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September 19 - Old & New Testament
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Isaiah 23,24,25
The Fall of Tyre
1 The pronouncement concerning (C1)Tyre: Wail, you (C2)ships of (C3)Tarshish,
For Tyre is destroyed, without house or (F1)(C4)harbor;
It is reported to them from the land of (F2)(C5)Cyprus.
2 (C1)Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon;
(F1)Your messengers crossed the sea
3 And were on many waters.
(C1)The grain of the (F1)(C2)Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue;
And she was the (C3)market of nations.
4 Be ashamed, (C1)Sidon,
For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying,
"I have neither been in labor nor given birth,
I have neither brought up young men nor raised virgins."
5 When the report reaches Egypt,
They will be in (C1)anguish over the report of Tyre.
6 Pass over to (C1)Tarshish;
Wail, you inhabitants of the coastland.
7 Is this your (C1)jubilant city,
Whose origin is from antiquity,
Whose feet used to bring her to (F1)colonize distant places?
8 Who has planned this against Tyre, (C1)the bestower of crowns,
Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
9 (C1)The LORD of armies has planned it, to (C2)defile the pride of all beauty,
To despise all the (C3)honored of the earth.
10 (F1)Overflow your land like the Nile, you daughter of Tarshish,
There is no more (F2)restraint.
11 He has (C1)stretched His hand out (C2)over the sea,
He has (C3)made the kingdoms tremble;
The LORD has given a command concerning Canaan to (C4)demolish its strongholds.
12 He has said, "(C1)You shall not be jubilant anymore, you crushed virgin daughter of Sidon.
Arise, pass over to (F1)(C2)Cyprus; even there you will find no rest."
13 Behold, the land of the Chaldeans—this is the people that did not exist; (C1)Assyria allocated it for (C2)desert creatures—they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, (C3)they made it a ruin.
14 Wail, you (C1)ships of Tarshish,
For your stronghold is destroyed.
16 Take your harp, wander around the city,
You forgotten prostitute;
Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs,
That you may be remembered.
Judgment on the Earth
1 Behold, the LORD (C1)lays the earth waste, devastates it, twists its surface, and scatters its inhabitants.2 And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the female servant like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the (C1)creditor like the debtor.3 The earth will be completely laid waste and completely plundered, for the LORD has spoken this word.4 The (C1)earth dries up and crumbles away, the mainland dries out and crumbles away, the (C2)exalted of the people of the earth dwindle.5 The earth is also (C1)defiled (F1)by its inhabitants, for they violated laws, altered statutes, and (C2)broke the everlasting covenant.6 Therefore, a (C1)curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the (C2)inhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left.
7 The (C1)new wine mourns,
The vine decays,
All the joyful-hearted sigh.
8 The (C1)joy of tambourines ceases,
The noise of revelers stops,
The joy of the harp ceases.
9 They do not drink wine with song;
(C1)Intoxicating drink is (C2)bitter to those who drink it.
10 The (C1)city of chaos is broken down;
(C2)Every house is shut up so that no one may enter.
11 There is an (C1)outcry in the streets concerning the wine;
(C2)All joy (F1)turns to gloom.
The joy of the earth is banished.
12 Desolation is left in the city
And the (C1)gate is battered to ruins.
13 For (C1)so it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples,
As the (F1)shaking of an olive tree,
As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over.
14 (C1)They raise their voices, they shout for joy;
They cry out from the (F1)west concerning the majesty of the LORD.
15 Therefore (C1)glorify the LORD in the (F1)east,
The (C2)name of the LORD, the God of Israel,
In the (F2)(C3)coastlands of the sea.
16 From the (C1)ends of the earth we hear songs: "(C2)Glory to the Righteous One,"
But I say, "(F1)I am finished! I am finished! Woe to me!
The (C3)treacherous deal treacherously,
And the treacherous deal very treacherously."
17 (C1)Terror and pit and snare
(F1)Confront you, you inhabitant of the earth.
