Exodus 14 Cross References - NSB

¹ Jehovah said to Moses: ² »Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the Red Sea, near Baal Zephon. ³ »The king will think that the Israelites are wandering around in the country and are closed in by the desert. ⁴ »I will make him stubborn. He will pursue you. My victory over the king and his army will bring me honor. Then the Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah!« The Israelites did as they were told. ⁵ The king of Egypt was told that the people had escaped. He and his officials changed their minds and said: »What have we done? We have let the Israelites escape, and we have lost them as our slaves!« ⁶ The king got his war chariot and army ready. ⁷ He commanded his officers in charge of his six hundred best chariots and all his other chariots to start after the Israelites. ⁸ Jehovah made the king so stubborn that he went after them. The Israelites proudly went on their way. ⁹ The king’s horses and chariots and soldiers caught up with them while they were camping by the Red Sea near Pi-Hahiroth and Baal-Zephon. ¹⁰ The Israelites saw the king coming with his army. They were frightened and begged Jehovah for help. ¹¹ They also complained to Moses: Was there not enough room in Egypt to bury us? Is that why you brought us out here to die in the desert? Why did you bring us out of Egypt? ¹² »Did we not say in Egypt: Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert.« ¹³ But Moses said to the people: »Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of Jehovah. He will accomplish this for you today. The Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever. ¹⁴ »Jehovah will fight for you while you keep silent.« ¹⁵ Jehovah said to Moses: »Why are you crying out to me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward. ¹⁶ »As for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. The sons of Israel shall go through the midst of the sea on dry land. ¹⁷ »I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. ¹⁸ »Then the Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots and his horsemen.« ¹⁹ The angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them. The pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them. ²⁰ So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. There was the cloud along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night. ²¹ Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. Jehovah swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land. The waters were divided. ²² The Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground. The water stood like a wall on their right and on their left. ²³ The Egyptians pursued them. Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and cavalry followed them into the sea. ²⁴ Just before dawn, Jehovah looked down from the column of fire and smoke and threw the Egyptian camp into a panic. ²⁵ He made the wheels of their chariots come off. They could hardly move. Then the Egyptians shouted: »Let us get out of here! Jehovah is fighting for Israel! He is against us!« ²⁶ Jehovah then said to Moses: »Hold out your hand over the sea, and the water will flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and drivers.« ²⁷ Moses held out his hand over the sea. At daybreak the water returned to its normal level. The Egyptians tried to escape from the water. But Jehovah threw them into the sea. ²⁸ The water returned and covered the chariots, the drivers, and all the Egyptian army that had followed the Israelites into the sea. None of them were left. ²⁹ On the other hand, the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on both sides. ³⁰ That day Jehovah saved the people of Israel from the Egyptians. The Israelites saw them lying dead on the seashore. ³¹ The Israelites saw the great power with which Jehovah had defeated the Egyptians. So they stood in awe of Jehovah. They had faith in Jehovah and in his servant Moses.

¹⁷ »I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens. Every creature that has the breath of life in it, everything on earth will perish.

⁹ »I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you

¹ The word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision: »Do not be afraid, Abram; I am your shield. Your reward shall be very great.«

⁶ Israel asked: »Why have you made trouble for me by telling the man you had another brother?«

¹⁸ »I wait with hope for your salvation, O Jehovah.

²² Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: Every son who is born must be thrown into the Nile River. However, keep every daughter alive.

⁹ »My people have begged for my help. I have seen how cruel the Egyptians are to them.

² Jehovah asked him: »What is that in your hand?« He answered: »A shepherd’s staff.«

¹⁷ »Take your staff in your hand with which you shall perform the signs.«

²⁰ So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on a donkey and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the staff of God in his hand. ²¹ Jehovah said to Moses: »When you go back to Egypt see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put in your power. I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.« ²² »Say to Pharaoh: ‘Thus says Jehovah, Israel is my son, my firstborn. ²³ »‘So I said to you: ‘Let My son go that he may serve me. But you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.«’«

²³ »‘So I said to you: ‘Let My son go that he may serve me. But you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.«’« ²⁴ Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that Jehovah met him and sought to put him to death. ²⁵ Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and threw it at Moses’ feet. She said: »You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me.« ²⁶ So He let him alone. At that time she said: »You are a bridegroom of blood, because of the circumcision.« ²⁷ Jehovah said to Aaron: »Go to meet Moses in the wilderness.« So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him. ²⁸ Moses told Aaron all the words Jehovah sent him to tell Moses, and all the signs that he had commanded him to do. ²⁹ Then Moses and Aaron went to Egypt and assembled all the elders of the people of Israel. ³⁰ Aaron told them everything Jehovah had said to Moses. He also did the miraculous signs for the people. ³¹ The people believed them. When they heard that Jehovah was concerned about the people of Israel and that he had seen their misery, they knelt, bowed low and worshiped.

³¹ The people believed them. When they heard that Jehovah was concerned about the people of Israel and that he had seen their misery, they knelt, bowed low and worshiped.

²¹ They said: »May Jehovah see what you have done and judge you! You have made Pharaoh and his officials hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us.« ²² Moses went back to Jehovah and asked: »Why have you brought this trouble on your people? Why did you send me?

¹ Jehovah said to Moses: »Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh. I will show him my power. He will let my people go! I will show him my power, and he will throw them out of his country.«

⁹ Moses reported this to the Israelites. But they would not listen to him. For they were so discouraged by their backbreaking work.

³ »I will harden Pharaoh’s heart that I may multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.

³ »I will harden Pharaoh’s heart that I may multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt. ⁴ »Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will use my power to punish (lay my hand upon) Egypt severely. I will bring my people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt in organized family groups. ⁵ »The Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah when I use my power against Egypt and bring the sons of Israel out of there.«

⁹ »Pharaoh will say: ‘Give me a sign to prove that God has sent you.’ Tell Aaron: ‘Take your shepherd’s staff and throw it down in front of Pharaoh. It will become a large snake.’

