1 For Tziyon’s sake I will not be silent, for Yerushalayim’s sake I will not rest, until her vindication shines out brightly and her salvation like a blazing torch. 2 The nations will see your vindication and all kings your glory. Then you will be called by a new name whichAdonaihimself will pronounce. 3 You […]
Monthly Archives: August 2017
Yesha ‘yahu (Isa) 63
1 Who is this, coming from Edom, from Botzrah with clothing stained crimson, so magnificently dressed, so stately in his great strength? “It is I, who speak victoriously, I, well able to save.” 2 Why is your apparel red, your clothes like someone treading a winepress? 3 “I have trodden the winepress alone; from the […]
Yesha ‘yahu (Isa) 64
1 It would be like fire kindling the brush, and the fire then makes the water boil. Then your enemies would know your name, the nations would tremble before you! 2 When you did tremendous things that we were not expecting, we wished that you would come down, so that the mountains would shake at […]
Yesha ‘yahu (Isa) 65
1 “I made myself accessible to those who didn’t ask for me, I let myself be found by those who didn’t seek me. I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation not called by my name. 2 I spread out my hands all day long to a rebellious people who live in […]
Yesha ‘yahu (Isa) 66
1 “Heaven is my throne,” saysAdonai, “and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house could you build for me? What sort of place could you devise for my rest? 2 Didn’t I myself make all these things? This is how they all came to be,” saysAdonai. “The kind of person on whom I […]
M’lakhim Bet (2 Ki) 1
1 After Ach’av’s death Mo’av rebelled against Isra’el. 2 When Achazyah fell through a latticed window of his upper room in Shomron and lay injured, he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, consult Ba‘al-Z’vuv the god of ‘Ekron, and ask whether I will recover from this injury.” 3 But an angel ofAdonaisaid to Eliyahu […]
M’lakhim Bet (2 Ki) 2
1 The time came forAdonaito take Eliyahu up into heaven in a whirlwind. Eliyahu and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal, 2 when Eliyahu said to Elisha, “Please wait here, becauseAdonaihas sent me all the way to Beit-El.” But Elisha said, “AsAdonailives, and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went […]
M’lakhim Bet (2 Ki) 3
1 Y’horam the son of Ach’av began his reign over Isra’el in Shomron during the eighteenth year of Y’hoshafat king of Y’hudah, and he ruled for twelve years. 2 He did what was evil fromAdonai’s perspective; but he was not as bad as his father and mother, because he got rid of Ba‘al’s standing-stone which […]
M’lakhim Bet (2 Ki) 4
1 The wife of one of the guild prophets complained to Elisha. “Your servant my husband died,” she said, “and you know that he fearedAdonai. Now a creditor has come to take my two children as his slaves.” 2 Elisha asked her, “What should I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in […]
M’lakhim Bet (2 Ki) 5
1 Na‘aman, commander of the king of Aram’s army, was highly respected and esteemed by his master; because through himAdonaihad brought victory to Aram. But although he was a brave warrior, he also suffered fromtzara‘at. 2 Now on one of their raids into Isra’el’s territory, Aram carried away captive a little girl, who became a […]