Old/New Testament
23 The burden of Tyre. Howl you ships of Tarshish! The land of Kittim, it is revealed to them.
2 Be still, you who dwell in the isles. The merchants of Sidon, such as pass over the sea, have replenished you.
3 The seed of Nile, by the abundance of waters, the harvest of the river was her revenue and she was a marketplace of the nations.
4 Be ashamed, you Sidon! For the sea has spoken, the strength of the sea, saying, “I have neither labored, nor brought forth children, nor nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.”
5 When the fame comes to the Egyptians, they shall be sorry concerning the rumor of Tyre.
6 Go over to Tarshish. Howl, you who dwell in the isles!
7 Is not this your glorious city, her antiquity of ancient days? Her own feet shall lead her far away to be a sojourner.
8 Who has decreed this against Tyre, who crowns, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the nobles of the world?
9 The LORD of Hosts has decreed this to stain the pride of all glory and to bring to contempt all those who are glorious on the Earth.
10 Pass through your land like a stream, O daughter of Tarshish! There is no more strength.
11 He stretched out His Hand upon the sea. He shook the kingdoms. The LORD has given a Commandment concerning the place of merchandise, to destroy its power.
12 And He said, “No more shall you rejoice, O oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon! Rise up. Go out to Kittim. Even there you shall have no rest.”
13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans. This was no people. Assyria founded it by the inhabitants of the wilderness. They set up its towers. They raised its palaces. And He brought it to ruin.
14 Howl you ships of Tarshish! For your strength is destroyed!
15 And on that day, Tyre shall be forgotten for seventy years (according to the years of one king). At the end of seventy years, Tyre shall sing as a harlot,
16 “Take a harp and go around the city, you harlot who has been forgotten. Make sweet melody, sing more songs, so that you may be remembered.”
17 And at the end of seventy years, the LORD shall visit Tyre. And it shall return to its wages and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the Earth in the world.
18 Yet, her profit and her wages shall be holy to the LORD. They shall not be laid up or kept in storage. But her merchandise shall be for those who dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently and to have durable clothing.
24 Behold, the LORD lays waste to the Earth and makes it empty. He turns it upside down and scatters abroad its inhabitants.
2 And as with people, so it shall be with priest; as with servant, so with master; as with maid, so with mistress; as with buyer, so with seller; as with lender, so with borrower; as with creditor, so with debtor.
3 The Earth shall be completely emptied and utterly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this Word.
4 The Earth laments and fades away. The world languishes and withers. The proud people of the Earth are weakened.
5 The Earth also deceives, because of its inhabitants. For they transgressed the Laws. They changed the Ordinances, broke the everlasting Covenant.
6 Therefore, the curse has devoured the Earth, and its inhabitants are desolate. Therefore, the inhabitants of the land are burned up. And few men are left.
7 The wine fails. The vine has no might. All who were of merry heart, mourn.
8 The rejoicing of tambourines ends. The noise of those who rejoice stops. The joy of the harp ceases.
9 They shall not drink wine with joy. Strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.
10 The city of vanity has broken down. Every house is shut up, so that no one may come in.
11 There is a crying for wine in the streets. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the world has gone away.
12 In the cities, desolation is left. And the gate is stricken with destruction.
13 Surely, thus it shall be in the midst of the Earth, among the people, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the grapes when the vintage has ended.
14 They shall lift up their voice. They shall shout for the magnificence of the LORD. They shall rejoice from the sea.
15 Therefore, praise the LORD in the valleys, the Name of the LORD God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.
16 From the outermost part of the Earth we have heard praises, glory to the just. And I said, “My leanness! My leanness! Woe to me! The transgressors have offended. Yea, the transgressors have grievously offended.”
17 Fear and the pit and the snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the Earth!
18 And he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit. And he who comes up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare. For the windows from on high are open. And the foundations of the Earth shake.
19 The Earth has utterly broken down. The Earth has completely dissolved. The Earth has moved exceedingly.
20 The Earth shall reel to and fro like a drunken man, and shall be removed like a tent. And its iniquity shall be heavy upon it, so that it shall fall and rise no more.
