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October 8 - Old & New Testament
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Hosea 5,6,7,8
Judgment Against Israel
1 "Hear this, you priests!
Pay attention, you Israelites!
Listen, royal house!
This judgment(a) is against you:
You have been a snare(b) at Mizpah,
a net(c) spread out on Tabor.
2 The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.(d)
I will discipline all of them.(e)
3 I know all about Ephraim;
Israel is not hidden(f) from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
Israel is corrupt.(g)
4 "Their deeds do not permit them
to return(h) to their God.
A spirit of prostitution(i) is in their heart;
they do not acknowledge(j) the
Lord
.
5 Israel's arrogance testifies(k) against them;
the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble(l) in their sin;
Judah also stumbles with them.(m)
6 When they go with their flocks and herds
to seek the
Lord
,(n)
they will not find him;
he has withdrawn(o) himself from them.
7 They are unfaithful(p) to the
Lord
;
they give birth to illegitimate(q) children.
When they celebrate their New Moon feasts,(r)
he will devour[a](s) their fields.
8 "Sound the trumpet(t) in Gibeah,(u)
the horn in Ramah.(v)
Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven[b];(w)
lead on, Benjamin.
9 Ephraim will be laid waste(x)
on the day of reckoning.(y)
Among the tribes of Israel
I proclaim what is certain.(z)
10 Judah's leaders are like those
who move boundary stones.(aa)
I will pour out my wrath(ab) on them
like a flood of water.
11 Ephraim is oppressed,
trampled in judgment,
intent on pursuing idols.[c](ac)
12 I am like a moth(ad) to Ephraim,
like rot(ae) to the people of Judah.
13 "When Ephraim(af) saw his sickness,
and Judah his sores,
then Ephraim turned to Assyria,(ag)
and sent to the great king for help.(ah)
But he is not able to cure(ai) you,
not able to heal your sores.(aj)
14 For I will be like a lion(ak) to Ephraim,
like a great lion to Judah.
I will tear them to pieces(al) and go away;
I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.(am)
15 Then I will return to my lair(an)
until they have borne their guilt(ao)
and seek my face(ap)—
in their misery(aq)
they will earnestly seek me.(ar)"
Israel Unrepentant
1 "Come, let us return(a) to the
Lord
.
He has torn us to pieces(b)
but he will heal us;(c)
he has injured us
but he will bind up our wounds.(d)
2 After two days he will revive us;(e)
on the third day(f) he will restore(g) us,
that we may live in his presence.
3 Let us acknowledge the
Lord
;
let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,(h)
like the spring rains that water the earth.(i)"
4 "What can I do with you, Ephraim?(j)
What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
like the early dew that disappears.(k)
5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,
I killed you with the words of my mouth(l)—
then my judgments go forth like the sun.[a](m)
6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,(n)
and acknowledgment(o) of God rather than burnt offerings.(p)
7 As at Adam,[b] they have broken the covenant;(q)
they were unfaithful(r) to me there.
8 Gilead is a city of evildoers,(s)
stained with footprints of blood.
9 As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,(t)
so do bands of priests;
they murder(u) on the road to Shechem,
carrying out their wicked schemes.(v)
10 I have seen a horrible(w) thing in Israel:
There Ephraim is given to prostitution,
Israel is defiled.(x)
11 "Also for you, Judah,
a harvest(y) is appointed.
"Whenever I would restore the fortunes(z) of my people,
1 1 whenever I would heal Israel,
the sins of Ephraim are exposed
and the crimes of Samaria revealed.(a)
They practice deceit,(b)
thieves break into houses,(c)
bandits rob in the streets;(d)
2 but they do not realize
that I remember(e) all their evil deeds.(f)
Their sins engulf them;(g)
they are always before me.
