Jeremiah 45-47

English Standard Version

Message to Baruch

45 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to ^(A)Baruch the son of Neriah, ^(B)when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, ^(C)in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: ²“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: ³You said, ^(D)‘Woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain. ^(E)I am weary with my groaning, ^(F)and I find no rest.’ ⁴Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: ^(G)Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land. ⁵And ^(H)do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, ^(I)I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give you ^(J)your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.”

Judgment on Egypt

46 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet ^(K)concerning the nations.

²About Egypt. ^(L)Concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in ^(M)the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

³^(N)“Prepare buckler and shield,
    and advance for battle!
⁴^(O)Harness the horses;
    mount, O horsemen!
Take your stations with your helmets,
    ^(P)polish your spears,
    put on your armor!
⁵Why have I seen it?
They are dismayed
    and have turned backward.
Their ^(Q)warriors are beaten down
    and have fled in haste;
^(R)they look not back—
    ^(S)terror on every side!
declares the Lord.

⁶“The swift cannot flee away,
nor the warrior escape;
^(T)in the north by the river Euphrates
^(U)they have stumbled and fallen.

⁷“Who is this, ^(V)rising like the Nile,
    like rivers ^(W)whose waters surge?
⁸Egypt rises like the Nile,
    like rivers ^(X)whose waters surge.
He said, ‘I will rise, I will cover the earth,
    I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.’
⁹^(Y)Advance, O horses,
    and rage, O chariots!
Let the warriors go out:
    men of Cush and ^(Z)Put who handle the shield,
    ^(AA)men of Lud, skilled in handling the bow.
¹⁰^(AB)That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts,
    ^(AC)a day of vengeance,
    ^(AD)to avenge himself on his foes.
^(AE)The sword shall devour and be sated
    and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord God of hosts holds ^(AF)a sacrifice
    ^(AG)in the north country ^(AH)by the river Euphrates.
¹¹^(AI)Go up to Gilead, and take ^(AJ)balm,
    O virgin daughter of Egypt!
In vain you have used many medicines;
    ^(AK)there is no healing for you.
¹²The nations have heard of your shame,
    and the earth is full of your cry;
^(AL)for warrior has stumbled against warrior;
    they have both fallen together.”

¹³The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of ^(AM)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:

¹⁴“Declare in Egypt, and proclaim in ^(AN)Migdol;
    proclaim in ^(AO)Memphis and ^(AP)Tahpanhes;
say, ^(AQ)‘Stand ready and be prepared,
    for ^(AR)the sword shall devour around you.’
¹⁵Why are your mighty ones face down?
    They do not stand^[a]
    because the Lord thrust them down.
¹⁶He made many stumble, ^(AS)and they fell,
    and they said one to another,
‘Arise, and let us go back to our own people
    and to the land of our birth,
    ^(AT)because of the sword of the oppressor.’
¹⁷Call the name of ^(AU)Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
    ‘Noisy one who lets the hour go by.’

¹⁸^(AV)“As I live, declares the King,
    ^(AW)whose name is the Lord of hosts,
like ^(AX)Tabor among the mountains
    and like ^(AY)Carmel by the sea, shall one come.
¹⁹^(AZ)Prepare yourselves baggage for exile,
    O ^(BA)inhabitants of Egypt!
For ^(BB)Memphis shall become a waste,
    a ruin, ^(BC)without inhabitant.

²⁰“A beautiful ^(BD)heifer is Egypt,
    but a biting fly ^(BE)from the north has come upon her.
²¹Even her hired soldiers in her midst
    are like ^(BF)fattened calves;
yes, they have turned and fled together;
    they did not stand,
for the day of their calamity has come upon them,
    ^(BG)the time of their punishment.

²²“She makes ^(BH)a sound like a serpent gliding away;
    for her enemies march in force
and come against her with axes
    ^(BI)like those who fell trees.
²³^(BJ)They shall cut down her forest,
declares the Lord,
    though it is impenetrable,
because ^(BK)they are more numerous than locusts;
    they are without number.
²⁴The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame;
    she shall be delivered into the hand of ^(BL)a people from the north.”

²⁵The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, said: “Behold, I am bringing punishment upon ^(BM)Amon of ^(BN)Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt ^(BO)and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him. ²⁶^(BP)I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their life, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. ^(BQ)Afterward Egypt shall be inhabited ^(BR)as in the days of old, declares the Lord.

