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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday December 17, 2022 (NIV)

Nahum 1-3

1 (A)An oracle concerning (B)Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.

God's Wrath Against Nineveh

2 (C)The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the Lord is avenging and wrathful;
(D)the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries
and (E)keeps wrath for his enemies.
3 (F)The Lord is slow to anger and (G)great in power,
and (H)the Lord will by no means clear the guilty.
(I)His way is in whirlwind and storm,
and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 (J)He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
he dries up all the rivers;
(K)Bashan and (L)Carmel wither;
the bloom of (M)Lebanon withers.
5 (N)The mountains quake before him;
(O)the hills melt;
the earth heaves before him,
(P)the world and all who dwell in it.

6 (Q)Who can stand before his indignation?
Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath (R)is poured out like fire,
and (S)the rocks are broken into pieces by him.
7 (T)The Lord is good,
(U)a stronghold in the day of trouble;
(V)he knows those who take refuge in him.
8 But (W)with an overflowing flood
he will make a complete end of the adversaries,[a]
and (X)will pursue his enemies into darkness.
9 What (Y)do you plot against the Lord?
(Z)He will make a complete end;
trouble will not rise up a second time.
10 For they are (AA)like entangled thorns,
like drunkards as they drink;
(AB)they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
11 From you came one
(AC)who plotted evil against the Lord,
a worthless counselor.

12 Thus says the Lord,
“Though they are at full strength and many,
(AD)they will be cut down and pass away.
(AE)Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no more.
13 And now (AF)I will break his yoke from off you
and will burst your bonds apart.”

14 The Lord has given commandment about you:
(AG)“No more shall your name be perpetuated;
from (AH)the house of your gods I will cut off
the carved image and the metal image.
(AI)I will make your grave, (AJ)for you are vile.”

15 [b] (AK)Behold, upon the mountains, (AL)the feet of him
who brings good news,
who publishes peace!
(AM)Keep your feasts, O Judah;
(AN)fulfill your vows,
(AO)for never again shall the worthless pass through you;
he is utterly cut off.

The Destruction of Nineveh

2 (AP)The scatterer has come up against you.
(AQ)Man the ramparts;
watch the road;
dress for battle;[c]
collect all your strength.

2 For (AR)the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob
as the majesty of Israel,
for plunderers have plundered them
and (AS)ruined their branches.

3 The shield of his mighty men is red;
(AT)his soldiers are clothed in scarlet.
The chariots come with flashing metal
on the day he musters them;
the cypress spears are brandished.
4 (AU)The chariots race madly through the streets;
they rush to and fro through the squares;
they gleam like torches;
they dart like lightning.
5 He remembers (AV)his officers;
(AW)they stumble as they go,
they hasten to the wall;
the siege tower[d] is set up.
6 (AX)The river gates are opened;
the palace (AY)melts away;
7 its mistress[e] is (AZ)stripped;[f] she is carried off,
her slave girls (BA)lamenting,
moaning like doves
and beating their breasts.
8 (BB)Nineveh is like a pool
whose waters run away.[g]
“Halt! Halt!” they cry,
but (BC)none turns back.
9 Plunder the silver,
plunder the gold!
There is no end of the treasure
or of the wealth of all precious things.

10 (BD)Desolate! Desolation and ruin!
(BE)Hearts melt and (BF)knees tremble;
(BG)anguish is in all loins;
(BH)all faces grow pale!
11 Where is the lions' den,
the feeding place of (BI)the young lions,
where the lion and lioness went,
where his cubs were, with (BJ)none to disturb?
12 (BK)The lion tore enough for his cubs
and (BL)strangled prey for his lionesses;
he filled his caves with prey
and his dens with torn flesh.

13 (BM)Behold, I am against you, declares the Lord of hosts, and (BN)I will burn your[h] chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and (BO)the voice of your messengers shall no longer be heard.

Woe to Nineveh

3 Woe to (BP)the bloody city,
all full of lies and plunder—
(BQ)no end to the prey!
2 The crack of the whip, and (BR)rumble of the wheel,
(BS)galloping horse and (BT)bounding chariot!
3 Horsemen charging,
flashing sword and (BU)glittering spear,
(BV)hosts of slain,
heaps of corpses,
dead bodies without end—
they stumble over the bodies!
4 And all for the countless whorings of the (BW)prostitute,
(BX)graceful and of deadly charms,
who betrays nations with her whorings,
and peoples with her charms.

