Isaiah 14:32 What does one say to outsiders who ask questions? Tell them, “God has established Zion. Those in need and in trouble find refuge in her.”

14:32 MSG

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The Message - What does one say to outsiders who ask questions? Tell them, “God has established Zion. Those in need and in trouble find refuge in her.”
新标点和合本 - 可怎样回答外邦（“外邦”或指“非利士”）的使者呢？必说：“耶和华建立了锡安；他百姓中的困苦人必投奔在其中。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 当如何回答外邦的使者呢？ “耶和华建立了锡安，在其中他困苦的百姓必有倚靠。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 当如何回答外邦的使者呢？ “耶和华建立了锡安，在其中他困苦的百姓必有倚靠。”
当代译本 - 该怎样回复外国的使者呢？要告诉他们：“耶和华建立了锡安，祂困苦的子民必在其中得到保护。”
圣经新译本 - 人要怎样回答外族的使者呢？要说： “耶和华建立了锡安，他子民中的困苦人必在其中避难。”
中文标准译本 - 应当怎样回答外邦的使者们呢？当说：“耶和华已奠立了锡安，他子民中的困苦人必投靠其中。”
现代标点和合本 - 可怎样回答外邦的使者呢？必说：“耶和华建立了锡安，他百姓中的困苦人必投奔在其中。”
和合本（拼音版） - 可怎样回答外邦的使者呢？必说：“耶和华建立了锡安，他百姓中的困苦人必投奔在其中。”
New International Version - What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? “The Lord has established Zion, and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.”
New International Reader's Version - What answer should be given to the messengers from that nation? Tell them, ‘The Lord has made Zion secure. His suffering people will find safety there.’ ”
English Standard Version - What will one answer the messengers of the nation? “The Lord has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”
New Living Translation - What should we tell the Philistine messengers? Tell them, “The Lord has built Jerusalem ; its walls will give refuge to his oppressed people.”
Christian Standard Bible - What answer will be given to the messengers from that nation? The Lord has founded Zion, and his oppressed people find refuge in her.
New American Standard Bible - What answer will one give the messengers of the nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, And the poor of His people will take refuge in it.”
New King James Version - What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, And the poor of His people shall take refuge in it.
Amplified Bible - Then what answer will one give the messengers of the [Philistine] nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, And the afflicted of His people will seek and find refuge in it.”
American Standard Version - What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
King James Version - What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
New English Translation - How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.
World English Bible - What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
新標點和合本 - 可怎樣回答外邦（或指非利士）的使者呢？必說：耶和華建立了錫安；他百姓中的困苦人必投奔在其中。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 當如何回答外邦的使者呢？「耶和華建立了錫安，在其中他困苦的百姓必有倚靠。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 當如何回答外邦的使者呢？「耶和華建立了錫安，在其中他困苦的百姓必有倚靠。」
當代譯本 - 該怎樣回覆外國的使者呢？要告訴他們：「耶和華建立了錫安，祂困苦的子民必在其中得到保護。」
聖經新譯本 - 人要怎樣回答外族的使者呢？要說： “耶和華建立了錫安，他子民中的困苦人必在其中避難。”
呂振中譯本 - 可怎樣回答外國的使者呢？你要說：『永恆主奠立了錫安，他人民中的困苦人必避難於她裏面。』
中文標準譯本 - 應當怎樣回答外邦的使者們呢？當說：「耶和華已奠立了錫安，他子民中的困苦人必投靠其中。」
現代標點和合本 - 可怎樣回答外邦的使者呢？必說：「耶和華建立了錫安，他百姓中的困苦人必投奔在其中。」
文理和合譯本 - 此國之使、何以答之、曰、耶和華建錫安、其貧民託庇於斯焉、
文理委辦譯本 - 鄰封遣使至、將何以答之、曰、耶和華建造郇邑、貧民實倚賴之。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 其國其國或作異邦遣使而至、將何以答之、必答曰、主建郇邑、其民之貧者、必於其中得覆庇焉、
Nueva Versión Internacional - ¿Qué respuesta se dará a los mensajeros de esa nación? Pues que el Señor ha afirmado a Sión, y que allí se refugiarán los afligidos de su pueblo.
