“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,

“I remember the devotion of (A)your youth,
    your love (B)as a bride,
(C)how you followed me in the wilderness,
    (D)in a land not sown.

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“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem:

“This is what the Lord says:

“‘I remember the devotion of your youth,(A)
    how as a bride you loved me
and followed me through the wilderness,(B)
    through a land not sown.

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60 yet (A)I will remember my covenant with you (B)in the days of your youth, (C)and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.

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60 Yet I will remember the covenant(A) I made with you in the days of your youth,(B) and I will establish an everlasting covenant(C) with you.

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“When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and (A)I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you (B)and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, (C)and you became mine.

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“‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment(A) over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant(B) with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.(C)

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And the Lord said to me, (A)“Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: (B)Hear the words of this covenant and do them.

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The Lord said to me, “Proclaim(A) all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow(B) them.

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(A)“Stand in the gate of the Lord's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all you men of Judah who enter these gates to worship the Lord.

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“Stand(A) at the gate of the Lord’s house and there proclaim this message:

“‘Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who come through these gates to worship the Lord.

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The Lord's Mercy Remembered

I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord,
    the praises of the Lord,
according to all that the Lord has granted us,
    (A)and the great goodness to the house of Israel
that he has granted them according to his compassion,
    according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
For he said, “Surely they are my people,
    children who will not deal falsely.”
    And he became their Savior.
(B)In all their affliction he was afflicted,[a]
    and the angel of his presence saved them;
(C)in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
    (D)he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

10 (E)But they rebelled
    (F)and grieved his Holy Spirit;
therefore he turned to be their enemy,
    and himself fought against them.
11 Then he remembered (G)the days of old,
    of Moses and his people.[b]
(H)Where is he who brought them up out of the sea
    with the shepherds of his flock?
Where is he who put in the midst of them
    his Holy Spirit,
12 who caused his glorious arm
    to go at the right hand of Moses,
(I)who divided the waters before them
    (J)to make for himself an everlasting name,
13     who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert,
    they did not stumble.
14 Like livestock that go down into the valley,
    (K)the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest.
So you led your people,
    (L)to make for yourself a glorious name.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:9 Or he did not afflict
  2. Isaiah 63:11 Or Then his people remembered the days of old, of Moses

Praise and Prayer

I will tell of the kindnesses(A) of the Lord,
    the deeds for which he is to be praised,
    according to all the Lord has done for us—
yes, the many good things(B)
    he has done for Israel,
    according to his compassion(C) and many kindnesses.
He said, “Surely they are my people,(D)
    children who will be true to me”;
    and so he became their Savior.(E)
In all their distress he too was distressed,
    and the angel(F) of his presence(G) saved them.[a]
In his love and mercy he redeemed(H) them;
    he lifted them up and carried(I) them
    all the days of old.(J)
10 Yet they rebelled(K)
    and grieved his Holy Spirit.(L)
So he turned and became their enemy(M)
    and he himself fought(N) against them.

11 Then his people recalled[b] the days of old,
    the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,(O)
    with the shepherd of his flock?(P)
Where is he who set
    his Holy Spirit(Q) among them,
12 who sent his glorious arm(R) of power
    to be at Moses’ right hand,
who divided the waters(S) before them,
    to gain for himself everlasting renown,(T)
13 who led(U) them through the depths?(V)
Like a horse in open country,
    they did not stumble;(W)
14 like cattle that go down to the plain,
    they were given rest(X) by the Spirit of the Lord.
This is how you guided your people
    to make for yourself a glorious name.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:9 Or Savior in their distress. / It was no envoy or angel / but his own presence that saved them
  2. Isaiah 63:11 Or But may he recall

For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. (A)He knows your going through this great wilderness. (B)These forty years the Lord your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.”’

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The Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched(A) over your journey through this vast wilderness.(B) These forty years(C) the Lord your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.(D)

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15 And there I will give her her vineyards
    and make the Valley of Achor[a] a door of hope.
And there she shall answer (A)as in the days of her youth,
    as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.