¹³ Pharaoh continued to be stubborn. Just as Jehovah had predicted, he would not listen to them. ¹⁴ Jehovah said to Moses: »Pharaoh is being stubborn. He will not let my people go.

¹⁷ »Jehovah says: ‘This is the way you will recognize that I am Jehovah: I will strike the Nile with this staff in my hand. The water will turn into blood.

¹⁹ Jehovah then spoke to Moses: »Tell Aaron, Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt; its rivers, canals, ponds, and all its reservoirs. They will turn into blood. There will be blood everywhere in Egypt, even in the buckets of wood and stone pitchers.«

⁵ Jehovah also said to Moses: »Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the streams and over the pools. Make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’«

¹⁶ »I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you my power and in order to proclaim my name through all the earth.

¹ Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:

³³ The Egyptians begged the people to leave the country quickly. They said: »We will all be dead soon!«

¹ Jehovah said to Moses:

⁹ »This festival will be like a mark on your hand. It will be a reminder on your forehead that the teachings of Jehovah are always to be a part of your conversation! Jehovah used his mighty hand to bring you out of Egypt.

¹⁶ »This festival will be like a mark on your hand and like a band on your forehead, because Jehovah used his mighty hand to bring us out of Egypt.« ¹⁷ »When the king of Egypt let the people go God did not take them on the road that goes up the coast to Philistia, although it was the shortest way. God thought: I do not want the people to change their minds and return to Egypt when they see that they are going to have to fight.« ¹⁸ He led them by way of the desert by the Red Sea. The Israelites were armed for battle.

¹⁸ He led them by way of the desert by the Red Sea. The Israelites were armed for battle.

²¹ Jehovah went in front of them in a pillar of cloud to show them the way during the day. He went in front of them in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel at night.

²¹ Jehovah went in front of them in a pillar of cloud to show them the way during the day. He went in front of them in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel at night. ²² The pillar of cloud was always in front of the people during the day, and the pillar of fire at night.

² »Tell the Israelites to turn back and camp in front of Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the Red Sea, near Baal Zephon.

⁴ »I will make him stubborn. He will pursue you. My victory over the king and his army will bring me honor. Then the Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah!« The Israelites did as they were told.

⁸ Jehovah made the king so stubborn that he went after them. The Israelites proudly went on their way. ⁹ The king’s horses and chariots and soldiers caught up with them while they were camping by the Red Sea near Pi-Hahiroth and Baal-Zephon.

¹³ But Moses said to the people: »Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of Jehovah. He will accomplish this for you today. The Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever. ¹⁴ »Jehovah will fight for you while you keep silent.«

¹⁶ »As for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. The sons of Israel shall go through the midst of the sea on dry land. ¹⁷ »I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.

¹⁷ »I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. ¹⁸ »Then the Egyptians will know that I am Jehovah, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots and his horsemen.« ¹⁹ The angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them. The pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them. ²⁰ So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. There was the cloud along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night. ²¹ Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. Jehovah swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land. The waters were divided. ²² The Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground. The water stood like a wall on their right and on their left.

²² The Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground. The water stood like a wall on their right and on their left. ²³ The Egyptians pursued them. Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and cavalry followed them into the sea. ²⁴ Just before dawn, Jehovah looked down from the column of fire and smoke and threw the Egyptian camp into a panic. ²⁵ He made the wheels of their chariots come off. They could hardly move. Then the Egyptians shouted: »Let us get out of here! Jehovah is fighting for Israel! He is against us!« ²⁶ Jehovah then said to Moses: »Hold out your hand over the sea, and the water will flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and drivers.«

²⁹ On the other hand, the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on both sides. ³⁰ That day Jehovah saved the people of Israel from the Egyptians. The Israelites saw them lying dead on the seashore.

¹ Moses and the Israelites sang this song to Jehovah: »I will sing to Jehovah, because he has won a glorious victory. He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.

¹ Moses and the Israelites sang this song to Jehovah: »I will sing to Jehovah, because he has won a glorious victory. He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea. ² »Jehovah is my strong defender. He is the one who has saved me. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will sing about his greatness.

² »Jehovah is my strong defender. He is the one who has saved me. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will sing about his greatness. ³ »Jehovah is His name, and he is a warrior!

³ »Jehovah is His name, and he is a warrior!

³ »Jehovah is His name, and he is a warrior! ⁴ »He threw the chariots and army of Egypt’s king into the Red Sea, and he drowned the best of the king’s army.

⁴ »He threw the chariots and army of Egypt’s king into the Red Sea, and he drowned the best of the king’s army.

⁴ »He threw the chariots and army of Egypt’s king into the Red Sea, and he drowned the best of the king’s army. ⁵ »The depths have covered them. They sank to the bottom just like boulders.

⁵ »The depths have covered them. They sank to the bottom just like boulders. ⁶ »With the tremendous force of your right arm, Jehovah, you crushed your enemies.

⁶ »With the tremendous force of your right arm, Jehovah, you crushed your enemies. ⁷ »In the greatness of your excellence you overthrow those who rose up against you. You sent your wrath and consumed them like stubble.

⁷ »In the greatness of your excellence you overthrow those who rose up against you. You sent your wrath and consumed them like stubble. ⁸ »With a blast from your nostrils, the water piled up. The waves stood up like a dam. The deep water thickened in the middle of the sea.

⁸ »With a blast from your nostrils, the water piled up. The waves stood up like a dam. The deep water thickened in the middle of the sea.

