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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday September 15, 2020 (NIV)

Isaiah 19-21

An Oracle Concerning Egypt

19 An (A)oracle concerning (B)Egypt.

Behold, the Lord (C)is riding on a swift cloud
and comes to Egypt;
and (D)the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
and the heart of the Egyptians will (E)melt within them.
2 And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians,
(F)and they will fight, each against another
and each against his neighbor,
city against city, kingdom against kingdom;
3 and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
and I will confound[a] their (G)counsel;
and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
and (H)the mediums and the necromancers;
4 and I will give over the Egyptians
into the hand of (I)a hard master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,
declares the Lord God of hosts.

5 And the waters of the sea will be dried up,
and the river will be dry and parched,
6 and its canals will become foul,
and the branches of Egypt's Nile will diminish and dry up,
reeds and rushes will rot away.
7 There will be bare places by the Nile,
on the brink of the Nile,
and all that is sown by the Nile will be parched,
will be driven away, and will be no more.
8 The (J)fishermen will mourn and lament,
all who cast a hook in the Nile;
and they will languish
who spread nets on the water.
9 The workers in (K)combed flax will be in despair,
and the weavers of white cotton.
10 Those who are the (L)pillars of the land will be crushed,
and all who (M)work for pay will be grieved.

11 The princes of (N)Zoan are utterly foolish;
the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise,
a son of ancient kings”?
12 Where then are your (O)wise men?
Let them tell you
that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
13 The princes of (P)Zoan have become fools,
and the princes of (Q)Memphis are deluded;
those who are the (R)cornerstones of her tribes
have made Egypt stagger.
14 The Lord has mingled within her (S)a spirit of confusion,
and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds,
(T)as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
15 And there will be nothing for Egypt
that (U)head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do.

Egypt, Assyria, Israel Blessed

16 In that day the Egyptians will be (V)like women, and (W)tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts shakes over them. 17 And the land of Judah will become a terror to the Egyptians. Everyone to whom it is mentioned will fear because of the purpose that the Lord of hosts has purposed against them.

18 (X)In that day there will be (Y)five cities in the land of Egypt that (Z)speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of these will be called the City of Destruction.[b]

19 In that day there will be an (AA)altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a (AB)pillar to the Lord at its border. 20 (AC)It will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry to the Lord because of oppressors, (AD)he will send them a savior and defender, and deliver them. 21 (AE)And the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day (AF)and worship with sacrifice and offering, and they will make vows to the Lord and perform them. 22 (AG)And the Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the Lord, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.

23 (AH)In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, (AI)and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.

24 In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, (AJ)a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25 whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt (AK)my people, and Assyria (AL)the work of my hands, and (AM)Israel my inheritance.”

A Sign Against Egypt and Cush

20 In the year that (AN)the commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to (AO)Ashdod and fought against it and captured it— 2 at that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet,” and he did so, walking (AP)naked and barefoot.

3 Then the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years (AQ)as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush,[c] 4 so shall the (AR)king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt. 5 (AS)Then they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast. 6 And the inhabitants of (AT)this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and (AU)to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?’”

Fallen, Fallen Is Babylon

21 The (AV)oracle concerning the wilderness of (AW)the sea.

(AX)As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,
it comes from the wilderness,
from a terrible land.
2 A stern vision is told to me;
(AY)the traitor betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O (AZ)Elam;
lay siege, O (BA)Media;
all the (BB)sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.
3 Therefore my loins are filled with anguish;
(BC)pangs have seized me,
like the pangs of a woman in labor;
I am bowed down so that I cannot hear;
I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
4 My heart staggers; horror has appalled me;
(BD)the twilight I longed for
has been turned for me into trembling.
5 (BE)They prepare the table,
they spread the rugs,[d]
they eat, they drink.
Arise, O princes;
(BF)oil the shield!
6 For thus the Lord said to me:
“Go, set a watchman;
let him announce what he sees.
7 When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,
riders on donkeys, riders on camels,
let him listen diligently,
very diligently.”
8 Then he who saw cried out:[e]
(BG)“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
continually by day,
and at my post I am stationed
whole nights.
9 And behold, here come riders,
horsemen in pairs!”
(BH)And he answered,
(BI)“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
(BJ)and all the carved images of her gods
he has shattered to the ground.”
10 O (BK)my threshed and winnowed one,
what I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel, I announce to you.

