Old/New Testament
Yahweh Withdraws from Israel
5 Hear this, O priests!
Give heed, O house of Israel!
Give ear, O house of the king!
For the judgment is for you,
For you have been a (A)snare at Mizpah
And a net spread out on Tabor.
2 And the (B)revolters have (C)dug deep into slaughtering,
But I will chastise all of them.
3 I (D)know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me;
For now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot;
Israel has defiled itself.
4 Their deeds will not allow them
To return to their God.
For a (E)spirit of harlotry is within them,
And they (F)do not know Yahweh.
5 Moreover, the (G)pride of Israel answers against him,
And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
(H)Judah also has stumbled with them.
6 They will (I)go with their flocks and herds
To seek Yahweh, but they will (J)not find Him;
He has (K)withdrawn from them.
7 They have (L)dealt treacherously against Yahweh,
For they have borne (M)children of strangers.
Now the (N)new moon will devour them with their portions.
8 (O)Blow the horn in (P)Gibeah,
The trumpet in Ramah.
Make a loud shout at Beth-aven:
“(Q)Behind you, Benjamin!”
9 Ephraim will become a (R)desolation in the (S)day of reproof;
Among the tribes of Israel I (T)will make known what is true.
10 The princes of Judah have become like those who (U)move a boundary;
On them I will (V)pour out My wrath (W)like water.
11 Ephraim is (X)oppressed, crushed in judgment,
(Y)Because he was determined to [a]walk after man’s command.
12 Therefore I am like a (Z)moth to Ephraim
And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
13 Then Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah his sore,
So Ephraim went to (AA)Assyria
And sent to [b](AB)King Jareb.
But he is (AC)unable to heal you
Or to cure you of your sore.
14 For I will be (AD)like a lion to Ephraim
And like a young lion to the house of Judah.
(AE)I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away;
I will carry away, and there will be (AF)none to deliver.
15 I will go away and return to My place
Until they [c](AG)acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their affliction they will (AH)seek Me earnestly.
Israel Chastised
6 “(AI)Come, let us return to Yahweh.
For (AJ)He has torn us, but (AK)He will heal us;
He has struck us, but He will (AL)bandage us.
2 He will (AM)make us alive after two days;
He will (AN)raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.
3 So let us (AO)know, let us pursue to know Yahweh.
His (AP)going forth is established as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the (AQ)rain,
Like the [d]late rain watering the earth.”
4 What shall I do with you, O (AR)Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, O Judah?
For your lovingkindness is like a (AS)morning cloud
And like the dew which goes away early.
5 Therefore I have (AT)hewn them in pieces by the prophets;
I have killed them by the (AU)words of My mouth;
And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth.
6 For (AV)I delight in lovingkindness (AW)rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But (AX)like [e]Adam they have (AY)trespassed against the covenant;
There they have (AZ)dealt treacherously against Me.
8 (BA)Gilead is a city of workers of iniquity,
With a track of (BB)blood.
9 And as (BC)raiders wait for a man,
So a band of priests (BD)murder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they have committed (BE)lewdness.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen an (BF)appalling thing;
Ephraim’s (BG)harlotry is there; Israel has defiled itself.
11 Also, O Judah, there is a (BH)harvest set for you
When I (BI)restore the fortunes of My people,
7 When I (BJ)would heal Israel,
Then the iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered,
And the evil deeds of Samaria,
For they work (BK)falsehood;
The thief enters in;
(BL)Raiders [f]ransack outside,
2 And they do not say to their hearts
That I (BM)remember all their evil.
Now their (BN)deeds are all around them;
They are before My face.
3 (BO)With their evil they make the (BP)king glad,
And the princes with their (BQ)deceptions.
4 They are (BR)all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker
Who ceases to stir up the fire
From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
5 On the [g]day of our king, the princes (BS)became sick with the heat of wine;
He stretched out his hand with (BT)scoffers,
6 For their hearts are like an (BU)oven
As they draw near in their [h]plotting;
Their [i]anger [j]smolders all night;
In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot like an oven,
And they devour their (BV)judges;
All their kings have fallen.
(BW)None of them calls on Me.
8 Ephraim (BX)mixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim has become a cake not turned.
9 (BY)Strangers devour his power,
Yet he (BZ)does not know it;
Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know it.
10 So the (CA)pride of Israel answers against him,
Yet (CB)they have not returned to Yahweh their God,
Nor have they sought Him, for all this.
11 So (CC)Ephraim has become like a silly dove, (CD)without a heart of wisdom;
They call to (CE)Egypt; they go to (CF)Assyria.
12 When they go, I will (CG)spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like the birds of the sky.
I will (CH)chastise them in accordance with the report to their congregation.
13 (CI)Woe to them, for they have (CJ)fled from Me!
Destruction is theirs, for they have transgressed against Me!
And I (CK)would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.
14 And (CL)they do not cry out to Me in their heart
When they wail on their beds;
For the sake of grain and new wine they [k](CM)gather together as sojourners;
They (CN)depart from Me.
15 Although I disciplined and strengthened their arms,
Yet they (CO)devise evil against Me.
