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Isaiah 10-13
English Standard Version
Isaiah 10-13
English Standard Version
10 Woe to those who (A)decree iniquitous decrees,
and the writers who (B)keep writing oppression,
2 to turn aside the needy from justice
and (C)to rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
3 What will you do on (D)the day of punishment,
in the ruin that will come (E)from afar?
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth?
4 Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners
or fall among the slain.
(F)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
Judgment on Arrogant Assyria
5 Woe to Assyria, (G)the rod of my anger;
the staff in their hands is my fury!
6 Against a (H)godless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take (I)spoil and seize plunder,
and to (J)tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 But he (K)does not so intend,
and his heart does not so think;
but it is in his heart to destroy,
and to cut off nations not a few;
8 for he says:
(L)“Are not my commanders all kings?
9 (M)Is not (N)Calno like (O)Carchemish?
Is not (P)Hamath like (Q)Arpad?
(R)Is not (S)Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to (T)the kingdoms of the idols,
whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and (U)her idols
(V)as I have done to Samaria and her images?”
12 (W)When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, (X)he[a] will punish the speech[b] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 (Y)For he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures;
like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
14 My hand has found like a nest
the wealth of the peoples;
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
so I have gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved a wing
or opened the mouth or chirped.”
15 Shall (Z)the axe boast over him who hews with it,
or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?
As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,
or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts
will send wasting sickness among his (AA)stout warriors,
and under his glory (AB)a burning will be kindled,
like the burning of fire.
17 (AC)The light of Israel will become a fire,
and (AD)his Holy One a flame,
and (AE)it will burn and devour
his thorns and briers (AF)in one day.
18 The glory of (AG)his forest and of his (AH)fruitful land
the Lord will destroy, both soul and body,
and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
19 The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few
that a child can write them down.
The Remnant of Israel Will Return
20 (AI)In that day (AJ)the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more (AK)lean on him who struck them, but (AL)will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, (AM)to the mighty God. 22 (AN)For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, (AO)only a remnant of them will return. (AP)Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. 23 For the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.
24 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O my people, (AQ)who dwell in Zion, (AR)be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as (AS)the Egyptians did. 25 For (AT)in a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction. 26 And (AU)the Lord of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck (AV)Midian (AW)at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it (AX)as he did in Egypt. 27 And in that day (AY)his burden will depart from your shoulder, and (AZ)his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.”[c]
28 He has come to Aiath;
he has passed through (BA)Migron;
at Michmash he stores (BB)his baggage;
29 they have crossed over (BC)the pass;
at (BD)Geba they lodge for the night;
(BE)Ramah trembles;
(BF)Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Cry aloud, O daughter of (BG)Gallim!
Give attention, O Laishah!
O poor (BH)Anathoth!
31 Madmenah is in flight;
the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
32 This very day he will halt at (BI)Nob;
he will shake his fist
at the mount of (BJ)the daughter of Zion,
the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord God of hosts
(BK)will lop (BL)the boughs with terrifying power;
the great in height will be hewn down,
and the lofty will be brought low.
34 He will cut down (BM)the thickets of the forest with an axe,
and (BN)Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.
The Righteous Reign of the Branch
11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (BO)Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
2 And (BP)the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
(BQ)He shall not judge by (BR)what his eyes see,
or decide disputes by (BS)what his ears hear,
4 but (BT)with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall (BU)strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and (BV)with the breath of his lips (BW)he shall kill the wicked.
5 Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
and (BX)faithfulness the belt of his loins.
6 (BY)The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together;
and a little child shall lead them.
7 The cow and the bear shall graze;
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8 The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra,
and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.
9 (BZ)They shall not hurt or destroy
in all (CA)my holy mountain;
(CB)for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
10 In that day (CC)the root of (CD)Jesse, who shall stand as (CE)a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
11 (CF)In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, (CG)from Assyria, (CH)from Egypt, from (CI)Pathros, from (CJ)Cush,[d] from (CK)Elam, from (CL)Shinar, from (CM)Hamath, and from (CN)the coastlands of the sea.
12 He will raise (CO)a signal for the nations
and will assemble (CP)the banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.
13 (CQ)The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,
and those who harass Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
14 (CR)But they shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines in the west,
and together they shall plunder (CS)the people of the east.
