This is what the Lord says:

“The people who survive the sword
    will find favor(A) in the wilderness;
    I will come to give rest(B) to Israel.”

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11 So I declared on oath(A) in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”(B)

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33 So they set out(A) from the mountain of the Lord and traveled for three days. The ark of the covenant of the Lord(B) went before them during those three days to find them a place to rest.(C)

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28 “Come to me,(A) all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.(B)

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33 who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day,(A) to search(B) out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.

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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 if Joshua had given them rest,(A) God would not have spoken(B) later about another day. There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;

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14 But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned(A) in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.(B) 15 Also with uplifted hand I swore(C) to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands(D) 16 because they rejected my laws(E) and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts(F) were devoted to their idols.(G) 17 Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy(H) them or put an end to them in the wilderness.

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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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16 to him who led his people through the wilderness;(A)
His love endures forever.

17 to him who struck down great kings,(B)
His love endures forever.
18 and killed mighty kings(C)
His love endures forever.
19 Sihon king of the Amorites(D)
His love endures forever.
20 and Og king of Bashan(E)
His love endures forever.
21 and gave their land(F) as an inheritance,(G)
His love endures forever.
22 an inheritance(H) to his servant Israel.(I)
His love endures forever.

23 He remembered us(J) in our low estate
His love endures forever.
24 and freed us(K) from our enemies.(L)
His love endures forever.

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37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,(A)
    and from among their tribes no one faltered.
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
    because dread of Israel(B) had fallen on them.

39 He spread out a cloud(C) as a covering,
    and a fire to give light at night.(D)
40 They asked,(E) and he brought them quail;(F)
    he fed them well with the bread of heaven.(G)
41 He opened the rock,(H) and water gushed out;
    it flowed like a river in the desert.

42 For he remembered his holy promise(I)
    given to his servant Abraham.
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing,(J)
    his chosen ones with shouts of joy;

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52 But he brought his people out like a flock;(A)
    he led them like sheep through the wilderness.

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23 Yet he gave a command to the skies above
    and opened the doors of the heavens;(A)
24 he rained down manna(B) for the people to eat,
    he gave them the grain of heaven.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels;
    he sent them all the food they could eat.
26 He let loose the east wind(C) from the heavens
    and by his power made the south wind blow.
27 He rained meat down on them like dust,
    birds(D) like sand on the seashore.
28 He made them come down inside their camp,
    all around their tents.
29 They ate till they were gorged—(E)
    he had given them what they craved.

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14 He guided them with the cloud by day
    and with light from the fire all night.(A)
15 He split the rocks(B) in the wilderness
    and gave them water as abundant as the seas;
16 he brought streams out of a rocky crag
    and made water flow down like rivers.

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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)

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since you have not yet reached the resting place(A) and the inheritance(B) the Lord your God is giving you.

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16 He gave you manna(A) to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known,(B) to humble and test(C) you so that in the end it might go well with you.

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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. He humbled(C) you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna,(D) which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach(E) you that man does not live on bread(F) alone but on every word that comes from the mouth(G) of the Lord.(H)

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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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30 The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight(A) for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes,

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20 The Lord replied, “I have forgiven them,(A) as you asked.

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The Amalekites Defeated

The Amalekites(A) came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.(B) Moses said to Joshua,(C) “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff(D) of God in my hands.”

10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur(E) went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning,(F) but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset.(G) 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite(H) army with the sword.

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The enemy boasted,
    ‘I will pursue,(A) I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;(B)
    I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
    and my hand will destroy them.’
10 But you blew with your breath,(C)
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.(D)

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The Lord hardened the heart(A) of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.(B) The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses(C) and chariots, horsemen[a] and troops(D)—pursued the Israelites and overtook(E) them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.(F)

10 As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried(G) out to the Lord. 11 They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die?(H) What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? 12 Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 14:9 Or charioteers; also in verses 17, 18, 23, 26 and 28

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