Isaiah 56 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Thus saith the Lord, Keep judgment and practise righteousness; for my salvation is near, just ready to come, and my saving kindness to be revealed. ² Happy the man who doth these things and the mortal who adhereth to them; and who is careful not to profane my sabbaths, and who restraineth his hands from doing evil. ³ Let not the stranger who cleaveth to the Lord say, "The Lord will separate me from his people." Nor let the eunuch say, "I am a dry tree." ⁴ For thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs, whoever of them shall keep my sabbaths, and chuse the things in which I delight and adhere to my covenant; ⁵ I will give them, in my house and within my walls, an honourable place better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name which shall not fail. ⁶ And with regard to the strangers who cleave to the Lord to serve him, and love the name of the Lord; to be his man servants and maid servants, even all who are careful not to profane my sabbaths and who adhere to my covenant; ⁷ them I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings, and their sacrifices shall be acceptable on mine altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations. ⁸ THE LORD who gathereth the dispersed of Israel said, "Because I will gather a congregation for him, " ⁹ O all ye beasts of the field come! all ye beasts of the forests, devour! ¹⁰ you see that they are all blind; that they have not knowledge. They are dumb dogs, they cannot bark: they are asleep in bed, they love to slumber: ¹¹ yet these dogs are of untamed appetite; they can never have enough. They are indeed mischievous, they have no consideration. They all followed their own courses, every one according to his own purpose.

⁴ He whose hands are clean and whose heart is pure. Who hath not devoted his soul to vanity; nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour. ⁵ Such shall receive a blessing from the Lord; and bounteous supplies from God his saviour. ⁶ Such is the generation of them who seek him; who seek the face of the God of Jacob.

²³ The sacrifice of praise will glorify me; and this is the way in which I will shew him the salvation of God."

⁹ moreover his salvation will be near them who fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁶ Wash and become clean: remove iniquities from your souls; in my presence, cease from your evil deeds; ¹⁷ learn to do good; seek judgment; deliver him who is injured; administer justice to the orphan, and plead the cause of the widow: ¹⁸ then come: [let our controversy be brought to issue, saith the Lord] and though your sins be as a purple stain; I will make you white as snow; though they be as a stain of scarlet; I will make you white as wool. ¹⁹ If you indeed be willing and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land:

⁷ The way of the pious was straight; the way of the pious was well prepared; ⁸ for the way of the Lord is justice. We have trusted in thy name and in that remembrance

¹³ I have brought my saving mercy near; and the salvation which is from me I will not delay. I have placed in Sion salvation for Israel, for a subject of glory.

⁵ My deliverance is approaching speedily, and my salvation shall go forth as light; and on mine arm nations will rely. The islands will expect me and on mine arm they will rely.

⁷ let the wicked man forsake his ways, and the unrighteous man his counsels, and turn to the Lord and he shall find mercy; for he will abundantly pardon your sins.

³ thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: amend your ways and your pursuits: and I will cause you to dwell in this place. ⁴ Trust not in yourselves; in lying words: for you will derive no benefit from them who say, "The temple of the Lord! it is the temple of the Lord!" ⁵ For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your pursuits, and actually execute judgment between man and man: ⁶ and do not oppress the stranger and orphan and widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place, nor go after strange gods to your hurt: ⁷ then will I cause you to dwell in this place; [in the land which I gave to your fathers] from age to age. ⁸ But if you continue to trust in lying words from which you can derive no benefit; ⁹ and commit murder, and adultery and steal and swear to a falsehood, and burn incense to Baal; and when you have gone after strange gods which you did not know; ¹⁰ you, because of your calamities, have then come and stood before me, in the house which is called by my name, and said, "We have been restrained from committing these abominations;" ¹¹ is not this house of mine, which is called by my name, become in your eyes a den of robbers? Now behold I have seen this, saith the Lord.

⁴ [Placed at end 6] Remember the law of Moses my servant, as I gave him in charge at Choreb statutes and rules of rectitude for all Israel.

² "Reform; for the reign of the heavens is at hand."

¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to make proclamation and say, "Reform; for the reign of the heavens is at hand."

¹⁵ and saying, The time is accomplished, and the reign of God is at hand. Reform and confide in this good news.

³ and he went into all the country along the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation for a forgiveness of sins. ⁴ As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, "A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord: make the roads for him straight. ⁵ Let every valley be filled up; and every mountain and hill levelled; and let the crooked be made a straight road, and the rough ways, smooth. ⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of God." ⁷ Therefore to the multitudes who came out to be baptized by him, he said, Offspring of vipers! who hath warned you to flee from the impending wrath? ⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of this reformation: and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. ⁹ Now, indeed, the axe is at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore which doth not produce good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire.

¹⁷ If any man is disposed to do his will, he will know in respect to this doctrine, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

¹⁷ For by it there is revealed a justification of God's appointment because of belief, that we may believe. As it is written, "But the just shall live because of belief:

⁶ but the righteousness because of believing speaketh in this manner: Say not in thy heart, Who will ascend up to heaven [that is to bring Christ down]; ⁷ or who will go down to the abyss [that is to bring up Christ from the dead] ⁸ But what doth it say? The matter is near thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart. That is, the matter of this belief, which we proclaim, ⁹ That if thou wilt acknowledge with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe with thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. ¹⁰ For with the heart man believeth for righteousness, and with the mouth acknowledgment is made for salvation.

¹¹ Furthermore, as we know the season, that it is now high time for us to rouse from sleep, for our deliverance is nearer now than when we first believed: ¹² The night is far spent; the day is drawing on; let us therefore put off the works of darkness, and put on the armour of light; ¹³ and let us walk as in day light, in a becoming manner; not in revels and drunken debauches; not in dalliance and wantonness; not in strife and envy; ¹⁴ but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh to fulfil its desires.

⁸ Remember the day of the sabbaths to hallow it.

¹⁰ but on the seventh day are sabbaths to the Lord thy God; On it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy ox, nor thy ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor the stranger who sojourneth with thee;

¹³ Charge the children of Israel saying, See that you keep my sabbaths. It is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifieth you; ¹⁴ therefore you shall keep the sabbath, because it is holy to the Lord for you. He who profaneth it shall surely be put to death. Whoever shall do any work on it, that person shall be rooted out from among his people. ¹⁵ Six days thou shalt perform works, but on the seventh day are the sabbaths, a rest holy to the Lord. Whoever shall do any work on the seventh day shall be put to death. ¹⁶ Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbaths and cause them to be kept throughout their generations. It is an everlasting covenant between me and the children of Israel.