11 The (BL)oracle concerning (BM)Dumah.

One is calling to me from (BN)Seir,
“Watchman, what time of the night?
Watchman, what time of the night?”
12 The watchman says:
“Morning comes, and also (BO)the night.
If you will inquire, (BP)inquire;
come back again.”

13 The (BQ)oracle concerning (BR)Arabia.

In the thickets in (BS)Arabia you will lodge,
O (BT)caravans of (BU)Dedanites.
14 To the thirsty bring water;
meet the fugitive with bread,
O inhabitants of the land of (BV)Tema.
15 For they have fled from the swords,
from the drawn sword,
from the bent bow,
and from the press of battle.

16 For thus the Lord said to me, “Within a year, (BW)according to the years of a hired worker, all the glory of (BX)Kedar will come to an end. 17 And the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of (BY)Kedar will be few, (BZ)for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken.”

Footnotes:

  1. Isaiah 19:3 Or I will swallow up
  2. Isaiah 19:18 Dead Sea Scroll and some other manuscripts City of the Sun
  3. Isaiah 20:3 Probably Nubia
  4. Isaiah 21:5 Or they set the watchman
  5. Isaiah 21:8 Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac; Masoretic Text Then a lion cried out, or Then he cried out like a lion

Cross references:

  1. Isaiah 19:1 : See ch. 13:1
  2. Isaiah 19:1 : [Joel 3:19]; See Jer. 46:13-26; Ezek. 29:1–31:2; 31:18–32:32
  3. Isaiah 19:1 : Ps. 18:10, 11; 104:3; [Matt. 26:64; Rev. 1:7]
  4. Isaiah 19:1 : Ex. 12:12; [1 Sam. 5:3; Jer. 43:12; 50:2]
  5. Isaiah 19:1 : ch. 13:7; See Josh. 2:11
  6. Isaiah 19:2 : [Judg. 7:22]
  7. Isaiah 19:3 : ver. 11
  8. Isaiah 19:3 : ch. 8:19
  9. Isaiah 19:4 : ch. 20:4; Jer. 46:26; Ezek. 29:19
  10. Isaiah 19:8 : [Num. 11:5]
  11. Isaiah 19:9 : [Ezek. 27:7]
  12. Isaiah 19:10 : [Gal. 2:9]
  13. Isaiah 19:10 : Jer. 46:21
  14. Isaiah 19:11 : ch. 30:4; Num. 13:22; Ps. 78:43
  15. Isaiah 19:12 : 1 Kgs. 4:30; Acts 7:22
  16. Isaiah 19:13 : [See ver. 11 above]; ch. 30:4; Num. 13:22; Ps. 78:43
  17. Isaiah 19:13 : Jer. 2:16; 44:1; 46:14, 19; Ezek. 30:13, 16
  18. Isaiah 19:13 : [Zech. 10:4]
  19. Isaiah 19:14 : [1 Kgs. 22:22]
  20. Isaiah 19:14 : [ch. 24:20; 29:9]
  21. Isaiah 19:15 : ch. 9:14
  22. Isaiah 19:16 : Jer. 50:37; 51:30; Nah. 3:13
  23. Isaiah 19:16 : ch. 10:32
  24. Isaiah 19:18 : ver. 21
  25. Isaiah 19:18 : [ch. 30:17; 2 Kgs. 7:13]
  26. Isaiah 19:18 : [Zeph. 3:9]
  27. Isaiah 19:19 : [2 Kgs. 5:17]
  28. Isaiah 19:19 : [Gen. 28:18]
  29. Isaiah 19:20 : [See ver. 19 above]; [Gen. 28:18]
  30. Isaiah 19:20 : [Obad. 21]
  31. Isaiah 19:21 : [ver. 25]
  32. Isaiah 19:21 : Zech. 14:16-18; [ch. 2:2]
  33. Isaiah 19:22 : Jer. 46:25, 26
  34. Isaiah 19:23 : ch. 11:16
  35. Isaiah 19:23 : [ver. 18, 21; Zeph. 3:9]
  36. Isaiah 19:24 : [Gen. 12:2, 3]
  37. Isaiah 19:25 : [Hos. 2:23]
  38. Isaiah 19:25 : ch. 29:23
  39. Isaiah 19:25 : Deut. 32:9
  40. Isaiah 20:1 : 2 Kgs. 18:17
  41. Isaiah 20:1 : 1 Sam. 5:1
