Bible Reading and Study
November 9
The World English Bible
Nov.
9
Isaiah
53-56
Isa
53:1 Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh
been revealed?
Isa
53:2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out
of dry ground. He has no form nor comeliness. When we see him, there
is no beauty that we should desire him.
Isa
53:3 He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and
acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide
their face; and we didn't respect him.
Isa
53:4 Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering;
yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
Isa
53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for
our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and
by his wounds we are healed.
Isa
53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his
own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isa
53:7 He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his
mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that
before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth.
Isa
53:8 He was taken away by oppression and judgment; and as for his
generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the
living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?
Isa
53:9 They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his
death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in
his mouth.
Isa
53:10 Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to
suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his
seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall
prosper in his hand.
Isa
53:11 After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be
satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of
himself; and he will bear their iniquities.
Isa
53:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he
shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his
soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore
the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Isa
54:1 "Sing, barren, you who didn't bear; break forth into
singing, and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child: for more
are the children of the desolate than the children of the married
wife," says Yahweh.
Isa
54:2 "Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch
forth the curtains of your habitations; don't spare: lengthen your
cords, and strengthen your stakes.
Isa
54:3 For you shall spread aboard on the right hand and on the left;
and your seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities
to be inhabited.
Isa
54:4 "Don't be afraid; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be
confounded; for you shall not be disappointed: for you shall forget
the shame of your youth; and the reproach of your widowhood you shall
remember no more.
Isa
54:5 For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name:
and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole
earth shall he be called.
Isa
54:6 For Yahweh has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in
spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off," says your
God.
Isa
54:7 "For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great
mercies will I gather you.
Isa
54:8 In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but
with everlasting loving kindness will I have mercy on you," says
Yahweh your Redeemer.
Isa
54:9 "For this is like the waters of Noah to me; for as I have
sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so
have I sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
Isa
54:10 For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my
loving kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall my covenant
of peace be removed," says Yahweh who has mercy on you.
Isa
54:11 "You afflicted, tossed with storms, and not comforted,
behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors, and lay your
foundations with sapphires.
Isa
54:12 I will make your pinnacles of rubies, and your gates of
sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
Isa
54:13 All your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall
be the peace of your children.
Isa
54:14 In righteousness you shall be established: you shall be far
from oppression, for you shall not be afraid; and from terror, for it
shall not come near you.
Isa
54:15 Behold, they may gather together, but not by me: whoever shall
gather together against you shall fall because of you.
Isa
54:16 "Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of
coals, and brings forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the
waster to destroy.
Isa
54:17 No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you
will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is
the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which
is of me," says Yahweh.
Isa
55:1 "Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters, and he who has
no money; come, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without
money and without price.
Isa
55:2 Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your
labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and
eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in
fatness.
Isa
55:3 Turn your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live:
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure
mercies of David.
Isa
55:4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader
and commander to the peoples.
Isa
55:5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you don't know; and a
nation that didn't know you shall run to you, because of Yahweh your
God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you."
Isa
55:6 Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is
near:
Isa
55:7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on
him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isa
55:8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your
ways my ways," says Yahweh.
Isa
55:9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my
ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isa
55:10 For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and
doesn't return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth
and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
Isa
55:11 so shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall
not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall prosper in the thing I sent it to do.
Isa
55:12 For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace:
the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into
singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.
Isa
55:13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree; and instead
of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to Yahweh
for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."
Isa
56:1 Thus says Yahweh, "Keep justice, and do righteousness; for
my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Isa
56:2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds
it fast; who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and keeps his hand
from doing any evil."
Isa
56:3 Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh,
speak, saying, "Yahweh will surely separate me from his people;"
neither let the eunuch say, "Behold, I am a dry tree."
Isa
56:4 For thus says Yahweh, "To the eunuchs who keep my
Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my
covenant:
Isa
56:5 to them I will give in my house and within my walls a memorial
and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an
everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Isa
56:6 Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, to minister
to him, and to love the name of Yahweh, to be his servants, everyone
who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant;
Isa
56:7 even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them
joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their
sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be
called a house of prayer for all peoples."
