Isaiah 63

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God’s Vengeance on the Nations

63 Who is this who comes from ^(A)Edom,
With ^(B)garments of ^[a]glowing colors from ^(C)Bozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
^[b]Marching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I, the One who speaks in righteousness, ^(D)mighty to save.”
²Why is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like one who ^(E)treads in the wine press?
³“^(F)I have trodden the wine trough alone,
And from the peoples there was no one with Me.
I also ^(G)trod them in My anger
And ^(H)trampled them in My wrath;
And ^(I)their ^[c]lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,
And I ^[d]stained all My clothes.
⁴For the ^(J)day of vengeance was in My heart,
And My year of redemption has come.
⁵I looked, but there was ^(K)no one to help,
And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold;
So My ^(L)own arm brought salvation to Me,
And My wrath upheld Me.
⁶I ^(M)trampled down the peoples in My anger
And made them ^(N)drunk with My wrath,
And I ^[e]poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

God’s Ancient Mercies Recalled

⁷I will make mention of the ^(O)mercies of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has granted us,
And the great ^(P)goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has granted them according to His ^(Q)compassion
And according to the abundance of His mercies.
⁸For He said, “Certainly they are ^(R)My people,
Sons who will not deal falsely.”
So He became their ^(S)Savior.
⁹In all their distress ^[f]^(T)He was distressed,
And the ^(U)angel of His presence saved them;
In His ^(V)love and in His mercy He ^(W)redeemed them,
And He ^(X)lifted them and carried them all the days of old.
¹⁰But they ^(Y)rebelled
And grieved His ^(Z)Holy Spirit;
Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,
He fought against them.
¹¹Then ^(AA)His people remembered the days of old, of Moses.
Where is ^(AB)He who brought them up out of the sea with the ^[g]shepherds of His flock?
Where is He who ^(AC)put His Holy Spirit in the midst of ^[h]them,
¹²Who caused His ^(AD)glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,
Who ^(AE)divided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,
¹³Who led them through the depths?
Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not ^(AF)stumble;
¹⁴Like the cattle which go down into the valley,
The Spirit of the ^(AG)Lord gave ^[i]them rest.
So You ^(AH)led Your people,
To make for Yourself a glorious name.

You Are Our Father

¹⁵^(AI)Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious ^(AJ)lofty habitation;
Where are Your ^(AK)zeal and Your mighty deeds?
The ^(AL)stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.
¹⁶For You are our ^(AM)Father, though ^(AN)Abraham does not know us
And Israel does not recognize us.
You, Lord, are our Father,
Our ^(AO)Redeemer from ancient times is Your name.
¹⁷Why, Lord, do You ^(AP)cause us to stray from Your ways
And ^(AQ)harden our heart from fearing You?
^(AR)Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.
¹⁸Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while,
Our adversaries have ^(AS)trampled it down.
¹⁹We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,
Like those who were not called by Your name.

Footnotes

Isaiah 63:1 Or crimson
Isaiah 63:1 Lit Inclining
Isaiah 63:3 Lit juice
Isaiah 63:3 Lit defiled
Isaiah 63:6 Lit brought down their juice to the earth
Isaiah 63:9 Another reading is He was not an adversary
Isaiah 63:11 Some mss shepherd
Isaiah 63:11 Lit him
Isaiah 63:14 Lit him

Proverbs 14:8-14

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⁸The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way,
But ^(A)the foolishness of fools is deceit.
⁹Fools mock at ^[a]sin,
But ^(B)among the upright there is ^[b]goodwill.
¹⁰The heart knows its own ^(C)bitterness,
And a stranger does not share its joy.
¹¹The ^(D)house of the wicked will be destroyed,
But the tent of the upright will flourish.
¹²There ^(E)is a way which seems right to a person,
But its ^(F)end is the way of death.
¹³Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the ^(G)end of joy may be grief.
¹⁴One with a wayward heart will have his ^(H)fill of his own ways,
But a good person will ^(I)be satisfied ^[c]with his.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 14:9 Lit guilt
Proverbs 14:9 Or the favor of God
Proverbs 14:14 Lit from himself

John 14

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Jesus Comforts His Disciples

14 “^(A)Do not let your heart be troubled; ^[a]believe in God, believe also in Me. ²In My Father’s house are many ^[b]rooms; if that were not so, ^[c]I would have told you, because ^(B)I am going there to prepare a place for you. ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, ^(C)I am coming again and will take you to Myself, so that ^(D)where I am, there you also will be. ⁴And you know the way where I am going.” ⁵^(E)Thomas *said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going; how do we know the way?” ⁶Jesus *said to him, “I am ^(F)the way, and ^(G)the truth, and ^(H)the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.

Oneness with the Father

⁷^(I)If you ^[d]had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you ^(J)know Him, and have ^(K)seen Him.”

⁸^(L)Philip *said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” ⁹Jesus *said to him, “Have I been with ^[e]you for so long a time, and yet ^[f]you have not come to know Me, Philip? ^(M)The one who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰Do you not believe that ^(N)I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? ^(O)The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own, but the Father, as He remains in Me, does His works. ¹¹Believe Me that ^(P)I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise ^(Q)believe because of the works themselves. ¹²Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and ^(R)greater works than these he will do; because ^(S)I am going to the Father. ¹³And ^(T)whatever you ask in My name, this I will do, so that ^(U)the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴If you ask Me anything ^(V)in My name, I will do it.

¹⁵“^(W)If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

The Holy Spirit

¹⁶I will ask the Father, and He will give you another ^[g]^(X)Helper, so that He may be with you forever; ¹⁷the Helper is ^(Y)the Spirit of truth, ^(Z)whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He remains with you and will be in you.

¹⁸“I will not leave you as orphans; ^(AA)I am coming to you. ¹⁹^[h]^(AB)After a little while, ^(AC)the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; ^(AD)because I live, you also will live. ²⁰^(AE)On that day you will know that ^(AF)I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you. ²¹^(AG)The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and ^(AH)the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will ^(AI)reveal Myself to him.” ²²^(AJ)Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what has happened ^(AK)that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?” ²³Jesus answered and said to him, “^(AL)If anyone loves Me, he will ^(AM)follow My word; and ^(AN)My Father will love him, and We ^(AO)will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. ²⁴The one who does not love Me ^(AP)does not follow My words; and ^(AQ)the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

²⁵“These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you. ²⁶But the ^(AR)Helper, the Holy Spirit ^(AS)whom the Father will send in My name, ^(AT)He will teach you all things, and ^(AU)remind you of all that I said to you. ²⁷^(AV)Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. ^[i]^(AW)Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor ^[j]fearful. ²⁸^(AX)You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away, and ^(AY)I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced ^[k]because ^(AZ)I am going to the Father, for ^(BA)the Father is greater than I. ²⁹And now ^(BB)I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe. ³⁰I will not speak much more with you, for ^(BC)the ruler of the world is coming, and he has ^[l]nothing in regard to Me, ³¹but so that the world may know that I love the Father, ^[m]I do exactly as ^(BD)the Father commanded Me. Get up, ^(BE)let’s go from here.