Zechariah 2
New American Standard Bible 1995
God’s Favor to Zion
2 [a]Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a (A)measuring line in his hand. 2 So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To (B)measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.” 3 And behold, the (C)angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him, 4 and said to him, “Run, speak to that (D)young man, saying, ‘(E)Jerusalem will be inhabited [b](F)without walls because of the (G)multitude of men and cattle within it. 5 For I,’ declares the Lord, ‘will be a (H)wall of fire [c]around her, and I will be the (I)glory in her midst.’”
6 “[d]Ho there! (J)Flee from the land of the north,” declares the Lord, “for I have (K)dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens,” declares the Lord. 7 “Ho, Zion! (L)Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.” 8 For thus says the Lord of hosts, “After [e](M)glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the [f](N)apple of His eye. 9 For behold, I will (O)wave My hand over them so that they will be (P)plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me. 10 (Q)Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will (R)dwell in your midst,” declares the Lord. 11 “(S)Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and will become My people. Then I will (T)dwell in your midst, and you will (U)know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you. 12 The Lord will [g](V)possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again (W)choose Jerusalem.
13 “[h](X)Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord; for He is (Y)aroused from His holy habitation.”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 2:1 Ch 2:5 in Heb
- Zechariah 2:4 Lit like unwalled villages; or like open country
- Zechariah 2:5 Lit to her
- Zechariah 2:6 Lit Ho! Ho!
- Zechariah 2:8 Or the glory
- Zechariah 2:8 Lit pupil
- Zechariah 2:12 Or inherit
- Zechariah 2:13 Lit Hush
Proverbs 28:22-28
New American Standard Bible 1995
22 A man with an (A)evil eye (B)hastens after wealth
And does not know that want will come upon him.
23 He who (C)rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
Than he who (D)flatters with the tongue.
24 He who (E)robs his father or his mother
And says, “It is not a transgression,”
Is the (F)companion of a man who destroys.
25 An [a]arrogant man (G)stirs up strife,
But he who (H)trusts in the Lord (I)will [b]prosper.
26 He who (J)trusts in his own heart is a fool,
But he who walks wisely will be delivered.
27 He who (K)gives to the poor will never want,
But he who [c]shuts his eyes will have many curses.
28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves;
But when they perish, the righteous increase.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:25 Lit broad soul
- Proverbs 28:25 Lit be made fat
- Proverbs 28:27 Lit hides
Hebrews 8
New American Standard Bible 1995
A Better Ministry
8 Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a (A)high priest, who has taken His seat at (B)the right hand of the throne of the (C)Majesty in the heavens, 2 a (D)minister [a]in the sanctuary and [b]in the (E)true [c]tabernacle, which the Lord (F)pitched, not man. 3 For every (G)high priest is appointed (H)to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. 4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who (I)offer the gifts according to the Law; 5 who serve (J)a copy and (K)shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses [d]was (L)warned by God when he was about to erect the [e]tabernacle; for, “(M)See,” He says, “that you make all things according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.” 6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the (N)mediator of (O)a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.
A New Covenant
7 For (P)if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second. 8 For finding fault with them, He says,
“(Q)Behold, days are coming, says the Lord,
[f]When I will effect (R)a new covenant
With the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
9 (S)Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers
On the day when I took them by the hand
To lead them out of the land of Egypt;
For they did not continue in My covenant,
And I did not care for them, says the Lord.
10 “(T)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
After those days, says the Lord:
[g]I will put My laws into their minds,
And I will write them (U)on their hearts.
And I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.
11 “(V)And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen,
And everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
For (W)all will know Me,
From [h]the least to the greatest of them.
12 “(X)For I will be merciful to their iniquities,
(Y)And I will remember their sins no more.”
13 [i]When He said, “(Z)A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. (AA)But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is [j]ready to disappear.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 8:2 Or of
- Hebrews 8:2 Or of
- Hebrews 8:2 Or sacred tent
- Hebrews 8:5 Lit has been
- Hebrews 8:5 Or sacred tent
- Hebrews 8:8 Lit And
- Hebrews 8:10 Lit Putting my laws into...
- Hebrews 8:11 Lit small to great of them
- Hebrews 8:13 Or In His saying
- Hebrews 8:13 Or near
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