Jeremiah 47-48

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A Message About the Philistines

47 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines^(A) before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:^(B)

²This is what the Lord says:

“See how the waters are rising in the north;^(C)
    they will become an overflowing torrent.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,
    the towns and those who live in them.
The people will cry out;
    all who dwell in the land will wail^(D)
³at the sound of the hooves of galloping steeds,
    at the noise of enemy chariots^(E)
    and the rumble of their wheels.
Parents will not turn to help their children;
    their hands will hang limp.^(F)
⁴For the day has come
    to destroy all the Philistines
and to remove all survivors
    who could help Tyre^(G) and Sidon.^(H)
The Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,^(I)
    the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.^[a]^(J)
⁵Gaza will shave^(K) her head in mourning;
    Ashkelon^(L) will be silenced.
You remnant on the plain,
    how long will you cut^(M) yourselves?

⁶“‘Alas, sword^(N) of the Lord,
    how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
    cease and be still.’^(O)
⁷But how can it rest
    when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
    to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”^(P)

A Message About Moab^(Q)

48 Concerning Moab:^(R)

This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:

“Woe to Nebo,^(S) for it will be ruined.
    Kiriathaim^(T) will be disgraced and captured;
    the stronghold^[b] will be disgraced and shattered.
²Moab will be praised^(U) no more;
    in Heshbon^[c]^(V) people will plot her downfall:
    ‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’^(W)
You, the people of Madmen,^[d] will also be silenced;
    the sword will pursue you.
³Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,^(X)
    cries of great havoc and destruction.
⁴Moab will be broken;
    her little ones will cry out.^[e]
⁵They go up the hill to Luhith,^(Y)
    weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim^(Z)
    anguished cries over the destruction are heard.
⁶Flee!^(AA) Run for your lives;
    become like a bush^[f] in the desert.^(AB)
⁷Since you trust in your deeds and riches,^(AC)
    you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh^(AD) will go into exile,^(AE)
    together with his priests and officials.^(AF)
⁸The destroyer^(AG) will come against every town,
    and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
    and the plateau^(AH) destroyed,
    because the Lord has spoken.
⁹Put salt^(AI) on Moab,
    for she will be laid waste^[g];^(AJ)
her towns will become desolate,
    with no one to live in them.

¹⁰“A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
A curse on anyone who keeps their sword^(AK) from bloodshed!^(AL)

¹¹“Moab has been at rest^(AM) from youth,
    like wine left on its dregs,^(AN)
not poured from one jar to another—
    she has not gone into exile.
So she tastes as she did,
    and her aroma is unchanged.
¹²But days are coming,”
    declares the Lord,
“when I will send men who pour from pitchers,
    and they will pour her out;
they will empty her pitchers
    and smash her jars.
¹³Then Moab will be ashamed^(AO) of Chemosh,^(AP)
    as Israel was ashamed
    when they trusted in Bethel.^(AQ)

¹⁴“How can you say, ‘We are warriors,^(AR)
    men valiant in battle’?
¹⁵Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded;
    her finest young men^(AS) will go down in the slaughter,^(AT)”
    declares the King,^(AU) whose name is the Lord Almighty.^(AV)
¹⁶“The fall of Moab is at hand;^(AW)
    her calamity will come quickly.
¹⁷Mourn for her, all who live around her,
    all who know her fame;^(AX)
say, ‘How broken is the mighty scepter,^(AY)
    how broken the glorious staff!’

¹⁸“Come down from your glory
    and sit on the parched ground,^(AZ)
    you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,^(BA)
for the one who destroys Moab
    will come up against you
    and ruin your fortified cities.^(BB)
¹⁹Stand by the road and watch,
    you who live in Aroer.^(BC)
Ask the man fleeing and the woman escaping,
    ask them, ‘What has happened?’
²⁰Moab is disgraced, for she is shattered.
    Wail^(BD) and cry out!
Announce by the Arnon^(BE)
    that Moab is destroyed.
²¹Judgment has come to the plateau^(BF)—
    to Holon,^(BG) Jahzah^(BH) and Mephaath,^(BI)
²²    to Dibon,^(BJ) Nebo^(BK) and Beth Diblathaim,
²³    to Kiriathaim,^(BL) Beth Gamul and Beth Meon,^(BM)
²⁴    to Kerioth^(BN) and Bozrah^(BO)—
    to all the towns^(BP) of Moab, far and near.
²⁵Moab’s horn^[h]^(BQ) is cut off;
    her arm^(BR) is broken,”
declares the Lord.

