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October 28 - Bible-in-a-Year
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Isaiah 27-28
Chapter 27
Leviathan Slain
1 On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan,(a) the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.(b)
The Lord's Vineyard
2 On that day
sing about a desirable vineyard:(c)
3 I, Yahweh, watch over it;
I water it regularly.
I guard it night and day
so that no one disturbs it.
4 I am not angry,
but if it produces thorns and briers(d) for Me,
I will fight against it, trample it,
and burn it to the ground.
5 Or let it take hold of My strength;
let it make peace with Me—
make peace with Me.
6 In days to come, Jacob will take root.(e)
Israel will blossom and bloom(f)
and fill the whole world with fruit.
7 Did the
Lord
strike Israel
as He struck the one who struck Israel?(g)
Was he killed like those killed by Him?
8 You disputed with her
by banishing and driving her away.[a]
He removed her with His severe storm
on the day of the east wind.
9 Therefore Jacob's iniquity(h) will be purged in this way,
and the result of the removal of his sin will be this:(i)
when he makes all the altar stones
like crushed bits of chalk,
no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
10 For the fortified city will be deserted,
pastures abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness.
Calves will graze there,
and there they will spread out and strip its branches.
11 When its branches dry out, they will be broken off.
Women will come and make fires with them,
for they are not a people with understanding.(j)
Therefore their Maker(k) will not have compassion on them,
and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
12 On that day(l)
the
Lord
will thresh grain from the Euphrates River
as far as the Wadi of Egypt,(m)
and you Israelites will be gathered one by one.
13 On that day
a great trumpet(n) will be blown,
and those lost in the land of Assyria will come,
as well as those dispersed in the land of Egypt;
and they will worship the
Lord
at Jerusalem on the holy mountain.
Chapter 28
Woe to Samaria
1 Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim's drunkards,(a)
and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendor,
which is on the summit above the rich valley.
Woe to those overcome with wine.
2 Look, the Lord has a strong and mighty one(b)—
like a devastating hail storm,
like a storm with strong flooding waters.
He will bring it across the land with His hand.
3 The majestic crown of Ephraim's drunkards
will be trampled underfoot.
4 The fading flower of his beautiful splendor,
which is on the summit above the rich valley,
will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest.(c)
Whoever sees it will swallow it
while it is still in his hand.
5 On that day
the
Lord
of Hosts will become a crown of beauty
and a diadem of splendor(d)
to the remnant of His people,
6 a spirit of justice
to the one who sits in judgment,(e)
and strength
to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
7 These also stagger because of wine
and stumble under the influence of beer:
priest and prophet stagger because of beer,
they are confused by wine.(f)
They stumble because of beer,
they are muddled in their visions,
they stumble in their judgments.
8 Indeed, all their tables are covered with vomit;
there is no place without a stench.
9 Who is he[a] trying to teach?
Who is he[b] trying to instruct?
Infants[c] just weaned from milk?
Babies[d] removed from the breast?
10 For he says: "Law after law, law after law,
line after line, line after line,
a little here, a little there."[e][f]
11 So He will speak to this people
with stammering speech
and in a foreign language.(g)
12 He had said to them:
"This is the place of rest,
let the weary rest;(h)
this is the place of repose."
But they would not listen.
13 Then the word of the
Lord
came to them:
"Law after law, law after law,
line after line, line after line,
a little here, a little there,"[g][h]
so they go stumbling backward,
to be broken, trapped, and captured.(i)
A Deal with Death
14 Therefore hear the word of the
Lord
,(j) you mockers(k)
who rule this people in Jerusalem.
15 For you said, "We have cut a deal with Death,
and we have made an agreement with Sheol;
when the overwhelming scourge passes through,(l)
it will not touch us,
because we have made falsehood our refuge
and have hidden behind treachery."
16 Therefore the Lord
God
said:
"Look, I have laid a stone(m) in Zion,
a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;(n)
the one who believes will be unshakable.[i](o)
17 And I will make justice the measuring line
and righteousness the mason's level."(p)
Hail will sweep away the false refuge,
and water will flood your hiding place.
18 Your deal with Death will be dissolved,
and your agreement with Sheol will not last.
When the overwhelming scourge passes through,
you will be trampled.
19 Every time it passes through,
it will carry you away;
it will pass through every morning—
every day and every night.
Only terror(q) will cause you
to understand the message.[j]
20 Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on,
and its cover too small to wrap up in.
21 For the
Lord
will rise up as He did at Mount Perazim.(r)
He will rise in wrath, as at the Valley of Gibeon,(s)
to do His work, His strange work,
and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
22 So now, do not mock,
or your shackles will become stronger.
