The Book of ISAIAH - Chapter Two

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The mountain of the Lord

1 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning 

Judah and Jerusalem:

2 In the last days

the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established

    as the highest of the mountains;

it will be exalted above the hills,

    and all nations will stream to it.

3 Many peoples will come and say,

‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,

    to the temple of the God of Jacob.

He will teach us his ways,

    so that we may walk in his paths.’

The law will go out from Zion,

    the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

4 

He will judge between the nations

    and will settle disputes for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into ploughshares

    and their spears into pruning hooks.

Nation will not take up sword against nation,

    nor will they train for war any more.

5 

Come, descendants of Jacob,

    let us walk in the light of the Lord.

The day of the Lord

6 

You, Lord, have abandoned your people,

    the descendants of Jacob.

They are full of superstitions from the East;

    they practise divination like the Philistines

    and embrace pagan customs.

7 

Their land is full of silver and gold;

    there is no end to their treasures.

Their land is full of horses;

    there is no end to the chariots.

8 

Their land is full of idols;

    they bow down to the work of their hands,

    to what their fingers have made.

9 

So people will be brought low

    and everyone humbled –

    do not forgive them.

10 

Go into the rocks, hide in the ground

    from the fearful presence of the Lord

    and the splendour of his majesty!

11 

The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled

    and human pride brought low;

the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.

12 

The Lord Almighty has a day in store

    for all the proud and lofty,

for all that is exalted

    (and they will be humbled),

13 

for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty,

    and all the oaks of Bashan,

14 

for all the towering mountains

    and all the high hills,

15 

for every lofty tower

    and every fortified wall,

16 

for every trading ship

    and every stately vessel.

17 

The arrogance of man will be brought low

    and human pride humbled;

the Lord alone will be exalted in that day,

18 

    and the idols will totally disappear.

19 

People will flee to caves in the rocks

    and to holes in the ground

from the fearful presence of the Lord

    and the splendour of his majesty,

    when he rises to shake the earth.

20 

In that day people will throw away

    to the moles and bats

their idols of silver and idols of gold,

    which they made to worship.

21 

They will flee to caverns in the rocks

    and to the overhanging crags

from the fearful presence of the Lord

    and the splendour of his majesty,

    when he rises to shake the earth.

22 

Stop trusting in mere humans,

    who have but a breath in their nostrils.

    Why hold them in esteem?

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The Book of ISAIAH - Chapter One

ISAIAH Chapter 1 to 39 

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1 The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw 

during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

A rebellious nation

2 

Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!

    For the Lord has spoken:

‘I reared children and brought them up,

    but they have rebelled against me.

3 

The ox knows its master,

    the donkey its owner’s manger,

but Israel does not know,

    my people do not understand.’

4 

Woe to the sinful nation,

    a people whose guilt is great,

a brood of evildoers,

    children given to corruption!

They have forsaken the Lord;

    they have spurned the Holy One of Israel

    and turned their backs on him.

5 

Why should you be beaten any more?

    Why do you persist in rebellion?

Your whole head is injured,

    your whole heart afflicted.

6 

From the sole of your foot to the top of your head

    there is no soundness –

only wounds and bruises

    and open sores,

not cleansed or bandaged

    or soothed with oil.

7 

Your country is desolate,

    your cities burned with fire;

your fields are being stripped by foreigners

    right before you,

    laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.

8 

Daughter Zion is left

    like a shelter in a vineyard,

like a hut in a cucumber field,

    like a city under siege.

9 

Unless the Lord Almighty

    had left us some survivors,

we would have become like Sodom,

    we would have been like Gomorrah.

10 

Hear the word of the Lord,

    you rulers of Sodom;

listen to the instruction of our God,

    you people of Gomorrah!

11 

‘The multitude of your sacrifices –

    what are they to me?’ says the Lord.

‘I have more than enough of burnt offerings,

    of rams and the fat of fattened animals;

I have no pleasure

    in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

12 

When you come to appear before me,

    who has asked this of you,

    this trampling of my courts?

13 

Stop bringing meaningless offerings!

    Your incense is detestable to me.

New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations –

    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.

14 

Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals

    I hate with all my being.

They have become a burden to me;

    I am weary of bearing them.

15 

When you spread out your hands in prayer,

    I hide my eyes from you;

even when you offer many prayers,

    I am not listening.

Your hands are full of blood!

16 

Wash and make yourselves clean.

    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;

    stop doing wrong.

17 

Learn to do right; seek justice.

    Defend the oppressed.

Take up the cause of the fatherless;

    plead the case of the widow.