²⁶“Make her drunk,^(BS)
    for she has defied^(BT) the Lord.
Let Moab wallow in her vomit;^(BU)
    let her be an object of ridicule.^(BV)
²⁷Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?^(BW)
    Was she caught among thieves,^(BX)
that you shake your head^(BY) in scorn^(BZ)
    whenever you speak of her?
²⁸Abandon your towns and dwell among the rocks,
    you who live in Moab.
Be like a dove^(CA) that makes its nest
    at the mouth of a cave.^(CB)

²⁹“We have heard of Moab’s pride^(CC)—
    how great is her arrogance!—
of her insolence, her pride, her conceit
    and the haughtiness^(CD) of her heart.
³⁰I know her insolence but it is futile,”
declares the Lord,
    “and her boasts^(CE) accomplish nothing.
³¹Therefore I wail^(CF) over Moab,
    for all Moab I cry out,
    I moan for the people of Kir Hareseth.^(CG)
³²I weep for you, as Jazer^(CH) weeps,
    you vines of Sibmah.^(CI)
Your branches spread as far as the sea^[i];
    they reached as far as^[j] Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen
    on your ripened fruit and grapes.
³³Joy and gladness are gone
    from the orchards and fields of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine^(CJ) from the presses;
    no one treads them with shouts of joy.^(CK)
Although there are shouts,
    they are not shouts of joy.

³⁴“The sound of their cry rises
    from Heshbon^(CL) to Elealeh^(CM) and Jahaz,^(CN)
from Zoar^(CO) as far as Horonaim^(CP) and Eglath Shelishiyah,
    for even the waters of Nimrim are dried up.^(CQ)
³⁵In Moab I will put an end
    to those who make offerings on the high places^(CR)
    and burn incense^(CS) to their gods,”
declares the Lord.
³⁶“So my heart laments^(CT) for Moab like the music of a pipe;
    it laments like a pipe for the people of Kir Hareseth.^(CU)
    The wealth they acquired^(CV) is gone.
³⁷Every head is shaved^(CW)
    and every beard^(CX) cut off;
every hand is slashed
    and every waist is covered with sackcloth.^(CY)
³⁸On all the roofs in Moab
    and in the public squares^(CZ)
there is nothing but mourning,
    for I have broken Moab
    like a jar^(DA) that no one wants,”
declares the Lord.
³⁹“How shattered^(DB) she is! How they wail!
    How Moab turns her back in shame!
Moab has become an object of ridicule,^(DC)
    an object of horror to all those around her.”

⁴⁰This is what the Lord says:

“Look! An eagle is swooping^(DD) down,
    spreading its wings^(DE) over Moab.
⁴¹Kerioth^[k]^(DF) will be captured
    and the strongholds taken.
In that day the hearts of Moab’s warriors^(DG)
    will be like the heart of a woman in labor.^(DH)
⁴²Moab will be destroyed^(DI) as a nation^(DJ)
    because she defied^(DK) the Lord.
⁴³Terror^(DL) and pit and snare^(DM) await you,
    you people of Moab,”
declares the Lord.
⁴⁴“Whoever flees^(DN) from the terror
    will fall into a pit,
whoever climbs out of the pit
    will be caught in a snare;
for I will bring on Moab
    the year^(DO) of her punishment,”
declares the Lord.

⁴⁵“In the shadow of Heshbon
    the fugitives stand helpless,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
    a blaze from the midst of Sihon;^(DP)
it burns the foreheads of Moab,
    the skulls^(DQ) of the noisy boasters.
⁴⁶Woe to you, Moab!^(DR)
    The people of Chemosh are destroyed;
your sons are taken into exile
    and your daughters into captivity.

⁴⁷“Yet I will restore^(DS) the fortunes of Moab
in days to come,”
declares the Lord.

Here ends the judgment on Moab.

