(NIV)
and he spoke his message:
‘The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,
the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,
and he
took up his
discourse and
said,
“The
oracle of
Balaam the
son of
Beor,
the
oracle of the
man whose
eye is
opened,
(NIV)
the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:
the
oracle of him who
hears the
words of
God,
who
sees the
vision of the
Almighty,
falling down with his
eyes uncovered:
(NIV)
Then he spoke his message:
‘The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,
the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,
And he
took up his
discourse and
said,
“The
oracle of
Balaam the
son of
Beor,
the
oracle of the
man whose
eye is
opened,
(NIV)
the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,
who has knowledge from the Most High,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:
the
oracle of him who
hears the
words of
God,
and
knows the
knowledge of the
Most High,
who
sees the
vision of the
Almighty,
falling down with his
eyes uncovered:
(NIV)
Jehu said to Bidkar, his chariot officer, ‘Pick him up and throw him on the field that belonged to Naboth the Jezreelite. Remember how you and I were riding together in chariots behind Ahab his father when the
Lord spoke this prophecy against him:
Jehu
said to Bidkar his aide, “
Take him up and
throw him
on the
plot of
ground belonging to
Naboth the
Jezreelite.
For remember, when you and
I rode side by
side behind Ahab his
father, how the
Lord made this pronouncement against him:
(NIV)
As for the other events of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
Now the
rest of the
acts of
Solomon, from
first to
last, are they
not written in the
history of
Nathan the
prophet, and
in the
prophecy of
Ahijah the
Shilonite, and in the
visions of
Iddo the
seer concerning Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat?
(NIV)
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage. He removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the
Lord that was in front of the portico of the
Lord’s temple.
As soon as
Asa heard these words,
the
prophecy of
Azariah the
son of
Oded, he
took courage and put
away the
detestable idols from
all the
land of
Judah and
Benjamin and
from the
cities that he had
taken in the hill
country of
Ephraim, and he
repaired the
altar of the
Lord that was in front
of the
vestibule of the house of the
Lord.
(NIV)
I realised that God had not sent him, but that he had prophesied against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
And I
understood and
saw that
God had
not sent him,
but he had
pronounced the
prophecy against me because
Tobiah and
Sanballat had
hired him.
(NIV)
A prophecy against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw:
The
oracle concerning
Babylon which Isaiah the
son of
Amoz saw.
(NIV)
This prophecy came in the year King Ahaz died:
In the
year that
King Ahaz died came
this oracle:
(NIV)
A prophecy against Moab:
Ar in Moab is ruined,
destroyed in a night!
Kir in Moab is ruined,
destroyed in a night!
An
oracle concerning
Moab.
Because Ar of
Moab is
laid waste in a
night,
Moab is
undone;
because
Kir of
Moab is
laid waste in a
night,
Moab is
undone.
(NIV)
A prophecy against Damascus:
‘See, Damascus will no longer be a city
but will become a heap of ruins.
An
oracle concerning
Damascus.
Behold,
Damascus will cease to
be a
cityand will
become a
heap of
ruins.
(NIV)
A prophecy against Egypt:
See, the
Lord rides on a swift cloud
and is coming to Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him,
and the hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.
An
oracle concerning
Egypt.
Behold, the
Lord is
riding on a
swift cloudand
comes to
Egypt;
and the
idols of
Egypt will
tremble at his
presence,
and the
heart of the
Egyptians will
melt within them.
(NIV)
A prophecy against the Desert by the Sea:
Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland,
an invader comes from the desert,
from a land of terror.
The
oracle concerning the
wilderness of the
sea.
As whirlwinds in the
Negeb sweep on,
it
comes from the
wilderness,
from a
terrible land.
(NIV)
A prophecy against Dumah:
Someone calls to me from Seir,
‘Watchman, what is left of the night?
Watchman, what is left of the night?’
The
oracle concerning
Dumah.
One is
calling to me
from Seir,
“
Watchman,
what time of the
night?
Watchman,
what time of the
night?”
(NIV)
A prophecy against Arabia:
You caravans of Dedanites,
who camp in the thickets of Arabia,
The
oracle concerning
Arabia.
In the
thickets in
Arabia you will
lodge,
O
caravans of
Dedanites.
(NIV)
A prophecy against the Valley of Vision:
What troubles you now,
that you have all gone up on the roofs,
The
oracle concerning the
valley of
vision.
What do you
mean that you have gone
up,
all of you, to the
housetops,
(NIV)
A prophecy against Tyre:
Wail, you ships of Tarshish!
For Tyre is destroyed
and left without house or harbour.
From the land of Cyprus
word has come to them.
The
oracle concerning
Tyre.
Wail, O
ships of
Tarshish,
for Tyre is
laid waste,
without house or harbor!
From the
land of
Cyprus it is
revealed to
them.
