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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Sunday December 13, 2020 (NIV)

Obadiah

1 This is the prophecy of Obadiah—what the Sovereign Lord said about the nation of Edom.

The Lord Will Punish Edom

The Lord has sent his messenger to the nations,
and we have heard his message:
“Get ready! Let us go to war against Edom!”
2 The Lord says to Edom,
“I will make you weak;
everyone will despise you.
3 Your pride has deceived you.
Your capital is a fortress of solid rock;
your home is high in the mountains,
and so you say to yourself,
‘Who can ever pull me down?’
4 Even though you make your home
as high as an eagle's nest,
so that it seems to be among the stars,
yet I will pull you down.

5 “When thieves come at night,
they take only what they want.
When people gather grapes,
they always leave a few.
But your enemies have wiped you out completely.
6 Descendants of Esau, your treasures have been looted.
7 Your allies have deceived you;
they have driven you from your country.
People who were at peace with you have now conquered you.
Those friends who ate with you have laid a trap for you;
they say of you, ‘Where is all that cleverness he had?’

8 “On the day I punish Edom,
I will destroy their clever men
and wipe out all their wisdom.
9 The fighting men of Teman will be terrified,
and every soldier in Edom will be killed.

Reasons for Edom's Punishment

10 “Because you robbed and killed
your relatives,[a] the descendants of Jacob,
you will be destroyed and dishonored forever.
11 You stood aside on that day
when enemies broke down their gates.
You were as bad as those strangers
who carried off Jerusalem's wealth
and divided it among themselves.
12 You should not have gloated
over the misfortune of your relatives in Judah.
You should not have been glad
on the day of their ruin.
You should not have laughed at them
in their distress.
13 You should not have entered the city of my people
to gloat over their suffering
and to seize their riches
on the day of their disaster.
14 (A)You should not have stood at the crossroads
to catch those trying to escape.
You should not have handed them over to the enemy
on the day of their distress.

God Will Judge the Nations

15 “The day is near when I, the Lord,
will judge all nations.
Edom, what you have done
will be done to you.
You will get back what you have given.
16 My people have drunk a bitter cup of punishment
on my sacred hill.[b]
But all the surrounding nations will drink
a still more bitter cup of punishment;
they will drink it all and vanish away.

The Victory of Israel

17 “But on Mount Zion some will escape,
and it will be a sacred place.
The people of Jacob will possess
the land that is theirs by right.
18 The people of Jacob and of Joseph will be like fire;
they will destroy the people of Esau
as fire burns stubble.
No descendant of Esau will survive.
I, the Lord, have spoken.

19 “People from southern Judah will occupy Edom;
those from the western foothills will capture Philistia.
Israelites will possess the territory of Ephraim and Samaria;
the people of Benjamin will take Gilead.
20 The army of exiles from northern Israel
will return and conquer Phoenicia as far north as Zarephath.
The exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sardis
will capture the towns of southern Judah.
21 The victorious men of Jerusalem
will attack Edom and rule over it.
And the Lord himself will be king.”

Footnotes:

  1. Obadiah 1:10 The Israelites were descended from Jacob, who was the brother of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.
  2. Obadiah 1:16 Mount Zion (see Zion in Word List).

Cross references:

  1. Obadiah 1:14 : Isa 34:5-Isa 34:17; 63.1-6; Jer 49:7-Jer 49:22; Ezek 25:12-Ezek 25:14; 35.1-15; Amos 1:11; Amos 1:12; Mal 1:2-Mal 1:5
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Revelation 4

Worship in Heaven

4 At this point I had another vision and saw an open door in heaven.

And the voice that sounded like a trumpet, which I had heard speaking to me before, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.” 2 (A)At once the Spirit took control of me. There in heaven was a throne with someone sitting on it. 3 His face gleamed like such precious stones as jasper and carnelian, and all around the throne there was a rainbow the color of an emerald. 4 In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, on which were seated twenty-four elders dressed in white and wearing crowns of gold. 5 (B)From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. In front of the throne seven lighted torches were burning, which are the seven spirits of God. 6 (C)Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.

Surrounding the throne on each of its sides, were four living creatures covered with eyes in front and behind. 7 The first one looked like a lion; the second looked like a bull; the third had a face like a human face; and the fourth looked like an eagle in flight. 8 (D)Each one of the four living creatures had six wings, and they were covered with eyes, inside and out. Day and night they never stop singing:

“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
who was, who is, and who is to come.”

9 The four living creatures sing songs of glory and honor and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever. When they do so, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before the one who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever. They throw their crowns down in front of the throne and say,

11 “Our Lord and God! You are worthy
to receive glory, honor, and power.
For you created all things,
and by your will they were given existence and life.”

Cross references:

  1. Revelation 4:2 : Ezek 1:26-Ezek 1:28; Rev 10:1
  2. Revelation 4:5 : Exod 19:16; Tob 12:15; Rev 8:5; Rev 11:19; Rev 16:18; Rev 4:5; Ezek 1:13; Rev 4:5; Rev 1:4; Zech 4:2
  3. Revelation 4:6 : Ezek 1:22; Rev 4:6; Ezek 1:5-Ezek 1:10; Rev 10:14
  4. Revelation 4:8 : Ezek 1:18; Rev 10:12; Rev 4:8; Isa 6:2; Isa 6:3
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Psalm 132

In Praise of the Temple

132 Lord, do not forget David
and all the hardships he endured.
2 Remember, Lord, what he promised,
the vow he made to you, the Mighty God of Jacob:
3 “I will not go home or go to bed;
4 I will not rest or sleep,
5 until I provide a place for the Lord,
a home for the Mighty God of Jacob.”

6 (A)In Bethlehem we heard about the Covenant Box,
and we found it in the fields of Jearim.
7 We said, “Let us go to the Lord's house;
let us worship before his throne.”

8 Come to the Temple, Lord, with the Covenant Box,
the symbol of your power,
and stay here forever.
9 May your priests do always what is right;
may your people shout for joy!

10 You made a promise to your servant David;
do not reject your chosen king, Lord.
11 (B)You made a solemn promise to David—
a promise you will not take back:
“I will make one of your sons king,
and he will rule after you.
12 If your sons are true to my covenant
and to the commands I give them,
their sons, also, will succeed you for all time as kings.”

13 The Lord has chosen Zion;
he wants to make it his home:
14 “This is where I will live forever;
this is where I want to rule.
15 I will richly provide Zion with all she needs;
I will satisfy her poor with food.
16 I will bless her priests in all they do,
and her people will sing and shout for joy.
17 (C)Here I will make one of David's descendants a great king;
here I will preserve the rule of my chosen king.
18 I will cover his enemies with shame,
but his kingdom will prosper and flourish.”

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 132:6 : 2Chr 6:41; 2Chr 6:42
  2. Psalm 132:11 : 2Sam 7:12-2Sam 7:16; 1Chr 17:11-1Chr 17:14; Ps 89:3; Ps 89:4; Acts 2:30
  3. Psalm 132:17 : 1Kgs 11:36
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Proverbs 29:24-25

24 A thief's partner is his own worst enemy. He will be punished if he tells the truth in court, and God will curse him if he doesn't.

25 It is dangerous to be concerned with what others think of you, but if you trust the Lord, you are safe.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday December 12, 2020 (NIV)

Amos 7-9

Warning Visions

7 (A)This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, (B)he was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. 2 When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,

“O Lord God, please forgive!
(C)How can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”
3 (D)The Lord relented concerning this:
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.

4 (E)This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, the Lord God was calling (F)for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land. 5 Then I said,

“O Lord God, please cease!
(G)How can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”
6 (H)The Lord relented concerning this:
“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

7 (I)This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with (J)a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8 And the Lord said to me, (K)“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,

“Behold, I am setting (L)a plumb line
in the midst of my people Israel;
(M)I will never again pass by them;
9 (N)the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate,
and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste,
and I will rise against (O)the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”

Amos Accused

10 Then Amaziah (P)the priest of Bethel sent to (Q)Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has (R)conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos has said,

“‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
and (S)Israel must go into exile
away from his land.’”

12 And Amaziah said to Amos, (T)“O seer, go, flee away (U)to the land of Judah, and (V)eat bread there, and prophesy there, 13 but (W)never again prophesy at Bethel, for (X)it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”

14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, (Y)“I was[a] no prophet, nor a prophet's son, but (Z)I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. 15 (AA)But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ 16 (AB)Now therefore hear the word of the Lord.

