Luke 19:42 说：“巴不得你在这日子知道关系你平安的事；无奈这事现在是隐藏的，叫你的眼看不出来。

19:42 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 说：“巴不得你在这日子知道关系你平安的事；无奈这事现在是隐藏的，叫你的眼看不出来。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 说：“但愿你在这日子知道有关你平安的事，不过这事现在是隐藏的，你的眼睛看不出来。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 说：“但愿你在这日子知道有关你平安的事，不过这事现在是隐藏的，你的眼睛看不出来。
当代译本 - 说：“今天你若知道那能带给你平安的事就好了！可惜这事现在是隐藏的，你看不见！
圣经新译本 - 说：“巴不得你在这日子，知道关于你平安的事，但现在这事在你眼前是隐藏的。
中文标准译本 - 说：“巴不得你在这日子里明白关乎你和平的事，但如今这事在你眼前被隐藏了。
现代标点和合本 - 说：“巴不得你在这日子知道关系你平安的事，无奈这事现在是隐藏的，叫你的眼看不出来。
和合本（拼音版） - 说：“巴不得你在这日子知道关系你平安的事，无奈这事现在是隐藏的，叫你的眼看不出来。
New International Version - and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.
New International Reader's Version - He said, “I wish you had known today what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
English Standard Version - saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
New Living Translation - “How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes.
Christian Standard Bible - saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace — but now it is hidden from your eyes.
New American Standard Bible - saying, “If you had known on this day, even you, the conditions for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
New King James Version - saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Amplified Bible - saying, “If [only] you had known on this day [of salvation], even you, the things which make for peace [and on which peace depends]! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
American Standard Version - saying, If thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things which belong unto peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
King James Version - Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
New English Translation - saying, “If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
World English Bible - saying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.
新標點和合本 - 說：「巴不得你在這日子知道關係你平安的事；無奈這事現在是隱藏的，叫你的眼看不出來。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 說：「但願你在這日子知道有關你平安的事，不過這事現在是隱藏的，你的眼睛看不出來。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 說：「但願你在這日子知道有關你平安的事，不過這事現在是隱藏的，你的眼睛看不出來。
當代譯本 - 說：「今天你若知道那能帶給你平安的事就好了！可惜這事現在是隱藏的，你看不見！
聖經新譯本 - 說：“巴不得你在這日子，知道關於你平安的事，但現在這事在你眼前是隱藏的。
呂振中譯本 - 說：『巴不得連你也在這日子知道那關於你平安之事哦；無奈已被隱藏、使你的眼看不出來了。
中文標準譯本 - 說：「巴不得你在這日子裡明白關乎你和平的事，但如今這事在你眼前被隱藏了。
現代標點和合本 - 說：「巴不得你在這日子知道關係你平安的事，無奈這事現在是隱藏的，叫你的眼看不出來。
文理和合譯本 - 曰、倘爾於是日、知關乎平安之事則幸、但今隱於爾目矣、
文理委辦譯本 - 曰、今猶為爾日、及是時、而知關爾平安之事、則幸、過此、隱於爾目矣、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 城乎、今猶為爾之日、倘爾於是日、而知關爾平安之事則幸、但此事今隱於爾目矣、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 『汝倘能於此日、恍然了悟平安之所自、豈不美乎？奈何至今！汝目猶有所蒙也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Dijo: —¡Cómo quisiera que hoy supieras lo que te puede traer paz! Pero eso ahora está oculto a tus ojos.
현대인의 성경 - 이렇게 말씀하셨다. “너도 오늘날 너에게 평화를 가져다 주는 것이 무엇인지 알았더라면 좋았을 텐데. 그러나 지금 그것이 너에게 숨겨져 있구나.
Новый Русский Перевод - – Если бы и ты сегодня понял, что могло бы принести тебе мир! Но сейчас это скрыто от твоих глаз.
