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Isaiah 61
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Isaiah 61
English Standard Version
The Year of the Lord's Favor
61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]
2 (D)to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor,
(E)and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
(F)to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
(G)the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
(H)that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, (I)that he may be glorified.[c]
4 (J)They shall build up the ancient ruins;
they shall raise up the former devastations;
they shall repair the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.
5 (K)Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks;
foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers;
6 (L)but you shall be called the priests of the Lord;
they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God;
(M)you shall eat the wealth of the nations,
and in their glory you shall boast.
7 (N)Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion;
instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot;
therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion;
they shall have everlasting joy.
8 (O)For I the Lord love justice;
I hate robbery and wrong;[d]
(P)I will faithfully give them their recompense,
(Q)and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
9 Their offspring shall be known among the nations,
and their descendants in the midst of the peoples;
all who see them shall acknowledge them,
that they are an offspring the Lord has blessed.
10 (R)I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
my soul shall exult in my God,
(S)for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself (T)like a priest with a beautiful headdress,
(U)and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,
and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up,
so the Lord God will cause (V)righteousness and praise
to sprout up before all the nations.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
- Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind
- Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty
- Isaiah 61:8 Or robbery with a burnt offering
Isaiah 61
New International Version
Isaiah 61
New International Version
The Year of the Lord’s Favor
61 The Spirit(A) of the Sovereign Lord(B) is on me,
because the Lord has anointed(C) me
to proclaim good news(D) to the poor.(E)
He has sent me to bind up(F) the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom(G) for the captives(H)
and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor(I)
and the day of vengeance(J) of our God,
to comfort(K) all who mourn,(L)
3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown(M) of beauty
instead of ashes,(N)
the oil(O) of joy
instead of mourning,(P)
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a planting(Q) of the Lord
for the display of his splendor.(R)
4 They will rebuild the ancient ruins(S)
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.
5 Strangers(T) will shepherd your flocks;
foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
6 And you will be called priests(U) of the Lord,
you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth(V) of nations,
and in their riches you will boast.
7 Instead of your shame(W)
you will receive a double(X) portion,
and instead of disgrace
you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit(Y) a double portion in your land,
and everlasting joy(Z) will be yours.
8 “For I, the Lord, love justice;(AA)
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
and make an everlasting covenant(AB) with them.
9 Their descendants(AC) will be known among the nations
and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”(AD)
10 I delight greatly in the Lord;
my soul rejoices(AE) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,(AF)
as a bridegroom adorns his head(AG) like a priest,
and as a bride(AH) adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up
and a garden(AI) causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness(AJ)
and praise spring up before all nations.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind
Jeremiah 16:19-17:14
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Jeremiah 16:19-17:14
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19 (A)O Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
(B)my refuge in the day of trouble,
(C)to you shall the nations come
from the ends of the earth and say:
“Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies,
(D)worthless things in which there is no profit.
20 Can man make for himself (E)gods?
Such are not gods!”
21 “Therefore, behold, I will make them know, this once I will make them know my power and my might, and they shall know that (F)my name is the Lord.”
The Sin of Judah
17 “The sin of Judah is written with (G)a pen of iron; with a point of diamond it is engraved on (H)the tablet of their heart, and on (I)the horns of their altars, 2 while (J)their children remember their altars and their (K)Asherim, (L)beside every green tree and on the high hills, 3 (M)on the mountains in the open country. (N)Your wealth and all your treasures I will give for spoil as the price of your high places for sin throughout all your territory. 4 You shall loosen your hand from your heritage that I gave to you, (O)and I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, (P)for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn forever.”
5 Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man (Q)who trusts in man
and makes flesh his strength,[a]
whose heart turns away from the Lord.
6 (R)He is like a shrub in the desert,
(S)and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
in (T)an uninhabited salt land.
7 (U)“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
(V)whose trust is the Lord.
8 (W)He is like a tree planted by water,
that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
for it does not cease to bear fruit.”
9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
10 (X)“I the Lord search the heart
(Y)and test the mind,[b]
(Z)to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds.”
11 Like the (AA)partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch,
so is (AB)he who gets riches but not by justice;
(AC)in the midst of his days they will leave him,
(AD)and at his end he will be a fool.
12 A glorious throne set on high from the beginning
is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Lord, (AE)the hope of Israel,
(AF)all who forsake you shall be put to shame;
those who turn away from you[c] (AG)shall be written in the earth,
for (AH)they have forsaken (AI)the Lord, the fountain of living water.
Jeremiah Prays for Deliverance
14 (AJ)Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
save me, and I shall be saved,
for (AK)you are my praise.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:5 Hebrew arm
- Jeremiah 17:10 Hebrew kidneys
- Jeremiah 17:13 Hebrew me
Jeremiah 16:19-17:14
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Jeremiah 16:19-17:14
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19 Lord, my strength and my fortress,
my refuge(A) in time of distress,
to you the nations will come(B)
from the ends of the earth and say,
“Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods,(C)
worthless idols(D) that did them no good.(E)
20 Do people make their own gods?
Yes, but they are not gods!”(F)
21 “Therefore I will teach them—
this time I will teach them
my power and might.
Then they will know
that my name(G) is the Lord.
17 “Judah’s sin is engraved with an iron tool,(H)
inscribed with a flint point,
on the tablets of their hearts(I)
and on the horns(J) of their altars.
2 Even their children remember
their altars and Asherah poles[a](K)
beside the spreading trees
and on the high hills.(L)
3 My mountain in the land
and your[b] wealth and all your treasures
I will give away as plunder,(M)
together with your high places,(N)
because of sin throughout your country.(O)
4 Through your own fault you will lose
the inheritance(P) I gave you.
