Isaiah 60:1-62:5

New King James Version

The Gentiles Bless Zion

60 Arise, ^(A)shine;
For your light has come!
And ^(B)the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
²For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people;
But the Lord will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.
³The ^(C)Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.

⁴“Lift^(D) up your eyes all around, and see:
They all gather together, ^(E)they come to you;
Your sons shall come from afar,
And your daughters shall be nursed at your side.
⁵Then you shall see and become radiant,
And your heart shall swell with joy;
Because ^(F)the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.
⁶The multitude of camels shall cover your land,
The dromedaries of Midian and ^(G)Ephah;
All those from ^(H)Sheba shall come;
They shall bring ^(I)gold and incense,
And they shall proclaim the praises of the Lord.
⁷All the flocks of ^(J)Kedar shall be gathered together to you,
The rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you;
They shall ascend with ^(K)acceptance on My altar,
And ^(L)I will glorify the house of My glory.

⁸“Who are these who fly like a cloud,
And like doves to their roosts?
⁹^(M)Surely the coastlands shall wait for Me;
And the ships of Tarshish will come first,
^(N)To bring your sons from afar,
^(O)Their silver and their gold with them,
To the name of the Lord your God,
And to the Holy One of Israel,
^(P)Because He has glorified you.

¹⁰“The^(Q) sons of foreigners shall build up your walls,
^(R)And their kings shall minister to you;
For ^(S)in My wrath I struck you,
^(T)But in My favor I have had mercy on you.
¹¹Therefore your gates ^(U)shall be open continually;
They shall not be shut day or night,
That men may bring to you the wealth of the Gentiles,
And their kings in procession.
¹²^(V)For the nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish,
And those nations shall be utterly ruined.

¹³“The^(W) glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
The cypress, the pine, and the box tree together,
To beautify the place of My sanctuary;
And I will make ^(X)the place of My feet glorious.
¹⁴Also the sons of those who afflicted you
Shall come ^(Y)bowing to you,
And all those who despised you shall ^(Z)fall prostrate at the soles of your feet;
And they shall call you The City of the Lord,
^(AA)Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵“Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
So that no one went through you,
I will make you an eternal excellence,
A joy of many generations.
¹⁶You shall drink the milk of the Gentiles,
^(AB)And milk the breast of kings;
You shall know that ^(AC)I, the Lord, am your Savior
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

¹⁷“Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
Instead of iron I will bring silver,
Instead of wood, bronze,
And instead of stones, iron.
I will also make your officers peace,
And your magistrates righteousness.
¹⁸Violence shall no longer be heard in your land,
Neither ^[a]wasting nor destruction within your borders;
But you shall call ^(AD)your walls Salvation,
And your gates Praise.

God the Glory of His People

¹⁹“The ^(AE)sun shall no longer be your light by day,
Nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you;
But the Lord will be to you an everlasting light,
And ^(AF)your God your glory.
²⁰^(AG)Your sun shall no longer go down,
Nor shall your moon withdraw itself;
For the Lord will be your everlasting light,
And the days of your mourning shall be ended.
²¹^(AH)Also your people shall all be righteous;
^(AI)They shall inherit the land forever,
^(AJ)The branch of My planting,
^(AK)The work of My hands,
That I may be glorified.
²²^(AL)A little one shall become a thousand,
And a small one a strong nation.
I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”

The Good News of Salvation

61 “The ^(AM)Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord ^(AN)has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me ^(AO)to ^[b]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim ^(AP)liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
²^(AQ)To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And ^(AR)the day of vengeance of our God;
^(AS)To comfort all who mourn,
³To ^[c]console those who mourn in Zion,
^(AT)To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
^(AU)The planting of the Lord, ^(AV)that He may be glorified.”

⁴And they shall ^(AW)rebuild the old ruins,
They shall raise up the former desolations,
And they shall repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
⁵^(AX)Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks,
And the sons of the foreigner
Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
⁶^(AY)But you shall be named the priests of the Lord,
They shall call you the servants of our God.
^(AZ)You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,
And in their glory you shall boast.
⁷^(BA)Instead of your shame you shall have double honor,
And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they shall possess double;
Everlasting joy shall be theirs.

⁸“For ^(BB)I, the Lord, love justice;
^(BC)I hate robbery ^[d]for burnt offering;
I will direct their work in truth,
^(BD)And will make with them an everlasting covenant.
⁹Their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles,
And their offspring among the people.
All who see them shall acknowledge them,
^(BE)That they are the posterity whom the Lord has blessed.”

¹⁰^(BF)I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For ^(BG)He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
^(BH)As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹For as the earth brings forth its bud,
As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth,
So the Lord God will cause ^(BI)righteousness and ^(BJ)praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Assurance of Zion’s Salvation

62 For Zion’s sake I will not ^[e]hold My peace,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
And her salvation as a lamp that burns.
²^(BK)The Gentiles shall see your righteousness,
And all ^(BL)kings your glory.
^(BM)You shall be called by a new name,
Which the mouth of the Lord will name.
³You shall also be ^(BN)a crown of glory
In the hand of the Lord,
And a royal diadem
In the hand of your God.
⁴^(BO)You shall no longer be termed ^(BP)Forsaken,^[f]
Nor shall your land any more be termed ^(BQ)Desolate;^[g]
But you shall be called ^[h]Hephzibah, and your land ^[i]Beulah;
For the Lord delights in you,
And your land shall be married.
⁵For as a young man marries a virgin,
So shall your sons marry you;
And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
^(BR)So shall your God rejoice over you.