(NIV)
A prophecy concerning the animals of the Negev:
Through a land of hardship and distress,
of lions and lionesses,
of adders and darting snakes,
the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’ backs,
their treasures on the humps of camels,
to that unprofitable nation,
An
oracle on the
beasts of the
Negeb.
Through a
land of
trouble and
anguish,
from where come the
lioness and the
lion,
the
adder and the
flying fiery serpent,
they
carry their
riches on the
backs of
donkeys,
and their
treasures on the
humps of
camels,
to a
people that
cannot profit them.
(NIV)
‘Say to them, “This is what the Sovereign
Lord says: this prophecy concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the Israelites who are there.”
Say to them, ‘
Thus says the
Lord God:
This oracle concerns the
prince in
Jerusalem and
all the
house of
Israel who are in
it.’
(NIV)
‘“And if the prophet is enticed to utter a prophecy, I the
Lord have enticed that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel.
And
if the
prophet is
deceived and
speaks a
word,
I, the
Lord, have
deceived that prophet, and I will
stretch out my
hand against him and will
destroy him
from the
midst of my
people Israel.
(NIV)
‘Seventy “sevens” are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
“
Seventy weeks are
decreed about your
people and your
holy city, to
finish the
transgression, to put an end to
sin,
and to
atone for
iniquity,
to bring in everlasting righteousness, to
seal both
vision and
prophet, and
to anoint a
most holy place.
(NIV)
A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
An
oracle concerning
Nineveh. The
book of the
vision of
Nahum of
Elkosh.
(NIV)
The prophecy that Habakkuk the prophet received.
The
oracle that
Habakkuk the
prophet saw.
(NIV)
A prophecy:
The word of the
Lord is against the land of Hadrak
and will come to rest on Damascus –
for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel
are on the
Lord –
The
oracle of the
word of the
Lord is against the
land of
Hadrachand
Damascus is its
resting place.
For the
Lord has an
eye on
mankindand on
all the
tribes of
Israel,
(NIV)
A prophecy: the word of the Lord concerning Israel.
The
Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares:
The
oracle of the
word of the
Lord concerning Israel: Thus
declares the
Lord,
who
stretched out the
heavens and
founded the
earth and
formed the
spirit of
man within him:
(NIV)
A prophecy: the word of the
Lord to Israel through Malachi.
The
oracle of the
word of the
Lord to Israel by Malachi.
(NIV)
In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah :
‘“You will be ever hearing but never understanding ;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
(ESV)
Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: “‘“You will indeed hear but never understand,and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
(NIV)
We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;
Having gifts that
differ according to the
grace given to
us, let us use them:
if prophecy,
in proportion to our
faith;
(NIV)
to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
to
another the
working of
miracles, to
another prophecy, to
another the ability to
distinguish between spirits, to
another various kinds of
tongues, to
another the
interpretation of
tongues.
(NIV)
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
And if I
have prophetic powers,
and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I
have all faith,
so
as to
remove mountains,
but have not love, I
am nothing.
(NIV)
Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.
Pursue love,
and earnestly desire the
spiritual gifts,
especially that you may
prophesy.
(NIV)
Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction?
Now,
brothers,
if I
come to you speaking in
tongues,
how will I
benefit you unless I
bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
(NIV)
Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.
Thus tongues are a
sign not for
believers but for
unbelievers,
while prophecy is a sign
not for
unbelievers but for
believers.
(NIV)
not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us – whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter – asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.
not to be
quickly shaken in mind or alarmed,
either by a
spirit or a spoken
word,
or a
letter seeming to
be from us, to the
effect that the
day of the
Lord has
come.
(NIV)
Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you.
Do
not neglect the
gift you have,
which was
given you by prophecy when the council of
elders laid their
hands on you.
(NIV)
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things.
knowing this first of all,
that no prophecy of
Scripture comes from someone’s
own interpretation.
(NIV)
For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
For no prophecy was
ever produced by the
will of
man,
but men spoke from God as they were
carried along by the
Holy Spirit.
(NIV)
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
Blessed is the one who
reads aloud the
words of this
prophecy,
and blessed are those who
hear,
and who
keep what is
written in it,
for the
time is
near.
(NIV)
At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, ‘Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.’
Then I
fell down at his feet to
worship him,
but he
said to
me, “You
must not do that! I
am a
fellow servant with
you and your brothers who
hold to the
testimony of
Jesus.
Worship God.”
For the
testimony of
Jesus is the
spirit of
prophecy.
(NIV)
‘Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.’
(ESV)
“And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
(NIV)
Then he told me, ‘Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near.
And he
said to
me,
“Do
not seal up the
words of the
prophecy of
this book,
for the
time is near.
(NIV)
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: if anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll.
I
warn everyone who
hears the
words of the
prophecy of
this book:
if anyone adds to them,
God will
add to him the
plagues described in this book,
(NIV)
And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
and if anyone takes away from the
words of the
book of
this prophecy,
God will
take away his share in the
tree of
life and in the
holy city, which are
described in this book.
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