Isaiah 11

New American Standard Bible

Righteous Reign of the Branch

11 Then a ^(A)shoot will spring from the ^(B)stem of Jesse,
And a ^(C)Branch from ^(D)his roots will bear fruit.
²The ^(E)Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him,
The spirit of ^(F)wisdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and ^(G)strength,
The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
³And He will delight in the fear of the Lord,
And He will not judge by what His eyes ^(H)see,
Nor make decisions by what His ears hear;
⁴But with ^(I)righteousness He will judge the ^(J)poor,
And decide with fairness for the ^(K)humble of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with the ^(L)rod of His mouth,
And with the ^(M)breath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
⁵Also ^(N)righteousness will be the belt around His hips,
And ^(O)faithfulness the belt around His waist.

⁶And the ^(P)wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion ^[a]and the fattened steer will be together;
And a little boy will lead them.
⁷Also the cow and the bear will graze,
Their young will lie down together,
And the ^(Q)lion will eat straw like the ox.
⁸The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra,
And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper’s den.
⁹They will ^(R)not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain,
For the ^(S)earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.

¹⁰Then on that day
The ^(T)nations will resort to the ^(U)root of Jesse,
Who will stand as a ^(V)signal flag for the peoples;
And His ^(W)resting place will be ^[b]glorious.

The Restored Remnant

¹¹Then it will happen on that day that the Lord
Will again recover with His hand the second time
The ^(X)remnant of His people who will remain,
From ^(Y)Assyria, ^(Z)Egypt, Pathros, Cush, ^(AA)Elam, Shinar, Hamath,
And from the ^[c]^(AB)islands of the sea.
¹²And He will lift up a ^(AC)flag for the nations
And ^(AD)assemble the banished ones of Israel,
And will gather the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.
¹³Then the ^(AE)jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who harass Judah will be eliminated;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim.
¹⁴They will ^(AF)swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the ^(AG)west;
Together they will ^(AH)plunder the ^[d]people of the east;
^[e]They will possess ^(AI)Edom and ^(AJ)Moab,
And the sons of Ammon will be ^[f]subject to them.
¹⁵And the Lord will ^[g]^(AK)utterly destroy
The tongue of the ^[h]Sea of Egypt;
And He will ^(AL)wave His hand over the ^(AM)Euphrates River
With His scorching wind;
And He will strike it into seven streams
And make people walk over in dry sandals.
¹⁶And there will be a ^(AN)highway from Assyria
For the ^(AO)remnant of His people who will be left,
Just as there was for Israel
On ^(AP)the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt.

Notas al pie

Isaiah 11:6 Some ancient versions will feed together
Isaiah 11:10 Lit glory
Isaiah 11:11 Or coastlands
Isaiah 11:14 Lit sons
Isaiah 11:14 Lit Edom and Moab will be the outstretching of their hand
Isaiah 11:14 Lit their obedience
Isaiah 11:15 Another reading is dry up the tongue
Isaiah 11:15 Perhaps the Red Sea

Acts 15

New American Standard Bible

The Council in Jerusalem

15 ^(A)Some men came down from Judea and began teaching ^(B)the brothers, “Unless you are ^(C)circumcised according to ^(D)the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” ²And after Paul and Barnabas had ^[a]a heated argument and ^(E)debate with them, ^(F)the brothers determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the ^(G)apostles and elders concerning this issue. ³Therefore, after being ^(H)sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both ^(I)Phoenicia and Samaria, ^(J)describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they were bringing great joy to all ^(K)the brothers and sisters. ⁴When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church, ^(L)the apostles, and the elders, and they ^(M)reported all that God had done with them. ⁵But some of ^(N)the sect of the ^(O)Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to ^(P)circumcise ^[b]them and to direct them to keep the Law of Moses.”

⁶^(Q)The apostles and the elders came together to ^[c]look into this ^[d]matter. ⁷After there had been much ^(R)debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “^[e]Brothers, you know that ^[f]in the early days ^(S)God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of ^(T)the gospel and believe. ⁸And God, ^(U)who knows the heart, testified to them ^(V)giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; ⁹and ^(W)He made no distinction between us and them, ^(X)cleansing their hearts by faith. ¹⁰Since this is the case, why are you ^(Y)putting God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which ^(Z)neither our forefathers nor we have been able to bear? ¹¹But we believe that we are saved through ^(AA)the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”

¹²All the people kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were ^(AB)relating all the ^(AC)signs and wonders that God had done through them among the Gentiles.

James’ Judgment

¹³After they stopped speaking, ^[g]^(AD)James responded, saying, “^[h]Brothers, listen to me. ¹⁴^(AE)Simeon has described how God first concerned Himself about taking a people for His name from among the Gentiles. ¹⁵The words of ^(AF)the Prophets agree with this, just as it is written:

¹⁶‘^(AG)After these things ^(AH)I will return,
And I will rebuild the fallen ^[i]tabernacle of David,
And I will rebuild its ruins,
And I will restore it,
¹⁷^(AI)So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
And all the Gentiles ^[j]^(AJ)who are called by My name,’
¹⁸^(AK)Says the Lord, who ^[k]^(AL)makes these things known from long ago.

