Hosea 8-10
Christian Standard Bible
Israel’s False Hopes
8 Put the ram’s horn to your mouth!(A)
One like an eagle comes
against the house of the Lord,(B)
because they transgress my covenant(C)
and rebel against my law.(D)
2 Israel cries out to me,(E)
“My God, we know you!”
3 Israel has rejected what is good;(F)
an enemy will pursue him.
4 They have installed kings,(G)
but not through me.
They have appointed leaders,
but without my approval.
They make their silver and gold(H)
into idols for themselves
for their own destruction.[a]
5 Your calf-idol[b](I) is rejected, Samaria.(J)
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of innocence?(K)
6 For this thing is from Israel—
a craftsman made it,(L) and it is not God.
The calf of Samaria will be smashed to bits!
7 Indeed, they sow the wind(M)
and reap the whirlwind.(N)
There is no standing grain;
what sprouts fails to yield flour.(O)
Even if they did,
foreigners would swallow it up.
8 Israel is swallowed up!(P)
Now they are among the nations
like discarded pottery.(Q)
9 For they have gone up to Assyria(R)
like a wild donkey going off on its own.
Ephraim has paid for love.(S)
10 Even though they hire lovers among the nations,
I will now round them up,
and they will begin to decrease in number(T)
under the burden of the king and leaders.(U)
11 When Ephraim multiplied his altars for sin,(V)
they became his altars for sinning.
12 Though I were to write out for him
ten thousand points of my instruction,(W)
they would be[c] regarded as something strange.
13 Though they offer sacrificial gifts[d](X)
and eat the flesh,(Y)
the Lord does not accept them.
Now he will remember their guilt(Z)
and punish their sins;(AA)
they will return to Egypt.(AB)
14 Israel has forgotten his Maker(AC) and built palaces;(AD)
Judah has also multiplied fortified cities.
I will send fire on their cities,(AE)
and it will consume their citadels.
The Coming Exile
9 Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly as the nations do,(AF)
for you have acted promiscuously,(AG) leaving your God.
You love the wages of a prostitute
on every grain-threshing floor.(AH)
2 Threshing floor and wine vat will not sustain them,(AI)
and the new wine will fail them.
3 They will not stay in the land of the Lord.
Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt,(AJ)
and they will eat unclean food(AK) in Assyria.(AL)
4 They will not pour out
their wine offerings to the Lord,(AM)
and their sacrifices will not please him.
Their food will be like the bread of mourners;
all who eat it become defiled.(AN)
For their bread will be for their appetites alone;
it will not enter the house of the Lord.
5 What will you do on a festival day,(AO)
on the day of the Lord’s feast?(AP)
6 For even if they flee from devastation,
Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them.(AQ)
Thistles will take possession of their precious silver;
thorns will invade their tents.(AR)
7 The days of punishment have come;(AS)
the days of retribution have come.(AT)
Let Israel recognize it!
The prophet is a fool,(AU)
and the inspired man is insane,(AV)
because of the magnitude
of your iniquity and hostility.(AW)
8 Ephraim’s watchman is with my God.
Yet the prophet encounters a bird trap
on all his pathways.(AX)
Hostility is in the house of his God!
9 They have deeply corrupted themselves(AY)
as in the days of Gibeah.(AZ)
He will remember their iniquity;
he will punish their sins.(BA)
Ephraim Bereaved of Offspring
10 I discovered Israel
like grapes in the wilderness.(BB)
I saw your ancestors
like the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season.(BC)
But they went to Baal-peor,(BD)
consecrated themselves to Shame,[e](BE)
and became abhorrent,(BF)
like the thing they loved.
11 Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird:(BG)
no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.(BH)
12 Even if they raise children,
I will bereave them of each one.
Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!(BI)
13 I have seen Ephraim like Tyre,(BJ)
planted in a meadow,
so Ephraim will bring out his children
to the executioner.
14 Give them, Lord—
What should you give?
Give them a womb that miscarries
and breasts that are dry!(BK)
15 All their evil appears at Gilgal,(BL)
for there I began to hate them.
I will drive them from my house
because of their evil, wicked actions.(BM)
I will no longer love them;
all their leaders are rebellious.(BN)
16 Ephraim(BO) is struck down;
their roots are withered;
they cannot bear fruit.(BP)
Even if they bear children,
I will kill the precious offspring of their wombs.(BQ)
17 My God will reject them
because they have not listened to him;(BR)
they will become wanderers among the nations.(BS)
The Vine and the Calf
10 Israel is a lush[f] vine;(BT)
it yields fruit for itself.
The more his fruit increased,
the more he increased the altars.(BU)
The better his land produced,
the better they made the sacred pillars.(BV)
2 Their hearts are devious;[g](BW)
now they must bear their guilt.(BX)
The Lord will break down their altars(BY)
and demolish their sacred pillars.
3 In fact, they are now saying,
“We have no king!
For we do not fear the Lord.(BZ)
What can a king do for us?”
4 They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.(CA)
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.(CB)
5 The residents of Samaria(CC) will have anxiety
over the calf(CD) of Beth-aven.(CE)
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.(CF)
It will certainly go into exile.
6 The calf itself will be taken to Assyria(CG)
as an offering to the great king.[h](CH)
Ephraim will experience shame;(CI)
Israel will be ashamed of its counsel.(CJ)
7 Samaria’s king will disappear[i](CK)
like foam[j] on the surface of the water.
