Isaiah 20-22
New American Standard Bible
Prophecy about Egypt and Ethiopia
20 In the year that the [a](A)commander came to (B)Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured it, 2 at that time the Lord spoke through (C)Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the (D)sackcloth from your hips and take your (E)sandals off your feet.” And he did so, going (F)naked and barefoot. 3 Then the Lord said, “Even as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a (G)sign and symbol against Egypt and [b](H)Cush, 4 so the (I)king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, (J)young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the [c]shame of Egypt. 5 Then they will be (K)terrified and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their (L)pride. 6 So the inhabitants of this coastland will say on that day, ‘Behold, such is our hope, where we fled (M)for help to be saved from the king of Assyria; and (N)how are we ourselves to escape?’”
God Commands That Babylon Be Taken
21 The (O)pronouncement concerning the [d](P)wilderness of the sea:
As (Q)windstorms in the [e]Negev come in turns,
It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land.
2 A (R)harsh vision has been shown to me;
The (S)treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.
Go up, (T)Elam, lay siege, Media;
I have put an end to all [f]the groaning she has caused.
3 For this reason my (U)loins are full of anguish;
Pains have seized me like the pains of a (V)woman in labor.
I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
4 My [g]mind reels, [h]horror overwhelms me;
The twilight I longed for has been (W)turned into trembling for me.
5 They (X)set the table, they [i]spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink;
“Rise up, captains, oil the shields!”
6 For this is what the Lord says to me:
“Go, station the lookout, have him (Y)report what he sees.
7 When he sees [j]a (Z)column of chariots, horsemen in pairs,
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
He is to pay close attention, very close attention.”
8 Then [k]the lookout called,
“(AA)Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower,
And I am stationed every night at my guard post.
9 Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.”
And one said, “(AB)Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
And all the (AC)images of her gods [l]are shattered on the ground.”
10 My (AD)downtrodden people, and my [m]afflicted of the threshing floor!
What I have heard from the Lord of armies,
The God of Israel, I make known to you.
Pronouncements about Edom and Arabia
11 The pronouncement concerning [n](AE)Edom:
One keeps calling to me from (AF)Seir,
“Watchman, [o]how far gone is the night?
Watchman, [p]how far gone is the night?”
12 The watchman says,
“Morning comes but also night.
If you would inquire, inquire;
Come back again.”
13 The pronouncement about (AG)Arabia:
In the thickets of Arabia you [q]must spend the night,
You caravans of (AH)Dedanites.
14 Bring water [r]for the thirsty,
You inhabitants of the land of (AI)Tema;
Meet the fugitive with bread.
15 For they have (AJ)fled from the swords,
From the drawn sword, and from the bent bow,
And from the press of battle.
16 For this is what the Lord said to me: “In a (AK)year, as [s]a hired worker would count it, all the splendor of (AL)Kedar will come to an end; 17 and the (AM)remainder of the number of bowmen, the warriors of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the Lord God of Israel (AN)has spoken.”
The Valley of Vision
22 The pronouncement concerning the (AO)valley of vision:
What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the (AP)housetops?
2 You who were full of noise,
You tumultuous town, you (AQ)jubilant city;
Your dead were (AR)not killed with the sword,
Nor [t]did they die in battle.
3 (AS)All your rulers have fled together,
And have been captured [u]without the bow;
All of you who were found were taken captive together,
[v]Though they had fled far away.
4 Therefore I say, “Look away from me,
Let me (AT)weep bitterly,
Do not [w]try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
5 (AU)For the Lord [x]God of armies has a (AV)day of panic, (AW)subjugation, and confusion
(AX)In the valley of vision,
A breaking down of walls
And a crying [y]to the mountain.
6 (AY)Elam picked up the quiver,
With the chariots, [z]infantry, and horsemen;
And (AZ)Kir uncovered the shield.
7 Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots,
And the horsemen took positions at the gate.
8 And He removed the [aa]defense of Judah.
On that day you [ab]depended on the weapons of the (BA)house of the forest,
9 And you saw that the breaches
In the wall of the city of David were many;
And you (BB)collected the waters of the lower pool.
10 Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem
And tore down houses to fortify the wall.
11 And you made a reservoir (BC)between the two walls
For the waters of the (BD)old pool.
But you did not [ac]depend on Him who made it,
Nor did you [ad]take into consideration Him who planned it long ago.
12 Therefore on that day the Lord [ae]God of armies called you to (BE)weeping, to wailing,
To (BF)shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.
13 Instead, there is (BG)joy and jubilation,
Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep,
Eating of meat and drinking of wine:
“(BH)Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”
14 But the Lord of armies revealed Himself [af]to me:
“Certainly this (BI)wrongdoing (BJ)will not be [ag]forgiven you
(BK)Until you die,” says the Lord [ah]God of armies.