⁸ »With a blast from your nostrils, the water piled up. The waves stood up like a dam. The deep water thickened in the middle of the sea. ⁹ »The enemy said: ‘I will pursue them! I will catch them! I will divide the loot! I will take all I want! I will use my sword! I will take all they have!’«

⁹ »The enemy said: ‘I will pursue them! I will catch them! I will divide the loot! I will take all I want! I will use my sword! I will take all they have!’«

⁹ »The enemy said: ‘I will pursue them! I will catch them! I will divide the loot! I will take all I want! I will use my sword! I will take all they have!’« ¹⁰ »Your breath blew the sea over them. They sank like lead in the raging water.

¹⁰ »Your breath blew the sea over them. They sank like lead in the raging water.

¹⁰ »Your breath blew the sea over them. They sank like lead in the raging water.

¹⁰ »Your breath blew the sea over them. They sank like lead in the raging water. ¹¹ »Who among the gods is like you Jehovah? Who is like you, wonderful in holiness? Who can work wonders and mighty acts like yours?

¹¹ »Who among the gods is like you Jehovah? Who is like you, wonderful in holiness? Who can work wonders and mighty acts like yours?

¹¹ »Who among the gods is like you Jehovah? Who is like you, wonderful in holiness? Who can work wonders and mighty acts like yours? ¹² »You stretched out your right hand, and the earth swallowed our enemies.

¹² »You stretched out your right hand, and the earth swallowed our enemies. ¹³ »Using your powerful love, you rescued (redeemed) the people.

¹³ »Using your powerful love, you rescued (redeemed) the people. ¹⁴ »Nations learned of this and trembled. The Philistines shook with horror.

¹⁴ »Nations learned of this and trembled. The Philistines shook with horror.

¹⁴ »Nations learned of this and trembled. The Philistines shook with horror. ¹⁵ »The sheiks (chiefs) of Edom were dismayed. The leaders of Moab are griped with fear. The inhabitants of Canaan are filled with fear.

¹⁵ »The sheiks (chiefs) of Edom were dismayed. The leaders of Moab are griped with fear. The inhabitants of Canaan are filled with fear.

¹⁵ »The sheiks (chiefs) of Edom were dismayed. The leaders of Moab are griped with fear. The inhabitants of Canaan are filled with fear. ¹⁶ »Terror and dread fall upon them. By the greatness of your arm they are motionless as stone. Until your people pass over, O Jehovah, until the people pass over whom you have purchased.

¹⁶ »Terror and dread fall upon them. By the greatness of your arm they are motionless as stone. Until your people pass over, O Jehovah, until the people pass over whom you have purchased.

¹⁶ »Terror and dread fall upon them. By the greatness of your arm they are motionless as stone. Until your people pass over, O Jehovah, until the people pass over whom you have purchased. ¹⁷ »You will bring them and plant them on your own mountain, the place where you live, O Jehovah, the holy place that you built with your own hands, O Jehovah.

¹⁷ »You will bring them and plant them on your own mountain, the place where you live, O Jehovah, the holy place that you built with your own hands, O Jehovah. ¹⁸ »Jehovah will rule as king forever and ever.«

¹⁸ »Jehovah will rule as king forever and ever.« ¹⁹ When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and cavalry went into the sea, Jehovah made the water of the sea flow back over them. The Israelites had gone through the sea on dry ground.

¹⁹ When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and cavalry went into the sea, Jehovah made the water of the sea flow back over them. The Israelites had gone through the sea on dry ground.

¹⁹ When Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and cavalry went into the sea, Jehovah made the water of the sea flow back over them. The Israelites had gone through the sea on dry ground. ²⁰ The prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand. All the women, danced with tambourines, and followed her.

²⁰ The prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand. All the women, danced with tambourines, and followed her. ²¹ Miriam sang to them: »Sing to Jehovah. He has won a glorious victory. He has thrown horses and their riders into the sea.«

²¹ Miriam sang to them: »Sing to Jehovah. He has won a glorious victory. He has thrown horses and their riders into the sea.« ²² Moses led Israel away from the Red Sea into the desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. ²³ When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water because it tasted bitter. That is why the place was called Marah (Bitter Place).

²³ When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water because it tasted bitter. That is why the place was called Marah (Bitter Place). ²⁴ The people complained about Moses. They asked: »What can we drink?«

²⁴ The people complained about Moses. They asked: »What can we drink?« ²⁵ Moses cried out to Jehovah. Jehovah showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. Jehovah presented laws and rules for them to live by. He tested them there. ²⁶ He said: »If you will listen carefully to Jehovah your God and do what he considers right, if you pay attention to his commands and obey all his laws, I will never make you suffer any of the diseases I made the Egyptians suffer. I am Jehovah, who heals you.« ²⁷ Then they went to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there by the water.

² The entire congregation complained about Moses and Aaron in the desert. ³ The Israelites said to them: »If only Jehovah had allowed us to die in Egypt! There we sat by our pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted! You brought us out into this desert to let us all starve to death!«

² So they complained to Moses about this: »Give us water to drink!« Moses said: »Why do you complain to me? Why do you test Jehovah?« ³ The people were thirsty for water. They complained to Moses and asked: »Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Was it to make us, our children, and our livestock die of thirst?« ⁴ Moses cried out to Jehovah: »What should I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me!«

¹¹ »Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all the other gods. It was proven when they treated the people with contempt.«

⁹ Jehovah said to Moses: »I will come to you in a thick cloud. The people will hear me speaking with you and will believe you from now on.« Moses gave Jehovah the people’s answer.

²⁰ »I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place that I have prepared. ²¹ »Be on your guard before him and obey his voice. Do not be rebellious toward him. He will not pardon your transgression, since my name is in him. (He has my honor, authority and character)

³⁴ »Now, go and lead the people to the place I told you about. My angel will go ahead of you. But on the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.«

²⁸ »‘I will resist you with great fury. I will discipline you seven times for your sins.

¹ The people complained out loud to Jehovah about their troubles. Jehovah heard them and he became angry. Fire from Jehovah burned among them. It destroyed some people on the outskirts of the camp.