5 (BY)Behold, I am against you,
declares the Lord of hosts,
and (BZ)will lift up your skirts over your face;
and I will make nations look at (CA)your nakedness
and kingdoms at your shame.
6 I will throw filth at you
and (CB)treat you with contempt
and make you (CC)a spectacle.
7 And all who look at you (CD)will shrink from you and say,
“Wasted is (CE)Nineveh; (CF)who will grieve for her?”
(CG)Where shall I seek comforters for you?

8 (CH)Are you better than (CI)Thebes[i]
that sat (CJ)by the Nile,
with water around her,
her rampart a sea,
and water her wall?
9 (CK)Cush was her strength;
Egypt too, and that without limit;
(CL)Put and the (CM)Libyans were her[j] helpers.

10 (CN)Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity;
(CO)her infants were dashed in pieces
at the head of every street;
for her honored men (CP)lots were cast,
(CQ)and all her great men were bound in chains.
11 (CR)You also will be drunken;
you will go into hiding;
(CS)you will seek a refuge from the enemy.
12 All your fortresses are (CT)like fig trees
with first-ripe figs—
if shaken they fall
into the mouth of the eater.
13 Behold, your troops
(CU)are women in your midst.
The gates of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire has devoured your bars.

14 (CV)Draw water for the siege;
(CW)strengthen your forts;
go into the clay;
tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick mold!
15 There will the fire devour you;
the sword will cut you off.
It will (CX)devour you (CY)like the locust.
Multiply yourselves (CZ)like the locust;
multiply (DA)like the grasshopper!
16 You increased (DB)your merchants
more than the stars of the heavens.
(DC)The locust spreads its wings and flies away.

17 Your (DD)princes are (DE)like grasshoppers,
(DF)your scribes[k] like clouds of locusts
settling on the fences
in a day of cold—
when the sun rises, they fly away;
no one knows where they are.

18 Your shepherds (DG)are asleep,
O king of Assyria;
(DH)your nobles slumber.
Your people (DI)are scattered on the mountains
with none to gather them.
19 There is no easing your hurt;
(DJ)your wound is grievous.
All who hear the news about you
(DK)clap their hands over you.
For (DL)upon whom has not come
your unceasing evil?

Footnotes:

  1. Nahum 1:8 Hebrew of her place
  2. Nahum 1:15 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
  3. Nahum 2:1 Hebrew gird your loins
  4. Nahum 2:5 Or the mantelet
  5. Nahum 2:7 The meaning of the Hebrew word rendered its mistress is uncertain
  6. Nahum 2:7 Or exiled
  7. Nahum 2:8 Compare Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  8. Nahum 2:13 Hebrew her
  9. Nahum 3:8 Hebrew No-amon
  10. Nahum 3:9 Hebrew your
  11. Nahum 3:17 Or marshals

Cross references:

  1. Nahum 1:1 : See Isa. 13:1
  2. Nahum 1:1 : ch. 2:8; 3:7; See Jonah 1:2
  3. Nahum 1:2 : See Ex. 20:5
  4. Nahum 1:2 : [Ps. 92:9]
  5. Nahum 1:2 : [Ps. 103:9]
  6. Nahum 1:3 : See Ex. 34:6
  7. Nahum 1:3 : Job 9:4; Ps. 147:5
  8. Nahum 1:3 : See Ex. 34:7
  9. Nahum 1:3 : [Ps. 97:2]; See Ps. 18:9-13
  10. Nahum 1:4 : Ps. 106:9; [Isa. 50:2]
  11. Nahum 1:4 : Isa. 33:9
  12. Nahum 1:4 : See Josh. 19:26
  13. Nahum 1:4 : Isa. 33:9
  14. Nahum 1:5 : [Jer. 4:24; Hab. 3:6]
  15. Nahum 1:5 : Amos 9:13
  16. Nahum 1:5 : Ps. 98:7
  17. Nahum 1:6 : [Mal. 3:2]
  18. Nahum 1:6 : 2 Chr. 34:21; [Ps. 79:6]
  19. Nahum 1:6 : Ezek. 38:20
  20. Nahum 1:7 : Jer. 33:11; See Ps. 100:5
  21. Nahum 1:7 : Ps. 46:1; Isa. 25:4
  22. Nahum 1:7 : Ps. 1:6; John 10:14, 27; 1 Cor. 8:3; 2 Tim. 2:19
  23. Nahum 1:8 : [Isa. 30:28]
  24. Nahum 1:8 : Isa. 8:22
  25. Nahum 1:9 : [Isa. 10:7]
  26. Nahum 1:9 : [Jer. 4:27]
  27. Nahum 1:10 : See Mic. 7:4
  28. Nahum 1:10 : See Joel 2:5
  29. Nahum 1:11 : [ver. 9; 2 Kgs. 19:22, 23]
  30. Nahum 1:12 : Isa. 10:33, 34; [Isa. 37:36]
  31. Nahum 1:12 : ver. 9; [Isa. 9:1]
  32. Nahum 1:13 : [Isa. 9:4; 10:27; 14:25]
  33. Nahum 1:14 : [Ps. 109:13]
  34. Nahum 1:14 : [2 Kgs. 19:37]
  35. Nahum 1:14 : [Isa. 30:33]; See Ezek. 32:21-23
  36. Nahum 1:14 : [ch. 3:6]
  37. Nahum 1:15 : See Isa. 52:7
  38. Nahum 1:15 : [Rom. 10:15]
  39. Nahum 1:15 : [Isa. 30:29]
  40. Nahum 1:15 : See Num. 30:2
  41. Nahum 1:15 : [ver. 12]; See Joel 3:17
  42. Nahum 2:1 : [Jer. 51:20]
  43. Nahum 2:1 : [Jer. 51:12]
  44. Nahum 2:2 : [Isa. 37:31]
  45. Nahum 2:2 : See Ps. 80:8-13; Isa. 5:1-7
  46. Nahum 2:3 : [Ezek. 23:14, 15]
  47. Nahum 2:4 : [ch. 3:2]
  48. Nahum 2:5 : ch. 3:18
  49. Nahum 2:5 : Jer. 46:12
  50. Nahum 2:6 : [Isa. 45:1]
  51. Nahum 2:6 : [Isa. 14:31]
  52. Nahum 2:7 : [Isa. 22:8]
  53. Nahum 2:7 : Isa. 38:14
  54. Nahum 2:8 : See ch. 1:1
  55. Nahum 2:8 : Jer. 46:5
  56. Nahum 2:10 : See Zeph. 2:13-15
  57. Nahum 2:10 : Ps. 22:14; Isa. 13:7
  58. Nahum 2:10 : Dan. 5:6
  59. Nahum 2:10 : Isa. 21:3
  60. Nahum 2:10 : Joel 2:6
  61. Nahum 2:11 : Isa. 5:29; Jer. 2:15
  62. Nahum 2:11 : See Isa. 17:2
  63. Nahum 2:12 : [Ezek. 19:3]
  64. Nahum 2:12 : [ver. 9; ch. 3:1]
  65. Nahum 2:13 : ch. 3:5; [Zeph. 2:5]; See Ezek. 13:8
  66. Nahum 2:13 : [Ps. 46:9]
  67. Nahum 2:13 : [2 Kgs. 19:9, 23]
  68. Nahum 3:1 : Ezek. 24:9; [Hab. 2:12]
  69. Nahum 3:1 : [ch. 2:12]
  70. Nahum 3:2 : [ch. 2:4]
  71. Nahum 3:2 : [Judg. 5:22]
  72. Nahum 3:2 : [Joel 2:5]
  73. Nahum 3:3 : Hab. 3:11
  74. Nahum 3:3 : [2 Kgs. 19:35]
  75. Nahum 3:4 : [Rev. 17:2; 18:3]
  76. Nahum 3:4 : [Isa. 47:9, 12]
  77. Nahum 3:5 : [See ch. 2:13 above]; ch. 3:5; [Zeph. 2:5]; See Ezek. 13:8
  78. Nahum 3:5 : Jer. 13:22, 26; [Isa. 3:17; 47:3]
  79. Nahum 3:5 : Hab. 2:16
  80. Nahum 3:6 : Mal. 2:9; [ch. 1:14]
  81. Nahum 3:6 : Heb. 10:33; [1 Cor. 4:9]
  82. Nahum 3:7 : Jer. 51:9; Rev. 18:10
  83. Nahum 3:7 : [Zeph. 2:13]; See ch. 1:1
  84. Nahum 3:7 : Isa. 51:19; Jer. 15:5
  85. Nahum 3:7 : Lam. 1:2, 9, 16, 17, 21
  86. Nahum 3:8 : [Amos 6:2]
  87. Nahum 3:8 : Jer. 46:25
  88. Nahum 3:8 : [Ezek. 29:3]
  89. Nahum 3:9 : See Dan. 11:43
  90. Nahum 3:9 : Gen. 10:6
  91. Nahum 3:9 : See 2 Chr. 12:3
  92. Nahum 3:10 : Isa. 20:4
  93. Nahum 3:10 : Isa. 13:16
  94. Nahum 3:10 : Joel 3:3; Obad. 11
  95. Nahum 3:10 : [Ps. 149:8]
  96. Nahum 3:11 : Jer. 25:17, 27; [Ps. 75:8; Isa. 51:17; Obad. 16]
  97. Nahum 3:11 : [Jer. 4:5, 6]
  98. Nahum 3:12 : [Rev. 6:13]
  99. Nahum 3:13 : Isa. 19:16; Jer. 51:30
  100. Nahum 3:14 : [Isa. 22:11]
  101. Nahum 3:14 : [See ver. 11 above]; [Jer. 4:5, 6]
  102. Nahum 3:15 : [Joel 2:3]
  103. Nahum 3:15 : [Joel 1:4, 6]
  104. Nahum 3:15 : [Joel 1:4, 6]
  105. Nahum 3:15 : [Joel 1:4, 6]
  106. Nahum 3:16 : [Ezek. 27:23, 24]
  107. Nahum 3:16 : [See ver. 15 above]; [Joel 1:4, 6]
  108. Nahum 3:17 : [Isa. 10:8]
  109. Nahum 3:17 : [See ver. 15 above]; [Joel 1:4, 6]
  110. Nahum 3:17 : Jer. 51:27
  111. Nahum 3:18 : [Ps. 76:5]
  112. Nahum 3:18 : ch. 2:5
  113. Nahum 3:18 : [1 Kgs. 22:17]
  114. Nahum 3:19 : Jer. 10:19; Mic. 1:9
  115. Nahum 3:19 : Lam. 2:15; [Zeph. 2:15]
  116. Nahum 3:19 : [Isa. 37:18]
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Revelation 8

