Old/New Testament
32 Behold, a King shall reign in justice, and the princes shall rule in judgment.
2 A man shall be like a hiding place from the wind, and a refuge from the storm, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
3 The eyes of the seeing shall not be shut, and the ears of those who hear, shall listen.
4 And the heart of the foolish shall understand knowledge. And the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak distinctly.
5 No more shall a foolish person be called noble, nor the scoundrel generous.
6 But the fool will speak foolishness, and his heart will work iniquity, and do wickedly, and speak falsely against the LORD, to make the hungry soul empty, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
7 For the weapons of the scoundrel are wicked. He devises wicked counsels to undo the poor with lying words, and to speak against the poor in judgment.
8 But the generous man will devise generous things. And he will continue his generosity.
9 Rise up you women who are at ease! Hear my voice, you careless daughters! Listen to my words!
10 For many days and years, you women who are careless shall be in fear. For the vintage shall fail, and the harvests shall come no more.
11 Be astonished, you women who are at ease! Fear, O you careless women! Take off your clothes. Make yourselves bare and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
12 Men shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields and for the fruitful vine.
13 Upon the land of my people shall grow thorns and briers —yea, upon all the houses of joy —in the city of rejoicing.
14 Because the palace shall be forsaken, the noise of the city shall be left. The tower and fortress shall be caves forever —the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks —
15 until the Spirit is poured upon us from above and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the plenteous field is counted as a forest.
16 And judgment shall dwell in the desert. And justice shall remain in the fruitful field.
17 And the work of justice shall be peace, even the work of justice and quietness and assurance, forever.
18 And my people shall dwell in the tabernacle of peace, and in sure dwellings, and in safe resting places.
19 When it hails, it shall fall on the forest. And the city shall be humiliated.
20 Blessed are you who sow upon all waters and drive the feet of the ox and the donkey.
33 Woe to you who plunder, yet were not plundered, and does wickedly, yet they did not do wickedly against you. When you shall cease to plunder, you shall be plundered. When you shall stop doing wickedly, they shall do wickedly against you.
2 O LORD, have mercy upon us. We have waited for You. Be their Arm in the morning, our help also in time of trouble!
3 At the noise of the tumult, the people fled. At Your exalting, the nations were scattered.
4 And Your plunder shall be gathered like the gathering of caterpillars. And He shall go against him like the leaping of grasshoppers.
5 The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high. He has filled Zion with judgment and justice.
6 And there shall be stability of the times, strength, salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD shall be His treasure.
7 Behold, their messengers shall cry outside. And the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
8 The paths are desolate. The wayfaring man ceases. He has broken the covenant. He has despised the cities. He regards no man.
9 The Earth mourns and faints. Lebanon is ashamed and withered. Sharon is like a wilderness. And Bashan is shaken, and Carmel.
10 “Now I will arise,” says the LORD, “Now I will be exalted. Now I will lift Myself up.
11 “You shall conceive chaff and bring forth stubble. The fire of your breath shall devour you.
12 “And the people shall be as the burning of lime. And they shall be burnt in the fire, as the cut thorns.
13 “Hear, you who are far off, what I have done! And you who are near, know My power!”
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid. A fear has come upon the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with the everlasting burnings?
15 He who walks in justice, and speaks righteous things —refusing gain of oppression, shaking his hands from the taking of gifts, stopping his ears from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing evil —
16 he shall dwell on high. His defense shall be the munitions of rocks. Bread shall be given to him. His waters shall be sure.
17 Your eyes shall see the King in His Glory. They shall behold the land from far away.
18 Your heart shall contemplate fear: “Where is the scribe?” “Where is the receiver?” “Where is he who counted the towers?”
19 You shall not see a fierce people, a people of dark speech that you cannot perceive, of a stammering tongue that you cannot understand.
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemn Feasts. Your eyes shall see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that cannot be removed. And its stakes can never be taken away. Nor shall any of its cords be broken.
21 For surely there the mighty LORD will be to us as a place of streams and broad rivers, whereby no ship with oars shall pass. Nor shall a great ship pass thereby.
22 For the LORD is our Judge. The LORD is our Lawgiver. The LORD is our King. He will save us.
23 Your cords are loosened. They could not strengthen their mast well. Nor could they spread the sail. Then the prey shall be divided for a great plunder. The lame shall take away the prey.
24 And no inhabitant shall say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell therein shall have their iniquity forgiven.
1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timothy, our brother,
2 To those who are at Colosse, saints and faithful brothers in Christ: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,
4 having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love toward all saints,
5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in Heaven; of which you have heard before by the Word of Truth, which is the Gospel.
6 It has come to you even as it has to all the world and is fruitful, as it was also among you from the day that you heard and truly knew the grace of God;
7 as you also learned from Epaphras (our dear fellow servant), who is for you a faithful minister of Christ.
8 He has also declared to us your love in the Spirit.
9 For this reason, we also (since the day we heard of it) do not cease to pray for you and to desire that you might be fulfilled with knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
10 so that you might walk worthily of the Lord and please Him in all things, being fruitful in all good works and increasing in the knowledge of God;
11 strengthened with all might through His glorious power, leading to all patience and endurance with joy;
12 giving thanks to the Father Who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
13 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dear Son
14 (in Whom we have redemption through His blood; that is, the forgiveness of sins).
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creation.
16 For by Him were all things created which are in Heaven and which are on Earth—things visible and invisible —whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
17 And He is before all things. And in Him all things consist.
18 And He is the Head of the body of the Church. He is the Beginning; Firstborn from the dead; so that in all things He might have preeminence.
19 For in Him was all fullness pleased to dwell.
20 And through Him were all things reconciled to Himself, having made peace by the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on Earth or things in Heaven.
21 And you also - who were in times past estranged and hostile because your minds were set on evil works - He has now reconciled
22 in the body of His flesh through death; to present you as holy and blameless and beyond reproach in His sight
23 if you continue to be grounded and established in the faith and are not moved away from the hope of the Gospel which you have heard (having been preached to all creation under Heaven, and to which I, Paul, am a minister).
24 Now, I rejoice in my sufferings for you and fulfill in my flesh the rest of the afflictions of Christ for His body’s sake (which is the Church
25 and whereof I am a minister) according to the dispensation of God which has been given me toward you to fulfill the Word of God;
26 and which is the mystery hidden from all ages and generations and now made visible to his saints;
27 to whom God would make known the riches of His glorious mystery among the Gentiles – which is Christ in you, the hope of Glory;
28 Whom we preach, admonishing everyone, and teaching everyone in all wisdom, that we may present everyone complete in Christ Jesus.
29 Toward this I also toil, striving according to His miraculous power working in me.
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