¹⁵ »If you treat me like this have pity on me and kill me. That way I will not have to endure my shame any longer.«

⁸ »Take your staff and you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation. Right before their eyes, tell the rock to give up its water. In this way you will give the congregation water from the rock for them and their animals to drink.« ⁹ Moses took his staff out of the tent in Jehovah’s presence as he had been commanded.

¹¹ Moses raised his hand and hit the rock twice with the staff. Water came pouring out! All the people and their animals drank.

¹⁶ »‘We cried to Jehovah for help. He heard our cry and sent an angel, who led us out of Egypt. Now we are at Kadesh, a town at the border of your territory.

³ They moved from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the Passover. The Israelites boldly left in full view of all the Egyptians.

⁷ They moved from Etham and turned back to Pi Hahiroth, east of Baal Zephon. They set up camp near Migdol. ⁸ They moved from Pi Hahiroth and went through the middle of the sea into the desert. After they traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they set up camp at Marah.

⁸ They moved from Pi Hahiroth and went through the middle of the sea into the desert. After they traveled for three days in the Desert of Etham, they set up camp at Marah.

³⁰ »‘Jehovah your God leads you. He will fight for you just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes!

¹ All the Israelite congregation raised their voices and cried out loud all that night. ² They complained to Moses and Aaron: »If only we had died in Egypt or in this desert! ³ »Why is Jehovah bringing us to this land? Is it just to have us die in battle? Our wives and children will be taken as prisoners of war! Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?« ⁴ They said to each other: »Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt.«

⁹ »Do not rebel against Jehovah. Do not be afraid of the people who live there. We will conquer them easily. Jehovah is with us and has defeated the gods who protected them. Do not be afraid.«

⁴¹ The next day the whole congregation of Israel complained to Moses and Aaron. They said: »You have killed Jehovah’s people.«

²² »‘Do not be afraid of them. For Jehovah your God fights for you.’

⁴ »And what He did to Egypt's army, to its horses and its chariots, when He made the water of the Red Sea engulf them while they pursued. Jehovah completely destroyed them!

³ He should say: »Listen, Israel, today you are going into battle against your enemies. Do not lose your courage! Do not be afraid. Do not tremble because of them. ⁴ »Jehovah your God is going with you. He will fight for you against your enemies and give you victory.

⁸ »‘Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders.

²¹ »Then it will happen, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify before them as a witness. It shall not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. I know the intent they are developing today, before I have brought them into the land that I swore.«

²⁷ »I did not want their enemies to make me angry. I did not want their opponents to misunderstand and say: We won this victory! Jehovah did not do all this!

³⁹ »See now that I, even I, am he. There is no god besides me! It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heals. There is no one who can deliver from my hand.

¹³ »As soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the Ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, set foot in the Jordan the waters of Jordan shall be cut off and they shall stand in a heap.« ¹⁴ When the people set out from their camp to cross the Jordan, and the priests bearing the Ark of the Covenant before the people and ¹⁵ As they carried the ark into the Jordan and the feet of the priests dipped into the water, for Jordan is at food stage at the time of harvest. ¹⁶ The waters stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam that is beside Zaretan. The waters that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off. The people passed over the Jericho.

¹⁶ The waters stood and rose up upon a heap very far from the city Adam that is beside Zaretan. The waters that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off. The people passed over the Jericho.

¹⁸ When the priests that carried the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah were up out of the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up onto the dry land that the waters of Jordan returned to their place, and flowed over all its banks, as they did before.

²³ »For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you, until you all crossed over. As Jehovah your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we crossed over.

¹⁰ Jehovah threw them into confusion before Israel. They were killed in a great battle at Gibeon. They were chased along the road that goes up to Beth-horon. They were slaughtered all the way to Azekah, and Makkedah.

¹⁴ There was no day like that before or after it, that Jehovah listened to the voice of a man: for Jehovah fought for Israel.

⁴² All these kings and their land Joshua took at one time, because Jehovah the God of Israel fought for Israel.

¹⁶ The children of Joseph said: »The hill is not enough for us. All the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.« ¹⁷ Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying: »You are a great people. You have great power. You will not have only one lot. ¹⁸ »The mountain will be yours. For it is a wood, and you will cut it down. The farthest limits will be yours. You will drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they are strong.«

¹⁰ Jehovah said to Joshua: »You get up! Why are you on your face?

³ »You have seen everything Jehovah your God has done to all these nations because of you. Jehovah your God fights for you.

¹⁰ »One of you can make a thousand men run away, because Jehovah your God is fighting for you, as he promised.

⁶ »‘I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, and the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and cavalry. When your ancestors got to the Red Sea ⁷ they cried out to me for help. I put darkness between them and the Egyptians. I made the sea come rolling over the Egyptians and drown them. You know what I did to Egypt. You lived in the desert a long time.

⁶ Adoni-bezek fled and they chased him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. ⁷ And Adoni-bezek said: »Seventy kings with their big toes cut off have gathered food scrapes under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.« So they brought him to Jerusalem where he died.

³ Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots, and he ruled the people of Israel with cruelty and violence for twenty years. The people of Israel cried out to Jehovah for help.

¹⁵ Jehovah routed Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak. Sisera dismounted his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

²⁰ »As the stars moved across the sky they fought against Sisera.

²⁰ »As the stars moved across the sky they fought against Sisera. ²¹ »The River Kishon swept them away. That ancient flooding river swept them away. March on! March on and be strong.

² The people of Gaza discovered that Samson was there. They surrounded the place and waited for him all night long at the city gate. They were quiet all night, thinking: »We will wait until daybreak and kill him.«

⁷ Then they were frightened and said: »A god has come into their camp.« They also said: »Oh no! Nothing like this has ever happened before. ⁸ »We are in trouble now! Who will deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with plagues in the desert wilderness.

