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September 26 - Old & New Testament
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Isaiah 39,40
Hezekiah Shows His Treasures
1 (C1)At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered.2 Hezekiah (F1)was (C1)pleased, and let them see all his treasure house, the (C2)silver, the gold, the balsam oil, the excellent olive oil, his entire armory, and everything that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his realm that Hezekiah did not let them see.3 Then Isaiah the (C1)prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, "What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?" And Hezekiah said, "They came to me from a far (C2)country, from Babylon."4 Then he said, "What have they seen in your house?" So Hezekiah (F1)answered, "They have seen everything that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasuries that I have not let them see."
5 Isaiah then said to Hezekiah, "Hear the (C1)word of the LORD of armies,6 'Behold, the days are coming when (C1)everything that is in your house, and what your fathers have stored up to this day, will be carried to Babylon; nothing will be left,' says the LORD.7 'And some of your sons who will come from you, whom you will father, (C1)will be taken away, and (C2)they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'"8 (C1)Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good." For he (F1)thought, "For there will be peace and truth (C2)in my days."
The Greatness of God
1 "(C1)Comfort, comfort My people," says your God.
2 "(C1)Speak (F1)kindly to Jerusalem;
And call out to her, that her (F2)(C2)warfare has ended,
That her (F3)(C3)guilt has been removed,
That she has received of the LORD'S hand
(C4)Double for all her sins."
3 (C1)The voice of one calling out,
"(C2)Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness;
Make (F1)straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 "Let every valley be lifted up,
And every mountain and hill be made low;
And let the uneven ground become a plain,
And the rugged terrain a broad valley;
5 (F1)Then the (C1)glory of the LORD will be revealed,
And (C2)all flesh will see it together;
For the (C3)mouth of the LORD has spoken."
6 A voice says, "Call out."
Then (F1)he answered, "What shall I call out?"
(C1)All flesh is grass, and all its (F2)loveliness is like the flower of the field.
7 The (C1)grass withers, the flower fades,
(F1)When the (C2)breath of the LORD blows upon it;
The people are indeed grass!
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
But (C1)the word of our God stands forever.
9 Go up on a (C1)high mountain,
Zion, messenger of (C2)good news,
Raise your voice forcefully,
Jerusalem, messenger of good news;
Raise it up, do not fear.
Say to the (C3)cities of Judah,
"(C4)Here is your God!"
10 Behold, the Lord (F1)GOD will come (C1)with might,
With His (C2)arm ruling for Him.
Behold, His (C3)compensation is with Him,
And His reward before Him.
11 Like a shepherd He will (C1)tend His flock,
In His arm He will gather the lambs
And carry them in the fold of His robe;
He will gently lead the nursing ewes.
12 Who has (C1)measured the (F1)waters in the hollow of His hand,
And measured the heavens with a (F2)span,
And (F3)calculated the dust of the earth with a measure,
And weighed the mountains in a balance
And the hills in a pair of scales?
13 (C1)Who has (F1)directed the Spirit of the LORD,
Or as His (C2)counselor has informed Him?
14 (C1)With whom did He consult and who (C2)gave Him understanding?
And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge,
And informed Him of the way of understanding?
15 Behold, the (C1)nations are like a drop from a bucket,
And are regarded as a speck of (C2)dust on the scales;
Behold, He lifts up the (F1)islands like fine dust.
16 Even Lebanon is not enough to (F1)burn,
Nor its (C1)animals enough for a burnt offering.
17 (C1)All the nations are as nothing before Him,
They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and (F1)meaningless.
18 (C1)To whom then will you liken God?
Or what likeness will you compare with Him?
19 As for the (F1)(C1)idol, a craftsman casts it,
A goldsmith (C2)plates it with gold,
And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.
20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering
Selects a (C1)tree that does not rot;
He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman
To (F1)prepare (F2)an idol that (C2)will not totter.
21 (C1)Do you not know? Have you not heard?
Has it not been declared to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood (C2)from the foundations of the earth?