Notas al pie

Isaiah 60:18 devastation
Isaiah 61:1 Lit. bind up
Isaiah 61:3 Lit. appoint
Isaiah 61:8 Or in
Isaiah 62:1 keep silent
Isaiah 62:4 Heb. Azubah
Isaiah 62:4 Heb. Shemamah
Isaiah 62:4 Lit. My Delight Is in Her
Isaiah 62:4 Lit. Married

Philippians 1:27-2:18

New King James Version

Striving and Suffering for Christ

²⁷Only ^(A)let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, ^(B)with one mind ^(C)striving together for the faith of the gospel, ²⁸and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but ^[a]to you of salvation, and that from God. ²⁹For to you ^(D)it has been granted on behalf of Christ, ^(E)not only to believe in Him, but also to ^(F)suffer for His sake, ³⁰^(G)having the same conflict ^(H)which you saw in me and now hear is in me.

Unity Through Humility

2 Therefore if there is any ^[b]consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any ^(I)affection and mercy, ²^(J)fulfill my joy ^(K)by being like-minded, having the same love, being of ^(L)one accord, of one mind. ³^(M)Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but ^(N)in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. ⁴^(O)Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of ^(P)others.

The Humbled and Exalted Christ

⁵^(Q)Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, ⁶who, ^(R)being in the form of God, did not consider it ^[c]robbery to be equal with God, ⁷^(S)but ^[d]made Himself of no reputation, taking the form ^(T)of a bondservant, and ^(U)coming in the likeness of men. ⁸And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and ^(V)became ^(W)obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. ⁹^(X)Therefore God also ^(Y)has highly exalted Him and ^(Z)given Him the name which is above every name, ¹⁰^(AA)that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, ¹¹and ^(AB)that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Light Bearers

¹²Therefore, my beloved, ^(AC)as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, ^(AD)work out your own salvation with ^(AE)fear and trembling; ¹³for ^(AF)it is God who works in you both to will and to do ^(AG)for His good pleasure.

¹⁴Do all things ^(AH)without ^[e]complaining and ^(AI)disputing,^[f] ¹⁵that you may become blameless and ^[g]harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as ^(AJ)lights in the world, ¹⁶holding fast the word of life, so that ^(AK)I may rejoice in the day of Christ that ^(AL)I have not run in vain or labored in ^(AM)vain.

¹⁷Yes, and if ^(AN)I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice ^(AO)and service of your faith, ^(AP)I am glad and rejoice with you all. ¹⁸For the same reason you also be glad and rejoice with me.

Notas al pie

Philippians 1:28 NU of your salvation
Philippians 2:1 Or encouragement
Philippians 2:6 Or something to be held onto to be equal
Philippians 2:7 emptied Himself of His privileges
Philippians 2:14 grumbling
Philippians 2:14 arguing
Philippians 2:15 innocent

Psalm 72

New King James Version

Glory and Universality of the Messiah’s Reign

A Psalm ^(A)of Solomon.

72 Give the king Your judgments, O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.
²^(B)He will judge Your people with righteousness,
And Your poor with justice.
³^(C)The mountains will bring peace to the people,
And the little hills, by righteousness.
⁴^(D)He will bring justice to the poor of the people;
He will save the children of the needy,
And will ^[a]break in pieces the oppressor.

⁵^[b]They shall fear You
^(E)As long as the sun and moon endure,
Throughout all generations.
⁶^(F)He shall come down like rain upon the grass before mowing,
Like showers that water the earth.
⁷In His days the righteous shall flourish,
^(G)And abundance of peace,
Until the moon is no more.

⁸^(H)He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.
⁹^(I)Those who dwell in the wilderness will bow before Him,
^(J)And His enemies will lick the dust.
¹⁰^(K)The kings of Tarshish and of the isles
Will bring presents;
The kings of Sheba and Seba
Will offer gifts.
¹¹^(L)Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him;
All nations shall serve Him.

¹²For He ^(M)will deliver the needy when he cries,
The poor also, and him who has no helper.
¹³He will spare the poor and needy,
And will save the souls of the needy.
¹⁴He will redeem their life from oppression and violence;
And ^(N)precious shall be their blood in His sight.

¹⁵And He shall live;
And the gold of ^(O)Sheba will be given to Him;
Prayer also will be made for Him continually,
And daily He shall be praised.

¹⁶There will be an abundance of grain in the earth,
On the top of the mountains;
Its fruit shall wave like Lebanon;
^(P)And those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

¹⁷^(Q)His name shall endure forever;
His name shall continue as long as the sun.
And ^(R)men shall be blessed in Him;
^(S)All nations shall call Him blessed.

¹⁸^(T)Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel,
^(U)Who only does wondrous things!
¹⁹And ^(V)blessed be His glorious name forever!
^(W)And let the whole earth be filled with His glory.
Amen and Amen.

²⁰The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

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Notas al pie

Psalm 72:4 crush
Psalm 72:5 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Vg. They shall continue

Proverbs 24:11-12

New King James Version

¹¹^(A)Deliver those who are drawn toward death,
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
¹²If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not ^(B)He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man ^(C)according to his deeds?