Isaiah 4:5

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’ ”

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.

But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.

For Yahweh is great, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.

I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.

Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me.

As birds hovering, so Yahweh of Armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it. He will pass over and preserve it.”

I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.

It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.

Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.

After eight days again his disciples were inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the middle, and said, “Peace be to you.”

for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”

There will be no night, and they need no lamp light or sun light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.

Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:

I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”

“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your habitations; don’t spare: lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

For I,’ says Yahweh, ‘will be to her a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory in the middle of her.

the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.”

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”

The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever:

I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.

The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

“You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.

I will add to your days fifteen years. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.” ’ ”

For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.

yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither did the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.

God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.

Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.

Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge.

You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!

He spread a cloud for a covering, fire to give light in the night.

I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.

For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you.

Praise Yahweh! Sing to Yahweh a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?

For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear Yahweh’s law;

I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

My righteousness is near. My salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples. The islands will wait for me, and they will trust my arm.

Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

The sun will be no more your light by day; nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth, “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your salvation comes! Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him!’ ”

I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says Yahweh. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or “Who would enter into our homes?”

“Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and tell Gog, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “In that day when my people Israel dwells securely, will you not know it?

He measured it on the four sides. It had a wall around it, the length five hundred, and the width five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

For you always have the poor with you; but you don’t always have me.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.

I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. I will grant salvation to Zion, my glory to Israel.

In the morning watch, Yahweh looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.

“Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. You shall make them with the work of a skillful workman.

“You shall make curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains.

On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony. At evening it was over the tabernacle, as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.

Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.

In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.

Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.

a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?

Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forward and forever more.

“Woe to the rebellious children”, says Yahweh, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places,

‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’ ”

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.

All majesty has departed from the daughter of Zion. Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture. They have gone without strength before the pursuer.

“Therefore say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet I will be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they have come.” ’

then I will bring you down with those who descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old, with those who go down to the pit, that you be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living.

I will encamp around my house against the army, that no one pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with my eyes.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal;