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

John 18

English Standard Version

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

18 When Jesus had spoken these words, ^(A)he went out with his disciples across ^(B)the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. ²Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew ^(C)the place, for ^(D)Jesus often met there with his disciples. ³^(E)So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. ⁴Then Jesus, ^(F)knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, ^(G)“Whom do you seek?” ⁵They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.”^[a] Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. ⁶^(H)When Jesus^[b] said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. ⁷So he asked them again, ^(I)“Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.” ⁸Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.” ⁹^(J)This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.” ¹⁰Then Simon Peter, ^(K)having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant^[c] and cut off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.) ¹¹So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; ^(L)shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?”

Jesus Faces Annas and Caiaphas

¹²So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews^[d] arrested Jesus and bound him. ¹³First they ^(M)led him to ^(N)Annas, for he was the father-in-law of ^(O)Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. ¹⁴It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews ^(P)that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.

Peter Denies Jesus

¹⁵^(Q)Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest, ¹⁶^(R)but Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the servant girl who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in. ¹⁷^(S)The servant girl at the door said to Peter, “You also are not one of this man's disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.” ¹⁸Now the servants^[e] and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. ^(T)Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

¹⁹^(U)The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. ²⁰Jesus answered him, “I have spoken ^(V)openly ^(W)to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. ^(X)I have said nothing in secret. ²¹Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them; they know what I said.” ²²When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, ^(Y)“Is that how you answer the high priest?” ²³Jesus answered him, “If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is right, why do you strike me?” ²⁴^(Z)Annas then sent him bound to ^(AA)Caiaphas the high priest.

Peter Denies Jesus Again

²⁵^(AB)Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, “You also are not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it and said, “I am not.” ²⁶One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of ^(AC)the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Did I not see you ^(AD)in the garden with him?” ²⁷Peter again denied it, and ^(AE)at once a rooster crowed.

Jesus Before Pilate

²⁸^(AF)Then they led Jesus ^(AG)from the house of Caiaphas to ^(AH)the governor's headquarters.^[f] It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, ^(AI)so that they would not be defiled, ^(AJ)but could eat the Passover. ²⁹^(AK)So Pilate went outside to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” ³⁰They answered him, “If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you.” ³¹Pilate said to them, ^(AL)“Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death.” ³²^(AM)This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken ^(AN)to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

My Kingdom Is Not of This World

³³^(AO)So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him, ^(AP)“Are you the King of the Jews?” ³⁴Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?” ³⁵Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” ³⁶Jesus answered, ^(AQ)“My kingdom ^(AR)is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, ^(AS)my servants would have been fighting, that ^(AT)I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” ³⁷Then Pilate said to him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, ^(AU)“You say that I am a king. ^(AV)For this purpose I was born and for this purpose ^(AW)I have come into the world—^(AX)to bear witness to the truth. ^(AY)Everyone who is ^(AZ)of the truth ^(BA)listens to my voice.” ³⁸Pilate said to him, “What is truth?”

After he had said this, ^(BB)he went back outside to the Jews and told them, ^(BC)“I find no guilt in him. ³⁹^(BD)But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?” ⁴⁰They cried out again, ^(BE)“Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.^[g]

Footnotes

John 18:5 Greek I am; also verses 6, 8
John 18:6 Greek he
John 18:10 Or bondservant; twice in this verse
John 18:12 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 14, 31, 36, 38
John 18:18 Or bondservants; also verse 26
John 18:28 Greek the praetorium
John 18:40 Or an insurrectionist