But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, who has left us a remnant, and given us a stake in his holy place, in order that he may brighten our eyes and grant us a little sustenance in our slavery.
Isaiah 22:23 - New Revised Standard Version I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his ancestral house. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And I will fasten him like a peg or nail in a firm place; and he will become a throne of honor and glory to his father's house. American Standard Version (1901) And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father’s house. Common English Bible I will fasten him securely like a tent peg, and he will be a throne of honor for his ancestors’ house. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will fasten him like a peg in a trustworthy place. And he will be upon a throne of glory in the house of his father. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place: and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father. |
But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, who has left us a remnant, and given us a stake in his holy place, in order that he may brighten our eyes and grant us a little sustenance in our slavery.
For Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was powerful among the Jews and popular with his many kindred, for he sought the good of his people and interceded for the welfare of all his descendants.
For if you keep silence at such a time as this, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another quarter, but you and your father's family will perish. Who knows? Perhaps you have come to royal dignity for just such a time as this.”
He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
The sayings of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings that are given by one shepherd.
And they will hang on him the whole weight of his ancestral house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons.
On that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way; it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will perish, for the Lord has spoken.
Out of them shall come the cornerstone, out of them the tent peg, out of them the battle bow, out of them every commander.
To the one who conquers I will give a place with me on my throne, just as I myself conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and on them he has set the world.