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Daily Bible Reading
September 22 - Old & New Testament
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Isaiah 30,31
Judah Warned against Egyptian Alliance
1 "Woe to the (C1)rebellious children," declares the LORD,
"Who (C2)execute a plan, but not Mine,
And (F1)(C3)make an alliance, but not of My Spirit,
In order to add sin to sin;
2 Who (C1)proceed down to Egypt
Without (C2)consulting (F1)Me,
(C3)To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh,
And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!
3 "Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be (C1)your shame,
And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation.
4 "For (C1)their officials are at Zoan
And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes.
5 "Everyone will be (C1)ashamed because of a people who do not benefit them,
Who are (C2)not a help or benefit, but a source of shame and also disgrace."
6 The pronouncement concerning the (C1)animals of the (C2)Negev: Through a land of (C3)distress and anguish,
From (F1)where come lioness and lion, viper and (C4)flying serpent,
They (C5)carry their riches on the (F2)backs of young donkeys,
And their treasures on (C6)camels' humps,
To a people who will not benefit them;
7 Even Egypt, whose (C1)help is vain and empty.
Therefore, I have called (F1)her
"(F2)(C2)Rahab who has been exterminated."
8 Now go, (C1)write it on a tablet in their presence
And inscribe it on a scroll,
That it may (F1)serve in the time to come
(F2)As a witness forever.
9 For this is a (C1)rebellious people, (C2)false sons,
Sons who (F1)refuse to (C3)listen
To the (F2)instruction of the LORD;
10 Who say to the (C1)seers, "You must not see visions";
And to the prophets, "You must not (C2)prophesy the truth to us.
(C3)Speak to us (F1)pleasant words,
Prophesy illusions.
11 "Get out of the way, (C1)turn aside from the path,
(C2)Stop speaking before us about the Holy One of Israel!"
"(C1)Since you have rejected this word
And have put your trust in (C2)oppression and crookedness, and have relied on them,
13 Therefore this (C1)wrongdoing will be to you
Like a (C2)breach about to fall,
A bulge in a high wall,
Whose collapse comes (C3)suddenly in an instant,
14 Whose collapse is like the smashing of a (C1)potter's jar,
(F1)So ruthlessly shattered
That a shard will not be found among its pieces
To (F2)take fire from a hearth
Or to scoop water from a cistern."
"In (F2)repentance and (C1)rest you will be saved,
In (C2)quietness and trust is your strength."
But you were not willing,
16 And you said, "No, for we will flee on (C1)horses!"
Therefore you shall flee!
"And we will ride on swift horses!"
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
17 (C1)One thousand will flee at the threat of one man;
You will flee at the threat of five,
Until you are left like a signal post on a mountain top,
And like a flag on a hill.
God Is Gracious and Just
18 Therefore the LORD (F1)(C1)longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He (F2)waits on (C2)high to have compassion on you.
For the LORD is a (C3)God of justice;
How blessed are all those who (F3)(C4)long for Him.
19 (F1)For, you people in Zion, (C1)inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will (C2)weep no longer. He will certainly be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will (C3)answer you.20 Although the Lord has given you (C1)bread of deprivation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher, will no longer (C2)hide Himself, but your eyes will see your Teacher.21 Your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the (C1)way, walk in it," whenever you (C2)turn to the right or to the left.22 And you will desecrate your carved (C1)images plated with silver, and your cast metal (C1)images plated with gold. You will scatter them as a filthy thing, and say to ">(F1)them, "(C2)Be gone!"
23 Then He will (C1)give you rain for your seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the yield of the ground, and it will be (F1)rich and (F2)plentiful; on that day (C2)your livestock will graze in a wide pasture.24 Also the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat (F1)seasoned feed, which (F2)has been (C1)winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.25 And on every lofty mountain and (C1)every high hill there will be (F1)streams running with water on the day of the great (C2)slaughter, when the towers fall.26 (C1)And the light of the full moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day (C2)the LORD binds up the (C3)fracture of His people and (C4)heals the wound (F1)He has inflicted.
27 Behold, (C1)the name of the LORD comes from a (F1)remote place;
(C2)His anger is burning and (F2)dense with (F3)smoke;
His lips are filled with (C3)indignation,
And His tongue is like a (C4)consuming fire;
28 His (C1)breath is like an overflowing river,
Which (C2)reaches to the neck,
To (C3)shake the nations back and forth in a (F1)sieve,
And to put in the jaws of the peoples (C4)the bridle which leads astray.
29 You will have (F1)songs as in the night when you keep the festival,
And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute,
To go to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
30 And the LORD will cause (F1)His voice of authority to be heard,
And the (F2)descending of His arm to be seen in fierce anger,
And in the flame of a consuming fire
In cloudburst, downpour, and hailstones.
31 For (C1)at the voice of the LORD (C2)Assyria will be terrified,
When He strikes with the (C3)rod.
