Isaiah 4 - 5 - Legacy Standard Bible

Isaiah 4 - 5

And seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!”

The Branch of Yahweh Glorified

2 In that day the Branch of Yahweh will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride and the honor of those of Israel who escape. 3 It will be that he who remains in Zion and is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—everyone who is written down for life in Jerusalem. 4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and rinsed away the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning, 5 then Yahweh will create over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her convocation a cloud by day, even smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy. 6 And there will be a booth to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and a hiding place from the storm and the rain.

The Song of the Vineyard

Let me sing now for my well‑beloved

A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard.

My well‑beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

He dug it all around, removed its stones,

And planted it with the choicest vine.

And He built a tower in the middle of it

And also hewed out a wine vat in it;

Then He hoped for it to produce good grapes,

But it produced only worthless ones.

“So now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,

Please judge between Me and My vineyard.

What more was there to do for My vineyard that I have not done in it?

Why, when I hoped for it to produce good grapes did it produce worthless ones?

So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:

I will remove its hedge, and it will be consumed;

I will break down its wall, and it will become trampled ground.

I will lay it waste;

It will not be pruned or hoed,

But briars and thorns will come up.

I will also command the clouds to rain no rain on it.”

For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts is the house of Israel

And the men of Judah His delightful plant.

Thus He hoped for justice, but behold, bloodshed;

For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

Woes to Those Who Call Evil Good

Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field,

Until there is no more room,

So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!

In my ears Yahweh of hosts has sworn, “Surely, many houses shall become desolate,

Even great and good ones, without inhabitants.

For ten acres of vineyard will yield only one bath of wine,

And a homer of seed will yield but an ephah of grain.”

Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink,

Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!

And their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;

But they do not look upon the deeds of Yahweh,

Nor do they see the work of His hands.

Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge;

And their honorable men are famished,

And their multitude is parched with thirst.

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without limit;

And Jerusalem’s majesty, her multitude, her rumbling, and the exultant within her, descend into it.

So the common man will be bowed down and the man of importance will be made low,

The eyes of the lofty also will be made low.

But Yahweh of hosts will be lofty in judgment,

And the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,

And sojourners will eat in the waste places of the wealthy.

Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of worthlessness,

And sin as if with cart ropes,

Who say, “Let Him hurry, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it;

And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near

And come to pass, that we may know it!”

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,

Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness,

Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes

And understanding in their own sight!

Woe to those who are mighty men in drinking wine

And valiant men in mixing strong drink,

Who declare the wicked righteous for a bribe,

And remove the righteous standing of the ones who are righteous!

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble

And dry grass collapses into the flame,

So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust;

For they have rejected the law of Yahweh of hosts

And the word of the Holy One of Israel they have spurned.

On this account, the anger of Yahweh has burned against His people,

And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down.

And the mountains trembled, and their corpses lay like refuse in the middle of the streets.

For all this His anger is not turned back,

But His hand is still stretched out.

He will also lift up a standard to the distant nations,

And will whistle for it from the ends of the earth;

And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.

No one in it is weary or stumbles,

None slumbers or sleeps;

Nor is the belt at its waist undone,

Nor its sandal strap broken.

Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;

The hoofs of its horses seem like flint and its chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

Its roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;

It growls and seizes the prey

And carries it off with no one to deliver it.

And it will growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea.

If one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;

Even the light is darkened by its clouds.

Luke 4

The Temptation of Jesus

Now Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was being led around by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had finished, He was hungry. 3 And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’” 5 And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this dominion and its glory, for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. 7 Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours.” 8 And Jesus answered and said to him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’” 9 And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here, 10 for it is written,

‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You,’

11 and,

‘On their hands they will bear You up,

Lest You strike Your foot against a stone.’”

12 And Jesus answered and said to him, “It is said, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’” 13 And when the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

Jesus Begins His Ministry

14 And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread through all the surrounding district. 15 And He was teaching in their synagogues, being glorified by all.

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

16 And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up, and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the scroll and found the place where it was written, 18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,

Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor.

He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives,

And recovery of sight to the blind,

To set free those who are oppressed,

To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.”