¹¹ The next day Saul arranged the army in three divisions. They came into the Ammonite camp during the morning hours. They continued to defeat the Ammonites until it got hot that day. The survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.

¹⁸ Samuel prayed. That same day Jehovah sent thunder and rain. Then all the people became afraid of Jehovah and of Samuel.

²³ Jehovah made Israel safe that day. The battle shifted to Beth-aven.

⁷ When Saul was told that David went to Keilah, Saul said: »God has delivered him into my hands. He has trapped himself by going into a city which has a gate with a double door held shut by a bar.«

²³ »Find out exactly the places where he hides. Be sure to bring back a report to me right away. Then I will go with you. If he is still in the region, I will hunt him down, even if I have to search the whole land of Judah.«

²⁰ Jehovah asked: »Who will deceive Ahab so that he will go and be killed at Ramoth? Some of the angels said one thing, and others said something else,

¹⁶ »Do not be afraid,« Elisha answered. »We have more on our side than they have on theirs.«

¹⁴ They stationed themselves in the middle of that field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. So Jehovah brought about a great victory.

³¹ When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said: »He must be the king of Israel.« So they surrounded him in order to fight him. When Jehoshaphat cried out Jehovah helped him. God drew them away from him.

¹⁵ Jahaziel said: »Pay attention to me, everyone from Judah, everyone living in Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat. This is what Jehovah says to you: ‘Do not be frightened or terrified by this large crowd. The battle is not yours. It is God’s.

¹⁷ »‘You will not have to fight this battle. Just take up your positions and wait. You will see Jehovah give you victory. People of Judah and Jerusalem, do not hesitate or be afraid.’ Go out to battle. Jehovah will be with you!

²⁰ »Early the next morning the people went out to the wild country near Tekoa. Before they began Jehoshaphat addressed them with these words: ‘People of Judah and Jerusalem! Put your trust in Jehovah your God. You will stand your ground. Believe what his prophets tell you, and you will succeed.

²⁴ Judah’s army reached the tower that overlooked the desert. They saw that every soldier in the enemy’s army was lying dead on the ground.

²⁹ Deep respect for Jehovah came over the kingdoms in that area when they heard how Jehovah waged war against Israel’s enemies.

²² So Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the people living in Jerusalem from King Sennacherib of Assyria and from everyone else. Jehovah gave them peace with all their neighbors.

⁴ »Up, now! For this is your business, and we are with you. Take heart and do it.« ⁵ Then Ezra got up, and made the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do this. So they took an oath.

²⁰ »Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us. Our God will fight for us.«

⁹ »You saw the trouble of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry came to your ears by the Red Sea. ¹⁰ »You did signs and wonders on Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land. You saw how cruel they were to them. So you made a name for yourself as it is today. ¹¹ »You parted the sea before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters.

²⁰ »But the eyes of the wicked will fail and they will not escape. Their hope will become a dying gasp.«

²⁴ »Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.

¹³ »So you say: ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

¹⁵ »Therefore, I would be dismayed at his presence. I stand in awe of him. ¹⁶ »God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has dismayed (shocked) me.

⁸ »Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb?

¹² »Look at every proud man and humble him, crush the wicked where they stand.

¹² »He stills the sea with his power. He struck down Rahab with his understanding.

²² »It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

²⁰ »They die suddenly in the middle of the night. People have seizures and pass away. Mighty people are taken away but not by human hands.

²⁹ »If God decided to do nothing at all, no one could criticize him. If he hid his face (refused to assist), we would be helpless.

⁹ »When I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness, ¹⁰ when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place, ¹¹ when I said: ‘This far you may come and no farther’; here is where your proud waves halt?

² Many are saying about me: »Even with God on his side, he will not have victory (deliverance) (salvation).«

⁸ Salvation belongs to Jehovah! You bless your people.

¹¹ He made the darkness his hiding place, his pavilion round about, the dark rain clouds his covering.

¹³ Jehovah thundered in the heavens. The Most High made his voice heard with hailstones and lightning. ¹⁴ He shot his arrows and scattered them. He flashed streaks of lightning to agitate (disturb and trouble) them.

⁷ Some boast in chariots and others in horses, but we will boast in the name of Jehovah our God.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Jehovah is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the stronghold of my life. Who is there to be afraid of? ² Evildoers accosted me to tear me to pieces. My opponents and enemies stumbled and fell.

¹⁷ Righteous people cry out. Jehovah hears and rescues them from all their troubles.

¹ ([Sons of Korah]) God is our refuge and strength, a ready help in times of trouble. ² Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea. ³ Though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at its arrogance.

⁹ He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth! He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two. He burns the chariots (instruments of destruction) with fire.

⁵ They saw and then they were amazed. They were terrified and they fled in fear.

³ Our God will come and will not keep silent. A devouring fire is in front of him and a raging storm is around him.

¹⁰ The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

¹⁰ My God of loving-kindness will come to meet me. He will let me gloat over those who spy on me.

⁶ He turned the sea into dry land. They crossed the river on foot. We rejoiced because of what he did there.

⁶ He turned the sea into dry land. They crossed the river on foot. We rejoiced because of what he did there. ⁷ He rules forever with his might. His eyes watch the nations. Rebels will not be able to oppose him.

¹² They say: The kings of the armies flee; they run away. The women who remained at home will divide the goods.

¹⁷ The chariots of God are myriads in number, thousands upon thousands. Jehovah is among them. The God of Sinai is in his holy place.

¹¹ They say: »God has abandoned him. Pursue him and grab him because there is no one to rescue him.«

¹³ You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters (Egypt’s Army) in the waters.

⁵ There they were in great fear, where no fear was: for God has scattered the bones of him that encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has despised them.

⁶ At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.