³⁰ You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my holy things. I am the Lord your God:

¹⁷ Upon this I chided the freemen of Juda, and said to them, What evil is this which you do in profaning the sabbath?

¹ Happy the man, who hath not walked by the counsel of the wicked; nor stood in the way of sinners; nor sat in the seat of the scornful. ² His delight will be in the law of the Lord only. And on his law he will meditate day and night. ³ And he will be like the tree planted by the streams of water, which will yield its fruit in due season, and its fruit shall not fall untimely. In all that he doth he shall be prospered.

¹ A Psalm by David. Lord! who shall sojourn at thy tabernacle? And who shall dwell on thy holy mountain? ² He who walketh blameless and Worketh righteousness: And who speaketh truth from his heart. ³ Who hath not deceived with his tongue; nor done evil to his neighbour; nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours. ⁴ In whose sight an evil doer is contemned; but who honoureth them who fear the Lord: who sweareth to his neighbour; and doth not violate his engagements: ⁵ who hath not lent his money on usury; nor taken bribes against the innocent. He whose practise is such, shall never be moved.

¹⁴ depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

²⁷ Depart from evil and do good and dwell for evermore.

³ Happy they, who keep judgment, and who do justice at all times.

¹ An Alleluia. Happy the man who feareth the Lord! in his commandments he will greatly delight.

¹ An Alleluia. ALEPH. Happy the undefiled in the way! who walk in the law of the Lord. ² Happy they who search his testimonies, and seek him with their whole ³ heart: for they are not workers of iniquity; they have walked in his ways. ⁴ Thou hast enjoined the strict observance of thy precepts. ⁵ O that my ways may be directed, that I may keep thy rules of rectitude.

¹⁰¹ From every evil way I restrained my feet; that I might keep thy words.

¹ A Song of the steps. Happy are all they who fear the Lord, who walk continually in his ways.

¹³ Take fast hold of mine instruction, let it not go: but keep it for thyself during thy life.

²⁷ Turn not to the right, nor the left; but turn away thy foot from an evil way; for God knoweth the ways on the right, but those on the left are crooked. But he will make thy paths straight and conduct thy steps in peace.

¹⁶ A wise man, when terrified, declineth from evil: but the fool, confident in himself, mixeth with transgressors.

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¹⁷ The paths of life turn aside from evils: and the ways of righteousness are length of life. He who receiveth instruction shall enjoy good: and he who regardeth reproofs shall be wise. He who watcheth his own ways preserveth his soul: and he who loveth his life will be sparing of his mouth.

¹⁸ It is good to restrain thyself in the one case; and surely for the other consideration thou shouldst not pollute thy hand. Because to them who fear God all things may happen,

⁴ For thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs, whoever of them shall keep my sabbaths, and chuse the things in which I delight and adhere to my covenant;

⁶ And with regard to the strangers who cleave to the Lord to serve him, and love the name of the Lord; to be his man servants and maid servants, even all who are careful not to profane my sabbaths and who adhere to my covenant;

¹³ If on account of the sabbaths thou restrain thy foot from doing thy pleasure on that holy day; and call the sabbaths delightful, dedicated to God; and wilt not lift up thy foot for any work; nor utter a word in anger from thy mouth;

²¹ Thus saith the Lord, Take heed to yourselves and carry no burdens on the sabbath day; nor go out of the gates of Jerusalem. ²² Neither carry burdens out of your houses on the sabbath day nor do any work. Hallow the sabbath day as I commanded your fathers.

¹² I gave them also my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them; that they might know that I the Lord am their sanctifier.

²⁰ and hallow my sabbaths and let them be a sign between me and you, that you acknowledge that I the Lord am your God.

²⁸ Whereupon he said, Nay, rather happy they who hear the word of God and keep it.

⁴³ Happy is that servant, whom his master, when he cometh, shall find thus employed.

¹⁷ If you know these things, happy are you if you practise them.

⁹ Let love be unfeigned: abhor what is evil; adhere closely to what is good;

¹⁴ Happy they who perform his commandments that they may have access to the tree of life and enter by the gates into the city:

⁴ They shall be joined with thee, and shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony, according to all the holy services of the tabernacle, and none of another family shall come to thee.

⁷ therefore thou, and thy sons with thee, shall keep your priesthood, as far as the altar is concerned, and what is within the veil; and you shall perform these services as a privilege of your priesthood; and any one of another family who approacheth shall be put to death.

¹ A man who is made a eunuch by bruising, or by cutting, shall not come into the congregation of the Lord; ² nor shall the son of a harlot come into the congregation of the Lord. ³ An Amorite, and a Moabite, shall not come into the congregation of the Lord: even to the tenth generation, they shall not come into the congregation of the Lord; nay; even for ever;

¹ but the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will still make choice of Israel; and they shall rest in their own land; and the stranger shall be joined to them, and shall be added to the house of Jacob.

⁷ That of thy children whom thou shalt beget, they will take some and make them eunuchs in the house of the king of the Babylonians.

⁵ I will give them, in my house and within my walls, an honourable place better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name which shall not fail.

⁷ But when Abdemelech, the Ethiopian, who was in the king's family, heard that they had put Jeremias in the dungeon, as the king was at the gate of Benjamin, ⁸ he went out to him and spoke to the king, and said, ⁹ Thou hast done wrong in ordering this man to be put to death out of the way of the famine, for there is no bread in the city. ¹⁰ Thereupon the king gave orders to Abdemelech, saying, Take hence with thee thirty men and draw him up out of the dungeon, that he may not die. ¹¹ So Abdemelech took the men and went to the king's house, into the cellar, and took thence old rags and old ropes and threw them down to Jeremias into the dungeon, ¹² and said, Put those under the ropes. And when Jeremias had done so, ¹³ they drew him up with the ropes out of the dungeon. And Jeremias abode in the court of the prison.

¹⁶ Go and say to Abdemelech the Ethiopian, Thus said the Lord the God of Israel, Behold I will bring my words on this city for evils and not for good. ¹⁷ But I will save thee on that day and not deliver thee into the hands of those men of whom thou art afraid.

⁵ They will ask the way to Zion; for thitherward they will set their face; and they will come and flee to the Lord their God; for the everlasting covenant shall not be forgotten.

