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November 26 - Bible-in-a-Year
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Jeremiah 47-48
Chapter 47
Prophecies against the Philistines
1 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines(a) before Pharaoh defeated Gaza.(b) 2 This is what the Lord says:
Look, waters are rising from the north
and becoming an overflowing wadi.
They will overflow the land and everything in it,(c)
the cities and their inhabitants.
The people will cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land will wail.
3 At the sound of the stomping hooves of his stallions,(d)
the rumbling of his chariots,
and the clatter of their wheels,(e)
fathers will not turn back for their sons,
because they will be utterly helpless[a]
4 on account of the day that is coming
to destroy all the Philistines,
to cut off from Tyre and Sidon
every remaining ally.(f)
Indeed, the
Lord
is about to destroy the Philistines,
the remnant of the islands of Caphtor.[b](g)
5 Baldness is coming to Gaza.(h)
Ashkelon will become silent,(i)
a remnant of their valley.
How long will you gash yourself?
6 Oh, sword of the
Lord
!(j)
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!
7 How can it[c] rest
when the
Lord
has given it a command?(k)
He has assigned it(l)
against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.
Chapter 48
Prophecies against Moab
1 About Moab,(a) this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says:
Woe to Nebo,(b) because it is about to be destroyed;
Kiriathaim will be put to shame;(c) it will be taken captive.
The fortress will be put to shame and dismayed!
2 There is no longer praise for Moab;
they plan harm against her in Heshbon:(d)
Come, let's cut her off from nationhood.
Also, Madmen,[a] you will be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.
3 A voice cries out from Horonaim,(e)
"devastation and great disaster!"
4 Moab will be shattered;
her little ones will cry out.
5 For on the Ascent to Luhith
they will be weeping continually,[b]
and on the descent to Horonaim
will be heard cries of distress over the destruction:(f)
6 Flee! Save your lives!
Be like a juniper bush[c](g) in the wilderness.
7 Because you trust in your works[d] and treasures,
you will be captured also.
Chemosh(h) will go into exile
with his priests and officials.
8 The destroyer will move against every town;
not one town will escape.
The valley will perish,
and the plain will be annihilated,(i)
as the
Lord
has said.
9 Make Moab a salt marsh,[e](j)
for she will run away;[f]
her towns will become a desolation,
without inhabitant.
10 The one who does
the
Lord
's business deceitfully[g] is cursed,(k)
and the one who withholds
his sword from bloodshed is cursed.
11 Moab has been left quiet since his youth,
settled like wine on its dregs.(l)
He hasn't been poured from one container to another
or gone into exile.
So his taste has remained the same,
and his aroma hasn't changed.
12 Therefore look, the days are coming—
this is the
Lord
's declaration—
when I will send those to him, who will pour him out.
They will empty his containers
and smash his jars.
13 Moab will be put to shame because of Chemosh,
just as the house of Israel was put to shame
because of Bethel(m) that they trusted in.
14 How can you say, "We are warriors—
mighty men ready for battle"?
15 The destroyer of Moab and its towns
has come up,[h]
and the best of its young men
have gone down to slaughter.
This is the King's declaration;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.(n)
16 Moab's calamity is near at hand;
his disaster is rushing swiftly.
17 Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations,
everyone who knows his name.
Say: How the mighty scepter(o) is shattered,
the glorious staff!
18 Come down from glory; sit on parched ground,
resident of the daughter of Dibon,(p)
for the destroyer of Moab has come against you;
he has destroyed your fortresses.
19 Stand by the highway and look,
resident of Aroer!(q)
Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping:(r)
What happened?
20 Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed.
Wail and cry out!
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.
21 "Judgment has come to the land of the plateau(s)—to Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath, 22 Dibon, Nebo, Beth-diblathaim, 23 Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, Beth-meon,(t) 24 Kerioth,(u) Bozrah, and all the towns of the land of Moab, those far and near. 25 Moab's horn is chopped off;(v) his arm is shattered."
This is the Lord 's declaration.
26 "Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the Lord .(w) Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock. 27 Wasn't Israel a laughingstock to you?(x) Was he ever found among thieves?(y) For whenever you speak of him you shake your head."
28 Abandon the towns! Live in the cliffs,
residents of Moab!
Be like a dove
that nests inside the mouth of a cave.(z)
29 We have heard of Moab's pride,
great pride, indeed—
his insolence, arrogance, pride,
and haughty heart.
30 I know his outburst.
This is the
Lord
's declaration.
It is empty.
His boast is empty.
31 Therefore, I will wail over Moab.
I will cry out for Moab, all of it;
he will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
32 I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah,
with more than the weeping for Jazer.
