Proclamation Against Tyre

23 The (A)burden[a] against Tyre.

Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For it is laid waste,
So that there is no house, no harbor;
From the land of [b]Cyprus it is revealed to them.

Be still, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon,
[c]Whom those who cross the sea have filled.
And on great waters the grain of Shihor,
The harvest of [d]the River, is her revenue;
And (B)she is a marketplace for the nations.

Be ashamed, O Sidon;
For the sea has spoken,
The strength of the sea, saying,
“I do not labor, nor bring forth children;
Neither do I rear young men,
Nor bring up virgins.”
(C)When the report reaches Egypt,
They also will be in agony at the report of Tyre.

Cross over to Tarshish;
Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland!
Is this your (D)joyous city,
Whose antiquity is from ancient days,
Whose feet carried her far off to dwell?
Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, (E)the crowning city,
Whose merchants are princes,
Whose traders are the honorable of the earth?
The Lord of hosts has (F)purposed it,
To [e]bring to dishonor the (G)pride of all glory,
To bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.

10 Overflow through your land like [f]the River,
O daughter of Tarshish;
There is no more [g]strength.
11 He stretched out His hand over the sea,
He shook the kingdoms;
The Lord has given a commandment (H)against Canaan
To destroy its strongholds.
12 And He said, “You will rejoice no more,
O you oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, (I)cross over to Cyprus;
There also you will have no rest.”

13 Behold, the land of the (J)Chaldeans,
This people which was not;
Assyria founded it for (K)wild beasts of the desert.
They set up its towers,
They raised up its palaces,
And brought it to ruin.

14 (L)Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For your strength is laid waste.

15 Now it shall come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

16 “Take a harp, go about the city,
You forgotten harlot;
Make sweet melody, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.”

17 And it shall be, at the end of seventy years, that the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her hire, and (M)commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. 18 Her gain and her pay (N)will be set apart for the Lord; it will not be treasured nor laid up, for her gain will be for those who dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for [h]fine clothing.

Impending Judgment on the Earth

24 Behold, the Lord makes the earth empty and makes it waste,
Distorts its surface
And scatters abroad its inhabitants.
And it shall be:
As with the people, so with the (O)priest;
As with the servant, so with his master;
As with the maid, so with her mistress;
(P)As with the buyer, so with the seller;
As with the lender, so with the borrower;
As with the creditor, so with the debtor.
The land shall be entirely emptied and utterly plundered,
For the Lord has spoken this word.

The earth mourns and fades away,
The world languishes and fades away;
The (Q)haughty[i] people of the earth languish.
(R)The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have (S)transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken the (T)everlasting covenant.
Therefore (U)the curse has devoured the earth,
And those who dwell in it are [j]desolate.
Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are (V)burned,
And few men are left.

(W)The new wine fails, the vine languishes,
All the merry-hearted sigh.
The mirth (X)of the tambourine ceases,
The noise of the jubilant ends,
The joy of the harp ceases.
They shall not drink wine with a song;
Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
10 The city of confusion is broken down;
Every house is shut up, so that none may go in.
11 There is a cry for wine in the streets,
All joy is darkened,
The mirth of the land is gone.
12 In the city desolation is left,
And the gate is stricken with destruction.
13 When it shall be thus in the midst of the land among the people,
(Y)It shall be like the shaking of an olive tree,
Like the gleaning of grapes when the vintage is done.

14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing;
For the majesty of the Lord
They shall cry aloud from the sea.
15 Therefore (Z)glorify the Lord in the dawning light,
(AA)The name of the Lord God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.
16 From the ends of the earth we have heard songs:
“Glory to the righteous!”
But I said, [k]“I am ruined, ruined!
Woe to me!
(AB)The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously,
Indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.”

17 (AC)Fear and the pit and the snare
Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall be
That he who flees from the noise of the fear
Shall fall into the pit,
And he who comes up from the midst of the pit
Shall be [l]caught in the snare;
For (AD)the windows from on high are open,
And (AE)the foundations of the earth are shaken.

19 (AF)The earth is violently broken,
The earth is split open,
The earth is shaken exceedingly.
20 The earth shall (AG)reel[m] to and fro like a drunkard,
And shall totter like a hut;
Its transgression shall be heavy upon it,
And it will fall, and not rise again.

