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October 6 - Bible-in-a-Year
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Nehemiah 8:13-9:37
Chapter 8
13 Then on the second day the heads of fathers' households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered to Ezra the scribe so that they might gain insight into the words of the Law.14 And they found written in the Law how the LORD had commanded through Moses that the sons of Israel (C1)were to live in (F1)booths during the feast of the seventh month.15 (C1)And that they were to proclaim and circulate a proclamation in all their cities and (C2)in Jerusalem, saying, "(C3)Go out to the hills, and bring olive branches and (F1)wild olive branches, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of other trees with thick branches, to make booths, as it is written."16 So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each (C1)on his roof, and in their courtyards and in the courtyards of the house of God, and in the public square at (C2)the Water Gate, and in the square at (C3)the Gate of Ephraim.17 The entire assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths. Indeed, the sons of Israel (C1)had not done so since the days of Joshua the son of Nun to that day. And (C2)there was very great rejoicing.18 (C1)He read from the Book of the Law of God daily, from the first day to the last day. And they (C2)celebrated the feast seven days, and on (C3)the eighth day there was a festive assembly in accordance with the ordinance.
Chapter 9
The People Confess Their Sin
1 Now on the twenty-fourth day of (C1)this month the sons of Israel assembled (C2)with fasting, in sackcloth and with (C3)dirt upon them.2 The (F1)(C1)descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and (C2)confessed their sins and the wrongdoings of their fathers.3 While (C1)they stood in their place, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the LORD their God.4 (C1)Now on the Levites' platform stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried out with a loud voice to the LORD their God.
5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "Arise, bless the LORD your God forever and ever! May Your glorious name be blessed
And exalted above all blessing and praise!
6 "(C1)You alone are the LORD.
(C2)You have made the heavens,
The heaven of heavens with all their (F1)lights,
The earth and everything that is on it,
The seas and everything that is in them.
(C3)You give life to all of them,
And the heavenly (F1)lights bow down before You.
7 "You are the LORD God,
(C1)Who chose Abram
And brought him out from (C2)Ur of the Chaldees,
And (C3)gave him the name Abraham.
8 "You found (C1)his heart faithful before You,
And made a covenant with him
To give him the land of the Canaanite,
Of the Hittite and the Amorite,
Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite—
To give it to his (F1)descendants.
And You (C2)have fulfilled Your (F2)promise,
Because You are righteous.
9 "(C1)You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt,
And (C2)heard their cry by the (F1)Red Sea.
10 "Then You performed (C1)signs and wonders against Pharaoh,
Against all his servants and all the people of his land;
For You knew that (C2)they acted arrogantly toward them,
And You (C3)made a name for Yourself as it is this day.
11 "(C1)You divided the sea before them,
So they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground;
And You hurled (C2)their pursuers into the depths,
Like a stone into (F1)raging waters.
12 "And with a pillar of cloud (C1)You led them by day,
And with a pillar of fire by night
To light for them the way
In which they were to go.
13 "Then (C1)You came down on Mount Sinai,
And (C2)spoke with them from heaven;
You gave them (C3)just ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.
14 "So You made known to them (C1)Your holy Sabbath,
And gave them commandments, statutes, and law,
Through Your servant Moses.
15 "You (C1)provided bread from heaven for them for their hunger,
You (C2)brought out water from a rock for them for their thirst,
And You (C3)told them to enter in order to take possession of
The land which You (F1)swore to give them.
16 "But they, our fathers, (C1)acted arrogantly;
They (F1)(C2)became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.
17 "They refused to listen,
And (C1)did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You performed among them;
So they became stubborn and (C2)appointed a leader to return to their slavery in (F1)Egypt.
But You are a God (C3)of forgiveness,
Gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in (F2)mercy;
And You did not abandon them.
18 "Even when they (C1)made for themselves
A calf of cast metal
And said, 'This is your (F1)god
Who brought you up from Egypt,'
And committed great blasphemies,
19 (C1)You, in Your great compassion,
Did not abandon them in the wilderness;
(C2)The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day,
To guide them on their way,
Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go.
20 "Instead, (C1)You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them,
You did not withhold Your manna from their mouth,
And You gave them water for their thirst.
21 "Indeed, for (C1)forty years You provided for them in the wilderness and they were not lacking;
Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell up.
22 "You also gave them kingdoms and peoples,
And allotted them to them as a (F1)boundary.
(C1)They took possession of the land of Sihon (F2)the king of Heshbon
And the land of Og the king of Bashan.
23 "You made their sons as numerous as (C1)the stars of heaven,
And You brought them into the land
Which You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
24 "(C1)So their sons entered and took possession of the land.
And (C2)You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites,
And You handed them over to them, with their kings and the peoples of the land,
To do with them (F1)as they desired.
25 "(C1)They captured fortified cities and a (F1)(C2)fertile land.
They took possession of (C3)houses full of every good thing,
Carved out cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,
Fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate, were filled and (C4)put on fat,
And (C5)lived luxuriously in Your great goodness.
26 "(C1)But they became rebellious and revolted against You,
And (C2)threw Your Law behind their backs
And (C3)killed Your prophets who had (C4)admonished them
In order to bring them back to You,
And (C5)they committed great blasphemies.
