Isaiah 15

New International Version

A Prophecy Against Moab^(A)

15 A prophecy^(B) against Moab:^(C)

Ar^(D) in Moab is ruined,^(E)
    destroyed in a night!
Kir^(F) in Moab is ruined,
    destroyed in a night!
²Dibon^(G) goes up to its temple,
    to its high places^(H) to weep;
    Moab wails^(I) over Nebo^(J) and Medeba.
Every head is shaved^(K)
    and every beard cut off.^(L)
³In the streets they wear sackcloth;^(M)
    on the roofs^(N) and in the public squares^(O)
they all wail,^(P)
    prostrate with weeping.^(Q)
⁴Heshbon^(R) and Elealeh^(S) cry out,
    their voices are heard all the way to Jahaz.^(T)
Therefore the armed men of Moab cry out,
    and their hearts are faint.

⁵My heart cries out^(U) over Moab;^(V)
    her fugitives^(W) flee as far as Zoar,^(X)
    as far as Eglath Shelishiyah.
They go up the hill to Luhith,
    weeping as they go;
on the road to Horonaim^(Y)
    they lament their destruction.^(Z)
⁶The waters of Nimrim are dried up^(AA)
    and the grass is withered;^(AB)
the vegetation is gone^(AC)
    and nothing green is left.^(AD)
⁷So the wealth they have acquired^(AE) and stored up
    they carry away over the Ravine of the Poplars.
⁸Their outcry echoes along the border of Moab;
    their wailing reaches as far as Eglaim,
    their lamentation as far as Beer^(AF) Elim.
⁹The waters of Dimon^[a] are full of blood,
    but I will bring still more upon Dimon^[b]—
a lion^(AG) upon the fugitives of Moab^(AH)
    and upon those who remain in the land.

Footnotes

Isaiah 15:9 Dimon, a wordplay on Dibon (see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for blood.
Isaiah 15:9 Dimon, a wordplay on Dibon (see verse 2), sounds like the Hebrew for blood.

Psalm 63:9-11

New International Version

⁹Those who want to kill me will be destroyed;^(A)
they will go down to the depths of the earth.^(B)
¹⁰They will be given over to the sword^(C)
and become food for jackals.^(D)

¹¹But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by God will glory in him,^(E)
while the mouths of liars will be silenced.^(F)

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John 5:25-47

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²⁵Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come^(A) when the dead will hear^(B) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. ²⁶For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life^(C) in himself. ²⁷And he has given him authority to judge^(D) because he is the Son of Man.

²⁸“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming^(E) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice ²⁹and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.^(F) ³⁰By myself I can do nothing;^(G) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,^(H) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.^(I)

Testimonies About Jesus

³¹“If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.^(J) ³²There is another who testifies in my favor,^(K) and I know that his testimony about me is true.

³³“You have sent to John and he has testified^(L) to the truth. ³⁴Not that I accept human testimony;^(M) but I mention it that you may be saved.^(N) ³⁵John was a lamp that burned and gave light,^(O) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

³⁶“I have testimony weightier than that of John.^(P) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing^(Q)—testify that the Father has sent me.^(R) ³⁷And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.^(S) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,^(T) ³⁸nor does his word dwell in you,^(U) for you do not believe^(V) the one he sent.^(W) ³⁹You study^[a] the Scriptures^(X) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.^(Y) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,^(Z) ⁴⁰yet you refuse to come to me^(AA) to have life.

⁴¹“I do not accept glory from human beings,^(AB) ⁴²but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. ⁴³I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. ⁴⁴How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God^[b]?^(AC)

⁴⁵“But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,^(AD) on whom your hopes are set.^(AE) ⁴⁶If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.^(AF) ⁴⁷But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”^(AG)