22 It is He who (F1)sits above the (F2)(C1)circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like (C2)grasshoppers,
Who (C3)stretches out the heavens like a (C4)curtain
And spreads them out like a (C5)tent to live in.
23 It is He who reduces (C1)rulers to nothing,
Who (C2)makes the judges of the earth (F1)meaningless.
24 (F1)Scarcely have they been planted,
(F1)Scarcely have they been sown,
(F1)Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth,
But He merely blows on them, and they wither,
And the (C1)storm carries them away like stubble.
25 "(C1)To whom then will you compare Me
That I would be his equal?" says the Holy One.
26 (C1)Raise your eyes on high
And see (C2)who has created these stars,
The (C3)One who brings out their (F1)multitude by number,
He calls them all by name;
Because of the (C4)greatness of His might and the (F2)strength of His power,
(C5)Not one of them is missing.
27 (C1)Why do you say, Jacob, and you assert, Israel,
"My way is (C2)hidden from the LORD,
And the (C3)justice due me (F1)escapes the notice of (C4)my God"?
28 (C1)Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The (C2)Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth
Does not become weary or tired.
His understanding is (C3)unsearchable.
29 He gives strength to the (C1)weary,
And to the one who lacks might He (C2)increases power.
30 Though (C1)youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous (C2)young men stumble badly,
31 Yet those who (F1)wait for the LORD
Will (C1)gain new strength;
They will (F2)(C2)mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.
Romans 6
Chapter 6
Believers Are Dead to Sin, Alive to God
1 (C1)What shall we say then? Are we to (C2)continue in sin so that grace may increase?2 (F1)(C1)Far from it! How shall we who (C2)died to sin still live in it?3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been (C1)baptized into (C2)Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?4 Therefore we have been (C1)buried with Him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was (C2)raised from the dead through the (C3)glory of the Father, so we too may walk in (C4)newness of life.5 For (C1)if we have become (F1)united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be (F2)in the likeness of His resurrection,6 knowing this, that our (C1)old (F1)self was (C2)crucified with Him, in order that our (C3)body of sin might be (F2)done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;7 for (C1)the one who has died is (F1)freed from sin.
8 Now (C1)if we have died with Christ, we believe that (C2)we shall also live with Him,9 knowing that Christ, having been (C1)raised from the dead, (F1)is never to die again; (C2)death no longer is master over Him.10 For (F1)the death that He died, He died to sin once for all time; but (F2)the life that He lives, He lives to (F3)God.11 So you too, consider yourselves to be (C1)dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Therefore sin is not to (C1)reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts,13 and do not go on (C1)presenting (F1)the parts of your body to sin as (F2)instruments of unrighteousness; but (C2)present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and (F3)your body's parts as (F2)instruments of righteousness for God.14 For (C1)sin shall not (C2)be master over you, for (C3)you are not under (F1)the Law but (C4)under grace.
15 What then? (C1)Are we to sin because we are not under (F1)the Law but under grace? (F2)(C2)Far from it!16 Do you not (C1)know that the one to whom you present yourselves as (C2)slaves for obedience, you are slaves of that same one whom you obey, either of (C3)sin (F1)resulting in death, or of obedience (F2)resulting in righteousness?17 But (C1)thanks be to God that (F1)though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that (F2)(C2)form of teaching to which you were entrusted,18 and after being (C1)freed from sin, you became slaves to righteousness.19 (C1)I am speaking (F1)in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just (C2)as you presented (F2)the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, (F3)resulting in further lawlessness, so now present (F2)your body's parts as slaves to righteousness, (F4)resulting in sanctification.
20 For (C1)when you were slaves of sin, you were free in relation to righteousness.21 Therefore what (F1)(C1)benefit were you then (F2)deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is (C2)death.22 But now having been (C1)freed from sin and (C2)enslaved to God, you (F1)derive your (F2)(C3)benefit, (F3)resulting in sanctification, and (C4)the outcome, eternal life.23 For the wages of (C1)sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is (C2)eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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