³ the king ordered Asphanez his high chamberlain to bring in of the children of the captivity of Israel, namely, of the seed royal and of the nobility, ⁴ some youths who had no blemish, and who were of a good countenance, studious of every science, improved in knowledge and understanding and qualified to stand in the house before the king; and to instruct them in the learning and language of the Chaldeans. ⁵ And the king ordered them a daily allowance from the king's table, and of the wine for his own drinking; and that they should be dieted for three years and after that stand before the king. ⁶ Now there were among them of the children of Juda, Daniel and Ananias and Azarias and Misael; ⁷ and the high chamberlain gave them names, to Daniel, Baltasar; and to Ananias, Sedrach; and to Misael, Misach; and Azarias, Abdenago. ⁸ And Daniel having resolved not to pollute himself with the table of the king nor with the wine which he drank, intreated the chamberlain that he might not be denied. ⁹ Now God had brought Daniel into favour and compassion with the high chamberlain, ¹⁰ therefore the chamberlain said to Daniel, I am afraid of my lord the king who hath appointed your meat and your drink. Perhaps he may see your countenance more uncomely than the youths of your age, and you may endanger my head with the king. ¹¹ Thereupon Daniel said to Amelsad, whom the high chamberlain had set over Daniel, Ananias, Misael and Azarias, ¹² Try thy servants, we pray thee, ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink; ¹³ and let our countenances and the countenances of the youths who eat of the king's table be examined in thy presence; and, as thou seest, deal with thy servants. ¹⁴ So he hearkened to them and tried them ten days. ¹⁵ And at the end of the ten days their countenances appeared more comely and their flesh firmer than that of the youths, who had eaten of the king's table; ¹⁶ whereupon Amelsad took away the food and the wine for their drink and gave them vegetables. ¹⁷ And as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and understanding in all literature and science; and Daniel was skilled in all visions and dreams. ¹⁸ And at the end of the years which the king had appointed for introducing them, the high chamberlain brought them in before Nabuchodonosar. ¹⁹ And the king conversed with them. And among them all there were none found equal to Daniel and Ananias and Misael and Azarias. So they stood before the king. ²⁰ And in every subject of wisdom and science on which the king questioned them he found them ten times more skilled than all the soothsayers and the magians who were in the realm. ²¹ And Daniel continued to the first year of Cyrus the king.

¹¹ The Lord will display himself illustriously against them, and will root out all the gods of the nations of the earth, and all the isles of the nations shall worship him, every one from his place;

²⁰ Thus saith the Lord Almighty, There shall yet come many peoples; and the inhabitants of many cities; ²¹ even the inhabitants of five cities shall come together to one city, saying, Let us go to pray before the Lord and to seek the face of the Lord Almighty. ²² I am going. So many peoples and many nations will come to seek the face of the Lord Almighty at Jerusalem, and to conciliate the favour of the Lord. ²³ Thus saith the Lord Almighty, If in those days ten men of all the tongues of the nations take hold, they must take hold of the skirt of a Jew, saying, We will go with thee, for we have heard that God is with you.

¹⁰ Upon hearing this Jesus expressed admiration, saying to them who followed him, Verily I say to you, I have not found even in Israel such a belief. ¹¹ Now I say to you that many will come from the east and west, and will be placed at table with Abraham and Isaak and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens,

²⁶ Whereupon he in reply said, It is not seemly to take the childrens bread and cast it to the dogs. ²⁷ And she said, True, Sir. Yet even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table.

¹² [for there are some who have been eunuchs from their birth, and some have been made eunuchs by men, and there are some who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven] let him admit it, who can admit it. ¹³ Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray for them; and his disciples rebuked them. ¹⁴ Whereupon Jesus said, Let the children alone, and do not hinder them to come to me; for of such is the kingdom of the heavens. ¹⁵ And when he had laid his hands on them he departed thence. ¹⁶ And behold there came one who said to him, Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have an everlasting life? ¹⁷ In reply to which Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but God only. But if thou desirest to enter into that life, keep the commandments. ¹⁸ He saith to him, Which? And Jesus said, These: Thou shalt not commit murder; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shall not bear false witness; ¹⁹ Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. ²⁰ The youth said to him, All these I have kept from my childhood. What do I yet lack? ²¹ Jesus said to him, If thou wishest to be perfect, go, sell thy estate, and give to the poor; and thou shalt have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me. ²² Upon hearing this word, the youth went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions. ²³ Thereupon Jesus said to his disciples, Verily I say to you, With difficulty will a rich man enter the kingdom of heaven. ²⁴ Again I say to you, It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. ²⁵ When his disciples heard this they were greatly astonished and said, Who then can be saved? ²⁶ Thereupon Jesus looking earnestly at them said, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. ²⁷ Then Peter addressing him said, Behold we have left all and followed thee, what then shall we have? ²⁸ Thereupon Jesus said to him, Verily I say to you, With respect to you who have followed me, at the renovation, when the son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, you also shall sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ²⁹ And everyone who hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields for the sake of my name, shall receive an hundred fold compensation. He shall indeed inherit an everlasting life. ³⁰ But many will be first who are last; and last, who are first.

⁶ So Jesus went with them. But when he was now at no great distance from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying, Sir, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof: ⁷ and for that reason I did not think myself worthy to come to thee. Say but a word, and my servant will be healed. ⁸ For even I, who am a man subject to authority, having soldiers under me, say to one, Go; and he goeth: and to another, Come; and he cometh: and to my slave, Do this; and he doeth it.

²⁶ In the mean while an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise and go southward on the road which leadeth down from Jerusalem to Gaza, namely, the desert road. ²⁷ So he arose and went. And lo! a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch, a grandee of Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, who was her high treasurer, who had come to Jerusalem to worship, ²⁸ and was on his return, was sitting in a chariot and reading the prophet Esaias. ²⁹ And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and keep close to that chariot. ³⁰ So Philip ran close up and heard him reading the prophet Esaias. Whereupon he said, Dost thou understand what thou art reading? ³¹ To which he replied, How can I unless some one guide me? Then he invited Philip to come up and take a seat with him. ³² Now the passage of scripture which he was reading was this, "He was led as a sheep to slaughter; and as a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. ³³ In his humiliation his legal trial is taken away. Who will declare his manner of life? Because his life is taken from the earth. ³⁴ And the eunuch addressing Philip, said, Of whom, I pray thee, doth the prophet say this? Of himself or of some other person? ³⁵ Then Philip opened His mouth, and beginning with this scripture, told him the glad tidings of Jesus. ³⁶ And as they continued the journey, they came to a certain water. Whereupon the eunuch said, Behold! here is water. What hindereth my being baptized? ³⁷ And Philip said, If thou believest with thy whole heart, it may be done. To which he replied, I believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God. ³⁸ Then he ordered the chariot to stop. And they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. ³⁹ And when they came up out of the water, the spirit of the Lord conveyed Philip away. And the eunuch saw him no more. For he proceeded on in his journey rejoicing, ⁴⁰ and Philip was found at Azotus. And passing on he proclaimed the glad tidings in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.