현대인의 성경 - 우리가 블레셋 사신들에게 어떻게 대답하면 좋을까? 우리는 그들에게 여호와께서 시온을 세우시고 고통당하는 자기 백성이 거기서 피난처를 찾게 하실 것이라고 말하겠다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Что же ответить вестникам этого народа? Что Господь утвердил Сион, и в нем найдут убежище бедные из Его народа.
Восточный перевод - Что же ответить вестникам этого народа? Что Вечный утвердил Сион, и в нём найдут убежище бедные из Его народа.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Что же ответить вестникам этого народа? Что Вечный утвердил Сион, и в нём найдут убежище бедные из Его народа.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Что же ответить вестникам этого народа? Что Вечный утвердил Сион, и в нём найдут убежище бедные из Его народа.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Que répondrons-nous donc ╵à ceux qu’envoie cette nation ? Que c’est l’Eternel même ╵qui a fondé Sion ; les humbles de son peuple ╵y trouveront refuge.
リビングバイブル - 外国には、どう知らせたらよいでしょうか。「神はすでにエルサレムの土台を築き、貧しい民を城壁内にかくまうことに決定した、と伝えておけばよい。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Que resposta se dará aos emissários daquela nação? Esta: “O Senhor estabeleceu Sião, e nela encontrarão refúgio os aflitos do seu povo”.
Hoffnung für alle - Was sollen wir den Boten aus dem Philisterland sagen? Wir antworten ihnen: »Der Herr selbst hat Zion gegründet. Dort findet sein bedrängtes Volk Schutz.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng tôi phải nói gì với người Phi-li-tin? Hãy bảo chúng: “Chúa Hằng Hữu đã vững lập Si-ôn. Nơi ấy, người khổ đau của dân Ngài đã tìm được nơi trú ẩn.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - จะตอบทูตของประชาชาตินั้นว่าอย่างไร? ก็ว่า “องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าได้ทรงสถาปนาศิโยนไว้ และคนที่ทุกข์ลำเค็ญในเมืองนั้นจะพบที่พักพิง”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แล้วจะตอบบรรดาผู้ส่งสาสน์ของประชาชาติอย่างไร “พระผู้เป็นเจ้าให้ความมั่นคงแก่ศิโยน และชนชาติของพระองค์ที่เป็นทุกข์จะพบที่พึ่ง ณ ที่นั้น”

交叉引用

Isaiah 39:1 - Sometime later, King Merodach-baladan son of Baladan of Babylon sent messengers with greetings and a gift to Hezekiah. He had heard that Hezekiah had been sick and was now well.
Isaiah 54:11 - “Afflicted city, storm-battered, unpitied: I’m about to rebuild you with stones of turquoise, Lay your foundations with sapphires, construct your towers with rubies, Your gates with jewels, and all your walls with precious stones. All your children will have God for their teacher— what a mentor for your children! You’ll be built solid, grounded in righteousness, far from any trouble—nothing to fear! far from terror—it won’t even come close! If anyone attacks you, don’t for a moment suppose that I sent them, And if any should attack, nothing will come of it. I create the blacksmith who fires up his forge and makes a weapon designed to kill. I also create the destroyer— but no weapon that can hurt you has ever been forged. Any accuser who takes you to court will be dismissed as a liar. This is what God’s servants can expect. I’ll see to it that everything works out for the best.” God’s Decree.
Proverbs 18:10 - God’s name is a place of protection— good people can run there and be safe.