I will enslave you to your enemies(Q)
in a land(R) you do not know,
for you have kindled my anger,
and it will burn(S) forever.”
5 This is what the Lord says:
“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,(T)
who draws strength from mere flesh
and whose heart turns away from the Lord.(U)
6 That person will be like a bush in the wastelands;
they will not see prosperity when it comes.
They will dwell in the parched places(V) of the desert,
in a salt(W) land where no one lives.
7 “But blessed(X) is the one who trusts(Y) in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him.
8 They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.(Z)
It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(AA)
and never fails to bear fruit.”(AB)
9 The heart(AC) is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
10 “I the Lord search the heart(AD)
and examine the mind,(AE)
to reward(AF) each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”(AG)
11 Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
and in the end they will prove to be fools.(AH)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 17:2 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
- Jeremiah 17:3 Or hills / 3 and the mountains of the land. / Your
Jeremiah 32:6-27
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Jeremiah 32:6-27
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6 Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me: 7 Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, (A)‘Buy my field that is at (B)Anathoth, (C)for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.’ 8 Then Hanamel my cousin came to me in (D)the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me, ‘Buy my field that is at (E)Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
9 “And I bought the field at (F)Anathoth from Hanamel my cousin, and (G)weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver. 10 (H)I signed the deed, (I)sealed it, (J)got witnesses, and (K)weighed the money on scales. 11 Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions and the open copy. 12 And I gave the deed of purchase to (L)Baruch the son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my cousin, in the presence of (M)the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all the Judeans who were sitting in (N)the court of the guard. 13 I charged (O)Baruch in their presence, saying, 14 ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, both this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware vessel, that they may last for a long time. 15 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and (P)fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.’
Jeremiah Prays for Understanding
16 “After I had given the deed of purchase to (Q)Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying: 17 ‘Ah, Lord God! It is (R)you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by (S)your outstretched arm! (T)Nothing is too hard for you. 18 (U)You show steadfast love to thousands, (V)but you repay the guilt of fathers (W)to their children after them, O great and (X)mighty God, whose name is the (Y)Lord of hosts, 19 (Z)great in counsel and (AA)mighty in deed, (AB)whose eyes are open to all the ways of the children of man, (AC)rewarding each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds. 20 You have shown (AD)signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and to this day in Israel and among all mankind, (AE)and have made a name for yourself, as at this day. 21 (AF)You brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and (AG)outstretched arm, (AH)and with great terror. 22 And you gave them this land, (AI)which you swore to their fathers to give them, (AJ)a land flowing with milk and honey. 23 And they entered and took possession of it. (AK)But they did not obey your voice or walk in your law. They did nothing of all you commanded them to do. Therefore you have made all this disaster come upon them. 24 Behold, (AL)the siege mounds have come up to the city to take it, and (AM)because of sword and famine and pestilence (AN)the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What you spoke has come to pass, and behold, you see it. 25 Yet you, O Lord God, have said to me, (AO)“Buy the field for money (AP)and get witnesses”—though (AQ)the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.’”
26 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 27 “Behold, I am the Lord, (AR)the God of all flesh. (AS)Is anything too hard for me?
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Jeremiah 32:6-27
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Jeremiah 32:6-27
New International Version
6 Jeremiah said, “The word of the Lord came to me: 7 Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is going to come to you and say, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth,(A) because as nearest relative it is your right and duty(B) to buy it.’
8 “Then, just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and said, ‘Buy my field(C) at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Since it is your right to redeem it and possess it, buy it for yourself.’
“I knew that this was the word of the Lord; 9 so I bought the field(D) at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and weighed out for him seventeen shekels[a] of silver.(E) 10 I signed and sealed the deed,(F) had it witnessed,(G) and weighed out the silver on the scales. 11 I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions, as well as the unsealed copy— 12 and I gave this deed to Baruch(H) son of Neriah,(I) the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel and of the witnesses who had signed the deed and of all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.
13 “In their presence I gave Baruch these instructions: 14 ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Take these documents, both the sealed(J) and unsealed copies of the deed of purchase, and put them in a clay jar so they will last a long time. 15 For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land.’(K)
16 “After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch(L) son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord:
17 “Ah, Sovereign Lord,(M) you have made the heavens and the earth(N) by your great power and outstretched arm.(O) Nothing is too hard(P) for you. 18 You show love(Q) to thousands but bring the punishment for the parents’ sins into the laps(R) of their children(S) after them. Great and mighty God,(T) whose name is the Lord Almighty,(U) 19 great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds.(V) Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind;(W) you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve.(X) 20 You performed signs and wonders(Y) in Egypt(Z) and have continued them to this day, in Israel and among all mankind, and have gained the renown(AA) that is still yours. 21 You brought your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders, by a mighty hand(AB) and an outstretched arm(AC) and with great terror.(AD) 22 You gave them this land you had sworn to give their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.(AE) 23 They came in and took possession(AF) of it, but they did not obey you or follow your law;(AG) they did not do what you commanded them to do. So you brought all this disaster(AH) on them.
24 “See how the siege ramps(AI) are built up to take the city. Because of the sword, famine and plague,(AJ) the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. What you said(AK) has happened,(AL) as you now see. 25 And though the city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians, you, Sovereign Lord, say to me, ‘Buy the field(AM) with silver and have the transaction witnessed.(AN)’”
26 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 27 “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind.(AO) Is anything too hard for me?(AP)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 32:9 That is, about 7 ounces or about 200 grams
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