Thus says the LORD:
    “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce,
        with which I sent her away?
    Or which of my creditors is it
        to whom I have sold you?
    Behold, for your iniquities you were sold,
        and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
    Why, when I came, was there no man;
        why, when I called, was there no one to answer?
    Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
        Or have I no power to deliver?
    Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea,
        I make the rivers a desert;
    their fish stink for lack of water
        and die of thirst.
    I clothe the heavens with blackness
        and make sackcloth their covering.”
    
    
    The Lord GOD has given me
        the tongue of those who are taught,
    that I may know how to sustain with a word
        him who is weary.
    Morning by morning he awakens;
        he awakens my ear
        to hear as those who are taught.
    The Lord GOD has opened my ear,
        and I was not rebellious;
        I turned not backward.
    I gave my back to those who strike,
        and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard;
    I hid not my face
        from disgrace and spitting.
    
    
    But the Lord GOD helps me;
        therefore I have not been disgraced;
    therefore I have set my face like a flint,
        and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
        He who vindicates me is near.
    Who will contend with me?
        Let us stand up together.
    Who is my adversary?
        Let him come near to me.
    Behold, the Lord GOD helps me;
        who will declare me guilty?
    Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment;
        the moth will eat them up.
    
    
    Who among you fears the LORD
        and obeys the voice of his servant?
    Let him who walks in darkness
        and has no light
    trust in the name of the LORD
        and rely on his God.
    Behold, all you who kindle a fire,
        who equip yourselves with burning torches!
    Walk by the light of your fire,
        and by the torches that you have kindled!
    This you have from my hand:
        you shall lie down in torment.
    
    
        “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
        you who seek the LORD:
    look to the rock from which you were hewn,
        and to the quarry from which you were dug.
    Look to Abraham your father
        and to Sarah who bore you;
    for he was but one when I called him,
        that I might bless him and multiply him.
    For the LORD comforts Zion;
        he comforts all her waste places
    and makes her wilderness like Eden,
        her desert like the garden of the LORD;
    joy and gladness will be found in her,
        thanksgiving and the voice of song.
    
    
    “Give attention to me, my people,
        and give ear to me, my nation;
    for a law will go out from me,
        and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples.
    My righteousness draws near,
        my salvation has gone out,
        and my arms will judge the peoples;
    the coastlands hope for me,
        and for my arm they wait.
    Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
        and look at the earth beneath;
    for the heavens vanish like smoke,
        the earth will wear out like a garment,
        and they who dwell in it will die in like manner;
    but my salvation will be forever,
        and my righteousness will never be dismayed.
    
    
    “Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
        the people in whose heart is my law;
    fear not the reproach of man,
        nor be dismayed at their revilings.
    For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
        and the worm will eat them like wool,
    but my righteousness will be forever,
        and my salvation to all generations.”
    
    
    Awake, awake, put on strength,
        O arm of the LORD;
    awake, as in days of old,
        the generations of long ago.
    Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces,
        who pierced the dragon?
    Was it not you who dried up the sea,
        the waters of the great deep,
    who made the depths of the sea a way
        for the redeemed to pass over?
    And the ransomed of the LORD shall return
        and come to Zion with singing;
    everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
        they shall obtain gladness and joy,
        and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
    
    
    “I, I am he who comforts you;
        who are you that you are afraid of man who dies,
        of the son of man who is made like grass,
    and have forgotten the LORD, your Maker,
        who stretched out the heavens
        and laid the foundations of the earth,
    and you fear continually all the day
        because of the wrath of the oppressor,
    when he sets himself to destroy?
        And where is the wrath of the oppressor?
    He who is bowed down shall speedily be released;
        he shall not die and go down to the pit,
        neither shall his bread be lacking.
    I am the LORD your God,
        who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
        the LORD of hosts is his name.
    And I have put my words in your mouth
        and covered you in the shadow of my hand,
    establishing the heavens
        and laying the foundations of the earth,
        and saying to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
    
    
    Wake yourself, wake yourself,
        stand up, O Jerusalem,
    you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD
        the cup of his wrath,
    who have drunk to the dregs
        the bowl, the cup of staggering.
    There is none to guide her
        among all the sons she has borne;
    there is none to take her by the hand
        among all the sons she has brought up.
    These two things have happened to you—
        who will console you?—
    devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
        who will comfort you?
    Your sons have fainted;
        they lie at the head of every street
        like an antelope in a net;
    they are full of the wrath of the LORD,
        the rebuke of your God.
    
    
    Therefore hear this, you who are afflicted,
        who are drunk, but not with wine:
    Thus says your Lord, the LORD,
        your God who pleads the cause of his people:
    “Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering;
    the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more;
    and I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,
        who have said to you,
        ‘Bow down, that we may pass over’;
    and you have made your back like the ground
        and like the street for them to pass over.”
    
    
        Awake, awake,
        put on your strength, O Zion;
    put on your beautiful garments,
        O Jerusalem, the holy city;
    for there shall no more come into you
        the uncircumcised and the unclean.
    Shake yourself from the dust and arise;
        be seated, O Jerusalem;
    loose the bonds from your neck,
        O captive daughter of Zion.
    
    
      For thus says the LORD: “You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.” For thus says the Lord GOD: “My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing. Now therefore what have I here,” declares the LORD, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the LORD, “and continually all the day my name is despised. Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here I am.”

    How beautiful upon the mountains
        are the feet of him who brings good news,
    who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness,
        who publishes salvation,
        who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”
    The voice of your watchmen—they lift up their voice;
        together they sing for joy;
    for eye to eye they see
        the return of the LORD to Zion.
    Break forth together into singing,
        you waste places of Jerusalem,
    for the LORD has comforted his people;
        he has redeemed Jerusalem.
    The LORD has bared his holy arm
        before the eyes of all the nations,
    and all the ends of the earth shall see
        the salvation of our God.
    
    
    Depart, depart, go out from there;
        touch no unclean thing;
    go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves,
        you who bear the vessels of the LORD.
    For you shall not go out in haste,
        and you shall not go in flight,
    for the LORD will go before you,
        and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
    
    
        Behold, my servant shall act wisely;
        he shall be high and lifted up,
        and shall be exalted.
    As many were astonished at you—
        his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,
        and his form beyond that of the children of mankind—
    so shall he sprinkle many nations.
        Kings shall shut their mouths because of him,
    for that which has not been told them they see,
        and that which they have not heard they understand. (ESV)

Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

  I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

  Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

  Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

  I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned, in whatever situation I am, to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

  Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.

  Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you. All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar’s household.

  The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. (ESV)