They shall put out their hand (CT)against (CU)Edom and (CV)Moab,
and (CW)the Ammonites shall obey them.
15 And the Lord will utterly destroy[e]
(CX)the tongue of the Sea of Egypt,
and will wave his hand over (CY)the River[f]
with his scorching breath,[g]
and strike it into seven channels,
and he will lead people across in sandals.
16 And there will be (CZ)a highway from Assyria
for the remnant that remains of his people,
(DA)as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.
The Lord Is My Strength and My Song
12 You[h] will say (DB)in that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
(DC)your anger turned away,
that you might comfort me.
2 “Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for (DD)the Lord God[i] is my strength and my song,
and he has become my salvation.”
3 (DE)With joy you[j] will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4 (DF)And you will say in that day:
(DG)“Give thanks to the Lord,
call upon his name,
(DH)make known his deeds among the peoples,
proclaim (DI)that his name is exalted.
5 (DJ)“Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;
let this be made known[k] in all the earth.
6 Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
for great (DK)in your[l] midst is (DL)the Holy One of Israel.”
The Judgment of Babylon
13 The oracle concerning (DM)Babylon which (DN)Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
2 On a bare hill (DO)raise a signal;
cry aloud to them;
wave the hand for (DP)them to enter
the gates of the nobles.
3 I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,
and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger,
my proudly exulting ones.[m]
4 The sound (DQ)of a tumult is on the mountains
as of a great multitude!
The sound of an uproar of kingdoms,
of nations gathering together!
(DR)The Lord of hosts is mustering
a host for battle.
5 (DS)They come from a distant land,
from the end of the heavens,
the Lord and the weapons of his indignation,
to destroy the whole land.[n]
6 (DT)Wail, for (DU)the day of the Lord is near;
as destruction from the Almighty[o] it will come!
7 Therefore all hands will be feeble,
and every human heart (DV)will melt.
8 They will be dismayed:
(DW)pangs and agony will seize them;
(DX)they will be in anguish like a woman in labor.
They will look aghast at one another;
their faces will be aflame.
9 Behold, (DY)the day of the Lord comes,
cruel, with wrath and fierce anger,
to make the land a desolation
and (DZ)to destroy its sinners from it.
10 (EA)For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
will not give their light;
(EB)the sun will be dark at its rising,
and the moon will not shed its light.
11 I will punish (EC)the world for its evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will (ED)put an end to the pomp of the arrogant,
(EE)and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.
12 I will make (EF)people more rare than fine gold,
and mankind than the (EG)gold of Ophir.
13 Therefore (EH)I will make the heavens tremble,
and the earth will be shaken out of its place,
at the wrath of the Lord of hosts
in the day of his fierce anger.
14 And like a hunted gazelle,
or like sheep with none to gather them,
(EI)each will turn to his own people,
and each will flee to his own land.
15 Whoever is found will be thrust through,
and whoever is caught will fall by the sword.
16 (EJ)Their infants will be dashed in pieces
before their eyes;
their houses will be plundered
and their wives ravished.
17 Behold, (EK)I am stirring up the Medes against them,
who have no regard for silver
and do not delight in gold.
18 (EL)Their bows will slaughter[p] the young men;
they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
their eyes will not pity children.
19 And Babylon, (EM)the glory of kingdoms,
the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans,
will be (EN)like Sodom and Gomorrah
when God overthrew them.
20 (EO)It will never be inhabited
or lived in for all generations;
no (EP)Arab will pitch his tent there;
no (EQ)shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
21 But (ER)wild animals will lie down there,
and their houses will be full of howling creatures;
there (ES)ostriches[q] will dwell,
and there wild goats will dance.
22 Hyenas[r] will cry in its towers,
and (ET)jackals in (EU)the pleasant palaces;
its time is close at hand
and its days will not be prolonged.
