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October 7 - Old & New Testament
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Hosea 1,2,3,4
Hosea's Wife and Children
1 The word of the LORD which came to (C1)Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of (C2)Uzziah, (C3)Jotham, (C4)Ahaz, and (C5)Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of (C6)Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
2 When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, "(C1)Go, take for yourself a wife (F1)inclined to infidelity, and children of infidelity; for (C2)the land commits flagrant infidelity, (F2)abandoning the LORD."3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and (C1)bore him a son.4 And the LORD said to him, "Name him (C1)Jezreel; for in just a little while (C2)I will (F1)punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and (C3)I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.5 "On that day I will (C1)break the bow of Israel in the (C2)Valley of Jezreel."
6 Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And (F1)the LORD said to him, "Name her (F2)Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer (C1)take pity on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.7 "But I will take (C1)pity on the house of Judah and (C2)save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by (C3)bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen."
8 When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son.9 And (F1)the LORD said, "Name him (F2)Lo-ammi, because you are not My people, and I am not (F3)your God."
10 (F1)Yet the number of the sons of Israel
Will be like the (C1)sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or counted;
And (C2)in the place
Where it is said to them,
"You are (C3)not My people,"
It will be said to them,
"You are the (C4)sons of the living God."
11 And the (C1)sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be (C2)gathered together,
And they will appoint for themselves (C3)one leader,
And they will go up from the land,
For the day of Jezreel will be great.
Israel's Unfaithfulness Condemned
1 (F1)Say to your brothers, "(F2)Ammi," and to your sisters, "(F3)Ruhamah."
2 "Dispute with your mother, (C1)dispute,
Because she is (C2)not my wife, and I am not her husband;
But she must remove her (C3)infidelity from her face
And her adultery from between her breasts,
3 Otherwise, I will strip her (C1)naked
And expose her as on the (C2)day she was born.
I will also (C3)make her like a wilderness,
Make her like desert land,
And put her to death with (C4)thirst.
4 "Also, I will take no pity on her children,
Because they are (C1)children of infidelity.
5 "For their mother has (C1)committed prostitution;
She who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, '(C1)I will go after my lovers,
Who (C2)give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my flax, my (C3)oil and my drink.'
6 "Therefore, behold, I will (C1)obstruct (F1)her way with (C2)thorns,
And I will build (F2)a stone wall against her so that she cannot find her (C3)paths.
7 "And she will (C1)pursue her lovers, but she will not reach them;
And she will seek them, but will not find them.
Then she will say, '(C2)I will go back to my (C3)first husband,
Because it was (C4)better for me then than now!'
8 "Yet she does (C1)not know that it was (C2)I myself who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil,
And lavished on her silver and gold,
Which they (F1)used for Baal.
9 "Therefore, I will (F1)(C1)take back My grain at (F2)harvest time
And My new wine in its season.
I will also take away My wool and My flax
That I gave to cover her nakedness.
10 "So now I will (C1)uncover her (F1)lewdness
Before the eyes of her lovers,
And no one will rescue her from My hand.
11 "I will also (C1)put an end to all her joy,
Her (C2)feasts, her (C3)new moons, her Sabbaths,
And all her festivals.
12 "And I will (C1)destroy her vines and fig trees,
Of which she said, 'They are my wages for prostitution
Which my lovers have given me.'
And I will (C2)turn them into a forest,
And the (C3)animals of the field will devour them.
13 "I will punish her for the (C1)days of the Baals
When she used to (F1)(C2)offer sacrifices to them
And (C3)adorn herself with her nose ring and jewelry,
And follow her lovers, so that she (C4)forgot Me," declares the LORD.
Restoration of Israel
14 "Therefore, behold, I am going to persuade her,
(C1)Bring her into the wilderness,
And speak (F1)kindly to her.
15 "Then I will give her her (C1)vineyards from there,
And (C2)the (F1)Valley of Achor as a door of hope.
And she will (F2)(C3)respond there as in the days of her youth,
As in the (C4)day when she went up from the land of Egypt.
16 "And it will come about on that day," declares the LORD,
"That you will call Me (F1)(C1)my husband
And no longer call Me my (F2)Baal.
17 "For (C1)I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
So that they will no longer be (F1)mentioned by their names.
18 "On that day I will also make a covenant for them
With the (C1)animals of the field,
The birds of the sky,
And the crawling things of the ground.
And I will (F1)(C2)eliminate the bow, the sword, and war from the land,
And will let them (C3)lie down in safety.
19 "I will (C1)betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me in (C2)righteousness and in justice,
In favor and in compassion,
20 And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness.
Then you will (C1)know the LORD.
21 "And it will come about on that day that (C1)I will respond," declares the LORD.
"I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth,
22 And the (C1)earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine, and to the oil,
And they will respond to (F1)Jezreel.
23 "I will (C1)sow her for Myself in the land.
(C2)I will also have compassion on (F1)her who had not obtained compassion,
And (C3)I will say to (F2)those who were (C4)not My people,
'You are My people!'
And (F3)they will say, 'You are my God!'"