  42. Isaiah 20:2 : Mic. 1:8, 11; [1 Sam. 19:24]
  43. Isaiah 20:3 : [ch. 8:18]
  44. Isaiah 20:4 : ch. 19:4
  45. Isaiah 20:5 : ch. 30:3, 5; [ch. 37:9]
  46. Isaiah 20:6 : Jer. 47:7; [ch. 14:29, 31]
  47. Isaiah 20:6 : [ch. 37:6]
  48. Isaiah 21:1 : See ch. 13:1
  49. Isaiah 21:1 : Jer. 51:36, 42
  50. Isaiah 21:1 : Jer. 51:1
  51. Isaiah 21:2 : ch. 24:16; 33:1
  52. Isaiah 21:2 : See ch. 11:11
  53. Isaiah 21:2 : See ch. 13:17
  54. Isaiah 21:2 : Ezek. 9:4
  55. Isaiah 21:3 : See ch. 13:8
  56. Isaiah 21:4 : [Deut. 28:67]
  57. Isaiah 21:5 : Jer. 51:39, 57
  58. Isaiah 21:5 : 2 Sam. 1:21
  59. Isaiah 21:8 : Hab. 2:1
  60. Isaiah 21:9 : [Hab. 2:2]
  61. Isaiah 21:9 : Jer. 51:8; Cited Rev. 14:8; 18:2
  62. Isaiah 21:9 : ch. 46:1
  63. Isaiah 21:10 : Jer. 51:33; Amos 1:3; [Mic. 4:13]
  64. Isaiah 21:11 : See ch. 13:1
  65. Isaiah 21:11 : Gen. 25:14; 1 Chr. 1:30
  66. Isaiah 21:11 : Deut. 2:8; Ezek. 35:2
  67. Isaiah 21:12 : [Job 36:20; Amos 5:8]
  68. Isaiah 21:12 : [Ps. 37:36]
  69. Isaiah 21:13 : See ch. 13:1
  70. Isaiah 21:13 : Gen. 25:3; Jer. 25:23, 24
  71. Isaiah 21:13 : Gen. 25:3; Jer. 25:23, 24
  72. Isaiah 21:13 : [Gen. 37:25]
  73. Isaiah 21:13 : Gen. 25:3; Jer. 25:23, 24
  74. Isaiah 21:14 : Job 6:19
  75. Isaiah 21:16 : See ch. 16:14
  76. Isaiah 21:16 : ch. 60:7; Gen. 25:13; Ps. 120:5, 6; Song 1:5; Jer. 2:10; 49:28; Ezek. 27:21
  77. Isaiah 21:17 : [See ver. 16 above]; ch. 60:7; Gen. 25:13; Ps. 120:5, 6; Song 1:5; Jer. 2:10; 49:28; Ezek. 27:21
  78. Isaiah 21:17 : ch. 1:20
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Galatians 2:1-16

Paul Accepted by the Apostles

2 Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. 2 I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those (A)who seemed influential) the gospel that (B)I proclaim among the Gentiles, (C)in order to make sure I was not running or had not (D)run in vain. 3 But even Titus, who was with me, (E)was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek. 4 (F)Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who (G)slipped in to spy out (H)our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, (I)so that they might bring us into slavery— 5 to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that (J)the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. 6 And from those (K)who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; (L)God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential (M)added nothing to me. 7 On the contrary, when they saw that I had been (N)entrusted with (O)the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised 8 (for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles), 9 and when James and Cephas and John, (P)who seemed to be (Q)pillars, perceived the (R)grace that was given to me, they (S)gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 Only, they asked us to remember the poor, (T)the very thing I was eager to do.