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  1. Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble; compare Joshua 7:26

15 There I will give her back her vineyards,
    and will make the Valley of Achor[a](A) a door of hope.
There she will respond[b](B) as in the days of her youth,(C)
    as in the day she came up out of Egypt.(D)

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  1. Hosea 2:15 Achor means trouble.
  2. Hosea 2:15 Or sing

They did not say, (A)‘Where is the Lord
    who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
who led us (B)in the wilderness,
    in a land of deserts and pits,
in a land of drought and deep darkness,
    in a land that none passes through,
    where no man dwells?’

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They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,
    who brought us up out of Egypt(A)
and led us through the barren wilderness,
    through a land of deserts(B) and ravines,(C)
a land of drought and utter darkness,
    a land where no one travels(D) and no one lives?’

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12 By (A)a pillar of cloud you led them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night to light for them the way in which they should go. 13 (B)You came down on Mount Sinai (C)and spoke with them from heaven and gave them (D)right rules and true laws, good statutes and commandments, 14 (E)and you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant. 15 (F)You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger and (G)brought water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and you (H)told them to go in to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.

16 “But they and our fathers (I)acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments. 17 They refused to obey (J)and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.[a] But you are a God ready to forgive, (K)gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them. 18 Even (L)when they had made for themselves a golden[b] calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ (M)and had committed great blasphemies, 19 you (N)in your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. (O)The pillar of cloud to lead them in the way did not depart from them by day, (P)nor the pillar of fire by night to light for them the way by which they should go. 20 (Q)You gave your good Spirit to instruct them (R)and did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst. 21 (S)Forty years you sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:17 Some Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts and in their rebellion appointed a leader to return to their slavery
  2. Nehemiah 9:18 Hebrew metal

12 By day(A) you led(B) them with a pillar of cloud,(C) and by night with a pillar of fire to give them light on the way they were to take.

13 “You came down on Mount Sinai;(D) you spoke(E) to them from heaven.(F) You gave them regulations and laws that are just(G) and right, and decrees and commands that are good.(H) 14 You made known to them your holy Sabbath(I) and gave them commands, decrees and laws through your servant Moses. 15 In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven(J) and in their thirst you brought them water from the rock;(K) you told them to go in and take possession of the land you had sworn with uplifted hand(L) to give them.(M)

16 “But they, our ancestors, became arrogant and stiff-necked,(N) and they did not obey your commands.(O) 17 They refused to listen and failed to remember(P) the miracles(Q) you performed among them. They became stiff-necked(R) and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery.(S) But you are a forgiving God,(T) gracious and compassionate,(U) slow to anger(V) and abounding in love.(W) Therefore you did not desert them,(X) 18 even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf(Y) and said, ‘This is your god, who brought you up out of Egypt,’ or when they committed awful blasphemies.(Z)

19 “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon(AA) them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud(AB) did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take. 20 You gave your good Spirit(AC) to instruct(AD) them. You did not withhold your manna(AE) from their mouths, and you gave them water(AF) for their thirst. 21 For forty years(AG) you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing,(AH) their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.(AI)

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And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you (A)these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, (B)testing you (C)to know what was in your heart, (D)whether you would keep his commandments or not.

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Remember how the Lord your God led(A) you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test(B) you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

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31 (A)Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they (B)believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

The Song of Moses

15 Then Moses and the people of Israel (C)sang this song to the Lord, saying,

(D)“I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;
    the horse and his rider[a] he has thrown into the sea.
(E)The Lord is my strength and my (F)song,
    and he has become (G)my salvation;
this is my God, and I will praise him,
    (H)my father's God, and (I)I will exalt him.
The Lord is (J)a man of war;
    (K)the Lord is his name.

(L)“Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea,
    and his chosen (M)officers were sunk in the Red Sea.
The (N)floods covered them;
    they (O)went down into the depths like a stone.
(P)Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power,
    your right hand, O Lord, (Q)shatters the enemy.
In the (R)greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries;
    you send out your fury; it (S)consumes them like stubble.
At the (T)blast of your nostrils the waters piled up;
    the (U)floods stood up in a heap;
    the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.
The enemy said, (V)‘I will pursue, I will overtake,
    I (W)will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them.
    I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.’
10 You (X)blew with your wind; the (Y)sea covered them;
    they sank like lead in the mighty waters.

11 (Z)“Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?
    Who is like you, majestic in holiness,
    awesome in (AA)glorious deeds, (AB)doing wonders?
12 You stretched out (AC)your right hand;
    the earth swallowed them.