18 

‘Come now, let us settle the matter,’

    says the Lord.

‘Though your sins are like scarlet,

    they shall be as white as snow;

though they are red as crimson,

    they shall be like wool.

19 

If you are willing and obedient,

    you will eat the good things of the land;

20 

but if you resist and rebel,

    you will be devoured by the sword.’

For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

21 

See how the faithful city

    has become a prostitute!

She once was full of justice;

    righteousness used to dwell in her –

    but now murderers!

22 

Your silver has become dross,

    your choice wine is diluted with water.

23 

Your rulers are rebels,

    partners with thieves;

they all love bribes

    and chase after gifts.

They do not defend the cause of the fatherless;

    the widow’s case does not come before them.

24 

Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,

    the Mighty One of Israel, declares:

‘Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes

    and avenge myself on my enemies.

25 

I will turn my hand against you;

    I will thoroughly purge away your dross

    and remove all your impurities.

26 

I will restore your leaders as in days of old,

    your rulers as at the beginning.

Afterwards you will be called

    the City of Righteousness,

    the Faithful City.’

27 

Zion will be delivered with justice,

    her penitent ones with righteousness.

28 

But rebels and sinners will both be broken,

    and those who forsake the Lord will perish.

29 

‘You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks

    in which you have delighted;

you will be disgraced because of the gardens

    that you have chosen.

30 

You will be like an oak with fading leaves,

    like a garden without water.

31 

The mighty man will become tinder

    and his work a spark;

both will burn together,

    with no one to quench the fire.’

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The Book of EZRA - Chapter Ten

The people’s confession of sin

1 While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites – men, women and children – gathered round him. They too wept bitterly. 2 Then Shekaniah son of Jehiel, one of the descendants of Elam, said to Ezra, ‘We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us. But in spite of this, there is still hope for Israel. 3 Now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all these women and their children, in accordance with the counsel of my lord and of those who fear the commands of our God. Let it be done according to the Law. 4 Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it.’

5 So Ezra rose up and put the leading priests and Levites and all Israel under oath to do what had been suggested. And they took the oath. 6 Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he was there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he continued to mourn over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

7 A proclamation was then issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem for all the exiles to assemble in Jerusalem. 8 Anyone who failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, in accordance with the decision of the officials and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.

9 Within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. And on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people were sitting in the square before the house of God, greatly distressed by the occasion and because of the rain. 10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, ‘You have been unfaithful; you have married foreign women, adding to Israel’s guilt. 11 Now honour the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the peoples around you and from your foreign wives.’

12 The whole assembly responded with a loud voice: ‘You are right! We must do as you say. 13 But there are many people here and it is the rainy season; so we cannot stand outside. Besides, this matter cannot be taken care of in a day or two, because we have sinned greatly in this thing. 14 Let our officials act for the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at a set time, along with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.’ 15 Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this.

16 So the exiles did as was proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, one from each family division, and all of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to investigate the cases, 17 and by the first day of the first month they finished dealing with all the men who had married foreign women.

Those guilty of intermarriage

18 Among the descendants of the priests, the following had married foreign women:

From the descendants of Joshua son of Jozadak, and his brothers Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib and Gedaliah. 19 (They all gave their hands in pledge to put away their wives, and for their guilt they each presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.)

20 From the descendants of Immer:

Hanani and Zebadiah.

21 From the descendants of Harim:

Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel and Uzziah.

22 From the descendants of Pashhur:

Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad and Elasah.

23 Among the Levites:

Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah and Eliezer.

24 From the musicians:

Eliashib.

From the gatekeepers:

Shallum, Telem and Uri.

25 And among the other Israelites:

From the descendants of Parosh:

Ramiah, Izziah, Malkijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malkijah and Benaiah.

26 From the descendants of Elam:

Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth and Elijah.

27 From the descendants of Zattu:

Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad and Aziza.

28 From the descendants of Bebai:

Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai and Athlai.

29 From the descendants of Bani:

Meshullam, Malluk, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal and Jeremoth.

30 From the descendants of Pahath-Moab:

Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui and Manasseh.

31 From the descendants of Harim:

Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 32 Benjamin, Malluk and Shemariah.

33 From the descendants of Hashum:

Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh and Shimei.

34 From the descendants of Bani:

Maadai, Amram, Uel, 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi, 36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 37 Mattaniah, Mattenai and Jaasu.

38 From the descendants of Binnui:

Shimei, 39 Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, 40 Maknadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, 42 Shallum, Amariah and Joseph.

43 From the descendants of Nebo:

Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel and Benaiah.

44 All these had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.

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The Book of EZRA

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