“You say, (AC)‘Do not prophesy against Israel,
and (AD)do not preach against the house of (AE)Isaac.’

17 (AF)Therefore thus says the Lord:

“‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city,
and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword,
and your land (AG)shall be divided up with a measuring line;
you yourself shall die in an unclean land,
and (AH)Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.’”

The Coming Day of Bitter Mourning

8 (AI)This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. 2 And he said, (AJ)“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, (AK)“A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me,

(AL)“The end[b] has come upon my people Israel;
I will never again pass by them.
3 (AM)The songs of the temple[c] (AN)shall become wailings[d] in that day,”
declares the Lord God.
(AO)“So many dead bodies!”
“They are thrown everywhere!”
(AP)“Silence!”

4 Hear this, (AQ)you who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
5 saying, “When will (AR)the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And (AS)the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make (AT)the ephah small and the shekel[e] great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6 that we may buy the poor for (AU)silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”

7 The Lord has sworn by (AV)the pride of Jacob:
“Surely (AW)I will never forget any of their deeds.
8 (AX)Shall not the land tremble on this account,
and everyone mourn who dwells in it,
(AY)and all of it rise like the Nile,
and be tossed about (AZ)and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?”

9 “And on that day,” declares the Lord God,
(BA)“I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth in broad daylight.
10 (BB)I will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
(BC)I will bring sackcloth on every waist
(BD)and baldness on every head;
(BE)I will make it like the mourning for an only son
and the end of it like a bitter day.

11 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
“when (BF)I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
(BG)but of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 (BH)They shall wander from sea to sea,
and from north to east;
they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord,
(BI)but they shall not find it.

13 (BJ)“In that day the lovely virgins and the young men
shall (BK)faint for thirst.
14 Those who swear by (BL)the Guilt of Samaria,
and say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’
and, ‘As (BM)the Way of (BN)Beersheba lives,’
they shall fall, and never rise again.”

The Destruction of Israel

9 I saw the Lord standing beside[f] the altar, and he said:

(BO)“Strike the capitals until (BP)the thresholds (BQ)shake,
(BR)and shatter them on the heads of all the people;[g]
and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword;
(BS)not one of them shall flee away;
not one of them shall escape.

2 (BT)“If they dig into Sheol,
from there shall my hand take them;
(BU)if they climb up to heaven,
from there I will bring them down.
3 If they hide themselves on (BV)the top of Carmel,
from there I will search them out and take them;
(BW)and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
4 (BX)And if they go into captivity before their enemies,
there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
(BY)and I will fix my eyes upon them
for evil and not for good.”

5 The Lord God of hosts,
he who touches the earth and (BZ)it melts,
and all who dwell in it mourn,
(CA)and all of it rises like the Nile,
(CB)and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;
6 (CC)who builds his upper chambers in the heavens
and founds his vault upon the earth;
(CD)who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out upon the surface of the earth—
(CE)the Lord is his name.

7 “Are you not like (CF)the Cushites to me,
O people of Israel?” declares the Lord.
(CG)“Did I not bring up Israel from the land of Egypt,
and (CH)the Philistines from (CI)Caphtor and the Syrians from (CJ)Kir?
8 Behold, (CK)the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom,
and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground,
(CL)except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord.

9 “For behold, I will command,
(CM)and shake the house of Israel among all the nations
as one shakes with a sieve,
but no pebble shall fall to the earth.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,
who say, (CN)‘Disaster shall not overtake or meet us.’

The Restoration of Israel

11 “In that day (CO)I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
and raise up its ruins
and rebuild it as in the days of old,
12 (CP)that they may possess the remnant of Edom
and (CQ)all the nations who are called by my name,”[h]
declares the Lord who does this.

13 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
(CR)“when the plowman shall overtake the reaper
and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed;
(CS)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.
14 (CT)I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
and (CU)they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
(CV)they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 (CW)I will plant them on their land,
(CX)and they shall never again be uprooted
out of the land (CY)that I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.

Footnotes:

  1. Amos 7:14 Or am; twice in this verse
  2. Amos 8:2 The Hebrew words for end and summer fruit sound alike
  3. Amos 8:3 Or palace
  4. Amos 8:3 Or The singing women of the palace shall wail
  5. Amos 8:5 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  6. Amos 9:1 Or on
  7. Amos 9:1 Hebrew all of them
  8. Amos 9:12 Hebrew; Septuagint (compare Acts 15:17) that the remnant of mankind and all the nations who are called by my name may seek the Lord

Cross references:

  1. Amos 7:1 : ch. 8:1
  2. Amos 7:1 : [Joel 1:4]; See Ex. 10:4
  3. Amos 7:2 : [Ps. 130:3]
  4. Amos 7:3 : [Deut. 32:36; Joel 2:13]
  5. Amos 7:4 : [See ver. 1 above]; ch. 8:1
  6. Amos 7:4 : [Rev. 8:7, 8]
  7. Amos 7:5 : [See ver. 2 above]; [Ps. 130:3]
  8. Amos 7:6 : [See ver. 3 above]; [Deut. 32:36; Joel 2:13]
  9. Amos 7:7 : [See ver. 1 above]; ch. 8:1
  10. Amos 7:7 : [ver. 17]; See 2 Kgs. 21:13
  11. Amos 7:8 : ch. 8:2
  12. Amos 7:8 : [See ver. 7 above]; [ver. 17]; See 2 Kgs. 21:13
  13. Amos 7:8 : ch. 8:2
  14. Amos 7:9 : Gen. 26:23, 25
  15. Amos 7:9 : See 2 Kgs. 15:8-12
  16. Amos 7:10 : 1 Kgs. 12:32
  17. Amos 7:10 : ch. 1:1
  18. Amos 7:10 : [Jer. 38:4]
  19. Amos 7:11 : ch. 6:7
  20. Amos 7:12 : See 1 Sam. 9:9
  21. Amos 7:12 : [ch. 1:1]
  22. Amos 7:12 : [Mic. 3:5, 11]
  23. Amos 7:13 : See ch. 2:12
  24. Amos 7:13 : See 1 Kgs. 12:29–13:1
  25. Amos 7:14 : ch. 1:1; [Zech. 13:5]
  26. Amos 7:14 : ch. 1:1
  27. Amos 7:15 : [Ps. 78:71]
  28. Amos 7:16 : ch. 3:1
  29. Amos 7:16 : [See ver. 12 above]; See 1 Sam. 9:9
  30. Amos 7:16 : Ezek. 20:46; 21:2; Mic. 2:6
  31. Amos 7:16 : [ver. 9]
  32. Amos 7:17 : [Jer. 28:16; 29:21, 31, 32]
  33. Amos 7:17 : [ver. 7, 8]
  34. Amos 7:17 : [See ver. 11 above]; ch. 6:7
  35. Amos 8:1 : ch. 7:1
  36. Amos 8:2 : ch. 7:8
  37. Amos 8:2 : [Jer. 24:1; Mic. 7:1]
  38. Amos 8:2 : Lam. 4:18
  39. Amos 8:3 : [ch. 5:23]
  40. Amos 8:3 : [Jer. 47:2]
  41. Amos 8:3 : [ch. 6:9]
  42. Amos 8:3 : [ch. 6:10; Jer. 16:4, 6]
  43. Amos 8:4 : [Ps. 14:4]
  44. Amos 8:5 : See Num. 28:11
  45. Amos 8:5 : [Neh. 13:15, 16]
  46. Amos 8:5 : Ezek. 45:10; Mic. 6:10, 11; See Hos. 12:7
  47. Amos 8:6 : ch. 2:6
  48. Amos 8:7 : ch. 6:8
  49. Amos 8:7 : Hos. 8:13; 9:9
  50. Amos 8:8 : [Hos. 4:3]
  51. Amos 8:8 : ch. 9:5
  52. Amos 8:8 : [Zech. 10:11]
  53. Amos 8:9 : Jer. 15:9; Mic. 3:6; Matt. 24:29; [ch. 4:13; 5:8]
  54. Amos 8:10 : [Jer. 7:34; 16:9; Hos. 2:11]
  55. Amos 8:10 : Isa. 3:24
  56. Amos 8:10 : Isa. 3:24
  57. Amos 8:10 : Jer. 6:26; Zech. 12:10
  58. Amos 8:11 : [Isa. 8:20, 21]
  59. Amos 8:11 : [Ps. 74:9; Prov. 29:18; Mic. 3:7]
  60. Amos 8:12 : [See ver. 11 above]; [Ps. 74:9; Prov. 29:18; Mic. 3:7]
  61. Amos 8:12 : [ch. 4:8]
  62. Amos 8:13 : Isa. 51:20
  63. Amos 8:13 : [Jonah 4:8]
  64. Amos 8:14 : Deut. 9:21; 1 Kgs. 12:29, 30; Hos. 10:8
  65. Amos 8:14 : [Acts 9:2]
  66. Amos 8:14 : ch. 5:5
  67. Amos 9:1 : Zeph. 2:14
  68. Amos 9:1 : Zeph. 2:14
  69. Amos 9:1 : [Isa. 6:4]
  70. Amos 9:1 : See Judg. 16:26-30
  71. Amos 9:1 : [ch. 2:14]
  72. Amos 9:2 : [Ps. 139:8-10]
  73. Amos 9:2 : [Ps. 139:8-10]
  74. Amos 9:3 : ch. 1:2
  75. Amos 9:3 : [Job 26:5]
  76. Amos 9:4 : [Deut. 28:65]
  77. Amos 9:4 : See Jer. 21:10
  78. Amos 9:5 : Ps. 46:6
  79. Amos 9:5 : ch. 8:8
  80. Amos 9:5 : ch. 8:8
  81. Amos 9:6 : [Ps. 104:3, 5]
  82. Amos 9:6 : See ch. 5:8
  83. Amos 9:6 : See ch. 4:13
  84. Amos 9:7 : [Zeph. 3:10]
  85. Amos 9:7 : Ex. 20:2
  86. Amos 9:7 : Jer. 47:4
  87. Amos 9:7 : Gen. 10:14
  88. Amos 9:7 : ch. 1:5
  89. Amos 9:8 : [ver. 4]
  90. Amos 9:8 : Jer. 30:11; [Obad. 17]
  91. Amos 9:9 : [Jer. 15:7; Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17]
  92. Amos 9:10 : [ch. 6:3]
  93. Amos 9:11 : Cited Acts 15:16
  94. Amos 9:12 : [Obad. 19]
  95. Amos 9:12 : Cited Acts 15:17, 18
  96. Amos 9:13 : Lev. 26:5
  97. Amos 9:13 : Joel 3:18
  98. Amos 9:14 : Jer. 30:3
  99. Amos 9:14 : Isa. 61:4
  100. Amos 9:14 : Jer. 31:5
  101. Amos 9:15 : Jer. 24:6; Ezek. 34:29
  102. Amos 9:15 : [Joel 3:20]
  103. Amos 9:15 : [Jer. 3:18]
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Revelation 3:7-22