¹ Now there was at Caesarea a certain man named Cornelius, a centurion of that called the Italian cohort. ² He was pious, and feared God with all his household, and did many acts of benevolence to the people, and prayed to God continually.

³⁴ Then Peter opened his mouth and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is not a respecter of persons;

⁴⁷ for thus the Lord hath commanded us, "I have set thee for the light of nations, that thou mayst be for salvation to the remotest parts of the earth." ⁴⁸ Upon hearing this, the Gentiles rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were fitly disposed for everlasting life, believed.

⁴ And some of them were convinced, and associated with Paul and Silas; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks; and of women of distinction not a few.

⁷ So having left them, he went to the house of a certain person named Justus, a worshipper of God, whose house was adjoining to the synagogue.

¹⁰ but glory and honour and peace, for every one who doth good; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek. ¹¹ For with God there is no respect of persons.

⁹ and that the Gentiles are to glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "For this cause I will praise thee among the nations and sing to thy name." ¹⁰ And again it is said, "Rejoice, O nations, with his people." ¹¹ And again, Praise the Lord, all ye nations: Praise him, all ye people, ¹² also, And again Esaias saith, "There shall be the root of Jesse, even he who riseth up to rule nations; in him nations will put their trust.

¹⁶ that I should be a ministering servant of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, and employed in the holy service of dispensing the glad tidings of God, that the offering of the Gentiles may be accepted, being hallowed by a holy spirit.

¹⁷ Now he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.

¹² that you were at that time without Christ; aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and being without God in the world:

²² by whom you also are builded up together with them by the spirit, for an habitation of God.

¹ Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the sojourners of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,

¹⁵ But if it seemeth not good to you to serve the Lord, chuse for yourselves this day whom you will serve, either the gods of your fathers which were in beyond the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord; for he is holy.

⁵ For is not my house thus with the Almighty? For he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Kept ready for every occasion; Because this is all my safety, and all my desire, That the transgressor may not flourish.

¹¹¹ I have taken thy testimonies for an everlasting inheritance: for they are the joy of my heart.

⁵ I am about to be burned up. [v] Let the inhabitants therein cry aloud, " Let us make peace with him. Let us make peace."

³ Incline your ears and follow in my paths; hearken to me and your soul shall live on good things; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant; the gracious promises to David which are faithful.

² Happy the man who doth these things and the mortal who adhereth to them; and who is careful not to profane my sabbaths, and who restraineth his hands from doing evil.

⁴² But there is one thing necessary. As for Mary, she hath chosen that good portion which shall not be taken from her.

¹⁷ God, willing on this occasion to shew more fully to the heirs of this promise the immutability of his determination, interposed an oath,

⁸ Elkana her husband said to her, Anna! and she said to him, Here, my lord. And he said to her, What is the matter with thee, that thou weepest? And why dost thou not eat? And why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten sons?

¹ [c.] "Behold we have a strong city! he will make salvation its wall and outworks.

¹⁹ and thy seed would have been as the sand, and the issue of thy bowels as the dust of the ground. Still however thou shalt not be utterly cut off; nor shall thy name perish from before me.

¹³ And instead of the briar, shall spring up the cypress; and instead of the thistle, shall come up the myrtle. And the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign which shall not fail.

¹⁸ and violence shall no more be heard in thy land, nor destruction nor misery in thy borders; but thy walls shall be called Salvation and thy gates, sculpture.

¹² And he will call this a holy people, redeemed by the Lord; and thou shalt be called the city sought and not forsaken.

¹⁸ Now I say to thee, Thou art named Peter, [a rock,] and upon this very rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

¹² But to as many as received him he granted the privilege of becoming children of God, even to them who believe in his name,

¹⁵ but if I be delayed, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to conduct thyself in the house of God, that is in the congregation of the living God. The pillar and firm support of the truth is

⁶ but Christ as a son over his own house, whose house we are, if we stedfastly maintain this confidence, and the boast of this hope, firm to the end.

¹ Behold what a love the Father hath shewn us, that we should be called children of God: on this account the world doth not know us, because it did not know him.

⁵ He who overcometh shall be clothed with white raiment, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father, and before his angels.

¹² Him who overcometh I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out no more. And I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [the new Jerusalem which cometh down out of heaven from my God] and mine own new name.

⁵ One will say, "I belong to God;" and another will call himself by the name of Jacob; and another will write on his hand, "I belong to God;" and will surname himself by the name of Israel.

² Happy the man who doth these things and the mortal who adhereth to them; and who is careful not to profane my sabbaths, and who restraineth his hands from doing evil. ³ Let not the stranger who cleaveth to the Lord say, "The Lord will separate me from his people." Nor let the eunuch say, "I am a dry tree." ⁴ For thus saith the Lord to the eunuchs, whoever of them shall keep my sabbaths, and chuse the things in which I delight and adhere to my covenant;

¹⁰ therefore strangers shall rebuild thy walls and their kings shall wait upon thee. For on account of my wrath I smote thee, but for mercy's sake I have loved thee;

⁵ And strangers shall come and feed thy flocks and6 foreigners shall be thy ploughmen and vine dressers.

³⁰ the Lord is one: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding, and with all thy strength." This is the first commandment. ³¹ And the second, resembling it, is this, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself". There is no other commandment greater than these. ³² Upon this the Scribe said to him, right! Teacher! thou hast said truly that there is one God; and there is no other besides him: ³³ and to love him with the whole heart, and with the whole understanding, and with the whole soul, and with the whole strength; and to love one's neighbour as himself, is more than all the burnt offerings and the sacrifices. ³⁴ Whereupon Jesus observing that he had answered discreetly, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And, after that, no one ventured to ask him any questions.

⁴¹ Then they who gladly received his word were baptized, and about three thousand souls were that day added;

²³ And when he came and saw the grace of God, he was filled with joy and exhorted them all to adhere to the Lord with a firm determination of heart.

²⁸ And we know that all things are working together for good to them who love God"to them who according to a previous purpose are now actually called.

²² If any one loveth not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be an Anathema. Maranatha.

