Isaiah 2

New International Version

The Mountain of the Lord^(A)

2 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:^(B)

²In the last days^(C)

the mountain^(D) of the Lord’s temple will be established
as the highest of the mountains;^(E)
it will be exalted^(F) above the hills,
and all nations will stream to it.^(G)

³Many peoples^(H) will come and say,

“Come, let us go^(I) up to the mountain^(J) of the Lord,
    to the temple of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us his ways,
    so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law^(K) will go out from Zion,
    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.^(L)
⁴He will judge^(M) between the nations
    and will settle disputes^(N) for many peoples.
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.^(O)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,^(P)
    nor will they train for war anymore.

⁵Come, descendants of Jacob,^(Q)
let us walk in the light^(R) of the Lord.

The Day of the Lord

⁶You, Lord, have abandoned^(S) your people,
    the descendants of Jacob.^(T)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
    they practice divination^(U) like the Philistines^(V)
    and embrace^(W) pagan customs.^(X)
⁷Their land is full of silver and gold;^(Y)
    there is no end to their treasures.^(Z)
Their land is full of horses;^(AA)
    there is no end to their chariots.^(AB)
⁸Their land is full of idols;^(AC)
    they bow down^(AD) to the work of their hands,^(AE)
    to what their fingers^(AF) have made.
⁹So people will be brought low^(AG)
    and everyone humbled^(AH)—
    do not forgive them.^[a]^(AI)

¹⁰Go into the rocks, hide^(AJ) in the ground
    from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty!^(AK)
¹¹The eyes of the arrogant^(AL) will be humbled^(AM)
    and human pride^(AN) brought low;^(AO)
the Lord alone will be exalted^(AP) in that day.^(AQ)

¹²The Lord Almighty has a day^(AR) in store
    for all the proud^(AS) and lofty,^(AT)
for all that is exalted^(AU)
    (and they will be humbled),^(AV)
¹³for all the cedars of Lebanon,^(AW) tall and lofty,^(AX)
    and all the oaks of Bashan,^(AY)
¹⁴for all the towering mountains
    and all the high hills,^(AZ)
¹⁵for every lofty tower^(BA)
    and every fortified wall,^(BB)
¹⁶for every trading ship^[b]^(BC)
    and every stately vessel.
¹⁷The arrogance of man will be brought low^(BD)
    and human pride humbled;^(BE)
the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,^(BF)
¹⁸    and the idols^(BG) will totally disappear.^(BH)

¹⁹People will flee to caves^(BI) in the rocks
    and to holes in the ground^(BJ)
from the fearful presence^(BK) of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(BL)
    when he rises to shake the earth.^(BM)
²⁰In that day^(BN) people will throw away
    to the moles and bats^(BO)
their idols of silver and idols of gold,^(BP)
    which they made to worship.^(BQ)
²¹They will flee to caverns in the rocks^(BR)
    and to the overhanging crags
from the fearful presence of the Lord
    and the splendor of his majesty,^(BS)
    when he rises^(BT) to shake the earth.^(BU)

²²Stop trusting in mere humans,^(BV)
who have but a breath^(BW) in their nostrils.
Why hold them in esteem?^(BX)

Footnotes

Isaiah 2:9 Or not raise them up
Isaiah 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish

Psalm 29

New International Version

Psalm 29

A psalm of David.

¹Ascribe to the Lord,^(A) you heavenly beings,^(B)
ascribe to the Lord glory^(C) and strength.
²Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
worship the Lord in the splendor of his^[a] holiness.^(D)

³The voice^(E) of the Lord is over the waters;
    the God of glory^(F) thunders,^(G)
    the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.^(H)
⁴The voice of the Lord is powerful;^(I)
    the voice of the Lord is majestic.
⁵The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
    the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.^(J)
⁶He makes Lebanon leap^(K) like a calf,
    Sirion^[b]^(L) like a young wild ox.^(M)
⁷The voice of the Lord strikes
    with flashes of lightning.^(N)
⁸The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;
    the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.^(O)
⁹The voice of the Lord twists the oaks^[c]^(P)
    and strips the forests bare.
And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”^(Q)

¹⁰The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;^(R)
the Lord is enthroned as King forever.^(S)
¹¹The Lord gives strength to his people;^(T)
the Lord blesses his people with peace.^(U)

Footnotes

Psalm 29:2 Or Lord with the splendor of
Psalm 29:6 That is, Mount Hermon
Psalm 29:9 Or Lord makes the deer give birth

John 6:60-71

New International Version

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

⁶⁰On hearing it, many of his disciples^(A) said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”^(B)

⁶¹Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?^(C) ⁶²Then what if you see the Son of Man^(D) ascend to where he was before!^(E) ⁶³The Spirit gives life;^(F) the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit^[a] and life. ⁶⁴Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known^(G) from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.^(H) ⁶⁵He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”^(I)

⁶⁶From this time many of his disciples^(J) turned back and no longer followed him.

⁶⁷“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.^(K)

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him,^(L) “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.^(M) ⁶⁹We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”^(N)

⁷⁰Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you,^(O) the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”^(P) ⁷¹(He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot,^(Q) who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)^(R)