Isaiah 10:5-34

New American Standard Bible

⁵Woe to ^(A)Assyria, the ^(B)rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is ^(C)My indignation,
⁶I send it against a ^(D)godless nation
And commission it against the ^(E)people of My fury
To capture spoils and ^(F)to seize plunder,
And to ^[a]trample them down like ^(G)mud in the streets.
⁷Yet it ^(H)does not so intend,
Nor does ^[b]it plan so in its heart,
But rather it is ^[c]its purpose to destroy
And to eliminate ^[d]many nations.
⁸For it says, “Are not my officers ^[e]all kings?
⁹Is not ^(I)Calno like ^(J)Carchemish,
Or ^(K)Hamath like Arpad,
Or ^(L)Samaria like ^(M)Damascus?
¹⁰As my hand has reached to the ^(N)kingdoms of the idols,
Whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
¹¹Shall I not do the same to Jerusalem and her images
Just as I have done to Samaria and ^(O)her idols?”

¹²So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His ^(P)work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will ^[f]punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and ^(Q)the arrogant pride of his eyes.” ¹³For ^(R)he has said,

“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
Because I have understanding;
And I ^(S)removed the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a powerful man I brought down ^[g]their inhabitants,
¹⁴And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a ^(T)nest,
And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth;
And there was not one that flapped its wing, opened its beak, or chirped.”

¹⁵Is the ^(U)axe to ^(V)boast itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like ^(W)a ^[h]club wielding those who lift it,
Or like ^(X)a rod lifting the one who is not wood.
¹⁶Therefore the Lord, the ^[i]God of armies, will send a ^(Y)wasting disease among his ^(Z)stout warriors;
And under his ^(AA)glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.
¹⁷And the ^(AB)Light of Israel will become a fire and ^[j]Israel’s ^(AC)Holy One a flame,
And it will ^(AD)burn and devour ^[k]his thorns and his briars in a single day.
¹⁸And He will ^(AE)destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body,
And it will be as when a sick person wastes away.
¹⁹And the ^(AF)rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number
That a child could write them down.

A Remnant Will Return

²⁰Now on that day the ^(AG)remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacob ^(AH)who have escaped, will no longer rely on the one who struck them, but will truly ^(AI)rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

²¹A ^(AJ)remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the ^(AK)mighty God.
²²For ^(AL)though your people, Israel, may be like the sand of the sea,
Only a remnant within them will return;
A ^(AM)destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

²³For a complete destruction, one that is determined, ^(AN)the Lord ^[l]God of armies will execute in the midst of the whole land.

²⁴Therefore this is what the Lord ^[m]God of armies says: “My people, you who dwell in ^(AO)Zion, ^(AP)do not fear the Assyrian ^[n]who ^(AQ)strikes you with the rod, and lifts up his staff against you the way Egypt did. ²⁵For in a very ^(AR)little while ^(AS)My indignation against you will be ended and My anger will be directed toward their destruction.” ²⁶The Lord of armies will ^(AT)wield a whip against him like the defeat of ^(AU)Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His ^(AV)staff will be over the sea, and He will lift it up ^(AW)the way He did in Egypt. ²⁷So it will be on that day, that ^[o]his ^(AX)burden will be removed from your shoulders, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because ^(AY)of fatness.

²⁸He has come against Aiath,
He has passed through ^(AZ)Migron;
At ^(BA)Michmash he deposited his ^(BB)baggage.
²⁹They have gone through ^(BC)the pass, saying,
“^(BD)Geba will be our encampment for the night.”
^(BE)Ramah is terrified, and ^(BF)Gibeah of Saul has fled.
³⁰Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of ^(BG)Gallim!
Pay attention, Laishah and ^[p]wretched ^(BH)Anathoth!
³¹Madmenah has fled.
The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.
³²Yet today he will halt at ^(BI)Nob;
He ^(BJ)shakes his fist at the mountain of the ^[q]^(BK)daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

³³Behold, the Lord, the ^[r]God of armies, will lop off the branches with terrifying power;
Those also who are ^(BL)tall in stature will be cut down,
And those who are lofty will be brought low.
³⁴He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe,
And ^(BM)Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 10:6 Lit make them a trampled place
Isaiah 10:7 Lit its heart so plan
Isaiah 10:7 Lit in its heart
Isaiah 10:7 Lit not a few
Isaiah 10:8 Lit altogether
Isaiah 10:12 Lit visit
Isaiah 10:13 Or those who sit on thrones
Isaiah 10:15 Lit staff
Isaiah 10:16 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Isaiah 10:17 Lit his
Isaiah 10:17 I.e., the Assyrian king’s forces
Isaiah 10:23 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Isaiah 10:24 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Isaiah 10:24 Lit he
Isaiah 10:27 I.e., the Assyrian
Isaiah 10:30 An ancient version reads Answer her, O Anathoth
Isaiah 10:32 Another reading is house of
Isaiah 10:33 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

James 4

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Things to Avoid

4 ^[a]What is the source of quarrels and ^(A)conflicts among you? ^[b]Is the source not your pleasures that wage ^(B)war in ^[c]your body’s parts? ²You lust and do not have, so you ^(C)commit murder. And you are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. ³You ask and ^(D)do not receive, because you ask ^[d]with the wrong motives, so that you may spend what you request ^[e]on your pleasures. ⁴You ^(E)adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with ^(F)the world is ^(G)hostility toward God? ^(H)Therefore whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. ⁵Or do you think that the Scripture ^(I)says to no purpose, “^[f]He ^[g]jealously desires ^(J)the Spirit whom He has made to dwell in us”? ⁶But ^(K)He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “^(L)God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” ⁷^(M)Submit therefore to God. But ^[h]^(N)resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ⁸^(O)Come close to God and He will come close to you. ^(P)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and ^(Q)purify your hearts, you ^[i]^(R)double-minded. ⁹^(S)Be miserable, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom. ¹⁰^(T)Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

¹¹^(U)Do not speak against one another, ^(V)brothers and sisters. The one who speaks against a brother or sister, or ^(W)judges his brother or sister, speaks against ^(X)the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not ^(Y)a doer of the law but a judge of it. ¹²There is only one ^(Z)Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is ^(AA)able to save and to destroy; but ^(AB)who are you, ^[j]judging your neighbor?

¹³^(AC)Come now, you who say, “^(AD)Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” ¹⁴^[k]Yet you do not know ^[l]what your life will be like tomorrow. ^(AE)For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away. ¹⁵^[m]Instead, you ought to say, “^(AF)If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.” ¹⁶But as it is, you boast in your ^[n]arrogance; ^(AG)all such boasting is evil. ¹⁷So ^(AH)for one who knows the ^[o]right thing to do and does not do it, for him it is sin.