⁵ not indeed as if we had expected this; but they gave themselves first to the Lord, then to us by the will of God,

⁶ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth any thing, but a belief made operative by love.

²⁴ this favour be with all them who love our Lord Jesus Christ without any mixture of Corruption. Amen.

⁹ For they themselves relate concerning us what an entrance we had among you; and how you turned to God from the idols, to serve the living and true God, ¹⁰ and to wait for his son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, namely Jesus, who delivered! us from the wrath to come

¹² Happy the man, who endureth a trial! because having stood the test, he will Jas 1:receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them who love him.

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them who love him?

¹⁰ I was in the spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like the sound of a trumpet,

⁶ But as for me, by him I am appointed king on Sion his holy mountain.

² Because in the last days, the mount of the Lord will be conspicuous; and the house of God will be on the top of mountains; and exalted above the hills: therefore all the nations will come to it. ³ Many nations indeed, will go saying, "Come, let us go up to the mount of the Lord; and to the house of the God of Jacob. And he will teach us his way, and we will walk therein." For from Sion shall go forth a law; and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

¹⁹ And I will leave among them a sign, and those of them who escape I will send to the nations; to Tharsis and Phud and Lud and Mosach and to Thobel and Greece and to the far distant isles. They who have not heard my name nor seen my glory; even they shall proclaim my glory among the nations; ²⁰ and they shall bring your brethren from all the nations, as a gift for the Lord with horses and chariots, in litters borne by mules with umbrellas over them, to the holy city Jerusalem, said the Lord; as the children of Israel brought up their sacrifices for me with songs of praise to the house of the Lord.

¹ But it shall come to pass in the last of these days, that the mountain of the Lord shall be conspicuous: it shall be established on the tops of the mountains, and raised high above the hills; and peoples shall hasten to it. ² And many nations shall come; they will say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; that they may point out to us his ways, and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Sion shall go forth a law; and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

³ But thus saith the Lord, I will return to Sion, and I will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord Almighty, a holy mountain.

¹¹ Since from the risings of the sun to its goings down my name hath been glorified among the nations; and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure sacrifice; since my name is great among the nations, saith the Lord Almighty,

¹³ and said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer," but you have made it a den of robbers.

¹⁷ And he taught, saying, Is it not written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations;" but you have made it a den of robbers.

⁴⁶ saying to them, It is written," My house is a house of prayer:" but you have made it a den of robbers.

²¹ Jesus saith to her, Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father, neither on this mountain, nor at Jerusalem. ²² You worship what you do not know. We worship what we do know: for salvation is of the Jews. ²³ But the hour is coming; indeed is now come, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. For such worshippers of him the Father seeketh.

²⁰ Now among them who came up to worship at the festival, there were some Greeks. ²¹ These therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, We wish to see Jesus. ²² Philip cometh and telleth Andrew. And Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. ²³ Whereupon Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come that the Son of man should be glorified. ²⁴ Verily, verily I say to you, If the grain of wheat which falleth on the ground dieth not, it remaineth a single grain. But if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. ²⁵ He who loveth his life, will lose it: but he who slighteth his life in this world, shall keep it for an everlasting life. ²⁶ If any one would wait upon me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall this attendant of mine also be. And if any one wait upon me my Father will reward him.

¹ therefore I exhort you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living, holy, acceptable sacrifice to God as your rational, religious service;

¹¹ Wherefore remember that you were formerly the nations in flesh, those denominated uncircumcision by the nominal circumcision made with hands, in flesh ¹² that you were at that time without Christ; aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and being without God in the world: ¹³ but now by Christ Jesus, you, who were formerly far off, are brought near by the blood of the Christ;

⁸ I therefore give it in charge that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and surmise:

²² but you are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels

¹⁵ By him therefore let us offer up continually to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips, praising his name;

¹ Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the sojourners of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, ² whom God the Father, according to his predetermination hath chosen, that by a sanctification of spirit they may obey, and be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ; favour be to you, and may peace be multiplied.

⁵ and you yourselves as living stones are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ;

¹⁰ A chief shall not fail from Judas. Nor a leader from his loins; Till the things reserved for him shall come; Even He, the expectation of nations.

⁴⁷ Save us, Lord, our God; and gather us from among the nations; that we may give thanks to thy holy name; that we may triumph in thy praise.

² Let this be said by them whom the Lord hath redeemed; whom he hath redeemed from an enemy's hand; ³ whom he hath gathered out of the countries; from the east and west and north and sea.

² The Lord is rebuilding Jerusalem; and he will gather the dispersions of Israel.

¹¹ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will proceed to shew his hand to provoke to jealousy the remnant of his people; that residue which is left from the Assyrians and from Egypt and from Babylonia, and from Ethiopia and the Elamites, and from the risings of the sun and Arabia. ¹² And he will erect a standard for the nations, and gather together the outcasts of Israel, and assemble the dispersed of Juda from the four quarters of the earth.

¹² [J] But it shall come to pass in that day, that God will hedge them about from the channel of the river even to Rinocorouron. ¹³ Therefore gather ye the sons of Israel together one by one. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be sounded and those shall come who are perishing in the land of Assyria, and they who are perishing in Egypt; and shall bow themselves down before the Lord, on this holy mountain in Jerusalem.

⁶ I will say to the north, "Give up" and to the south, "Keep thou not back; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

¹² Behold they from afar shall come, some from the north and the west and others from the land of the Persians."

²² Thus saith the Lord, Lord, Behold I will lift up my hand to the nations, and I will erect my standard for the isles. And they shall bring thy sons in their bosoms and carry thy daughters on their shoulders:

⁷ Thy God hath said, "I left thee for a little while; but with great mercy I will compassionate thee:

³ And kings will walk by thy light: and nations by thy splendour. ⁴ Raise thine eyes around and behold thy children gathered together; all thy sons are come from afar, and thy daughters shall be carried on shoulders. ⁵ Then thou wilt look and be filled with awe and astonished at heart; because the riches of the sea and of nations and peoples will pour in upon thee. ⁶ And for thee will come herds of camels and those of Madiam and Gaipha will cover thee, and those of Saba will come bringing gold and will also bring frankincense, and with joy proclaim the salvation of the Lord. ⁷ And all the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together; and the rams of Nabaioth will come; and acceptable offerings will be made on mine altar, and my house of prayer will be glorified. ⁸ [c] Who are those? They are flying like clouds, and like doves with their young towards me! ⁹ [J] For me the islands waited, and among the first the ships of Tarsis to bring thy children from afar and their silver and their gold with them. And because of the holy name of the Lord, and because the Holy One of Israel is glorious; ¹⁰ therefore strangers shall rebuild thy walls and their kings shall wait upon thee. For on account of my wrath I smote thee, but for mercy's sake I have loved thee; ¹¹ and thy gates shall be open continually [by day or by night they shall not be shut] to introduce to thee the wealth of nations and their kings pompously attended.

