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Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading
October 27 - Bible-in-a-Year
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Isaiah 25-26
Chapter 25
Song of Praise for God's Favor
1 LORD, You are (C1)my God;
I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name;
For You have (C2)worked wonders,
(C3)Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness.
2 For You have turned a city into a (C1)heap,
A (C2)fortified city into a ruin;
A (C3)palace of strangers is no longer a city,
It will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore a strong people will (C1)glorify You;
(C2)Cities of ruthless nations will revere You.
4 For You have been a (C1)stronghold for the helpless,
A stronghold for the poor in his distress,
A (C2)refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat;
For the breath of the (C3)ruthless
Is like a rain storm against a wall.
5 Like heat in a dry land, You subdue the (C1)uproar of foreigners;
Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is (F1)silenced.
6 (C1)Now the LORD of armies will prepare a (F1)lavish banquet for (C2)all peoples on this mountain;
A banquet of (F2)aged wine, (F3)choice pieces with marrow,
And (F4)refined, aged wine.
7 And on this mountain He will destroy the (F1)(C1)covering which is over all peoples,
The veil which is (F2)stretched over all nations.
8 He will (F1)(C1)swallow up death for all time,
And the Lord (F2)GOD will (C2)wipe tears away from all faces,
And He will remove the (C3)disgrace of His people from all the earth;
For the LORD has spoken.
9 And it will be said on that day,
"Behold, (C1)this is our God for whom we have (C2)waited (F1)that (C3)He might save us.
This is the LORD for whom we have waited;
(C4)Let's rejoice and be glad in His salvation."
10 For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain,
And (C1)Moab will be trampled down in his place
As straw is trampled down in the water of a manure pile.
11 And he will (C1)spread out his hands in the middle of it
As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim,
But the Lord will (C2)lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands.
12 The (C1)unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down,
Lay low, and throw to the ground, to the dust.
Chapter 26
Song of Trust in God's Protection
1 (C1)On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a (C2)strong city;
He sets up walls and ramparts for (F1)(C3)security.
2 "Open the (C1)gates, that the (C2)righteous nation may enter,
The one that (F1)remains faithful.
3 "The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect (C1)peace,
Because he trusts in You.
4 "(C1)Trust in the LORD forever,
For in (F1)GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting (C2)Rock.
5 "For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the (C1)unassailable city;
(C2)He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.
6 "(C1)The foot will trample it,
The feet of the (C2)poor, the steps of the helpless."
7 The (C1)way of the righteous is smooth;
O Upright One, (C2)make the path of the righteous level.
8 Indeed, while following the way of (C1)Your judgments, LORD,
We have waited for You eagerly;
(C2)Your name, and (C3)remembering You, is the desire of our souls.
9 (C1)At night (F1)my soul longs for You,
Indeed, (F2)my spirit within me (C2)seeks You diligently;
For when the earth (F3)experiences Your judgments,
The inhabitants of the world (C3)learn righteousness.
10 Though the wicked person is shown compassion,
He does not (C1)learn righteousness;
He (C2)deals unjustly in the land of uprightness,
And does not perceive the majesty of the LORD.
11 LORD, Your hand is lifted up, yet they (C1)do not see it.
(F1)They see (C2)Your zeal for the people and are put to shame;
Indeed, (F2)(C3)fire will devour Your enemies.
12 LORD, You will establish (C1)peace for us,
Since You have also performed for us all our works.
13 LORD, our God, (C1)other masters besides You have ruled us;
But through You alone we (F1)(C2)confess Your name.
14 (C1)The dead will not live, the (F1)departed spirits will not rise;
Therefore You have (C2)punished and destroyed them,
And You have eliminated all remembrance of them.
15 (C1)You have increased the nation, LORD,
You have increased the nation, You are glorified;
You have (C2)extended all the borders of the land.
16 LORD, they sought You (C1)in distress;
They (F1)could only whisper a prayer,
Your discipline was upon them.
17 (C1)As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth,
She writhes and cries out in her labor pains;
This is how we were before You, LORD.
18 We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,
We (C1)gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,
Nor were (C2)inhabitants of the world (F1)born.
19 Your (C1)dead will live;
(F1)Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, (C2)awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the (F2)dawn,
And the earth will (F3)give birth to the (F4)departed spirits.
20 Come, my people, (C1)enter your rooms
And close your doors behind you;
Hide for a little (F1)(C2)while
Until (C3)indignation (F2)runs its course.
21 For behold, the LORD is about to (C1)come out from His place
To (C2)punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wrongdoing;
And the earth will (C3)reveal her bloodshed
And will no longer cover her slain.
Psalms 117
Chapter 117
A Psalm of Praise.
1 (C1)Praise the LORD, all nations;
Sing His praises, all peoples!
2 For His (C1)mercy toward us is (F1)great,
And the (F2)(C2)truth of the LORD is everlasting.
(F3)Praise (F4)the LORD!
2 Thessalonians 1
Chapter 1
Giving Thanks for Faith and Perseverance
1 (C1)Paul, (C2)Silvanus, and (C3)Timothy,
3 We ought always (C1)to give thanks to God for you, (C2)brothers and sisters, as is only fitting, because your faith is increasing abundantly, and the (C3)love of each and every one of you toward one another grows ever greater.4 As a result, we ourselves (C1)speak proudly of you among (C2)the churches of God for your (F1)perseverance and faith (F2)(C2)in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.5 This is (F1)a (C1)plain indication of God's righteous judgment so that you will be (C2)considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you indeed are suffering.6 (F1)For after all (C1)it is only right (F2)for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted, along with us, (F1)(C1)when the Lord Jesus will be revealed (C2)from heaven (C3)with (F2)His mighty angels8 (C1)in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who (C2)do not know God, and to those who (C3)do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.9 These people will pay the penalty of (C1)eternal destruction, (C2)away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,10 when He comes to be (C1)glorified among His (F1)saints on that (C2)day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—because our (C3)testimony to you was believed.11 To this end also we (C1)pray for you always, that our God will (C2)consider you worthy of your (C3)calling, and fulfill every desire for (C4)goodness and the (C5)work of faith with power,12 so that the (C1)name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, in accordance with the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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