8 The high places(CL) of Aven, the sin of Israel,(CM)
will be destroyed;
thorns and thistles will grow over their altars.(CN)
They will say to the mountains,(CO) “Cover us!”
and to the hills, “Fall on us!” (CP)
Israel’s Defeat because of Sin
9 Israel, you have sinned
since the days of Gibeah;(CQ)
they have taken their stand there.
Will not war against the unjust
overtake them in Gibeah?
10 I will discipline(CR) them at my discretion;(CS)
nations will be gathered against them
to put them in bondage[k]
for their double iniquity.(CT)
11 Ephraim is a well-trained calf(CU)
that loves to thresh,
but I will place a yoke on[l] her fine neck.(CV)
I will harness Ephraim;(CW)
Judah will plow;
Jacob will do the final plowing.
12 Sow righteousness for yourselves(CX)
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.(CY)
It is time to seek the Lord(CZ)
until he comes(DA) and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.(DB)
13 You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice;(DC)
you have eaten the fruit of lies.(DD)
Because you have trusted in your own way[m]
and in your large number of soldiers,(DE)
14 the roar of battle will rise against your people,
and all your fortifications will be demolished(DF)
in a day of war,
like Shalman’s destruction of Beth-arbel.
Mothers will be dashed to pieces
along with their children.(DG)
15 So it will be done to you, Bethel,(DH)
because of your extreme evil.
At dawn the king of Israel will be totally destroyed.
Footnotes
- 8:4 Lit themselves that it might be cut off
- 8:5 Lit calf
- 8:12 Or Though I wrote out... instruction, they are
- 8:13 Hb obscure
- 9:10 = Baal
- 10:1 Or ravaged
- 10:2 Or divided
- 10:6 Or to King Yareb
- 10:7 Or will be cut off
- 10:7 Or a stick
- 10:10 LXX, Syr, Vg read against them when they are disciplined
- 10:11 Lit will pass over
- 10:13 LXX reads your chariots
1 Peter 3
Christian Standard Bible
Wives and Husbands
3 In the same way, wives,(A) submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, even if some disobey the word,(B) they may be won over(C) without a word by the way their wives live(D) 2 when they observe your pure, reverent lives.(E) 3 Don’t let your beauty consist of outward things like elaborate hairstyles and wearing gold jewelry or fine clothes,(F) 4 but rather what is inside the heart[a](G)—the imperishable quality of a gentle(H) and quiet(I) spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 5 For in the past, the holy(J) women who put their hope(K) in God also adorned themselves in this way, submitting to their own husbands, 6 just as Sarah(L) obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You have become her children when you do what is good and do not fear any intimidation.(M)
7 Husbands,(N) in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker partner,(O) showing them honor as coheirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Do No Evil
8 Finally, all of you be like-minded and sympathetic, love one another,(P) and be compassionate(Q) and humble,[b] 9 not paying back evil for evil(R) or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing,(S) since you were called for this, so that you may inherit a blessing.
10 For the(T) one who wants to love life
and to see good days,
let him keep his tongue from evil(U)
and his lips from speaking deceit,(V)
11 and let him turn away(W) from evil
and do what is good.
Let him seek peace(X) and pursue it,
12 because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and his ears are open to their prayer.
But the face of the Lord is against
those who do what is evil.(Y)
Undeserved Suffering
13 Who then will harm you if you are devoted to what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness,(Z) you are blessed. Do not fear them[c](AA) or be intimidated,[d](AB) 15 but in your hearts regard[e] Christ[f] the Lord as holy, ready at any time to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.(AC) 16 Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience,(AD) so that when you are accused,[g] those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame. 17 For it is better to suffer(AE) for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
18 For Christ also suffered(AF) for sins once for all,(AG) the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God.(AH) He was put to death in the flesh[h](AI) but made alive by the Spirit,[i] 19 in which[j] he also went and made proclamation to the spirits(AJ) in prison 20 who in the past were disobedient, when God patiently waited in the days of Noah(AK) while the ark was being prepared. In it a few—that is, eight people[k](AL)—were saved through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not as the removal of dirt from the body,(AM) but the pledge[l] of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(AN) 22 who has gone into heaven(AO) and is at the right hand of God(AP) with angels, authorities, and powers subject to him.(AQ)
Footnotes
- 3:4 Or rather, the hidden person of the heart
- 3:8 Other mss read courteous
- 3:14 Or Do not fear what they fear
- 3:14 Is 8:12
- 3:15 Or sanctify, or set apart
- 3:15 Other mss read set God
- 3:16 Other mss read when they speak against you as evildoers
- 3:18 Or by the flesh, or in the fleshly realm
- 3:18 Or in the spirit, or in the Spirit, or in the spiritual realm
- 3:19 Or by whom, or in whom, or at that time
- 3:20 Or souls
- 3:21 Or the appeal
Psalm 135:15-21
Christian Standard Bible
15 The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,
made by human hands.(A)
16 They have mouths but cannot speak,(B)
eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears but cannot hear;
indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.(C)
18 Those who make them are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.(D)
19 House of Israel, bless the Lord!(E)
House of Aaron, bless the Lord!(F)
20 House of Levi, bless the Lord!
You who revere the Lord, bless the Lord!(G)
21 Blessed be the Lord from Zion;(H)
he dwells in Jerusalem.(I)
Hallelujah!
Proverbs 29:14-16
Christian Standard Bible
14 A king who judges the poor with fairness—
his throne will be established forever.(A)
15 A rod of correction imparts wisdom,(B)
but a youth left to himself[a]
is a disgrace to his mother.(C)
16 When the wicked increase, rebellion increases,
but the righteous will see their downfall.(D)
Footnotes
- 29:15 Lit youth sent away
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