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Nehemiah 1-2
Chapter 1
Nehemiah's Grief for the Exiles
1 The words of (C1)Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah.
4 Now when I heard these words, (C1)I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before (C2)the God of heaven.5 I said, "Please, LORD God of heaven, (C1)the great and awesome God, (C2)who keeps the covenant and faithfulness for those who love Him and keep His commandments:6 (C1)let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open, to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You now, day and night, on behalf of the sons of Israel Your servants, (C2)confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have committed against You; (C3)I and my father's house have sinned.7 "(C1)We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances (C2)which You commanded Your servant Moses.8 "Remember, please, the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, '(C1)If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples;9 (C1)but if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though those of you who have been scattered were in the most remote part of the heavens, I (C2)will gather them from there and bring them (C3)to the place where I have chosen to have My name dwell.'10 "(C1)They are Your servants and Your people whom You redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand.
11 "Please, Lord, (C1)may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to (F1)revere Your name, and please make Your servant successful today and grant him mercy before this man."
Chapter 2
Nehemiah's Prayer Answered
1 And it came about in the month Nisan, (C1)in the twentieth year of King (C2)Artaxerxes, that wine was before him, and (C3)I picked up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.2 So the king said to me, "Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? (C1)This is nothing but sadness of heart." Then I was very much afraid.3 And I said to the king, "(C1)May the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad (C2)when the city, the (F1)site of my fathers' tombs, is desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?"4 Then the king said to me, "(F1)What would you request?" (C1)So I prayed to the God of heaven.5 Then I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor before you, I request that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may rebuild it."6 Then the king said to me, with the queen sitting beside him, "How long will your journey be, and when will you return?" So it pleased the king to send me, and (C1)I gave him a definite time.7 And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, let letters be given me (C1)for the governors of the provinces beyond the River, so that they will allow me to pass through until I come to Judah,8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's (C1)forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of (C2)the citadel which is by the (F1)temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house to which I will go." And the king granted them to me because (C3)the good hand of my God was on me.
9 Then I came to (C1)the governors of the provinces beyond the Euphrates River and gave them the king's letters. Now (C2)the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.10 And when (C1)Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite (F1)official heard about it, it was very displeasing to them that someone had come to seek the welfare of the sons of Israel.
Nehemiah Inspects Jerusalem's Walls
11 So I (C1)came to Jerusalem and was there for three days.12 And I got up in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God was putting into my (F1)mind to do for Jerusalem, and there was no animal with me except the animal on which I was riding.13 So I went out at night by (C1)the Valley Gate in the direction of the Dragon's Spring and on to the Dung Gate, and I was inspecting the walls of Jerusalem (C2)which were broken down and its (C3)gates which had been consumed by fire.14 Then I passed on to (C1)the Fountain Gate and (C2)the King's Pool, but there was no place for (F1)my mount to pass.15 So I was going up at night by the (C1)ravine and inspecting the wall. Then I entered the Valley Gate again and returned.16 However, the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing; nor had I as yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or the rest who were doing the work.
17 Then I said to them, "You see the bad situation we are in, that (C1)Jerusalem is desolate and its gates have been burned by fire. Come, let's rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no longer be a disgrace."18 And I told them how the hand of my God had been favorable to me and also about the king's words which he had spoken to me. Then they said, "Let's arise and build." (C1)So they put their hands to the good work.19 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite (F1)official, and (C1)Geshem the Arab heard about it, (C2)they mocked us and despised us, and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? (C1)Are you rebelling against the king?"20 So I answered them and said to them, "(C1)The God of heaven will make us successful; therefore we His servants will arise and build, (C2)but you have no part, right, or memorial in Jerusalem."
Psalms 96
Chapter 96
A Call to Worship the LORD the Righteous Judge.
1 (C1)Sing to the LORD a (C2)new song;
Sing to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Sing to the LORD, bless His name;
(C1)Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.
3 Tell of (C1)His glory among the nations,
His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.
4 For (C1)great is the LORD, and (C2)greatly to be praised;
He is to be (C3)feared (C4)above all gods.