¹⁶ The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they were agitated. The depths also convulsed. ¹⁷ The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around. ¹⁸ The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightning lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook. ¹⁹ Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.

¹⁹ Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known. ²⁰ You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

¹³ He divided the sea and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand up like a heap.

⁵² He led his own people out like sheep and guided them like a flock through the wilderness. ⁵³ He led them safely. They had no fear while the sea covered their enemies.

⁵³ He led them safely. They had no fear while the sea covered their enemies.

¹³ Your loving kindness toward me is great. You have rescued me from the depths of the grave.

⁸ You only have to look with your eyes to see the punishment of wicked people.

⁹ Now look at your enemies, O Jehovah. They disappear and all troublemakers are scattered. ¹⁰ But you exalt my horn (make me as strong) as a wild bull. I have been anointed with soothing lotion. ¹¹ My eyes gloat over those who spy on me. My ears hear the evildoers attacking me.

¹ O God, do not keep silent. Do not keep silent and do not be still, O God.

³² He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

²⁵ He changed their minds so that they hated his people, and they dealt treacherously with his servants.

⁷ Our fathers in Egypt did not understand your wonders. They did not remember your abundant kindnesses. But they rebelled by the Red Sea.

⁷ Our fathers in Egypt did not understand your wonders. They did not remember your abundant kindnesses. But they rebelled by the Red Sea. ⁸ Nevertheless he saved them for the sake of his name that he might make his power known.

⁸ Nevertheless he saved them for the sake of his name that he might make his power known.

⁸ Nevertheless he saved them for the sake of his name that he might make his power known. ⁹ So he rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up, and he led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness.

⁹ So he rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up, and he led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness. ¹⁰ He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

¹⁰ He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

¹⁰ He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. ¹¹ The waters covered their adversaries and not one of them was left. ¹² Then they believed his words. They sang His praise. ¹³ They quickly forgot his works and they did not wait for his counsel.

⁴⁴ He saw that they were suffering when he heard their cry for help.

⁶ Then they cried to Jehovah in their trouble. He delivered them out of their distress.

¹³ In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He saved them from their troubles.

¹⁹ In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He saved them from their troubles.

²⁸ In their distress they cried out to Jehovah. He led them from their troubles.

¹²⁰ My flesh trembles out of respect for you. I truly reverence (respect) your judgments.

³ The Red Sea looked at this and ran away. The Jordan River turned back. ⁴ The mountains jumped like rams. The hills jumped like lambs. ⁵ Red Sea, why did you run away? Jordan River, what made you turn back?

¹³ To Him who divided the Red Sea asunder. His loving kindness is everlasting.

¹⁵ But he overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for his loving kindness is everlasting.

¹⁸ The path of the righteous is like the shining light of dawn that shines brighter and brighter until the more perfect day. ¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble.

² You know when I sit down and when I rise up. You understand my thought from afar.

⁴ Even before I speak words from my tongue, behold, O Jehovah, You know it all.

³ This evil is in all things that are done under the sun. There is one event that comes to all. The heart of the sons of men is full of evil. Madness is in their heart while they live. After that they go to the dead (die).

¹¹ The arrogant people will be humbled. High and mighty people will be brought down. On that day Jehovah alone will be exalted. ¹² All who are proud will be humbled. Jehovah of Hosts will have his day against all who are arrogant and conceited.

² A report was made to the house of David saying: Aram has allied itself with Ephraim.« The heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook (their courage failed) as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

¹² »Do not say that everything these people call a conspiracy is a conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear. Do not let it terrify you! ¹³ »Remember that Jehovah of Hosts is holy. He is the one you should respect. He is the one you should reverence (venerate) (exalt).« ¹⁴ He will be a place of safety for you. But he will be a rock that makes people trip and a stumbling block for both kingdoms of Israel. He will be a trap and a snare for those who live in Jerusalem.

²⁴ Jehovah of Hosts has sworn an oath: »What I have intended (devised) will happen. What I have determined to do will be done. ²⁵ »In my land of Israel I will trample them on my mountains. I will free my people from the Assyrian yoke and from the burdens they have had to bear.« ²⁶ This is my purpose (plan) (advise) for the world, and my arm (extended power) is stretched out to punish the nations. ²⁷ Jehovah of Hosts is determined to do this. He has stretched out his arm to punish, and no one can stop him.

¹⁵ The Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, says: »Return to me and be saved. You can have rest. You can be strong by being quiet and by trusting me.« But you do not want that!

⁴ This is what Jehovah said to me: »A lion, even a young lion, growls over its prey when a crowd of shepherds is called to fight it. It is not frightened by their voices or disturbed by the noise they make. So Jehovah of Hosts will come to fight for Mount Zion and on its hill. ⁵ »Jehovah of Hosts will defend Jerusalem like a hovering bird. He will defend it and rescue it. He will pass over it and protect it.«

²⁶ »Jehovah of Hosts will stir up enemies against you as when he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb. His wrath will come by way of the sea, as he did in Egypt.

³ You will keep the steadfast mind in perfect peace, because he trusts (hopes) in you.

¹⁶ Jehovah, they came to you in their distress. When you disciplined them, they could barely whisper a prayer.

⁴ Tell the discouraged ones with anxious heart: »Be strong and do not be afraid! God is coming to your rescue! He is coming to punish your enemies.«

²⁴ »By your messengers you have heaped insults on Jehovah. You said: With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its pines. I reach its remotest heights, the finest of its forests.

² »When you go through the sea, I am with you. When you go through rivers, they will not sweep you away. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not harm you.

¹¹ »I ALONE AM JEHOVAH, AND THERE IS NO SAVIOR BESIDES ME.«

¹⁵ »I alone have spoken. I have called him. I will bring him here and he will succeed.

¹⁰ Was it not you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea so that the redeemed might cross over?

¹² »I, even I, am the one who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mortal men? The sons of men are like grass!