Восточный перевод - – Если бы и ты сегодня понял, что могло бы принести тебе мир! Но сейчас это скрыто от твоих глаз.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Если бы и ты сегодня понял, что могло бы принести тебе мир! Но сейчас это скрыто от твоих глаз.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Если бы и ты сегодня понял, что могло бы принести тебе мир! Но сейчас это скрыто от твоих глаз.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ah, dit-il, si seulement tu avais compris, toi aussi, en ce jour, de quoi dépend ta paix ! Mais, hélas, à présent, tout cela est caché à tes yeux.
リビングバイブル - 「永遠の平和がすぐ手の届くところにあったのに、この町はそれをはねつけてしまいました。もう遅すぎます。
Nestle Aland 28 - λέγων ὅτι εἰ ἔγνως ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ καὶ σὺ τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην· νῦν δὲ ἐκρύβη ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν σου.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - λέγων, ὅτι εἰ ἔγνως ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ, καὶ σὺ, τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην; νῦν δὲ ἐκρύβη ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν σου.
Nova Versão Internacional - e disse: “Se você compreendesse neste dia, sim, você também, o que traz a paz! Mas agora isso está oculto aos seus olhos.
Hoffnung für alle - »Wenn doch auch du heute erkannt hättest, was dir Frieden bringt!«, rief er. »Aber jetzt bist du mit Blindheit geschlagen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Ngày nay Giê-ru-sa-lem đã biết cơ hội hưởng thái bình đang ở trong tầm tay mà không chịu nắm lấy!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และตรัสว่า “ถ้าเพียงแต่เจ้าได้รู้ในวันนี้ว่าอะไรจะนำสันติสุขมาสู่เจ้า แต่บัดนี้สิ่งนั้นถูกซ่อนจากสายตาของเจ้าแล้ว
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และกล่าวว่า “โธ่..แม้แต่ตัวเจ้าเอง หากว่าในวันนี้เจ้ารู้ว่า อะไรจะนำสันติสุขมาสู่เจ้า แต่ขณะนี้สิ่งเหล่านั้นกลับถูกซ่อนไว้จากสายตาของเจ้า

交叉引用

Luke 2:13 - At once the angel was joined by a huge angelic choir singing God’s praises: Glory to God in the heavenly heights, Peace to all men and women on earth who please him.
Luke 10:5 - “When you enter a home, greet the family, ‘Peace.’ If your greeting is received, then it’s a good place to stay. But if it’s not received, take it back and get out. Don’t impose yourself.
Psalms 95:7 - Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks: “Don’t turn a deaf ear as in the Bitter Uprising, As on the day of the Wilderness Test, when your ancestors turned and put me to the test. For forty years they watched me at work among them, as over and over they tried my patience. And I was provoked—oh, was I provoked! ‘Can’t they keep their minds on God for five minutes? Do they simply refuse to walk down my road?’ Exasperated, I exploded, ‘They’ll never get where they’re headed, never be able to sit down and rest.’”
Psalms 32:6 - These things add up. Every one of us needs to pray; when all hell breaks loose and the dam bursts we’ll be on high ground, untouched.
Psalms 81:13 - “Oh, dear people, will you listen to me now? Israel, will you follow my map? I’ll make short work of your enemies, give your foes the back of my hand. I’ll send the God-haters cringing like dogs, never to be heard from again. You’ll feast on my fresh-baked bread spread with butter and rock-pure honey.”
John 12:41 - Isaiah said these things after he got a glimpse of God’s overflowing glory that would pour through the Messiah.
Hebrews 12:25 - So don’t turn a deaf ear to these gracious words. If those who ignored earthly warnings didn’t get away with it, what will happen to us if we turn our backs on heavenly warnings? His voice that time shook the earth to its foundations; this time—he’s told us this quite plainly—he’ll also rock the heavens: “One last shaking, from top to bottom, stem to stern.” The phrase “one last shaking” means a thorough housecleaning, getting rid of all the historical and religious junk so that the unshakable essentials stand clear and uncluttered.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 - The Anarchist’s coming is all Satan’s work. All his power and signs and miracles are fake, evil sleight of hand that plays to the gallery of those who hate the truth that could save them. And since they’re so obsessed with evil, God rubs their noses in it—gives them what they want. Since they refuse to trust truth, they’re banished to their chosen world of lies and illusions.