¹⁸ As I know their works and their reasoning I am coming to gather together all the nations and the tongues, and they shall come and see my glory. ¹⁹ And I will leave among them a sign, and those of them who escape I will send to the nations; to Tharsis and Phud and Lud and Mosach and to Thobel and Greece and to the far distant isles. They who have not heard my name nor seen my glory; even they shall proclaim my glory among the nations; ²⁰ and they shall bring your brethren from all the nations, as a gift for the Lord with horses and chariots, in litters borne by mules with umbrellas over them, to the holy city Jerusalem, said the Lord; as the children of Israel brought up their sacrifices for me with songs of praise to the house of the Lord. ²¹ And of them I will take priests and Levites, said the Lord.

¹⁷ Because I will bring up the cure for thee I will cure thee, saith the Lord, of thy painful wound; because thou wast called the Outcast, the hunt is up after thee; because there is none who seeketh this outcast,

¹⁰ Hear the words of the Lord, ye nations! and proclaim them to the far distant isles. Say, He, who scattered Israel, will gather them, and guard them as a shepherd doth his flock.

¹¹ and the children of Juda and the children of Israel shall be gathered together and shall appoint for themselves one head and come up out of the land. Because great will be the day of Jezrael;

⁶ [J] In that day, saith the Lord, I will gather her that hath been bruised; and take back her who was cast off and them whom I had put away:

¹⁸ when I have gathered those of you who have been bruised." [J] Ha! who is this that hath taken up a reproach against her? ¹⁹ Behold here am I; I am dealing with thee for thy sake at that time, saith the Lord, and I will save her who hath been trodden down; and take back her who hath been put away; and I will make them a boast and renowned in every land. ²⁰ And they shall be ashamed at that time when I deal kindly with you. Even at the time when I take you back. For I will make you renowned and a boast among all the people of the earth, when I bring back your captivity before their eyes, saith the Lord.

⁸ I will make a signal for them and receive them, for I will redeem them and they shall multiply as they have done. ⁹ Though I sow them among peoples, yet they who are far off will remember me. They shall nurture up their children and return: ¹⁰ and I will bring them back out of the land of Egypt; and gather them from amongst the Assyrians; and bring them to Galaaditis and Lebanon and not one of them shall be left behind.

¹⁶ Now I have other sheep which are not of this fold. These also I must lead; they will hearken to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

⁵² and not for that nation only, but that he might gather into one body the children of God who were scattered abroad.

¹⁰ for the dispensation of the fulness of times, to bring all things again under one head in Christ, both those in heaven and those on earth"even in him,

¹⁴ for he is our peace. He it is, who hath made both one, and who hath demolished the partition wall, ¹⁵ having; by his flesh put a stop to the enmity; the law of the commandments [contained] in positive injunctions; that he might frame the two anew, in himself, into one new man, making peace; ¹⁶ and reconcile them both in one body, to God by means of the cross, having by that slain the enmity.

²⁶ and your dead carcasses be food for the birds of the air, and the wild beasts of the earth, and there be none to fray them away.

⁶ and left together for the birds of the air, and for the wild beasts of the earth. And against them will be gathered all the birds of the air; and all the wild beasts of the earth will come upon it.

⁹ Is not this heritage of mine the den of a hyena? to me indeed it is the den around her. Go, collect all the beasts of the field and let them come and devour it.

⁵ and I will drag thee out of the river, and give thee and all the fishes of thy river a sudden cast. On the face of the plain thou shalt fall and shalt not be gathered nor composed. To the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air I have given thee for food.

¹⁷ Thou, therefore, son of man, say, Thus saith the Lord, Say to every winged bird, and to all the wild beasts of the field, Assemble and come: assemble from all around to my sacrifice, to the great sacrifice which I have made for you on the mountains of Israel; and you shall eat flesh and drink blood.

¹⁷ And I saw an angel standing in the sun and he cried with a loud voice to all the birds which fly in mid-heaven saying, Come and gather yourselves together to the supper of the great God; ¹⁸ that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of generals, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of them mounted on them and the flesh of all both freemen and slaves, both small and great.

⁴ Give no sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids, ⁵ that thou mayst be saved like a roe from a toil, and like a bird from a snare. ⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; and having seen its ways follow the example and be wiser than it. ⁷ For having no cultivated field, no driver, nor master, ⁸ it provideth its food in summer, and layeth up a plentiful supply in harvest. Or go to the bee and learn what a Worker she is: and how seriously she performeth her work, to the labours of which both kings and subjects apply themselves as far as health permits; and to all it is agreeable and honourable. And though her strength be small, having honoured wisdom she is diligently employed. ⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, sluggard, and when wilt thou rouse from sleep? ¹⁰ Thou art sleeping a little; but resting a little; but taking a short nap; but folding thy hands a little while on thy breast!

³⁰ A fool is like a field, and a man void of understanding, like a vineyard; ³¹ if thou lettest them alone, they will be overrun with weeds and grass, and become useless, and their stone fences will be thrown down. ³² I have at length repented and looked about, with a view to chuse instruction. ³³ I am dozing a little: just taking a short nap; just infolding my breast with my hands. ³⁴ If such indeed be thy conduct; poverty will come upon thee like a traveller and want like a swift courier.

¹⁰ for the Lord hath drenched you with a spirit of stupefaction, and will close up the eyes of them and of their prophets and their rulers. As for your seers of hidden things,

⁸ because the voice of thy watchmen is lifted up; with the voice therefore let all at the same time express joy. [c] Because eyes will look to eyes when the Lord compassionateth Sion;

¹ [J] CRY aloud and spare not; raise thy voice like a trumpet: proclaim to my people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their iniquities.

¹³ because from the least of them to the greatest, they have all committed unrighteous deeds; from the priest to the false prophet, they have all practised falsehoods, ¹⁴ and healed the hurt of my people by underrating it and saying Peace, Peace; but where is there peace?

