45:1Thus says the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus,whose right hand I have grasped,to subdue nations before himand to loose the belts of kings,to open doors before himthat gates may not be closed:2“I will go before youand level the exalted places,I will break in pieces the doors of bronzeand cut through the bars of iron,3I will give you the treasures of darknessand the hoards in secret places,that you may know that it is I, the LORD,the God of Israel, who call you by your name.4For the sake of my servant Jacob,and Israel my chosen,I call you by your name,I name you, though you do not know me.5I am the LORD, and there is no other,besides me there is no God;I equip you, though you do not know me,6that people may know, from the rising of the sunand from the west, that there is none besides me;I am the LORD, and there is no other.7I form light and create darkness;I make well-being and create calamity;I am the LORD, who does all these things.
8“Shower, O heavens, from above,and let the clouds rain down righteousness;let the earth open, that salvation and righteousness may bear fruit;let the earth cause them both to sprout;I the LORD have created it.
9“Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,a pot among earthen pots!Does the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’or ‘Your work has no handles’?10Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’or to a woman, ‘With what are you in labor?’”
11Thus says the LORD,the Holy One of Israel, and the one who formed him:“Ask me of things to come;will you command me concerning my children and the work of my hands?12I made the earthand created man on it;it was my hands that stretched out the heavens,and I commanded all their host.13I have stirred him up in righteousness,and I will make all his ways level;he shall build my cityand set my exiles free,not for price or reward,”says the LORD of hosts.
14Thus says the LORD:“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,and the Sabeans, men of stature,shall come over to you and be yours;they shall follow you;they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.They will plead with you, saying:‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,no god besides him.’”
15Truly, you are a God who hides himself,O God of Israel, the Savior.16All of them are put to shame and confounded;the makers of idols go in confusion together.17But Israel is saved by the LORDwith everlasting salvation;you shall not be put to shame or confoundedto all eternity.
18For thus says the LORD,who created the heavens(he is God!),who formed the earth and made it(he established it;he did not create it empty,he formed it to be inhabited!):“I am the LORD, and there is no other.19I did not speak in secret,in a land of darkness;I did not say to the offspring of Jacob,‘Seek me in vain.’I the LORD speak the truth;I declare what is right.
20“Assemble yourselves and come;draw near together,you survivors of the nations!They have no knowledgewho carry about their wooden idols,and keep on praying to a godthat cannot save.21Declare and present your case;let them take counsel together!Who told this long ago?Who declared it of old?Was it not I, the LORD?And there is no other god besides me,a righteous God and a Savior;there is none besides me.
22“Turn to me and be saved,all the ends of the earth!For I am God, and there is no other.23By myself I have sworn;from my mouth has gone out in righteousnessa word that shall not return:‘To me every knee shall bow,every tongue shall swear allegiance.’
24“Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me,are righteousness and strength;to him shall come and be ashamedall who were incensed against him.25In the LORD all the offspring of Israelshall be justified and shall glory.”
46:1Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;their idols are on beasts and livestock;these things you carry are borneas burdens on weary beasts.2They stoop; they bow down together;they cannot save the burden,but themselves go into captivity.
3“Listen to me, O house of Jacob,all the remnant of the house of Israel,who have been borne by me from before your birth,carried from the womb;4even to your old age I am he,and to gray hairs I will carry you.I have made, and I will bear;I will carry and will save.
5“To whom will you liken me and make me equal,and compare me, that we may be alike?6Those who lavish gold from the purse,and weigh out silver in the scales,hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;then they fall down and worship!7They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,they set it in its place, and it stands there;it cannot move from its place.If one cries to it, it does not answeror save him from his trouble.
8“Remember this and stand firm,recall it to mind, you transgressors,9remember the former things of old;for I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is none like me,10declaring the end from the beginningand from ancient times things not yet done,saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,and I will accomplish all my purpose,’11calling a bird of prey from the east,the man of my counsel from a far country.I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;I have purposed, and I will do it.
12“Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,you who are far from righteousness:13I bring near my righteousness; it is not far off,and my salvation will not delay;I will put salvation in Zion,for Israel my glory.”
47:1Come down and sit in the dust,O virgin daughter of Babylon;sit on the ground without a throne,O daughter of the Chaldeans!For you shall no more be calledtender and delicate.2Take the millstones and grind flour,put off your veil,strip off your robe, uncover your legs,pass through the rivers.3Your nakedness shall be uncovered,and your disgrace shall be seen.I will take vengeance,and I will spare no one.4Our Redeemer—the LORD of hosts is his name—is the Holy One of Israel.