Ezekiel 33:11 - “Tell them, ‘As sure as I am the living God, I take no pleasure from the death of the wicked. I want the wicked to change their ways and live. Turn your life around! Reverse your evil ways! Why die, Israel?’
Romans 11:7 - And then what happened? Well, when Israel tried to be right with God on her own, pursuing her own self-interest, she didn’t succeed. The chosen ones of God were those who let God pursue his interest in them, and as a result received his stamp of legitimacy. The “self-interest Israel” became thick-skinned toward God. Moses and Isaiah both commented on this: Fed up with their quarrelsome, self-centered ways, God blurred their eyes and dulled their ears, Shut them in on themselves in a hall of mirrors, and they’re there to this day. David was upset about the same thing: I hope they get sick eating self-serving meals, break a leg walking their self-serving ways. I hope they go blind staring in their mirrors, get ulcers from playing at god.
Isaiah 44:18 - Pretty stupid, wouldn’t you say? Don’t they have eyes in their heads? Are their brains working at all? Doesn’t it occur to them to say, “Half of this tree I used for firewood: I baked bread, roasted meat, and enjoyed a good meal. And now I’ve used the rest to make a repulsive no-god. Here I am praying to a stick of wood!”
Isaiah 6:9 - He said, “Go and tell this people: “‘Listen hard, but you aren’t going to get it; look hard, but you won’t catch on.’ Make these people blockheads, with fingers in their ears and blindfolds on their eyes, So they won’t see a thing, won’t hear a word, So they won’t have a clue about what’s going on and, yes, so they won’t turn around and be made whole.”
Acts 13:46 - But Paul and Barnabas didn’t back down. Standing their ground they said, “It was required that God’s Word be spoken first of all to you, the Jews. But seeing that you want no part of it—you’ve made it quite clear that you have no taste or inclination for eternal life—the door is open to all the outsiders. And we’re on our way through it, following orders, doing what God commanded when he said, I’ve set you up as light to all nations. You’ll proclaim salvation to the four winds and seven seas!”
Isaiah 29:11 - What you’ve been shown here is somewhat like a letter in a sealed envelope. If you give it to someone who can read and tell her, “Read this,” she’ll say, “I can’t. The envelope is sealed.” And if you give it to someone who can’t read and tell him, “Read this,” he’ll say, “I can’t read.” * * *
Isaiah 29:13 - The Master said: “These people make a big show of saying the right thing, but their hearts aren’t in it. Because they act like they’re worshiping me but don’t mean it, I’m going to step in and shock them awake, astonish them, stand them on their ears. The wise ones who had it all figured out will be exposed as fools. The smart people who thought they knew everything will turn out to know nothing.”
Isaiah 55:6 - Seek God while he’s here to be found, pray to him while he’s close at hand. Let the wicked abandon their way of life and the evil their way of thinking. Let them come back to God, who is merciful, come back to our God, who is lavish with forgiveness.
John 12:35 - Jesus said, “For a brief time still, the light is among you. Walk by the light you have so darkness doesn’t destroy you. If you walk in darkness, you don’t know where you’re going. As you have the light, believe in the light. Then the light will be within you, and shining through your lives. You’ll be children of light.”
John 12:36 - Jesus said all this, and then went into hiding. All these God-signs he had given them and they still didn’t get it, still wouldn’t trust him. This proved that the prophet Isaiah was right: God, who believed what we preached? Who recognized God’s arm, outstretched and ready to act? First they wouldn’t believe, then they couldn’t—again, just as Isaiah said: Their eyes are blinded, their hearts are hardened, So that they wouldn’t see with their eyes and perceive with their hearts, And turn to me, God, so I could heal them.
2 Corinthians 4:3 - If our Message is obscure to anyone, it’s not because we’re holding back in any way. No, it’s because these other people are looking or going the wrong way and refuse to give it serious attention. All they have eyes for is the fashionable god of darkness. They think he can give them what they want, and that they won’t have to bother believing a Truth they can’t see. They’re stone-blind to the dayspring brightness of the Message that shines with Christ, who gives us the best picture of God we’ll ever get.