Hebrews 12:22 - No, that’s not your experience at all. You’ve come to Mount Zion, the city where the living God resides. The invisible Jerusalem is populated by throngs of festive angels and Christian citizens. It is the city where God is Judge, with judgments that make us just. You’ve come to Jesus, who presents us with a new covenant, a fresh charter from God. He is the Mediator of this covenant. The murder of Jesus, unlike Abel’s—a homicide that cried out for vengeance—became a proclamation of grace.
Isaiah 28:16 - But the Master, God, has something to say to this: “Watch closely. I’m laying a foundation in Zion, a solid granite foundation, squared and true. And this is the meaning of the stone: a trusting life won’t topple. I’ll make justice the measuring stick and righteousness the plumb line for the building. A hailstorm will knock down the shantytown of lies, and a flash flood will wash out the rubble.
Zechariah 11:7 - So I took over from the crass, money-grubbing owners, and shepherded the sheep marked for slaughter. I got myself two shepherd staffs. I named one Lovely and the other Harmony. Then I went to work shepherding the sheep. Within a month I got rid of the corrupt shepherds. I got tired of putting up with them—and they couldn’t stand me.
Matthew 24:15 - “But be ready to run for it when you see the monster of desecration set up in the Temple sanctuary. The prophet Daniel described this. If you’ve read Daniel, you’ll know what I’m talking about. If you’re living in Judea at the time, run for the hills; if you’re working in the yard, don’t return to the house to get anything; if you’re out in the field, don’t go back and get your coat. Pregnant and nursing mothers will have it especially hard. Hope and pray this won’t happen during the winter or on a Sabbath.
Isaiah 37:9 - Just then the Assyrian king received an intelligence report on King Tirhakah of Ethiopia: “He is on his way to make war on you.” On hearing that, he sent messengers to Hezekiah with instructions to deliver this message: “Don’t let your God, on whom you so naively lean, deceive you, promising that Jerusalem won’t fall to the king of Assyria. Use your head! Look around at what the kings of Assyria have done all over the world—one country after another devastated! And do you think you’re going to get off? Have any of the gods of any of these countries ever stepped in and saved them, even one of these nations my predecessors destroyed—Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who lived in Telassar? Look around. Do you see anything left of the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, the king of Ivvah?”
2 Kings 20:12 - Shortly after this, Merodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan king of Babylon, having heard that the king was sick, sent a get-well card and a gift to Hezekiah. Hezekiah was pleased and showed the messengers around the place—silver, gold, spices, aromatic oils, his stockpile of weapons—a guided tour of all his prized possessions. There wasn’t a thing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah didn’t show them.
2 Kings 20:14 - And then Isaiah the prophet showed up: “And just what were these men doing here? Where did they come from and why?” Hezekiah said, “They came from far away—from Babylon.”
2 Kings 20:15 - “And what did they see in your palace?” “Everything,” said Hezekiah. “There isn’t anything I didn’t show them—I gave them the grand tour.”
2 Kings 20:16 - Then Isaiah spoke to Hezekiah, “Listen to what God has to say about this: The day is coming when everything you own and everything your ancestors have passed down to you, right down to the last cup and saucer, will be cleaned out of here—plundered and packed off to Babylon. God’s word! Worse yet, your sons, the progeny of sons you’ve begotten, will end up as eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
2 Kings 20:19 - Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “If God says it, it must be good.” But he was thinking to himself, “It won’t happen during my lifetime—I’ll enjoy peace and security as long as I live.”
Psalms 87:1 - He founded Zion on the Holy Mountain— and oh, how God loves his home! Loves it far better than all the homes of Jacob put together! God’s hometown—oh! everyone there is talking about you!
James 2:5 - Listen, dear friends. Isn’t it clear by now that God operates quite differently? He chose the world’s down-and-out as the kingdom’s first citizens, with full rights and privileges. This kingdom is promised to anyone who loves God. And here you are abusing these same citizens! Isn’t it the high and mighty who exploit you, who use the courts to rob you blind? Aren’t they the ones who scorn the new name—“Christian”—used in your baptisms?
