Micah 6-7
English Standard Version
The Indictment of the Lord
6 (A)Hear what the Lord says:
Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.
2 (B)Hear, you mountains, (C)the indictment of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has an indictment against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.
3 “O my people, (D)what have I done to you?
(E)How have I wearied you? Answer me!
4 For (F)I brought you up from the land of Egypt
and (G)redeemed you from the house of slavery,
and I sent before you Moses,
Aaron, and (H)Miriam.
5 O my people, remember (I)what Balak king of Moab devised,
and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from (J)Shittim to Gilgal,
that you may know (K)the righteous acts of the Lord.”
What Does the Lord Require?
6 (L)“With what shall I come before the Lord,
and bow myself before (M)God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 (N)Will the Lord be pleased with[a] thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
(O)Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and (P)what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,[b]
and to (Q)walk humbly with your God?
Destruction of the Wicked
9 The voice of the Lord cries to the city—
and it is sound wisdom to fear (R)your name:
“Hear of (S)the rod and of him who appointed it![c]
10 Can I forget any longer the treasures[d] of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is accursed?
11 Shall I acquit the man (T)with wicked scales
and with a bag of deceitful weights?
12 Your[e] rich men are (U)full of violence;
your inhabitants (V)speak lies,
and (W)their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,
(X)making you desolate because of your sins.
14 (Y)You shall eat, but not be satisfied,
and there shall be hunger within you;
you shall put away, but not preserve,
and what you preserve I will give to the sword.
15 (Z)You shall sow, but not reap;
you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
16 For you have kept the statutes of (AA)Omri,[f]
and all the works of the house of (AB)Ahab;
and you have walked in their counsels,
that I may make you (AC)a desolation, and your[g] inhabitants (AD)a hissing;
so you shall bear (AE)the scorn of my people.”
Wait for the God of Salvation
7 Woe is me! For I have become
(AF)as when the summer fruit has been gathered,
as when the grapes have been gleaned:
there is no cluster to eat,
no (AG)first-ripe fig that my soul desires.
2 (AH)The godly has perished from the earth,
and (AI)there is no one upright among mankind;
(AJ)they all lie in wait for blood,
and (AK)each hunts the other with a net.
3 (AL)Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
(AM)the prince and (AN)the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
4 The best of them is (AO)like a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of (AP)your watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
(AQ)now their confusion is at hand.
5 (AR)Put no trust in a neighbor;
have no confidence in a friend;
guard (AS)the doors of your mouth
from her who lies in your arms;[h]
6 for (AT)the son treats the father with contempt,
the daughter rises up against her mother,
the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
(AU)a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
(AV)I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.
8 (AW)Rejoice not over me, O (AX)my enemy;
(AY)when I fall, I shall rise;
(AZ)when I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.
9 (BA)I will bear the indignation of the Lord
because I have sinned against him,
until (BB)he pleads my cause
and executes judgment for me.
(BC)He will bring me out to the light;
I shall look upon his vindication.
10 Then (BD)my enemy will see,
and shame will cover her who (BE)said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”
(BF)My eyes will look upon her;
now she will be trampled down
(BG)like the mire of the streets.
11 (BH)A day for the building of your walls!
In that day the boundary shall be far extended.
12 In that day they[i] will come to you,
(BI)from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
and from Egypt to (BJ)the River,[j]
(BK)from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.
13 But (BL)the earth will be desolate
because of its inhabitants,
for the fruit of their deeds.
14 (BM)Shepherd your people (BN)with your staff,
the flock of your inheritance,
who dwell alone in a forest
(BO)in the midst of (BP)a garden land;[k]
let them graze in Bashan and Gilead
as in the days of old.
15 (BQ)As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt,
I will show them[l] marvelous things.
16 (BR)The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might;
(BS)they shall lay their hands on their mouths;
their ears shall be deaf;
17 (BT)they shall lick the dust like a serpent,
like the crawling things of the earth;
(BU)they shall come trembling out of their strongholds;
(BV)they shall turn in dread to the Lord our God,
and they shall be in fear of you.
God's Steadfast Love and Compassion
18 (BW)Who is a God like you, (BX)pardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
(BY)for the remnant of his inheritance?
(BZ)He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will (CA)again have compassion on us;
(CB)he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
(CC)You will cast all our[m] sins
into the depths of the sea.
20 (CD)You will show faithfulness to Jacob
and steadfast love to Abraham,
(CE)as you have sworn to our fathers
from the days of old.
Footnotes
- Micah 6:7 Or Will the Lord accept
- Micah 6:8 Or steadfast love
- Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Micah 6:10 Or Are there still treasures
- Micah 6:12 Hebrew whose
- Micah 6:16 Hebrew For the statutes of Omri are kept
- Micah 6:16 Hebrew its
- Micah 7:5 Hebrew bosom
- Micah 7:12 Hebrew he
- Micah 7:12 That is, the Euphrates
- Micah 7:14 Hebrew of Carmel
- Micah 7:15 Hebrew him
- Micah 7:19 Hebrew their
Luke 22:21-46
English Standard Version
21 (A)But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is (B)with me on the table. 22 For the Son of Man goes (C)as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!” 23 And they began to question one another, which of them it could be who was going to do this.
Who Is the Greatest?
24 (D)A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. 25 (E)And he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles (F)exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors. 26 (G)But not so with you. Rather, let (H)the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves. 27 For who is the greater, (I)one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But (J)I am among you as the one who serves.
28 “You are those who have stayed with me (K)in my trials, 29 and (L)I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, 30 (M)that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and (N)sit on thrones judging (O)the twelve tribes of Israel.
Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial
31 “Simon, Simon, behold, (P)Satan demanded to have you,[a] (Q)that he might sift you like wheat, 32 but (R)I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, (S)strengthen your brothers.” 33 Peter[b] said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both (T)to prison and (U)to death.” 34 (V)Jesus[c] said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you deny three times that you know me.”
Scripture Must Be Fulfilled in Jesus
35 And he said to them, (W)“When I sent you out with no moneybag or knapsack or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.” 36 He said to them, “But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one. 37 For I tell you that (X)this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: (Y)‘And he was numbered with the transgressors.’ For (Z)what is written about me has its fulfillment.” 38 And they said, “Look, Lord, here are two (AA)swords.” And he said to them, (AB)“It is enough.”
Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives
39 (AC)And he came out and went, (AD)as was his custom, to (AE)the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. 40 (AF)And when he came to (AG)the place, he said to them, (AH)“Pray that you may not (AI)enter into temptation.” 41 And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and (AJ)knelt down and prayed, 42 saying, (AK)“Father, if you are willing, remove (AL)this cup from me. (AM)Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” 43 And there appeared to him (AN)an angel from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And (AO)being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.[d] 45 And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow, 46 and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and (AP)pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Luke 22:31 The Greek word for you (twice in this verse) is plural; in verse 32, all four instances are singular
- Luke 22:33 Greek He
- Luke 22:34 Greek He
- Luke 22:44 Some manuscripts omit verses 43 and 44
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