Hebrews 3:15 - For who were the people who turned a deaf ear? Weren’t they the very ones Moses led out of Egypt? And who was God provoked with for forty years? Wasn’t it those who turned a deaf ear and ended up corpses in the wilderness? And when he swore that they’d never get where they were going, wasn’t he talking to the ones who turned a deaf ear? They never got there because they never listened, never believed.
2 Corinthians 3:16 - Whenever, though, they turn to face God as Moses did, God removes the veil and there they are—face-to-face! They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We’re free of it! All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him.
2 Corinthians 6:1 - Companions as we are in this work with you, we beg you, please don’t squander one bit of this marvelous life God has given us. God reminds us, I heard your call in the nick of time; The day you needed me, I was there to help. Well, now is the right time to listen, the day to be helped. Don’t put it off; don’t frustrate God’s work by showing up late, throwing a question mark over everything we’re doing. Our work as God’s servants gets validated—or not—in the details. People are watching us as we stay at our post, alertly, unswervingly . . . in hard times, tough times, bad times; when we’re beaten up, jailed, and mobbed; working hard, working late, working without eating; with pure heart, clear head, steady hand; in gentleness, holiness, and honest love; when we’re telling the truth, and when God’s showing his power; when we’re doing our best setting things right; when we’re praised, and when we’re blamed; slandered, and honored; true to our word, though distrusted; ignored by the world, but recognized by God; terrifically alive, though rumored to be dead; beaten within an inch of our lives, but refusing to die; immersed in tears, yet always filled with deep joy; living on handouts, yet enriching many; having nothing, having it all.
Hebrews 10:26 - If we give up and turn our backs on all we’ve learned, all we’ve been given, all the truth we now know, we repudiate Christ’s sacrifice and are left on our own to face the Judgment—and a mighty fierce judgment it will be! If the penalty for breaking the law of Moses is physical death, what do you think will happen if you turn on God’s Son, spit on the sacrifice that made you whole, and insult this most gracious Spirit? This is no light matter. God has warned us that he’ll hold us to account and make us pay. He was quite explicit: “Vengeance is mine, and I won’t overlook a thing” and “God will judge his people.” Nobody’s getting by with anything, believe me.

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 说：“巴不得你在这日子知道关系你平安的事；无奈这事现在是隐藏的，叫你的眼看不出来。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 说：“但愿你在这日子知道有关你平安的事，不过这事现在是隐藏的，你的眼睛看不出来。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 说：“但愿你在这日子知道有关你平安的事，不过这事现在是隐藏的，你的眼睛看不出来。
当代译本 - 说：“今天你若知道那能带给你平安的事就好了！可惜这事现在是隐藏的，你看不见！
圣经新译本 - 说：“巴不得你在这日子，知道关于你平安的事，但现在这事在你眼前是隐藏的。
中文标准译本 - 说：“巴不得你在这日子里明白关乎你和平的事，但如今这事在你眼前被隐藏了。
现代标点和合本 - 说：“巴不得你在这日子知道关系你平安的事，无奈这事现在是隐藏的，叫你的眼看不出来。
和合本（拼音版） - 说：“巴不得你在这日子知道关系你平安的事，无奈这事现在是隐藏的，叫你的眼看不出来。
New International Version - and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.
New International Reader's Version - He said, “I wish you had known today what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
English Standard Version - saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
New Living Translation - “How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes.
Christian Standard Bible - saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace — but now it is hidden from your eyes.
New American Standard Bible - saying, “If you had known on this day, even you, the conditions for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
New King James Version - saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Amplified Bible - saying, “If [only] you had known on this day [of salvation], even you, the things which make for peace [and on which peace depends]! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.
American Standard Version - saying, If thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things which belong unto peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
King James Version - Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
New English Translation - saying, “If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
World English Bible - saying, “If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.
