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Romans 13:1-7
{1} Let every soul be subject unto the
higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that
be are ordained of God.
{2} Whosoever therefore resisteth the
power, resisteth the
ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to
themselves damnation.
{3} For rulers are not a
terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid
of the power? do that
which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
{4} For he is the minister of
God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be
afraid; for he beareth not the
sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger
to execute wrath upon him
that doeth evil.
{5} Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath,
but also for conscience sake.
{6} For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's
ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
{7} Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due;
custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. |
Isaiah 13:1-18
{1} The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
{2} Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto
them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.
{3} I have commanded My
sanctified ones, I have also called My
mighty ones for Mine
anger, even them that
rejoice in My highness.
{4} The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great
people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together:
the LORD of hosts mustereth the
army of the battle.
{5} They come from a far country, from
the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of His
indignation, to destroy
the whole land.
{6} Howl ye; for the
day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from
the Almighty.
{7} Therefore shall all hands be
faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
{8} And they shall be afraid:
pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a
woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces
shall be as flames.
{9} Behold, the day of the LORD
cometh, cruel both with wrath
and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and He shall destroy
the sinners thereof out of it.
{10} For the stars of heaven and
the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be
darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to
shine.
{11} And I will avenge
the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I
will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low
the haughtiness of the terrible.
{12} I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the
golden wedge of Ophir.
{13} Therefore I will shake
the heavens, and the
earth shall remove out of her place, in the
wrath of the LORD of
death squads, and in the day of His
fierce anger.
{14} And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man
taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every
one into his own land.
{15} Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that
is joined unto them shall fall by the
sword.
{16} Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
{17} Behold, I will stir up the
Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for
gold, they shall not delight in it.
{18} Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall
have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare
children. |
Isaiah 10:1-7
{1} Woe unto them that
decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have
prescribed;
{2} To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right
from the poor of My people, that widows may be their prey, and that they
may rob the fatherless!
{4} Without Me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall
fall under the slain. For all this His
anger is not turned away,
but His hand is stretched
out still.
{5} O Assyrian, the rod of Mine
anger, and the staff in
their hand is Mine indignation.
{6} I will send him
against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of My
wrath will I
give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and
to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
{7} Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it
is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. |