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October 1 - Straight Thru the Bible
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Obadiah 1:10-21
Chapter 1
10 You will be covered with shame
and destroyed forever
because of violence done to your brother Jacob.(v)
11 On the day you stood aloof,(w)
on the day strangers captured his wealth,[g]
while foreigners entered his gate
and cast lots for Jerusalem,(x)
you were just like one of them.(y)
12 Do not[h] gloat over your brother(z)
in the day of his calamity;
do not rejoice over the people of Judah(aa)
in the day of their destruction;
do not boastfully mock[i](ab)
in the day of distress.(ac)
13 Do not enter the gate of My people
in the day of their disaster.(ad)
Yes, you—do not gloat over their misery
in the day of their disaster
and do not appropriate their possessions(ae)
in the day of their disaster.
14 Do not stand at the crossroads[j](af)
to cut off their fugitives,
and do not hand over their survivors
in the day of distress.
Judgment of the Nations
15 For the Day of the
Lord
(ag) is near,
against all the nations.(ah)
As you have done,(ai) so it will be done to you;
what you deserve will return on your own head.(aj)
16 As you have drunk on My holy mountain,(ak)
so all the nations will drink continually.(al)
They will drink and gulp down
and be as though they had never been.
17 But there will be a deliverance on Mount Zion,(am)
and it will be holy;(an)
the house of Jacob will dispossess(ao)
those who dispossessed them.[k](ap)
18 Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire,(aq)
and the house of Joseph, a burning flame,
but the house of Esau will be stubble;
Jacob[l] will set them on fire and consume Edom.[m]
Therefore no survivor will remain(ar)
of the house of Esau,
for the
Lord
has spoken.
Future Blessing for Israel
19 People from the Negev will possess(as)
the hill country of Esau;(at)
those from the Judean foothills will possess
the land of the Philistines.(au)
They[n] will possess
the territories of Ephraim and Samaria,(av)
while Benjamin will possess Gilead.
20 The exiles of the Israelites who are in Halah[o]
and who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath(aw)
as well as the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
will possess the cities of the Negev.(ax)
21 Saviors[p] will ascend Mount Zion(ay)
to rule over the hill country of Esau,
but the kingdom will be the
Lord
's.(az)
Jonah 1-4
Chapter 1
Jonah's Flight
1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai:(a) 2 "Get up!(b) Go to the great city(c) of Nineveh(d) and preach against it,(e) because their wickedness(f) has confronted[a] Me."(g) 3 However, Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish(h) from the Lord 's presence.(i) He went down(j) to Joppa(k) and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, from the Lord 's presence.
4 Then the Lord hurled(l) a violent wind on the sea,(m) and such a violent storm arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break apart. 5 The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his god.(n) They threw the ship's cargo into the sea to lighten the load.(o) Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel and had stretched out and fallen into a deep sleep.(p)
6 The captain approached him and said, "What are you doing sound asleep? Get up! Call to your god.[b](q) Maybe this god will consider us,(r) and we won't perish."
7 "Come on!" the sailors said to each other. "Let's cast lots.(s) Then we'll know who is to blame for this trouble we're in." So they cast lots, and the lot singled out Jonah.(t) 8 Then they said to him, "Tell us who is to blame for this trouble we're in.(u) What is your business(v) and where are you from? What is your country and what people are you from?"
9 He answered them, "I'm a Hebrew.(w) I worship[c] Yahweh,(x) the God of the heavens,(y) who made the sea(z) and the dry land."
10 Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, "What is this you've done?" The men knew he was fleeing from the Lord 's presence,(aa) because he had told them. 11 So they said to him, "What should we do to you to calm this sea that's against us?" For the sea was getting worse and worse.
12 He answered them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea[d] so it may quiet down for you, for I know that I'm to blame(ab) for this violent storm that is against you." 13 Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they couldn't because the sea was raging against them more and more.
14 So they called out to the Lord :(ac) "Please, Yahweh, don't let us perish because of this man's life, and don't charge us with innocent blood! For You, Yahweh, have done just as You pleased."(ad) 15 Then they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.(ae) 16 The men feared the Lord (af) even more, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.(ag)
17 [e]Now the Lord had appointed a huge fish(ah) to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in[f] the fish three days and three nights.(ai)
Chapter 2
Jonah's Prayer
1 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside[a] the fish:(a)
2 I called to the
Lord
in my distress,(b)
and He answered me.
I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol;(c)
You heard my voice.(d)
3 You threw me into the depths,(e)
into the heart of the seas,(f)
and the current[b] overcame me.
