Isaiah 3

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God Will Remove the Leaders

3 For behold, the Lord ^[a]God of armies ^(A)is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah
Both supply and support, the entire supply of bread
And the entire supply of water;
²^(B)The mighty man and the warrior,
The judge and the prophet,
The diviner and the elder,
³The captain of fifty and the esteemed person,
The counselor and the expert artisan,
And the skillful enchanter.
⁴And I will make mere ^(C)boys their leaders,
And ^[b]mischievous children will rule over them,
⁵And the people will be ^(D)oppressed,
Each one by another, and each one by his ^(E)neighbor;
The youth will assault the elder,
And the contemptible person will assault the one honored.
⁶When a man ^(F)lays hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying,
“You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler!
And these ruins will be under your ^[c]authority,”
⁷He will ^[d]protest on that day, saying,
“I will not be your ^[e]^(G)healer,
For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
You should not appoint me ruler of the people.”
⁸For ^(H)Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,
Because their ^[f]^(I)speech and their actions are against the Lord,
To ^(J)rebel against ^[g]His glorious presence.
⁹^[h]The expression of their faces testifies against them,
And they ^[i]display their sin like ^(K)Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to ^[j]them!
For they have ^(L)done evil to themselves.
¹⁰Say to the ^(M)righteous that it will go well for them,
For they will eat the fruit of their actions.
¹¹Woe to the wicked! It will go badly for him,
For ^[k]^(N)what he deserves will be done to him.
¹²My people! Their oppressors ^(O)treat them violently,
And women rule over them.
My people! ^(P)Those who guide you lead you astray
And confuse the direction of your paths.

God Will Judge

¹³^(Q)The Lord arises to contend,
And stands to judge the people.
¹⁴The Lord ^(R)enters into judgment with the elders and leaders of His people,
“It is you who have ^[l]^(S)devoured the vineyard;
The ^(T)goods stolen from the poor are in your houses.
¹⁵What do you mean by ^(U)crushing My people
And ^[m]oppressing the face of the poor?”
Declares the Lord ^[n]God of armies.

Judah’s Women Denounced

¹⁶Moreover, the Lord said, “Because the ^(V)daughters of Zion are haughty
And walk with ^[o]heads held high and seductive eyes,
And go along with mincing steps
And jingle the anklets on their feet,
¹⁷The Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs,
And the Lord will make their foreheads bare.”

¹⁸On that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, ^(W)crescent ornaments, ¹⁹dangling earrings, bracelets, veils, ²⁰^(X)headdresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets, ²¹^[p]finger rings, ^(Y)nose rings, ²²festive robes, outer garments, shawls, purses, ²³papyrus garments, undergarments, headbands, and veils.

²⁴Now it will come about that instead of ^(Z)balsam oil there will be a stench;
Instead of a belt, a rope;
Instead of ^(AA)well-set hair, a ^(AB)plucked-out scalp;
Instead of fine clothes, a ^(AC)robe of sackcloth;
And branding instead of beauty.
²⁵Your men will ^(AD)fall by the sword
And your ^[q]mighty ones in battle.
²⁶And her ^[r]^(AE)gates will lament and mourn,
And she will ^(AF)sit deserted on the ground.

Footnotes

Isaiah 3:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Isaiah 3:4 Or arbitrary power will rule
Isaiah 3:6 Lit hand
Isaiah 3:7 Lit lift up his voice
Isaiah 3:7 Lit binder of wounds
Isaiah 3:8 Lit tongue
Isaiah 3:8 Lit the eyes of His glory
Isaiah 3:9 Or Their partiality testifies
Isaiah 3:9 Lit proclaim
Isaiah 3:9 Lit their soul
Isaiah 3:11 Lit the accomplishment of his hands
Isaiah 3:14 Lit grazed over
Isaiah 3:15 Lit grinding the face of
Isaiah 3:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
Isaiah 3:16 Lit outstretched necks
Isaiah 3:21 Or signet rings
Isaiah 3:25 Lit strength
Isaiah 3:26 Lit entrances

Psalm 30

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Thanksgiving for Rescue from Death.

A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. A Psalm of David.

30 I will ^(A)exalt You, Lord, for You have ^(B)lifted me up,
And have not let my ^(C)enemies rejoice over me.
²Lord my God,
I ^(D)cried to You for help, and You ^(E)healed me.
³Lord, You have ^(F)brought up my soul from ^[a]Sheol;
You have kept me alive, ^[b]that I would not ^(G)go down to the pit.
⁴^(H)Sing praise to the Lord, you ^(I)His godly ones,
And ^(J)praise the mention of His holiness.
⁵For ^(K)His anger is but for a moment,
His ^(L)favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may ^(M)last for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.

⁶Now as for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I will ^(N)never be moved.”
⁷Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong;
You ^(O)hid Your face, I was dismayed.
⁸To You, Lord, I called,
And to the Lord I pleaded for compassion:
⁹“What gain is there in my blood, if I ^(P)go down to the pit?
Will the ^(Q)dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?

¹⁰“^(R)Hear, Lord, and be gracious to me;
Lord, be my ^(S)helper.”
¹¹You have turned ^(T)my mourning into dancing for me;
You have ^(U)untied my sackcloth and encircled me with ^(V)joy,
¹²That my ^[c]^(W)soul may sing praise to You and not be silent.
Lord my God, I will ^(X)give thanks to You forever.

Footnotes

Psalm 30:3 I.e., the netherworld
Psalm 30:3 Some mss from among those who go down
Psalm 30:12 Lit glory

Matthew 15:1-20

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Tradition and Commandment

15 ^(A)Then some Pharisees and scribes *came to Jesus ^(B)from Jerusalem and said, ²“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they ^(C)do not wash their hands when they eat bread.” ³And He answered and said to them, “Why do you yourselves also break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? ⁴For God said, ‘^(D)Honor your father and mother,’ and, ‘^(E)The one who speaks evil of father or mother is to ^[a]be put to death.’ ⁵But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever I have that would help you has been ^[b]given to God,” ⁶he is not to ^[c]honor his father or mother.’ And by this you have invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. ⁷You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy about you, by saying:

⁸‘^(F)This people honors Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.
⁹And in vain do they worship Me,
Teaching as ^(G)doctrines the commandments of men.’”

¹⁰After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear and understand! ¹¹^(H)It is not what enters the mouth that defiles the person, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles the person.”

¹²Then the disciples came and *said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were ^[d]offended when they heard this statement?” ¹³But He answered and said, “^(I)Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted. ¹⁴Leave them alone; ^(J)they are blind guides ^[e]of blind people. And ^(K)if a person who is blind guides another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”

The Heart of Man

¹⁵Peter ^[f]said to Him, “^(L)Explain the parable to us.” ¹⁶^[g]Jesus said, “Are you also still lacking in understanding? ¹⁷Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is ^[h]eliminated? ¹⁸But ^(M)the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and those things defile the person. ¹⁹^(N)For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, acts of adultery, other immoral sexual acts, thefts, false testimonies, and ^[i]slanderous statements. ²⁰These are the things that defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person.”