Wednesday, March 8, 2028

^5:16But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be glorified in righteousness. ¹⁷And they that were spoiled shall be fed as bulls, and lambs shall feed on the waste places of them that are taken away. ¹⁸Woe to them that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer's yoke: ¹⁹who say, Let him speedily hasten what he will do, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.

²⁰Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter. ²¹Woe to them that are wise in their own conceit, and knowing in their own sight. ²²Woe to the strong ones of you that drink wine, and the mighty ones that mingle strong drink: ²³who justify the ungodly for rewards, and take away the righteousness of the righteous. ²⁴Therefore as stubble shall be burnt by a coal of fire, and shall be consumed by a violent flame, their root shall be as chaff, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and insulted the word of the Holy One of Israel.

²⁵Therefore the Lord of hosts was greatly angered against his people, and he reached forth his hand upon them, and smote them: and the mountains were troubled, and their carcases were as dung in the midst of the way: yet for all this his anger has not been turned away, but his hand is yet raised.

^4:16So Cain went forth from the presence of God and dwelt in the land of Nod over against Edem. ¹⁷And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch. ¹⁸And to Enoch was born Gaidad; and Gaidad begot Maleleel; and Maleleel begot Mathusala; and Mathusala begot Lamech. ¹⁹And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the second Sella. ²⁰And Ada bore Jobel; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle.

²¹And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who invented the psaltery and harp. ²²And Sella also bore Thobel; he was a smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron; and the sister of Thobel was Noëma. ²³And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief. ²⁴Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's it shall be seventy times seven.

²⁵And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, For God has raised up to me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. ²⁶And Seth had a son, and he called his name Enos: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God.

^5:15Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells. ¹⁶Let not waters out of thy fountain be spilt by thee, but let thy waters go into thy streets. ¹⁷Let them be only thine own, and let no stranger partake with thee. ¹⁸Let thy fountain of water be truly thine own; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. ¹⁹Let thy loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, and let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; for ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased.

²⁰Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own. ²¹For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on all his paths. ²²Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins. ²³Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly. ^6:1My son, if thou become surety for thy friend, thou shalt deliver thine hand to an enemy.

²For a man's own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth. ³My son, do what I command thee, and deliver thyself; for on thy friend's account thou art come into the power of evil men: faint not, but stir up even thy friend for whom thou art become surety.

^43:9All the nations are gathered together, and princes shall be gathered out of them: who will declare these things? or who will declare to you things from the beginning? let them bring forth their witnesses, and be justified; and let them hear, and declare the truth. ¹⁰Be ye my witnesses, and I too am a witness, saith the Lord God, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know, and believe, and understand that I am he: before me there was no other God, and after me there shall be none.

¹¹I am God; and beside me there is no Saviour. ¹²I have declared, and have saved; I have reproached, and there was no strange god among you: ye are my witnesses, and I am the Lord God, ¹³even from the beginning; and there is none that can deliver out of my hands: I will work, and who shall turn it back? ¹⁴Thus saith the Lord God that redeems you, the Holy One of Israel; For your sakes I will send to Babylon, and I will stir up all that flee, and the Chaldeans shall be bound in ships.

^5:15But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High. ¹⁶Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them. ¹⁷He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies. ¹⁸He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of an helmet.

¹⁹He shall take holiness for an invincible shield. ²⁰His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise. ²¹Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark. ²²And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them. ²³Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and like a storm shall blow them away: thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.

^6:1Hear therefore, O ye kings, and understand; learn, ye that be judges of the ends of the earth. ²Give ear, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations. ³For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.

^7:17This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea and in all the surrounding region. ¹⁸The disciples of John told him about all these things. ¹⁹John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, “Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?” ²⁰When the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?’” ²¹In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.

²²Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. ²³Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.” ²⁴When John’s messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ²⁵But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed and live delicately are in kings’ courts.

²⁶But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet. ²⁷This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’ ²⁸“For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in God’s Kingdom is greater than he.” ²⁹When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism. ³⁰But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.

^5:16But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be glorified in righteousness. ¹⁷And they that were spoiled shall be fed as bulls, and lambs shall feed on the waste places of them that are taken away. ¹⁸Woe to them that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer's yoke: ¹⁹who say, Let him speedily hasten what he will do, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.

²⁰Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter. ²¹Woe to them that are wise in their own conceit, and knowing in their own sight. ²²Woe to the strong ones of you that drink wine, and the mighty ones that mingle strong drink: ²³who justify the ungodly for rewards, and take away the righteousness of the righteous. ²⁴Therefore as stubble shall be burnt by a coal of fire, and shall be consumed by a violent flame, their root shall be as chaff, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and insulted the word of the Holy One of Israel.

²⁵Therefore the Lord of hosts was greatly angered against his people, and he reached forth his hand upon them, and smote them: and the mountains were troubled, and their carcases were as dung in the midst of the way: yet for all this his anger has not been turned away, but his hand is yet raised.

^4:16So Cain went forth from the presence of God and dwelt in the land of Nod over against Edem. ¹⁷And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch. ¹⁸And to Enoch was born Gaidad; and Gaidad begot Maleleel; and Maleleel begot Mathusala; and Mathusala begot Lamech. ¹⁹And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the second Sella. ²⁰And Ada bore Jobel; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle.

²¹And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who invented the psaltery and harp. ²²And Sella also bore Thobel; he was a smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron; and the sister of Thobel was Noëma. ²³And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief. ²⁴Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's it shall be seventy times seven.

²⁵And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, For God has raised up to me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. ²⁶And Seth had a son, and he called his name Enos: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God.

^5:15Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells. ¹⁶Let not waters out of thy fountain be spilt by thee, but let thy waters go into thy streets. ¹⁷Let them be only thine own, and let no stranger partake with thee. ¹⁸Let thy fountain of water be truly thine own; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. ¹⁹Let thy loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, and let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; for ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased.

²⁰Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own. ²¹For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on all his paths. ²²Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins. ²³Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly. ^6:1My son, if thou become surety for thy friend, thou shalt deliver thine hand to an enemy.

²For a man's own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth. ³My son, do what I command thee, and deliver thyself; for on thy friend's account thou art come into the power of evil men: faint not, but stir up even thy friend for whom thou art become surety.

^4:6seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. ⁷But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God and not from ourselves. ⁸We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; ⁹pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed; ¹⁰always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

¹¹For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh. ¹²So then death works in us, but life in you. ¹³But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak, ¹⁴knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also through Jesus, and will present us with you. ¹⁵For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

^11:2Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples ³and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?” ⁴Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: ⁵the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. ⁶Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.” ⁷As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

⁸But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses. ⁹But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet. ¹⁰For this is he, of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’ ¹¹Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

¹²From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. ¹³For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. ¹⁴If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come. ¹⁵He who has ears to hear, let him hear.