The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer

8 When the Lamb opened (A)the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 Then I saw the seven angels (B)who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3 And another angel came and stood (C)at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with (D)the prayers of all the saints on (E)the golden altar before the throne, 4 and (F)the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel. 5 Then the angel took the censer and (G)filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and (H)there were peals of (I)thunder, rumblings,[a] flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

The Seven Trumpets

6 Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.

7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed (J)hail and (K)fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a (L)third of the earth was burned up, and a third of (M)the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.

8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like (N)a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea (O)became blood. 9 A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of (P)the ships were destroyed.

10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and (Q)a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on (R)the springs of water. 11 The name of the star is Wormwood.[b] A third of the waters (S)became wormwood, and many people died from the water, (T)because it had been made bitter.

12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of (U)the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.

13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, (V)“Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”

Footnotes:

  1. Revelation 8:5 Or voices, or sounds
  2. Revelation 8:11 Wormwood is the name of a plant and of the bitter-tasting extract derived from it

Cross references:

  1. Revelation 8:1 : ch. 5:1; 6:1
  2. Revelation 8:2 : Luke 1:19
  3. Revelation 8:3 : Amos 9:1
  4. Revelation 8:3 : ch. 5:8
  5. Revelation 8:3 : ch. 9:13; Ex. 30:1, 3
  6. Revelation 8:4 : [Ps. 141:2]
  7. Revelation 8:5 : Lev. 16:12
  8. Revelation 8:5 : [Ps. 18:7, 8]
  9. Revelation 8:5 : See ch. 4:5
  10. Revelation 8:7 : Ex. 9:23, 24; Ps. 18:13; Ezek. 38:22
  11. Revelation 8:7 : Joel 2:30
  12. Revelation 8:7 : ver. 8-12; ch. 9:15, 18; 12:4; [Zech. 13:8, 9]
  13. Revelation 8:7 : ch. 9:4; Isa. 2:13
  14. Revelation 8:8 : Jer. 51:25; [Mark 11:23]
  15. Revelation 8:8 : ch. 11:6; [Ex. 7:17, 19]
  16. Revelation 8:9 : Isa. 2:16
  17. Revelation 8:10 : ch. 9:1; [Isa. 14:12]
  18. Revelation 8:10 : ch. 14:7; 16:4
  19. Revelation 8:11 : Deut. 29:18; Jer. 9:15; 23:15
  20. Revelation 8:11 : [Ex. 15:23]
  21. Revelation 8:12 : [Ex. 10:21-23; Isa. 13:10; 30:26]
  22. Revelation 8:13 : [ch. 9:12; 11:14]
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Psalm 136