To the Church in Philadelphia

7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of (A)the holy one, (B)the true one, (C)who has the key of David, (D)who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

8 “‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you (E)an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. 9 Behold, I will make those of (F)the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—behold, (G)I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that (H)I have loved you. 10 (I)Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try (J)those who dwell on the earth. 11 (K)I am coming soon. (L)Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize (M)your crown. 12 (N)The one who conquers, I will make him (O)a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him (P)the name of my God, and (Q)the name of the city of my God, (R)the new Jerusalem, (S)which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own (T)new name. 13 (U)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

To the Church in Laodicea

14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the (V)Amen, (W)the faithful and true witness, (X)the beginning of God's creation.

15 “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. (Y)Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 (Z)For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, (AA)blind, and naked. 18 I counsel you (AB)to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and (AC)white garments so that you may clothe yourself and (AD)the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, (AE)so that you may see. 19 (AF)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and (AG)knock. (AH)If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, (AI)I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. 21 (AJ)The one who conquers, (AK)I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as (AL)I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22 (AM)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

Cross references:

  1. Revelation 3:7 : ch. 6:10
  2. Revelation 3:7 : ver. 14; ch. 19:11; 1 John 5:20
  3. Revelation 3:7 : Isa. 22:22; [Luke 1:32]
  4. Revelation 3:7 : Job 12:14; [Matt. 16:19]
  5. Revelation 3:8 : Acts 14:27; 1 Cor. 16:9; 2 Cor. 2:12; Col. 4:3
  6. Revelation 3:9 : ch. 2:9
  7. Revelation 3:9 : [Isa. 45:14; 49:23; 60:14]
  8. Revelation 3:9 : Isa. 43:4
  9. Revelation 3:10 : ch. 1:9; 2 Pet. 2:9
  10. Revelation 3:10 : ch. 6:10; 8:13; 11:10; 13:8, 14; 17:8
  11. Revelation 3:11 : ch. 22:7, 12, 20
  12. Revelation 3:11 : ch. 2:25
  13. Revelation 3:11 : ch. 2:10
  14. Revelation 3:12 : See ch. 2:7
  15. Revelation 3:12 : 1 Kgs. 7:21; 2 Chr. 3:17; Jer. 1:18; Gal. 2:9; [Ps. 23:6; 27:4]
  16. Revelation 3:12 : ch. 14:1; 22:4
  17. Revelation 3:12 : ch. 21:2; Ezek. 48:35; [Gal. 4:26; Heb. 12:22]
  18. Revelation 3:12 : ch. 21:2; Ezek. 48:35; [Gal. 4:26; Heb. 12:22]
  19. Revelation 3:12 : ch. 21:10
  20. Revelation 3:12 : ch. 2:17
  21. Revelation 3:13 : [See ch. 2:7 above]; ver. 11, 17, 29; ch. 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9
  22. Revelation 3:14 : 2 Cor. 1:20
  23. Revelation 3:14 : ver. 7; ch. 1:5; 19:11; 22:6
  24. Revelation 3:14 : Col. 1:15, 18; [ch. 21:6; 22:13; Prov. 8:22]
  25. Revelation 3:15 : [2 Pet. 2:21]
  26. Revelation 3:17 : Hos. 12:8; Zech. 11:5; 1 Cor. 4:8
  27. Revelation 3:17 : John 9:39-41; Eph. 1:18
  28. Revelation 3:18 : Isa. 55:1; Matt. 13:44; 25:9; [Prov. 8:19]
  29. Revelation 3:18 : [ch. 19:8]; See ver. 4
  30. Revelation 3:18 : ch. 16:15
  31. Revelation 3:18 : [See ver. 17 above]; John 9:39-41; Eph. 1:18
  32. Revelation 3:19 : See Heb. 12:6
  33. Revelation 3:20 : [Song 5:2]
  34. Revelation 3:20 : Luke 12:36
  35. Revelation 3:20 : John 14:23; [Luke 24:29, 30]
  36. Revelation 3:21 : See ch. 2:7
  37. Revelation 3:21 : ch. 20:4; [ch. 2:26; John 12:26; 2 Tim. 2:12]; See Matt. 19:28
  38. Revelation 3:21 : ch. 5:5; 6:2; 17:14; John 16:33
  39. Revelation 3:22 : [See ch. 2:7 above]; ver. 11, 17, 29; ch. 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9
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Psalm 131

I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.

131 O Lord, my heart is not (B)lifted up;
my eyes are not (C)raised too high;
I do not (D)occupy myself with things
too great and (E)too marvelous for me.
2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul,
like a weaned (F)child with its mother;
like a weaned child is my soul within me.

3 (G)O Israel, hope in the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore.

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 131:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
  2. Psalm 131:1 : [Ps. 138:6; Isa. 57:15]
  3. Psalm 131:1 : See Ps. 101:5
  4. Psalm 131:1 : [Jer. 45:5; Rom. 12:16]
  5. Psalm 131:1 : See Job 42:3
  6. Psalm 131:2 : [Matt. 18:3; 1 Cor. 14:20]
  7. Psalm 131:3 : Ps. 130:7
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Proverbs 29:23

23 (A)One's pride will bring him low,
(B)but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 29:23 : ch. 17:19; 2 Sam. 22:28; Matt. 23:12; James 4:6; See ch. 11:2
  2. Proverbs 29:23 : ch. 15:33; 18:12
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday December 11, 2020 (NIV)

Amos 4-6

4 “Hear this word, (A)you cows of Bashan,
who are (B)on the mountain of Samaria,
(C)who oppress the poor, (D)who crush the needy,
who say to your husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’
2 (E)The Lord God has sworn by his holiness
that, behold, the days are coming upon you,
(F)when they shall take you away with hooks,
(G)even the last of you with fishhooks.
3 (H)And you shall go out through the breaches,
each one straight ahead;
and you shall be cast out into Harmon,”
declares the Lord.