21 And on that day, the LORD shall visit the host above that is on high, the kings of the world that are upon the Earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together as the prisoners in the pit. And they shall be shut up in the prison. And after many days, they shall be visited.
23 Then the Moon shall be ashamed, and the Sun, when the LORD of Hosts shall reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. And glory shall be before His ancient men.
25 O LORD, You are my God! I will exalt You. I will praise Your Name. For You have done wonderful things, ancient counsel, with firm faithfulness!
2 For You have made a heap of a city, a ruin of a strong city, a fortress of strangers to be no city. It shall never be built.
3 Therefore, the mighty people shall give glory to You. The city of the strong nations shall fear You.
4 For You have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his trouble, a refuge from the storm, a shade in the heat. For the blast of the mighty is like a hard rain against the wall.
5 You shall bring down the noise of the strangers, as the heat in a dry place. He will bring down the song of the mighty, as the heat with the shade of a cloud.
6 And on this mountain shall the LORD of Hosts make a feast of fat things for all people, a feast of refined wines, of fat things full of marrow, of refined and purified wines.
7 And on this mountain, He will destroy the covering that covers all people, and the veil that is spread upon all nations.
8 He will destroy death forever. And the LORD God will wipe away the tears from all faces. And He will take away the rebuke of His people out of all the Earth. For the LORD has spoken it.
9 And on that day men shall say, “Lo, this is our God! We have waited for Him, and He will save us! This is the LORD! We have waited for Him! We will rejoice and be joyful in salvation!”
10 For on this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest. And Moab shall be threshed under Him, as straw is threshed in Madmenah.
11 And He shall stretch out His hand in the midst of them, as he who swims stretches out to swim. And with the strength of His hands He shall bring down their pride.
12 Also, He shall bring down the defense of the height of your walls and lay them low, cast them to the ground, into the dust.
1 Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the elders and deacons:
2 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 I thank my God with every remembrance of you,
4 (always, in all my prayers for all you, praying with joy),
5 because of the fellowship which you have in the Gospel, from the first day until now.
6 And I am persuaded of this same thing: that He who has begun this good work in you will perfect it until the Day of Jesus Christ;
7 just as it is right for me to think this way of you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel you all were fellow partakers of grace with me.
8 For God is my witness how I long after you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.
9 And this I pray: that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
10 so that you may test those things which are better; that you may be pure and without offense until the Day of Christ,
11 filled with the fruit of righteousness which is by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
12 Brothers, I desire that you understand that the things which are against me have really caused a furthering of the Gospel.
13 So, as for my bonds in Christ, they are famous throughout all the Praetorium and in all other places;
14 so much so that many of the brothers in the Lord are emboldened by my bonds and dare speak the Word of God more frankly.
15 Indeed, some preach Christ out of envy and strife, but some also out of goodwill.
16 Indeed, the former preaches Christ out of rivalry (and not purely, supposing to add more affliction to my bonds),
17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Gospel.
18 What then? Christ is still preached in all manner of ways, whether under a pretense or sincerely. And I rejoice in that! Indeed, and I will rejoice!
19 For I know that this shall cause my deliverance (through your prayer and by the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ)
20 as I fervently expect and hope that in nothing shall I be ashamed. But that with all confidence (as always) so now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death.
21 For, to me, Christ is life and death is gain.
22 But if living in the flesh brings fruit from my labor, what shall I choose? I do not know!
23 For I am caught between both desiring to be released and to be with Christ (which is best of all).
24 Nevertheless, to abide in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
25 And of this I am sure: that I shall stay and continue with you all for the progress and joy of your faith,
26 so that by my coming to you again your boasting in Jesus Christ may abound through me.
27 Only conduct yourselves as it becomes the Gospel of Christ; so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your matters that you continue in one spirit and in one mind, striving together for the faith of the Gospel.
28 And be frightened in nothing by your adversaries (which is to them a proof of destruction - but to you of salvation - and this from God!).
29 For to you it is given concerning Christ that not only should you believe in Him, but also to suffer concerning Him,
30 having the same fight which you saw in me and now hear of in me.
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