18Ah, you who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood,who drag sin along as with cart ropes,19who say, “Let him make haste,let him speed his workthat we may see it;let the plan of the Holy One of Israel hasten to fulfillment,that we may know it!”20Ah, you who call evil goodand good evil,who put darkness for…

1 I waited patiently for the LORD;he inclined to me and heard my cry.2 He drew me up from the desolate pit,out of the miry bog,and set my feet upon a rock,making my steps secure.3 He put a new song in my mouth,a song of praise to our God.Many will see and fear,and put their…

20″When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. 21Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those inside the city must leave it, and those out in the country must not enter it; 22for these are days of vengeance, as a fulfillment of all that is…

1Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you. 2For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them,…

8Ah, you who join house to house,who add field to field,until there is room for no one but you,and you are left to live alonein the midst of the land!9The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing:Surely many houses shall be desolate,large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.10For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but…

1The earth is the LORD’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it; 2for he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers. 3Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place? 4Those who have clean hands and…

28I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John; yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” 29(And all the people who heard this, including the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of God, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism. 30But by refusing to be…

11Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, 12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire?…

1Let me sing for my belovedmy love-song concerning his vineyard:My beloved had a vineyardon a very fertile hill.2He dug it and cleared it of stones,and planted it with choice vines;he built a watchtower in the midst of it,and hewed out a wine vat in it;he expected it to yield grapes,but it yielded wild grapes. 3And…

13But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. 15For this…