15 This is what the Lord [ai]God of armies says:
“Come, go to this steward,
To (BL)Shebna who is in charge of the royal household,
16 ‘What right do you have here,
And whom do you have here,
That you have (BM)cut out a tomb for yourself here,
You who cut out a tomb on the height,
You who carve a resting place for [aj]yourself in the rock?
17 Behold, the Lord is about to hurl you violently, you strong man.
And He is about to grasp you firmly
18 And wrap you up tightly like a ball,
To be (BN)driven into a vast country;
There you will die,
And there your splendid chariots will be,
You shame of your master’s house!’
19 I will (BO)depose you from your office,
And [ak]I will pull you down from your position.
20 Then it will come about on that day,
That I will summon My servant (BP)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
21 And I will clothe him with your tunic
And tie your sash securely around him.
I will hand your [al]authority over to him,
And he will become a (BQ)father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
22 Then I will put (BR)the key of the (BS)house of David on his shoulder;
When he opens, no one will shut,
When he shuts, no one will (BT)open.
23 I will drive him like a (BU)peg in a firm place,
And he will become a (BV)throne of glory to his father’s house.
24 So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the [am]descendants, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars. 25 On that day,” declares the Lord of armies, “the (BW)peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will even (BX)break off and fall, and the load that is hanging on it will be cut off, for the (BY)Lord has spoken.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 20:1 Heb Tartan
- Isaiah 20:3 Or Ethiopia, as in vv 4, 5
- Isaiah 20:4 Lit nakedness
- Isaiah 21:1 Or sandy wastes, sea country
- Isaiah 21:1 I.e., South country
- Isaiah 21:2 Lit her groaning
- Isaiah 21:4 Lit heart has wandered
- Isaiah 21:4 Lit shuddering
- Isaiah 21:5 Or spread out the rugs or possibly they arranged the seating
- Isaiah 21:7 Or riders
- Isaiah 21:8 As in DSS; MT he called like a lion
- Isaiah 21:9 Lit he has shattered to the earth
- Isaiah 21:10 Lit son
- Isaiah 21:11 As in LXX; MT Dumah, silence
- Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night?
- Isaiah 21:11 Lit what is the time of the night?
- Isaiah 21:13 Or will spend
- Isaiah 21:14 Lit to meet
- Isaiah 21:16 Lit the years of a hired
- Isaiah 22:2 Lit dead in battle
- Isaiah 22:3 Lit from a bow
- Isaiah 22:3 As in ancient versions; MT They fled far away
- Isaiah 22:4 Lit insist
- Isaiah 22:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:5 Or against
- Isaiah 22:6 Lit man
- Isaiah 22:8 Lit covering
- Isaiah 22:8 Lit looked to
- Isaiah 22:11 Or look to, consider
- Isaiah 22:11 Lit see Him
- Isaiah 22:12 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:14 Lit in my ears
- Isaiah 22:14 Lit atoned for
- Isaiah 22:14 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:15 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 22:16 Lit himself
- Isaiah 22:19 As in many ancient versions; MT He
- Isaiah 22:21 Lit dominion
- Isaiah 22:24 Or perhaps, leaf
1 Corinthians 2
New American Standard Bible
Paul’s Reliance upon the Spirit
2 And when I came to you, brothers and sisters, I (A)did not come as someone superior in [a]speaking ability or [b]wisdom, as I proclaimed to you (B)the [c]testimony of God. 2 For I determined to know nothing among you except (C)Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. 3 I also was with you in (D)weakness and (E)fear, and in great trembling, 4 and my [d]message and my preaching were (F)not in persuasive words of [e]wisdom, but in demonstration of (G)the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith would not [f]rest on the [g]wisdom of mankind, but on (H)the power of God.
6 Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are (I)mature; a wisdom, however, not of (J)this age nor of the rulers of (K)this age, who are (L)passing away; 7 but we speak God’s wisdom in a (M)mystery, the hidden wisdom which God (N)predestined before the (O)ages to our glory; 8 the wisdom (P)which none of the rulers of (Q)this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified (R)the Lord of glory; 9 but just as it is written:
“(S)Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard,
And which have not entered the human heart,
All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”
10 [h](T)For to us God revealed them (U)through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the (V)depths of God. 11 For who among people knows the thoughts of a person except the (W)spirit of the person that is in him? So also the thoughts of God no one knows, except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we (X)have not received the spirit of (Y)the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God. 13 We also speak these things, (Z)not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, [i]combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.
14 But [j]a (AA)natural person (AB)does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are (AC)foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But the one who is (AD)spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is [k]discerned by no one. 16 For (AE)who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But (AF)we have the mind of Christ.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Lit speech
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Or cleverness
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 One early ms mystery
- 1 Corinthians 2:4 Lit word
- 1 Corinthians 2:4 Or cleverness
- 1 Corinthians 2:5 Lit be
- 1 Corinthians 2:5 Or cleverness
- 1 Corinthians 2:10 One early ms But
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or interpreting spiritual things for spiritual people
- 1 Corinthians 2:14 Or an unspiritual
- 1 Corinthians 2:15 Or judged
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