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

136 (A)Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
(B)for his steadfast love endures forever.
2 Give thanks to (C)the God of gods,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
3 Give thanks to (D)the Lord of lords,
for his steadfast love endures forever;

4 to him who alone (E)does great wonders,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
5 to him who (F)by understanding (G)made the heavens,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
6 to him who (H)spread out the earth (I)above the waters,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
7 to him who (J)made the great lights,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
8 the sun to rule over the day,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
9 the moon and stars to rule over the night,
for his steadfast love endures forever;

10 to him who (K)struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
11 and (L)brought Israel out from among them,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
12 with (M)a strong hand and an outstretched arm,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
13 to him who (N)divided the Red Sea in two,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
14 (O)and made Israel pass through the midst of it,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
15 but (P)overthrew[a] Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
16 to him who (Q)led his people through the wilderness,
for his steadfast love endures forever;

17 to him (R)who struck down great kings,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
18 and killed mighty kings,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
19 Sihon, king of the Amorites,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
20 and Og, king of Bashan,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
21 and gave their land as a heritage,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
22 a heritage to Israel his (S)servant,
for his steadfast love endures forever.

23 It is he who (T)remembered us in our low estate,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
24 and (U)rescued us from our foes,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
25 he who (V)gives food to all flesh,
for his steadfast love endures forever.

26 Give thanks to (W)the God of heaven,
for his steadfast love endures forever.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 136:15 Hebrew shook off

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 136:1 : Ps. 106:1; 107:1; 118:1
  2. Psalm 136:1 : See 1 Chr. 16:41
  3. Psalm 136:2 : Deut. 10:17
  4. Psalm 136:3 : [See ver. 2 above]; Deut. 10:17
  5. Psalm 136:4 : See Ps. 72:18
  6. Psalm 136:5 : Prov. 3:19; Jer. 10:12; 51:15
  7. Psalm 136:5 : See Gen. 1:1
  8. Psalm 136:6 : Isa. 42:5; 44:24
  9. Psalm 136:6 : Ps. 24:2
  10. Psalm 136:7 : Gen. 1:16
  11. Psalm 136:10 : See Ps. 78:51
  12. Psalm 136:11 : Ex. 12:51; 13:3
  13. Psalm 136:12 : Deut. 4:34
  14. Psalm 136:13 : See Ps. 78:13
  15. Psalm 136:14 : Ex. 14:21, 22
  16. Psalm 136:15 : Ex. 14:27; [Ps. 78:53]
  17. Psalm 136:16 : Ex. 15:22; Deut. 8:15; See Ps. 77:20
  18. Psalm 136:17 : For ver. 17-22, see Ps. 135:10-12
  19. Psalm 136:22 : Ps. 105:6, 26
  20. Psalm 136:23 : Gen. 8:1; [Deut. 32:36]
  21. Psalm 136:24 : Ps. 107:2
  22. Psalm 136:25 : Ps. 104:27; See Job 36:31
  23. Psalm 136:26 : Ezra 5:12; Neh. 1:4; Dan. 2:18
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Proverbs 30:7-9

7 Two things I ask of you;
deny them not to me (A)before I die:
8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that is (B)needful for me,
9 lest I be (C)full and (D)deny you
and say, (E)“Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
(F)and profane the name of my God.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 30:7 : Gen. 45:28
  2. Proverbs 30:8 : Job 23:12; Matt. 6:11; Luke 11:3
  3. Proverbs 30:9 : Deut. 8:12; 31:20; 32:15; Neh. 9:25; [ver. 22]
  4. Proverbs 30:9 : Josh. 24:27
  5. Proverbs 30:9 : Ex. 5:2
  6. Proverbs 30:9 : [Job 21:14, 15]; See Ex. 20:7
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