CHAPTER 48
1. And in that place I saw an inexhaustible spring of righteousness and many springs of wisdom surrounded it, and all the thirsty drank from them and were filled with wisdom, and their dwelling was with the Righteous and the Holy and the Chosen.
(Wisdom 12:15-16)
(Sirach 1:1, 5-21), (Sirach 24:1, 8-12), (Sirach 15:1-3), (Wisdom 7:22-30), (Isaiah 41:18-20), (Isaiah 43:18-20), (Isaiah 44:1-5), (Isaiah 49:10), (Isaiah 55:1-3), (Jeremiah 31:8-9), (Psalm 73:10), (Revelation 22:1)
2. And at that hour that Son of Man was named, in the presence of the Lord of Spirits, and his name brought to the Head of Days.
(John 3:18), (Revelation 19:11-13)
3. Even before the Sun and the constellations were created, before the Stars of Heaven were made, his name was named in front of the Lord of Spirits.
(John 3:18), (Revelation 19:11-13)
4. He will be a staff to the righteous and the Holy, so that they may lean on him and not fall, and he will be the Light of the Nations, and he will be the hope of those who grieve in their hearts.
(Psalm 145:14)
(Isaiah 42:6), (Isaiah 49:5-6), (John 1:9-12), (John 8:12), (John 9:5), (John 12:35-36), (John 12:46)
(Isaiah 29:19), (Isaiah 57:18-19), (Luke 6:20-21; Matthew 5.1-12), (James 1:12), (James 2:5), (James 5:11), (Romans 12:12), (Colossians 1:27), (1 Timothy 1:1)
5. All those who dwell upon the dry ground will fall down and worship in front of him, and they will bless, and praise, and celebrate with psalms, the name of the Lord of Spirits.
(Isaiah 66:18), (Psalm 22:29), (Psalm 86:9), (Isaiah 45:22-24), (Philippians 2:9-11), (Romans 14:11), (Revelation 13:8), (Isaiah 24:16), (Revelation 5:8-9), (Revelation 5:11-13)
6. And because of this he was chosen, and hidden in front of Him, before the World was created, and forever.
(Isaiah 48:12-14), (1 Peter 1:19-21)
7. But the wisdom of the Lord of Spirits has revealed him to the Holy and the righteous, for he has kept safe the lot of the righteous, for they have hated and rejected this world of iniquity. And all its works and its ways they have hated in the name of the Lord of Spirits. For in His name they are saved and he is the one who will require their lives.
(1 Corinthians 2:6-8) (Ephesians 1:17-18)
(Deuteronomy 32:43)
8. And in those days the kings of the Earth, and the strong who possess the dry ground, will have downcast faces because of the works of their hands, for on the day of their distress and trouble they will not save themselves.
(Wisdom 4:19-20), (Wisdom 6:1-9)
9. And I will give them into the hands of my chosen ones; like straw in the fire, and like lead in water, so they will burn in front of the righteous, and sink in front of the Holy, and no trace will be found of them.
(Jeremiah 51:19-24), (Psalm 49:14), (Job 24:20), (Proverbs 10:7), (Psalm 11:6), (Isaiah 66:16, 24)
10. And on the day of their trouble there will be rest on the earth and they will fall down in front of him and will not rise. And there will be no one who will take them with his hands and raise them for they denied the Lord of Spirits and his Messiah. May the name of the Lord of Spirits be blessed!
(Jude 1:4), (John 3:18)