Isaiah 53-55
Christian Standard Bible
53 Who has believed what we have heard?[a]
And to whom has the arm of the Lord(A) been revealed?(B)
2 He grew up before him like a young plant(C)
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.(D)
3 He was despised and rejected by men,(E)
a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.(F)
He was like someone people turned away from;[b]
he was despised, and we didn’t value him.
4 Yet he himself bore our sicknesses,
and he carried our pains;(G)
but we in turn regarded him stricken,
struck down by God,(H) and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced because of our rebellion,(I)
crushed because of our iniquities;(J)
punishment(K) for our peace was on him,
and we are healed by his wounds.(L)
6 We all went astray like sheep;(M)
we all have turned to our own way;
and the Lord has punished him
for[c] the iniquity(N) of us all.(O)
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.(P)
8 He was taken away because of oppression and judgment,
and who considered his fate?[d]
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,(Q)
because he had done no violence
and had not spoken deceitfully.(R)
10 Yet the Lord was pleased(S) to crush him severely.[e](T)
When[f] you make him a guilt offering,(U)
he will see his seed, he will prolong his days,
and by his hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.(V)
11 After his anguish,
he will see light[g] and be satisfied.
By his knowledge,
my righteous(W) servant(X) will justify many,(Y)
and he will carry their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him[h] the many as a portion,
and he will receive[i] the mighty as spoil,
because he willingly submitted to death,(Z)
and was counted among the rebels;(AA)
yet he bore the sin of many(AB)
and interceded for the rebels.(AC)
Future Glory for Israel
54 “Rejoice, childless one, who did not give birth;
burst into song and shout,
you who have not been in labor!(AD)
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than the children of the married woman,”(AE)
says the Lord.
2 “Enlarge the site of your tent,
and let your tent curtains be stretched out;(AF)
do not hold back;
lengthen your ropes,
and drive your pegs deep.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left,(AG)
and your descendants will dispossess nations
and inhabit the desolate cities.
4 “Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame;(AH)
don’t be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced.
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
and you will no longer remember
the disgrace of your widowhood.(AI)
5 Indeed, your husband is your Maker(AJ)—
his name is the Lord of Armies—
and the Holy One of Israel(AK) is your Redeemer;(AL)
he is called the God of the whole earth.
6 For the Lord has called you,
like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit,(AM)
a wife of one’s youth(AN) when she is rejected,”
says your God.
7 “I deserted you for a brief moment,(AO)
but I will take you back with abundant compassion.
8 In a surge of anger
I hid my face(AP) from you for a moment,
but I will have compassion on you
with everlasting love,”(AQ)
says the Lord your Redeemer.
9 “For this is like the days[j] of Noah to me:
when I swore that the water of Noah
would never flood the earth again,(AR)
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
or rebuke you.(AS)
10 Though the mountains move
and the hills shake,
my love will not be removed from you
and my covenant of peace(AT) will not be shaken,”
says your compassionate Lord.
11 “Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted,
I will set your stones in black mortar,[k]
and lay your foundations in lapis lazuli.(AU)
12 I will make your fortifications[l] out of rubies,
your gates out of sparkling stones,
and all your walls out of precious stones.
13 Then all your children will be taught by the Lord,(AV)
their prosperity will be great,
14 and you will be established
on a foundation of righteousness.
You will be far from oppression,
you will certainly not be afraid;
you will be far from terror,
it will certainly not come near you.
15 If anyone attacks you,
it is not from me;
whoever attacks you
will fall before you.
16 Look, I have created the craftsman
who blows on the charcoal fire
and produces a weapon suitable for its task;
and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.
17 No weapon formed against you will succeed,
and you will refute any accusation[m]
raised against you in court.
This is the heritage of the Lord’s servants,(AW)
and their vindication is from me.”(AX)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Come to the Lord
55 “Come, everyone who is thirsty,(AY)
come to the water;
and you without silver,
come, buy, and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without silver and without cost!
2 Why do you spend silver on what is not food,
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.[n]
3 Pay attention and come to me;
listen, so that you will live.
I will make a permanent covenant with you(AZ)
on the basis of the faithful kindnesses of David.[o](BA)
4 Since I have made him a witness to the peoples,(BB)
a leader and commander for the peoples,(BC)
5 so you will summon a nation you do not know,(BD)
and nations who do not know you will run to you.(BE)
For the Lord your God,
even the Holy One of Israel,(BF)
has glorified you.”(BG)
6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call to him while he is near.(BH)
7 Let the wicked one abandon his way
and the sinful one his thoughts;(BI)
let him return to the Lord,
so he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will freely forgive.(BJ)
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
and your ways are not my ways.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
9 “For as heaven is higher than earth,(BK)
so my ways are higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven
and do not return there
without saturating the earth
and making it germinate and sprout,
and providing seed to sow
and food to eat,(BL)
11 so my word that comes from my mouth
will not return to me empty,
but it will accomplish what I please
and will prosper in what I send it to do.”(BM)
12 You will indeed go out with joy
and be peacefully guided;
the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you,
and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.(BN)
13 Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will come up,
and instead of the brier, a myrtle will come up;(BO)
this will stand as a monument for the Lord,(BP)
an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed.
Footnotes
- 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
- 54:9 DSS, Cairo Geniza; MT, LXX read waters
- 54:11 Lit in antimony
- 54:12 Lit suns; perhaps shields; Ps 84:11
- 54:17 Lit refute every tongue
- 55:2 Lit enjoy fatness
- 55:3 Or with you, the faithful acts of kindness shown to David
2 Thessalonians 1
Christian Standard Bible
Greeting
1 Paul, Silvanus,[a](A) and Timothy:(B)
To the church of the Thessalonians(C) in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
God’s Judgment and Glory
3 We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, since your faith is flourishing and the love(D) each one of you has for one another(E) is increasing.(F) 4 Therefore, we ourselves boast(G) about you among God’s churches—about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions that you are enduring. 5 It is clear evidence of God’s righteous(H) judgment(I) that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering,(J) 6 since it is just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you 7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels, 8 when he takes vengeance with flaming fire(K) on those who don’t know God(L) and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.(M) 9 They will pay the penalty of eternal destruction(N) from the Lord’s presence(O) and from his glorious strength(P) 10 on that day when he comes(Q) to be glorified(R) by his saints(S) and to be marveled at by all those who have believed, because our testimony among you was believed. 11 In view of this, we always pray for you that our God will make you worthy of his calling,(T) and by his power fulfill your every desire to do good[b] and your work produced by faith,(U) 12 so that the name(V) of our Lord Jesus will be glorified(W) by you, and you by him,(X) according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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