32 And every (F1)blow of the (F2)(C1)rod of punishment,
Which the LORD will lay on him,
Will be with the music of (C2)tambourines and lyres;
And in battles, (C3)brandishing weapons, He will fight them.
33 For (F1)(C1)Topheth has long been ready,
Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.
He has made it deep and large,
(F2)A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;
The (C2)breath of the LORD, like a torrent of (C3)brimstone, sets it afire.
Help Not in Egypt but in God
1 Woe to those who go down to (C1)Egypt for help
And (C2)rely on horses,
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not (C3)look to the (C4)Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!
2 Yet He also is (C1)wise and will (C2)bring disaster,
And does (C3)not retract His words,
But will arise against the house of (C4)evildoers,
And against the help of the (C5)workers of injustice.
3 Now the Egyptians are (C1)human and not God,
And their (C2)horses are flesh and not spirit;
So the LORD will (C3)stretch out His hand,
And any (C4)helper will stumble,
And one who is helped will fall.
And all of them will come to an end together.
4 For this is what the LORD says to me:
"As the (C1)lion or the young lion growls over his prey,
Against which a band of shepherds is called out,
And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise,
So will the LORD of armies come down to wage (C2)war on Mount Zion and on its hill."
5 Like (F1)flying (C1)birds so the LORD of armies will protect Jerusalem.
He will (C2)protect and save it;
He will pass over and rescue it.
6 (C1)Return to Him against whom (F1)you have been (C2)profoundly obstinate, you sons of Israel.7 For on that day every person will (C1)reject his silver idols and his gold idols, which your hands have made for you as (C2)a sin.
8 And the (C1)Assyrian will fall by a sword not wielded by a man,
And a (C2)sword not of man will devour him.
So he will (F1)(C3)not escape the sword,
And his young men will become (C4)forced laborers.
9 "His (C1)rock will pass away because of panic,
And his officers will be terrified by the (C2)flag,"
Declares the LORD, whose (C3)fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.
Romans 2
Chapter 2
The Impartiality of God
1 Therefore you have (C1)no excuse, (F1)you foolish person, (C2)everyone of you who passes judgment; for (F2)in that matter in which (C3)you judge someone else, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things.2 And we know that the judgment of God (F1)rightly falls upon those who practice such things.3 But do you suppose this, (F1)(C1)you foolish person who passes judgment on those who practice such things, and yet does them as well, that you will escape the judgment of God?4 Or do you think lightly of (C1)the riches of His (C2)kindness and (F1)(C3)restraint and (C4)patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?5 But (F1)because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart (C1)you are storing up wrath for yourself (C2)on the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,6 (C1)who WILL REPAY EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS:7 to those who by (C1)perseverance in doing good seek (C2)glory, honor, and (C3)immortality, He will give (C4)eternal life;8 but to those who are (C1)self-serving and (C2)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, He will give wrath and indignation.9 There will be (C1)tribulation and distress (F1)for every soul of mankind who does evil, (F2)for the Jew (C2)first and also (F2)for the Greek,10 but (C1)glory, honor, and peace to everyone who does what is good, to the Jew (C2)first and also to the Greek.11 For (C1)there is no partiality with God.
12 For all who have sinned (F1)(C1)without the Law will also perish (F1)without the Law, and all who have sinned (F2)under the Law will be judged (F3)by the Law;13 for it is (C1)not the hearers (F1)of the Law who are (F2)righteous before God, but the doers (F1)of the Law who will be justified.14 For when Gentiles who do not have (F1)the Law (F2)(C1)instinctively perform the requirements of the Law, these, though not having (F1)the Law, are a law to themselves,15 in that they show (C1)the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them,16 on the day when, (C1)according to my gospel, (C2)God will judge the secrets of mankind through Christ Jesus.
The Jews under the Law
17 But if you call yourself a (F1)Jew and (C1)rely (F2)upon the Law and boast in God,18 and know His will and (F1)(C1)distinguish the things that matter, being instructed from the Law,19 and are confident that you yourself are a guide to people who are blind, a light to those in darkness,20 a (F1)corrector of the foolish, a teacher of (F2)the immature, possessing in the Law (C1)the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth—21 you, therefore, (C1)who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who (F1)preach that one is not to steal, do you steal?22 You who say that one is not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who loathe idols, do you (C1)rob temples?23 You who (C1)boast (F1)in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?24 For "(C1)THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES (C2)BECAUSE OF YOU," just as it is written.
25 For indeed circumcision is of value if you (C1)practice (F1)the Law; but if you are a violator (F2)of the Law, (C2)your circumcision has turned into uncircumcision.26 (C1)So if (C2)the (F1)uncircumcised man (C3)keeps the requirements of the Law, will his uncircumcision not be regarded as circumcision?27 And (C1)he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not (C2)judge you who (F1)though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a violator (F2)of the Law?28 For (C1)he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh.29 But (C1)he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and (C2)circumcision is of the heart, by the (C3)Spirit, not by the letter; (C4)and his praise is not from people, but from God.
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