新標點和合本 - 說：「巴不得你在這日子知道關係你平安的事；無奈這事現在是隱藏的，叫你的眼看不出來。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 說：「但願你在這日子知道有關你平安的事，不過這事現在是隱藏的，你的眼睛看不出來。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 說：「但願你在這日子知道有關你平安的事，不過這事現在是隱藏的，你的眼睛看不出來。
當代譯本 - 說：「今天你若知道那能帶給你平安的事就好了！可惜這事現在是隱藏的，你看不見！
聖經新譯本 - 說：“巴不得你在這日子，知道關於你平安的事，但現在這事在你眼前是隱藏的。
呂振中譯本 - 說：『巴不得連你也在這日子知道那關於你平安之事哦；無奈已被隱藏、使你的眼看不出來了。
中文標準譯本 - 說：「巴不得你在這日子裡明白關乎你和平的事，但如今這事在你眼前被隱藏了。
現代標點和合本 - 說：「巴不得你在這日子知道關係你平安的事，無奈這事現在是隱藏的，叫你的眼看不出來。
文理和合譯本 - 曰、倘爾於是日、知關乎平安之事則幸、但今隱於爾目矣、
文理委辦譯本 - 曰、今猶為爾日、及是時、而知關爾平安之事、則幸、過此、隱於爾目矣、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 城乎、今猶為爾之日、倘爾於是日、而知關爾平安之事則幸、但此事今隱於爾目矣、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 『汝倘能於此日、恍然了悟平安之所自、豈不美乎？奈何至今！汝目猶有所蒙也。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Dijo: —¡Cómo quisiera que hoy supieras lo que te puede traer paz! Pero eso ahora está oculto a tus ojos.
현대인의 성경 - 이렇게 말씀하셨다. “너도 오늘날 너에게 평화를 가져다 주는 것이 무엇인지 알았더라면 좋았을 텐데. 그러나 지금 그것이 너에게 숨겨져 있구나.
Новый Русский Перевод - – Если бы и ты сегодня понял, что могло бы принести тебе мир! Но сейчас это скрыто от твоих глаз.
Восточный перевод - – Если бы и ты сегодня понял, что могло бы принести тебе мир! Но сейчас это скрыто от твоих глаз.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Если бы и ты сегодня понял, что могло бы принести тебе мир! Но сейчас это скрыто от твоих глаз.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Если бы и ты сегодня понял, что могло бы принести тебе мир! Но сейчас это скрыто от твоих глаз.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ah, dit-il, si seulement tu avais compris, toi aussi, en ce jour, de quoi dépend ta paix ! Mais, hélas, à présent, tout cela est caché à tes yeux.
リビングバイブル - 「永遠の平和がすぐ手の届くところにあったのに、この町はそれをはねつけてしまいました。もう遅すぎます。
Nestle Aland 28 - λέγων ὅτι εἰ ἔγνως ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ καὶ σὺ τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην· νῦν δὲ ἐκρύβη ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν σου.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - λέγων, ὅτι εἰ ἔγνως ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ, καὶ σὺ, τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην; νῦν δὲ ἐκρύβη ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν σου.
Nova Versão Internacional - e disse: “Se você compreendesse neste dia, sim, você também, o que traz a paz! Mas agora isso está oculto aos seus olhos.
Hoffnung für alle - »Wenn doch auch du heute erkannt hättest, was dir Frieden bringt!«, rief er. »Aber jetzt bist du mit Blindheit geschlagen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Ngày nay Giê-ru-sa-lem đã biết cơ hội hưởng thái bình đang ở trong tầm tay mà không chịu nắm lấy!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และตรัสว่า “ถ้าเพียงแต่เจ้าได้รู้ในวันนี้ว่าอะไรจะนำสันติสุขมาสู่เจ้า แต่บัดนี้สิ่งนั้นถูกซ่อนจากสายตาของเจ้าแล้ว
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และกล่าวว่า “โธ่..แม้แต่ตัวเจ้าเอง หากว่าในวันนี้เจ้ารู้ว่า อะไรจะนำสันติสุขมาสู่เจ้า แต่ขณะนี้สิ่งเหล่านั้นกลับถูกซ่อนไว้จากสายตาของเจ้า

Luke 2:13 - At once the angel was joined by a huge angelic choir singing God’s praises: Glory to God in the heavenly heights, Peace to all men and women on earth who please him.
Luke 10:5 - “When you enter a home, greet the family, ‘Peace.’ If your greeting is received, then it’s a good place to stay. But if it’s not received, take it back and get out. Don’t impose yourself.
