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Isaiah 51-53

Everlasting Salvation for Zion

51 “Listen(A) to me, you who pursue righteousness(B)
    and who seek(C) the Lord:
Look to the rock(D) from which you were cut
    and to the quarry from which you were hewn;
look to Abraham,(E) your father,
    and to Sarah, who gave you birth.
When I called him he was only one man,
    and I blessed him and made him many.(F)
The Lord will surely comfort(G) Zion(H)
    and will look with compassion on all her ruins;(I)
he will make her deserts like Eden,(J)
    her wastelands(K) like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness(L) will be found in her,
    thanksgiving(M) and the sound of singing.

“Listen to me, my people;(N)
    hear me,(O) my nation:
Instruction(P) will go out from me;
    my justice(Q) will become a light to the nations.(R)
My righteousness draws near speedily,
    my salvation(S) is on the way,(T)
    and my arm(U) will bring justice to the nations.
The islands(V) will look to me
    and wait in hope(W) for my arm.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
    look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke,(X)
    the earth will wear out like a garment(Y)
    and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation(Z) will last forever,(AA)
    my righteousness will never fail.(AB)

“Hear me, you who know what is right,(AC)
    you people who have taken my instruction to heart:(AD)
Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals
    or be terrified by their insults.(AE)
For the moth will eat them up like a garment;(AF)
    the worm(AG) will devour them like wool.
But my righteousness will last forever,(AH)
    my salvation through all generations.”

Awake, awake,(AI) arm(AJ) of the Lord,
    clothe yourself with strength!(AK)
Awake, as in days gone by,
    as in generations of old.(AL)
Was it not you who cut Rahab(AM) to pieces,
    who pierced that monster(AN) through?
10 Was it not you who dried up the sea,(AO)
    the waters of the great deep,(AP)
who made a road in the depths of the sea(AQ)
    so that the redeemed(AR) might cross over?
11 Those the Lord has rescued(AS) will return.
    They will enter Zion with singing;(AT)
    everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy(AU) will overtake them,
    and sorrow and sighing will flee away.(AV)

12 “I, even I, am he who comforts(AW) you.
    Who are you that you fear(AX) mere mortals,(AY)
    human beings who are but grass,(AZ)
13 that you forget(BA) the Lord your Maker,(BB)
    who stretches out the heavens(BC)
    and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror(BD) every day
    because of the wrath of the oppressor,
    who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?(BE)
14     The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;(BF)
they will not die in their dungeon,
    nor will they lack bread.(BG)
15 For I am the Lord your God,
    who stirs up the sea(BH) so that its waves roar(BI)
    the Lord Almighty(BJ) is his name.
16 I have put my words in your mouth(BK)
    and covered you with the shadow of my hand(BL)
I who set the heavens in place,
    who laid the foundations of the earth,(BM)
    and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.(BN)’”

The Cup of the Lord’s Wrath

17 Awake, awake!(BO)
    Rise up, Jerusalem,
you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord
    the cup(BP) of his wrath,(BQ)
you who have drained to its dregs(BR)
    the goblet that makes people stagger.(BS)
18 Among all the children(BT) she bore
    there was none to guide her;(BU)
among all the children she reared
    there was none to take her by the hand.(BV)
19 These double calamities(BW) have come upon you—
    who can comfort you?(BX)
ruin and destruction,(BY) famine(BZ) and sword(CA)
    who can[a] console you?
20 Your children have fainted;
    they lie at every street corner,(CB)
    like antelope caught in a net.(CC)
They are filled with the wrath(CD) of the Lord,
    with the rebuke(CE) of your God.

21 Therefore hear this, you afflicted(CF) one,
    made drunk,(CG) but not with wine.
22 This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
    your God, who defends(CH) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
    the cup(CI) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
    you will never drink again.
23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,(CJ)
    who said to you,
    ‘Fall prostrate(CK) that we may walk(CL) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
    like a street to be walked on.”(CM)

52 Awake, awake,(CN) Zion,
    clothe yourself with strength!(CO)
Put on your garments of splendor,(CP)
    Jerusalem, the holy city.(CQ)
The uncircumcised(CR) and defiled(CS)
    will not enter you again.(CT)
Shake off your dust;(CU)
    rise up,(CV) sit enthroned, Jerusalem.
Free yourself from the chains on your neck,(CW)
    Daughter Zion,(CX) now a captive.

For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,(CY)
    and without money(CZ) you will be redeemed.(DA)

For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt(DB) to live;
    lately, Assyria(DC) has oppressed them.

“And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.

“For my people have been taken away for nothing,
    and those who rule them mock,[b]
declares the Lord.
“And all day long
    my name is constantly blasphemed.(DD)
Therefore my people will know(DE) my name;(DF)
    therefore in that day(DG) they will know
that it is I who foretold(DH) it.
    Yes, it is I.”

How beautiful on the mountains(DI)
    are the feet of those who bring good news,(DJ)
who proclaim peace,(DK)
    who bring good tidings,
    who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
    “Your God reigns!”(DL)
Listen! Your watchmen(DM) lift up their voices;(DN)
    together they shout for joy.(DO)
When the Lord returns(DP) to Zion,(DQ)
    they will see it with their own eyes.
Burst into songs of joy(DR) together,
    you ruins(DS) of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted(DT) his people,
    he has redeemed Jerusalem.(DU)
10 The Lord will lay bare his holy arm(DV)
    in the sight of all the nations,(DW)
and all the ends of the earth(DX) will see
    the salvation(DY) of our God.

