Revelation 6
New King James Version
First Seal: The Conqueror
6 Now (A)I saw when the Lamb opened one of the [a]seals; and I heard (B)one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.” 2 And I looked, and behold, (C)a white horse. (D)He who sat on it had a bow; (E)and a crown was given to him, and he went out (F)conquering and to conquer.
Second Seal: Conflict on Earth
3 When He opened the second seal, (G)I heard the second living creature saying, “Come [b]and see.” 4 (H)Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to (I)take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.
Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth
5 When He opened the third seal, (J)I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, (K)a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of (L)scales[c] in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A [d]quart of wheat for a [e]denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and (M)do not harm the oil and the wine.”
Fourth Seal: Widespread Death on Earth
7 When He opened the fourth seal, (N)I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.” 8 (O)So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And [f]power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, (P)to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, (Q)and by the beasts of the earth.
Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs
9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under (R)the altar (S)the souls of those who had been slain (T)for the word of God and for (U)the testimony which they held. 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, (V)“How long, O Lord, (W)holy and true, (X)until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then a (Y)white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them (Z)that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.
Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances
12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, (AA)and [g]behold, there was a great earthquake; and (AB)the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the [h]moon became like blood. 13 (AC)And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. 14 (AD)Then the sky [i]receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and (AE)every mountain and island was moved out of its place. 15 And the (AF)kings of the earth, the great men, [j]the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, (AG)hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 (AH)and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who (AI)sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of His wrath has come, (AJ)and who is able to stand?”
Footnotes
- Revelation 6:1 NU, M seven seals
- Revelation 6:3 NU, M omit and see
- Revelation 6:5 balances
- Revelation 6:6 Gr. choinix, about 1 quart
- Revelation 6:6 About 1 day’s wage for a worker
- Revelation 6:8 authority
- Revelation 6:12 NU, M omit behold
- Revelation 6:12 NU, M whole moon
- Revelation 6:14 Or split apart
- Revelation 6:15 NU, M the commanders, the rich men,
Nehemiah 8:13-9:37
New King James Version
The Feast of Tabernacles(A)
13 Now on the second day the heads of the fathers’ houses of all the people, with the priests and Levites, were gathered to Ezra the scribe, in order to understand the words of the Law. 14 And they found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in (B)booths[a] during the feast of the seventh month, 15 and (C)that they should announce and proclaim in all their cities and (D)in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the mountain, and (E)bring olive branches, branches of oil trees, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
16 Then the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each one on the (F)roof of his house, or in their courtyards or the courts of the house of God, and in the open square of the (G)Water Gate (H)and in the open square of the Gate of Ephraim. 17 So the whole assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made [b]booths and sat under the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun until that day the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very (I)great gladness. 18 Also (J)day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read from the Book of the Law of God. And they kept the feast (K)seven days; and on the (L)eighth day there was a sacred assembly, according to the prescribed manner.
The People Confess Their Sins
9 Now on the twenty-fourth day of (M)this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sackcloth, (N)and with [c]dust on their heads. 2 Then (O)those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood and (P)confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. 3 And they stood up in their place and (Q)read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for one-fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God.
4 Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani stood on the [d]stairs of the Levites and cried out with a loud voice to the Lord their God. 5 And the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said:
“Stand up and bless the Lord your God
Forever and ever!
“Blessed be (R)Your glorious name,
Which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
6 (S)You alone are the Lord;
(T)You have made heaven,
(U)The heaven of heavens, with (V)all their host,
The earth and everything on it,
The seas and all that is in them,
And You (W)preserve them all.
The host of heaven worships You.
7 “You are the Lord God,
Who chose (X)Abram,
And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans,
And gave him the name (Y)Abraham;
8 You found his heart (Z)faithful before You,
And made a (AA)covenant with him
To give the land of the Canaanites,
The Hittites, the Amorites,
The Perizzites, the Jebusites,
And the Girgashites—
To give it to his descendants.
You (AB)have performed Your words,
For You are righteous.
9 “You(AC) saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt,
And (AD)heard their cry by the Red Sea.
10 You (AE)showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh,
Against all his servants,
And against all the people of his land.
For You knew that they (AF)acted [e]proudly against them.
So You (AG)made a name for Yourself, as it is this day.
11 (AH)And You divided the sea before them,
So that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land;
And their persecutors You threw into the deep,
(AI)As a stone into the mighty waters.
12 Moreover You (AJ)led them by day with a cloudy pillar,
And by night with a pillar of fire,
To give them light on the road
Which they should travel.
13 “You(AK) came down also on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven,
And gave them (AL)just ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.
14 You made known to them Your (AM)holy Sabbath,
And commanded them precepts, statutes and laws,
By the hand of Moses Your servant.
15 You (AN)gave them bread from heaven for their hunger,
And (AO)brought them water out of the rock for their thirst,
And told them to (AP)go in to possess the land
Which You had [f]sworn to give them.
16 “But(AQ) they and our fathers acted [g]proudly,
(AR)Hardened[h] their necks,
And did not heed Your commandments.
17 They refused to obey,
And (AS)they were not mindful of Your wonders
That You did among them.
But they hardened their necks,
And [i]in their rebellion
They appointed (AT)a leader
To return to their bondage.
But You are God,
Ready to pardon,
(AU)Gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger,
Abundant in kindness,
And did not forsake them.
