Jeremiah 4:5-5:13
English Standard Version
Disaster from the North
5 Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say,
(A)“Blow the trumpet through the land;
cry aloud and say,
(B)‘Assemble, and let us go
into the fortified cities!’
6 (C)Raise a standard toward Zion,
flee for safety, stay not,
for I bring disaster from (D)the north,
(E)and great destruction.
7 (F)A lion has gone up from his thicket,
a destroyer of nations has set out;
he has gone out from his place
to make your land a waste;
your cities will be ruins
(G)without inhabitant.
8 For this (H)put on sackcloth,
lament and wail,
for (I)the fierce anger of the Lord
has not turned back from us.”
9 “In that day, declares the Lord, (J)courage shall fail both king and officials. The priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.” 10 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God, (K)surely you have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘It shall be well with you,’ whereas the sword has reached their very life.”
11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind from (L)the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse, 12 a wind too full for this comes for me. Now it is I who (M)speak in judgment upon them.”
13 Behold, he comes up like clouds;
(N)his chariots like the whirlwind;
his horses are (O)swifter than eagles—
woe to us, (P)for we are ruined!
14 O Jerusalem, (Q)wash your heart from evil,
that you may be saved.
How long shall your wicked thoughts
lodge within you?
15 For a voice (R)declares from Dan
and proclaims trouble from (S)Mount Ephraim.
16 Warn the nations that he is coming;
announce to Jerusalem,
“Besiegers come (T)from a distant land;
they shout against the cities of Judah.
17 Like keepers of a field (U)are they against her all around,
because she has rebelled against me,
declares the Lord.
18 Your ways and your deeds
have brought this upon you.
This is your doom, and (V)it is bitter;
it has reached your very heart.”
Anguish over Judah's Desolation
19 (W)My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
Oh the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
I cannot keep silent,
for I hear the sound of the trumpet,
the alarm of war.
20 (X)Crash follows hard on crash;
the whole land is laid waste.
(Y)Suddenly my tents are laid waste,
my curtains in a moment.
21 How long must I see the standard
and hear the sound of the trumpet?
22 “For (Z)my people are foolish;
they know me not;
they are stupid children;
they have no understanding.
(AA)They are ‘wise’—in doing evil!
But how to do good they know not.”
23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it was (AB)without form and void;
(AC)and to the heavens, and they had no light.
24 I looked on (AD)the mountains, and behold, they were quaking,
and all the hills moved to and fro.
25 (AE)I looked, and behold, there was no man,
and all the birds of the air had fled.
26 I looked, and behold, the (AF)fruitful land was a desert,
and all its cities were laid in ruins
before the Lord, before (AG)his fierce anger.
27 For thus says the Lord, “The whole land shall be a desolation; (AH)yet I will not make a full end.
28 (AI)“For this the earth shall mourn,
(AJ)and the heavens above be dark;
for I have spoken; I have purposed;
(AK)I have not relented, nor will I turn back.”
29 At the noise of horseman and archer
every city takes to flight;
they enter thickets; they climb among rocks;
all the cities are forsaken,
and (AL)no man dwells in them.
30 And you, O desolate one,
what do you mean that you dress in scarlet,
(AM)that you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
(AN)that you enlarge your eyes with paint?
In vain you beautify yourself.
(AO)Your lovers despise you;
they seek your life.
31 For I heard (AP)a cry as of a woman in labor,
anguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath,
(AQ)stretching out her hands,
“Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.”
Jerusalem Refused to Repent
5 (AR)Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
look and take note!
Search her squares to see
(AS)if you can find a man,
one who does justice
and seeks truth,
(AT)that I may pardon her.
2 (AU)Though they say, “As the Lord lives,”
(AV)yet they swear falsely.
3 O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth?
(AW)You have struck them down,
but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
but they refused to take correction.
(AX)They have made their faces harder than rock;
they have refused to repent.
4 Then I said, “These are only the poor;
they have no sense;
(AY)for they do not know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
5 I will go to the great
and will speak to them,
for they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.”
(AZ)But they all alike had broken the yoke;
they had burst the bonds.
6 Therefore (BA)a lion from the forest shall strike them down;
a (BB)wolf from the desert shall devastate them.
(BC)A leopard is watching their cities;
everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces,
because their transgressions are many,
their (BD)apostasies are great.
7 (BE)“How can I pardon you?
Your children have forsaken me
(BF)and have sworn by those who are no gods.
(BG)When I fed them to the full,
(BH)they committed adultery
(BI)and trooped to the houses of whores.
8 They were well-fed, lusty stallions,
(BJ)each neighing (BK)for his neighbor's wife.
9 (BL)Shall I not punish them for these things?
declares the Lord;
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?
10 (BM)“Go up through her vine rows and destroy,
(BN)but make not a full end;
strip away her branches,
for they are not the Lord's.
11 (BO)For the house of Israel and the house of Judah
have been utterly treacherous to me,
declares the Lord.
12 They have spoken falsely of the Lord
and have said, ‘He will do nothing;
(BP)no disaster will come upon us,
(BQ)nor shall we see sword or famine.
13 The prophets will become wind;
the word is not in them.
Thus shall it be done to them!’”
Psalm 35:17-21
English Standard Version
17 How long, O Lord, will you (A)look on?
Rescue me from their destruction,
(B)my precious life from the lions!
