Isaiah 32

New American Standard Bible

The Glorious Future

32 Behold, a ^(A)king will reign righteously,
And officials will rule justly.
²Each will be like a ^(B)refuge from the wind
And a shelter from the storm,
Like ^[a]^(C)streams of water in a dry country,
Like the ^(D)shade of a ^[b]huge rock in an exhausted land.
³Then ^(E)the eyes of those who see will not be ^[c]blinded,
And the ears of those who hear will listen.
⁴The ^[d]mind of the ^(F)rash will discern the ^[e]truth,
And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.
⁵No longer will the ^(G)fool be called noble,
Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.
⁶For a fool speaks nonsense,
And his heart ^[f]^(H)inclines toward wickedness:
To practice ^(I)ungodliness and to speak error against the Lord,
To ^[g]^(J)keep the hungry person unsatisfied
And ^[h]to withhold drink from the thirsty.
⁷As for a rogue, his weapons are evil;
He ^(K)devises wicked schemes
To ^(L)destroy the poor with ^[i]slander,
^(M)Even though the needy one speaks ^[j]what is right.
⁸But ^(N)the noble person devises noble plans;
And by noble plans he stands.

⁹Rise up, you ^(O)women who are at ease,
And hear my voice;
^(P)Listen to my word,
You complacent daughters.
¹⁰Within a year and a few days
You will be troubled, you complacent daughters;
^(Q)For the vintage is ended,
And the fruit gathering will not come.
¹¹Tremble, you women who are at ease;
^(R)Be troubled, you complacent daughters;
^(S)Strip, undress, and put sackcloth on your waist,
¹²^(T)Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine,
¹³^(U)For the land of my people in which thorns and briars will come up;
Indeed, for all the joyful houses and for the ^(V)jubilant city.
¹⁴For ^(W)the palace has been neglected, the ^[k]populated ^(X)city abandoned.
^[l]Hill and watch-tower have become ^(Y)caves forever,
A delight for ^(Z)wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
¹⁵Until the ^(AA)Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a ^(AB)fertile field,
And the fertile field is considered as a forest.
¹⁶Then ^(AC)justice will dwell in the wilderness,
And righteousness will remain in the fertile field.
¹⁷And the ^(AD)work of righteousness will be peace,
And the service of righteousness, ^(AE)quietness and ^[m]confidence forever.
¹⁸Then my people will live in a ^(AF)peaceful settlement,
In secure dwellings, and in undisturbed ^(AG)resting places;
¹⁹And it will ^(AH)hail when the ^(AI)forest comes down,
And ^(AJ)the city will be utterly laid low.
²⁰How ^(AK)blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters,
Who ^[n]let the ox and the donkey out freely.

Footnotes

Isaiah 32:2 Lit canals
Isaiah 32:2 Lit heavy
Isaiah 32:3 Or turned away
Isaiah 32:4 Lit heart
Isaiah 32:4 Lit knowledge
Isaiah 32:6 Or does
Isaiah 32:6 Lit make empty the hungry soul
Isaiah 32:6 Lit he deprives the thirsty
Isaiah 32:7 Lit words of falsehood
Isaiah 32:7 Lit justly
Isaiah 32:14 Lit multitude of the
Isaiah 32:14 Or Ophel
Isaiah 32:17 Or security
Isaiah 32:20 Lit send out the foot of the ox

Revelation 2

New American Standard Bible

Message to Ephesus

2 “To the angel of the church in ^(A)Ephesus write:

The One who holds ^(B)the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks ^[a]^(C)among the seven golden lampstands, says this:

²‘^(D)I know your deeds and your labor and ^[b]perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people, and you have ^(E)put those who call themselves ^(F)apostles to the test, and they are not, and you found them to be false; ³and you have ^[c]perseverance and have endured ^(G)on account of My name, and have not become weary. ⁴But I have this against you, that you have ^(H)left your first love. ⁵Therefore, remember from where you have fallen, and ^(I)repent, and ^(J)do the ^[d]deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and I will remove your ^(K)lampstand from its place—unless you repent. ⁶But you have this, that you hate the deeds of the ^(L)Nicolaitans, which I also hate. ⁷^(M)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(N)To the one who overcomes, I will grant to eat from ^(O)the tree of life, which is in the ^(P)Paradise of God.’

Message to Smyrna

⁸“And to the angel of the church in ^(Q)Smyrna write:

^(R)The first and the last, who ^[e]^(S)was dead, and has come to life, says this:

⁹‘I know your ^(T)tribulation and your ^(U)poverty (but you are ^(V)rich), and the ^[f]slander by those who ^(W)say they are Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of ^(X)Satan. ¹⁰Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, so that you will be ^(Y)tested, and you will have tribulation ^(Z)for ten days. ^[g]Be ^(AA)faithful until death, and I will give you ^(AB)the crown of life. ¹¹^(AC)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(AD)The one who overcomes will not be hurt by the ^(AE)second death.’

Message to Pergamum

¹²“And to the angel of the church in ^(AF)Pergamum write:

The One who has ^(AG)the sharp two-edged sword says this:

¹³‘I know where you dwell, where ^(AH)Satan’s throne is; and you hold firmly to My name, and did not deny ^(AI)My faith even in the days of Antipas, My ^(AJ)witness, My ^(AK)faithful one, who was killed among you, ^(AL)where Satan dwells. ¹⁴But ^(AM)I have a few things against you, because you have some there who hold the ^(AN)teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a ^[h]stumbling block before the sons of Israel, ^(AO)to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. ¹⁵So you too, have some who in the same way hold to the teaching of the ^(AP)Nicolaitans. ¹⁶Therefore ^(AQ)repent; or else ^(AR)I am coming to you quickly, and I will wage war against them with ^(AS)the sword of My mouth. ¹⁷^(AT)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. ^(AU)To the one who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden ^(AV)manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a ^(AW)new name written on the stone ^(AX)which no one knows except the one who receives it.’

Message to Thyatira

¹⁸“And to the angel of the church in ^(AY)Thyatira write:

^(AZ)The Son of God, ^(BA)who has ^[i]eyes like a flame of fire, and ^[j]feet like burnished bronze, says this:

¹⁹‘^(BB)I know your deeds, and your love and faith, and service and ^[k]perseverance, and that your ^[l]deeds of late are greater than ^[m]at first. ²⁰But ^(BC)I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman ^(BD)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they ^(BE)commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. ²¹^(BF)I gave her time to repent, and she ^(BG)does not want to repent of her sexual immorality. ²²Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who ^(BH)commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of ^[n]her deeds. ²³And I will kill her children with ^[o]plague, and all the churches will know that I am He who ^(BI)searches the ^[p]minds and hearts; and ^(BJ)I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. ²⁴But I say to you, the rest who are in ^(BK)Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the ^(BL)deep things of Satan, as they call them—I ^(BM)place no other burden on you. ²⁵Nevertheless ^(BN)what you have, hold firmly ^(BO)until I come. ²⁶^(BP)The one who overcomes, and the one who keeps My deeds ^(BQ)until the end, ^(BR)I will give him authority over the ^[q]nations; ²⁷and he shall ^[r]^(BS)rule them with a rod of iron, ^(BT)as the vessels of the potter are shattered, as I also have received authority from My Father; ²⁸and I will give him ^(BU)the morning star. ²⁹^(BV)The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’