Isa
56:8 The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, "Yet
will I gather others
to him, besides his own who are gathered."
Isa
56:9 All you animals of the field, come to devour, yes,
all you animals in the forest.
Isa
56:10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they
are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to
slumber.
Isa
56:11 Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and
these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to
their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
Isa
56:12 "Come," say they,
"I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink;
and tomorrow shall be as this day, a day
great beyond measure."
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Isaiah
Isaiah 53 1
Who
has believed our message? and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been
revealed?
Who
hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of Jehovah been
revealed?
Who
hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah,
On
whom
hath it been revealed?
Isaiah 53 2
For
he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry
ground: he has no form nor
comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should
desire him.
For
he shall grow up before him as a tender sapling, and as a root out
of dry ground: he
hath
no form nor lordliness, and when we see him, there is no beauty that
we should
desire
him.
Yea,
he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a
dry land, He
hath
no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we
desire
him.
Isaiah 53 3
He
was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted
with grief: and as one from
whom men hide their face he was despised; and we didn`t respect him.
He
is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted
with grief, and
like
one from whom [men] hide their faces; -- despised, and we esteemed
him not.
He
is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with
sickness, And
as
one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him
not.
Isaiah 53 4
Surely
he has borne our infirmities, and carried our sorrows; yet we
esteemed him stricken,
struck
of God, and afflicted.
Surely
*he* hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; and we, we did
regard him
stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted.
Surely
our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains -- he hath carried them,
And
we
-- we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53 5
But
he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities; the chastisement of
our peace was on him; and with his stripes we are healed.
But
he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our
iniquities; the
chastisement
of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed.
And
he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities,
The
chastisement
of our peace [is] on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.
Isaiah 53 6
All
we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own
way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
All
we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own
way; and Jehovah
hath
laid upon him the iniquity of us all.
All
of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned,
And
Jehovah
hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.
Isaiah 53 7
He
was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn`t open his mouth; as
a lamb that is led to the
slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he
didn`t open his mouth.
He
was oppressed, and he was afflicted, but he opened not his mouth; he
was led as a lamb
to
the slaughter, and was as a sheep dumb before her shearers, and he
opened not his
mouth.
It
hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his
mouth, As a
lamb
to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers
is dumb,
And
he openeth not his mouth.
Isaiah 53 8
By
oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation,
who [among them] considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the
disobedience of my people to whom
the stroke [was due]?
He
was taken from oppression and from judgment; and who shall declare
his generation?
for
he was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression
of my people was he
stricken.
By
restraint and by judgment he hath been taken, And of his generation
who doth
meditate,
That he hath been cut off from the land of the living? By the
transgression
of My people he is plagued,
Isaiah 53 9
They
made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death;
although he had done no
violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
And
[men] appointed his grave with the wicked, but he was with the rich
in his death,
because
he had done no violence, neither was there guile in his mouth.
And
it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich [are] his
high
places,
Because he hath done no violence, Nor [is] deceit in his mouth.
Isaiah 53 10
Yet
it pleased Yahweh to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you
shall make his soul an offering
for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong his days, and the
pleasure of Yahweh shall
prosper in his hand.
Yet
it pleased Jehovah to bruise him; he hath subjected [him] to
suffering. When thou
shalt
make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see a seed, he shall
prolong [his] days, and
the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in his hand.
And
Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his
soul doth
make
an offering for guilt, He seeth seed -- he prolongeth days, And the
pleasure
of
Jehovah in his hand doth prosper.
Isaiah 53 11
He
shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by
the knowledge of himself shall my
righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.
He
shall see of [the fruit of] the travail of his soul, [and] shall be
satisfied: by his
knowledge
shall my righteous servant instruct many in righteousness; and *he*
shall
bear
their iniquities.
Of
the labour of his soul he seeth -- he is satisfied, Through his
knowledge give
righteousness
Doth the righteous one, My servant, to many, And their iniquities
he
doth bear.
