Isaiah 63:7-16

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God’s Ancient Mercies Recalled

⁷I will make mention of the ^(A)mercies of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has granted us,
And the great ^(B)goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has granted them according to His ^(C)compassion
And according to the abundance of His mercies.
⁸For He said, “Certainly they are ^(D)My people,
Sons who will not deal falsely.”
So He became their ^(E)Savior.
⁹In all their distress ^[a]^(F)He was distressed,
And the ^(G)angel of His presence saved them;
In His ^(H)love and in His mercy He ^(I)redeemed them,
And He ^(J)lifted them and carried them all the days of old.
¹⁰But they ^(K)rebelled
And grieved His ^(L)Holy Spirit;
Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,
He fought against them.
¹¹Then ^(M)His people remembered the days of old, of Moses.
Where is ^(N)He who brought them up out of the sea with the ^[b]shepherds of His flock?
Where is He who ^(O)put His Holy Spirit in the midst of ^[c]them,
¹²Who caused His ^(P)glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,
Who ^(Q)divided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,
¹³Who led them through the depths?
Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not ^(R)stumble;
¹⁴Like the cattle which go down into the valley,
The Spirit of the ^(S)Lord gave ^[d]them rest.
So You ^(T)led Your people,
To make for Yourself a glorious name.

You Are Our Father

¹⁵^(U)Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious ^(V)lofty habitation;
Where are Your ^(W)zeal and Your mighty deeds?
The ^(X)stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.
¹⁶For You are our ^(Y)Father, though ^(Z)Abraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, Lord, are our Father,
Our ^(AA)Redeemer from ancient times is Your name.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 63:9 Another reading is He was not an adversary
Isaiah 63:11 Some mss shepherd
Isaiah 63:11 Lit him
Isaiah 63:14 Lit him

Amos 9:5-15

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⁵The Lord ^[a]God of armies,
The One who ^(A)touches the land so that it quakes,
And ^(B)all those who live in it mourn,
And all of it rises up like the Nile
And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;
⁶The One who builds His ^(C)upper chambers in the heavens
And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth,
He who ^(D)calls for the waters of the sea
And ^(E)pours them out on the face of the earth,
^(F)The Lord is His name.

⁷“Are you not as the sons of ^(G)Ethiopia to Me,
You sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.
“Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt,
And the ^(H)Philistines from Caphtor and the ^(I)Arameans from ^(J)Kir?
⁸Behold, the ^(K)eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,
And I will ^(L)eliminate it from the face of the earth;
Nevertheless, I will ^(M)not totally eliminate the house of Jacob,”
Declares the Lord.
⁹“For behold, I am commanding,
And I will ^(N)shake the house of Israel among all nations
As grain is shaken in a sieve,
But not a pebble will fall to the ground.
¹⁰All the ^(O)sinners of My people will die by the sword,
Those who say, ‘^(P)The catastrophe will not overtake or confront us.’

The Restoration of Israel

¹¹“On that day I will ^(Q)raise up the fallen ^[b]^(R)shelter of David,
And wall up its ^(S)gaps;
I will also raise up its ruins
And rebuild it as in the ^(T)days of old;
¹²^(U)So that they may ^[c]possess the remnant of ^(V)Edom
And all the ^[d]nations who are ^(W)called by My name,”
Declares the Lord who does this.

¹³“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When the ^(X)plowman will overtake the reaper,
And the one who treads grapes will overtake him who sows the seed;
When the ^(Y)mountains will drip grape juice,
And all the hills will come apart.
¹⁴I will also ^(Z)restore the fortunes of My people Israel,
And they will ^(AA)rebuild the desolated cities and live in them;
They will also ^(AB)plant vineyards and drink their wine,
And make gardens and eat their fruit.
¹⁵I will also plant them on their land,
And ^(AC)they will not be uprooted again from their land
Which I have given them,”
Says the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

Amos 9:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
Amos 9:11 Heb sukkah; i.e., hut or dwelling
Amos 9:12 Or take possession of
Amos 9:12 Or Gentiles