11 Depart,(DZ) depart, go out from there!
    Touch no unclean thing!(EA)
Come out from it and be pure,(EB)
    you who carry the articles(EC) of the Lord’s house.
12 But you will not leave in haste(ED)
    or go in flight;
for the Lord will go before you,(EE)
    the God of Israel will be your rear guard.(EF)

The Suffering and Glory of the Servant

13 See, my servant(EG) will act wisely[c];
    he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.(EH)
14 Just as there were many who were appalled(EI) at him[d]
    his appearance was so disfigured(EJ) beyond that of any human being
    and his form marred beyond human likeness(EK)
15 so he will sprinkle(EL) many nations,[e]
    and kings(EM) will shut their mouths(EN) because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
    and what they have not heard, they will understand.(EO)

53 Who has believed our message(EP)
    and to whom has the arm(EQ) of the Lord been revealed?(ER)
He grew up before him like a tender shoot,(ES)
    and like a root(ET) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance(EU) that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,(EV) and familiar with pain.(EW)
Like one from whom people hide(EX) their faces
    he was despised,(EY) and we held him in low esteem.

Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,(EZ)
yet we considered him punished by God,(FA)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.(FB)
But he was pierced(FC) for our transgressions,(FD)
    he was crushed(FE) for our iniquities;
the punishment(FF) that brought us peace(FG) was on him,
    and by his wounds(FH) we are healed.(FI)
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,(FJ)
    each of us has turned to our own way;(FK)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity(FL) of us all.

He was oppressed(FM) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;(FN)
he was led like a lamb(FO) to the slaughter,(FP)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression[f] and judgment(FQ) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;(FR)
    for the transgression(FS) of my people he was punished.[g]
He was assigned a grave with the wicked,(FT)
    and with the rich(FU) in his death,
though he had done no violence,(FV)
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.(FW)

10 Yet it was the Lord’s will(FX) to crush(FY) him and cause him to suffer,(FZ)
    and though the Lord makes[h] his life an offering for sin,(GA)
he will see his offspring(GB) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper(GC) in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,(GD)
    he will see the light(GE) of life[i] and be satisfied[j];
by his knowledge[k] my righteous servant(GF) will justify(GG) many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.(GH)
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[l](GI)
    and he will divide the spoils(GJ) with the strong,[m]
because he poured out his life unto death,(GK)
    and was numbered with the transgressors.(GL)
For he bore(GM) the sin of many,(GN)
    and made intercession(GO) for the transgressors.

Ephesians 5

Follow God’s example,(A) therefore, as dearly loved children(B) and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us(C) and gave himself up for us(D) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(E)

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality,(F) or of any kind of impurity, or of greed,(G) because these are improper for God’s holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk(H) or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.(I) For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater(J)—has any inheritance(K) in the kingdom of Christ and of God.[a](L) Let no one deceive you(M) with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath(N) comes on those who are disobedient.(O) Therefore do not be partners with them.

For you were once(P) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light(Q) (for the fruit(R) of the light consists in all goodness,(S) righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord.(T) 11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness,(U) but rather expose them. 12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 13 But everything exposed by the light(V) becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. 14 This is why it is said:

“Wake up, sleeper,(W)
    rise from the dead,(X)
    and Christ will shine on you.”(Y)

15 Be very careful, then, how you live(Z)—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity,(AA) because the days are evil.(AB) 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.(AC) 18 Do not get drunk on wine,(AD) which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,(AE) 19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit.(AF) Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, 20 always giving thanks(AG) to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Instructions for Christian Households(AH)

21 Submit to one another(AI) out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands(AJ) as you do to the Lord.(AK) 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church,(AL) his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands(AM) in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives,(AN) just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her(AO) 26 to make her holy,(AP) cleansing[b] her by the washing(AQ) with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself(AR) as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.(AS) 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives(AT) as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body.(AU) 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[c](AV) 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife(AW) as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

Psalm 69:19-36

19 You know how I am scorned,(A) disgraced and shamed;
    all my enemies are before you.
20 Scorn has broken my heart
    and has left me helpless;
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
    for comforters,(B) but I found none.(C)
21 They put gall in my food
    and gave me vinegar(D) for my thirst.(E)

22 May the table set before them become a snare;
    may it become retribution and[a] a trap.(F)
23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
    and their backs be bent forever.(G)
24 Pour out your wrath(H) on them;
    let your fierce anger overtake them.
25 May their place be deserted;(I)
    let there be no one to dwell in their tents.(J)
26 For they persecute those you wound
    and talk about the pain of those you hurt.(K)
27 Charge them with crime upon crime;(L)
    do not let them share in your salvation.(M)
28 May they be blotted out of the book of life(N)
    and not be listed with the righteous.(O)

29 But as for me, afflicted and in pain—
    may your salvation, God, protect me.(P)

30 I will praise God’s name in song(Q)
    and glorify him(R) with thanksgiving.
31 This will please the Lord more than an ox,
    more than a bull with its horns and hooves.(S)
32 The poor will see and be glad(T)
    you who seek God, may your hearts live!(U)
33 The Lord hears the needy(V)
    and does not despise his captive people.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him,
    the seas and all that move in them,(W)
35 for God will save Zion(X)
    and rebuild the cities of Judah.(Y)
Then people will settle there and possess it;
36     the children of his servants will inherit it,(Z)
    and those who love his name will dwell there.(AA)

Proverbs 24:7

Saying 23

Wisdom is too high for fools;
    in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.

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