Paul Opposes Peter

11 But (U)when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him (V)to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, (W)he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing (X)the circumcision party.[a] 13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that their (Y)conduct was not in step with (Z)the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas (AA)before them all, “If you, though a Jew, (AB)live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

Justified by Faith

15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not (AC)Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that (AD)a person is not justified[b] by works of the law (AE)but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, (AF)because by works of the law no one will be justified.

Footnotes:

  1. Galatians 2:12 Or fearing those of the circumcision
  2. Galatians 2:16 Or counted righteous (three times in verse 16); also verse 17

Cross references:

  1. Galatians 2:2 : ver. 6, 9
  2. Galatians 2:2 : 1 Tim. 3:16
  3. Galatians 2:2 : ch. 4:11; 1 Thess. 3:5
  4. Galatians 2:2 : Phil. 2:16
  5. Galatians 2:3 : [Acts 16:3]
  6. Galatians 2:4 : Acts 15:24; 2 Cor. 11:26; [ch. 5:12]
  7. Galatians 2:4 : [2 Pet. 2:1; Jude 4]
  8. Galatians 2:4 : See ch. 5:1
  9. Galatians 2:4 : ch. 4:3, 9, 24, 25; 2 Cor. 11:20; [Rom. 8:15]
  10. Galatians 2:5 : ver. 14; [ch. 4:16; 5:7; Titus 1:14; 2 John 1]
  11. Galatians 2:6 : ver. 2, 9; [ch. 6:3; Acts 5:36]; See 1 Cor. 3:7
  12. Galatians 2:6 : See Deut. 10:17
  13. Galatians 2:6 : [2 Cor. 11:5; 12:11]
  14. Galatians 2:7 : 1 Thess. 2:4; 1 Tim. 1:11; See 1 Cor. 9:17
  15. Galatians 2:7 : ch. 1:16; See Acts 9:15
  16. Galatians 2:9 : [See ver. 6 above]; ver. 2, 9; [ch. 6:3; Acts 5:36]; See 1 Cor. 3:7
  17. Galatians 2:9 : Jer. 1:18; Rev. 3:12
  18. Galatians 2:9 : See Rom. 1:5
  19. Galatians 2:9 : [2 Pet. 3:15]
  20. Galatians 2:10 : See Acts 24:17
  21. Galatians 2:11 : [Acts 15:1, 35]
  22. Galatians 2:11 : Job 21:31
  23. Galatians 2:12 : Acts 11:3; [ver. 14; Acts 10:28]; See Luke 15:2
  24. Galatians 2:12 : See Acts 11:2
  25. Galatians 2:14 : Heb. 12:13
  26. Galatians 2:14 : See ver. 5
  27. Galatians 2:14 : 1 Tim. 5:20
  28. Galatians 2:14 : See ver. 12
  29. Galatians 2:15 : ver. 17; [Eph. 2:3, 12]
  30. Galatians 2:16 : ch. 3:11; See Acts 13:39
  31. Galatians 2:16 : See Rom. 9:30
  32. Galatians 2:16 : Rom. 3:20; [Ps. 143:2]
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Psalm 59

Deliver Me from My Enemies

To the choirmaster: according to (A)Do Not Destroy. A (B)Miktam[a] of David, (C)when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.

59 (D)Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
(E)protect me from those who (F)rise up against me;
2 deliver me from (G)those who work evil,
and save me from (H)bloodthirsty men.