Psalms 87:5 - The word’s getting out on Zion: “Men and women, right and left, get born again in her!”

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交叉引用

The Message - What does one say to outsiders who ask questions? Tell them, “God has established Zion. Those in need and in trouble find refuge in her.”
新标点和合本 - 可怎样回答外邦（“外邦”或指“非利士”）的使者呢？必说：“耶和华建立了锡安；他百姓中的困苦人必投奔在其中。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 当如何回答外邦的使者呢？ “耶和华建立了锡安，在其中他困苦的百姓必有倚靠。”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 当如何回答外邦的使者呢？ “耶和华建立了锡安，在其中他困苦的百姓必有倚靠。”
当代译本 - 该怎样回复外国的使者呢？要告诉他们：“耶和华建立了锡安，祂困苦的子民必在其中得到保护。”
圣经新译本 - 人要怎样回答外族的使者呢？要说： “耶和华建立了锡安，他子民中的困苦人必在其中避难。”
中文标准译本 - 应当怎样回答外邦的使者们呢？当说：“耶和华已奠立了锡安，他子民中的困苦人必投靠其中。”
现代标点和合本 - 可怎样回答外邦的使者呢？必说：“耶和华建立了锡安，他百姓中的困苦人必投奔在其中。”
和合本（拼音版） - 可怎样回答外邦的使者呢？必说：“耶和华建立了锡安，他百姓中的困苦人必投奔在其中。”
New International Version - What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? “The Lord has established Zion, and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.”
New International Reader's Version - What answer should be given to the messengers from that nation? Tell them, ‘The Lord has made Zion secure. His suffering people will find safety there.’ ”
English Standard Version - What will one answer the messengers of the nation? “The Lord has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”
New Living Translation - What should we tell the Philistine messengers? Tell them, “The Lord has built Jerusalem ; its walls will give refuge to his oppressed people.”
Christian Standard Bible - What answer will be given to the messengers from that nation? The Lord has founded Zion, and his oppressed people find refuge in her.
New American Standard Bible - What answer will one give the messengers of the nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, And the poor of His people will take refuge in it.”
New King James Version - What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, And the poor of His people shall take refuge in it.
Amplified Bible - Then what answer will one give the messengers of the [Philistine] nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, And the afflicted of His people will seek and find refuge in it.”
American Standard Version - What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
King James Version - What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
New English Translation - How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.
World English Bible - What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
新標點和合本 - 可怎樣回答外邦（或指非利士）的使者呢？必說：耶和華建立了錫安；他百姓中的困苦人必投奔在其中。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 當如何回答外邦的使者呢？「耶和華建立了錫安，在其中他困苦的百姓必有倚靠。」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 當如何回答外邦的使者呢？「耶和華建立了錫安，在其中他困苦的百姓必有倚靠。」
當代譯本 - 該怎樣回覆外國的使者呢？要告訴他們：「耶和華建立了錫安，祂困苦的子民必在其中得到保護。」
聖經新譯本 - 人要怎樣回答外族的使者呢？要說： “耶和華建立了錫安，他子民中的困苦人必在其中避難。”
呂振中譯本 - 可怎樣回答外國的使者呢？你要說：『永恆主奠立了錫安，他人民中的困苦人必避難於她裏面。』
中文標準譯本 - 應當怎樣回答外邦的使者們呢？當說：「耶和華已奠立了錫安，他子民中的困苦人必投靠其中。」
現代標點和合本 - 可怎樣回答外邦的使者呢？必說：「耶和華建立了錫安，他百姓中的困苦人必投奔在其中。」
文理和合譯本 - 此國之使、何以答之、曰、耶和華建錫安、其貧民託庇於斯焉、
文理委辦譯本 - 鄰封遣使至、將何以答之、曰、耶和華建造郇邑、貧民實倚賴之。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 其國其國或作異邦遣使而至、將何以答之、必答曰、主建郇邑、其民之貧者、必於其中得覆庇焉、
Nueva Versión Internacional - ¿Qué respuesta se dará a los mensajeros de esa nación? Pues que el Señor ha afirmado a Sión, y que allí se refugiarán los afligidos de su pueblo.