13 “You have (AD)led in your steadfast love the people whom (AE)you have redeemed;
    you have (AF)guided them by your strength to your holy abode.
14 (AG)The peoples have heard; they tremble;
    pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 Now are the chiefs of Edom (AH)dismayed;
    trembling seizes the leaders of (AI)Moab;
    (AJ)all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
16 Terror and (AK)dread fall upon them;
    because of the greatness of your arm, they are still (AL)as a stone,
till your people, O Lord, pass by,
    till the people pass by whom (AM)you have purchased.
17 You will bring them in and (AN)plant them on your own mountain,
    the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode,
    (AO)the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.
18 (AP)The Lord will reign forever and ever.”

19 For when (AQ)the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, (AR)the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. 20 Then (AS)Miriam (AT)the prophetess, the (AU)sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and (AV)all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:1 Or its chariot; also verse 21

31 And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand(A) of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared(B) the Lord and put their trust(C) in him and in Moses his servant.

The Song of Moses and Miriam

15 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song(D) to the Lord:

“I will sing(E) to the Lord,
    for he is highly exalted.
Both horse and driver(F)
    he has hurled into the sea.(G)

“The Lord is my strength(H) and my defense[a];
    he has become my salvation.(I)
He is my God,(J) and I will praise him,
    my father’s God, and I will exalt(K) him.
The Lord is a warrior;(L)
    the Lord is his name.(M)
Pharaoh’s chariots and his army(N)
    he has hurled into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh’s officers
    are drowned in the Red Sea.[b]
The deep waters(O) have covered them;
    they sank to the depths like a stone.(P)
Your right hand,(Q) Lord,
    was majestic in power.
Your right hand,(R) Lord,
    shattered(S) the enemy.

“In the greatness of your majesty(T)
    you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;(U)
    it consumed(V) them like stubble.
By the blast of your nostrils(W)
    the waters piled up.(X)
The surging waters stood up like a wall;(Y)
    the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.(Z)
The enemy boasted,
    ‘I will pursue,(AA) I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;(AB)
    I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
    and my hand will destroy them.’
10 But you blew with your breath,(AC)
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.(AD)
11 Who among the gods
    is like you,(AE) Lord?
Who is like you—
    majestic in holiness,(AF)
awesome in glory,(AG)
    working wonders?(AH)

12 “You stretch out(AI) your right hand,
    and the earth swallows your enemies.(AJ)
13 In your unfailing love you will lead(AK)
    the people you have redeemed.(AL)
In your strength you will guide them
    to your holy dwelling.(AM)
14 The nations will hear and tremble;(AN)
    anguish(AO) will grip the people of Philistia.(AP)
15 The chiefs(AQ) of Edom(AR) will be terrified,
    the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,(AS)
the people[c] of Canaan will melt(AT) away;
16     terror(AU) and dread will fall on them.
By the power of your arm
    they will be as still as a stone(AV)
until your people pass by, Lord,
    until the people you bought[d](AW) pass by.(AX)
17 You will bring(AY) them in and plant(AZ) them
    on the mountain(BA) of your inheritance—
the place, Lord, you made for your dwelling,(BB)
    the sanctuary,(BC) Lord, your hands established.

18 “The Lord reigns
    for ever and ever.”(BD)

19 When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots and horsemen[e] went into the sea,(BE) the Lord brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.(BF) 20 Then Miriam(BG) the prophet,(BH) Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels(BI) and dancing.(BJ)

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:2 Or song
  2. Exodus 15:4 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 22
  3. Exodus 15:15 Or rulers
  4. Exodus 15:16 Or created
  5. Exodus 15:19 Or charioteers

Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and (A)all the rules.[a] And all the people answered with one voice and said, (B)“All the words that the Lord has spoken we will do.” And (C)Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve (D)pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord. And (E)Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar. Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, (F)“All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” (G)And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

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  1. Exodus 24:3 Or all the just decrees

When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws,(A) they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.”(B) Moses then wrote(C) down everything the Lord had said.

He got up early the next morning and built an altar(D) at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars(E) representing the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings(F) and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings(G) to the Lord. Moses(H) took half of the blood(I) and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed(J) against the altar. Then he took the Book of the Covenant(K) and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”(L)

Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people(M) and said, “This is the blood of the covenant(N) that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

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