Isaiah 4-5

New International Version

4 ¹In that day^(A) seven women
    will take hold of one man^(B)
and say, “We will eat our own food^(C)
    and provide our own clothes;
only let us be called by your name.
    Take away our disgrace!”^(D)

The Branch of the Lord

²In that day^(E) the Branch of the Lord^(F) will be beautiful^(G) and glorious, and the fruit^(H) of the land will be the pride and glory^(I) of the survivors^(J) in Israel. ³Those who are left in Zion,^(K) who remain^(L) in Jerusalem, will be called holy,^(M) all who are recorded^(N) among the living in Jerusalem. ⁴The Lord will wash away the filth^(O) of the women of Zion;^(P) he will cleanse^(Q) the bloodstains^(R) from Jerusalem by a spirit^[a] of judgment^(S) and a spirit^[b] of fire.^(T) ⁵Then the Lord will create^(U) over all of Mount Zion^(V) and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night;^(W) over everything the glory^[c]^(X) will be a canopy.^(Y) ⁶It will be a shelter^(Z) and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge^(AA) and hiding place from the storm^(AB) and rain.

The Song of the Vineyard

5 I will sing for the one I love
    a song about his vineyard:^(AC)
My loved one had a vineyard
    on a fertile hillside.
²He dug it up and cleared it of stones
    and planted it with the choicest vines.^(AD)
He built a watchtower^(AE) in it
    and cut out a winepress^(AF) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
    but it yielded only bad fruit.^(AG)

³“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.^(AH)
⁴What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?^(AI)
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?^(AJ)
⁵Now I will tell you
    what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
    and it will be destroyed;^(AK)
I will break down its wall,^(AL)
    and it will be trampled.^(AM)
⁶I will make it a wasteland,^(AN)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns^(AO) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain^(AP) on it.”

⁷The vineyard^(AQ) of the Lord Almighty
    is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,^(AR) but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness,^(AS) but heard cries of distress.^(AT)

Woes and Judgments

⁸Woe^(AU) to you who add house to house
and join field to field^(AV)
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.

⁹The Lord Almighty^(AW) has declared in my hearing:^(AX)

“Surely the great houses will become desolate,^(AY)
the fine mansions left without occupants.
¹⁰A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath^[d] of wine;
a homer^[e] of seed will yield only an ephah^[f] of grain.”^(AZ)

¹¹Woe^(BA) to those who rise early in the morning
    to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
    till they are inflamed with wine.^(BB)
¹²They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes^(BC) and timbrels^(BD) and wine,
but they have no regard^(BE) for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.^(BF)
¹³Therefore my people will go into exile^(BG)
    for lack of understanding;^(BH)
those of high rank^(BI) will die of hunger
    and the common people will be parched with thirst.^(BJ)
¹⁴Therefore Death^(BK) expands its jaws,
    opening wide its mouth;^(BL)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
    with all their brawlers and revelers.^(BM)
¹⁵So people will be brought low^(BN)
    and everyone humbled,^(BO)
    the eyes of the arrogant^(BP) humbled.
¹⁶But the Lord Almighty will be exalted^(BQ) by his justice,^(BR)
    and the holy God will be proved holy^(BS) by his righteous acts.
¹⁷Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;^(BT)
    lambs will feed^[g] among the ruins of the rich.

¹⁸Woe^(BU) to those who draw sin along with cords^(BV) of deceit,
    and wickedness^(BW) as with cart ropes,
¹⁹to those who say, “Let God hurry;
    let him hasten^(BX) his work
    so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One^(BY) of Israel—
    let it approach, let it come into view,
    so we may know it.”^(BZ)

²⁰Woe^(CA) to those who call evil good^(CB)
    and good evil,^(CC)
who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,^(CD)
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter.^(CE)

²¹Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes^(CF)
and clever in their own sight.

