Isaiah 63:7-16

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The Lord's Mercy Remembered

⁷I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord,
    the praises of the Lord,
according to all that the Lord has granted us,
    ^(A)and the great goodness to the house of Israel
that he has granted them according to his compassion,
    according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
⁸For he said, “Surely they are my people,
    children who will not deal falsely.”
    And he became their Savior.
⁹^(B)In all their affliction he was afflicted,^[a]
    and the angel of his presence saved them;
^(C)in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
    ^(D)he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

¹⁰^(E)But they rebelled
    ^(F)and grieved his Holy Spirit;
therefore he turned to be their enemy,
    and himself fought against them.
¹¹Then he remembered ^(G)the days of old,
    of Moses and his people.^[b]
^(H)Where is he who brought them up out of the sea
    with the shepherds of his flock?
Where is he who put in the midst of them
    his Holy Spirit,
¹²who caused his glorious arm
    to go at the right hand of Moses,
^(I)who divided the waters before them
    ^(J)to make for himself an everlasting name,
¹³    who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert,
    they did not stumble.
¹⁴Like livestock that go down into the valley,
    ^(K)the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest.
So you led your people,
    ^(L)to make for yourself a glorious name.

Prayer for Mercy

¹⁵^(M)Look down from heaven and see,
    ^(N)from your holy and beautiful^[c] habitation.
Where are ^(O)your zeal and your might?
    The stirring of your inner parts and your compassion
    are held back from me.
¹⁶For ^(P)you are our Father,
    though Abraham does not know us,
    and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
    ^(Q)our Redeemer from of old is your name.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 63:9 Or he did not afflict
Isaiah 63:11 Or Then his people remembered the days of old, of Moses
Isaiah 63:15 Or holy and glorious

Amos 9:5-15

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⁵The Lord God of hosts,
he who touches the earth and ^(A)it melts,
    and all who dwell in it mourn,
^(B)and all of it rises like the Nile,
    ^(C)and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;
⁶^(D)who builds his upper chambers in the heavens
    and founds his vault upon the earth;
^(E)who calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out upon the surface of the earth—
^(F)the Lord is his name.

⁷“Are you not like ^(G)the Cushites to me,
    O people of Israel?” declares the Lord.
^(H)“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
    and ^(I)the Philistines from ^(J)Caphtor and the Syrians from ^(K)Kir?
⁸Behold, ^(L)the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
    and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,
    ^(M)except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.

⁹“For behold, I will command,
    ^(N)and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
    but no pebble shall fall to the earth.
¹⁰All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,
    who say, ^(O)‘Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.’

The Restoration of Israel

¹¹“In that day ^(P)I will raise up
    the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
    and raise up its ruins
    and rebuild it as in the days of old,
¹²^(Q)that they may possess the remnant of Edom
    and ^(R)all the nations who are called by my name,”^[a]
    declares the Lord who does this.

¹³“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    ^(S)“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper
    and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
^(T)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
    and all the hills shall flow with it.
¹⁴^(U)I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
    and ^(V)they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
^(W)they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
    and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
¹⁵^(X)I will plant them on their land,
    ^(Y)and they shall never again be uprooted
    out of the land ^(Z)that I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint (compare Acts 15:17) that the remnant of mankind and all the nations who are called by my name may seek the Lord

Ephesians 6:10-24

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The Whole Armor of God

¹⁰Finally, ^(A)be strong in the Lord and in ^(B)the strength of his might. ¹¹^(C)Put on ^(D)the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against ^(E)the schemes of the devil. ¹²For ^(F)we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against ^(G)the rulers, against the authorities, against ^(H)the cosmic powers over ^(I)this present darkness, against ^(J)the spiritual forces of evil ^(K)in the heavenly places. ¹³Therefore ^(L)take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in ^(M)the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. ¹⁴Stand therefore, ^(N)having fastened on the belt of truth, and ^(O)having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵and, ^(P)as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. ¹⁶In all circumstances take up ^(Q)the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all ^(R)the flaming darts of ^(S)the evil one; ¹⁷and take ^(T)the helmet of salvation, and ^(U)the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, ¹⁸praying ^(V)at all times ^(W)in the Spirit, ^(X)with all prayer and supplication. To that end, ^(Y)keep alert with all perseverance, making ^(Z)supplication for all the saints, ¹⁹and ^(AA)also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth ^(AB)boldly to proclaim ^(AC)the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰for which I ^(AD)am an ambassador ^(AE)in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

Final Greetings

²¹^(AF)So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, ^(AG)Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything. ²²I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may ^(AH)encourage your hearts.

²³^(AI)Peace be to the brothers,^[a] and ^(AJ)love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴Grace be with all who ^(AK)love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.

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Footnotes

Ephesians 6:23 Or brothers and sisters

John 7:37-52

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Rivers of Living Water

³⁷^(A)On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, ^(B)“If anyone thirsts, let him ^(C)come to me and drink. ³⁸Whoever believes in me, ^(D)as^[a] the Scripture has said, ^(E)‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of ^(F)living water.’” ³⁹Now ^(G)this he said about the Spirit, ^(H)whom those who believed in him were to receive, ^(I)for as yet the Spirit had not been ^(J)given, ^(K)because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Division Among the People

⁴⁰When they heard these words, ^(L)some of the people said, “This really is ^(M)the Prophet.” ⁴¹Others said, “This is ^(N)the Christ.” But some said, ^(O)“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? ⁴²Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes ^(P)from the offspring of David, and comes ^(Q)from Bethlehem, the village ^(R)where David was?” ⁴³So there was ^(S)a division among the people over him. ⁴⁴^(T)Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

⁴⁵^(U)The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” ⁴⁶The officers answered, ^(V)“No one ever spoke like this man!” ⁴⁷The Pharisees answered them, ^(W)“Have you also been deceived? ⁴⁸^(X)Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” ⁵⁰^(Y)Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, ⁵¹^(Z)“Does our law judge a man without first ^(AA)giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” ⁵²They replied, ^(AB)“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that ^(AC)no prophet arises from Galilee.”