3 "They delight the king with their wickedness,
the princes with their lies.(h)
4 They are all adulterers,(i)
burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
5 On the day of the festival of our king
the princes become inflamed with wine,(j)
and he joins hands with the mockers.(k)
6 Their hearts are like an oven;(l)
they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smolders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven;
they devour their rulers.
All their kings fall,(m)
and none of them calls(n) on me.
8 "Ephraim mixes(o) with the nations;
Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.
9 Foreigners sap his strength,(p)
but he does not realize it.
His hair is sprinkled with gray,
but he does not notice.
10 Israel's arrogance testifies against him,(q)
but despite all this
he does not return(r) to the
Lord
his God
or search(s) for him.
11 "Ephraim is like a dove,(t)
easily deceived and senseless—
now calling to Egypt,(u)
now turning to Assyria.(v)
12 When they go, I will throw my net(w) over them;
I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.
When I hear them flocking together,
I will catch them.
13 Woe(x) to them,
because they have strayed(y) from me!
Destruction to them,
because they have rebelled against me!
I long to redeem them
but they speak about me(z) falsely.(aa)
14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts(ab)
but wail on their beds.
They slash themselves,[a] appealing to their gods
for grain and new wine,(ac)
but they turn away from me.(ad)
15 I trained(ae) them and strengthened their arms,
but they plot evil(af) against me.
16 They do not turn to the Most High;(ag)
they are like a faulty bow.(ah)
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of their insolent(ai) words.
For this they will be ridiculed(aj)
in the land of Egypt.(ak)
Israel to Reap the Whirlwind
1 "Put the trumpet(a) to your lips!
An eagle(b) is over the house of the
Lord
because the people have broken my covenant(c)
and rebelled against my law.(d)
2 Israel cries out to me,
‘Our God, we acknowledge you!'
3 But Israel has rejected what is good;
an enemy will pursue him.(e)
4 They set up kings without my consent;
they choose princes without my approval.(f)
With their silver and gold
they make idols(g) for themselves
to their own destruction.
5 Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!(h)
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of purity?(i)
6
They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
it is not God.(j)
It will be broken in pieces,
that calf(k) of Samaria.(l)
7 "They sow the wind
and reap the whirlwind.(m)
The stalk has no head;
it will produce no flour.(n)
Were it to yield grain,
foreigners would swallow it up.(o)
8 Israel is swallowed up;(p)
now she is among the nations
like something no one wants.(q)
9 For they have gone up to Assyria(r)
like a wild donkey(s) wandering alone.
Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.(t)
10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations,
I will now gather them together.(u)
They will begin to waste away(v)
under the oppression of the mighty king.
11 "Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,
these have become altars for sinning.(w)
12 I wrote for them the many things of my law,
but they regarded them as something foreign.(x)
13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,
and though they eat(y) the meat,
the
Lord
is not pleased with them.(z)
Now he will remember(aa) their wickedness
and punish their sins:(ab)
They will return to Egypt.(ac)
14 Israel has forgotten(ad) their Maker(ae)
and built palaces;
Judah has fortified many towns.
But I will send fire on their cities
that will consume their fortresses."(af)
Romans 15:1-13
Chapter 15
1 We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak(a) and not to please ourselves. 2 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good,(b) to build them up.(c) 3 For even Christ did not please himself(d) but, as it is written: "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."[a](e) 4 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,(f) so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.
5 May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind(g) toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6 so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify(h) the God and Father(i) of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Accept one another,(j) then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. 8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews[b](k) on behalf of God's truth, so that the promises(l) made to the patriarchs might be confirmed 9 and, moreover, that the Gentiles(m) might glorify God(n) for his mercy. As it is written:
"Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles;
I will sing the praises of your name."[c](o)
10 Again, it says,
"Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people."[d](p)
11 And again,
"Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles;
let all the peoples extol him."[e](q)
12 And again, Isaiah says,
"The Root of Jesse(r) will spring up,
one who will arise to rule over the nations;
in him the Gentiles will hope."[f](s)
13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace(t) as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.(u)
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