Isaiah 1

New American Standard Bible

Rebellion of God’s People

1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning ^(A)Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw during the ^[a]reigns of ^(B)Uzziah, ^(C)Jotham, ^(D)Ahaz, and ^(E)Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

²^(F)Listen, heavens, and hear, ^(G)earth;
For the Lord has spoken:
“^(H)Sons I have raised and brought up,
But they have ^(I)revolted against Me.
³An ox knows its owner,
And a donkey its master’s manger,
But Israel ^(J)does not know,
My people ^(K)do not understand.”

⁴Oh, sinful nation,
People weighed down with guilt,
^[b]^(L)Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who ^(M)act corruptly!
They have ^(N)abandoned the Lord,
They have ^(O)despised the Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away ^[c]from Him.

⁵Where will you be stricken again,
As you ^(P)continue in your rebellion?
The entire head is ^(Q)sick
And the entire heart is faint.
⁶^(R)From the sole of the foot even to the head
There is ^(S)nothing healthy in it,
Only bruises, slashes, and raw wounds;
^(T)Not pressed out nor bandaged,
Nor softened with oil.

⁷Your ^(U)land is desolate,
Your cities are burned with fire;
As for your fields, strangers are devouring them in front of you;
It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers.
⁸The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard,
Like a watchman’s hut in a cucumber field, like a city under watch.
⁹^(V)If the Lord of armies
Had not left us a few ^(W)survivors,
We would be like ^(X)Sodom,
We would be like Gomorrah.

God Has Had Enough

¹⁰Hear ^(Y)the word of the Lord,
You rulers of ^(Z)Sodom;
Listen to the instruction of our God,
You people of Gomorrah!
¹¹“^(AA)What are your many sacrifices to Me?”
Says the Lord.
“I ^[d]have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of fattened cattle;
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats.
¹²When you come ^(AB)to appear before Me,
Who requires ^[e]of you this trampling of My courtyards?
¹³Do not go on bringing your worthless offerings,
^(AC)Incense is an abomination to Me.
^(AD)New moon and Sabbath, the ^(AE)proclamation of an assembly—
I cannot ^(AF)endure wrongdoing and the festive assembly.
¹⁴^[f]I hate your new moon festivals and your ^(AG)appointed feasts,
They have become a burden to Me;
I am ^(AH)tired of bearing them.
¹⁵So when you ^(AI)spread out your hands in prayer,
^(AJ)I will hide My eyes from you;
Yes, even though you ^(AK)offer many prayers,
I will not be listening.
^(AL)Your hands are ^[g]covered with blood.

¹⁶“^(AM)Wash yourselves, ^(AN)make yourselves clean;
^(AO)Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
^(AP)Stop doing evil,
¹⁷Learn to do good;
^(AQ)Seek justice,
Rebuke the oppressor,
^(AR)Obtain justice for the orphan,
Plead for the widow’s case.

Invitation to Debate

¹⁸“Come now, and ^(AS)let us ^[h]debate your case,”
Says the Lord,
“^(AT)Though your sins are as scarlet,
They shall become as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be like wool.
¹⁹^(AU)If you are willing and obedient,
You will ^(AV)eat the best of the land;
²⁰But if you refuse and rebel,
You will be ^(AW)devoured by the sword.”
For ^(AX)the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Zion Corrupted; Will Be Redeemed

²¹How the faithful city has become a ^(AY)prostitute,
She who was full of justice!
Righteousness once dwelt in her,
But now murderers.
²²Your silver has become ^[i]waste matter,
Your drink diluted with water.
²³Your ^(AZ)rulers are rebels
And companions of thieves;
Everyone ^(BA)loves a bribe
And chases after gifts.
They ^(BB)do not obtain justice for the ^[j]orphan,
Nor does the widow’s case come before them.

²⁴Therefore the Lord ^[k]God of armies,
The ^(BC)Mighty One of Israel, declares,
“Ah, I will have satisfaction against My adversaries,
And ^(BD)avenge Myself on My enemies.
²⁵I will also turn My hand against you,
And ^(BE)smelt away your impurities as with lye;
And I will remove all your slag.
²⁶Then I will restore your ^(BF)judges as at first,
And your counselors as at the beginning;
After that you will be called the ^(BG)city of righteousness,
A faithful city.”

²⁷Zion will be ^(BH)redeemed with justice
And her ^[l]repentant ones with righteousness.
²⁸But ^[m]wrongdoers and sinners together will be ^(BI)broken,
And those who abandon the Lord will come to an end.
²⁹^[n]You certainly will be ashamed of the ^[o]^(BJ)oaks which you have desired,
And you will be embarrassed by the ^(BK)gardens which you have chosen.
³⁰For you will be like an ^[p]oak whose ^(BL)leaf withers away,
Or like a garden that has no water.
³¹The strong man will become like ^[q]flax fiber,
And his work a spark.
So they shall both ^(BM)burn together
And there will be ^(BN)no one to extinguish them.