4 (I)“Come to Bethel, and transgress;
to (J)Gilgal, and multiply transgression;
(K)bring your (L)sacrifices every morning,
your tithes every three days;
5 offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of (M)that which is leavened,
and proclaim (N)freewill offerings, publish them;
(O)for so you love to do, O people of Israel!”
declares the Lord God.

Israel Has Not Returned to the Lord

6 “I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
and (P)lack of bread in all your places,
(Q)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

7 “I also (R)withheld the rain from you
when there were yet three months to the harvest;
(S)I would send rain on one city,
and send no rain on another city;
one field would have rain,
and the field on which it did not rain would wither;
8 so two or three cities (T)would wander to another city
to drink water, and would not be satisfied;
(U)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

9 (V)“I struck you with blight and mildew;
your many gardens and your vineyards,
your fig trees and your olive trees (W)the locust devoured;
(X)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

10 “I sent among you a pestilence (Y)after the manner of Egypt;
I killed your young men with the sword,
and (Z)carried away your horses,[a]
and (AA)I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils;
(AB)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

11 “I overthrew some of you,
(AC)as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,
and you were (AD)as a brand[b] plucked out of the burning;
(AE)yet you did not return to me,”
declares the Lord.

12 “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
because I will do this to you,
prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”

13 For behold, (AF)he who forms the mountains and creates the wind,
and (AG)declares to man what is his thought,
(AH)who makes the morning darkness,
and (AI)treads on the heights of the earth—
(AJ)the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!

Seek the Lord and Live

5 Hear this word that I (AK)take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel:

2 “Fallen, no more to rise,
is (AL)the virgin Israel;
forsaken on her land,
with none to raise her up.”

3 For thus says the Lord God:

“The city that went out a thousand
shall have a hundred left,
and that which went out a hundred
shall have ten left
to the house of Israel.”

4 For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:

(AM)“Seek me and live;
5 but do not seek (AN)Bethel,
and do not enter into (AO)Gilgal
or cross over to (AP)Beersheba;
for (AQ)Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
and (AR)Bethel shall come to nothing.”

6 (AS)Seek the Lord and live,
(AT)lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, with none to quench it for (AU)Bethel,
7 O (AV)you who turn justice to wormwood[c]
and cast down righteousness to the earth!

8 He who made the (AW)Pleiades and Orion,
and turns deep darkness into the morning
and (AX)darkens the day into night,
who (AY)calls for the waters of the sea
(AZ)and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
(BA)the Lord is his name;
9 (BB)who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.

10 (BC)They hate him who reproves (BD)in the gate,
and they (BE)abhor him who speaks the truth.
11 Therefore because you (BF)trample on[d] the poor
and you exact taxes of grain from him,
(BG)you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
(BH)you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who (BI)take a bribe,
and (BJ)turn aside the needy (BK)in the gate.
13 Therefore he who is prudent will (BL)keep silent in such a time,
(BM)for it is an evil time.

14 (BN)Seek good, and not evil,
that you may live;
and so the Lord, (BO)the God of hosts, will be with you,
as you have said.
15 (BP)Hate evil, and love good,
and establish justice (BQ)in the gate;
(BR)it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

16 Therefore thus says the Lord, (BS)the God of hosts, the Lord:

“In all the squares (BT)there shall be wailing,
and in all the streets they shall say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmers to mourning
and (BU)to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation,
17 and in all vineyards there shall be wailing,
for (BV)I will pass through your midst,”
says the Lord.

Let Justice Roll Down

18 Woe to you who desire (BW)the day of the Lord!
Why would you have the day of the Lord?
(BX)It is darkness, and not light,
19 (BY)as if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
and a serpent bit him.
20 (BZ)Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?

21 (CA)“I hate, I despise your feasts,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
22 (CB)Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the peace offerings of your fattened animals,
I will not look upon them.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
to (CC)the melody of your harps I will not listen.
24 But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

25 (CD)“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 26 (CE)You (CF)shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves, 27 (CG)and I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is (CH)the God of hosts.

Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

6 (CI)“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,
and to those who feel secure on (CJ)the mountain of Samaria,
(CK)the notable men of (CL)the first of the nations,
to whom the house of Israel comes!
2 Pass over to (CM)Calneh, and see,
and from there go to (CN)Hamath the great;
then go down to (CO)Gath of the Philistines.
(CP)Are you better than these kingdoms?
Or is their territory greater than your territory,
3 (CQ)O you who put far away the day of disaster
(CR)and bring near the seat of violence?

4 “Woe to those (CS)who lie on (CT)beds of ivory
(CU)and stretch themselves out on their couches,
and eat lambs from the flock
(CV)and calves from the midst of the stall,
5 (CW)who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp
and like David (CX)invent for themselves instruments of music,
6 (CY)who drink wine in bowls
and (CZ)anoint themselves with the finest oils,
but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
7 (DA)Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile,
and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away.”

8 (DB)The Lord God has sworn by himself, declares the Lord, the God of hosts:

“I abhor (DC)the pride of Jacob
and hate his strongholds,
(DD)and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.”

9 And (DE)if ten men remain in one house, they shall die. 10 And when one's relative, (DF)the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, (DG)“Silence! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

11 For behold, the Lord commands,
and (DH)the great house shall be struck down into fragments,
and the little house into bits.
12 Do horses run on rocks?
Does one plow there[e] with oxen?
(DI)But you have turned justice into (DJ)poison
(DK)and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood[f]—
13 you who rejoice in Lo-debar,[g]
who say, (DL)“Have we not by our own strength
captured Karnaim[h] for ourselves?”
14 “For behold, (DM)I will raise up against you a nation,
O house of Israel,” declares the Lord, the God of hosts;
“and they shall oppress you from (DN)Lebo-hamath
to the Brook of (DO)the Arabah.”

Footnotes:

  1. Amos 4:10 Hebrew along with the captivity of your horses
  2. Amos 4:11 That is, a burning stick
  3. Amos 5:7 Or to bitter fruit
  4. Amos 5:11 Or you tax
  5. Amos 6:12 Or the sea
  6. Amos 6:12 Or into bitter fruit
  7. Amos 6:13 Lo-debar means nothing
  8. Amos 6:13 Karnaim means horns (a symbol of strength)

Cross references:

  1. Amos 4:1 : Ps. 22:12
  2. Amos 4:1 : ch. 3:9; 6:1
  3. Amos 4:1 : Hos. 5:11
  4. Amos 4:1 : Hos. 5:11
  5. Amos 4:2 : Ps. 89:35
  6. Amos 4:2 : [Jer. 16:16; Hab. 1:15]; See 2 Kgs. 19:28
  7. Amos 4:2 : [Jer. 16:16; Hab. 1:15]; See 2 Kgs. 19:28
  8. Amos 4:3 : [Ezek. 12:5, 12]
  9. Amos 4:4 : [ch. 5:5; Ezek. 20:39; Matt. 23:32]
  10. Amos 4:4 : [ch. 5:5; Hos. 4:15; 9:15; 12:11]
  11. Amos 4:4 : [ch. 5:5; Ezek. 20:39; Matt. 23:32]
  12. Amos 4:4 : Num. 28:3, 4; [Jer. 7:21]
  13. Amos 4:5 : Lev. 7:13
  14. Amos 4:5 : Ex. 35:29; Lev. 22:18, 21; Deut. 12:6
  15. Amos 4:5 : [Ps. 81:11, 12]
  16. Amos 4:6 : [Deut. 28:57; Lam. 2:12]
  17. Amos 4:6 : Jer. 15:7; Hag. 2:17
  18. Amos 4:7 : Jer. 3:3; [Joel 2:23]
  19. Amos 4:7 : [Ex. 9:26]
  20. Amos 4:8 : [ch. 8:12]
  21. Amos 4:8 : [See ver. 6 above]; Jer. 15:7; Hag. 2:17
  22. Amos 4:9 : Deut. 28:22; Hag. 2:17
  23. Amos 4:9 : Joel 1:4
  24. Amos 4:9 : [See ver. 6 above]; Jer. 15:7; Hag. 2:17
  25. Amos 4:10 : Deut. 28:27, 60; [Ex. 12:29; Ps. 78:50; Isa. 10:24, 26]
  26. Amos 4:10 : 2 Kgs. 13:7
  27. Amos 4:10 : [Joel 2:20]
  28. Amos 4:10 : [See ver. 6 above]; Jer. 15:7; Hag. 2:17
  29. Amos 4:11 : [Isa. 13:19]
  30. Amos 4:11 : Zech. 3:2; [Jude 23]
  31. Amos 4:11 : [See ver. 6 above]; Jer. 15:7; Hag. 2:17
  32. Amos 4:13 : [Ps. 102:25]
  33. Amos 4:13 : [Ps. 139:2]
  34. Amos 4:13 : [ch. 5:8; 8:9]
  35. Amos 4:13 : Isa. 58:14; Mic. 1:3
  36. Amos 4:13 : ch. 3:13; 5:8; 9:6; See Jer. 10:16
  37. Amos 5:1 : Ezek. 19:1
  38. Amos 5:2 : Lam. 2:1; [Isa. 47:1]
  39. Amos 5:4 : 2 Chr. 15:2; Isa. 55:6; Zeph. 2:3
  40. Amos 5:5 : See ch. 4:4
  41. Amos 5:5 : See ch. 4:4
  42. Amos 5:5 : ch. 8:14
  43. Amos 5:5 : See ch. 4:4
  44. Amos 5:5 : See ch. 4:4
  45. Amos 5:6 : [See ver. 4 above]; 2 Chr. 15:2; Isa. 55:6; Zeph. 2:3
  46. Amos 5:6 : [Isa. 9:18, 19]
  47. Amos 5:6 : [See ver. 5 above]; See ch. 4:4
  48. Amos 5:7 : [ch. 6:12]
  49. Amos 5:8 : Job 9:9; 38:31
  50. Amos 5:8 : Ps. 104:20; [ch. 4:13; 8:9]
  51. Amos 5:8 : ch. 9:6; [Gen. 6:17; Ps. 104:6, 7]
  52. Amos 5:8 : ch. 9:6; [Gen. 6:17; Ps. 104:6, 7]
  53. Amos 5:8 : See ch. 4:13
  54. Amos 5:9 : [Jer. 50:32]
  55. Amos 5:10 : Isa. 29:21; [Prov. 15:5, 10]
  56. Amos 5:10 : See Ruth 4:1
  57. Amos 5:10 : [1 Kgs. 22:8]
  58. Amos 5:11 : [James 2:6]
  59. Amos 5:11 : Deut. 28:30, 39; Mic. 6:15; Zeph. 1:13
  60. Amos 5:11 : Deut. 28:30, 39; Mic. 6:15; Zeph. 1:13
  61. Amos 5:12 : 1 Sam. 8:3; 12:3; [Ps. 26:10]
  62. Amos 5:12 : ch. 2:7; Isa. 29:21
  63. Amos 5:12 : [See ver. 10 above]; See Ruth 4:1
  64. Amos 5:13 : [Eccles. 3:7]
  65. Amos 5:13 : Mic. 2:3
  66. Amos 5:14 : [Deut. 30:15, 19; Zeph. 2:3]
  67. Amos 5:14 : ch. 3:13
  68. Amos 5:15 : Ps. 97:10; Rom. 12:9
  69. Amos 5:15 : [See ver. 10 above]; See Ruth 4:1
  70. Amos 5:15 : Joel 2:14; [Ex. 32:30]
  71. Amos 5:16 : [See ver. 14 above]; ch. 3:13
  72. Amos 5:16 : [Jer. 9:17, 18]
  73. Amos 5:16 : [Jer. 9:17, 18]
  74. Amos 5:17 : Ex. 12:12
  75. Amos 5:18 : See Joel 1:15
  76. Amos 5:18 : See Joel 2:1, 2
  77. Amos 5:19 : [Isa. 24:18; Jer. 48:44]
  78. Amos 5:20 : [See ver. 18 above]; See Joel 2:1, 2
  79. Amos 5:21 : Isa. 1:14; [Jer. 6:20]
  80. Amos 5:22 : Ps. 51:16, 17; Isa. 1:11
  81. Amos 5:23 : [ch. 6:5; 8:3; Isa. 5:12]
  82. Amos 5:25 : Cited Acts 7:42, 43
  83. Amos 5:26 : [Deut. 32:17; Ezek. 20:16, 24]
  84. Amos 5:26 : [Isa. 46:7]
  85. Amos 5:27 : 2 Kgs. 17:6
  86. Amos 5:27 : [See ver. 14 above]; ch. 3:13
  87. Amos 6:1 : Isa. 32:9; Zeph. 1:12; Luke 6:24; James 5:1
  88. Amos 6:1 : ch. 3:9; 4:1
  89. Amos 6:1 : [Ezek. 22:6]
  90. Amos 6:1 : See Ex. 19:5
  91. Amos 6:2 : Gen. 10:10; Isa. 10:9
  92. Amos 6:2 : 1 Kgs. 8:65; 2 Kgs. 18:34; Isa. 10:9
  93. Amos 6:2 : See 1 Sam. 17:4
  94. Amos 6:2 : [Nah. 3:8]
  95. Amos 6:3 : [ch. 9:10; Ezek. 12:27]
  96. Amos 6:3 : See ch. 3:10
  97. Amos 6:4 : [ch. 3:12]
  98. Amos 6:4 : [Esth. 1:6]
  99. Amos 6:4 : [ch. 3:12]
  100. Amos 6:4 : [James 5:5]
  101. Amos 6:5 : See ch. 5:23
  102. Amos 6:5 : See ch. 5:23
  103. Amos 6:6 : [Isa. 5:12]
  104. Amos 6:6 : [Dan. 10:3]
  105. Amos 6:7 : ch. 7:11, 17
  106. Amos 6:8 : Jer. 22:5; 51:14
  107. Amos 6:8 : ch. 8:7; [Ps. 47:4]
  108. Amos 6:8 : [Jer. 17:3]
  109. Amos 6:9 : [ch. 3:3]
  110. Amos 6:10 : See 1 Sam. 31:12
  111. Amos 6:10 : [ch. 5:13; 8:3]
  112. Amos 6:11 : [ch. 3:15]
  113. Amos 6:12 : [ch. 5:7]
  114. Amos 6:12 : Deut. 29:18
  115. Amos 6:12 : [ch. 5:7]
  116. Amos 6:13 : [1 Kgs. 22:11; Mic. 4:13]
  117. Amos 6:14 : [Jer. 5:15]
  118. Amos 6:14 : 2 Kgs. 14:25
  119. Amos 6:14 : See Deut. 1:1
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Revelation 2:18-3:6

To the Church in Thyatira

18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, (A)who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.

19 (B)“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. 20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman (C)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants (D)to practice sexual immorality and (E)to eat food sacrificed to idols. 21 I gave her time to repent, but (F)she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. 22 Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, 23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he (G)who searches mind and heart, and (H)I will give to each of you according to your works. 24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call (I)the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I (J)do not lay on you any other burden. 25 Only hold fast (K)what you have until I come. 26 (L)The one who conquers and who keeps my works (M)until the end, (N)to him I will give authority over the nations, 27 and (O)he will (P)rule[a] them with a rod of iron, (Q)as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father. 28 And I will give him (R)the morning star. 29 (S)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

To the Church in Sardis

3 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him (T)who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.

