Isaiah 16

New International Version

16 Send lambs^(A) as tribute^(B)
    to the ruler of the land,
from Sela,^(C) across the desert,
    to the mount of Daughter Zion.^(D)
²Like fluttering birds
    pushed from the nest,^(E)
so are the women of Moab^(F)
    at the fords^(G) of the Arnon.^(H)

³“Make up your mind,” Moab says.
    “Render a decision.
Make your shadow like night—
    at high noon.
Hide the fugitives,^(I)
    do not betray the refugees.
⁴Let the Moabite fugitives stay with you;
    be their shelter^(J) from the destroyer.”

The oppressor^(K) will come to an end,
    and destruction will cease;^(L)
    the aggressor will vanish from the land.
⁵In love a throne^(M) will be established;^(N)
    in faithfulness a man will sit on it—
    one from the house^[a] of David^(O)—
one who in judging seeks justice^(P)
    and speeds the cause of righteousness.

⁶We have heard of Moab’s^(Q) pride^(R)—
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her conceit, her pride and her insolence;
    but her boasts are empty.
⁷Therefore the Moabites wail,^(S)
    they wail together for Moab.
Lament and grieve
    for the raisin cakes^(T) of Kir Hareseth.^(U)
⁸The fields of Heshbon^(V) wither,^(W)
    the vines of Sibmah^(X) also.
The rulers of the nations
    have trampled down the choicest vines,^(Y)
which once reached Jazer^(Z)
    and spread toward the desert.
Their shoots spread out^(AA)
    and went as far as the sea.^[b]^(AB)
⁹So I weep,^(AC) as Jazer weeps,
    for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,^(AD)
    I drench you with tears!^(AE)
The shouts of joy^(AF) over your ripened fruit
    and over your harvests^(AG) have been stilled.
¹⁰Joy and gladness are taken away from the orchards;^(AH)
    no one sings or shouts^(AI) in the vineyards;
no one treads^(AJ) out wine at the presses,^(AK)
    for I have put an end to the shouting.
¹¹My heart laments for Moab^(AL) like a harp,^(AM)
    my inmost being^(AN) for Kir Hareseth.
¹²When Moab appears at her high place,^(AO)
    she only wears herself out;
when she goes to her shrine^(AP) to pray,
    it is to no avail.^(AQ)

¹³This is the word the Lord has already spoken concerning Moab. ¹⁴But now the Lord says: “Within three years,^(AR) as a servant bound by contract^(AS) would count them,^(AT) Moab’s splendor and all her many people will be despised,^(AU) and her survivors will be very few and feeble.”^(AV)

Notas al pie

Isaiah 16:5 Hebrew tent
Isaiah 16:8 Probably the Dead Sea

2 Corinthians 3

New International Version

3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves^(A) again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation^(B) to you or from you? ²You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.^(C) ³You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God,^(D) not on tablets of stone^(E) but on tablets of human hearts.^(F)

⁴Such confidence^(G) we have through Christ before God. ⁵Not that we are competent in ourselves^(H) to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.^(I) ⁶He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant^(J)—not of the letter^(K) but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.^(L)

The Greater Glory of the New Covenant

⁷Now if the ministry that brought death,^(M) which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory,^(N) transitory though it was, ⁸will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? ⁹If the ministry that brought condemnation^(O) was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness!^(P) ¹⁰For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. ¹¹And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!

¹²Therefore, since we have such a hope,^(Q) we are very bold.^(R) ¹³We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face^(S) to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. ¹⁴But their minds were made dull,^(T) for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant^(U) is read.^(V) It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. ¹⁵Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. ¹⁶But whenever anyone turns to the Lord,^(W) the veil is taken away.^(X) ¹⁷Now the Lord is the Spirit,^(Y) and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.^(Z) ¹⁸And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate^[a]^(AA) the Lord’s glory,^(AB) are being transformed into his image^(AC) with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Notas al pie

2 Corinthians 3:18 Or reflect

Psalm 150

New International Version

Psalm 150

¹Praise the Lord.^[a]^(A)

Praise God in his sanctuary;^(B)
    praise him in his mighty heavens.^(C)
²Praise him for his acts of power;^(D)
    praise him for his surpassing greatness.^(E)
³Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,^(F)
    praise him with the harp and lyre,^(G)
⁴praise him with timbrel and dancing,^(H)
    praise him with the strings^(I) and pipe,^(J)
⁵praise him with the clash of cymbals,^(K)
    praise him with resounding cymbals.