Notas al pie
- Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew I
- Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew fruit
- Isaiah 10:27 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Isaiah 11:11 Probably Nubia
- Isaiah 11:15 Hebrew devote to destruction
- Isaiah 11:15 That is, the Euphrates
- Isaiah 11:15 Or wind
- Isaiah 12:1 The Hebrew for you is singular in verse 1
- Isaiah 12:2 Hebrew for Yah, the Lord
- Isaiah 12:3 The Hebrew for you is plural in verses 3, 4
- Isaiah 12:5 Or this is made known
- Isaiah 12:6 The Hebrew for your in verse 6 is singular, referring to the inhabitant of Zion
- Isaiah 13:3 Or those who exult in my majesty
- Isaiah 13:5 Or earth; also verse 9
- Isaiah 13:6 The Hebrew words for destruction and almighty sound alike
- Isaiah 13:18 Hebrew dash in pieces
- Isaiah 13:21 Or owls
- Isaiah 13:22 Or foxes
Isaiah 10-13
New International Version
Isaiah 10-13
New International Version
10 Woe(A) to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,(B)
2 to deprive(C) the poor of their rights
and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,(D)
making widows their prey
and robbing the fatherless.(E)
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,(F)
when disaster(G) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(H)
Where will you leave your riches?
4 Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives(I)
or fall among the slain.(J)
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(K)
his hand is still upraised.
God’s Judgment on Assyria
5 “Woe(L) to the Assyrian,(M) the rod(N) of my anger,
in whose hand is the club(O) of my wrath!(P)
6 I send him against a godless(Q) nation,
I dispatch(R) him against a people who anger me,(S)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(T)
and to trample(U) them down like mud in the streets.
7 But this is not what he intends,(V)
this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
to put an end to many nations.
8 ‘Are not my commanders(W) all kings?’ he says.
9 ‘Has not Kalno(X) fared like Carchemish?(Y)
Is not Hamath(Z) like Arpad,(AA)
and Samaria(AB) like Damascus?(AC)
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,(AD)
kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?(AE)’”
12 When the Lord has finished all his work(AF) against Mount Zion(AG) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria(AH) for the willful pride(AI) of his heart and the haughty look(AJ) in his eyes. 13 For he says:
“‘By the strength of my hand(AK) I have done this,(AL)
and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
I plundered their treasures;(AM)
like a mighty one I subdued[a] their kings.(AN)
14 As one reaches into a nest,(AO)
so my hand reached for the wealth(AP) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
so I gathered all the countries;(AQ)
not one flapped a wing,
or opened its mouth to chirp.(AR)’”
15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
or the saw boast against the one who uses it?(AS)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
or a club(AT) brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
will send a wasting disease(AU) upon his sturdy warriors;(AV)
under his pomp(AW) a fire(AX) will be kindled
like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(AY)
their Holy One(AZ) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
his thorns(BA) and his briers.(BB)
18 The splendor of his forests(BC) and fertile fields
it will completely destroy,(BD)
as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(BE) will be so few(BF)
that a child could write them down.
The Remnant of Israel
20 In that day(BG) the remnant of Israel,
the survivors(BH) of Jacob,
will no longer rely(BI) on him
who struck them down(BJ)
but will truly rely(BK) on the Lord,
the Holy One of Israel.(BL)
21 A remnant(BM) will return,[b](BN) a remnant of Jacob
will return to the Mighty God.(BO)
22 Though your people be like the sand(BP) by the sea, Israel,
only a remnant will return.(BQ)
Destruction has been decreed,(BR)
overwhelming and righteous.
23 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
the destruction decreed(BS) upon the whole land.(BT)
24 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:
“My people who live in Zion,(BU)
do not be afraid(BV) of the Assyrians,
who beat(BW) you with a rod(BX)
and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
25 Very soon(BY) my anger against you will end
and my wrath(BZ) will be directed to their destruction.(CA)”
26 The Lord Almighty will lash(CB) them with a whip,
as when he struck down Midian(CC) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff(CD) over the waters,(CE)
as he did in Egypt.
27 In that day(CF) their burden(CG) will be lifted from your shoulders,
their yoke(CH) from your neck;(CI)
the yoke(CJ) will be broken
because you have grown so fat.[c]
28 They enter Aiath;
they pass through Migron;(CK)
they store supplies(CL) at Mikmash.(CM)
29 They go over the pass, and say,
“We will camp overnight at Geba.(CN)”
Ramah(CO) trembles;
Gibeah(CP) of Saul flees.(CQ)
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim!(CR)
Listen, Laishah!
Poor Anathoth!(CS)
31 Madmenah is in flight;
the people of Gebim take cover.