“‘I know your works. You have the reputation (U)of being alive, (V)but you are dead. 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works (W)complete in the sight of my God. 3 (X)Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, (Y)I will come (Z)like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. 4 Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not (AA)soiled their garments, and they will walk with me (AB)in white, for they are (AC)worthy. 5 (AD)The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never (AE)blot his name out of (AF)the book of life. (AG)I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 6 (AH)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Footnotes:

  1. Revelation 2:27 Greek shepherd

Cross references:

  1. Revelation 2:18 : ch. 1:14, 15
  2. Revelation 2:19 : ver. 2
  3. Revelation 2:20 : 1 Kgs. 16:31; 21:25; 2 Kgs. 9:7
  4. Revelation 2:20 : See ver. 14
  5. Revelation 2:20 : See ver. 14
  6. Revelation 2:21 : [ch. 9:20, 21; 16:9, 11]; See Rom. 2:4
  7. Revelation 2:23 : Ps. 7:9; 26:2; Jer. 20:12; See Rom. 8:27
  8. Revelation 2:23 : See Matt. 16:27
  9. Revelation 2:24 : [1 Cor. 2:10]
  10. Revelation 2:24 : [Acts 15:28]
  11. Revelation 2:25 : ch. 3:11
  12. Revelation 2:26 : See ver. 7
  13. Revelation 2:26 : See Heb. 3:6
  14. Revelation 2:26 : Ps. 2:8; [ch. 3:21; 20:4]
  15. Revelation 2:27 : Ps. 2:9
  16. Revelation 2:27 : ch. 12:5; 19:15
  17. Revelation 2:27 : Isa. 30:14; Jer. 19:11
  18. Revelation 2:28 : [2 Pet. 1:19]; See ch. 22:16
  19. Revelation 2:29 : [See ver. 7 above]; ver. 11, 17, 29; ch. 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9
  20. Revelation 3:1 : See ch. 1:4, 16
  21. Revelation 3:1 : 1 Tim. 5:6
  22. Revelation 3:1 : See Luke 15:24
  23. Revelation 3:2 : Acts 14:26
  24. Revelation 3:3 : [2 Tim. 1:13]
  25. Revelation 3:3 : ch. 2:5
  26. Revelation 3:3 : ch. 16:15; Matt. 24:43; 1 Thess. 5:2, 4; 2 Pet. 3:10
  27. Revelation 3:4 : Jude 23
  28. Revelation 3:4 : ch. 6:11; 7:9; [Eccles. 9:8]
  29. Revelation 3:4 : [Luke 20:35]
  30. Revelation 3:5 : See ch. 2:7
  31. Revelation 3:5 : See Ex. 32:32
  32. Revelation 3:5 : ch. 13:8; 17:8; 20:12, 15; 21:27; Phil. 4:3
  33. Revelation 3:5 : Matt. 10:32; Luke 12:8
  34. Revelation 3:6 : [See ch. 2:7 above]; ver. 11, 17, 29; ch. 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9
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Psalm 130

My Soul Waits for the Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents.

130 Out of (B)the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
2 O Lord, hear my voice!
(C)Let your ears be attentive
to (D)the voice of my pleas for mercy!

3 If you, O Lord, should (E)mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could (F)stand?
4 But with you there is (G)forgiveness,
(H)that you may be feared.

5 I (I)wait for the Lord, (J)my soul waits,
and (K)in his word I hope;
6 my soul (L)waits for the Lord
more than (M)watchmen for (N)the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.

7 O Israel, (O)hope in the Lord!
For (P)with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is plentiful redemption.
8 And he will (Q)redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 130:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
  2. Psalm 130:1 : Ps. 69:2, 14; Lam. 3:55; Jonah 2:2
  3. Psalm 130:2 : Ps. 86:6; 2 Chr. 6:40
  4. Psalm 130:2 : Ps. 140:6
  5. Psalm 130:3 : [Ps. 90:8]; See Job 10:14
  6. Psalm 130:3 : Ps. 76:7; Amos 2:15; Nah. 1:6; Mal. 3:2; Eph. 6:13; Rev. 6:17; [Ps. 143:2]
  7. Psalm 130:4 : ver. 7; Isa. 55:7; Dan. 9:9; See Ps. 86:5, 15
  8. Psalm 130:4 : 1 Kgs. 8:39, 40; Jer. 33:8, 9; [Rom. 2:4]
  9. Psalm 130:5 : Ps. 40:1; Isa. 8:17; 26:8
  10. Psalm 130:5 : See Ps. 33:20
  11. Psalm 130:5 : Ps. 119:74, 81
  12. Psalm 130:6 : [Ps. 123:2]
  13. Psalm 130:6 : [Ps. 63:6; 119:147]
  14. Psalm 130:6 : See Ps. 5:3
  15. Psalm 130:7 : Ps. 131:3
  16. Psalm 130:7 : ver. 4
  17. Psalm 130:8 : Ps. 111:9; Luke 1:68; Titus 2:14; [Matt. 1:21]; See Ps. 25:22
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Proverbs 29:21-22

21 Whoever pampers his servant from childhood
will in the end find him his heir.[a]
22 (A)A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and one given to anger causes much transgression.

Footnotes:

  1. Proverbs 29:21 The meaning of the Hebrew word rendered his heir is uncertain

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 29:22 : See ch. 15:18
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday December 10, 2020 (NIV)

Amos 1-3

1 The words of Amos, who was among the (A)shepherds[a] of (B)Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel (C)in the days of (D)Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of (E)Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years[b] before (F)the earthquake.

Judgment on Israel's Neighbors

2 And he said:

(G)“The Lord roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
(H)the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
and the (I)top of (J)Carmel withers.”

3 Thus says the Lord:

(K)“For three transgressions of (L)Damascus,
and for four, (M)I will not revoke the punishment,[c]
because they have threshed (N)Gilead
with threshing sledges of iron.
4 (O)So I will send a fire upon the house of (P)Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of (Q)Ben-hadad.
5 I will (R)break the gate-bar of (S)Damascus,
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of (T)Aven,[d]
and him who holds the scepter from (U)Beth-eden;
and the people of (V)Syria shall go into exile to (W)Kir,”
says the Lord.

6 Thus says the Lord:

(X)“For three transgressions of (Y)Gaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (Z)they carried into exile a whole people
to deliver them up to Edom.
7 So I will send a fire upon the wall of (AA)Gaza,
and it shall devour her strongholds.
8 I will cut off the inhabitants from (AB)Ashdod,
and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
says the Lord God.

9 Thus says the Lord:

(AC)“For three transgressions of (AD)Tyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,
and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
10 So I will send a fire upon the wall of (AE)Tyre,
and it shall devour her strongholds.”

11 Thus says the Lord:

(AF)“For three transgressions of (AG)Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
(AH)because he pursued his brother with the sword
(AI)and cast off all pity,
(AJ)and his anger tore perpetually,
(AK)and he kept his wrath forever.
12 So I will send a fire upon (AL)Teman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of (AM)Bozrah.”

13 Thus says the Lord:

(AN)“For three transgressions of the (AO)Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (AP)they have ripped open pregnant women in (AQ)Gilead,
that they might enlarge their border.
14 So I will kindle a fire in the wall of (AR)Rabbah,
(AS)and it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
(AT)with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
15 and (AU)their king shall go into exile,
he and his princes[e] together,”
says the Lord.

2 Thus says the Lord:

(AV)“For three transgressions of (AW)Moab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,[f]
because (AX)he burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.
2 So I will send a fire upon Moab,
and it shall devour the strongholds of (AY)Kerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
3 (AZ)I will cut off the ruler from its midst,
and will kill (BA)all its princes[g] with him,”
says the Lord.

Judgment on Judah

4 Thus says the Lord:

(BB)“For three transgressions of Judah,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (BC)they have rejected the law of the Lord,
and have not kept his statutes,
but (BD)their lies have led them astray,
those after which their fathers walked.
5 So (BE)I will send a fire upon Judah,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”

Judgment on Israel

6 Thus says the Lord:

(BF)“For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because (BG)they sell the righteous for (BH)silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals—
7 those who trample the head of the poor (BI)into the dust of the earth
and (BJ)turn aside the way of the afflicted;
(BK)a man and his father go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;
8 they lay themselves down beside every altar
on garments (BL)taken in pledge,
and in the house of their God they drink
the wine of those who have been fined.

9 “Yet (BM)it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
(BN)whose height was like the height of the cedars
and who was as strong as the oaks;
(BO)I destroyed his fruit above
and his roots beneath.
10 (BP)Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt
(BQ)and led you forty years in the wilderness,
(BR)to possess the land of the Amorite.
11 And I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
and some of your young men for (BS)Nazirites.
Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?”
declares the Lord.

12 “But you made the Nazirites (BT)drink wine,
and commanded the prophets,
saying, (BU)‘You shall not prophesy.’

13 “Behold, I will press you down in your place,
as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
14 (BV)Flight shall perish from the swift,
(BW)and the strong shall not retain his strength,
(BX)nor shall the mighty save his life;
15 he who handles the bow shall not stand,
and he who is (BY)swift of foot shall not save himself,
(BZ)nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
16 and he who is stout of heart among the mighty
shall flee away naked in that day,”
declares the Lord.

Israel's Guilt and Punishment

3 (CA)Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:

2 (CB)“You only have I known
of all the families of the earth;
(CC)therefore I will punish you
for all your iniquities.

3 “Do two walk together,
unless they have agreed to meet?
4 Does a lion roar in the forest,
when he has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out from his den,
if he has taken nothing?
5 Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth,
when there is no trap for it?
Does a snare spring up from the ground,
when it has taken nothing?
6 (CD)Is a trumpet blown in a city,
and the people are not afraid?
(CE)Does disaster come to a city,
unless the Lord has done it?