All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.(g)
4 But I said: I have been banished(h)
from Your sight,(i)
yet I will look once more[c]
toward Your holy temple.(j)
5 The waters engulfed me up to the neck;[d](k)
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.(l)
6 I sank to the foundations of the mountains;(m)
the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!(n)
But You raised my life(o) from the Pit,
Lord
my God!(p)
7 As my life was fading away,(q)
I remembered Yahweh.(r)
My prayer came to You,(s)
to Your holy temple.(t)
8 Those who cling to worthless idols(u)
forsake faithful love,(v)
9 but as for me, I will sacrifice(w) to You
with a voice of thanksgiving.(x)
I will fulfill(y) what I have vowed.
Salvation[e] is from the
Lord
!(z)
10 Then the Lord commanded the fish,(aa) and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
Chapter 3
Jonah's Preaching
1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time:(a) 2 "Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh(b) and preach(c) the message that I tell you." 3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord 's command.
Now Nineveh was an extremely large city,[a](d) a three-day walk.[b] 4 Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed,(e) "In 40 days Nineveh will be demolished!" 5 The men of Nineveh believed in God.[c] They proclaimed a fast(f) and dressed in sackcloth—from the greatest of them to the least.
6 When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth,(g) and sat in ashes. 7 Then he issued a decree(h) in Nineveh:
By order of the king and his nobles: No man or beast, herd or flock, is to taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink water. 8 Furthermore, both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth, and everyone must call out earnestly to God.(i) Each must turn from his evil ways(j) and from the violence[d] he is doing.[e] 9 Who knows?(k) God may turn and relent; He may turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish.(l)
10 Then God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways(m)—so God relented from the disaster(n) He had threatened to do to them. And He did not do it.
Chapter 4
Jonah's Anger
1 But Jonah was greatly displeased and became furious.(a) 2 He prayed to the Lord :(b) "Please, Lord , isn't this what I said while I was still in my own country? That's why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place.(c) I knew that You are a merciful and compassionate God,(d) slow to become angry, rich in faithful love, and One who relents from sending disaster.(e) 3 And now, Lord , please take my life from me,(f) for it is better for me to die than to live."(g)
4 The Lord asked, "Is it right for you to be angry?"
5 Jonah left the city and sat down east of it.(h) He made himself a shelter there and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city. 6 Then the Lord God appointed a plant,[a] and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah's head to ease his discomfort.[b] Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant. 7 When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, and it withered.(i)
8 As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind.(j) The sun beat down so much on Jonah's head(k) that he almost fainted, and he wanted to die. He said, "It's better for me to die than to live."(l)
9 Then God asked Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?"
"Yes," he replied. "It is right. I'm angry enough to die!"
10 So the Lord said, "You cared about the plant, which you did not labor over and did not grow. It appeared in a night and perished in a night. 11 Should I not care about the great city of Nineveh,(m) which has more than 120,000 people[c] who cannot distinguish between their right and their left,(n) as well as many animals?"(o)
Micah 1-3
Chapter 1
1 The word of the Lord that came(a) to Micah(b) the Moreshite(c)—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem in the days of Jotham,(d) Ahaz,(e) and Hezekiah,(f) kings of Judah.
Coming Judgment on Israel
2 Listen, all you peoples;(g)
pay attention, earth[a] and everyone in it!(h)
The Lord
God
will be a witness against you,(i)
the Lord, from His holy temple.(j)
3 Look, the
Lord
is leaving His place(k)
and coming down to trample
the heights[b] of the earth.(l)
4 The mountains will melt beneath Him,
and the valleys will split apart,
like wax near a fire,(m)
like water cascading down a mountainside.
5 All this will happen because of Jacob's rebellion
and the sins of the house of Israel.
What is the rebellion of Jacob?
Isn't it Samaria?(n)
And what is the high place of Judah?(o)
Isn't it Jerusalem?
6 Therefore, I will make Samaria
a heap of ruins(p) in the countryside,
a planting area(q) for a vineyard.
I will roll her stones(r) into the valley
and expose her foundations.(s)
7 All her carved images will be smashed(t) to pieces;
all her wages(u) will be burned in the fire,
and I will destroy all her idols.
Since she collected the wages of a prostitute,(v)
they will be used again for a prostitute.
Micah's Lament
8 Because of this I will lament and wail;
I will walk barefoot and naked.(w)
I will howl like the jackals(x)
and mourn like ostriches.[c]
9 For her wound is incurable(y)
and has reached even Judah;(z)
it has approached the gate of my people,(aa)
as far as Jerusalem.
10 Don't announce it in Gath,(ab)
don't weep at all.
Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
11 Depart in shameful nakedness,(ac)
you residents of Shaphir;
the residents of Zaanan(ad) will not come out.
Beth-ezel is lamenting;
its support[d] is taken from you.
12 Though the residents of Maroth
anxiously wait for something good,(ae)
disaster has come from the
Lord
(af)
to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 Harness the horses to the chariot,
you residents of Lachish.(ag)
This was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion,
because Israel's acts of rebellion(ah) can be traced to you.
14 Therefore, send farewell gifts(ai) to Moresheth-gath;
the houses of Achzib(aj) are a deception(ak)
to the kings of Israel.
15 I will again bring a conqueror
against you who live in Mareshah.(al)
The nobility[e] of Israel will come to Adullam.(am)
16 Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair(an)
in sorrow for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they have been taken from you into exile.(ao)
Chapter 2
Oppressors Judged
1 Woe to those who dream up wickedness
and prepare evil plans(a) on their beds!
At morning light(b) they accomplish it
because the power is in their hands.(c)
2 They covet fields(d) and seize them;(e)
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,(f)
a person of his inheritance.(g)
3 Therefore, the Lord says:
I am now planning(h) a disaster
against this nation;(i)
you cannot free your necks from it.(j)
Then you will not walk so proudly(k)
because it will be an evil time.(l)
4 In that day one will take up(m) a taunt against you,
and lament mournfully,(n) saying,
"We are totally ruined!(o)
He measures out the allotted land of my people.
How He removes it from me!
He allots our fields(p) to traitors."
5 Therefore, there will be no one
in the assembly of the
Lord
to divide the land by casting lots.[a](q)
God's Word Rejected
6 "Quit your preaching,"(r) they[b] preach.
"They should not preach these things;(s)
shame will not overtake us."[c](t)
7 House of Jacob, should it be asked,
"Is the Spirit of the
Lord
impatient?(u)
Are these the things He does?"
Don't My words bring good(v)
to the one who walks uprightly?(w)
8 But recently My people have risen up
like an enemy:(x)
You strip off the splendid robe(y)
from those who are passing through confidently,(z)
like those returning from war.
9 You force(aa) the women of My people
out of their comfortable homes,
and you take My blessing[d](ab)
from their children forever.
10 Get up and leave,
for this is not your place of rest,(ac)
because defilement(ad) brings destruction—
a grievous destruction!(ae)
11 If a man of wind[e] comes
and invents lies:(af)
"I will preach to you about wine and beer,"(ag)
he would be just the preacher for this people!(ah)
The Remnant Regathered
12 I will indeed gather(ai) all of you, Jacob;
I will collect the remnant of Israel.(aj)
I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,
like a flock in the middle of its fold.
It will be noisy with people.(ak)
13 One who breaks open the way
will advance before them;
they will break out, pass through the gate,
and leave by it.
Their King will pass through before them,
the
Lord
as their leader.
Chapter 3
Unjust Leaders Judged
1 Then I said, "Now listen,(a) leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren't you supposed to know what is just?(b)
2 You hate good and love evil.
You tear off people's skin(c)
and strip their flesh from their bones.
3 You eat the flesh(d) of my people
after you strip their skin from them
and break their bones.
You chop them up(e)
like flesh for the cooking pot,
like meat in a cauldron."
4 Then they will cry out(f) to the
Lord
,
but He will not answer them.
He will hide His face from them at that time(g)
because of the crimes they have committed.
False Prophets Judged
5 This is what the
Lord
says
concerning the prophets
who lead my people astray,(h)
who proclaim(i) peace
when they have food to sink their teeth into
but declare war against the one
who puts nothing in their mouths.
6 Therefore, it will be night(j) for you—
without visions;
it will grow dark for you—
without divination.(k)
The sun will set(l) on these prophets,
and the daylight will turn black over them.
7 Then the seers will be ashamed(m)
and the diviners disappointed.(n)
They will all cover their mouths[a](o)
because there will be no answer from God.(p)
8 As for me, however, I am filled with power(q)
by the Spirit of the
Lord
,
with justice and courage,
to proclaim to Jacob his rebellion
and to Israel his sin.(r)
Zion's Destruction
9 Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob,(s)
you rulers of the house of Israel,
who abhor justice(t)
and pervert everything that is right,
10 who build Zion with bloodshed(u)
and Jerusalem with injustice.
11 Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,(v)
her priests teach for payment,(w)
and her prophets practice divination for money.
Yet they lean on the
Lord
, saying,
"Isn't the
Lord
(x) among us?
No disaster will overtake us."
12 Therefore, because of you,
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become ruins,(y)
and the hill of the temple mount(z)
will be a thicket.(aa)
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