32 This day they will halt at Nob;(CT)
they will shake their fist(CU)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,(CV)
at the hill of Jerusalem.
33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
will lop off(CW) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,(CX)
the tall(CY) ones will be brought low.(CZ)
34 He will cut down(DA) the forest thickets with an ax;
Lebanon(DB) will fall before the Mighty One.(DC)
The Branch From Jesse
11 A shoot(DD) will come up from the stump(DE) of Jesse;(DF)
from his roots a Branch(DG) will bear fruit.(DH)
2 The Spirit(DI) of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom(DJ) and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,(DK)
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
3 and he will delight in the fear(DL) of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,(DM)
or decide by what he hears with his ears;(DN)
4 but with righteousness(DO) he will judge the needy,(DP)
with justice(DQ) he will give decisions for the poor(DR) of the earth.
He will strike(DS) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(DT)
with the breath(DU) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(DV)
5 Righteousness will be his belt(DW)
and faithfulness(DX) the sash around his waist.(DY)
6 The wolf will live with the lamb,(DZ)
the leopard will lie down with the goat,
the calf and the lion and the yearling[d] together;
and a little child will lead them.
7 The cow will feed with the bear,
their young will lie down together,
and the lion will eat straw like the ox.(EA)
8 The infant(EB) will play near the cobra’s den,
and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s(EC) nest.
9 They will neither harm nor destroy(ED)
on all my holy mountain,(EE)
for the earth(EF) will be filled with the knowledge(EG) of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
10 In that day(EH) the Root of Jesse(EI) will stand as a banner(EJ) for the peoples; the nations(EK) will rally to him,(EL) and his resting place(EM) will be glorious.(EN) 11 In that day(EO) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant(EP) of his people from Assyria,(EQ) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,(ER) from Cush,[e](ES) from Elam,(ET) from Babylonia,[f] from Hamath(EU) and from the islands(EV) of the Mediterranean.(EW)
12 He will raise a banner(EX) for the nations
and gather(EY) the exiles of Israel;(EZ)
he will assemble the scattered people(FA) of Judah
from the four quarters of the earth.(FB)
13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
and Judah’s enemies[g] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.(FC)
14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia(FD) to the west;
together they will plunder the people to the east.(FE)
They will subdue Edom(FF) and Moab,(FG)
and the Ammonites(FH) will be subject to them.(FI)
15 The Lord will dry up(FJ)
the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind(FK) he will sweep his hand(FL)
over the Euphrates River.(FM)
He will break it up into seven streams
so that anyone can cross over in sandals.(FN)
16 There will be a highway(FO) for the remnant(FP) of his people
that is left from Assyria,(FQ)
as there was for Israel
when they came up from Egypt.(FR)
Songs of Praise
12 In that day(FS) you will say:
“I will praise(FT) you, Lord.
Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away(FU)
and you have comforted(FV) me.
2 Surely God is my salvation;(FW)
I will trust(FX) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,(FY) is my strength(FZ) and my defense[h];
he has become my salvation.(GA)”
3 With joy you will draw water(GB)
from the wells(GC) of salvation.
4 In that day(GD) you will say:
“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;(GE)
make known among the nations(GF) what he has done,
and proclaim that his name is exalted.(GG)
5 Sing(GH) to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;(GI)
let this be known to all the world.
6 Shout aloud and sing for joy,(GJ) people of Zion,
for great(GK) is the Holy One of Israel(GL) among you.(GM)”
A Prophecy Against Babylon
13 A prophecy(GN) against Babylon(GO) that Isaiah son of Amoz(GP) saw:(GQ)
2 Raise a banner(GR) on a bare hilltop,
shout to them;
beckon to them
to enter the gates(GS) of the nobles.
3 I have commanded those I prepared for battle;
I have summoned my warriors(GT) to carry out my wrath(GU)—
those who rejoice(GV) in my triumph.
4 Listen, a noise on the mountains,
like that of a great multitude!(GW)
Listen, an uproar(GX) among the kingdoms,
like nations massing together!
The Lord Almighty(GY) is mustering(GZ)
an army for war.
5 They come from faraway lands,
from the ends of the heavens(HA)—
the Lord and the weapons(HB) of his wrath(HC)—
to destroy(HD) the whole country.