7 “For the Lord God does nothing
(CF)without revealing his secret
to his servants the prophets.
8 The lion has roared;
who will not fear?
(CG)The Lord God has spoken;
who can but prophesy?”

9 Proclaim to the strongholds in (CH)Ashdod
and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,
and say, “Assemble yourselves on (CI)the mountains of Samaria,
and see the great tumults within her,
and (CJ)the oppressed in her midst.”
10 “They do not know how to do right,” declares the Lord,
(CK)“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”

11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:

(CL)“An adversary shall surround the land
and bring down[h] your defenses from you,
and (CM)your strongholds shall be plundered.”

12 Thus says the Lord: (CN)“As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, (CO)so shall the people of Israel (CP)who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part[i] of a bed.

13 “Hear, (CQ)and testify against the house of Jacob,”
declares the Lord God, (CR)the God of hosts,
14 “that on the day I punish Israel for his transgressions,
(CS)I will punish the altars of Bethel,
and (CT)the horns of the altar shall be cut off
and fall to the ground.
15 (CU)I will strike (CV)the winter house along with (CW)the summer house,
and (CX)the houses of ivory shall perish,
and the great houses[j] shall come to an end,”
declares the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. Amos 1:1 Or sheep breeders
  2. Amos 1:1 Or during two years
  3. Amos 1:3 Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 6, 9, 11, 13
  4. Amos 1:5 Or On
  5. Amos 1:15 Or officials
  6. Amos 2:1 Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 4, 6
  7. Amos 2:3 Or officials
  8. Amos 3:11 Hebrew An adversary, one who surrounds the land—he shall bring down
  9. Amos 3:12 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
  10. Amos 3:15 Or and many houses

Cross references:

  1. Amos 1:1 : ch. 7:14, 15
  2. Amos 1:1 : 2 Sam. 14:2
  3. Amos 1:1 : See Hos. 1:1
  4. Amos 1:1 : 2 Kgs. 15:1, 13, 30; 2 Chr. 26:1
  5. Amos 1:1 : ch. 7:10; 2 Kgs. 14:23
  6. Amos 1:1 : Zech. 14:5; [Isa. 29:6]
  7. Amos 1:2 : See Joel 3:16
  8. Amos 1:2 : [Ps. 65:12]
  9. Amos 1:2 : ch. 9:3
  10. Amos 1:2 : See Josh. 19:26
  11. Amos 1:3 : ver. 9, 11, 13; ch. 2:1, 4, 6; Prov. 30:15, 18, 21, 29
  12. Amos 1:3 : [Isa. 8:4]
  13. Amos 1:3 : [Isa. 8:4]
  14. Amos 1:3 : ver. 13; [2 Kgs. 10:33; Isa. 21:10]
  15. Amos 1:4 : Jer. 49:27
  16. Amos 1:4 : 2 Kgs. 13:24, 25
  17. Amos 1:4 : 2 Kgs. 13:24, 25
  18. Amos 1:5 : Jer. 51:30
  19. Amos 1:5 : [See ver. 3 above]; [Isa. 8:4]
  20. Amos 1:5 : See Hos. 4:15
  21. Amos 1:5 : 2 Kgs. 19:12
  22. Amos 1:5 : ch. 9:7; [2 Kgs. 16:9]
  23. Amos 1:5 : ch. 9:7; 2 Kgs. 16:9
  24. Amos 1:6 : [See ver. 3 above]; ver. 9, 11, 13; ch. 2:1, 4, 6; Prov. 30:15, 18, 21, 29
  25. Amos 1:6 : Jer. 47:1, 5; Zeph. 2:4; Zech. 9:5
  26. Amos 1:6 : 2 Chr. 28:18; See Joel 3:4-6
  27. Amos 1:7 : [See ver. 6 above]; Jer. 47:1, 5; Zeph. 2:4; Zech. 9:5
  28. Amos 1:8 : ch. 3:9; 1 Sam. 5:1
  29. Amos 1:9 : [See ver. 3 above]; ver. 9, 11, 13; ch. 2:1, 4, 6; Prov. 30:15, 18, 21, 29
  30. Amos 1:9 : See Joel 3:4
  31. Amos 1:10 : [See ver. 9 above]; See Joel 3:4
  32. Amos 1:11 : [See ver. 3 above]; ver. 9, 11, 13; ch. 2:1, 4, 6; Prov. 30:15, 18, 21, 29
  33. Amos 1:11 : [2 Chr. 28:17]
  34. Amos 1:11 : [2 Chr. 28:17]
  35. Amos 1:11 : Ps. 137:7; [Joel 3:19; Mal. 1:4]
  36. Amos 1:11 : Ezek. 35:5
  37. Amos 1:11 : Ezek. 35:5
  38. Amos 1:12 : Obad. 9; See 1 Chr. 1:45
  39. Amos 1:12 : Isa. 63:1; See 1 Chr. 1:44
  40. Amos 1:13 : [See ver. 3 above]; ver. 9, 11, 13; ch. 2:1, 4, 6; Prov. 30:15, 18, 21, 29
  41. Amos 1:13 : Jer. 49:1, 2; Zeph. 2:8, 9
  42. Amos 1:13 : See Hos. 13:16
  43. Amos 1:13 : ver. 3
  44. Amos 1:14 : 2 Sam. 11:1; 12:26; See Ezek. 21:20
  45. Amos 1:14 : [Ezek. 21:28, 29]
  46. Amos 1:14 : [Ezek. 21:28, 29]
  47. Amos 1:15 : Jer. 49:3
  48. Amos 2:1 : [See ch. 1:3 above]; ver. 9, 11, 13; ch. 2:1, 4, 6; Prov. 30:15, 18, 21, 29
  49. Amos 2:1 : Zeph. 2:8, 9; See Isa. 15
  50. Amos 2:1 : [2 Kgs. 3:27]
  51. Amos 2:2 : Jer. 48:24, 41
  52. Amos 2:3 : [Jer. 48:7]
  53. Amos 2:3 : [Jer. 48:7]
  54. Amos 2:4 : See ch. 1:3
  55. Amos 2:4 : Lev. 26:14, 15; Neh. 1:7; Ezek. 20:13, 16, 24; [Dan. 9:11]
  56. Amos 2:4 : Jer. 16:19, 20; Rom. 1:25
  57. Amos 2:5 : Jer. 17:27; Hos. 8:14
  58. Amos 2:6 : [See ver. 4 above]; See ch. 1:3
  59. Amos 2:6 : [Lev. 25:39; 2 Kgs. 4:1]
  60. Amos 2:6 : ch. 8:6
  61. Amos 2:7 : Lam. 2:10
  62. Amos 2:7 : ch. 5:12; Job 24:4; Isa. 10:2
  63. Amos 2:7 : [1 Cor. 5:1]; See Ezek. 22:11
  64. Amos 2:8 : See Ex. 22:26
  65. Amos 2:9 : Deut. 2:31; Josh. 24:8; See Num. 21:21-25
  66. Amos 2:9 : [Num. 13:32, 33; Isa. 10:33]
  67. Amos 2:9 : [Job 18:16]
  68. Amos 2:10 : ch. 3:1; Ex. 12:17, 51
  69. Amos 2:10 : See Deut. 8:2
  70. Amos 2:10 : [See ver. 9 above]; Deut. 2:31; Josh. 24:8; See Num. 21:21-25
  71. Amos 2:11 : Num. 6:2
  72. Amos 2:12 : [Num. 6:3]
  73. Amos 2:12 : ch. 7:13, 16; Isa. 30:10; Mic. 2:6
  74. Amos 2:14 : [ch. 9:1; Eccles. 9:11]
  75. Amos 2:14 : [ch. 9:1; Eccles. 9:11]
  76. Amos 2:14 : [Ps. 33:16]
  77. Amos 2:15 : [2 Sam. 2:18]
  78. Amos 2:15 : [Ps. 33:17]
  79. Amos 3:1 : ch. 7:16; [ch. 2:10]
  80. Amos 3:2 : Deut. 7:6; 10:15; Ps. 147:19, 20; [Hos. 5:3; 13:5; Mic. 2:3]
  81. Amos 3:2 : [Matt. 10:15; 11:21, 22; Luke 10:13, 14; 12:47; Rom. 2:9]
  82. Amos 3:6 : Ezek. 33:4; See Joel 2:1
  83. Amos 3:6 : [Isa. 45:7; Lam. 3:38; Mic. 1:12]
  84. Amos 3:7 : Gen. 18:17; [Jer. 15:1]
  85. Amos 3:8 : [Num. 22:38]
  86. Amos 3:9 : ch. 1:8
  87. Amos 3:9 : ch. 4:1; 6:1; [1 Kgs. 16:24]
  88. Amos 3:9 : Ps. 94:5, 6; 103:6; See 1 Kgs. 21:1-16
  89. Amos 3:10 : [ch. 6:3; Isa. 3:14, 15]; See Mic. 6:10-12
  90. Amos 3:11 : [2 Kgs. 17:5, 6]; See 2 Kgs. 18:9-12
  91. Amos 3:11 : [Isa. 39:6]
  92. Amos 3:12 : [Ex. 22:13]
  93. Amos 3:12 : See Jer. 31:8, 9
  94. Amos 3:12 : [ch. 6:4]
  95. Amos 3:13 : [Ps. 50:7; 81:8]
  96. Amos 3:13 : ch. 4:13; Ps. 80:4, 7, 14
  97. Amos 3:14 : [Hos. 10:15]; See 1 Kgs. 13:1-3
  98. Amos 3:14 : [2 Kgs. 23:15]
  99. Amos 3:15 : [ch. 6:11]
  100. Amos 3:15 : Jer. 36:22
  101. Amos 3:15 : Judg. 3:20
  102. Amos 3:15 : 1 Kgs. 22:39; Ps. 45:8
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Revelation 2:1-17

