Isaiah 7

War against Jerusalem

 ²When it was reported to the ^(E)house of David, saying, "The Arameans ^(F)have camped in ^(G)Ephraim," his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake with the wind.

 ³Then the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the ^(H)conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the fuller's field,

 ⁴and say to him, 'Take care and be ^(I)calm, have no ^(J)fear and ^(K)do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering ^(L)firebrands, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the ^(M)son of Remaliah.

 ⁵'Because ^(N)Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying,

 ⁶"Let us go up against Judah and terrorize it, and make for ourselves a breach in its walls and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,"

 ⁷thus says the Lord GOD: "^(O)It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass.

 ⁸"For the head of Aram is ^(P)Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another 65 years Ephraim will be shattered, so that it is no longer a people),

 ⁹and the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. ^(Q)If you will not believe, you surely shall not last."'"

The Child Immanuel

 ¹¹"Ask a ^(R)sign for yourself from the LORD your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven."

 ¹²But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD!"

 ¹³Then he said, "Listen now, O ^(S)house of David! Is it too slight a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will ^(T)try the patience of ^(U)my God as well?

 ¹⁴"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, ^(V)a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name ^[a](W)Immanuel.

 ¹⁵"He will eat ^(X)curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good.

 ¹⁶"^(Y)For before the boy will know enough to refuse evil and choose good, ^(Z)the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken.

Trials to Come for Judah

 ¹⁸In that day the LORD will ^(AC)whistle for the fly that is in the ^(AD)remotest part of the rivers of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

 ¹⁹They will all come and settle on the steep ravines, on the ^(AE)ledges of the cliffs, ^(AF)on all the thorn bushes and on all the watering places.

 ²⁰In that day the Lord will ^(AG)shave with a ^(AH)razor, ^(AI)hired from regions beyond ^(AJ)the Euphrates (that is, with the king of Assyria), the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard.

 ²¹Now in that day a man may keep alive a ^(AK)heifer and a pair of sheep;

 ²²and because of the abundance of the milk produced he will eat curds, for everyone that is left within the land will eat ^(AL)curds and honey.

 ²³And it will come about in that day, ^(AM)that every place where there used to be a thousand vines, valued at a thousand shekels of silver, will become ^(AN)briars and thorns.

 ²⁴People will come there with bows and arrows because all the land will be briars and thorns.

 ²⁵As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for ^(AO)pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample.

2 Chronicles 27

Jotham Succeeds Uzziah in Judah

 ²He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; ^(B)however he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued acting corruptly.

 ³He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and he built extensively the wall of ^(C)Ophel.

 ⁴Moreover, he built ^(D)cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills.

 ⁵He fought also with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them so that the Ammonites gave him during that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand ^[a]kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this amount in the second and in the third year.

 ^6(E)So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.

 ^7(F)Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, even all his wars and his acts, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

 ⁸He was ^(G)twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.

 ⁹And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place.

Philemon 1

Salutation

 ²and to Apphia ^(F)our sister, and to ^(G)Archippus our ^(H)fellow soldier, and to ^(I)the church in your house:

 ^3(J)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Philemon's Love and Faith

 ⁵because I ^(L)hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints;

 ⁶and I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective ^[a]through the ^(M)knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ's sake.

 ⁷For I have come to have much ^(N)joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been ^(O)refreshed through you, brother.

 ⁸Therefore, ^(P)though I have enough confidence in Christ to order you to do what is ^(Q)proper,

 ⁹yet for love's sake I rather ^(R)appeal to you--since I am such a person as Paul, the ^(S)aged, and now also ^(T)a prisoner of ^(U)Christ Jesus--

Plea for Onesimus, a Free Man

 ¹¹who formerly was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me.

 ¹²I have sent him back to you in person, that is, sending my very heart,

 ¹³whom I wished to keep with me, so that on your behalf he might minister to me in my ^(Y)imprisonment for the gospel;

 ¹⁴but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would ^(Z)not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.

 ¹⁵For perhaps ^(AA)he was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever,

 ^16(AB)no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, ^(AC)a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both ^(AD)in the flesh and in the Lord.

 ¹⁷If then you regard me a ^(AE)partner, accept him as you would me.

 ¹⁸But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account;

 ^19(AF)I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will repay it (^(AG)not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self as well).

 ²⁰Yes, brother, let me benefit from you in the Lord; ^(AH)refresh my heart in Christ.

 ^21(AI)Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say.

 ²²At the same time also prepare me a ^(AJ)lodging, for ^(AK)I hope that through ^(AL)your prayers ^(AM)I will be given to you.

 ^23(AN)Epaphras, my ^(AO)fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,

 ²⁴as do ^(AP)Mark, ^(AQ)Aristarchus, ^(AR)Demas, ^(AS)Luke, my ^(AT)fellow workers.

 ^25(AU)The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be ^(AV)with your spirit.^[c]