For thus said יהוה, Creator of
the heavens, He is Elohim, Former of earth and its Maker, He established it, He did not
create it to be empty, He formed it to be inhabited: “I am יהוה, and there is none else. Thus said the Ěl, יהוה, who created
the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and that which comes from it,
who gives breath to the people on it, and
spirit to those who walk on it:
Thus said יהוה, your Redeemer,
and He who formed you from the womb, “I am יהוה, doing all, stretching out the heavens all alone, spreading out the
earth, with none beside Me, I have made the earth, and created
man on it. I, My hands have stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded. Also, My hand has laid the foundation
of the earth, and My right hand has
stretched out the heavens. I call to them, let them stand together. And I have
put My Words in your mouth, and with the shadow of My hand I have covered you, to plant the heavens and lay the foundations
of the earth, and to say to Tsiyon, ‘You are My people.’ ”
I
have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth. I have not said to the seed of Yaʽaqoḇ, ‘Seek
Me in vain.’ I am יהוה,
speaking righteousness, declaring matters that are straight.
Gather
yourselves and come; draw near together, you who have
escaped
from the gentiles.
No
knowledge have they who are lifting up the wood of their carved image,
and pray to a mighty one that does not save.
And
belief is the substance of what is expected, the proof of what is not seen.
But
according to His promise we wait for a renewed heavens
and
a renewed earth in
which
righteousness dwells.
“Hear
this, O house of Yaʽaqoḇ, who are
called by the name of Yisra’ĕl,
and have
come from the waters of Yehuḏah, who swear by the Name
of יהוה, and profess the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl – though
not in truth or in
righteousness for they call themselves after the set-apart city, and lean
on the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl – יהוה of hosts is His Name:
For
the Master
יהוה does no matter unless He reveals His secret to His servants the
prophets. for they call themselves after the set-apart city, and lean on
the Elohim
of Yisra’ĕl – יהוה of hosts is His Name:
“I have declared the
former events from the beginning, and they went forth from My
mouth, and I made you hear them. Suddenly I acted,
and they came
to be. “Because I knew that you were hard, and
your neck was an iron
sinew, and your forehead bronze, therefore I declared
it to you long
ago. Before it came I made you hear, lest you should
say, ‘My idol has
done them, and my carved image and my moulded image
commanded
it? From now on I shall make you hear new ones, even
hidden ones,
which you have not known.
“Listen to Me, O Yaʽaqoḇ, and Yisra’ĕl,
My called:
I
am He,
I am the First,
I am also the Last.
“Also,
My hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
and My right hand has stretched out the heavens.
I call to them, let them stand together.
See,
I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the
furnace
of affliction. “For My own sake, for My own
sake, I do it. For
how is it
profaned? And My esteem I do not
give to another
“Listen
to Me, you who pursue righteousness, seeking יהוה:
Look to the
rock you were hewn from,and to the hole of the pit you were dug
from. “Look to Aḇraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you. For
he was alone when I called him, and I blessed him and increased him.
“For יהוה shall comfort Tsiyon,
He shall comfort all her waste places. For He makes her wilderness
like Ěḏen, and her desert like the garden of יהוה.
Joy and gladness are
found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of song. “Listen to Me, My
people, and give ear to Me, O My nation, for the Torah goes forth from
Me, and My right-ruling I set as a light to peoples.
“My righteousness is near,
My deliverance shall go forth, and My arms judge peoples. Coastlands
wait upon Me, and for My arm they wait expectantly. “Lift up your
eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath, for the
heavens
shall vanish like smoke, and the earth wear out like a garment, and
those who dwell in it die as gnats. But My deliverance is
forever, and
My righteousness is not broken. “Listen to Me, you who know
righteousness, a people in whose heart is My Torah: do not fear the
reproach of men, nor be afraid of their revilings.
“For a moth eats
them like a garment, and a worm eats them like wool;
but My
righteousness is forever, and My deliverance to all generations.”
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of יהוה! Awake as in days of
old,
everlasting generations. Was it not You who cut Rahaḇ apart, and
pierced the Crocodile? 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 let the ransomed
of יהוה return. And they
shall come to Tsiyon with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads.
Let them attain joy and gladness; sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
“I, I am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid
of man that dies, and of the son of man who is made like grass? “And
you have forgotten יהוה
your Maker who stretched out the heavens and
laid the foundations of the earth, and you continually fear, all the day,
because of the rage of the oppressor, as he has prepared to destroy. And
where is the rage of the oppressor? “Bowed, he hastens to be loosened,
that he should not die in the pit, and that his bread should not fail “But
I am יהוה your Elohim,
stirring up the sea, and its waves roar. יהוה of
hosts is His Name.