21 It shall come to pass in that day
That the Lord will punish on high the host of exalted ones,
And on the earth (AH)the kings of the earth.
22 They will be gathered together,
As prisoners are gathered in the [n]pit,
And will be shut up in the prison;
After many days they will be punished.
23 Then the (AI)moon will be disgraced
And the sun ashamed;
For the Lord of hosts will (AJ)reign
On (AK)Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
And before His elders, gloriously.

Praise to God

25 O Lord, You are my God.
(AL)I will exalt You,
I will praise Your name,
(AM)For You have done wonderful things;
(AN)Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
For You have made (AO)a city a ruin,
A fortified city a ruin,
A palace of foreigners to be a city no more;
It will never be rebuilt.
Therefore the strong people will (AP)glorify You;
The city of the [o]terrible nations will fear You.
For You have been a strength to the poor,
A strength to the needy in his distress,
(AQ)A refuge from the storm,
A shade from the heat;
For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
You will reduce the noise of aliens,
As heat in a dry place;
As heat in the shadow of a cloud,
The song of the terrible ones will be [p]diminished.

And in (AR)this mountain
(AS)The Lord of hosts will make for (AT)all people
A feast of [q]choice pieces,
A feast of [r]wines on the lees,
Of fat things full of marrow,
Of well-refined wines on the lees.
And He will destroy on this mountain
The surface of the covering cast over all people,
And (AU)the veil that is spread over all nations.
He will (AV)swallow up death forever,
And the Lord God will (AW)wipe away tears from all faces;
The rebuke of His people
He will take away from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.

And it will be said in that day:
“Behold, this is our God;
(AX)We have waited for Him, and He will save us.
This is the Lord;
We have waited for Him;
(AY)We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.”

10 For on this mountain the hand of the Lord will rest,
And (AZ)Moab shall be trampled down under Him,
As straw is trampled down for the refuse heap.
11 And He will spread out His hands in their midst
As a swimmer reaches out to swim,
And He will bring down their (BA)pride
Together with the trickery of their hands.
12 The (BB)fortress of the high fort of your walls
He will bring down, lay low,
And bring to the ground, down to the dust.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:1 oracle, prophecy
  2. Isaiah 23:1 Heb. Kittim, western lands, especially Cyprus
  3. Isaiah 23:2 So with MT, Vg.; LXX, Tg. Passing over the water; DSS Your messengers passing over the sea
  4. Isaiah 23:3 The Nile
  5. Isaiah 23:9 pollute
  6. Isaiah 23:10 The Nile
  7. Isaiah 23:10 restraint, lit. belt
  8. Isaiah 23:18 choice
  9. Isaiah 24:4 proud
  10. Isaiah 24:6 Or held guilty
  11. Isaiah 24:16 Lit. Leanness to me, leanness to me
  12. Isaiah 24:18 Lit. taken
  13. Isaiah 24:20 stagger
  14. Isaiah 24:22 dungeon
  15. Isaiah 25:3 terrifying
  16. Isaiah 25:5 humbled
  17. Isaiah 25:6 Lit. fat things
  18. Isaiah 25:6 wines matured on the sediment

A Prophecy Against Tyre

23 A prophecy against Tyre:(A)

Wail,(B) you ships(C) of Tarshish!(D)
    For Tyre is destroyed(E)
    and left without house or harbor.
From the land of Cyprus
    word has come to them.

Be silent,(F) you people of the island
    and you merchants(G) of Sidon,(H)
    whom the seafarers have enriched.
On the great waters
    came the grain of the Shihor;(I)
the harvest of the Nile[a](J) was the revenue of Tyre,(K)
    and she became the marketplace of the nations.

Be ashamed, Sidon,(L) and you fortress of the sea,
    for the sea has spoken:
“I have neither been in labor nor given birth;(M)
    I have neither reared sons nor brought up daughters.”
When word comes to Egypt,
    they will be in anguish(N) at the report from Tyre.(O)

Cross over to Tarshish;(P)
    wail, you people of the island.
Is this your city of revelry,(Q)
    the old, old city,
whose feet have taken her
    to settle in far-off lands?
Who planned this against Tyre,
    the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants(R) are princes,
    whose traders(S) are renowned in the earth?
The Lord Almighty planned(T) it,
    to bring down(U) her pride in all her splendor
    and to humble(V) all who are renowned(W) on the earth.

10 Till[b] your land as they do along the Nile,
    Daughter Tarshish,
    for you no longer have a harbor.
11 The Lord has stretched out his hand(X) over the sea
    and made its kingdoms tremble.(Y)
He has given an order concerning Phoenicia
    that her fortresses be destroyed.(Z)
12 He said, “No more of your reveling,(AA)
    Virgin Daughter(AB) Sidon, now crushed!

“Up, cross over to Cyprus;(AC)
    even there you will find no rest.”
13 Look at the land of the Babylonians,[c](AD)
    this people that is now of no account!
The Assyrians(AE) have made it
    a place for desert creatures;(AF)
they raised up their siege towers,(AG)
    they stripped its fortresses bare
    and turned it into a ruin.(AH)

14 Wail, you ships(AI) of Tarshish;(AJ)
    your fortress is destroyed!(AK)

15 At that time Tyre(AL) will be forgotten for seventy years,(AM) the span of a king’s life. But at the end of these seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the prostitute:

16 “Take up a harp, walk through the city,
    you forgotten prostitute;(AN)
play the harp well, sing many a song,
    so that you will be remembered.”

17 At the end of seventy years,(AO) the Lord will deal with Tyre. She will return to her lucrative prostitution(AP) and will ply her trade with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.(AQ) 18 Yet her profit and her earnings will be set apart for the Lord;(AR) they will not be stored up or hoarded. Her profits will go to those who live before the Lord,(AS) for abundant food and fine clothes.(AT)

The Lord’s Devastation of the Earth

24 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth(AU)
    and devastate(AV) it;
he will ruin its face
    and scatter(AW) its inhabitants—
it will be the same
    for priest as for people,(AX)
    for the master as for his servant,
    for the mistress as for her servant,
    for seller as for buyer,(AY)
    for borrower as for lender,
    for debtor as for creditor.(AZ)
The earth will be completely laid waste(BA)
    and totally plundered.(BB)
The Lord has spoken(BC) this word.

The earth dries up(BD) and withers,(BE)
    the world languishes and withers,
    the heavens(BF) languish with the earth.(BG)
The earth is defiled(BH) by its people;
    they have disobeyed(BI) the laws,
violated the statutes
    and broken the everlasting covenant.(BJ)
Therefore a curse(BK) consumes the earth;
    its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,(BL)
    and very few are left.
The new wine dries up(BM) and the vine withers;(BN)
    all the merrymakers groan.(BO)
The joyful timbrels(BP) are stilled,
    the noise(BQ) of the revelers(BR) has stopped,
    the joyful harp(BS) is silent.(BT)
No longer do they drink wine(BU) with a song;
    the beer is bitter(BV) to its drinkers.
10 The ruined city(BW) lies desolate;(BX)
    the entrance to every house is barred.
11 In the streets they cry out(BY) for wine;(BZ)
    all joy turns to gloom,(CA)
    all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
12 The city is left in ruins,(CB)
    its gate(CC) is battered to pieces.
13 So will it be on the earth
    and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,(CD)
    or as when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.(CE)

14 They raise their voices, they shout for joy;(CF)
    from the west(CG) they acclaim the Lord’s majesty.
15 Therefore in the east(CH) give glory(CI) to the Lord;
    exalt(CJ) the name(CK) of the Lord, the God of Israel,
    in the islands(CL) of the sea.
16 From the ends of the earth(CM) we hear singing:(CN)
    “Glory(CO) to the Righteous One.”(CP)

But I said, “I waste away, I waste away!(CQ)
    Woe(CR) to me!
The treacherous(CS) betray!
    With treachery the treacherous betray!(CT)
17 Terror(CU) and pit and snare(CV) await you,
    people of the earth.(CW)
18 Whoever flees(CX) at the sound of terror
    will fall into a pit;(CY)
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare.(CZ)

