Isaiah 30:15-22

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¹⁵This is what the Sovereign^(A) Lord, the Holy One^(B) of Israel, says:

“In repentance and rest^(C) is your salvation,
    in quietness and trust^(D) is your strength,
    but you would have none of it.^(E)
¹⁶You said, ‘No, we will flee^(F) on horses.’^(G)
    Therefore you will flee!
You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’
    Therefore your pursuers will be swift!
¹⁷A thousand will flee
    at the threat of one;
at the threat of five^(H)
    you will all flee^(I) away,
till you are left^(J)
    like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
    like a banner^(K) on a hill.”

¹⁸Yet the Lord longs^(L) to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.^(M)
For the Lord is a God of justice.^(N)
Blessed are all who wait for him!^(O)

¹⁹People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more.^(P) How gracious he will be when you cry for help!^(Q) As soon as he hears, he will answer^(R) you. ²⁰Although the Lord gives you the bread^(S) of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers^(T) will be hidden^(U) no more; with your own eyes you will see them. ²¹Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice^(V) behind you, saying, “This is the way;^(W) walk in it.” ²²Then you will desecrate your idols^(X) overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold;^(Y) you will throw them away like a menstrual^(Z) cloth and say to them, “Away with you!^(AA)”

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2 Peter 1:16-21

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¹⁶For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power,^(A) but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.^(B) ¹⁷He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”^[a]^(C) ¹⁸We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.^(D)

¹⁹We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable,^(E) and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light^(F) shining in a dark place, until the day dawns^(G) and the morning star^(H) rises in your hearts.^(I) ²⁰Above all, you must understand^(J) that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. ²¹For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God^(K) as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.^(L)