¹² »I, even I, am the one who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mortal men? The sons of men are like grass! ¹³ »You forget Jehovah your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. Will you live in constant terror of the human oppressor, who is bent on your destruction? Will you fear your enemies from morning until night?

¹³ »You forget Jehovah your Maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth. Will you live in constant terror of the human oppressor, who is bent on your destruction? Will you fear your enemies from morning until night?

¹⁵ »I am Jehovah your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves roar. Jehovah of Hosts is his name.

¹⁰ »‘Do not fear for I am with you! Do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.’ ¹¹ »All who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced. Those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish. ¹² »Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all. ¹³ »I AM JEHOVAH, YOUR GOD! I take hold of your right hand and say to you: Do not fear; I will help you. ¹⁴ »Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for I will help you. This is the declaration of Jehovah, your Redeemer, and the Holy One of Israel.

²³ »Truly the sound from the hills and mountains is the noise of false worship. Truly Jehovah our God will be our salvation.

⁹ In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed (redeemed) them. He always held them and carried them in the past.

¹² Where is the one who sent his powerful arm to support the right hand of Moses? Where is the one who divided the water in front of them to make an everlasting name for himself?

¹² Where is the one who sent his powerful arm to support the right hand of Moses? Where is the one who divided the water in front of them to make an everlasting name for himself? ¹³ Where is the one who led them through the deep water? Like horses in the wilderness, they did not stumble.

¹³ Where is the one who led them through the deep water? Like horses in the wilderness, they did not stumble.

³⁹ »‘»I will certainly pick you up and throw you far away from me, both you and the city that I gave to you and your ancestors.

¹⁰ All the officials and all the people agreed and promised to free their male and female slaves and not to keep them as slaves anymore. So they set them free. ¹¹ Later they changed their minds and took back the men and women they had freed and made them their slaves again. ¹² Jehovah continued to speak his word to Jeremiah: ¹³ »This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says: ‘I put a condition on the covenant I made to your ancestors when I brought them from Egypt, where they were slaves. I said: ¹⁴ »Every seven years each of you must free any Hebrews who sold themselves to you. When they have served you for six years, you must set them free. But your ancestors refused to obey me or listen to me. ¹⁵ »You changed and did what I consider right. You agreed to free your neighbors, and you made a covenant in my presence, in the Temple that is called by my name. ¹⁶ »Now you have changed again and dishonored me. You brought back the male and females slaves that you had set free to live their own lives. You have forced them to be your male and female slaves again.’ ¹⁷ »This is what Jehovah says: ‘You did not obey me. You have not freed your relatives and neighbors. Now I am going to free you,’ declares Jehovah. ‘I will free you to die in wars, plagues, and famines. I will make all the kingdoms of the world horrified at the thought of you.

¹⁰ For I have heard the whispering of many: »Terror on every side! Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!« All my trusted friends are watching for my fall. They say: »Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him and take our revenge on him.« ¹¹ Jehovah is with me like a powerful champion. Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly ashamed! They have failed with an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten.

²³ »You who dwell in Lebanon nested in the cedars. How you will groan when pangs come upon you, Pain like a woman in childbirth!«

¹⁴ »Tell this in Egypt. Announce this in Migdol. Make it known in Memphis and in Tahpanhes. Say: ‘Take your positions, and get ready. Swords will kill those around you.

²¹ »I will use you to crush horses and their riders. I will use you to crush chariots and their drivers.

²⁶ It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of Jehovah.

¹ Jehovah spoke to me concerning all the Israelites living in Egypt, in the cities of Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis, and in the southern part of the country«

⁸ »Therefore, the Lord Jehovah says: ‘Behold, I, even I, am against you! I will execute judgments against you in the sight of the nations.

³ »Say this: ‘You mountains of Israel listen to the word of the Lord Jehovah! This is what the Lord Jehovah says to the mountains and hills and to the ravines and valleys: »I am going to attack you with a sword and destroy your worship sites.

⁹ »‘»But I did not, since that would have brought dishonor to my name. In the presence of the people among whom they were living I had announced to Israel that I was going to lead them out of Egypt.

²² »You must say,, The Lord Jehovah says: »I am against you, O Sidon! I will be glorified in your midst. Then they will know that I am Jehovah when I execute judgments in her. I will manifest my holiness in her.

¹⁰ »I am against you and against your rivers. I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and even to the border of Ethiopia.

¹¹ »‘The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will search for my sheep. I will seek them out.

²⁰ »‘This is what the Lord Jehovah says to them: I will judge disputes between the fat sheep and the skinny sheep.

¹⁰ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan. ¹¹ »»You will say: »I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will go against those who are securely at rest. They live without walls and have no bars or gates.«

¹⁷ »The Lord Jehovah says: ‘Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them?

¹³ »‘Even all the people of the land will bury them. It will be to their renown on the day that I glorify myself,’ proclaims the Lord Jehovah.

³⁰ The king spoke: »Is this not great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?« ³¹ While the word was in the king's mouth a voice came from heaven, saying: »O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom is departed from you. ³² »You will be driven from men. Your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You will have to eat grass like bulls. Seven times shall pass over you until you know the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.« ³³ That same hour it was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men and did eat grass like bulls. His body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair grew like eagles' feathers, and his fingernails like birds' claws. ³⁴ »At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven and my understanding returned to me. I blessed the Most High and I praised and honored the one who lives forever. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. ³⁵ All the inhabitants of the earth are considered as nothing. He does according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth. None can stop him, or say to him: ‘What do you do?’ ³⁶ »My understanding returned to me at that time. The glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned to me. My counselors and my lords came to me. I was established in my kingdom with excellent greatness. ³⁷ »Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, extol and honor the King of heaven. All his works are truth, and his ways justice. He is able to abase (humble) (subdue) those who walk in pride.«

¹⁷ Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone.