The floodgates of the heavens(DA) are opened,
    the foundations of the earth shake.(DB)
19 The earth is broken up,(DC)
    the earth is split asunder,(DD)
    the earth is violently shaken.
20 The earth reels like a drunkard,(DE)
    it sways like a hut(DF) in the wind;
so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion(DG)
    that it falls(DH)—never to rise again.(DI)

21 In that day(DJ) the Lord will punish(DK)
    the powers(DL) in the heavens above
    and the kings(DM) on the earth below.
22 They will be herded together
    like prisoners(DN) bound in a dungeon;(DO)
they will be shut up in prison
    and be punished[d] after many days.(DP)
23 The moon will be dismayed,
    the sun(DQ) ashamed;
for the Lord Almighty will reign(DR)
    on Mount Zion(DS) and in Jerusalem,
    and before its elders—with great glory.(DT)

Praise to the Lord

25 Lord, you are my God;(DU)
    I will exalt you and praise your name,(DV)
for in perfect faithfulness(DW)
    you have done wonderful things,(DX)
    things planned(DY) long ago.
You have made the city a heap of rubble,(DZ)
    the fortified(EA) town a ruin,(EB)
the foreigners’ stronghold(EC) a city no more;
    it will never be rebuilt.(ED)
Therefore strong peoples will honor you;(EE)
    cities of ruthless(EF) nations will revere you.
You have been a refuge(EG) for the poor,(EH)
    a refuge for the needy(EI) in their distress,
a shelter from the storm(EJ)
    and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless(EK)
    is like a storm driving against a wall
    and like the heat of the desert.
You silence(EL) the uproar of foreigners;(EM)
    as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
    so the song of the ruthless(EN) is stilled.

On this mountain(EO) the Lord Almighty will prepare
    a feast(EP) of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
    the best of meats and the finest of wines.(EQ)
On this mountain he will destroy
    the shroud(ER) that enfolds all peoples,(ES)
the sheet that covers all nations;
    he will swallow up death(ET) forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears(EU)
    from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace(EV)
    from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.(EW)

In that day(EX) they will say,

“Surely this is our God;(EY)
    we trusted(EZ) in him, and he saved(FA) us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
    let us rejoice(FB) and be glad in his salvation.”(FC)

10 The hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain;(FD)
    but Moab(FE) will be trampled in their land
    as straw is trampled down in the manure.
11 They will stretch out their hands in it,
    as swimmers stretch out their hands to swim.
God will bring down(FF) their pride(FG)
    despite the cleverness[e] of their hands.
12 He will bring down your high fortified walls(FH)
    and lay them low;(FI)
he will bring them down to the ground,
    to the very dust.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:3 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls Sidon, / who cross over the sea; / your envoys are on the great waters. / The grain of the Shihor, / the harvest of the Nile,
  2. Isaiah 23:10 Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text Go through
  3. Isaiah 23:13 Or Chaldeans
  4. Isaiah 24:22 Or released
  5. Isaiah 25:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Bearing Others’ Burdens

15 We (A)then who are strong ought to bear with the [a]scruples of the weak, and not to please ourselves. (B)Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to [b]edification. (C)For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, (D)“The reproaches of those who reproached You fell on Me.” For (E)whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the [c]patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. (F)Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may (G)with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Glorify God Together

Therefore (H)receive one another, just (I)as Christ also received [d]us, to the glory of God. Now I say that (J)Jesus Christ has become a [e]servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, (K)to confirm the promises made to the fathers, and (L)that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written:

(M)“For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles,
And sing to Your name.”

10 And again he says:

(N)“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!”

11 And again:

(O)“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!
Laud Him, all you peoples!”

12 And again, Isaiah says:

(P)“There shall be a root of Jesse;
And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles,
In Him the Gentiles shall hope.”

13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all (Q)joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

From Jerusalem to Illyricum

14 Now (R)I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, (S)filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish [f]one another. 15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, (T)because of the grace given to me by God, 16 that (U)I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the (V)offering [g]of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus (W)in the things which pertain to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things (X)which Christ has not accomplished through me, in word and deed, (Y)to make the Gentiles obedient— 19 (Z)in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 20 And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, (AA)lest I should build on another man’s foundation, 21 but as it is written:

(AB)“To whom He was not announced, they shall see;
And those who have not heard shall understand.”

