A Message About Ammon 1 Concerning the Ammonites: This is what theLordsays: “Has Israel no sons? Has Israel no heir? Why then has Molektaken possession of Gad? Why do his people live in its towns? 2 But the days are coming,” declares theLord, “when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites; […]
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Jeremiah 50
A Message About Babylon 1 This is the word theLordspoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Babylonians: 2 “Announce and proclaim among the nations, lift up a banner and proclaim it; keep nothing back, but say, ‘Babylon will be captured; Bel will be put to shame, Marduk filled with terror. […]
Jeremiah 51
1 This is what theLordsays: “See, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai. 2 I will send foreigners to Babylon to winnow her and to devastate her land; they will oppose her on every side in the day of her disaster. 3 Let not the […]
Jeremiah 52
The Fall of Jerusalem 1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. 2 He did evil in the eyes of theLord, just as Jehoiakim had done. 3 It was because of theLord’s anger that […]
Isaiah 1
1 The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. A Rebellious Nation 2 Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth! For theLordhas spoken: “I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. 3 The ox knows […]
Isaiah 2
The Mountain of the Lord 1 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem: 2 In the last days the mountain of theLord’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. 3 Many peoples will […]
Isaiah 3
Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah 1 See now, the Lord, theLordAlmighty, is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: all supplies of food and all supplies of water, 2 the hero and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder, 3 the captain of fifty and the […]
Isaiah 4
1 In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own food and provide our own clothes; only let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!” The Branch of the Lord 2 In that day the Branch of theLordwill be beautiful and glorious, and […]
Isaiah 5
The Song of the Vineyard 1 I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. 2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out […]
Isaiah 6
Isaiah’s Commission 1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two […]