²⁷^(BS)“But fear not, O Jacob my servant,
    nor be dismayed, O Israel,
for behold, I will save you from far away,
    and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
    and none shall make him afraid.
²⁸^(BT)Fear not, O Jacob my servant,
declares the Lord,
    for I am with you.
I will make a full end of all the nations
    to which I have driven you,
    but of you I will not make a full end.
^(BU)I will discipline you in just measure,
    and I will by no means leave you unpunished.”

Judgment on the Philistines

47 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet ^(BV)concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down ^(BW)Gaza.

²“Thus says the Lord:
^(BX)Behold, waters are rising ^(BY)out of the north,
    ^(BZ)and shall become an overflowing torrent;
they shall overflow ^(CA)the land and all that fills it,
    the city and those who dwell in it.
Men shall cry out,
    and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.
³At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
    ^(CB)at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels,
the fathers ^(CC)look not back to their children,
    so feeble are their hands,
⁴because of the day that is coming to destroy
    all ^(CD)the Philistines,
to cut off from ^(CE)Tyre and Sidon
    every helper that remains.
For the Lord is destroying the Philistines,
    ^(CF)the remnant of the coastland of ^(CG)Caphtor.
⁵^(CH)Baldness has come upon Gaza;
    ^(CI)Ashkelon has perished.
O remnant of their valley,
    ^(CJ)how long will you gash yourselves?
⁶^(CK)Ah, sword of the Lord!
    How long till you are quiet?
Put yourself into your scabbard;
    rest and be still!
⁷How can it^[b] be quiet
    ^(CL)when the Lord has given it a charge?
Against ^(CM)Ashkelon and against the seashore
    ^(CN)he has appointed it.”

Footnotes

Jeremiah 46:15 Hebrew He does not stand
Jeremiah 47:7 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew you

Psalm 105

English Standard Version

Tell of All His Wondrous Works

105 ^(A)Oh give thanks to the Lord; ^(B)call upon his name;
    ^(C)make known his deeds among the peoples!
²Sing to him, sing praises to him;
    ^(D)tell of all his wondrous works!
³Glory in his holy name;
    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
⁴Seek the Lord and his ^(E)strength;
    ^(F)seek his presence continually!
⁵Remember the ^(G)wondrous works that he has done,
    his miracles, and ^(H)the judgments he uttered,
⁶O offspring of ^(I)Abraham, his servant,
    children of Jacob, his ^(J)chosen ones!

⁷He is the Lord our God;
    his ^(K)judgments are in all the earth.
⁸He ^(L)remembers his covenant forever,
    the word that he commanded, for ^(M)a thousand generations,
⁹^(N)the covenant that he made with Abraham,
    his ^(O)sworn promise to Isaac,
¹⁰which he confirmed to ^(P)Jacob as a statute,
    to Israel as an everlasting covenant,
¹¹saying, ^(Q)“To you I will give the land of Canaan
    as ^(R)your portion for an inheritance.”

¹²When they were ^(S)few in number,
    of little account, and ^(T)sojourners in it,
¹³wandering from nation to nation,
    from one kingdom to another people,
¹⁴he ^(U)allowed no one to oppress them;
    he ^(V)rebuked kings on their account,
¹⁵saying, ^(W)“Touch not my anointed ones,
    do my prophets no harm!”

¹⁶When he ^(X)summoned a famine on the land
    and ^(Y)broke all supply^[a] of bread,
¹⁷he had ^(Z)sent a man ahead of them,
    Joseph, who was ^(AA)sold as a slave.
¹⁸His ^(AB)feet were hurt with fetters;
    his neck was put in a collar of iron;
¹⁹until ^(AC)what he had said came to pass,
    the word of the Lord ^(AD)tested him.
²⁰^(AE)The king sent and ^(AF)released him;
    the ruler of the peoples set him free;
²¹he ^(AG)made him lord of his house
    and ruler of all his possessions,
²²to bind^[b] his princes at his pleasure
    and to teach his elders wisdom.