20 And He closed the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 And all were speaking well of Him and marveling at the gracious words which were coming forth from His lips, and they were saying, “Is this not Joseph’s son?” 23 And He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard took place at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.’” 24 And He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown. 25 But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land, 26 and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things, 29 and they stood up and drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the edge of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff. 30 But passing through their midst, He went on His way.

Jesus Casts Out an Unclean Demon

31 And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He was teaching them on the Sabbath; 32 and they were amazed at His teaching, for His message was with authority. 33 And in the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 “Let us alone! What do we have to do with You, Jesus the Nazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!” 35 But Jesus rebuked it, saying, “Be quiet and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, it came out of him without doing him any harm. 36 And amazement came upon them all, and they were talking with one another saying, “What is this message? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out.” 37 And the report about Him was spreading into every place in the surrounding district.

Peter’s Mother‑in‑Law and Many Others Healed

38 Then He stood up and left the synagogue, and entered Simon’s home. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him to help her. 39 And standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her. Immediately she stood up and began waiting on them. 40 And while the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him, and laying His hands on each one of them, He was healing them. 41 And demons also were coming out of many, shouting and saying, “You are the Son of God!” But rebuking them, He was not allowing them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ. 42 When day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were eagerly seeking for Him, and came to Him and tried to keep Him from going away from them. 43 But He said to them, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose.” 44 So He kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

Psalm 37

Delight Yourself in Yahweh

Of David.

א Aleph

Do not fret because of evildoers,

Be not envious toward doers of unrighteousness.

For they will wither quickly like the grass

And fade like the green herb.

ב Beth

Trust in Yahweh and do good;

Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Delight yourself in Yahweh;

And He will give you the desires of your heart.

ג Gimel

Commit your way to Yahweh,

Trust in Him, and He will do it.

He will bring forth your righteousness as the light

And your judgment as the noonday.

ד Daleth

Be still in Yahweh and wait patiently for Him;

Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,

Because of the man who carries out schemes of wickedness.

ה He

Cease from anger and forsake wrath;

Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.

For evildoers will be cut off,

But those who hope for Yahweh, they will inherit the land.

ו Vav

Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more;

You will look carefully at his place, and he will not be there.

But the lowly will inherit the land

And will delight themselves in abundant peace.

ז Zayin

The wicked schemes against the righteous

And gnashes at him with his teeth.

The Lord laughs at him,

For He sees that his day is coming.

ח Heth

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow

To cast down the afflicted and the needy,

To slay those who are upright in conduct.

Their sword will enter their own heart,

And their bows will be broken.

ט Teth

Better is the little of the righteous

Than the abundance of many wicked.

For the arms of the wicked will be broken,

But Yahweh sustains the righteous.

י Yodh

Yahweh knows the days of the blameless,

And their inheritance will be forever.

They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,

And in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

כ Kaph

But the wicked will perish;

And the enemies of Yahweh will be like the glory of the pastures,

They vanish—in smoke they vanish away.

ל Lamedh

The wicked borrows and does not pay back,

But the righteous is gracious and gives.

For those blessed by Him will inherit the land,

But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

מ Mem

The footsteps of a man are established by Yahweh,

And He delights in his way.

When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,

Because Yahweh is the One who sustains his hand.

נ Nun

I was young and now I am old,

Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken

Or his seed begging bread.

All day long he is gracious and lends,

And his seed is a blessing.

ס Samekh

Depart from evil and do good,

So you will dwell forever.

ע Ayin

For Yahweh loves justice

And will not forsake His holy ones;

They are kept forever,

But the seed of the wicked will be cut off.

The righteous will inherit the land

And dwell in it forever.

פ Pe

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,

And his tongue speaks justice.

The law of his God is in his heart;

His steps do not slip.

צ Tsadhe

The wicked spies upon the righteous

And seeks to put him to death.

Yahweh will not forsake him in his hand;

He will not condemn him when he is judged.

ק Qoph

Hope for Yahweh and keep His way,

And He will exalt you to inherit the land;

When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

ר Resh

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man

Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Then he passed away, and behold, he was no more;

I sought for him, but he could not be found.

שׁ Shin

Observe the blameless man, and behold the upright;

For the man of peace will have a posterity.

But transgressors will be altogether destroyed;

The posterity of the wicked will be cut off.

ת Tav

But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh;

He is their strength in time of distress.

Yahweh helps them and protects them;

He protects them from the wicked and saves them,

Because they take refuge in Him.