Ephesians 6:10-24

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The Armor of God

¹⁰Finally, ^(A)be strong in the Lord and in ^(B)the strength of His might. ¹¹^(C)Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the ^(D)schemes of the devil. ¹²For our ^(E)struggle is not against ^[a]^(F)flesh and blood, but ^(G)against the rulers, against the powers, against the ^(H)world forces of this ^(I)darkness, against the ^(J)spiritual forces of wickedness in ^(K)the heavenly places. ¹³Therefore, take up ^(L)the full armor of God, so that you will be able to ^(M)resist on ^(N)the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. ¹⁴Stand firm therefore, ^(O)having belted your waist with truth, and having ^(P)put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵and having ^(Q)strapped on your feet the preparation of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶^[b]in addition to all, taking up the ^(R)shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the ^(S)flaming arrows of ^(T)the evil one. ¹⁷And take ^(U)the helmet of salvation and the ^(V)sword of the Spirit, which is ^(W)the word of God.

¹⁸^[c]With every ^(X)prayer and request, ^[d]^(Y)pray at all times ^(Z)in the Spirit, and with this in view, ^[e]^(AA)be alert with all ^(AB)perseverance and every ^(AC)request for all the ^[f]saints, ¹⁹and ^(AD)pray in my behalf, that speech may be given to me ^(AE)in the opening of my mouth, to make known with ^(AF)boldness ^(AG)the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰for which I am an ^(AH)ambassador ^(AI)in ^[g]chains; that ^[h]in proclaiming it I may speak ^(AJ)boldly, ^(AK)as I ought to speak.

²¹^(AL)Now, so that you also may know about my circumstances as to ^[i]what I am doing, ^(AM)Tychicus, ^(AN)the beloved brother and faithful ^[j]servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you. ²²^[k]^(AO)I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know ^[l]about us, and that he may ^(AP)comfort your hearts.

²³^(AQ)Peace be to the brothers and sisters, and ^(AR)love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ ^[m]with incorruptible love.

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Footnotes

Ephesians 6:12 Lit blood and flesh
Ephesians 6:16 Lit in all
Ephesians 6:18 Lit Through
Ephesians 6:18 Lit praying
Ephesians 6:18 Lit being
Ephesians 6:18 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people
Ephesians 6:20 Lit a chain
Ephesians 6:20 Two early mss I may speak it boldly
Ephesians 6:21 Or how
Ephesians 6:21 Or minister
Ephesians 6:22 Lit Whom I have sent to you
Ephesians 6:22 Lit the things about us
Ephesians 6:24 Lit in incorruption

John 7:37-52

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³⁷Now on ^(A)the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “^(B)If anyone is thirsty, ^[a]let him come to Me and drink. ³⁸The one who believes in Me, ^(C)as the Scripture said, ‘^[b]From his innermost being will flow rivers of ^(D)living water.’” ³⁹But this He said ^(E)in reference to the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for ^(F)the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet ^(G)glorified.

People’s Division over Jesus

⁴⁰Some of the people therefore, after they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is ^(H)the Prophet.” ⁴¹Others were saying, “This is the ^[c]Christ.” But others were saying, “^(I)Surely the ^[d]Christ is not coming from Galilee, is He? ⁴²Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from ^(J)the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” ⁴³So ^(K)a dissension occurred in the crowd because of Him. ⁴⁴And ^(L)some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one laid hands on Him.

⁴⁵The ^(M)officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” ⁴⁶The ^(N)officers answered, “^(O)Never has a man spoken in this way!” ⁴⁷The Pharisees then replied to them, “^(P)You have not been led astray too, have you? ⁴⁸^(Q)Not one of ^(R)the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? ⁴⁹But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed!” ⁵⁰^(S)Nicodemus (the one who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them, ⁵¹“^(T)Our Law does not judge the person unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?” ⁵²They answered and said to him, “^(U)You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.”