Isaiah 52:1-6

New King James Version

God Redeems Jerusalem

52 Awake, awake!
Put on your strength, O Zion;
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city!
For the uncircumcised ^(A)and the unclean
Shall no longer come to you.
²^(B)Shake yourself from the dust, arise;
Sit down, O Jerusalem!
^(C)Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion!

³For thus says the Lord:

^(D)“You have sold yourselves for nothing,
And you shall be redeemed ^(E)without money.”

⁴For thus says the Lord God:

“My people went down at first
Into ^(F)Egypt to ^[a]dwell there;
Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
⁵Now therefore, what have I here,” says the Lord,
“That My people are taken away for nothing?
Those who rule over them
^[b]Make them wail,” says the Lord,
“And My name is ^(G)blasphemed continually every day.
⁶Therefore My people shall know My name;
Therefore they shall know in that day
That I am He who speaks:
‘Behold, it is I.’ ”

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Footnotes

Isaiah 52:4 As resident aliens
Isaiah 52:5 DSS Mock; LXX Marvel and wail; Tg. Boast themselves; Vg. Treat them unjustly

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

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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.

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Footnotes

1 Thessalonians 5:6 self-controlled
1 Thessalonians 5:11 Or encourage
1 Thessalonians 5:11 build one another up

Matthew 25:1-13

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The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

25 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet ^(A)the bridegroom. ²^(B)Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. ³Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, ⁴but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵But while the bridegroom was delayed, ^(C)they all slumbered and slept.

⁶“And at midnight ^(D)a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom ^[a]is coming; go out to meet him!’ ⁷Then all those virgins arose and ^(E)trimmed their lamps. ⁸And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ ⁹But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ ¹⁰And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and ^(F)the door was shut.

¹¹“Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ^(G)‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ ¹²But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, ^(H)I do not know you.’

¹³^(I)“Watch therefore, for you ^(J)know neither the day nor the hour ^[b]in which the Son of Man is coming.

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