현대인의 성경 - 우리가 블레셋 사신들에게 어떻게 대답하면 좋을까? 우리는 그들에게 여호와께서 시온을 세우시고 고통당하는 자기 백성이 거기서 피난처를 찾게 하실 것이라고 말하겠다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Что же ответить вестникам этого народа? Что Господь утвердил Сион, и в нем найдут убежище бедные из Его народа.
Восточный перевод - Что же ответить вестникам этого народа? Что Вечный утвердил Сион, и в нём найдут убежище бедные из Его народа.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Что же ответить вестникам этого народа? Что Вечный утвердил Сион, и в нём найдут убежище бедные из Его народа.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Что же ответить вестникам этого народа? Что Вечный утвердил Сион, и в нём найдут убежище бедные из Его народа.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Que répondrons-nous donc ╵à ceux qu’envoie cette nation ? Que c’est l’Eternel même ╵qui a fondé Sion ; les humbles de son peuple ╵y trouveront refuge.
リビングバイブル - 外国には、どう知らせたらよいでしょうか。「神はすでにエルサレムの土台を築き、貧しい民を城壁内にかくまうことに決定した、と伝えておけばよい。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Que resposta se dará aos emissários daquela nação? Esta: “O Senhor estabeleceu Sião, e nela encontrarão refúgio os aflitos do seu povo”.
Hoffnung für alle - Was sollen wir den Boten aus dem Philisterland sagen? Wir antworten ihnen: »Der Herr selbst hat Zion gegründet. Dort findet sein bedrängtes Volk Schutz.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng tôi phải nói gì với người Phi-li-tin? Hãy bảo chúng: “Chúa Hằng Hữu đã vững lập Si-ôn. Nơi ấy, người khổ đau của dân Ngài đã tìm được nơi trú ẩn.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - จะตอบทูตของประชาชาตินั้นว่าอย่างไร? ก็ว่า “องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าได้ทรงสถาปนาศิโยนไว้ และคนที่ทุกข์ลำเค็ญในเมืองนั้นจะพบที่พักพิง”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แล้วจะตอบบรรดาผู้ส่งสาสน์ของประชาชาติอย่างไร “พระผู้เป็นเจ้าให้ความมั่นคงแก่ศิโยน และชนชาติของพระองค์ที่เป็นทุกข์จะพบที่พึ่ง ณ ที่นั้น”

Isaiah 39:1 - Sometime later, King Merodach-baladan son of Baladan of Babylon sent messengers with greetings and a gift to Hezekiah. He had heard that Hezekiah had been sick and was now well.
Isaiah 54:11 - “Afflicted city, storm-battered, unpitied: I’m about to rebuild you with stones of turquoise, Lay your foundations with sapphires, construct your towers with rubies, Your gates with jewels, and all your walls with precious stones. All your children will have God for their teacher— what a mentor for your children! You’ll be built solid, grounded in righteousness, far from any trouble—nothing to fear! far from terror—it won’t even come close! If anyone attacks you, don’t for a moment suppose that I sent them, And if any should attack, nothing will come of it. I create the blacksmith who fires up his forge and makes a weapon designed to kill. I also create the destroyer— but no weapon that can hurt you has ever been forged. Any accuser who takes you to court will be dismissed as a liar. This is what God’s servants can expect. I’ll see to it that everything works out for the best.” God’s Decree.
Proverbs 18:10 - God’s name is a place of protection— good people can run there and be safe.
Hebrews 12:22 - No, that’s not your experience at all. You’ve come to Mount Zion, the city where the living God resides. The invisible Jerusalem is populated by throngs of festive angels and Christian citizens. It is the city where God is Judge, with judgments that make us just. You’ve come to Jesus, who presents us with a new covenant, a fresh charter from God. He is the Mediator of this covenant. The murder of Jesus, unlike Abel’s—a homicide that cried out for vengeance—became a proclamation of grace.