Footnotes

Isaiah 1:1 Lit days
Isaiah 1:4 Lit Seed
Isaiah 1:4 Lit backward
Isaiah 1:11 Or am sated with
Isaiah 1:12 Lit of your hand
Isaiah 1:14 Lit My soul hates
Isaiah 1:15 Lit full of
Isaiah 1:18 Or argue
Isaiah 1:22 Lit dross
Isaiah 1:23 Or fatherless
Isaiah 1:24 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Isaiah 1:27 Or returning
Isaiah 1:28 Lit a breaking of wrongdoers and sinners together
Isaiah 1:29 As in some mss; MT They
Isaiah 1:29 Or terebinths
Isaiah 1:30 Or terebinth
Isaiah 1:31 Lit tow

Psalm 28

New American Standard Bible

A Prayer for Help, and Praise for Its Answer.

A Psalm of David.

28 To You, Lord, I call;
My ^(A)rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You ^(B)are silent to me,
I will become like those who ^(C)go down to the pit.
²Hear the ^(D)sound of my pleadings when I cry to You for help,
When I ^(E)raise my hands ^(F)toward ^[a]Your holy ^(G)sanctuary.
³^(H)Do not drag me away with the wicked
And with those who practice injustice,
Who ^(I)speak peace with their neighbors,
While evil is in their hearts.
⁴Give back to them ^(J)according to their work and according to the evil of their practices;
Give back to them according to the work of their hands;
Repay them what is due them.
⁵Because they ^(K)do not regard the works of the Lord
Nor the deeds of His hands,
He will tear them down and not build them up.

⁶Blessed be the Lord,
Because He ^(L)has heard the sound of my pleading.
⁷The Lord is my ^(M)strength and my ^(N)shield;
My heart ^(O)trusts in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore ^(P)my heart triumphs,
And with ^(Q)my song I shall thank Him.
⁸The Lord is ^[b]their ^(R)strength,
And He is a refuge of ^(S)salvation to His anointed.
⁹^(T)Save Your people and bless ^(U)Your inheritance;
Be their ^(V)shepherd also, and ^(W)carry them forever.

Footnotes

Psalm 28:2 Lit the innermost place of Your sanctuary
Psalm 28:8 A few mss and ancient versions the strength of His people

John 6:30-59

New American Standard Bible

³⁰So they said to Him, “^(A)What then are You doing as a ^(B)sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work are You performing? ³¹^(C)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘^(D)He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’” ³²Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. ³³For the bread of God is ^[a]that which ^(E)comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.” ³⁴Then they said to Him, “Lord, always ^(F)give us this bread.”

³⁵Jesus said to them, “^(G)I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me ^(H)will never be thirsty. ³⁶But ^(I)I said to you that you have indeed seen Me, and yet you do not believe. ³⁷^(J)Everything that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I certainly will not cast out. ³⁸For ^(K)I have come down from heaven, ^(L)not to do My own will, but ^(M)the will of Him who ^(N)sent Me. ³⁹And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of ^(O)everything that He has given Me I will ^(P)lose nothing, but will ^(Q)raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who ^(R)sees the Son and ^(S)believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will ^(T)raise him up on the last day.”

Words to the Jews

⁴¹^(U)So then the Jews were complaining about Him because He said, “I am the bread that ^(V)came down out of heaven.” ⁴²And they were saying, “^(W)Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^(X)we know? How does He now say, ‘^(Y)I have come down out of heaven’?” ⁴³Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop complaining among yourselves. ⁴⁴No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me ^(Z)draws him; and I will ^(AA)raise him up on the last day. ⁴⁵It is written ^(AB)in the Prophets: ‘^(AC)And they shall all be ^(AD)taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. ⁴⁶^(AE)Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. ⁴⁷Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who believes ^(AF)has eternal life. ⁴⁸^(AG)I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹^(AH)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. ⁵⁰This is the bread that ^(AI)comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat from it and ^(AJ)not die. ⁵¹^(AK)I am the living bread that ^(AL)came down out of heaven; if anyone eats from this bread, ^(AM)he will live forever; and the bread which I will give ^(AN)for the life of the world also is ^(AO)My flesh.”

⁵²^(AP)Then the Jews ^(AQ)began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” ⁵³So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^(AR)the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. ⁵⁴The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will ^(AS)raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. ⁵⁶The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ^(AT)remains in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷Just as the ^(AU)living Father ^(AV)sent Me, and I live because of the Father, the one who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. ⁵⁸This is the bread that ^(AW)came down out of heaven, not as ^(AX)the fathers ate and died; the one who eats this bread ^(AY)will live forever.”