18 “Even (AV)when they made a molded calf for themselves,
And said, ‘This is your god
That brought you up out of Egypt,’
And worked great provocations,
19 Yet in Your (AW)manifold mercies
You did not forsake them in the wilderness.
The (AX)pillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day,
To lead them on the road;
Nor the pillar of fire by night,
To show them light,
And the way they should go.
20 You also gave Your (AY)good Spirit to instruct them,
And did not withhold Your (AZ)manna from their mouth,
And gave them (BA)water for their thirst.
21 (BB)Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness;
They lacked nothing;
Their (BC)clothes did not wear out
And their feet did not swell.
22 “Moreover You gave them kingdoms and nations,
And divided them into [j]districts.
So they took possession of the land of (BD)Sihon,
[k]The land of the king of Heshbon,
And the land of Og king of Bashan.
23 You also multiplied (BE)their children as the stars of heaven,
And brought them into the land
Which You had told their fathers
To go in and possess.
24 So (BF)the [l]people went in
And possessed the land;
(BG)You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land,
The Canaanites,
And gave them into their hands,
With their kings
And the people of the land,
That they might do with them as they wished.
25 And they took strong cities and a (BH)rich land,
And possessed (BI)houses full of all goods,
Cisterns already dug, vineyards, olive groves,
And [m]fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate and were filled and (BJ)grew fat,
And delighted themselves in Your great (BK)goodness.
26 “Nevertheless they (BL)were disobedient
And rebelled against You,
(BM)Cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your (BN)prophets, who [n]testified against them
To turn them to Yourself;
And they worked great provocations.
27 (BO)Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies,
Who oppressed them;
And in the time of their trouble,
When they cried to You,
You (BP)heard from heaven;
And according to Your abundant mercies
(BQ)You gave them deliverers who saved them
From the hand of their enemies.
28 “But after they had rest,
(BR)They again did evil before You.
Therefore You left them in the hand of their enemies,
So that they had dominion over them;
Yet when they returned and cried out to You,
You heard from heaven;
And (BS)many times You delivered them according to Your mercies,
29 And [o]testified against them,
That You might bring them back to Your law.
Yet they acted [p]proudly,
And did not heed Your commandments,
But sinned against Your judgments,
(BT)‘Which if a man does, he shall live by them.’
And they shrugged their shoulders,
[q]Stiffened their necks,
And would not hear.
30 Yet for many years You had patience with them,
And [r]testified (BU)against them by Your Spirit (BV)in Your prophets.
Yet they would not listen;
(BW)Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
31 Nevertheless in Your great mercy
(BX)You did not utterly consume them nor forsake them;
For You are God, gracious and merciful.
32 “Now therefore, our God,
The great, the (BY)mighty, and awesome God,
Who keeps covenant and mercy:
Do not let all the [s]trouble seem small before You
That has come upon us,
Our kings and our princes,
Our priests and our prophets,
Our fathers and on all Your people,
(BZ)From the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.
33 However (CA)You are just in all that has befallen us;
For You have dealt faithfully,
But (CB)we have done wickedly.
34 Neither our kings nor our princes,
Our priests nor our fathers,
Have kept Your law,
Nor heeded Your commandments and Your testimonies,
With which You testified against them.
35 For they have (CC)not served You in their kingdom,
Or in the many good things that You gave them,
Or in the large and rich land which You set before them;
Nor did they turn from their wicked works.
36 “Here (CD)we are, servants today!
And the land that You gave to our fathers,
To eat its fruit and its bounty,
Here we are, servants in it!
37 And (CE)it yields much increase to the kings
You have set over us,
Because of our sins;
Also they have (CF)dominion over our bodies and our cattle
At their pleasure;
And we are in great distress.
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 8:14 Temporary shelters
- Nehemiah 8:17 Temporary shelters
- Nehemiah 9:1 Lit. earth on them
- Nehemiah 9:4 Lit. ascent
- Nehemiah 9:10 presumptuously or insolently
- Nehemiah 9:15 Lit. raised Your hand to
- Nehemiah 9:16 presumptuously
- Nehemiah 9:16 Stiffened their necks, became stubborn
- Nehemiah 9:17 So with MT, Vg.; LXX in Egypt
- Nehemiah 9:22 Lit. corners
- Nehemiah 9:22 So with MT, Vg.; LXX omits The land of
- Nehemiah 9:24 Lit. sons
- Nehemiah 9:25 Lit. trees for eating
- Nehemiah 9:26 admonished or warned them
- Nehemiah 9:29 admonished them
- Nehemiah 9:29 presumptuously
- Nehemiah 9:29 Became stubborn
- Nehemiah 9:30 admonished or warned them
- Nehemiah 9:32 hardship
Psalm 101
New King James Version
Promised Faithfulness to the Lord
A Psalm of David.
101 I will sing of mercy and justice;
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.
2 I will behave wisely in a [a]perfect way.
Oh, when will You come to me?
I will (A)walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3 I will set nothing [b]wicked before my eyes;
(B)I hate the work of those (C)who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
4 A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not (D)know wickedness.
5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
(E)The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.
6 My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a [c]perfect way,
He shall serve me.
7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who tells lies shall not [d]continue in my presence.
8 (F)Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
That I may cut off all the evildoers (G)from the city of the Lord.
Footnotes
- Psalm 101:2 blameless
- Psalm 101:3 worthless
- Psalm 101:6 blameless
- Psalm 101:7 Lit. be established
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