Isaiah 53 12
Therefore
will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the
spoil with the
strong;
because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the
transgressors: yet he
bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Therefore
will I assign him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the
spoil with
the
strong: because he hath poured out his soul unto death, and was
reckoned with the
transgressors;
and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the
transgressors.
Therefore
I give a portion to him among the many, And with the mighty he
apportioneth
spoil, Because that he exposed to death his soul, And with
transgressors
he was numbered, And he the sin of many hath borne, And for
transgressors
he intercedeth.
Isaiah 54 1
Sing,
barren, you who didn`t bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud,
you who did not
travail
with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the
children of the married wife,
says Yahweh.
Exult,
thou barren, that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and
shout for joy, thou
that
didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the
desolate than the
children
of the married wife, saith Jehovah.
Sing,
O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry
aloud, She
hath
not brought forth! For more [are] the sons of the desolate, Than the
sons of
the
married one, said Jehovah.
Isaiah 54 2
Enlarge
the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of
your habitations; don`t spare:
lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.
Enlarge
the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of
thy habitations:
spare
not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.
Enlarge
the place of thy tent, And the curtains of thy tabernacles they
stretch out,
Restrain not -- lengthen thy cords, And thy pins make strong.
Isaiah 54 3
For
you shall spread aboard on the right hand and on the left; and your
seed shall possess the nations,
and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
For
thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy
seed shall possess
nations,
and they shall make desolate cities to be inhabited.
For
right and left thou breakest forth, And thy seed doth nations
possess,
Isaiah 54 4
Don`t
be afraid; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be you confounded;
for you shall not be put to shame: for you shall forget the shame of your youth; and the
reproach of your widowhood shall you remember no more.
Fear
not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; neither be thou confounded, for
thou shalt not be
put
to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt
not remember the
reproach
of thy widowhood any more.
And
desolate cities they cause to be inhabited. Fear not, for thou art
not ashamed,
Nor
blush, for thou art not confounded, For the shame of thy youth thou
forgettest,
And the reproach of thy widowhood Thou dost not remember any more.
Isaiah 54 5
For
your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Hosts is his name: and the Holy
One of Israel is your Redeemer;
the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
For
thy Maker is thy husband: Jehovah of hosts is his name, and thy
Redeemer, the Holy
One
of Israel: the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
For
thy Maker [is] thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts [is] His name, And thy
Redeemer
[is]
the Holy One of Israel, `God of all the earth,` He is called.
Isaiah 54 6
For
Yahweh has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even
a wife of youth, when she
is cast off, says your God.
For
Jehovah hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
and as a wife of
youth,
that hath been refused, saith thy God.
For,
as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Called thee hath Jehovah,
Even a
youthful
wife when she is refused, said thy God.
Isaiah 54 7
For
a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I
gather you.
For
a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I
gather thee.
In
a small moment I have forsaken thee, And in great mercies I do
gather thee,
Isaiah 54 8
In
overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with
everlasting lovingkindness will
I have mercy on you, says Yahweh your Redeemer.
In
the outpouring of wrath have I hid my face from thee for a moment;
but with
everlasting
loving-kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah, thy
Redeemer.
In
overflowing wrath I hid my face [for] a moment from thee, And in
kindness age-
during
I have loved thee, Said thy Redeemer -- Jehovah!
Isaiah 54 9
For
this is [as] the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the
waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you,
nor rebuke you.
For
this is [as] the waters of Noah unto me, since I have sworn that the
waters of Noah
should
no more go over the earth: so have I sworn that I will no more be
wroth with thee,
nor
rebuke thee.
For,
the waters of Noah [is] this to Me, In that I have sworn -- the
waters of Noah Do
not pass again over the earth -- So I have sworn, Wrath is not upon
thee, Nor
rebuke
against thee.
Isaiah 54 10
For
the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my
lovingkindness shall not depart from you, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, says Yahweh
who has mercy on you.
For
the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my
loving-kindness shall
not
depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed,
saith Jehovah, that
hath
mercy on thee.
For
the mountains depart, and the hills remove, And My kindness from
thee
departeth
not, And the covenant of My peace removeth not, Said hath thy loving
one
-- Jehovah.
