Minggu, 22 Desember

1.   Now all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. 2.   He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers. 3.   Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty–two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. 4.   And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 5.   He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper. 6.   Now he went out and made war against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities around Ashdod and among the Philistines. 7.   God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabians who lived in Gur Baal, and against the Meunites. 8.   Also the Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah. His fame spread as far as the entrance of Egypt, for he became exceedingly strong. 9.   And Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the corner buttress of the wall; then he fortified them. 10.   Also he built towers in the desert. He dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the lowlands and in the plains; he also had farmers and vinedressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved the soil. 11.   Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men who went out to war by companies, according to the number on their roll as prepared by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains. 12.   The total number of chief officers of the mighty men of valor was two thousand six hundred. 13.   And under their authority was an army of three hundred and seven thousand five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 14.   Then Uzziah prepared for them, for the entire army, shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows, and slings to cast stones. 15.   And he made devices in Jerusalem, invented by skillful men, to be on the towers and the corners, to shoot arrows and large stones. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was marvelously helped till he became strong. 16.   But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the LORD his God by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. 17.   So Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him were eighty priests of the LORD––valiant men. 18.   And they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, " It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! You shall have no honor from the LORD God." 19.   Then Uzziah became furious; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead, before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the incense altar. 20.   And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and there, on his forehead, he was leprous; so they thrust him out of that place. Indeed he also hurried to get out, because the LORD had struck him. 21.   King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He dwelt in an isolated house, because he was a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD. Then Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land. 22.   Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from first to last, the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz wrote. 23.   So Uzziah rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings, for they said, "He is a leper." Then Jotham his son reigned in his place.

1.   Jotham was twenty–five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. 2.   And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done (although he did not enter the temple of the LORD). But still the people acted corruptly. 3.   He built the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he built extensively on the wall of Ophel. 4.   Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers. 5.   He also fought with the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. And the people of Ammon gave him in that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. The people of Ammon paid this to him in the second and third years also. 6.   So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God. 7.   Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. 8.   He was twenty–five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 9.   So Jotham rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Then Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

1.   Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. 2.   And the LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?" 3.   Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel. 4.   Then He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, "Take away the filthy garments from him." And to him He said, "See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes." 5.   And I said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head." So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the LORD stood by. 6.   Then the Angel of the LORD admonished Joshua, saying, 7.   "Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘If you will walk in My ways, And if you will keep My command, Then you shall also judge My house, And likewise have charge of My courts; I will give you places to walk Among these who stand here. 8.   ‘Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, You and your companions who sit before you, For they are a wondrous sign; For behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH. 9.   For behold, the stone That I have laid before Joshua: Upon the stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave its inscription,’ Says the LORD of hosts, ‘And I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 10.   In that day,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘Everyone will invite his neighbor Under his vine and under his fig tree.’"

1.   Now the angel who talked with me came back and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep. 2.   And he said to me, "What do you see?" So I said, "I am looking, and there is a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top of it, and on the stand seven lamps with seven pipes to the seven lamps. 3.   "Two olive trees are by it, one at the right of the bowl and the other at its left." 4.   So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are these, my lord?" 5.   Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord." 6.   So he answered and said to me: "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the LORD of hosts. 7.   ‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone With shouts of "Grace, grace to it!"’" 8.   Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 9.   "The hands of Zerubbabel Have laid the foundation of this temple; His hands shall also finish it . Then you will know That the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you. 10.   For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven rejoice to see The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the LORD, Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth." 11.   Then I answered and said to him, "What are these two olive trees––at the right of the lampstand and at its left?" 12.   And I further answered and said to him, "What are these two olive branches that drip into the receptacles of the two gold pipes from which the golden oil drains?" 13.   Then he answered me and said, "Do you not know what these are ?" And I said, "No, my lord." 14.   So he said, "These are the two anointed ones, who stand beside the Lord of the whole earth."

1.   Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. 2.   Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. 3.   And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. 4.   So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?" 5.   And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty–two months. 6.   Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7.   It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. 8.   All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9.   If anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10.   He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. 11.   Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12.   And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13.   He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14.   And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. 15.   He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16.   He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17.   and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18.   Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.