16 They turn, but not [l]upward;
They are like a (CP)deceitful bow;
Their princes will fall by the sword
Because of the [m](CQ)indignation of their tongue.
This will be their (CR)scoffing in the land of Egypt.
Israel Reaps the Whirlwind
8 (CS)Put the trumpet to your [n]mouth!
(CT)Like an eagle the enemy comes (CU)against the house of Yahweh
Because they have (CV)trespassed against My covenant
And transgressed against My (CW)law.
2 (CX)They cry out to Me,
“My God, (CY)we of Israel know You!”
3 Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy will pursue him.
4 (CZ)They have set up kings, but not by Me;
They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their (DA)silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That [o]they might be cut off.
5 [p]He has rejected your (DB)calf, O Samaria, saying,
“My anger burns against them!”
How long will they be incapable of (DC)innocence?
6 For from Israel is even this!
A (DD)craftsman made it, so it is not God;
Surely the calf of Samaria will be smashed to splinters.
7 For (DE)they sow the wind,
And they reap the (DF)whirlwind.
The standing grain has no growth;
It makes (DG)no flour.
Should it make anything, strangers would swallow it up.
8 Israel is (DH)swallowed up;
They are now among the nations
Like a (DI)vessel in which no one delights.
9 For they have gone up to (DJ)Assyria
Like (DK)a wild donkey all alone;
Ephraim has (DL)hired [q]lovers.
10 Even though they hire allies among the nations,
Now I will (DM)gather them up;
And they will begin (DN)to [r]diminish
Because of the burden of the (DO)king of princes.
11 Since Ephraim has (DP)multiplied altars for sin,
They have become altars of sinning for him.
12 Though (DQ)I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My (DR)law,
They are counted as a strange thing.
13 As for My (DS)sacrificial gifts,
They (DT)sacrifice the flesh and eat it,
But Yahweh has not accepted them.
Now He will (DU)remember their iniquity
And (DV)punish them for their sins;
They will return to (DW)Egypt.
14 So Israel has (DX)forgotten his Maker and (DY)built palaces;
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a (DZ)fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings.
To the Church in Ephesus
2 “To the angel of the church in (A)Ephesus write:
This is what the One who holds (B)the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks [a](C)among the seven golden lampstands, says:
2 ‘(D)I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot bear with those who are evil, and you (E)put to the test those who call themselves (F)apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; 3 and you have perseverance and have [b]endured (G)for My name’s sake, you also have not grown weary. 4 But I have this against you, that you have (H)left your first love. 5 Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and (I)repent and (J)do the [c]deeds you did at first. But if not, I am coming to you and will remove your (K)lampstand out of its place, unless you repent. 6 Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the (L)Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 (M)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (N)To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of (O)the tree of life which is in the (P)Paradise of God.’
To the Church in Smyrna
8 “And to the angel of the church in (Q)Smyrna write:
(R)This is what the first and the last, who [d](S)was dead, and has come to life, says:
9 ‘I know your (T)tribulation and your (U)poverty (but you are (V)rich), and the blasphemy by those who (W)say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of (X)Satan. 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be (Y)tested, and you will have tribulation (Z)for ten days. [e]Be (AA)faithful until death, and I will give you (AB)the crown of life. 11 (AC)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (AD)He who overcomes will never be hurt by the (AE)second death.’
To the Church in Pergamum
12 “And to the angel of the church in (AF)Pergamum write:
This is what the One who has (AG)the sharp two-edged sword says:
13 ‘I know where you dwell, where (AH)Satan’s throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny (AI)My faith even in the days of Antipas, My (AJ)witness, My (AK)faithful one, who was killed among you, (AL)where Satan dwells. 14 But (AM)I have a few things against you, that you have there some who hold the (AN)teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, (AO)to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality. 15 So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the (AP)Nicolaitans. 16 Therefore (AQ)repent. But if not, (AR)I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with (AS)the sword of My mouth. 17 (AT)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (AU)To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden (AV)manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a (AW)new name written on the stone (AX)which no one knows but he who receives it.’
To the Church in Thyatira
18 “And to the angel of the church in (AY)Thyatira write:
(AZ)This is what the Son of God, the One (BA)who has [f]eyes like a flame of fire and His feet are like burnished bronze, says:
19 ‘(BB)I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your last deeds are greater than [g]at first. 20 But (BC)I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman (BD)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and deceives My slaves so that they (BE)commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 (BF)And I gave her time to repent, and she (BG)does not wish to repent of her sexual immorality. 22 Behold, I will throw her [h]on a bed of sickness, and those who (BH)commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of [i]her deeds. 23 And I will kill her children with [j]pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who (BI)searches the [k]minds and hearts; and (BJ)I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. 24 But I say to you, the rest who are in (BK)Thyatira, who do not have this teaching, who have not known the (BL)deep things of Satan, as they call them—I (BM)place no other burden on you. 25 Nevertheless (BN)what you have, hold fast (BO)until I come. 26 (BP)And he who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds (BQ)until the end, (BR)to him I will give authority over the [l]nations; 27 and he shall [m](BS)rule them with a rod of iron, (BT)as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father; 28 and I will give him (BU)the morning star. 29 (BV)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
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