“And I have put My Words in your mouth, and with the shadow of My hand I have covered you,
to plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth,
and to say to Tsiyon, ‘You are
My people.’ ” Awake, awake yourself! Rise up, O Yerushalayim, you who have drunk at the hand of יהוה the cup of His wrath. You have drunk the dregs of the cup of reeling,
and drained it out. Of all the sons she bore, she has none to guide her. And
of all the sons she has brought up, none takes her by the hand. Both these are
coming upon you – who is sorry for you?: Ruin and destruction, scarcity of food and sword. How shall I comfort you?
Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, like a gazelle in a net. They are filled with the wrath of
יהוה, the rebuke of your
Elohim. Therefore please hear this, you afflicted and drunk, but not with wine.Thus
said your Master, יהוה
and your Elohim, who pleads the cause of His people, “See, I shall take out of your hand the cup of reeling, the dregs
of the cup of My wrath – never again shall you drink it. “And I shall put it into the hand of those who afflict
you, who have said to your being, ‘Bow down, and we pass over you.’ And you made your back like the ground, and
as the street, to walk over.”
And
there shall be great earthquakes in various places, and scarcities of
food
and deadly diseases. And there shall be horrors, and great signs
from
heaven. “But before all this, they shalllay
their hands on you and
persecute
you, delivering you up to the congregations and prisons, and
be
brought before sovereigns and rulers for My Name’s sake. “And it
shall
turn out to you for a witness.“Therefore, resolve in your hearts
not
to premeditate on what to answer. “For I shall give you a mouth
and
wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to refute or
resist.
“And you shall also be betrayed by parents and brothers and relatives and friends.
And some of you shall be put to death. “And you shall be hated by all because
of My Name.
“But
not a hair of your head shall be lost at all.
“Possess
your lives by your endurance!
“And
when you see Yerushalayim surrounded by armies, then know
that
its laying waste is near. “Then let those in Yehuḏah flee to the
mountains,
and let those who are in the midst of her go out, and let
not
those who are in the fields enter her. “Because these are days of
vengeance,
to fill all that have been written. “And woe to those who
are
pregnant and to those who are nursing children in those days! For
there
shall be great distress in the earth and wrath upon this people.
“And they shall
fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Yerushalayim shall be trampled underfoot by the
gentiles until the times of the gentiles are filled.“And there shall be signs in the sun, and moon, and stars, and on
the earth anxiety of nations, in bewilderment at the roaring of the sea, and agitation, men fainting from fear and the expectation
of what is coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
“And then they
shall see the Son of Aḏam coming in a cloud with
power and much esteem.
“And when these matters begin to take place, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption
draws near.”
And
He spoke a parable to them,
“Look
at the fig tree, and all the trees.
“When
they have already budded, observing it,
you
shall know for yourselves that summer is now near.
“So
you also, when you see these matters take place
, know
that the reign of Elohim is near.
“Truly, I say
to you, this generation shall by no means pass away till all shall have taken place. “The heaven
and the earth shall pass away, but My words shall by no means pass away. “And
take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down by gluttony, and drunkenness, and worries
of this life, and that day come on you suddenly. “For it shall come as a snare
on all those dwelling on the face of all the earth. “Watch then
at all times, and pray that you be counted
worthy to
escape all this about to take place, and to stand before the
Son of Aḏam.”
And He was teaching in the Set-apart Place by day,
but at night He went out and stayed on the mountain of Olives,
and early in the morning all the people came to Him in the Set-apart Place to hear
Him.
Did
you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to
you
from the beginning? Have you not understood from the
foundations
of the earth? It is He who sits above the circle of the
earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, who stretches out the
heavens
like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,
WHERE
IS THE BIG BANG THEORY NOW
“I am יהוה, doing all,
stretching out the heavens all alone, spreading out the earth, with
none beside Me, frustrating the signs of the babblers, and driving
diviners
mad, turning wise men backward, and making their
knowledge foolish, confirming the
word of His servant, and
completing the counsel of His messengers,
But how
is man right with Elohim?
If one wished to dispute with Him, he would not answer Him one
time
out of a thousand. Wise in heart and mighty in strength – who
has
hardened himself against Him and is at peace? He who removes
mountains,
and they do not know it, when He overturns them in His
displeasure; who shakes the earth out of its place, and its columns
tremble; who commands the sun, and it does not rise; and He seals up
the
stars, stretching out the heavens by Himself, and treading upon the
waves
of the sea; who made Ash, Kesil, and Kimah, and the rooms of
the
south; who performs great and unsearchable deeds, and
innumerable
wonders. Look, He goes by me, and I do not see; and He
moves
past, but I do not discern Him. Look, He snatches away, who