Hosea's Redemption of Gomer
1 Then the LORD said to me, "Go again, love (F1)a woman who is loved by her (F2)husband, yet is committing adultery, (C1)as the LORD loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love (F3)raisin (C2)cakes."2 So I (C1)purchased her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and a (F1)homer and a (F2)lethech of barley.3 Then I said to her, "You shall (C1)live with me for many days. You shall not play the prostitute, nor shall you have another man; so I will also be toward you."4 For the sons of Israel will live for many days (C1)without a king or leader, (C2)without sacrifice or (C3)memorial stone, and without (C4)ephod or (F1)(C5)household idols.5 Afterward the sons of Israel will (C1)return and seek the LORD their God and (C2)David their king; and (C3)they will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
God's Controversy with Israel
1 (C1)Listen to the word of the LORD, you sons of Israel,
Because the LORD has a (C2)case against the inhabitants of the land,
For there is (C3)no (F1)faithfulness, nor (F2)loyalty,
Nor (C4)knowledge of God in the land.
2 There is (C1)oath-taking, (F1)(C2)denial, (C3)murder, (C4)stealing, and (C5)adultery.
They employ violence, so that (C6)bloodshed (F2)follows bloodshed.
3 Therefore the land (C1)mourns,
And everyone who lives in it languishes
Along with the animals of the field and the birds of the sky,
And even the fish of the sea (F1)disappear.
4 Yet let no one (F1)(C1)find fault, and let no one rebuke;
For your people are like those who (C2)contend with a priest.
5 So you will (C1)stumble by day,
And the prophet also will stumble with you by night;
And I will destroy your (C2)mother.
6 (C1)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Since you have (C2)rejected knowledge,
I also will (C3)reject you from being My priest.
Since you have (C4)forgotten the (C5)Law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
7 The more they (C1)multiplied, the more they sinned against Me;
I will (C2)change their glory into shame.
8 They (C1)feed on the (F1)sin of My people,
And (C2)long for their wrongdoing.
9 And it will be, like people, (C1)like priest;
So I will (C2)punish them for their ways
And repay them for their deeds.
10 (C1)They will eat, but not have enough;
They will (C2)play the prostitute, but not (F1)increase,
Because they (C3)gave up devoting themselves to the LORD.
11 (F1)Infidelity, (C1)wine, and new wine take away the (F2)understanding.
12 My people (C1)consult their wooden idol, and their diviner's wand informs them;
For a spirit of infidelity has led them astray,
And they have been unfaithful, departing (F1)from their God.
13 They offer sacrifices on the (C1)tops of the mountains
And (F1)(C2)burn incense on the hills,
(C3)Under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
Because their shade is pleasant.
Therefore your daughters play the prostitute,
And your (F2)brides commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute,
Or your (F1)brides when they commit adultery,
Because the men themselves slip away with the prostitutes
And offer sacrifices with (C1)temple prostitutes;
So the people without understanding are ruined.
15 Though you, Israel, play the prostitute,
Judah must not become guilty;
Also you are not to go to (C1)Gilgal,
Nor go up to Beth-aven
(C2)And take the oath:
"As the LORD lives!"
16 Since Israel is (C1)stubborn
Like a stubborn cow,
(F1)Will the LORD now (C2)pasture them
Like a lamb in a large field?
17 Ephraim is allied with (C1)idols;
(C2)Leave him alone.
18 Their liquor is gone,
They prostitute themselves continually;
(F1)(C1)Their (F2)rulers dearly love shame.
19 (C1)The wind wraps them in its wings,
And they will be (F1)put to shame because of their sacrifices.
Romans 14
Chapter 14
Principles of Conscience
1 Now (C1)accept the one who is (C2)weak (F1)in faith, but not (F2)to have quarrels over opinions.2 (C1)One person has faith that he may eat all things, but the one who is (C2)weak eats only vegetables.3 The one who eats is not to (C1)regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to (C2)judge the one who eats, for God has (C3)accepted him.4 (C1)Who are you to judge the (F1)servant of another? To his own (F2)master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
5 (C1)One person (F1)values one day over another, another (F1)values every day the same. Each person must be (C2)fully convinced in his own mind.6 The one who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and the one who eats, (F1)does so with regard to the Lord, for he (C1)gives thanks to God; and the one who does not eat, it is for the Lord that he does not eat, and he gives thanks to God.7 For not one of us (C1)lives for himself, and not one dies for himself;8 for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore (C1)whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.9 For to this end (C1)Christ died and lived again, that He might be (C2)Lord both of the dead and of the living.
10 But as for you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or you as well, why do you (C1)regard your brother or sister with contempt? For (C2)we will all appear before the judgment seat of God.11 For it is written: "(C1)AS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD, (C2)TO ME EVERY KNEE WILL BOW,
AND EVERY TONGUE WILL (F1)GIVE PRAISE TO GOD."
13 Therefore let's not (C1)judge one another anymore, but rather (F1)determine this: (C2)not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother's or sister's way.14 I know and am convinced (F1)in the Lord Jesus that (C1)nothing is (F2)unclean in itself; but to the one who (C2)thinks something is (F2)unclean, to that person it is (F2)unclean.15 For if because of food your brother or sister is hurt, you are no longer (C1)walking in accordance with love. (C2)Do not destroy with your choice of food that person for whom Christ died.16 Therefore (C1)do not let what is for you a good thing be (F1)spoken of as evil;17 for the kingdom of God (C1)is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and (C2)peace and (C2)joy in the Holy Spirit.18 For the one who (C1)serves Christ in this way is (C2)acceptable to God and approved by other people.19 So then we (C1)pursue the things (F1)which make for peace and the (C2)building up of one another.20 (C1)Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. (C2)All things indeed are clean, but (C3)they are evil for the person who eats (F1)and causes offense.21 (C1)It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother or sister stumbles.22 The faith which you have, have (F1)as your own conviction before God. Happy is the one who (C1)does not condemn himself in what he approves.23 But (C1)the one who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.
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