The Daily Audio Bible
1 A vision of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O Earth! For the LORD has said, “I have nourished and brought up children, but they have rebelled against Me.
3 “The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib. Israel has not known. My people have not understood.”
4 Ah, sinful nation! A people laden with iniquity! A seed of the wicked! Corrupt children! They have forsaken the LORD. They have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger. They have gone backward.
5 Why should you be stricken anymore? For you fall away more and more. The whole head is sick and the whole heart is heavy.
6 From the sole of the foot to the head, there is nothing whole therein. Wounds and swelling and sores full of corruption, they have not been wrapped or bound up or softened with oil.
7 Your land is desolate, your cities burnt with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence and devastate it, as is the overthrow of strangers.
8 And the Daughter of Zion shall remain like a cottage in a vineyard, like a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, like a besieged city.
9 Except the LORD of Hosts had reserved to us even a small remnant, we would have been as Sodom, would have been like Gomorrah.
10 Hear the Word of the LORD, O princes of Sodom! Listen to the Law of our God, O people of Gomorrah!
11 “What have I to do with the multitude of your sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full of the Burnt Offerings of rams, and of the fat of fed beasts. And I do not desire the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of goats.
12 “When you come to appear before Me, who required this of your hands, to trample upon My courts?
13 “Bring no more oblations in vain. Incense is an abomination to Me. I cannot abide iniquitous new moons, or Sabbath, solemn days or solemn assemblies.
14 “My soul hates your new moons and your appointed feasts. They are a burden to Me. I am weary of bearing them.
15 “And when you shall stretch out your hands, I will hide My Eyes from you. And though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
16 “Wash yourself and make yourself clean. Take away the evil of your works from before My Eyes. Cease to do evil.
17 “Learn to do well. Seek judgment. Relieve the oppressed. Govern the fatherless. Defend the widow.
18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins were as crimson, they shall be made white as snow. Though they were red like scarlet, they shall be as wool.
19 “If you consent and obey, you shall eat the goods of the land.
20 “But if you refuse and are rebellious, you shall be devoured with the sword.” For the Mouth of the LORD has spoken it.
21 How has the faithful city become a harlot? It was full of judgment. Justice lodged therein—but now, murderers.
22 Your silver has become dross. Your wine is mixed with water.
23 Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves gifts and follows after rewards. They do not govern the fatherless. Nor does the widow’s cause come before them.
24 “Therefore,” says the LORD God of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, “Ah, I will relieve Myself of My adversaries and avenge Myself of My enemies.
25 “Then I will turn My Hand upon you and burn out your dross until it is pure and take away all your tin.
26 “And I will restore your Judges, as at the first, and your counselors, as at the beginning. Afterward, you shall be called a City of Righteousness, a faithful city.”
27 Zion shall be redeemed in judgment, and those who return in her, in justice.
28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together. And those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks, which you have desired. And you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.
30 For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.
31 And the strong shall be as tinder, and their work as a spark. And they shall both burn together. And no one shall quench them.
2 The Word that Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw upon Judah and Jerusalem.
2 It shall be in the last days that the Mountain of the House of the LORD shall be prepared in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills. And all nations shall flow to it.
3 And many people shall go, and say, “Come, and let us go up to the Mountain of the LORD, to the House of the God of Jacob. And He will teach us His ways. And we will walk in His paths.” For the Law shall go forth from Zion, and the Word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
4 And He shall judge among the nations and rebuke many people. And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into scythes. Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, nor shall they learn to fight anymore.
5 O, House of Jacob, come and let us walk in the Law of the LORD.
6 Surely you have forsaken your people, the House of Jacob, because they are full of the East, and sorcerers as the Philistines, and abound with strange children.
7 Their land was also full of silver and gold. And there was no end of their treasures. And their land was full of horses, and their chariots infinite.
8 Their land was also full of idols. They worshipped the work of their own hands which their own fingers had made.
9 And a man bowed himself. And a man humbled himself. Therefore, do not spare them.
10 Enter into the rock and hide yourself in the dust from before the fear of the LORD, and from the Glory of His Majesty.
11 The high look of man shall be humbled. And the loftiness of men shall be abased. And the LORD only shall be exalted on that day.
12 For the day of the LORD of Hosts is upon all the proud and haughty, and upon all that is exalted. And it shall be made low.
13 Even upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and exalted, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
14 and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
15 and upon every high tower, and upon every strong wall,
16 and upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
17 And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low. And the loftiness of men shall be abased. And the LORD alone shall be exalted on that day.
18 And He will utterly destroy the idols.
19 Then they shall go into the holes of the rocks and into the caves of the Earth from before the fear of the LORD, and from the Glory of His Majesty, when He shall arise to destroy the Earth.
20 At that day, man shall cast away his silver idols and his golden idols (which they had made for themselves to worship them) to the moles and to the bats,
21 to go into the holes of the rocks and into the tops of the ragged rocks from before the fear of the LORD, and from the Glory of His Majesty, when He shall rise to destroy the Earth.
22 Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils. For of what account is he?
10 Now I, Paul, encourage you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I, who am lowly when present among you but bold when absent).
2 And I urge you that, when I am present, I need not be bold with the same confidence as that which I think to be bold against some, who think of us as though we walked according to the flesh.
3 Nevertheless, though we walk in the flesh, yet we do not war according to the flesh.
4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty, through God, to cast down strongholds,
5 overthrowing arguments - and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God - and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ,
6 and being ready to avenge all disobedience, once your obedience is fulfilled.
7 Do you perceive things by outward appearance? If anyone is persuaded in himself that he is Christ’s, let him further consider this in himself: that as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.
8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority (which the Lord has given us for building up and not for pulling you down) I shall not be ashamed -
9 lest I might seem as if to frighten you away with letters.
10 For indeed they say, “his letters are heavy and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is of no value.”
11 Let such a one think this: that as such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, we will also be in deed when we are present.
12 For we dare not reckon ourselves among, or compare ourselves to, those who praise themselves. But they do not understand that they measure themselves with themselves and compare themselves with themselves.
13 But we will not boast of things which are not measurable, but according to the measure of the rule which God has distributed to us; a measure to reach even to you.
14 For we do not stretch ourselves beyond measure, as though we had not reached you. For as far as you also we have come in the Gospel of Christ,
15 not boasting of things which are beyond measure (that is, of others’ labors). But we do hope, when your faith shall increase, to be magnified by you abundantly, according to our area,
16 and to preach the Gospel in those regions beyond you (not to rejoice in another’s area which has already been prepared).
17 But, “Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord”.
18 For the one who praises himself is not approved, but the one whom the Lord praises.
52 Why do you boast of your wickedness, O man of power? The lovingkindness of God endures daily.
2 Your tongue imagines mischief, like a sharp razor that cuts deceitfully.
3 You love evil more than good, lies more than to speak the truth. Selah.
4 You love all words that may destroy. O deceitful tongue!
5 So shall God destroy you forever. He shall take you and pluck you out of your tabernacle, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
6 Also, the righteous shall see it, and fear, and shall laugh at him, saying,
7 “Behold the man who did not take God for His strength but trusted in the multitude of his riches and put his strength in his malice.”
8 But I shall be like a green olive tree in the House of God. I trusted in the mercy of God forever and ever.
9 I will always praise You because You have done this. And I will hope in Your Name because it is good before Your saints. To him who excels on Mahalath: A Psalm of David to give instruction
26 Do not be one of those who shakes hands in pledges; nor among those who are surety for debts.
27 If you have nothing to pay, why should he take your bed from under you?
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