Bible Reading Plan

¹ Yahweh, the God of gods^[a] speaks;
He summons the earth from east to west.^[b](b)
2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God appears in radiance.^[c](c)
3 Our God is coming; He will not be silent!
Devouring fire precedes Him,
and a storm rages around Him.^(d)
4 On high, He summons heaven and earth
in order to judge His people.^(e)
5 "Gather My faithful ones to Me,
those who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice."^(f)
6 The heavens proclaim His righteousness,^(g)
for God is the Judge.^(h) Selah

⁷ "Listen, My people, and I will speak;
I will testify against you, Israel.
I am God, your God.^(i)
8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.^(j)
9 I will not accept a bull from your household
or male goats from your pens,^(k)
10 for every animal of the forest is Mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
¹¹ I know every bird of the mountains,^[d]
and the creatures of the field are Mine.^(l)
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and everything in it is Mine.^(m)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?^(n)
14 Sacrifice a thank offering to God,^(o)
and pay your vows to the Most High.^(p)
15 Call on Me in a day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you will honor Me."^(q)

¹⁶ But God says to the wicked:
"What right do you have to recite My statutes
and to take My covenant on your lips?^(r)
17 You hate instruction
and turn your back on My words.^[e](s)
18 When you see a thief,
you make friends with him,
and you associate with adulterers.^(t)
19 You unleash your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue for deceit.^(u)
20 You sit, maligning your brother,
slandering your mother's son.^(v)
21 You have done these things, and I kept silent;
you thought I was just like you.^(w)
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.^[f](x)

²² "Understand this, you who forget God,
or I will tear you apart,
and there will be no one to rescue you.^(y)
23 Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors Me,
and whoever orders his conduct,
I will show him the salvation of God."^(z)