18 I will thank you in (C)the great congregation;
in the mighty throng I will praise you.
19 (D)Let not those rejoice over me
who are (E)wrongfully my foes,
and let not those (F)wink the eye
who (G)hate me (H)without cause.
20 For they do not speak peace,
but against those who are quiet in the land
they devise words of deceit.
21 They (I)open wide their mouths against me;
they say, (J)“Aha, Aha!
Our eyes have seen it!”
John 16-17
English Standard Version
16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2 (A)They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, (B)the hour is coming when (C)whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And they will do these things (D)because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But (E)I have said these things to you, that when (F)their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you.
The Work of the Holy Spirit
“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, (G)because I was with you. 5 But now (H)I am going to him who sent me, and (I)none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I have said these things to you, (J)sorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for (K)if I do not go away, (L)the Helper will not come to you. But (M)if (N)I go, (O)I will send him to you. 8 (P)And when he comes, he will (Q)convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, (R)because they do not believe in me; 10 (S)concerning righteousness, (T)because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; 11 (U)concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world (V)is judged.
12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When (W)the Spirit of truth comes, (X)he will (Y)guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but (Z)whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will (AA)glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 (AB)All that the Father has is mine; (AC)therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy
16 (AD)“A little while, and you will see me no longer; and (AE)again a little while, and you will see me.” 17 So (AF)some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, (AG)‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, (AH)‘because I am going to the Father’?” 18 So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? (AI)We do not know what he is talking about.” 19 (AJ)Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’? 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, (AK)you will weep and lament, but (AL)the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but (AM)your sorrow will turn into joy. 21 (AN)When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 (AO)So also you have sorrow now, but (AP)I will see you again, and (AQ)your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. 23 (AR)In that day you will (AS)ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, (AT)whatever you ask of the Father in my name, (AU)he will give it to you. 24 Until now you have asked nothing in my name. (AV)Ask, and you will receive, (AW)that your joy may be full.
I Have Overcome the World
25 “I have said these things to you in figures of speech. (AX)The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. 26 In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; 27 (AY)for the Father himself loves you, because (AZ)you have loved me and (BA)have believed that I came from God.[a] 28 (BB)I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now (BC)I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”
29 His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not (BD)using figurative speech! 30 Now we know that (BE)you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that (BF)you came from God.” 31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? 32 Behold, (BG)the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when (BH)you will be scattered, each to his own home, and (BI)will leave me alone. (BJ)Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. 33 I have said these things to you, that (BK)in me you may have peace. (BL)In the world you will have (BM)tribulation. But (BN)take heart; (BO)I have overcome the world.”
The High Priestly Prayer
17 When Jesus had spoken these words, (BP)he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, (BQ)the hour has come; (BR)glorify your Son that the Son may (BS)glorify you, 2 since (BT)you have given him authority over all flesh, (BU)to give eternal life to all (BV)whom you have given him. 3 (BW)And this is eternal life, (BX)that they know you, (BY)the only (BZ)true God, and (CA)Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4 I (CB)glorified you on earth, (CC)having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, (CD)glorify me in your own presence with the glory (CE)that I had with you (CF)before the world existed.
6 (CG)“I have manifested your name to the people (CH)whom you gave me out of the world. (CI)Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything (CJ)that you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them (CK)the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that (CL)I came from you; and (CM)they have believed that you sent me. 9 I am praying for them. (CN)I am not praying for the world but for those (CO)whom you have given me, for (CP)they are yours. 10 (CQ)All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and (CR)I am glorified in them. 11 And I am no longer in the world, but (CS)they are in the world, and (CT)I am coming to you. (CU)Holy Father, (CV)keep them in your name, (CW)which you have given me, (CX)that they may be one, (CY)even as we are one. 12 (CZ)While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have (DA)guarded them, and (DB)not one of them has been lost except (DC)the son of destruction, (DD)that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now (DE)I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have (DF)my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 (DG)I have given them your word, and (DH)the world has hated them (DI)because they are not of the world, (DJ)just as I am not of the world. 15 I (DK)do not ask that you (DL)take them out of the world, but that you (DM)keep them from (DN)the evil one.[b] 16 (DO)They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 (DP)Sanctify them[c] in the truth; (DQ)your word is truth. 18 (DR)As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And (DS)for their sake (DT)I consecrate myself,[d] that they also (DU)may be sanctified[e] in truth.
20 “I do not (DV)ask for these only, but also for those (DW)who will believe in me through their word, 21 (DX)that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that (DY)they also may be in (DZ)us, so that the world (EA)may believe that you have sent me. 22 (EB)The glory that you have given me (EC)I have given to them, (ED)that they may be one even as we are one, 23 (EE)I in them and you in me, (EF)that they may become perfectly one, (EG)so that the world may know that you sent me and (EH)loved them even as (EI)you loved me. 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be (EJ)with me (EK)where I am, (EL)to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me (EM)before the foundation of the world. 25 (EN)O righteous Father, even though (EO)the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26 (EP)I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love (EQ)with which you have loved me may be in them, and (ER)I in them.”
Footnotes
- John 16:27 Some manuscripts from the Father
- John 17:15 Or from evil
- John 17:17 Greek Set them apart (for holy service to God)
- John 17:19 Or I sanctify myself; or I set myself apart (for holy service to God)
- John 17:19 Greek may be set apart (for holy service to God)
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