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Daily Bible Reading
October 2 - Old & New Testament
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Isaiah 53,54,55
1 Who has believed what we have heard?[a]
And who has the arm of the
Lord
(a) been revealed to?(b)
2 He grew up before Him like a young plant(c)
and like a root out of dry ground.
He didn't have an impressive form
or majesty that we should look at Him,
no appearance that we should desire Him.(d)
3 He was despised and rejected by men,(e)
a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.(f)
He was like someone people turned away from;[b]
He was despised, and we didn't value Him.
4 Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses,
and He carried our pains;(g)
but we in turn regarded Him stricken,
struck down by God,(h) and afflicted.
5 But He was pierced because of our transgressions,(i)
crushed because of our iniquities;(j)
punishment(k) for our peace was on Him,
and we are healed by His wounds.(l)
6 We all went astray like sheep;(m)
we all have turned to our own way;
and the
Lord
has punished Him
for[c] the iniquity(n) of us all.(o)
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet He did not open His mouth.
Like a lamb led to the slaughter
and like a sheep silent before her shearers,
He did not open His mouth.(p)
8 He was taken away because of oppression and judgment;
and who considered His fate?[d]
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
He was struck because of my people's rebellion.
9 They[e] made His grave with the wicked
and with a rich man at His death,(q)
although He had done no violence
and had not spoken deceitfully.(r)
10 Yet the
Lord
was pleased(s) to crush Him severely.[f](t)
When[g] You make Him a restitution offering,(u)
He will see His seed, He will prolong His days,
and by His hand, the
Lord
's pleasure will be accomplished.(v)
11 He will see it[h] out of His anguish,
and He will be satisfied with His knowledge.
My righteous(w) Servant(x) will justify many,(y)
and He will carry their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give Him[i] the many as a portion,
and He will receive[j] the mighty as spoil,
because He submitted Himself to death,(z)
and was counted among the rebels;(aa)
yet He bore the sin of many(ab)
and interceded for the rebels.(ac)
Future Glory for Israel
1 "Rejoice, childless one, who did not give birth;
burst into song and shout,
you who have not been in labor!(a)
For the children of the forsaken one will be more
than the children of the married woman,"(b)
says the
Lord
.
2 "Enlarge the site of your tent,
and let your tent curtains be stretched out;(c)
do not hold back;
lengthen your ropes,
and drive your pegs deep.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left,(d)
and your descendants will dispossess nations
and inhabit the desolate cities.
4 "Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame;(e)
don't be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced.
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
and you will no longer remember
the disgrace of your widowhood.(f)
5 Indeed, your husband is your Maker(g)—
His name is Yahweh of Hosts—
and the Holy One of Israel(h) is your Redeemer;(i)
He is called the God of all the earth.
6 For the
Lord
has called you,
like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit,(j)
a wife of one's youth(k) when she is rejected,"
says your God.
7 "I deserted you for a brief moment,(l)
but I will take you back with great compassion.
8 In a surge of anger
I hid My face(m) from you for a moment,
but I will have compassion on you
with everlasting love,"(n)
says the
Lord
your Redeemer.
9 "For this is like the days[a] of Noah to Me:
when I swore that the waters of Noah
would never flood the earth again,(o)
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
or rebuke you.(p)
10 Though the mountains move
and the hills shake,
My love will not be removed from you
and My covenant of peace(q) will not be shaken,"
says your compassionate
Lord
.
11 "Poor Jerusalem, storm-tossed, and not comforted,
I will set your stones in black mortar,[b]
and lay your foundations in sapphires.[c](r)
12 I will make your fortifications[d] out of rubies,
your gates out of sparkling stones,
and all your walls out of precious stones.
13 Then all your children will be taught by the
Lord
,(s)
their prosperity will be great,
14 and you will be established
on a foundation of righteousness.
You will be far from oppression,
you will certainly not be afraid;
you will be far from terror,
it will certainly not come near you.
