Isaiah 16

New American Standard Bible

Prophecy of Moab’s Devastation

16 ^(A)Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,
From ^[a]^(B)Sela by way of the wilderness to the ^(C)mountain of the daughter of Zion.
²Then, like ^(D)fluttering birds or scattered nestlings,
The daughters of ^(E)Moab will be at the crossing places of the ^(F)Arnon.
³“^[b]Give us advice, make a decision;
^[c]Cast your ^(G)shadow like night ^[d]at high noon;
^(H)Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.
⁴Let the ^[e]outcasts of Moab stay with you;
Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer.”
For the oppressor has come to an end, destruction has ceased,
^(I)Oppressors have been removed from the land.
⁵A ^(J)throne will be established in faithfulness,
And a judge will sit on it in trustworthiness in the tent of ^(K)David;
Moreover, he will seek justice,
And be prompt in righteousness.

⁶^(L)We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride;
Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury;
^(M)His idle boasts are ^[f]false.
⁷Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail.
You will moan for the ^(N)raisin cakes of ^(O)Kir-hareseth
As those who are utterly stricken.
⁸For the fields of ^(P)Heshbon have ^[g]withered, the vines of ^(Q)Sibmah as well;
The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters
Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts;
^(R)Its ^[h]tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.
⁹Therefore I will ^(S)weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah;
I will drench you with my tears, ^(T)Heshbon and Elealeh;
For the shouting over your ^(U)summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.
¹⁰^(V)Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field;
In the ^(W)vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting,
No ^(X)treader treads out wine in the presses,
For I have made the shouting to cease.
¹¹Therefore my ^[i]^(Y)inner being sounds like a harp for Moab.
And my ^[j]heart for Kir-hareseth.
¹²So it will come about when Moab ^(Z)presents himself,
When he ^(AA)tires himself upon his ^(AB)high place
And comes to his sanctuary to pray,
That he will not prevail.

¹³This is the word which the Lord spoke earlier concerning Moab. ¹⁴But now the Lord has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as ^[k]^(AC)a hired worker would count them, the glory of ^(AD)Moab will become contemptible along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and ^[l]impotent.”

Footnotes

Isaiah 16:1 I.e., Petra in Edom
Isaiah 16:3 Lit Bring
Isaiah 16:3 Lit Set
Isaiah 16:3 Lit in the midst of the noon
Isaiah 16:4 As in most ancient versions; MT My outcasts, as for Moab
Isaiah 16:6 Lit not so
Isaiah 16:8 Or dried out
Isaiah 16:8 I.e., parts of a climbing plant that attach to its support
Isaiah 16:11 Lit entrails murmur
Isaiah 16:11 Lit inward parts
Isaiah 16:14 Lit the years of a hired
Isaiah 16:14 Lit not mighty

1 Peter 4

New American Standard Bible

Keep Fervent in Your Love

4 Therefore, since ^(A)Christ has ^[a]suffered in the flesh, ^(B)arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because ^(C)the one who has ^[b]suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, ²^(D)so as to live ^(E)the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human lusts, but for the ^(F)will of God. ³For ^(G)the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, ^[c]^(H)having pursued a course of indecent behavior, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries. ⁴In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them in the same excesses of ^[d]^(I)debauchery, and they ^(J)slander you; ⁵but they will give an account to Him who is ready to judge ^(K)the living and the dead. ⁶For ^(L)the gospel has for this purpose been ^[e]preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as people, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God.

⁷^(M)The end of all things ^[f]is near; therefore, ^(N)be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of ^[g]prayer. ⁸Above all, ^(O)keep fervent in your love for one another, because ^(P)love covers a multitude of sins. ⁹^(Q)Be hospitable to one another without ^(R)complaint. ¹⁰^(S)As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good ^(T)stewards of the ^[h]multifaceted grace of God. ¹¹^(U)Whoever speaks is to do so as one who is speaking ^(V)actual words of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving ^[i]^(W)by the strength which God supplies; so that ^(X)in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, ^(Y)to whom belongs the glory and ^[j]dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Share the Sufferings of Christ

¹²^(Z)Beloved, do not be surprised at the ^(AA)fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though something strange were happening to you; ¹³but to the degree that you ^(AB)share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that at the ^(AC)revelation of His glory ^(AD)you may also rejoice and be overjoyed. ¹⁴If you are insulted ^[k]^(AE)for the name of Christ, ^(AF)you are blessed, ^(AG)because the Spirit of glory, and of God, rests upon you. ¹⁵Make sure that ^(AH)none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a ^[l]^(AI)troublesome meddler; ¹⁶but if anyone suffers as a ^(AJ)Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to ^(AK)glorify God in this name. ¹⁷For it is time for judgment ^(AL)to begin ^[m]with ^(AM)the household of God; and if it ^(AN)begins ^[n]with us first, what will be the outcome for those ^(AO)who do not obey the ^(AP)gospel of God? ¹⁸^(AQ)And if it is with difficulty that the righteous is saved, ^[o]what will become of the ^(AR)godless man and the sinner? ¹⁹Therefore, those also who suffer according to ^(AS)the will of God are to entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right.