5Sit in silence, and go into darkness,O daughter of the Chaldeans;for you shall no more be calledthe mistress of kingdoms.6I was angry with my people;I profaned my heritage;I gave them into your hand;you showed them no mercy;on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.7You said, “I shall be mistress forever,”so that you did not lay these things to heartor remember their end.
8Now therefore hear this, you lover of pleasures,who sit securely,who say in your heart,“I am, and there is no one besides me;I shall not sit as a widowor know the loss of children”:9These two things shall come to youin a moment, in one day;the loss of children and widowhoodshall come upon you in full measure,in spite of your many sorceriesand the great power of your enchantments.
10You felt secure in your wickedness;you said, “No one sees me”;your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray,and you said in your heart,“I am, and there is no one besides me.”11But evil shall come upon you,which you will not know how to charm away;disaster shall fall upon you,for which you will not be able to atone;and ruin shall come upon you suddenly,of which you know nothing.
12Stand fast in your enchantmentsand your many sorceries,with which you have labored from your youth;perhaps you may be able to succeed;perhaps you may inspire terror.13You are wearied with your many counsels;let them stand forth and save you,those who divide the heavens,who gaze at the stars,who at the new moons make knownwhat shall come upon you.
14Behold, they are like stubble;the fire consumes them;they cannot deliver themselvesfrom the power of the flame.No coal for warming oneself is this,no fire to sit before!15Such to you are those with whom you have labored,who have done business with you from your youth;they wander about, each in his own direction;there is no one to save you.
48:1Hear this, O house of Jacob,who are called by the name of Israel,and who came from the waters of Judah,who swear by the name of the LORDand confess the God of Israel,but not in truth or right.2For they call themselves after the holy city,and stay themselves on the God of Israel;the LORD of hosts is his name.
3“The former things I declared of old;they went out from my mouth, and I announced them;then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.4Because I know that you are obstinate,and your neck is an iron sinewand your forehead brass,5I declared them to you from of old,before they came to pass I announced them to you,lest you should say, ‘My idol did them,my carved image and my metal image commanded them.’
6“You have heard; now see all this;and will you not declare it?From this time forth I announce to you new things,hidden things that you have not known.7They are created now, not long ago;before today you have never heard of them,lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’8You have never heard, you have never known,from of old your ear has not been opened.For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously,and that from before birth you were called a rebel.
9“For my name’s sake I defer my anger;for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you,that I may not cut you off.10Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;I have tried you in the furnace of affliction.11For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,for how should my name be profaned?My glory I will not give to another.
12“Listen to me, O Jacob,and Israel, whom I called!I am he; I am the first,and I am the last.13My hand laid the foundation of the earth,and my right hand spread out the heavens;when I call to them,they stand forth together.
14“Assemble, all of you, and listen!Who among them has declared these things?The LORD loves him;he shall perform his purpose on Babylon,and his arm shall be against the Chaldeans.15I, even I, have spoken and called him;I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.16Draw near to me, hear this:from the beginning I have not spoken in secret,from the time it came to be I have been there.”And now the Lord GOD has sent me, and his Spirit.
17Thus says the LORD,your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:“I am the LORD your God,who teaches you to profit,who leads you in the way you should go.18Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments!Then your peace would have been like a river,and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;19your offspring would have been like the sand,and your descendants like its grains;their name would never be cut offor destroyed from before me.”
20Go out from Babylon, flee from Chaldea,declare this with a shout of joy, proclaim it,send it out to the end of the earth;say, “The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob!”21They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts;he made water flow for them from the rock;he split the rock and the water gushed out.
22“There is no peace,” says the LORD, “for the wicked.” 8:1but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” 6This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”]]
30:1I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me upand have not let my foes rejoice over me.2O LORD my God, I cried to you for help,and you have healed me.3O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol;you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.
4Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints,and give thanks to his holy name.5For his anger is but for a moment,and his favor is for a lifetime.Weeping may tarry for the night,but joy comes with the morning.
6As for me, I said in my prosperity,“I shall never be moved.”7By your favor, O LORD,you made my mountain stand strong;you hid your face;I was dismayed.
8To you, O LORD, I cry,and to the Lord I plead for mercy:9“What profit is there in my death,if I go down to the pit?Will the dust praise you?Will it tell of your faithfulness?10Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me!O LORD, be my helper!”
11You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;you have loosed my sackclothand clothed me with gladness,12that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
25A greedy man stirs up strife,but the one who trusts in the LORD will be enriched.26Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool,but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.27Whoever gives to the poor will not want,but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.28When the wicked rise, people hide themselves,but when they perish, the righteous increase.Isaiah 45–48
John 8:1–11
Psalm 30
A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple.
Proverbs 28:25–28
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