The Reign of the Lords Anointed.

Why are (A)the [a]nations restless
And the peoples (B)plotting in vain?
The (C)kings of the earth take their stand
And the rulers conspire together
(D)Against the Lord and against His [b](E)Anointed, saying,
“Let’s (F)tear their shackles apart
And throw their ropes away from us!”

He who [c]sits in the heavens (G)laughs,
The Lord (H)scoffs at them.
Then He will speak to them in His (I)anger
And (J)terrify them in His fury, saying,

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  1. Psalm 2:1 Or Gentiles
  2. Psalm 2:2 Or Messiah
  3. Psalm 2:4 Or is enthroned

10 For (A)you have forgotten the (B)God of your salvation
And have not remembered the (C)rock of your refuge.
Therefore you plant delightful plants
And set them with vine shoots of a strange god.
11 On the day that you plant it you carefully fence it in,
And in the (D)morning you bring your seed to blossom;
But the harvest will (E)flee
On a day of illness and incurable pain.

12 Oh, the uproar of many peoples
(F)Who roar like the roaring of the seas,
And the rumbling of nations
Who rush on like the (G)rumbling of mighty waters!
13 The (H)nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters,
But He will (I)rebuke them, and they will flee far away,
And be chased (J)like chaff on the mountains before the wind,
Or like whirling dust before a gale.
14 At evening time, behold, there is terror!
Before morning (K)they are gone.
This will be the [a]fate of those who plunder us
And the lot of those who pillage us.

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  1. Isaiah 17:14 Lit portion

11 Woe to them! For they have gone (A)the way of Cain, and for pay [a]they have given themselves up to (B)the error of Balaam, and (C)perished in the rebellion of Korah. 12 These are the ones who are [b]hidden reefs (D)in your love feasts when they feast with you (E)without fear, like shepherds caring only for themselves; (F)clouds without water, (G)carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, [c]doubly dead, (H)uprooted; 13 (I)wild waves of the sea, churning up (J)their own shameful deeds like dirty foam; wandering stars, (K)for whom the [d]gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.

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  1. Jude 1:11 Lit they have poured themselves out
  2. Jude 1:12 Or stains
  3. Jude 1:12 Lit twice
  4. Jude 1:13 Or netherworld gloom

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