Isaiah 28:16 - But the Master, God, has something to say to this: “Watch closely. I’m laying a foundation in Zion, a solid granite foundation, squared and true. And this is the meaning of the stone: a trusting life won’t topple. I’ll make justice the measuring stick and righteousness the plumb line for the building. A hailstorm will knock down the shantytown of lies, and a flash flood will wash out the rubble.
Zechariah 11:7 - So I took over from the crass, money-grubbing owners, and shepherded the sheep marked for slaughter. I got myself two shepherd staffs. I named one Lovely and the other Harmony. Then I went to work shepherding the sheep. Within a month I got rid of the corrupt shepherds. I got tired of putting up with them—and they couldn’t stand me.
Matthew 24:15 - “But be ready to run for it when you see the monster of desecration set up in the Temple sanctuary. The prophet Daniel described this. If you’ve read Daniel, you’ll know what I’m talking about. If you’re living in Judea at the time, run for the hills; if you’re working in the yard, don’t return to the house to get anything; if you’re out in the field, don’t go back and get your coat. Pregnant and nursing mothers will have it especially hard. Hope and pray this won’t happen during the winter or on a Sabbath.
Isaiah 37:9 - Just then the Assyrian king received an intelligence report on King Tirhakah of Ethiopia: “He is on his way to make war on you.” On hearing that, he sent messengers to Hezekiah with instructions to deliver this message: “Don’t let your God, on whom you so naively lean, deceive you, promising that Jerusalem won’t fall to the king of Assyria. Use your head! Look around at what the kings of Assyria have done all over the world—one country after another devastated! And do you think you’re going to get off? Have any of the gods of any of these countries ever stepped in and saved them, even one of these nations my predecessors destroyed—Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who lived in Telassar? Look around. Do you see anything left of the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, the king of Ivvah?”
2 Kings 20:12 - Shortly after this, Merodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan king of Babylon, having heard that the king was sick, sent a get-well card and a gift to Hezekiah. Hezekiah was pleased and showed the messengers around the place—silver, gold, spices, aromatic oils, his stockpile of weapons—a guided tour of all his prized possessions. There wasn’t a thing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah didn’t show them.
2 Kings 20:14 - And then Isaiah the prophet showed up: “And just what were these men doing here? Where did they come from and why?” Hezekiah said, “They came from far away—from Babylon.”
2 Kings 20:15 - “And what did they see in your palace?” “Everything,” said Hezekiah. “There isn’t anything I didn’t show them—I gave them the grand tour.”
2 Kings 20:16 - Then Isaiah spoke to Hezekiah, “Listen to what God has to say about this: The day is coming when everything you own and everything your ancestors have passed down to you, right down to the last cup and saucer, will be cleaned out of here—plundered and packed off to Babylon. God’s word! Worse yet, your sons, the progeny of sons you’ve begotten, will end up as eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
2 Kings 20:19 - Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “If God says it, it must be good.” But he was thinking to himself, “It won’t happen during my lifetime—I’ll enjoy peace and security as long as I live.”
Psalms 87:1 - He founded Zion on the Holy Mountain— and oh, how God loves his home! Loves it far better than all the homes of Jacob put together! God’s hometown—oh! everyone there is talking about you!
James 2:5 - Listen, dear friends. Isn’t it clear by now that God operates quite differently? He chose the world’s down-and-out as the kingdom’s first citizens, with full rights and privileges. This kingdom is promised to anyone who loves God. And here you are abusing these same citizens! Isn’t it the high and mighty who exploit you, who use the courts to rob you blind? Aren’t they the ones who scorn the new name—“Christian”—used in your baptisms?
Psalms 87:5 - The word’s getting out on Zion: “Men and women, right and left, get born again in her!”