1 Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of YAHUVEH has risen
on you! 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the
peoples. But YAHUVEH shall rise on you, and His glory shall be seen on you. 3 And nations shall walk to your light, and kings to the brightness of your
dawning. 4 Lift up your eyes all around and see; they are all assembling; they are coming
to you. Your sons shall come from far away, and your daughters shall be
supported on the side. 5 Then you shall fear and be bright; and your heart shall dread and swell. For
the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you; the wealth of nations shall
come to you. 6 A host of camels shall cover you, young camels of Midian and Ephah. All of
them shall come from Sheba, they shall bear gold and incense; and they shall
proclaim the praises of YAHUVEH. 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; rams of Nebaioth shall serve
you; they shall come up for acceptance on My altar; and the house of My beauty I
will glorify. 8 Who are these who fly like a cloud, and with the doves to their windows? 9 For the coastlands shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish at the first,
to bring your sons from far away, their silver and their gold to them, to the
name of YAHUVEH your ELOHIM, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He has
glorified you. 10 And the sons of the foreigner shall build your walls; and their kings shall
serve you. For I struck you in My wrath, but I pitied you in My favor. 11 So your gates shall be always open; they shall not be shut day or night, so
that men may bring to you the force of nations, and that their kings may be led. 12 For the nations and the kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yea,
the nations shall be utterly destroyed. 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come to you: the juniper, the box tree, and the
cypress together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; yea, I will glorify the
place of My feet. 14 Also the sons of ones afflicting you shall come bowing to you. And all who
despised you shall fall at the soles of your feet. And they shall call you, The
City of YAHUVEH, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. 15 Instead of your being forsaken and hated, so that no one passes through, I
will make you for everlasting majesty, a joy of many generations. 16 You shall also suck the milk of nations, and you shall suck the breast of
kings. And you shall know that I, YAHUVEH, am your Savior and your Kinsman
Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. 17 Instead of bronze, I will bring gold; and instead of iron, I will bring
silver. And instead of timber, bronze; and instead of stones, iron. And I will
make your governors peace, and your oppressors righteousness. 18 Violence shall not still be heard in your land, or wasting and ruin within
your borders; but you shall call out to Y’shua* by name as your wall of
protection, and your gates, Praise. 19 The sun shall not still be your light by day, or the brightness of the moon
give you light; but YAHUVEH shall be for everlasting light to you, and your
ELOHIM for your beauty. 20 Your sun shall not go in any more, and your moon shall not be removed; for
YAHUVEH will become your everlasting light; and the days of your mourning shall
end. 21 And your people shall all be righteous; they shall possess the earth forever,
a branch of My planting, a work of My hands, to beautify Myself. 22 A little one shall become a thousand and a small one a strong nation. I,
YAHUVEH, will hasten it in its time.
1 Peter 2:1–25
1 Wherefore lay aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies,
and all evil accusations, 2 as newborn babes desire the word as pure spiritual milk, that you may grow to
salvation by it; 3 if you ”tasted and found out that our Master is good;” 4 to whom you have come, because He is a living stone, rejected indeed by men,
but chosen of YAHUVEH and precious. 5 You also as living stones are being built into a spiritual house, a holy
priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to YAHUVEH through YAHUSHUA
Messiah. 6 ”As it is said in the Scripture: Behold, I lay in Zion an elect, precious
Stone, a chief Corner-stone; and the one believing in Him shall not be ashamed!” 7 Then, it is to you who believe, that this honor is given. But to disobeying
ones, He is the “Stone which those building rejected; this One became the Head
of the Corner.” 8 He is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence. And they stumble at it,
because they believe not the word: for which they were appointed. 9 But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood; a holy people, and a people for
possession; that you should proclaim the praises of him who called you out of
darkness to His precious light: 10 you who then were “Not a people, but now are the people of YAHUVEH; who had
not obtained mercy, but who now have mercies poured out upon you.” 11 Beloved, I exhort you as pilgrims and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts
which war against the soul; 12 and let your conduct be good before all men; so that they who speak evil
words against you, may see your good actions, and may glorify ELOHIM in the day
of trial. 13 Then Submit yourselves to all human authority for the sake of the Almighty;
whether to a king, because of their supreme power; 14 and to judges, because by them officers are sent for the punishment of
offenders, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 Because so is the will of ELOHIM , so that by doing good you may silence the
ignorance of foolish men who know not ELOHIM ; 16 act as free men, and not like men who use their liberty as a cloak for their
wickedness, but as the servants of ELOHIM . 17 Honor all, love the brotherhood, fear YAHUVEH, and honor the King. 18 Servants, be obedient to your masters in all fear, not only to those good and
forbearing, but also to the perverse ones. 19 For this is favor before ELOHIM , if because of conscience, anyone bears
grief, suffering unjustly. 20 For what glory is it if you patiently endure suffering because of your
sinning? But if you are suffering while doing good, and patiently endure, then
your glory is greater from ELOHIM . 21 For you were called to this, for even Messiah suffered on our behalf, leaving
behind an example for us, that you should follow His steps; 22 “Who did not sin, nor was guile found in His mouth;” 23 who, having been reviled, did not revile in return; suffering, He did not
threaten, but gave Himself up to Him who was judging righteously; 24 who “Himself carried up in His body our sins” onto the tree; that dying to
sins, we might live to righteousness, of whom “By His wounds you were healed.” 25 For you were “As sheep going astray,” but now you turned back to the Shepherd
and Guardian of your souls.