Isaiah 54 11
you
afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will set
your stones in beautiful colors,
and lay your foundations with sapphires.
[Thou]
afflicted, tossed with tempest, not comforted! Behold, I will set
thy stones in
antimony,
and lay thy foundations with sapphires;
O
afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement
thy stones,
And
have founded thee with sapphires,
Isaiah 54 12
I
will make your pinnacles of rubies, and your gates of emeralds, and
all your border of precious stones.
and
I will make thy battlements of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles,
and all thy
borders
of precious stones.
And
have made of agate thy pinnacles, And thy gates of carbuncle stones,
And all
thy
border of stones of delight,
Isaiah 54 13
All
your children shall be taught of Yahweh; and great shall be the peace
of your children.
And
all thy children [shall be] taught of Jehovah, and great shall be
the peace of thy
children.
And
all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant [is] the peace of
thy sons.
Isaiah 54 14
In
righteousness shall you be established: you shall be far from
oppression, for you shall not be afraid;
and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
In
righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from
oppression, for thou
shalt
not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.
In
righteousness thou establishest thyself, Be far from oppression, for
thou fearest
not, And from ruin, for it cometh not near unto thee.
Isaiah 54 15
Behold,
they may gather together, but not by me: whoever shall gather
together against you
shall
fall because of you.
Behold,
they shall surely gather together, [but] not by me: whosoever
gathereth together
against
thee shall fall because of thee.
Lo,
he doth diligently assemble without My desire, Who hath assembled
near thee?
By thee he falleth!
Isaiah 54 16
Behold,
I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals, and brings
forth a weapon for his work;
and I have created the waster to destroy.
Behold,
it is I who have created the smith that bloweth in the fire of coal,
and that
bringeth
forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the destroyer
to ravage.
Lo,
I -- I have prepared an artizan, Blowing on a fire of coals, And
bringing out an
instrument
for his work, And I have prepared a destroyer to destroy.
Isaiah 54 17
No
weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue
that shall rise against you in
judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of
Yahweh, and their righteousness
which is of me, says Yahweh.
No
weapon that is prepared against thee shall prosper; and every tongue
that riseth
against
thee in judgment, thou shalt condemn. This is the inheritance of the
servants of
Jehovah;
and their righteousness is of me, saith Jehovah.
No
weapon formed against thee prospereth, And every tongue rising
against thee,
In judgment thou condemnest. This [is] the inheritance of the
servants of Jehovah,
And their righteousness from me, an affirmation of Jehovah!
Isaiah 55 1
Ho,
everyone who thirsts, come you to the waters, and he who has no
money; come you, buy, and eat;
yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Ho,
every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and he that hath no
money, come ye,
buy,
and eat: yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without
price!
Ho,
every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money,
Come ye,
buy
and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and
milk.
Isaiah 55 2
Why
do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for
that which doesn`t satisfy?
listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your
soul delight itself in
fatness.
Wherefore
do ye spend money for [that which is] not bread? and your labour for
that
which
satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye [that which
is] good, and let
your soul delight itself in fatness.
Why
do ye weigh money for that which is not bread? And your labour for
that
which
is not for satiety? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat good, And
your soul
doth
delight itself in fatness.
Isaiah 55 3
Turn
your ear, and come to me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will
make an everlasting covenant
with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Incline
your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I
will make an
everlasting
covenant with you, the sure mercies of David.
Incline
your ear, and come unto me, Hear, and your soul doth live, And I
make for
you
a covenant age-during, The kind acts of David -- that are stedfast.
Isaiah 55 4
Behold,
I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander
to the peoples.
Behold,
I have given him [for] a witness to the peoples, a prince and
commander to the
peoples.
Lo,
a witness to peoples I have given him, A leader and commander to
peoples.
Isaiah 55 5
Behold,
you shall call a nation that you don`t know; and a nation that didn`t
know you shall run to
you, because of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for
he has glorified you.
Behold,
thou shalt call a nation thou knowest not, and a nation [that] knew
not thee shall
run
unto thee, because of Jehovah thy God, and the Holy One of Israel;
for he hath
glorified
thee.
