He loves.[a](C)
3 Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord,
children, a reward.(D)
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior
are the sons born in one’s youth.(E)
5 Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.(F)
Such men will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.(G)
Footnotes
- Psalm 127:2 Or yes, He gives such things to His loved ones while [they] sleep
Psalm 127
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Psalm 127
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Psalm 127
A song of ascents. Of Solomon.
Footnotes
- Psalm 127:2 Or eat— / for while they sleep he provides for
Proverbs 29:15-17
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Proverbs 29:15-17
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15 A rod of correction imparts wisdom,(A)
but a youth left to himself[a]
is a disgrace to his mother.(B)
16 When the wicked increase, rebellion increases,
but the righteous will see their downfall.(C)
17 Discipline your son, and it will bring you peace of mind(D)
and give you delight.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:15 Lit youth sent away
Proverbs 29:15-17
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Proverbs 29:15-17
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15 A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom,
but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.(A)
16 When the wicked thrive, so does sin,
but the righteous will see their downfall.(B)
17 Discipline your children, and they will give you peace;
they will bring you the delights you desire.(C)
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