6 Wail,(HE) for the day(HF) of the Lord is near;
it will come like destruction(HG) from the Almighty.[i](HH)
7 Because of this, all hands will go limp,(HI)
every heart will melt with fear.(HJ)
8 Terror(HK) will seize them,
pain and anguish will grip(HL) them;
they will writhe like a woman in labor.(HM)
They will look aghast at each other,
their faces aflame.(HN)
9 See, the day(HO) of the Lord is coming
—a cruel(HP) day, with wrath(HQ) and fierce anger(HR)—
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.
10 The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light.(HS)
The rising sun(HT) will be darkened(HU)
and the moon will not give its light.(HV)
11 I will punish(HW) the world for its evil,
the wicked(HX) for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty(HY)
and will humble(HZ) the pride of the ruthless.(IA)
12 I will make people(IB) scarcer than pure gold,
more rare than the gold of Ophir.(IC)
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;(ID)
and the earth will shake(IE) from its place
at the wrath(IF) of the Lord Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.(IG)
14 Like a hunted(IH) gazelle,
like sheep without a shepherd,(II)
they will all return to their own people,
they will flee(IJ) to their native land.(IK)
15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through;
all who are caught will fall(IL) by the sword.(IM)
16 Their infants(IN) will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
their houses will be looted and their wives violated.(IO)
17 See, I will stir up(IP) against them the Medes,(IQ)
who do not care for silver
and have no delight in gold.(IR)
18 Their bows(IS) will strike down the young men;(IT)
they will have no mercy(IU) on infants,
nor will they look with compassion on children.(IV)
19 Babylon,(IW) the jewel of kingdoms,(IX)
the pride and glory(IY) of the Babylonians,[j]
will be overthrown(IZ) by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.(JA)
20 She will never be inhabited(JB)
or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads(JC) will pitch their tents,
there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
21 But desert creatures(JD) will lie there,
jackals(JE) will fill her houses;
there the owls(JF) will dwell,
and there the wild goats(JG) will leap about.
22 Hyenas(JH) will inhabit her strongholds,(JI)
jackals(JJ) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,(JK)
and her days will not be prolonged.(JL)
Notas al pie
- Isaiah 10:13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,
- Isaiah 10:21 Hebrew shear-jashub (see 7:3 and note); also in verse 22
- Isaiah 10:27 Hebrew; Septuagint broken / from your shoulders
- Isaiah 11:6 Hebrew; Septuagint lion will feed
- Isaiah 11:11 That is, the upper Nile region
- Isaiah 11:11 Hebrew Shinar
- Isaiah 11:13 Or hostility
- Isaiah 12:2 Or song
- Isaiah 13:6 Hebrew Shaddai
- Isaiah 13:19 Or Chaldeans
3 John
English Standard Version
3 John
English Standard Version
Greeting
1 (A)The elder to the beloved Gaius, (B)whom I love in truth.
2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. 3 For (C)I rejoiced greatly when the brothers[a] came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that (D)my children are walking in the truth.
Support and Opposition
5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for (E)these brothers, (F)strangers as they are, 6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner (G)worthy of God. 7 For they have gone out for the sake of (H)the name, (I)accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
9 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. 10 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.
11 Beloved, (J)do not imitate evil but imitate good. (K)Whoever does good is from God; (L)whoever does evil has not seen God. 12 Demetrius (M)has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and (N)you know that our testimony is true.
Final Greetings
13 (O)I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.
15 Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, (P)each by name.
Notas al pie
- 3 John 1:3 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 10
3 John
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3 John
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1 The elder,(A)
To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
2 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. 3 It gave me great joy when some believers(B) came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.(C) 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children(D) are walking in the truth.(E)
5 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters,[a](F) even though they are strangers to you.(G) 6 They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way(H) in a manner that honors(I) God. 7 It was for the sake of the Name(J) that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans.(K) 8 We ought therefore to show hospitality to such people so that we may work together for the truth.
9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. 10 So when I come,(L) I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome other believers.(M) He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.(N)
11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good.(O) Anyone who does what is good is from God.(P) Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.(Q) 12 Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone(R)—and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true.(S)
13 I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.(T)
15 Peace to you.(U) The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name.(V)
Notas al pie
- 3 John 1:5 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.
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