Isaiah 48:12-22

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Israel Freed

¹²“Listen^(A) to me, Jacob,
    Israel, whom I have called:^(B)
I am he;^(C)
    I am the first and I am the last.^(D)
¹³My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,^(E)
    and my right hand spread out the heavens;^(F)
when I summon them,
    they all stand up together.^(G)

¹⁴“Come together,^(H) all of you, and listen:
    Which of the idols has foretold^(I) these things?
The Lord’s chosen ally^(J)
    will carry out his purpose^(K) against Babylon;^(L)
    his arm will be against the Babylonians.^[a]
¹⁵I, even I, have spoken;
    yes, I have called^(M) him.
I will bring him,
    and he will succeed^(N) in his mission.

¹⁶“Come near^(O) me and listen^(P) to this:

“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;^(Q)
at the time it happens, I am there.”

And now the Sovereign Lord^(R) has sent^(S) me,
endowed with his Spirit.^(T)

¹⁷This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,^(U) the Holy One^(V) of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
    who teaches^(W) you what is best for you,
    who directs^(X) you in the way^(Y) you should go.
¹⁸If only you had paid attention^(Z) to my commands,
    your peace^(AA) would have been like a river,^(AB)
    your well-being^(AC) like the waves of the sea.
¹⁹Your descendants^(AD) would have been like the sand,^(AE)
    your children like its numberless grains;^(AF)
their name would never be blotted out^(AG)
    nor destroyed from before me.”

²⁰Leave Babylon,
    flee^(AH) from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy^(AI)
    and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;^(AJ)
    say, “The Lord has redeemed^(AK) his servant Jacob.”
²¹They did not thirst^(AL) when he led them through the deserts;
    he made water flow^(AM) for them from the rock;
he split the rock
    and water gushed out.^(AN)

²²“There is no peace,”^(AO) says the Lord, “for the wicked.”^(AP)

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Isaiah 48:14 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 20

1 Corinthians 4:1-10

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The Nature of True Apostleship

4 This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants^(A) of Christ and as those entrusted^(B) with the mysteries^(C) God has revealed. ²Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. ³I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. ⁴My conscience^(D) is clear, but that does not make me innocent.^(E) It is the Lord who judges me.^(F) ⁵Therefore judge nothing^(G) before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes.^(H) He will bring to light^(I) what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.^(J)

⁶Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.”^(K) Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other.^(L) ⁷For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive?^(M) And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

⁸Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich!^(N) You have begun to reign—and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you! ⁹For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die^(O) in the arena. We have been made a spectacle^(P) to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings. ¹⁰We are fools for Christ,^(Q) but you are so wise in Christ!^(R) We are weak, but you are strong!^(S) You are honored, we are dishonored!