¹⁴ »For I will be to Ephraim as a lion. And I will be like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear and go away. I will carry off and there will be none to deliver.

¹⁴ »I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah and devour its palaces. The battle cry in the day of battle will be heard and a storm in the day of the windstorm.

¹⁹ »Like a man who ran from a lion, and a bear met him! So he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

¹ I saw Jehovah standing beside the altar. He said: »Strike the capitals that the thresholds may shake! Break them in pieces on the head of all of them and I will slay the last of them with the sword. Not one of them will get away. Not one of them will escape!

⁴ »I AM JEHOVAH YOUR GOD. I brought you out of Egypt. You have known no god besides me. There is no savior except me.

⁹ »You are destroying yourself, Israel. You are against me, your helper.

³ »Now, O Jehovah, please take my life from me for it is better for me to die than to live.«

⁸ When the sun rose God prepared a sultry (burning hot) east wind. So the sun beat upon the head of Jonah and he grew faint. He requested for himself that he might die. He said: »It is better for me to die than to live!«

⁸ Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers? Or is your fury against the sea? You rode upon the horses and your chariots are salvation.

⁸ Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers? Or is your fury against the sea? You rode upon the horses and your chariots are salvation. ⁹ Your bow was made quite bare. The oaths to the tribes were a sure word. You split the earth with your rivers. ¹⁰ The mountains saw you and were afraid. The tempest of waters passed by. The deep [water] uttered its voice, and lifted up its hands (power) on high.

¹³ You went forth for the salvation of your people even for the salvation of your anointed. You wounded the head of the wicked man in the house of the evil. You laid bare the foundation even to the neck.

⁵ Jehovah said: »I will become to her a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.«

² »As you judge, so you will be judged. As you measure, it will be measured to you.

²⁵ And they came to him, woke him, and cried: »Save us, Lord, or we will perish.« ²⁶ He said to them: »Why are you afraid, you of little faith?« Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea. Suddenly there was a great calm. ²⁷ The disciples were in awe. They asked: »What kind of man is this, for even the winds and the sea obey him?«

³⁰ When he noticed how strong the wind was, he became afraid. He began to sink, and cried: »Help me Lord!« ³¹ Suddenly, Jesus put out his hand and took hold of him, and said: »You of little faith, why were you in doubt?«

⁵ The angel spoke to the women: »I know you seek Jesus who has been impaled; do not fear.

²⁴ »What do you want with us Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the Holy One of God!«

⁷ Crying out with a loud voice, he said: »What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the highest God? In God’s name do not torment me!«

¹⁷ They asked Jesus to leave their country. ¹⁸ Entering the boat, the man who had been possessed with demons asked that he might be allowed to travel with him.

¹³ »Those on the rock are those who receive the word with joy. These have no root. They believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away.

²⁴ »When an unclean spirit leaves a man it passes through desolate places. It seeks rest and finds none. It says, ‘I will return from where I came.’ ²⁵ »When he returns he finds the place swept and adorned. ²⁶ »He then takes seven other spirits more evil than himself and they enter in and dwell. The last condition of that man becomes worse than the first.«

¹¹ This was the first miracle Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee. It gave evidence of his glory and his disciples believed in him.

²³ When he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many saw the signs he did and expressed active faith in his name. ²⁴ Jesus did not trust his security to them for he understood all men. ²⁵ He did not need evidence about men for he knew what was in man.

³⁰ Many believed when he said these things. ³¹ Jesus told the Jews who believed him: »If you dwell in my word you truly are my disciples. ³² »You will know the truth and the truth will make you free!«

⁴⁵ Many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what he did, believed in him.

²⁸ »They were there to do the things your hand and council foreordained to occur.

¹³ Simon also believed. When he was baptized he continued with Philip, amazed by the miracles and signs he saw.

¹⁷ »The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they lived as strangers in the land of Egypt. He brought them out of Egypt with his great strength.

¹⁷ The scripture says to Pharaoh: »For this reason I have raised you up, that I might through you, show my power and declare my name in all the earth.«

²² If God decided to show his wrath and make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fit for destruction. ²³ In that way he could make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he had prepared in advance for glory.

⁸ It is written, »God has given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear to this very day.« (Deuteronomy 29:4)

¹⁵ For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God. We are an aroma for those who are saved and those who perish. ¹⁶ To the one an aroma of death leading to death and to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

¹ Brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant about how all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea.

²⁹ By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. The Egyptians tried and were drowned.

²⁰ After they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome; the last state is worse with them than the first. ²¹ For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. ²² It happened to them according to the true proverb: »The dog returns to his own vomit, and the sow that had washed to wallowing in the mire.«

¹³ For judgment is without mercy to him who shows no mercy. And mercy triumphs over judgment.

⁶ »They have shed the blood of the holy ones and prophets. You give them blood to drink for they deserve it.«

¹ After these things I heard a great voice of many people in heaven, saying: »Praise Jehovah! Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power belong to our God. (Psalm 150:6) ² »True and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth with her fornication. And has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.« ³ Again they said: »Praise Jehovah. Her smoke rose up forever and ever.« ⁴ The twenty-four elders and the four beasts fell down and worshiped God, who sat on the throne, saying: »Amen! Praise Jehovah!« (Psalm 117:1) ⁵ Then a voice came from the throne. It said: »Praise our God, all you his servants, and you who reverence him, both small and great.« ⁶ And I heard as it were the voice of a large number of people, and as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of mighty thunder, saying: »Praise Jehovah! For Jehovah our God, the Almighty, reigns. (Psalm 106:48)

¹⁸ There is no fear in love. Perfect (mature) love throws out (expels) fear because fear involves restraint (punishment). He who fears is not made perfect (mature) (complete) through love.

⁵ I want to remind you though you once knew this, that Jehovah (God), having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.