Plan to Visit Rome

22 For this reason (AC)I also have been much hindered from coming to you. 23 But now no longer having a place in these parts, and (AD)having a great desire these many years to come to you, 24 whenever I journey to Spain, [h]I shall come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, (AE)and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may (AF)enjoy your company for a while. 25 But now (AG)I am going to Jerusalem to [i]minister to the saints. 26 For (AH)it pleased those from Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are in Jerusalem. 27 It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For (AI)if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, (AJ)their duty is also to minister to them in material things. 28 Therefore, when I have performed this and have sealed to them (AK)this fruit, I shall go by way of you to Spain. 29 (AL)But I know that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing [j]of the gospel of Christ.

30 Now I beg you, brethren, through the Lord Jesus Christ, and (AM)through the love of the Spirit, (AN)that you strive together with me in prayers to God for me, 31 (AO)that I may be delivered from those in Judea who [k]do not believe, and that (AP)my service for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, 32 (AQ)that I may come to you with joy (AR)by the will of God, and may (AS)be refreshed together with you. 33 Now (AT)the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:1 weaknesses
  2. Romans 15:2 building up
  3. Romans 15:4 perseverance
  4. Romans 15:7 NU, M you
  5. Romans 15:8 minister
  6. Romans 15:14 M others
  7. Romans 15:16 Consisting of
  8. Romans 15:24 NU omits I shall come to you and joins Spain with the next sentence.
  9. Romans 15:25 serve
  10. Romans 15:29 NU omits of the gospel
  11. Romans 15:31 are disobedient

15 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak(A) and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good,(B) to build them up.(C) For even Christ did not please himself(D) but, as it is written: “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.”[a](E) For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,(F) so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind(G) toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify(H) the God and Father(I) of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Accept one another,(J) then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews[b](K) on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises(L) made to the patriarchs might be confirmed and, moreover, that the Gentiles(M) might glorify God(N) for his mercy. As it is written:

“Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
    I will sing the praises of your name.”[c](O)

10 Again, it says,

“Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people.”[d](P)

11 And again,

“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
    let all the peoples extol him.”[e](Q)

12 And again, Isaiah says,

“The Root of Jesse(R) will spring up,
    one who will arise to rule over the nations;
    in him the Gentiles will hope.”[f](S)

13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace(T) as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.(U)

Paul the Minister to the Gentiles

14 I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness,(V) filled with knowledge(W) and competent to instruct one another. 15 Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me(X) 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles.(Y) He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God,(Z) so that the Gentiles might become an offering(AA) acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

17 Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus(AB) in my service to God.(AC) 18 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles(AD) to obey God(AE) by what I have said and done— 19 by the power of signs and wonders,(AF) through the power of the Spirit of God.(AG) So from Jerusalem(AH) all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.(AI) 20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel(AJ) where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.(AK) 21 Rather, as it is written:

“Those who were not told about him will see,
    and those who have not heard will understand.”[g](AL)

22 This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.(AM)

Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome

23 But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you,(AN) 24 I plan to do so when I go to Spain.(AO) I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist(AP) me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. 25 Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem(AQ) in the service(AR) of the Lord’s people(AS) there. 26 For Macedonia(AT) and Achaia(AU) were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem.(AV) 27 They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.(AW) 28 So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain(AX) and visit you on the way. 29 I know that when I come to you,(AY) I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.

30 I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit,(AZ) to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.(BA) 31 Pray that I may be kept safe(BB) from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution(BC) I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord’s people(BD) there, 32 so that I may come to you(BE) with joy, by God’s will,(BF) and in your company be refreshed.(BG) 33 The God of peace(BH) be with you all. Amen.

Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:3 Psalm 69:9
  2. Romans 15:8 Greek circumcision
  3. Romans 15:9 2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49
  4. Romans 15:10 Deut. 32:43
  5. Romans 15:11 Psalm 117:1
  6. Romans 15:12 Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)
  7. Romans 15:21 Isaiah 52:15 (see Septuagint)