18 Then it will be that the one who flees the sound of terror will fall into the pit,
And the one who (F1)climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare;
For the (C1)windows (F2)above are opened, and the (C2)foundations of the earth shake.
19 (C1)The earth is broken apart,
The earth is (C2)split through,
The earth is shaken violently.
20 The earth (C1)trembles like a heavy drinker
And sways like a hut,
For its (C2)wrongdoing is heavy upon it,
And it will fall, (C3)never to rise again.
21 So it will happen on that day,
That the LORD will (C1)punish the rebellious (F1)(C2)angels of (F2)heaven on high,
And the (C3)kings of the earth on earth.
22 They will be gathered together
Like (C1)prisoners in the (F1)dungeon,
And will be confined in prison;
And after many days they will (C2)be punished.
23 Then the (C1)moon will be ashamed and the sun be put to shame,
For the (C2)LORD of armies will reign on (C3)Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And His glory will be before His elders.
Song of Praise for God's Favor
1 LORD, You are (C1)my God;
I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name;
For You have (C2)worked wonders,
(C3)Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
2 For You have turned a city into a (C1)heap,
A (C2)fortified city into a ruin;
A (C3)palace of strangers is no longer a city,
It will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore a strong people will (C1)glorify You;
(C2)Cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
4 For You have been a (C1)stronghold for the helpless,
A stronghold for the poor in his distress,
A (C2)refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;
For the breath of the (C3)ruthless
Is like a rain storm against a wall.
5 Like heat in a dry land, You subdue the (C1)uproar of foreigners;
Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is (F1)silenced.
6 (C1)Now the LORD of armies will prepare a (F1)lavish banquet for (C2)all peoples on this mountain;
A banquet of (F2)aged wine, (F3)choice pieces with marrow,
And (F4)refined, aged wine.
7 And on this mountain He will destroy the (F1)(C1)covering which is over all peoples,
The veil which is (F2)stretched over all nations.
8 He will (F1)(C1)swallow up death for all time,
And the Lord (F2)GOD will (C2)wipe tears away from all faces,
And He will remove the (C3)disgrace of His people from all the earth;
For the LORD has spoken.
9 And it will be said on that day,
"Behold, (C1)this is our God for whom we have (C2)waited (F1)that (C3)He might save us.
This is the LORD for whom we have waited;
(C4)Let's rejoice and be glad in His salvation."
10 For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain,
And (C1)Moab will be trampled down in his place
As straw is trampled down in the water of a manure pile.
11 And he will (C1)spread out his hands in the middle of it
As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,
But the Lord will (C2)lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.
12 The (C1)unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low, and throw to the ground, to the dust.
Ephesians 5:17-33
Chapter 5
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but (C1)understand what the will of the Lord is.18 And (C1)do not get drunk with wine, (F1)in which there is (C2)debauchery, but be (C3)filled with the Spirit,19 (C1)speaking to (F1)one another in (C2)psalms and (C3)hymns and spiritual (C4)songs, (C5)singing and making melody with your hearts to the Lord;20 (C1)always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to our (C2)God and Father;21 (F1)(C1)and subject yourselves to one another in the (F2)(C2)fear of Christ.
Marriage like Christ and the Church
22 (C1)Wives, (C2)subject yourselves to your own husbands, (C3)as to the Lord.23 For (C1)the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the (C2)head of the church, He Himself (C3)being the Savior of the body.24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
25 (C1)Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and (C2)gave Himself up for her,26 (C1)so that He might sanctify her, having (C2)cleansed her by the (C3)washing of water with (C4)the word,27 that He might (C1)present to Himself the church (F1)in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be (C2)holy and blameless.28 So husbands also ought to (C1)love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,30 because we are (C1)parts of His (C2)body.31 (C1)FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND HIS MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.32 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.33 Nevertheless, as for you individually, each husband is to (C1)love his own wife the same as himself, and the wife must see to it that she (C2)respects her husband.
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