27 "Therefore You (C1)handed them over to their enemies who oppressed them,
But when they cried out to You (C2)in the time of their distress,
You heard from heaven, and according to Your great compassion
You (C3)gave them (F1)people who saved them from the hand of their enemies.
28 "But (C1)as soon as they had rest, they did evil again before You;
Therefore You abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them.
When they cried out again to You, You heard from heaven,
And (C2)many times You rescued them according to Your compassion,
29 And (C1)admonished them in order to turn them back to Your Law.
Yet (C2)they acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances,
(C3)Which, if a person (F1)follows them, then he will live by them.
And they (F2)(C4)turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen.
30 "(C1)However, You remained patient with them for many years,
And (C2)admonished them by (C3)Your Spirit through Your prophets,
Yet they would not listen.
Therefore You handed them over to the peoples of the lands.
31 "Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You (C1)did not make an end of them or abandon them,
For You are (C2)a gracious and compassionate God.
32 "Now then, our God, (C1)the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps His covenant and faithfulness,
Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You,
Which has happened to us, our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and to all Your people,
(C2)From the days of the kings of Assyria to this day.
33 "However, (C1)You are righteous in everything that has happened to us;
For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.
34 "For our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our fathers have not kept Your Law
Or paid attention to Your commandments and Your (F1)admonitions with which You have (F2)admonished them.
35 "But (C1)they, in their own kingdom,
(C2)With Your great goodness which You gave them,
With the broad and rich land which You placed before them,
Did not serve You or turn from their evil deeds.
36 "Behold, (C1)we are slaves today,
And as for the land which You gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its bounty,
Behold, we are slaves on it.
37 "And (C1)its abundant produce is for the kings
Whom You have set over us because of our sins;
They also rule over our bodies
And over our cattle as they please,
So we are in great distress.<
Psalms 101
Chapter 101
The Psalmist's Profession of Uprightness.
1 I will (C1)sing of mercy and (F1)justice;
To You, LORD, I will sing praises.
2 I will (C1)carefully attend to the (F1)blameless way.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the (F2)(C2)integrity of my heart.
3 I will set no (C1)worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the (F1)work of those who (C2)fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
4 A (C1)perverse heart shall leave me;
I will know no evil.
5 Whoever secretly (C1)slanders his neighbor, him I will (F1)destroy;
I will not endure one who has a (C2)haughty look and an arrogant heart.
6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
One who walks in a (F1)(C1)blameless way is one who will serve me.
7 One who (C1)practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
One who speaks lies (C2)shall not (F1)maintain his position before me.
8 (C1)Every morning I will (F1)(C2)destroy all the wicked of the land,
So as to (C3)eliminate from the (C4)city of the LORD all those who do injustice.
Revelation 6
Chapter 6
The First Seal: Conqueror on a White Horse
1 Then I saw when the (C1)Lamb broke one of the (C2)seven seals, and I heard one of the (C3)four living creatures saying as with a (C4)voice of thunder, "Come(F1)!"2 I looked, and behold, a (C1)white horse, and the one who sat on it had a bow; and (C2)a crown was given to him, and he went out (C3)conquering and to conquer.
The Second Seal: War
3 When He broke the second seal, I heard the (C1)second living creature saying, "Come(F1)!"4 And another, (C1)a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to (C2)take peace from the earth, and that people would kill one another; and a large sword was given to him.
The Third Seal: Famine
5 When He broke the third seal, I heard the (C1)third living creature saying, "Come(F1)!" I looked, and behold, a (C2)black horse, and the one who sat on it had a (C3)pair of scales in his hand.6 And I heard something like a voice in the center of the (C1)four living creatures saying, "A (F1)quart of wheat for a (F2)denarius, and three (F1)quarts of barley for a (F2)denarius; and (C2)do not damage the oil and the wine."
The Fourth Seal: Death
7 When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the (C1)fourth living creature saying, "Come(F1)!"8 I looked, and behold, (F1)an (C1)ashen horse; and the one who sat on it had the name (C2)Death, and (C2)Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, (C3)to kill with sword, and famine, and (F2)plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.
The Fifth Seal: Martyrs
9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw (C1)underneath the (C2)altar the (C3)souls of those who had been killed (C4)because of the word of God, and because of the (C5)testimony which they had maintained;10 and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "(C1)How long, O (F1)(C2)Lord, (C3)holy and true, (F2)will You refrain from (C4)judging and avenging our blood on (C5)those who live on the earth?"11 And a (C1)white robe was given to each of them; and they were told that they were to (C2)rest for a little while longer, (C3)until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers and sisters who were to be killed even as they had been, was (C4)completed also.
The Sixth Seal: Terror
12 And I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great (C1)earthquake; and the (C2)sun became as black as (C3)sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;13 and (C1)the stars of the sky fell to the earth, (C2)as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind.14 (C1)The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and (C2)every mountain and island was removed from its place.15 Then (C1)the kings of the earth and the eminent people, and the commanders and the wealthy and the strong, and every slave and free person hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;16 and they (*)(C1)said to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the (F1)sight of Him (C2)who sits on the throne, and from the (C3)wrath of the Lamb;17 for (C1)the great day of Their wrath has come, and (C2)who is able to stand?"
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