Psalms 95:7 - Drop everything and listen, listen as he speaks: “Don’t turn a deaf ear as in the Bitter Uprising, As on the day of the Wilderness Test, when your ancestors turned and put me to the test. For forty years they watched me at work among them, as over and over they tried my patience. And I was provoked—oh, was I provoked! ‘Can’t they keep their minds on God for five minutes? Do they simply refuse to walk down my road?’ Exasperated, I exploded, ‘They’ll never get where they’re headed, never be able to sit down and rest.’”
Psalms 32:6 - These things add up. Every one of us needs to pray; when all hell breaks loose and the dam bursts we’ll be on high ground, untouched.
Psalms 81:13 - “Oh, dear people, will you listen to me now? Israel, will you follow my map? I’ll make short work of your enemies, give your foes the back of my hand. I’ll send the God-haters cringing like dogs, never to be heard from again. You’ll feast on my fresh-baked bread spread with butter and rock-pure honey.”
John 12:41 - Isaiah said these things after he got a glimpse of God’s overflowing glory that would pour through the Messiah.
Hebrews 12:25 - So don’t turn a deaf ear to these gracious words. If those who ignored earthly warnings didn’t get away with it, what will happen to us if we turn our backs on heavenly warnings? His voice that time shook the earth to its foundations; this time—he’s told us this quite plainly—he’ll also rock the heavens: “One last shaking, from top to bottom, stem to stern.” The phrase “one last shaking” means a thorough housecleaning, getting rid of all the historical and religious junk so that the unshakable essentials stand clear and uncluttered.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 - The Anarchist’s coming is all Satan’s work. All his power and signs and miracles are fake, evil sleight of hand that plays to the gallery of those who hate the truth that could save them. And since they’re so obsessed with evil, God rubs their noses in it—gives them what they want. Since they refuse to trust truth, they’re banished to their chosen world of lies and illusions.
Ezekiel 33:11 - “Tell them, ‘As sure as I am the living God, I take no pleasure from the death of the wicked. I want the wicked to change their ways and live. Turn your life around! Reverse your evil ways! Why die, Israel?’
Romans 11:7 - And then what happened? Well, when Israel tried to be right with God on her own, pursuing her own self-interest, she didn’t succeed. The chosen ones of God were those who let God pursue his interest in them, and as a result received his stamp of legitimacy. The “self-interest Israel” became thick-skinned toward God. Moses and Isaiah both commented on this: Fed up with their quarrelsome, self-centered ways, God blurred their eyes and dulled their ears, Shut them in on themselves in a hall of mirrors, and they’re there to this day. David was upset about the same thing: I hope they get sick eating self-serving meals, break a leg walking their self-serving ways. I hope they go blind staring in their mirrors, get ulcers from playing at god.
Isaiah 44:18 - Pretty stupid, wouldn’t you say? Don’t they have eyes in their heads? Are their brains working at all? Doesn’t it occur to them to say, “Half of this tree I used for firewood: I baked bread, roasted meat, and enjoyed a good meal. And now I’ve used the rest to make a repulsive no-god. Here I am praying to a stick of wood!”
Isaiah 6:9 - He said, “Go and tell this people: “‘Listen hard, but you aren’t going to get it; look hard, but you won’t catch on.’ Make these people blockheads, with fingers in their ears and blindfolds on their eyes, So they won’t see a thing, won’t hear a word, So they won’t have a clue about what’s going on and, yes, so they won’t turn around and be made whole.”
Acts 13:46 - But Paul and Barnabas didn’t back down. Standing their ground they said, “It was required that God’s Word be spoken first of all to you, the Jews. But seeing that you want no part of it—you’ve made it quite clear that you have no taste or inclination for eternal life—the door is open to all the outsiders. And we’re on our way through it, following orders, doing what God commanded when he said, I’ve set you up as light to all nations. You’ll proclaim salvation to the four winds and seven seas!”