²²Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine^(CG)
    and champions at mixing drinks,^(CH)
²³who acquit the guilty for a bribe,^(CI)
    but deny justice^(CJ) to the innocent.^(CK)
²⁴Therefore, as tongues of fire^(CL) lick up straw^(CM)
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay^(CN)
    and their flowers blow away like dust;^(CO)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
    and spurned the word^(CP) of the Holy One^(CQ) of Israel.
²⁵Therefore the Lord’s anger^(CR) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,^(CS)
    and the dead bodies^(CT) are like refuse^(CU) in the streets.^(CV)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,^(CW)
his hand is still upraised.^(CX)

²⁶He lifts up a banner^(CY) for the distant nations,
    he whistles^(CZ) for those at the ends of the earth.^(DA)
Here they come,
    swiftly and speedily!
²⁷Not one of them grows tired^(DB) or stumbles,
    not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt^(DC) is loosened at the waist,^(DD)
    not a sandal strap is broken.^(DE)
²⁸Their arrows are sharp,^(DF)
    all their bows^(DG) are strung;
their horses’ hooves^(DH) seem like flint,
    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.^(DI)
²⁹Their roar is like that of the lion,^(DJ)
    they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize^(DK) their prey
    and carry it off with no one to rescue.^(DL)
³⁰In that day^(DM) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.^(DN)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness^(DO) and distress;^(DP)
    even the sun will be darkened^(DQ) by clouds.

Footnotes

Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
Isaiah 4:5 Or over all the glory there
Isaiah 5:10 That is, about 6 gallons or about 22 liters
Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 360 pounds or about 160 kilograms
Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
Isaiah 5:17 Septuagint; Hebrew / strangers will eat

Romans 16

New International Version

Personal Greetings

16 I commend^(A) to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon^[a]^[b] of the church in Cenchreae.^(B) ²I ask you to receive her in the Lord^(C) in a way worthy of his people^(D) and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.

³Greet Priscilla^[c] and Aquila,^(E) my co-workers^(F) in Christ Jesus.^(G) ⁴They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

⁵Greet also the church that meets at their house.^(H)

Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert^(I) to Christ in the province of Asia.^(J)

⁶Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.

⁷Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews^(K) who have been in prison with me.^(L) They are outstanding among^[d] the apostles, and they were in Christ^(M) before I was.

⁸Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.

⁹Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ,^(N) and my dear friend Stachys.

¹⁰Greet Apelles, whose fidelity to Christ has stood the test.^(O)

Greet those who belong to the household^(P) of Aristobulus.

¹¹Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew.^(Q)

Greet those in the household^(R) of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

¹²Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord.

Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.

¹³Greet Rufus,^(S) chosen^(T) in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.

¹⁴Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them.

¹⁵Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord’s people^(U) who are with them.^(V)

¹⁶Greet one another with a holy kiss.^(W)

All the churches of Christ send greetings.

¹⁷I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned.^(X) Keep away from them.^(Y) ¹⁸For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,^(Z) but their own appetites.^(AA) By smooth talk and flattery they deceive^(AB) the minds of naive people. ¹⁹Everyone has heard^(AC) about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.^(AD)

²⁰The God of peace^(AE) will soon crush^(AF) Satan^(AG) under your feet.

The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.^(AH)

²¹Timothy,^(AI) my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius,^(AJ) Jason^(AK) and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.^(AL)

²²I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.

²³Gaius,^(AM) whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings.

Erastus,^(AN) who is the city’s director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings. ^[24]^[e]

²⁵Now to him who is able^(AO) to establish you in accordance with my gospel,^(AP) the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery^(AQ) hidden for long ages past, ²⁶but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings^(AR) by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from^[f] faith^(AS)— ²⁷to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.^(AT)

Footnotes

Romans 16:1 Or servant
Romans 16:1 The word deacon refers here to a Christian designated to serve with the overseers/elders of the church in a variety of ways; similarly in Phil. 1:1 and 1 Tim. 3:8,12.
Romans 16:3 Greek Prisca, a variant of Priscilla
Romans 16:7 Or are esteemed by
Romans 16:24 Some manuscripts include here May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. Amen.
Romans 16:26 Or that is

Psalm 102:10-16

New International Version

¹⁰because of your great wrath,^(A)
for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.
¹¹My days are like the evening shadow;^(B)
I wither^(C) away like grass.

¹²But you, Lord, sit enthroned forever;^(D)
    your renown endures^(E) through all generations.^(F)
¹³You will arise^(G) and have compassion^(H) on Zion,
    for it is time^(I) to show favor^(J) to her;
    the appointed time^(K) has come.
¹⁴For her stones are dear to your servants;
    her very dust moves them to pity.
¹⁵The nations will fear^(L) the name of the Lord,
    all the kings^(M) of the earth will revere your glory.
¹⁶For the Lord will rebuild Zion^(N)
    and appear in his glory.^(O)