Footnotes

Jeremiah 47:4 That is, Crete
Jeremiah 48:1 Or captured; / Misgab
Jeremiah 48:2 The Hebrew for Heshbon sounds like the Hebrew for plot.
Jeremiah 48:2 The name of the Moabite town Madmen sounds like the Hebrew for be silenced.
Jeremiah 48:4 Hebrew; Septuagint / proclaim it to Zoar
Jeremiah 48:6 Or like Aroer
Jeremiah 48:9 Or Give wings to Moab, / for she will fly away
Jeremiah 48:25 Horn here symbolizes strength.
Jeremiah 48:32 Probably the Dead Sea
Jeremiah 48:32 Two Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts as far as the Sea of
Jeremiah 48:41 Or The cities

Romans 5-6

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Peace and Hope

5 Therefore, since we have been justified^(A) through faith,^(B) we^[a] have peace^(C) with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,^(D) ²through whom we have gained access^(E) by faith into this grace in which we now stand.^(F) And we^[b] boast in the hope^(G) of the glory of God. ³Not only so, but we^[c] also glory in our sufferings,^(H) because we know that suffering produces perseverance;^(I) ⁴perseverance, character; and character, hope. ⁵And hope^(J) does not put us to shame, because God’s love^(K) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,^(L) who has been given to us.

⁶You see, at just the right time,^(M) when we were still powerless,^(N) Christ died for the ungodly.^(O) ⁷Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. ⁸But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.^(P)

⁹Since we have now been justified^(Q) by his blood,^(R) how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath^(S) through him! ¹⁰For if, while we were God’s enemies,^(T) we were reconciled^(U) to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!^(V) ¹¹Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.^(W)

Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

¹²Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,^(X) and death through sin,^(Y) and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned^(Z)—

¹³To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law.^(AA) ¹⁴Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam,^(AB) who is a pattern of the one to come.^(AC)

¹⁵But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man,^(AD) how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ,^(AE) overflow to the many! ¹⁶Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. ¹⁷For if, by the trespass of the one man, death^(AF) reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life^(AG) through the one man, Jesus Christ!

¹⁸Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people,^(AH) so also one righteous act resulted in justification^(AI) and life^(AJ) for all people. ¹⁹For just as through the disobedience of the one man^(AK) the many were made sinners,^(AL) so also through the obedience^(AM) of the one man the many will be made righteous.

²⁰The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase.^(AN) But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,^(AO) ²¹so that, just as sin reigned in death,^(AP) so also grace^(AQ) might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life^(AR) through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ

6 What shall we say, then?^(AS) Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?^(AT) ²By no means! We are those who have died to sin;^(AU) how can we live in it any longer? ³Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized^(AV) into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death^(AW) in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead^(AX) through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.^(AY)

⁵For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.^(AZ) ⁶For we know that our old self^(BA) was crucified with him^(BB) so that the body ruled by sin^(BC) might be done away with,^[d] that we should no longer be slaves to sin^(BD)— ⁷because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.^(BE)

⁸Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.^(BF) ⁹For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead,^(BG) he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.^(BH) ¹⁰The death he died, he died to sin^(BI) once for all;^(BJ) but the life he lives, he lives to God.

¹¹In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin^(BK) but alive to God in Christ Jesus. ¹²Therefore do not let sin reign^(BL) in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. ¹³Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness,^(BM) but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.^(BN) ¹⁴For sin shall no longer be your master,^(BO) because you are not under the law,^(BP) but under grace.^(BQ)

Slaves to Righteousness

¹⁵What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace?^(BR) By no means! ¹⁶Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey^(BS)—whether you are slaves to sin,^(BT) which leads to death,^(BU) or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? ¹⁷But thanks be to God^(BV) that, though you used to be slaves to sin,^(BW) you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching^(BX) that has now claimed your allegiance. ¹⁸You have been set free from sin^(BY) and have become slaves to righteousness.^(BZ)

¹⁹I am using an example from everyday life^(CA) because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness^(CB) leading to holiness. ²⁰When you were slaves to sin,^(CC) you were free from the control of righteousness.^(CD) ²¹What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!^(CE) ²²But now that you have been set free from sin^(CF) and have become slaves of God,^(CG) the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.^(CH) ²³For the wages of sin is death,^(CI) but the gift of God is eternal life^(CJ) in^[e] Christ Jesus our Lord.