Your tendrils have extended to the sea;
they have reached to the sea and to Jazer.[i]
The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
33 Joy and celebration are taken from the fertile field
and from the land of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the winepresses;
no one will tread with shouts of joy.
The shouting is not a shout of joy.(aa)
34 "There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices as far as Jahaz(ab)—from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah—because even the waters of Nimrim have become desolate. 35 In Moab, I will stop"—this is the Lord 's declaration—"the one who offers sacrifices on the high place and burns incense to his gods.(ac) 36 Therefore, My heart moans like flutes for Moab,(ad) and My heart moans like flutes for the people of Kir-heres. And therefore, the wealth he has gained has perished. 37 Indeed, every head is bald and every beard clipped;(ae) on every hand is a gash and sackcloth around the waist. 38 On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants."(af) This is the Lord 's declaration. 39 "How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him."(ag)
40 For this is what the Lord says:
He will swoop down like an eagle
and spread his wings against Moab.(ah)
41 The towns have[j] been captured,
and the strongholds seized.
In that day the heart of Moab's warriors
will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.(ai)
42 Moab will be destroyed as a people
because he has exalted himself against the
Lord
.(aj)
43 Panic, pit, and trap
await you, resident of Moab.
This is the
Lord
's declaration.
44 He who flees from the panic will fall in the pit,
and he who climbs from the pit
will be captured in the trap,
for I will bring against Moab
the year of their punishment.
This is the
Lord
's declaration.(ak)
45 Those who flee will stand exhausted in Heshbon's shadow
because fire has come out from Heshbon
and a flame from within Sihon.
It will devour Moab's forehead
and the skull of the noisemakers.
46 Woe to you, Moab!
The people of Chemosh have perished
because your sons have been taken captive
and your daughters have gone into captivity.(al)
47 Yet, I will restore the fortunes[k] of Moab in the last days.(am)
This is the
Lord
's declaration.
The judgment on Moab ends here.
Psalms 142
Chapter 142
Psalm 142
A Cry of Distress
A Davidic Maskil. When he was in the cave.(a) A prayer.
1 I cry aloud to the
Lord
;(b)
I plead aloud to the
Lord
for mercy.(c)
2 I pour out my complaint before Him;
I reveal my trouble to Him.(d)
3 Although my spirit is weak within me,
You know my way.(e)
Along this path I travel
they have hidden a trap for me.(f)
4 Look to the right and see:[a]
no one stands up for me;
there is no refuge for me;
no one cares about me.(g)
5 I cry to You,
Lord
;
I say, "You are my shelter,
my portion in the land of the living."(h)
6 Listen to my cry,
for I am very weak.(i)
Rescue me from those who pursue me,
for they are too strong for me.(j)
7 Free me from prison
so that I can praise Your name.
The righteous will gather around me
because You deal generously with me.(k)
Galatians 1
Chapter 1
Greeting
1 Paul,(a) an apostle—not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father(b) who raised Him from the dead(c)— 2 and all the brothers who are with me:
To the churches of Galatia.[a](d)
3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord[b] Jesus Christ, 4 who gave Himself for our sins(e) to rescue us from this present evil age,(f) according to the will of our God and Father.(g) 5 To whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
No Other Gospel
6 I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called(h) you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another gospel,(i) but there are some(j) who are troubling you and want to change the good news[c] about the Messiah. 8 But even if we or an angel(k) from heaven should preach to you a gospel other than what we have preached to you,(l) a curse be on him![d] 9 As we have said before, I now say again: If anyone preaches to you a gospel contrary to what you received,(m) a curse be on him!
10 For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God?(n) Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.
Paul Defends His Apostleship
11 Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not based on human thought.[e] 12 For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation(o) from Jesus Christ.(p)
13 For you have heard about my former way of life(q) in Judaism:(r) I persecuted(s) God's church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it. 14 I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.(t) 15 But when God, who from my birth set me apart and called(u) me by His grace, was pleased 16 to reveal His Son(v) in me, so that I could preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone.[f] 17 I did not go up to Jerusalem(w) to those who had become apostles(x) before me; instead I went to Arabia(y) and came back to Damascus.(z)
18 Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem(aa) to get to know Cephas,[g](ab) and I stayed with him 15 days. 19 But I didn't see any of the other apostles except James,(ac) the Lord's brother. 20 Now I am not lying in what I write to you. God is my witness.[h]
21 Afterward, I went to the regions of Syria(ad) and Cilicia.(ae) 22 I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches in Christ; 23 they simply kept hearing: "He who formerly persecuted(af) us now preaches the faith(ag) he once tried to destroy." 24 And they glorified God because of me.
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