Lo,
a nation thou knowest not, thou callest, And a nation who know thee
not unto
thee
do run, For the sake of Jehovah thy God, And for the Holy One of
Israel,
Because
He hath beautified thee.
Isaiah 55 6
Seek
you Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:
Seek
ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
Seek
ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,
Isaiah 55 7
let
the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and
let him return to
Yahweh,
and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly
pardon.
Let
the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
and let him
return
unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for
he will
abundantly
pardon.
Forsake
doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And
he
returneth
to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth
to
pardon.
Isaiah 55 8
For
my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,
says Yahweh.
For
my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,
saith Jehovah.
For
not My thoughts [are] your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, -- an
affirmation
of
Jehovah,
Isaiah 55 9
For
as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than
your ways, and my thoughts
than your thoughts.
For
[as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher
than your ways, and
my thoughts than your thoughts.
For
high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My
ways above
your
ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.
Isaiah 55 10
For
as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn`t return
there, but waters the earth,
and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and
bread to the eater;
For
as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not
thither, but
watereth
the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed
to the
sower,
and bread to the eater:
For,
as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And
thither
returneth
not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to
spring
up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,
Isaiah 55 11
so
shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return
to me void, but it shall accomplish
that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent
it.
so
shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not
return unto me void,
but
it shall do that which I please, and it shall accomplish that for
which I send it.
So
is My word that goeth out of My mouth, It turneth not back unto Me
empty, But
hath
done that which I desired, And prosperously effected that [for]
which I sent
it.
Isaiah 55 12
For
you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains
and the hills shall
break
forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall
clap their hands.
For
ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace; the mountains
and the hills shall
break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field
shall clap their hands.
For
with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The
mountains and the
hills Break forth before you [with] singing, And all trees of the
field clap the
Isaiah 55 13
Instead
of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier
shall come up the
myrtle-tree:
and it shall be to Yahweh for a name, for an everlasting sign that
shall not be cut off.
Instead
of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle
shall come up the
myrtle; and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting
sign [that] shall not be
cut
off.
Instead
of the thorn come up doth fir, Instead of the brier come up doth
myrtle,
And
it hath been to Jehovah for a name, For a sign age-during -- it is
not cut off!
Isaiah 56 1
Thus
says Yahweh, Keep you justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation
is near to come, and my
righteousness to be revealed.
Thus
saith Jehovah: Keep ye judgment and do righteousness; for my
salvation is near to
come,
and my righteousness to be revealed.
Thus
said Jehovah: `Keep ye judgment, and do righteousness, For near [is]
My
salvation
to come, And My righteousness to be revealed.`
Isaiah 56 2
Blessed
is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who
keeps the Sabbath from
profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.
Blessed
is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth fast to
it; that keepeth
the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any
evil.
O
the happiness of a man who doth this, And of a son of man who
keepeth hold on
it,
Keeping the sabbath from polluting it, And keeping his hand from
doing any
evil.
Isaiah 56 3
Neither
let the foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh, speak, saying,
Yahweh will surely separate
me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry
tree.
And
let not the son of the alien, that hath joined himself to Jehovah,
speak saying, Jehovah
hath entirely separated me from his people; neither let the eunuch
say, Behold, I am a
dry
tree;
Nor
speak let a son of the stranger, Who is joined unto Jehovah, saying:
`Jehovah
doth
certainly separate me from His people.` Nor say let the eunuch, `Lo,
I am a
tree
dried up,`
Isaiah 56 4
For
thus says Yahweh of the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the
things that please me,
and hold fast my covenant:
for
thus saith Jehovah: Unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and
choose the things
that
please me, and hold fast to my covenant,
For
thus said Jehovah of the eunuchs, Who do keep My sabbaths, And have
fixed on
that
which I desired, And are keeping hold on My covenant:
Isaiah 56 5
To
them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a
name better than of sons and
of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be
cut off.
even
unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a place and a
name better
than
of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that
shall not be cut off.
I
have given to them in My house, And within My walls a station and a
name,
Better
than sons and than daughters, A name age-during I give to him That
is not
cut
off.