Indeed, I have heard from the Lord
God
of Hosts
a decree of destruction for the whole land.(t)
God's Wonderful Advice
23 Listen and hear my voice.
Pay attention and hear what I say.
24 Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed?
Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?
25 When he has leveled its surface,
does he not then scatter black cumin and sow cumin?
He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots,
with spelt as their border.
26 His God teaches him order;
He instructs him.
27 Certainly black cumin is not threshed
with a threshing board,
and a cart wheel is not rolled over the cumin.
But black cumin is beaten out with a stick,
and cumin with a rod.
28 Bread grain is crushed,
but is not threshed endlessly.
Though the wheel of the farmer's cart rumbles,
his horses do not crush it.
29 This also comes from the
Lord
of Hosts.
He gives wonderful advice;
He gives great wisdom.(u)
Psalms 118
Chapter 118
Psalm 118
Thanksgiving for Victory
1 Give thanks to the
Lord
, for He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.(a)
2 Let Israel say,
"His faithful love endures forever."(b)
3 Let the house of Aaron say,
"His faithful love endures forever."(c)
4 Let those who fear the
Lord
say,
"His faithful love endures forever."(d)
5 I called to the
Lord
in distress;(e)
the
Lord
answered me
and put me in a spacious place.[a](f)
6 The
Lord
is for me; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?(g)
7 The
Lord
is my helper,
Therefore, I will look in triumph on those who hate me.(h)
8 It is better to take refuge in the
Lord
than to trust in man.(i)
9 It is better to take refuge in the
Lord
than to trust in nobles.(j)
10 All the nations surrounded me;
in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.(k)
11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me;
in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.(l)
12 They surrounded me like bees;(m)
they were extinguished like a fire among thorns;
in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.(n)
13 You[b] pushed me[c] hard to make me fall,
but the
Lord
helped me.(o)
14 The
Lord
is my strength and my song;
He has become my salvation.(p)
15 There are shouts of joy and victory
in the tents of the righteous:
"The
Lord
's right hand performs valiantly!(q)
16 The
Lord
's right hand is raised.
The
Lord
's right hand performs valiantly!"(r)
17 I will not die, but I will live
and proclaim what the
Lord
has done.(s)
18 The
Lord
disciplined me severely
but did not give me over to death.(t)
19 Open the gates of righteousness for me;
I will enter through them
and give thanks to the
Lord
.(u)
20 This is the gate of the
Lord
;
the righteous will enter through it.(v)
21 I will give thanks to You
because You have answered me
and have become my salvation.(w)
22 The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.(x)
23 This came from the
Lord
;
it is wonderful in our eyes.(y)
24 This is the day the
Lord
has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.(z)
25
Lord
, save us!
Lord
, please grant us success!(aa)
26 He who comes in the name
of the
Lord
is blessed.(ab)
From the house of the
Lord
we bless you.(ac)
27 The
Lord
is God and has given us light.
Bind the festival sacrifice with cords
to the horns of the altar.(ad)
28 You are my God, and I will give You thanks.
You are my God; I will exalt You.(ae)
29 Give thanks to the
Lord
, for He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.(af)
2 Thessalonians 2
Chapter 2
The Man of Lawlessness
1 Now concerning the coming(a) of our Lord(b) Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him: We ask you, brothers, 2 not to be easily upset in mind or troubled, either by a spirit(c) or by a message or by a letter as if from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord[a](d) has come.(e) 3 Don't let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy[b] comes first and the man of lawlessness[c] is revealed, the son of destruction. 4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god(f) or object of worship,(g) so that he sits[d] in God's sanctuary,[e] publicizing that he himself is God.
5 Don't you remember that when I was still with you I told you about this? 6 And you know what currently restrains him, so that he will be revealed in his time.(h) 7 For the mystery of lawlessness(i) is already at work, but the one now restraining will do so until he is out of the way, 8 and then the lawless one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of His mouth(j) and will bring him to nothing with the brightness of His coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan's working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,(k) 10 and with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be saved.(l) 11 For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe what is false, 12 so that all will be condemned(m)—those who did not believe(n) the truth but enjoyed unrighteousness.
Stand Firm
13 But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning[f] God has chosen(o) you for salvation through sanctification(p) by the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 14 He called you to this through our gospel, so that you might obtain the glory(q) of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brothers, stand firm(r) and hold to the traditions you were taught,(s) either by our message or by our letter.
16 May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved(t) us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace, 17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good work and word.
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