Isaiah 29:11 - What you’ve been shown here is somewhat like a letter in a sealed envelope. If you give it to someone who can read and tell her, “Read this,” she’ll say, “I can’t. The envelope is sealed.” And if you give it to someone who can’t read and tell him, “Read this,” he’ll say, “I can’t read.” * * *
Isaiah 29:13 - The Master said: “These people make a big show of saying the right thing, but their hearts aren’t in it. Because they act like they’re worshiping me but don’t mean it, I’m going to step in and shock them awake, astonish them, stand them on their ears. The wise ones who had it all figured out will be exposed as fools. The smart people who thought they knew everything will turn out to know nothing.”
Isaiah 55:6 - Seek God while he’s here to be found, pray to him while he’s close at hand. Let the wicked abandon their way of life and the evil their way of thinking. Let them come back to God, who is merciful, come back to our God, who is lavish with forgiveness.
John 12:35 - Jesus said, “For a brief time still, the light is among you. Walk by the light you have so darkness doesn’t destroy you. If you walk in darkness, you don’t know where you’re going. As you have the light, believe in the light. Then the light will be within you, and shining through your lives. You’ll be children of light.”
John 12:36 - Jesus said all this, and then went into hiding. All these God-signs he had given them and they still didn’t get it, still wouldn’t trust him. This proved that the prophet Isaiah was right: God, who believed what we preached? Who recognized God’s arm, outstretched and ready to act? First they wouldn’t believe, then they couldn’t—again, just as Isaiah said: Their eyes are blinded, their hearts are hardened, So that they wouldn’t see with their eyes and perceive with their hearts, And turn to me, God, so I could heal them.
2 Corinthians 4:3 - If our Message is obscure to anyone, it’s not because we’re holding back in any way. No, it’s because these other people are looking or going the wrong way and refuse to give it serious attention. All they have eyes for is the fashionable god of darkness. They think he can give them what they want, and that they won’t have to bother believing a Truth they can’t see. They’re stone-blind to the dayspring brightness of the Message that shines with Christ, who gives us the best picture of God we’ll ever get.
Hebrews 3:15 - For who were the people who turned a deaf ear? Weren’t they the very ones Moses led out of Egypt? And who was God provoked with for forty years? Wasn’t it those who turned a deaf ear and ended up corpses in the wilderness? And when he swore that they’d never get where they were going, wasn’t he talking to the ones who turned a deaf ear? They never got there because they never listened, never believed.
2 Corinthians 3:16 - Whenever, though, they turn to face God as Moses did, God removes the veil and there they are—face-to-face! They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We’re free of it! All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him.
2 Corinthians 6:1 - Companions as we are in this work with you, we beg you, please don’t squander one bit of this marvelous life God has given us. God reminds us, I heard your call in the nick of time; The day you needed me, I was there to help. Well, now is the right time to listen, the day to be helped. Don’t put it off; don’t frustrate God’s work by showing up late, throwing a question mark over everything we’re doing. Our work as God’s servants gets validated—or not—in the details. People are watching us as we stay at our post, alertly, unswervingly . . . in hard times, tough times, bad times; when we’re beaten up, jailed, and mobbed; working hard, working late, working without eating; with pure heart, clear head, steady hand; in gentleness, holiness, and honest love; when we’re telling the truth, and when God’s showing his power; when we’re doing our best setting things right; when we’re praised, and when we’re blamed; slandered, and honored; true to our word, though distrusted; ignored by the world, but recognized by God; terrifically alive, though rumored to be dead; beaten within an inch of our lives, but refusing to die; immersed in tears, yet always filled with deep joy; living on handouts, yet enriching many; having nothing, having it all.
Hebrews 10:26 - If we give up and turn our backs on all we’ve learned, all we’ve been given, all the truth we now know, we repudiate Christ’s sacrifice and are left on our own to face the Judgment—and a mighty fierce judgment it will be! If the penalty for breaking the law of Moses is physical death, what do you think will happen if you turn on God’s Son, spit on the sacrifice that made you whole, and insult this most gracious Spirit? This is no light matter. God has warned us that he’ll hold us to account and make us pay. He was quite explicit: “Vengeance is mine, and I won’t overlook a thing” and “God will judge his people.” Nobody’s getting by with anything, believe me.