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October 13 - Old & New Testament
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Micah 6,7
God's Indictment of His People
1 Hear now what the LORD is saying,
"Arise, plead your case (F1)before the mountains,
And let the hills hear your voice.
2 "Listen, you mountains, to the indictment by the LORD,
And you enduring (C1)foundations of the earth,
Because the (C2)LORD has a case against His people;
And He will dispute with Israel.
3 "(C1)My people, (C2)what have I done to you,
And (C3)how have I wearied you? Answer Me.
4 "Indeed, I (C1)brought you up from the land of Egypt,
I (C2)redeemed you from the house of slavery,
And I sent before you (C3)Moses, Aaron, and (C4)Miriam.
5 "My people, remember now
What (C1)Balak king of Moab planned
And what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
And what happened from (C2)Shittim to (C3)Gilgal,
(F1)So that you might know the (C4)righteous acts of the LORD."
What God Requires of Mankind
6 (C1)With what shall I come to the LORD
And bow myself before the God on high?
Shall I come to Him with (C2)burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?
7 Does the LORD take pleasure in (C1)thousands of rams,
In ten thousand rivers of (F1)oil?
Shall I give Him my (C2)firstborn for my wrongdoings,
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He has (C1)told you, mortal one, what is good;
And (C2)what does the LORD require of you
But to (C3)do justice, to (C4)love (F1)kindness,
And to walk (F2)(C5)humbly with your God?
9 The voice of the LORD will call to the city—
And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name:
"(F1)Hear, you tribe. Who has designated (F2)its time?
10 "Is there still a person in the wicked house,
Along with treasures of (C1)wickedness,
And a (F1)(C2)short measure that is cursed?
11 "Can I justify dishonest (C1)balances,
And a bag of fraudulent weights?
12 "For the rich people of (F1)the city are full of (C1)violence,
Her residents speak (C2)lies,
And their (C3)tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 "So also I will make you (C1)sick, striking you down,
(C2)Making you desolate because of your sins.
14 "You will eat, but you will (C1)not be satisfied,
And your filth will be in your midst.
You will try to remove valuables for safekeeping,
But you will (C2)not save it all,
And what you do save I will turn over to the sword.
15 "You will sow but you will (C1)not harvest.
You will tread the olive press but will not anoint yourself with oil;
And tread out sweet wine, but you will (C2)not drink any wine.
16 "The statutes of (C1)Omri
And every work of the house of (C2)Ahab are maintained,
And you (C3)walk by their plans.
Therefore I will give you up for (C4)destruction,
And (F1)your inhabitants for (F2)(C5)derision,
And you will suffer the (C6)taunting of My people."
The Prophet Acknowledges Injustice
1 Woe to me! For I am
Like harvests of summer fruit, like gleanings of (C1)grapes.
There is not a cluster of grapes left to eat,
Nor an (C2)early fig, which (F1)I crave.
2 The (F1)godly person has (C1)perished from the land,
And there is no upright person among mankind.
All of them lie in wait for (C2)bloodshed;
Each of them hunts the other with a (C3)net.
3 As for evil, both hands do it (C1)well.
The leader asks for a (C2)bribe, also the judge,
And the great one speaks the capricious desire of his soul;
So they plot it together.
4 The best of them is like a (C1)thorn bush,
The most upright like a (C2)thorn hedge.
The day (F1)when you post your watchmen,
Your (C3)punishment is coming.
Then their (C4)confusion will occur.
5 Do not (C1)trust in a neighbor;
Do not have confidence in a close friend.
Guard (F1)your lips
From her who lies (F2)in your arms.
6 For (C1)son disavows father,
Daughter rises up against her mother,
Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
(C2)A person's enemies are the people of his own household.
God Is the Source of Salvation and Light
7 But as for me, I will (C1)be on the watch for the LORD;
I will (C2)wait for the God of my salvation.
My (C3)God will hear me.
8 (C1)Do not rejoice over me, (C2)enemy of mine.
Though I fall I will (C3)rise;
Though I live in darkness, the LORD is a (C4)light for me.
9 I will endure the rage of the LORD
Because I have sinned against Him,
Until He (C1)pleads my case and executes justice for me.
He will bring me out to the (C2)light,
And I will look at His (F1)(C3)righteousness.
10 Then my enemy will see,
And shame will cover her who (C1)said to me,
"Where is the LORD your God?"
My eyes will look at her;
(F1)At that time she will (F2)be (C2)trampled down
Like mud of the streets.
11 It will be a day for (C1)building your walls.
On that day your boundary will be extended.