15 If anyone attacks you,
it is not from Me;
whoever attacks you
will fall before you.
16 Look, I have created the craftsman
who blows on the charcoal fire
and produces a weapon suitable for its task;
and I have created the destroyer to cause havoc.
17 No weapon formed against you will succeed,
and you will refute any accusation[e]
raised against you in court.
This is the heritage of the
Lord
's servants,(t)
and their righteousness is from Me."(u)
This is the
Lord
's declaration.
Come to the Lord
1 "Come, everyone who is thirsty,(a)
come to the waters;
and you without money,
come, buy, and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost!
2 Why do you spend money on what is not food,
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.[a]
3 Pay attention and come to Me;
listen, so that you will live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,(b)
the promises assured to David.(c)
4 Since I have made him a witness to the peoples,(d)
a leader and commander for the peoples,(e)
5 so you will summon a nation you do not know,(f)
and nations who do not know you will run to you.(g)
For the
Lord
your God,
even the Holy One of Israel,(h)
has glorified you."(i)
6 Seek the
Lord
while He may be found;
call to Him while He is near.(j)
7 Let the wicked one abandon his way
and the sinful one his thoughts;(k)
let him return to the
Lord
,
so He may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for He will freely forgive.(l)
8 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
and your ways are not My ways."
This is the
Lord
's declaration.
9 "For as heaven is higher than earth,(m)
so My ways are higher than your ways,
and My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven
and do not return there
without saturating the earth
and making it germinate and sprout,
and providing seed to sow
and food to eat,(n)
11 so My word that comes from My mouth
will not return to Me empty,
but it will accomplish what I please
and will prosper in what I send it to do."(o)
12 You will indeed go out with joy
and be peacefully guided;
the mountains and the hills will break into singing before you,
and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.(p)
13 Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will come up,
and instead of the brier, a myrtle will come up;(q)
it will make a name for Yahweh(r)
as an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed.
Romans 10
Chapter 10
Righteousness by Faith Alone
1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God concerning them[a] is for their salvation! 2 I can testify about them that they have zeal for God,(a) but not according to knowledge. 3 Because they disregarded the righteousness from God(b) and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God's righteousness. 4 For Christ is the end[b] of the law for righteousness(c) to everyone who believes.(d) 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is from the law: The one who does these things will live by them. (e)[c] 6 But the righteousness that comes from faith(f) speaks like this: Do not say in your heart, "Who will go up to heaven?" (g)[d] that is, to bring Christ down 7 or, "Who will go down into the abyss?" (h)[e] that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.(i) 8 On the contrary, what does it say? The message is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. (j)[f] This is the message of faith that we proclaim: 9 If you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord,"(k) and believe in your heart(l) that God raised Him from the dead,(m) you will be saved. 10 One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation. 11 Now the Scripture says, Everyone who believes on Him will not be put to shame, (n)[g] 12 for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek,(o) since the same Lord(p) of all(q) is rich to all who call on Him. 13 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. (r)[h]
Israel's Rejection of the Message
14 But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him?(s) And how can they hear without a preacher?(t) 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful [i] are the feet of those [j] who announce the gospel of good things! (u)[k] 16 But all did not obey the gospel.(v) For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our message? (w)[l] 17 So faith comes from what is heard,(x) and what is heard comes through the message about Christ.[m](y) 18 But I ask, "Did they not hear?" Yes, they did:
Their voice has gone out to all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.
(z)[n]
19 But I ask, "Did Israel not understand?" First, Moses said:
I will make you jealous
of those who are not a nation;
(aa)
I will make you angry by a nation
that lacks understanding.
(ab)[o]
20 And Isaiah says boldly:
I was found
by those who were not looking for Me;
I revealed Myself
to those who were not asking for Me.
(ac)[p]
21 But to Israel he says: All day long I have spread out My hands to a disobedient and defiant people. (ad)[q]
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