²³Then ^(AH)Israel came to Egypt;
    Jacob ^(AI)sojourned in ^(AJ)the land of Ham.
²⁴And the Lord ^(AK)made his people very fruitful
    and made them stronger than their foes.
²⁵He ^(AL)turned their hearts to hate his people,
    to ^(AM)deal craftily with his servants.

²⁶He ^(AN)sent Moses, his servant,
    and Aaron, ^(AO)whom he had chosen.
²⁷^(AP)They performed his signs among them
    and miracles in ^(AQ)the land of Ham.
²⁸He ^(AR)sent darkness, and made the land dark;
    they ^(AS)did not rebel^[c] against his words.
²⁹He turned their waters into blood
    and ^(AT)caused their fish to die.
³⁰Their land swarmed with frogs,
    even in ^(AU)the chambers of their kings.
³¹He spoke, and there came ^(AV)swarms of flies,
    ^(AW)and gnats throughout their country.
³²He gave them hail for rain,
    and fiery ^(AX)lightning bolts through their land.
³³He struck down their vines and fig trees,
    and ^(AY)shattered the trees of their country.
³⁴He spoke, and the ^(AZ)locusts came,
    young locusts without number,
³⁵which devoured all the vegetation in their land
    and ate up the fruit of their ground.
³⁶He ^(BA)struck down all the firstborn in their land,
    ^(BB)the firstfruits of all their strength.

³⁷Then he brought out Israel with ^(BC)silver and gold,
and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
³⁸^(BD)Egypt was glad when they departed,
for ^(BE)dread of them had fallen upon it.

³⁹He ^(BF)spread a cloud for a covering,
    and fire to give light by night.
⁴⁰^(BG)They asked, and he ^(BH)brought quail,
    and gave them ^(BI)bread from heaven in abundance.
⁴¹He opened the rock, and ^(BJ)water gushed out;
    it flowed through ^(BK)the desert like a river.
⁴²For he ^(BL)remembered his holy promise,
    and ^(BM)Abraham, his servant.

⁴³So he brought his people out with joy,
    his ^(BN)chosen ones with ^(BO)singing.
⁴⁴And he ^(BP)gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
⁴⁵that they might ^(BQ)keep his statutes
    and ^(BR)observe his laws.
^(BS)Praise the Lord!

Footnotes

Psalm 105:16 Hebrew staff
Psalm 105:22 Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome instruct
Psalm 105:28 Septuagint, Syriac omit not

John 21

English Standard Version

Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples

21 After this Jesus ^(A)revealed himself ^(B)again to the disciples by ^(C)the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. ²Simon Peter, ^(D)Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of ^(E)Cana in Galilee, ^(F)the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together. ³Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but ^(G)that night they caught nothing.

⁴Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples ^(H)did not know that it was Jesus. ⁵^(I)Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.” ⁶^(J)He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. ⁷That disciple ^(K)whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, ^(L)he put on his outer garment, for he was ^(M)stripped for work, and ^(N)threw himself into the sea. ⁸The other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards^[a] off.

⁹When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire in place, with fish laid out on it, and bread. ¹⁰Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” ¹¹So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, 153 of them. And although there were so many, the net was not torn. ¹²Jesus said to them, ^(O)“Come and ^(P)have breakfast.” Now ^(Q)none of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. ¹³Jesus came and ^(R)took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. ¹⁴^(S)This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.

Jesus and Peter

¹⁵When they had ^(T)finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ^(U)“Simon, ^(V)son of John, ^(W)do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed ^(X)my lambs.” ¹⁶He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, ^(Y)“Tend ^(Z)my sheep.” ¹⁷He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him ^(AA)the third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, ^(AB)you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed ^(AC)my sheep. ¹⁸^(AD)Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, ^(AE)you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.” ¹⁹(This he said to show ^(AF)by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, ^(AG)“Follow me.”

Jesus and the Beloved Apostle

²⁰Peter turned and saw ^(AH)the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, ^(AI)the one who also had leaned back against him during the supper and had said, “Lord, who is it that is going to betray you?” ²¹When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord, what about this man?” ²²Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain ^(AJ)until ^(AK)I come, what is that to you? ^(AL)You follow me!” ²³So the saying spread abroad among ^(AM)the brothers^[b] that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?”

²⁴This is the disciple ^(AN)who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and ^(AO)we know ^(AP)that his testimony is true.

²⁵Now ^(AQ)there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that ^(AR)the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.