12 It will be a day when (F1)they will (C1)come to you
From Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
From Egypt even to the Euphrates River,
Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.
13 And the earth will become a (C1)wasteland because of her inhabitants,
On account of the (C2)fruit of their deeds.
14 (C1)Shepherd Your people with Your (C2)scepter,
The flock of Your (F1)possession
Which lives by itself in the woodland,
In the midst of (F2)a fruitful field.
Let them feed in (C3)Bashan and Gilead
(C4)As in the days of old.
15 "As in the days when you went out from the land of Egypt,
I will show (F1)(C1)you miracles."
16 Nations (C1)will see and be ashamed
Of all their might.
They will (C2)put their hand on their mouth,
Their ears will be deaf.
17 They will (C1)lick up dust like a snake,
Like (F1)(C2)reptiles of the earth.
They will come (C3)trembling out of their (F2)fortresses;
To the LORD our God they will come in (C4)trepidation,
And they will be afraid of You.
18 Who is a God like You, who (C1)pardons wrongdoing
And passes over a rebellious act of the (C2)remnant of His (F1)possession?
He does not (C3)retain His anger forever,
Because He (C4)delights in mercy.
19 He will again take pity on us;
(C1)He will trample on our wrongdoings.
Yes, You will (C2)cast all (F1)their sins
Into the depths of the sea.
20 You will give (F1)(C1)truth to Jacob
And favor to Abraham,
Which You (C2)swore to our forefathers
From the days of old.
Acts 22
Chapter 22
Paul's Defense before the Jews
1 "(F1)(C1)Brothers and fathers, hear my defense which I now offer to you."
2 And when they heard that he was addressing them in the (F1)(C1)Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he (*)said,
3 "(C1)I am (C2)a Jew, born in (C3)Tarsus of (C4)Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated (F1)under (C5)Gamaliel, (F2)(C6)strictly according to the Law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as (C7)you all are today.4 "(C1)I persecuted this (C2)Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons,5 as also (C1)the high priest and all (C2)the Council of the elders (F1)can testify. From them I also (C3)received letters to (C4)the brothers, and started off for (C3)Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem (F2)as prisoners to be punished.
6 "(C1)But it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus at about noon, a very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me,7 and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'8 "And I answered, 'Who are You, Lord?' And He said to me, 'I am (C1)Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.'9 "And those who were with me (C1)saw the light, but (C2)did not (F1)understand the voice of the One who was speaking to me.10 "And I said, '(C1)What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told about everything that has been appointed for you to do.'11 "But since I (C1)could not see because of the (F1)brightness of that light, I came into Damascus being led by the hand by those who were with me.
12 "Now a certain (C1)Ananias, a man who was devout by the standard of the Law and (C2)well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,13 came to me, and standing nearby he said to me, '(C1)Brother Saul, receive your sight!' And (F1)(C2)at that very moment I looked up at him.14 "And he said, '(C1)The God of our fathers has (C2)appointed you to know His will and to (C3)see the (C4)Righteous One and to hear a (F1)message from His mouth.15 'For you will be (C1)a witness for Him to all people of (C2)what you have seen and heard.16 'Now why do you delay? (C1)Get up and be baptized, and (C2)wash away your sins by (C3)calling on His name.'
17 "It happened when I (C1)returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I (C2)fell into a trance,18 and I saw Him saying to me, '(C1)Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.'19 "And I said, 'Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another (C1)I used to imprison and (C2)beat those who believed in You.20 'And (C1)when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing nearby and approving, and watching over the cloaks of those who were killing him.'21 "And He said to me, 'Go! For I will send you far away (C1)to the Gentiles.'"
22 They listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, "(C1)Away with such a man from the earth, for (C2)he should not be allowed to live!"23 And as they were shouting and (C1)throwing off their cloaks and (C2)tossing dust into the air,24 the commander ordered that he be brought into (C1)the barracks, saying that he was to be (C2)interrogated by flogging so that he would find out the reason why they were shouting against him that way.25 But when they stretched him out (F1)with straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, "Is it (F2)lawful for you to flog (C1)a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?"26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and told him, saying, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman."27 The commander came and said to (F1)Paul, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" And he said, "Yes."28 The commander answered, "I acquired this citizenship for a large sum of money." And Paul said, "But I was actually born a citizen."29 Therefore, those who were about to (C1)interrogate him immediately backed away from him; and the commander also (C2)was afraid when he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had (F1)(C3)put him in chains.
30 Now on the next day, (C1)wanting to know for certain why Paul had been accused by the Jews, he (C2)released him and ordered the chief priests and all (C3)the (F1)Council to assemble, and he brought Paul down and placed him before them.
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