3 For behold, they (I)lie in wait for my life;
fierce men (J)stir up strife against me.
(K)For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
4 for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
(L)Awake, come to meet me, and see!
5 You, (M)Lord God of hosts, are God of Israel.
Rouse yourself to punish all the nations;
spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah

6 Each evening they (N)come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
7 There they are, (O)bellowing with their mouths
with (P)swords in their lips—
for (Q)“Who,” they think,[b] “will hear us?”

8 But you, O Lord, (R)laugh at them;
you hold all the nations in derision.
9 O my Strength, I will watch for you,
for you, O God, are (S)my fortress.
10 (T)My God in his steadfast love[c] (U)will meet me;
God will let me (V)look in triumph on my enemies.

11 Kill them not, lest my people forget;
make them totter[d] by your power and (W)bring them down,
O Lord, our (X)shield!
12 For (Y)the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips,
let them be trapped in their pride.
For the cursing and lies that they utter,
13 (Z)consume them in wrath;
consume them till they are no more,
that they may (AA)know that God rules over Jacob
to (AB)the ends of the earth. Selah

14 (AC)Each evening they come back,
howling like dogs
and prowling about the city.
15 They (AD)wander about for food
and growl if they do not get their fill.

16 But I will sing of your strength;
I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been to me (AE)a fortress
and (AF)a refuge in (AG)the day of my distress.
17 O my Strength, I will sing praises to you,
for you, O God, (AH)are my fortress,
(AI)the God who shows me steadfast love.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 59:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 59:7 Hebrew lacks they think
  3. Psalm 59:10 Or The God who shows me steadfast love
  4. Psalm 59:11 Or wander

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 59:1 : Ps. 57, title
  2. Psalm 59:1 : Ps. 16, title
  3. Psalm 59:1 : [1 Sam. 19:11]
  4. Psalm 59:1 : Ps. 143:9; [Ps. 18:48]
  5. Psalm 59:1 : See Ps. 20:1
  6. Psalm 59:1 : See Ps. 17:7
  7. Psalm 59:2 : Ps. 94:4
  8. Psalm 59:2 : Ps. 5:6
  9. Psalm 59:3 : Ps. 10:9
  10. Psalm 59:3 : See Ps. 56:6
  11. Psalm 59:3 : 1 Sam. 24:11; [Ps. 7:3; 69:4]
  12. Psalm 59:4 : See Ps. 35:23
  13. Psalm 59:5 : Ps. 80:4; 84:8
  14. Psalm 59:6 : [Ps. 22:16]
  15. Psalm 59:7 : Prov. 15:2, 28; [Ps. 94:4]
  16. Psalm 59:7 : See Ps. 57:4
  17. Psalm 59:7 : See Job 22:13
  18. Psalm 59:8 : See Ps. 2:4
  19. Psalm 59:9 : ver. 16, 17; See Ps. 9:9
  20. Psalm 59:10 : ver. 17
  21. Psalm 59:10 : Ps. 21:3
  22. Psalm 59:10 : See Ps. 54:7
  23. Psalm 59:11 : See Ps. 55:23
  24. Psalm 59:11 : See Ps. 3:3
  25. Psalm 59:12 : See Prov. 12:13
  26. Psalm 59:13 : [Ps. 7:9]
  27. Psalm 59:13 : Ps. 83:18
  28. Psalm 59:13 : Ps. 22:27
  29. Psalm 59:14 : [Ps. 22:16]
  30. Psalm 59:15 : Ps. 109:10; Job 15:23
  31. Psalm 59:16 : ver. 9
  32. Psalm 59:16 : 2 Sam. 22:3
  33. Psalm 59:16 : Ps. 18:6
  34. Psalm 59:17 : [See ver. 16 above]; ver. 9
  35. Psalm 59:17 : ver. 10
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Proverbs 23:13-14

13 Do not withhold (A)discipline from a child;
(B)if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 If you strike him with the rod,
you will (C)save his soul from Sheol.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 23:13 : See ch. 13:24
  2. Proverbs 23:13 : [ch. 19:18]
  3. Proverbs 23:14 : [1 Cor. 5:5]
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