¹³ Thereupon I said, O self-existent Lord! Behold their prophets prophesy and say, You shall not see the sword; nor shall there be famine among you. For I will give truth and peace in this land and in this very place. ¹⁴ Then the Lord said to me: These prophets prophesy falsehood in My name; I did not send them, nor command them, nor did I speak to them. Because they prophesy to you lying visions and divinations, and auguries, and the devices of their own hearts;

¹³ Among the prophets of Samaria I saw indeed unlawful doings; they prophesied in the name of Baal and led my people Israel astray: ¹⁴ but among the prophets of Jerusalem I saw horrible things; some committing adultery, and some walking in lies, and some strengthening the hands of the multitude, that none might turn from his evil way. To me they are all become like Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof like Gomorra:

¹⁵ and being borne aloft I came to the captivity and went round among them who dwelt by the river Chobar; among them who were there. And I abode there seven days conversing with them. ¹⁶ And after these seven days a word of the Lord came to me saying, "Son of man; ¹⁷ I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear a word from my mouth and warn them from me. ¹⁸ When I say to the unrighteous, Thou shalt surely die, and thou hast not warned the unrighteous to turn from his ways that he may live; that unrighteous man shall die for his iniquity; but his blood I will require at thy hand.

²⁶ And I will bind up thy tongue, that thou mayst be dumb and not be to them a reprover, because they are a rebellious house. ²⁷ And when I speak to thee, I will open thy mouth and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord, whoso heareth let him hear; and let him who is disobedient, be disobedient, since they are a rebellious house.

¹⁶ namely, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem and who see peace for her when there is no peace, saith the Lord.

⁶ But if the watchman, upon seeing the sword coming, doth not sound the trumpet, and the people are not warned, and the sword cometh and taketh the life of any of them; that person is taken off because of his iniquity; but his blood I will require at the watchman's hands.

⁶ my people is like one that hath not knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, therefore I will reject thee from being my priest: as thou hast forgotten the law of thy God; I also will forget thy children.

⁷ The days of the visitation are come; at hand are the days of thy recompence: and Israel shall be afflicted like the prophet who was struck with horror; the man who had been inspired. By the multitude of thine iniquities thy madness was increased. ⁸ [p] Ephraim was a watchman with God, a prophet was a cunning snare in all his ways, they had fixed a madness by a house of God;

² "Arise and go to Ninive that great city and proclaim in it, That the cry of its wickedness is come up to me." ³ Jonas arose to flee to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa, and finding a ship bound to Tharsis, he paid his fare and went on board with a design to sail with them to Tharsis, from the presence of the Lord. ⁴ But the Lord raised a wind on the sea, and there was a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was in danger of foundering. ⁵ And the mariners were terrified, and cried every one to his god, and threw overboard some of the cargo, to lighten the vessel. Now Jonas had gone down into the ship's hold, and was asleep and snoring. ⁶ And the master of the ship came to him and said to him, What! art thou snoring? Arise and call on thy God, that thy God may save us, and that we may not perish.

¹⁸ thy shepherds slumbered; an Assyrian king lulled to sleep thy mighty men: thy people fled to the mountains and there was none to rally them.

¹⁴ Let them alone. They are blind leaders of blind. Now if the blind lead the blind, they will both fall into a ditch.

¹⁶ Alas for you, blind guides, who say, to swear by the temple is not binding; but to swear by the gold of the temple is binding. ¹⁷ Foolish and blind! which is greater? The gold? Or the temple which halloweth the gold? ¹⁸ And, to swear by the altar doth not bind; but to swear by the gift thereon is binding. ¹⁹ Foolish and blind! which is greater? The gift? Or the altar which halloweth the gift? ²⁰ He therefore who sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it and by all on it. ²¹ And he who sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it and by him who dwelleth therein. ²² And he who sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him who sitteth upon it. ²³ Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you pay tithe of mint, and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law; justice, mercy and fidelity. These you ought to have practised without omitting those. ²⁴ Blind guides, you are skimming off the gnat, and swallowing the camel. ²⁵ Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the plate; but on the inside they are full of rapine, and intemperance. ²⁶ Blind Pharisee, cleanse first what is within the cup, and the plate; so the outside will be clean.

³⁴ As when a man was going to travel, on leaving his family and assigning to his servants their charge, even to even' one his work, he commanded the porter to watch; ³⁵ watch ye therefore; for you do not know when the master of the family cometh; whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning, ³⁶ lest coming unexpectedly, he find you asleep. ³⁷ Now what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.

³⁹ Then he spake a parable to them; Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? ⁴⁰ A scholar is not above his teacher. But every one will be instructed as his teacher is.

² Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the concision;

³ In passing judgment thou shalt not be influenced by compassion for the needy.

¹² Now the sons of Eli the priest were wicked men. They did not know the Lord; ¹³ nor what was the priest's due from the people; from all who offered a sacrifice; ¹⁴ but the servant of the priest would come when the flesh was boiling; and having a three pronged flesh fork in his hand, would strike it into the great cauldron, or into the brass kettle, or into the pot; and all that came up with the flesh fork the priest took for himself. In this manner they did to all the Israelites who came to sacrifice to the Lord at Selom. ¹⁵ And before the suet was burned, the priest's servant would come, and say to the man who was sacrificing, Give me flesh to roast for the priest, for I will not take boiled flesh from thee out of the kettle. ¹⁶ And if the man who was sacrificing said, Let the suet first be burned according to the ritual, then take for thyself any piece thy soul desireth; he would say, No; thou shalt give it me now. And if not; I will take it by force. ¹⁷ So that the sin of these young men was very great before the Lord; because they set at naught the sacrifice of the Lord.

²⁹ Why then hast thou looked with an impudent eye on my incense offerings, and on my sacrifice of flour, and honoured thy sons above me, by indulging them with the dedicated part of every sacrifice of Israel, in preference to me?

¹⁰ A lover of silver cannot be satisfied with silver; but did any one ever love what the abundance of this produceth? Surely this is vanity.

³ The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel did not know me. And this people have not regarded me."

¹⁷ Because of sin I grieved him a little while and smote him and turned away my face from him; and he was grieved and went his ways sorrowing;

¹⁷ Behold thine eyes are not good, neither is thy heart; but they are bent upon thine inordinate desires and on the shedding of innocent blood, and on injustice, and on murder; that thou mayst perpetrate these things.

¹⁹ They have indeed inveigled souls and profaned me to my people, for a handful of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill souls which should not die; and to preserve souls alive which ought not to live, by your oracling to the people who hearken to vain oracles.

² Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel: prophesy and say to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord, Lord, Shepherds of Israel! Do shepherds feed themselves? Do not the shepherds feed their flocks? ³ Behold you devour the milk and clothe yourselves with the fleeces, and that which is fat you slaughter; but my flock you do not feed.

⁵ Thus saith the Lord against the prophets who led my people astray, who gnash with their teeth and proclaim peace for them, though it was not put in their mouths; they have raised up war against them. ⁶ Therefore from vision you shall have night; and from prophesying you shall have darkness. And the sun shall set upon the prophets, and upon them the day shall darken:

¹¹ [J] Her rulers have judged for rewards; and her priests have given answers for hire; and her prophets have prophesied for silver, without waiting for the Lord, saying, "Is not the Lord among us? No evils shall come upon us:"

¹⁵ Then the Lord said to me, Take thee yet the pastoral utensils of an unskilful shepherd; ¹⁶ for behold I am about to raise up a shepherd against this land, who will not visit what is fainting, nor seek what is scattered; nor heal what is bruised; nor lead aright what is sound; but will devour the flesh of the choice, and tear their joints asunder. ¹⁷ ye feeders of vanities who have forsaken the sheep. There is a sword against his arms, and against his right eye. Shall his arm be quite withered, and his right eye utterly put out?

¹⁰ Since by you the doors will be shut, and a fire will not be kindled on mine altar for nothing, I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord Almighty; nor will I accept a sacrifice at your hands.

¹⁴ and in them is fulfilled this prophesy of Esaias, which saith, "Hearing you shall hear, though you may not understand, and seeing you shall see, though you may not perceive; ¹⁵ for the heart of this people is callous, and their ears are dull of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, that for a while they may not see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and return that I may heal them."

⁴³ Why do ye not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear this doctrine of mine.

²⁹ For this I know, that after my departure there will enter in among you grievous wolves, not sparing the flock.

³³ I have coveted no man's silver or gold, or raiment.

⁴ with which the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the disbelieving, that the splendour of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is an image of God, may not shine upon them.

¹⁹ Their end is destruction; their God is their belly; and their glory is their shame. Their minds are bent on earthly things.

³ not addicted to wine, no striker, not attached to sordid gain, but of a gentle disposition, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money,

⁸ Almoners in like manner should be grave, not double tongued, not addicted to much wine, not attached to sordid gain,

⁷ For the overseer ought to be blameless as God's steward, not self willed, not passionate, not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome, not greedy of sordid gain;

¹¹ who ought to be curbed, who subvert whole houses teaching what they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain.

² Tend the flock of God which is among you, watching over it, not by constraint, but willingly; not with a view to sordid gain, but with a ready mind;

³ Indeed, with insatiable covetousness, they will, with smooth words, make merchandize of you. But the judgment prepared of old for them is not idle, nor is their destruction slumbering.

¹⁴ having eyes full of adultery and unceasing sin; ensnaring unstable souls; having a heart practised in greediness; an execrable race; ¹⁵ having forsaken the right road they have gone quite astray, following the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of iniquity, ¹⁶ and was convicted of his transgression. [A dumb beast, speaking with a human voice, restrained the madness of the prophet.]

¹¹ Alas for them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, and rambled in the error of Balaam's reward and perished in the rebellion of Kore.

¹⁶ They are discontented mumurers, walking after their own lusts. Though their mouth speaketh swelling words, they hold persons in admiration for the sake of gain.

¹⁵ but without are the dogs and the sorcerers and the prostitutes and the murderers and the idolaters and every one who loveth and practiseth falsehood.

⁶ For he said in his heart, I shall not he moved and I shall never be in adversity.

³⁵ And thou wilt say, They have beaten me and I felt no pain; they insulted me and I was not sensible of it. When will it be day; that I may go and seek with whom I can have a meeting.

¹ Boast not of things of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what the coming day will bring forth.

⁴ Princes are passionate, therefore let them not drink wine, ⁵ lest by drinking they forget wisdom, and become incapable of administering justice to the oppressed.

¹¹ Woe to them, who rise early to follow strong drink, and continue at it till late at night; for the wine will inflame them.

²² Woe to your mighty men who drink wine; and to your princes who mingle strong drink:

¹³ yet they indulged themselves in joy and gladness, slaying oxen and sacrificing sheep, that they might eat flesh and drink wine, saying, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." ¹⁴ Yes, these were their undisguised expressions, in the hearing of the Lord of hosts, therefore this sin will not be forgiven you till you die.

⁷ For by wine these were made transgressors; they were led astray by strong drink. Priest and prophet were stupefied with strong drink; they were gorged with wine; they were agitated by drunkenness; they reeled to8 and fro. This is oracling! ⁸ A curse shall devour their counsel; for their counsel is for the sake of gain.

¹⁸ Upon this they said, "Come let us settle on account with Jeremias. Because law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor a word from the prophet, Come and that we may smite him with the tongue, let us hear all his words."

¹¹ to attend to fornication and wine, therefore the heart of my people embraced drunkenness.

³ who are coming to an evil day, who are drawing near and on the point of touching false sabbaths? ⁴ Some of you are sleeping on beds of ivory and lolling at ease on their couches, and eating kids from the flocks, and from the herds calves fed with milk: ⁵ some are dwelling: on the sound of musical instruments; as if they thought it fixed and not fleeting. ⁶ Some are drinking filtered wine and anointing themselves with most precious ointment and have no feeling for the affliction of Joseph.

⁴⁹ and begin to beat his fellow tenants, and to eat and to drink with drunkards; ⁵⁰ the lord of that servant will come on a day he least expecteth, and at an hour of which he is not aware ⁵¹ and will scourge him in the severest manner and assign him his portion with the hypocrites. Weeping and gnashing of teeth will be there.

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul; Soul, thou hast many good things laid up in store for many years: take thine ease; eat; drink; and be joyful. ²⁰ Whereupon God said to him; Fool, this very night this soul of thine will be demanded of thee. Whose then will those things be which thou hast provided?

⁴⁵ But should that servant say in his heart, My master delayeth his coming, and begin to beat the men servants, and maid servants, and to eat and drink and carouse; ⁴⁶ the master of that servant will come on a day when he doth not expect him, and in an hour he is not aware of, and will scourge him in the severest manner, and assign him his portion with the unfaithful.

³⁴ Take heed therefore to yourselves that your hearts be not overloaded with excess of meat, or drink, or worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares.

³² "if I as a man had fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is that to me if the dead are not raised up? Let us eat and drink, for to morrow we die."