¹⁹Therefore, it is ^(AM)my judgment that we do not cause trouble for those from the Gentiles who are turning to God, ²⁰but that we write to them that they abstain from ^[l]^(AN)things contaminated by idols, from ^(AO)acts of sexual immorality, from ^(AP)what has been ^[m]strangled, and from blood. ²¹For ^(AQ)from ancient generations Moses has those who preach him in every city, since ^[n]he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

²²Then it seemed good to ^(AR)the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them to send to ^(AS)Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas who was called Barsabbas, and ^(AT)Silas, leading men among ^(AU)the brothers, ²³and they ^[o]sent this letter with them:

“^(AV)The apostles and the brothers who are elders, to ^(AW)the brothers and sisters in ^(AX)Antioch, ^(AY)Syria, and ^(AZ)Cilicia who are from the Gentiles: ^(BA)Greetings.

²⁴Since we have heard that ^(BB)some ^[p]of our number to whom we gave no instruction have ^(BC)confused you by their ^[q]teaching, upsetting your souls, ²⁵^(BD)it seemed good to us, having ^[r]become of one mind, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, ²⁶men who have ^[s]^(BE)risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁷Therefore, we have sent ^(BF)Judas and ^(BG)Silas, who themselves will also report the same things by word of mouth. ²⁸For ^(BH)it seemed good to ^(BI)the Holy Spirit and to ^(BJ)us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials: ²⁹that you abstain from ^(BK)things sacrificed to idols, from ^(BL)blood, from ^(BM)things strangled, and from ^(BN)acts of sexual immorality; ^[t]if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell.”

³⁰So when they were sent away, ^(BO)they went down to Antioch; and after gathering the ^[u]congregation together, they delivered the letter. ³¹When they had read it, they rejoiced because of its ^[v]encouragement. ³²^(BP)Judas and ^(BQ)Silas, also being ^(BR)prophets themselves, ^[w]encouraged and strengthened ^(BS)the brothers and sisters with a lengthy message. ³³After they had spent time there, they were sent away from the brothers and sisters ^(BT)in peace to those who had ^(BU)sent them out.^[x] ³⁵But ^(BV)Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and ^(BW)preaching ^(BX)the word of the Lord, with many others also.

Second Missionary Journey

³⁶After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return and visit the brothers and sisters in ^(BY)every city in which we proclaimed ^(BZ)the word of the Lord, and see how they are.” ³⁷Barnabas wanted to take ^(CA)John, called Mark, along with them also. ³⁸But Paul was of the opinion that they should not take along with them this man who had ^(CB)deserted them ^[y]in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work. ³⁹Now it turned into such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took ^(CC)Mark with him and sailed away to ^(CD)Cyprus. ⁴⁰But Paul chose ^(CE)Silas, and left after being ^(CF)entrusted by the brothers to the grace of the Lord. ⁴¹And he was traveling through ^(CG)Syria and ^(CH)Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Notas al pie

Acts 15:2 Lit no little
Acts 15:5 I.e., Gentile believers
Acts 15:6 Lit see about
Acts 15:6 Lit word
Acts 15:7 Lit Men, brothers
Acts 15:7 Lit from days of old
Acts 15:13 Or Jacob
Acts 15:13 Lit Men, brothers
Acts 15:16 Or tent
Acts 15:17 Lit upon whom My name is called
Acts 15:18 Or does these things which were known
Acts 15:20 Lit the pollutions of
Acts 15:20 I.e., to retain the blood
Acts 15:21 I.e., the books of Moses, Gen through Deut
Acts 15:23 Lit wrote by their hand
Acts 15:24 Lit from us
Acts 15:24 Lit words
Acts 15:25 Or met together
Acts 15:26 Lit given over
Acts 15:29 Lit from which keeping yourselves free
Acts 15:30 Or multitude
Acts 15:31 Or exhortation
Acts 15:32 Or exhorted
Acts 15:33 Late mss add as v 34: But it seemed good to Silas to remain there.
Acts 15:38 Lit from

Psalm 53

New American Standard Bible

Foolishness and Wickedness of People.

For the music director; according to ^[a]Mahalath. A ^[b]Maskil of David.

53 ^(A)The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice;
^(B)There is no one who does good.
²God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of mankind
To see if there is ^(C)anyone who ^[c]understands,
Who ^(D)seeks after God.
³^(E)Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.

⁴Have the workers of injustice ^(F)no knowledge,
Who eat up My people like they ate bread,
And have not called upon God?
⁵They were in great ^[d]fear there, ^(G)where no ^[e]fear had been;
For God ^(H)scattered the bones of ^[f]him who encamped against you;
You ^(I)put them to shame, because ^(J)God had rejected them.
⁶Oh, that ^(K)the salvation of Israel would come from Zion!
When God restores the fortunes of His people,
Jacob shall rejoice, Israel shall be glad.