5 For (C1)all the gods of the peoples are (F1)idols,
But (C2)the LORD made the heavens.
6 (C1)Splendor and majesty are before Him,
Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.
7 (F1)Ascribe to the LORD, you (C1)families of the peoples,
(F1)(C2)Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
8 (F1)Ascribe to the LORD the (C1)glory of His name;
Bring an (F2)(C2)offering and come into His courtyards.
9 (C1)Worship the LORD in (F1)holy attire;
(C2)Tremble before Him, all the earth.
10 Say among the nations, "(C1)The LORD reigns;
Indeed, the (C1)world is firmly established, it will not be moved;
He will (C2)judge the peoples fairly."
11 May the (C1)heavens be joyful, and may the (C2)earth rejoice;
May (C3)the sea (F1)roar, and (F2)all it contains;
12 May the (C1)field be jubilant, and all that is in it.
Then all the (C2)trees of the forest will sing for joy
13 Before the LORD, (C1)for He is coming,
For He is coming to judge the earth.
(C2)He will judge the world in righteousness,
And the peoples in His faithfulness.
Revelation 1
Chapter 1
The Revelation of Jesus Christ
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which (C1)God gave Him to (C2)show to His bond-servants, (C3)the things which must soon take place; and He sent and (F1)communicated it (C4)by His angel to His bond-servant (C5)John,2 who testified to (C1)the word of God and to (C2)the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw.3 (C1)Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and (F1)keep the things which are written in it; (C2)for the time is near.
Message to the Seven Churches
4 (C1)John to (C2)the seven churches that are in (C3)Asia: (C4)Grace to you and peace from (C5)Him who is, and who was, and who (F1)is to come, and from (C6)the (F2)seven spirits who are before His throne,5 and from Jesus Christ, (C1)the faithful witness, the (C2)firstborn of the dead, and the (C3)ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who (C4)loves us and released us from our sins by His blood—6 and He made us into a (C1)kingdom, (C1)priests to (F1)(C2)His God and Father—(C3)to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.7 (C1)BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and (C2)every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will (C3)mourn over Him. (F1)So it is to be. Amen.
8 "I am (C1)the Alpha and the Omega," says the (C2)Lord God, "(C3)who is and who was and who (F1)is to come, the Almighty."
The Patmos Vision
9 (C1)I, John, your (C2)brother and (C3)fellow participant in the tribulation and (C4)kingdom and (F1)(C5)perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos (C6)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.10 I was (C1)in the (F1)Spirit on (C2)the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice (C3)like the sound of a trumpet,11 saying, "(C1)Write (F1)on a scroll what you see, and send it to the (C2)seven churches: to (C3)Ephesus, (C4)Smyrna, (C5)Pergamum, (C6)Thyatira, (C7)Sardis, (C8)Philadelphia, and (C9)Laodicea."
12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw (C1)seven golden lampstands;13 and (C1)in the middle of the lampstands I saw one (C2)like (F1)a son of man, (C3)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and (C4)wrapped around the chest with a golden sash.14 His head and His (C1)hair were white like white wool, like snow; and (C2)His eyes were like a flame of fire.15 His (C1)feet were like (F1)burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His (C2)voice was like the sound of many waters.16 In His right hand He held (C1)seven stars, and out of His mouth came a (C2)sharp two-edged sword; and His (C3)face was like (C4)the sun (F1)shining in its strength.
17 When I saw Him, I (C1)fell at His feet like a dead man. And He (C2)placed His right hand on me, saying, "(C3)Do not be afraid; (C4)I am the first and the last,18 and the (C1)living One; and I (F1)(C2)was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have (C3)the keys of death and of Hades.19 "Therefore (C1)write (C2)the things which you have seen, (F1)and the things which are, and the things which will take place (C3)after these things.20 "As for the (C1)mystery of the (C2)seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the (C3)seven golden lampstands: the (C2)seven stars are the angels of (C4)the seven churches, and the seven (C5)lampstands are the seven churches.
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