Isaiah 56 6
Also
the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, to minister to him, and
to love the name of Yahweh,
to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it,
and holds fast my covenant;
Also
the sons of the alien, that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister
unto him and to
love
the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the
sabbath from
profaning
it, and holdeth fast to my covenant;
And
sons of the stranger, who are joined to Jehovah, To serve Him, and
to love the
name
of Jehovah, To be to Him for servants, Every keeper of the sabbath
from
polluting
it, And those keeping hold on My covenant.
Isaiah 56 7
even
them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my
house of prayer: their burnt
offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my
house shall be called a house
of prayer for all peoples.
even
them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my
house of prayer;
their
burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine
altar: for my
house
shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.
I
have brought them unto My holy mountain, And caused them to rejoice
in My
house
of prayer, Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices [Are] for a
pleasing
thing
on Mine altar, For My house, `A house of prayer,` Is called for all
the peoples.
Isaiah 56 8
The
Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, Yet will I
gather [others] to him,
besides
his own who are gathered.
The
Lord Jehovah, who gathereth the outcasts of Israel, saith: Yet will
I gather [others] to
him,
with those of his that are gathered.
An
affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Who is gathering the outcasts of
Israel: `Again
I gather to him -- to his gathered ones.`
Isaiah 56 9
All
you animals of the field, come to devour, [yes], all you animals in
the forest.
All
ye beasts of the field, come to devour, all ye beasts in the forest.
Every
beast of the field, Come to devour, every beast in the forest.
Isaiah 56 10
His
watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute
dogs, they can`t bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
His
watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are
all dumb dogs
that
cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber:
Blind
[are] his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them
[are]
dumb
dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to
slumber.
Isaiah 56 11
Yes,
the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are
shepherds who can`t
understand:
they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from
every quarter.
and
the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are
shepherds that
know
not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for
his gain, even to
the
last of them:
And
the dogs [are] strong of desire, They have not known sufficiency,
And they
[are]
shepherds! They have not known understanding, All of them to their
own
way
they did turn, Each to his dishonest gain from his quarter:
Isaiah 56 12
Come
you, [say they], I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with
strong drink; and tomorrow shall
be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure.
Come,
[say they,] I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with
strong drink; and to-
morrow
shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant.
`Come
ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day
hath been
to-morrow, Great -- exceeding abundant!`
Study Questions
What will "My righteous servant" do? 53:11
The Holy One of Israel is also called? 54:5f
God's word will not always do its intended work due to man's stubbornness, true or false? 56:11
What will God give to the eunuchs that please Him? 56:4-7
The World English Bible
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2 Timothy 3
2Ti 3:1 But know this,
that in the last days, grievous times will come.
2Ti 3:2 For men will be
lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
2Ti 3:3 without natural
affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no
lovers of good,
2Ti 3:4 traitors,
headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
2Ti 3:5 holding a form
of godliness, but having denied the power thereof. Turn away from
these, also.
2Ti 3:6 For of these
are those who creep into houses, and take captive gullible women
loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts,
2Ti 3:7 always
learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2Ti 3:8 Even as Jannes
and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the truth; men
corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.
2Ti 3:9 But they will
proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as
theirs also came to be.
2Ti 3:10 But you did
follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love,
steadfastness,
2Ti 3:11 persecutions,
and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium,
and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. Out of them all the Lord
delivered me.
2Ti 3:12 Yes, and all
who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
2Ti 3:13 But evil men
and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being
deceived.
2Ti 3:14 But you remain
in the things which you have learned and have been assured of,
knowing from whom you have learned them.
2Ti 3:15 From infancy,
you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise
for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
2Ti 3:16 Every
Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof,
for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
2Ti 3:17 that the man
of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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2
Timothy
2
Timothy 3 1
But
know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come.
