Isaiah 52-53
Christian Standard Bible
52 “Wake up, wake up;
put on your strength, Zion!
Put on your beautiful garments,(A)
Jerusalem, the holy city!(B)
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
will no longer enter you.(C)
2 Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!
Take your seat, Jerusalem.
Remove the bonds[a] from your neck,
captive Daughter Zion.”
3 For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”(D)
4 For this is what the Lord God says:
“At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there,(E)
then Assyria oppressed them without cause.[b]
5 So now what have I here”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“that my people are taken away for nothing?
Its rulers wail”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and my name is continually blasphemed all day long.(F)
6 Therefore my people will know my name;(G)
therefore they will know on that day
that I am he who says,
‘Here I am.’”
7 How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of the herald,
who proclaims peace,
who brings news of good things,(H)
who proclaims salvation,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” (I)
8 The voices of your watchmen(J)—
they lift up their voices,
shouting for joy together;
for every eye will see
when the Lord returns to Zion.
9 Be joyful, rejoice together,
you ruins of Jerusalem!(K)
For the Lord has comforted his people;(L)
he has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The Lord has displayed his holy arm
in the sight of all the nations;(M)
all the ends of the earth will see
the salvation of our God.(N)
11 Leave, leave, go out from there!(O)
Do not touch anything unclean;
go out from her, purify yourselves,(P)
you who carry the vessels of the Lord.
12 For you will not leave in a hurry,(Q)
and you will not have to take flight;
because the Lord is going before you,(R)
and the God of Israel is your rear guard.(S)
The Servant’s Suffering and Exaltation
13 See, my servant[c](T) will be successful;[d]
he will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted.(U)
14 Just as many were appalled at you[e]—
his appearance was so disfigured
that he did not look like a man,
and his form did not resemble a human being—
15 so he will sprinkle many nations.[f](V)
Kings will shut their mouths because of him,
for they will see what had not been told them,
and they will understand what they had not heard.(W)
53 Who has believed what we have heard?[g]
And to whom has the arm of the Lord(X) been revealed?(Y)
2 He grew up before him like a young plant(Z)
and like a root out of dry ground.
He didn’t have an impressive form
or majesty that we should look at him,
no appearance that we should desire him.(AA)
3 He was despised and rejected by men,(AB)
a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.(AC)
He was like someone people turned away from;[h]
he was despised, and we didn’t value him.
4 Yet he himself bore our sicknesses,
and he carried our pains;(AD)
but we in turn regarded him stricken,
struck down by God,(AE) and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced because of our rebellion,(AF)
crushed because of our iniquities;(AG)
punishment(AH) for our peace was on him,
and we are healed by his wounds.(AI)
6 We all went astray like sheep;(AJ)
we all have turned to our own way;
and the Lord has punished him
for[i] the iniquity(AK) of us all.(AL)
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth.
Like a lamb led to the slaughter
and like a sheep silent before her shearers,
he did not open his mouth.(AM)
8 He was taken away because of oppression and judgment,
and who considered his fate?[j]
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
he was struck because of my people’s rebellion.
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
but he was with a rich man at his death,(AN)
because he had done no violence
and had not spoken deceitfully.(AO)
10 Yet the Lord was pleased(AP) to crush him severely.[k](AQ)
When[l] you make him a guilt offering,(AR)
he will see his seed, he will prolong his days,
and by his hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.(AS)
11 After his anguish,
he will see light[m] and be satisfied.
By his knowledge,
my righteous(AT) servant(AU) will justify many,(AV)
and he will carry their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him[n] the many as a portion,
and he will receive[o] the mighty as spoil,
because he willingly submitted to death,(AW)
and was counted among the rebels;(AX)
yet he bore the sin of many(AY)
and interceded for the rebels.(AZ)
Footnotes
- 52:2 Alt Hb tradition reads The bonds are removed
- 52:4 Or them at last, or them for nothing
- 52:13 Tg adds the Messiah
- 52:13 Or will act wisely
- 52:14 Some Hb mss, Syr, Tg read him
- 52:15 LXX reads so many nations will marvel at him
- 53:1 Or believed our report
- 53:3 Lit And like a hiding of faces from him
- 53:6 Or has placed on him; lit with
- 53:8 Or and as for his generation, who considered him?
- 53:10 Or him; he made him sick.
- 53:10 Or If
- 53:11 DSS, LXX; MT omits light
- 53:12 Or him with
- 53:12 Or receive with
2 Corinthians 5
Christian Standard Bible
Our Future after Death
5 For we know that if our earthly tent we live in(A) is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens,(B) not made with hands.(C) 2 Indeed, we groan in this tent, desiring(D) to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 since, when we are clothed,[a] we will not be found naked.(E) 4 Indeed, we groan while we are in this tent, burdened as we are, because we do not want to be unclothed but clothed, so that mortality(F) may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment.
6 So we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith,(G) not by sight.(H) 8 In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.(I) 9 Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing(J) to him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat(K) of Christ,(L) so that each may be repaid(M) for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
11 Therefore, since we know the fear of the Lord,(N) we try to persuade people. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your consciences. 12 We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may have a reply for those who take pride in outward appearance rather than in the heart. 13 For if we are out of our mind,(O) it is for God; if we are in our right mind,(P) it is for you. 14 For the love of Christ compels us, since we have reached this conclusion, that one died for all,(Q) and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all(R) so that those who live should no longer live for themselves,(S) but for the one(T) who died for them and was raised.
The Ministry of Reconciliation
16 From now on, then, we do not know anyone from a worldly perspective.[b] Even if we have known Christ from a worldly perspective,[c] yet now we no longer know him in this way. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;(U) the old has passed away, and see,(V) the new has[d] come!(W) 18 Everything is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.(X) 19 That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world(Y) to himself,(Z) not counting their trespasses against them, and he has committed the message of reconciliation to us.
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors(AA) for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf,(AB) “Be reconciled to God.” 21 He made the one who did not know sin(AC) to be sin[e] for us,(AD) so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Psalm 107:8-14
Christian Standard Bible
8 Let them give thanks to the Lord
for his faithful love
and his wondrous works for all humanity.(A)
9 For he has satisfied the thirsty
and filled the hungry with good things.(B)
10 Others sat in darkness and gloom[a]—
prisoners in cruel chains(C)—
11 because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the counsel of the Most High.(D)
12 He broke their spirits[b] with hard labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.(E)
13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble;
he saved them from their distress.(F)
14 He brought them out of darkness and gloom
and broke their chains apart.(G)
Proverbs 23:15-18
Christian Standard Bible
15 My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart will indeed rejoice.(A)
16 My innermost being will celebrate
when your lips say what is right.(B)
17 Don’t let your heart envy sinners;(C)
instead, always fear the Lord.(D)
18 For then you will have a future,
and your hope will not be dashed.(E)
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