1The oracle concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw. 2On a bare hill raise a signal,      cry aloud to them; wave the hand for them to enter      the gates of the nobles. 3I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,      have summoned my warriors, my proudly exulting ones,      to execute my anger. 4Listen, a tumult on the mountains      as of a great…

1 The LORD says to my lord,“Sit at my right handuntil I make your enemies your footstool.” 2 The LORD sends out from Zionyour mighty scepter.Rule in the midst of your foes.3 Your people will offer themselves willinglyon the day you lead your forceson the holy mountains.From the womb of the morning,like dew, your youth…

1 The LORD says to my lord,“Sit at my right handuntil I make your enemies your footstool.” 2 The LORD sends out from Zionyour mighty scepter.Rule in the midst of your foes.3 Your people will offer themselves willinglyon the day you lead your forceson the holy mountains.From the womb of the morning,like dew, your youth…

22After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he spent some time there with them and baptized. 23John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim because water was abundant there; and people kept coming and were being baptized 24 — John, of course, had not yet been thrown into prison. 25Now…

18You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest, 19and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them. 20(For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even…

1The oracle concerning Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw. 2On a bare hill raise a signal,cry aloud to them;wave the hand for them to enterthe gates of the nobles.3I myself have commanded my consecrated ones,have summoned my warriors, my proudly exulting ones,to execute my anger. 4Listen, a tumult on the mountainsas of a great…

1 Give the king your justice, O God,and your righteousness to a king’s son.2 May he judge your people with righteousness,and your poor with justice.3 May the mountains yield prosperity for the people,and the hills, in righteousness.4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,give deliverance to the needy,and crush the oppressor.5…

31″Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, 32but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” 33And he said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death!”…

6Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they received from us. 7For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not idle when we were with you, 8and we…

1Then the LORD said to me, Take a large tablet and write on it in common characters, “Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz,” 2and have it attested for me by reliable witnesses, the priest Uriah and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah. 3And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the LORD said to…