But
this know, that in [the] last days difficult times shall be there;
And
this know thou, that in the last days there shall come perilous
times,
2
Timothy 3 2
For
men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
unthankful, unholy,
for
men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant,
evil speakers,
disobedient
to parents, ungrateful, profane,
for
men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud,
evil-
speakers,
to parents disobedient, unthankful, unkind,
2
Timothy 3 3
without
natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control,
fierce, no lovers of
without
natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions,
savage, having
no
love for what is good,
without
natural affection, implacable, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
not
lovers
of those who are good,
2
Timothy 3 4
traitors,
headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;
traitors,
headlong, of vain pretensions, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers
of God;
traitors,
heady, lofty, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God,
2
Timothy 3 5
holding
a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof. Turn away
from these, also.
having
a form of piety but denying the power of it: and from these turn
away.
having
a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be
turning
away,
2
Timothy 3 6
For
of these are those who creep into houses, and take captive gullible
women loaded down with sins,
led away by various lusts,
For
of these are they who are getting into houses, and leading captive
silly women, laden
with
sins, led by various lusts,
for
of these there are those coming into the houses and leading captive
the silly
women,
laden with sins, led away with desires manifold,
2
Timothy 3 7
always
learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
always
learning, and never able to come to [the] knowledge of [the] truth.
always
learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,
2
Timothy 3 8
Even
as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so do these also oppose the
truth; men corrupted in mind,
reprobate concerning the faith.
Now
in the same manner in which Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, thus
these also
withstand
the truth; men corrupted in mind, found worthless as regards the
faith.
and,
even as Jannes and Jambres stood against Moses, so also these do
stand against
the truth, men corrupted in mind, disapproved concerning the faith;
2
Timothy 3 9
But
they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all
men, as theirs also came to be.
But
they shall not advance farther; for their folly shall be completely
manifest to all, as
that
of those also became.
but
they shall not advance any further, for their folly shall be
manifest to all, as
theirs
also did become.
2
Timothy 3 10
But
you did follow my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love,
steadfastness,
But
*thou* hast been thoroughly acquainted with my teaching, conduct,
purpose, faith,
longsuffering,
love, endurance,
And
thou -- thou hast followed after my teaching, manner of life,
purpose, faith,
long-suffering,
love, endurance,
2
Timothy 3 11
persecutions,
and sufferings; those things that happened to me at Antioch, at
Iconium, at Lystra; those persecutions that I endured. Out of them all the Lord delivered
me.
persecutions,
sufferings: what [sufferings] happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium,
in
Lystra;
what persecutions I endured; and the Lord delivered me out of all.
the
persecutions, the afflictions, that befel me in Antioch, in Iconium,
in Lystra;
what
persecutions I endured, and out of all the Lord did deliver me,
2
Timothy 3 12
Yes,
and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer
persecution.
And
all indeed who desire to live piously in Christ Jesus will be
persecuted.
and
all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be
persecuted,
2
Timothy 3 13
But
evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being
deceived.
But
wicked men and juggling impostors shall advance in evil, leading and
being led
astray.
and
evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray
and being
led
astray.
2
Timothy 3 14
But
you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured
of, knowing from whom
you have learned them.
But
*thou*, abide in those things which thou hast learned, and [of
which] thou hast been
fully
persuaded, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them];
And
thou -- be remaining in the things which thou didst learn and wast
entrusted
with, having known from whom thou didst learn,
2
Timothy 3 15
From
infancy, you have known the sacred writings which are able to make
you wise to salvation through
faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
and
that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able
to make thee
wise
unto salvation, through faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.
and
because from a babe the Holy Writings thou hast known, which are
able to
make
thee wise -- to salvation, through faith that [is] in Christ Jesus;
2
Timothy 3 16
Every
scripture inspired by God is also profitable for teaching, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction
which is in righteousness,
Every
scripture [is] divinely inspired, and profitable for teaching, for
conviction, for
correction,
for instruction in righteousness;
every
Writing [is] God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for
conviction, for
setting
aright, for instruction that [is] in righteousness,
2
Timothy 3 17
that
the man of God may be complete, furnished completely to every good
work.
that
the man of God may be complete, fully fitted to every good work.
that
the man of God may be fitted -- for every good work having been
completed.
Study Questions
Who will suffer persecution? 3:12
What is scripture profitable for? 3:16,17