To the Church in Ephesus

2 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of (A)him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, (B)who walks among the seven golden lampstands.

2 (C)“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but (D)have tested those (E)who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. 3 I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up (F)for my name's sake, and you (G)have not grown weary. 4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned (H)the love you had at first. 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do (I)the works you did at first. If not, (J)I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. 6 Yet this you have: you hate the works of (K)the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7 (L)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (M)To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of (N)the tree of life, which is in (O)the paradise of God.’

To the Church in Smyrna

8 “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of (P)the first and the last, (Q)who died and came to life.

9 “‘I know your tribulation and (R)your poverty ((S)but you are rich) and the slander[a] of (T)those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, (U)that you may be tested, and for (V)ten days (W)you will have tribulation. (X)Be faithful (Y)unto death, and I will give you (Z)the crown of life. 11 (AA)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (AB)The one who conquers will not be hurt by (AC)the second death.’

To the Church in Pergamum

12 “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has (AD)the sharp two-edged sword.

13 “‘I know where you dwell, (AE)where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not (AF)deny my faith[b] even in the days of Antipas (AG)my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. 14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of (AH)Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might (AI)eat food sacrificed to idols and (AJ)practice sexual immorality. 15 So also you have some who hold the teaching of (AK)the Nicolaitans. 16 Therefore repent. If not, (AL)I will come to you soon and (AM)war against them with (AN)the sword of my mouth. 17 (AO)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (AP)To the one who conquers I will give some of (AQ)the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with (AR)a new name written on the stone (AS)that no one knows except the one who receives it.’

Footnotes:

  1. Revelation 2:9 Greek blasphemy
  2. Revelation 2:13 Or your faith in me

Cross references:

  1. Revelation 2:1 : ch. 1:16, 20
  2. Revelation 2:1 : ch. 1:13
  3. Revelation 2:2 : ver. 19; ch. 3:1, 8, 15
  4. Revelation 2:2 : See 1 John 4:1
  5. Revelation 2:2 : See 2 Cor. 11:13
  6. Revelation 2:3 : John 15:21
  7. Revelation 2:3 : [Heb. 12:3, 5]
  8. Revelation 2:4 : Jer. 2:2
  9. Revelation 2:5 : ver. 2; [Heb. 10:32]
  10. Revelation 2:5 : ch. 3:3, 19
  11. Revelation 2:6 : ver. 15
  12. Revelation 2:7 : ver. 11, 17, 29; ch. 3:6, 13, 22; 13:9
  13. Revelation 2:7 : ch. 3:5; 21:7
  14. Revelation 2:7 : See Gen. 2:9
  15. Revelation 2:7 : Ezek. 28:13; 31:8 (Gk.)
  16. Revelation 2:8 : See ch. 1:17
  17. Revelation 2:8 : ch. 1:18
  18. Revelation 2:9 : James 2:5; [1 Tim. 6:18; Heb. 10:34; 11:26]
  19. Revelation 2:9 : James 2:5; [1 Tim. 6:18; Heb. 10:34; 11:26]
  20. Revelation 2:9 : ch. 3:9, 10
  21. Revelation 2:10 : [See ver. 9 above]; ch. 3:9, 10
  22. Revelation 2:10 : [Gen. 24:55; Dan. 1:12, 14]
  23. Revelation 2:10 : Matt. 24:9
  24. Revelation 2:10 : See Matt. 10:22; Heb. 3:6
  25. Revelation 2:10 : ch. 12:11
  26. Revelation 2:10 : See James 1:12
  27. Revelation 2:11 : See ver. 7
  28. Revelation 2:11 : See ver. 7
  29. Revelation 2:11 : ch. 20:6, 14; 21:8
  30. Revelation 2:12 : ver. 16; ch. 1:16
  31. Revelation 2:13 : ver. 9
  32. Revelation 2:13 : See 1 Tim. 5:8
  33. Revelation 2:13 : Acts 22:20
  34. Revelation 2:14 : See 2 Pet. 2:15
  35. Revelation 2:14 : ver. 20; Acts 15:29; 1 Cor. 8:10; 10:19
  36. Revelation 2:14 : Num. 25:1; 31:16; 1 Cor. 10:8
  37. Revelation 2:15 : ver. 6
  38. Revelation 2:16 : [ch. 22:7]
  39. Revelation 2:16 : See 2 Thess. 2:8
  40. Revelation 2:16 : [See ver. 12 above]; ver. 16; ch. 1:16
  41. Revelation 2:17 : [See ver. 11 above]; See ver. 7
  42. Revelation 2:17 : [See ver. 11 above]; See ver. 7
  43. Revelation 2:17 : [John 6:48-50]
  44. Revelation 2:17 : ch. 3:12; Isa. 62:2; 65:15
  45. Revelation 2:17 : ch. 19:12; [ch. 14:3]
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Psalm 129

They Have Afflicted Me from My Youth

A Song of (A)Ascents.

129 “Greatly[a] have they (B)afflicted me (C)from my youth”—
(D)let Israel now say—
2 “Greatly have they (E)afflicted me (F)from my youth,
(G)yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 (H)The plowers plowed (I)upon my back;
they made long their furrows.”
4 The Lord is righteous;
he has cut (J)the cords of the wicked.
5 May all who hate Zion
be (K)put to shame and turned backward!
6 Let them be like (L)the grass on the housetops,
which (M)withers before it grows up,
7 with which the reaper does not fill his hand
nor the binder of sheaves his arms,
8 nor do those who pass by say,
(N)“The blessing of the Lord be upon you!
We (O)bless you in the name of the Lord!”

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 129:1 Or Often; also verse 2

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 129:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
  2. Psalm 129:1 : [Ex. 1:14; Judg. 3:8, 14; 4:3; 6:2; 10:8]
  3. Psalm 129:1 : Isa. 47:12; Jer. 2:2; 22:21; Hos. 2:15
  4. Psalm 129:1 : Ps. 124:1
  5. Psalm 129:2 : [See ver. 1 above]; [Ex. 1:14; Judg. 3:8, 14; 4:3; 6:2; 10:8]
  6. Psalm 129:2 : [See ver. 1 above]; Isa. 47:12; Jer. 2:2; 22:21; Hos. 2:15
  7. Psalm 129:2 : [2 Cor. 4:8-10]
  8. Psalm 129:3 : Mic. 3:12
  9. Psalm 129:3 : [Isa. 50:6; 51:23]
  10. Psalm 129:4 : Ps. 2:3
  11. Psalm 129:5 : See Ps. 35:4
  12. Psalm 129:6 : 2 Kgs. 19:26; Isa. 37:27
  13. Psalm 129:6 : Ps. 37:2; Job 8:12
  14. Psalm 129:8 : Ruth 2:4
  15. Psalm 129:8 : Ps. 118:26
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Proverbs 29:19-20

19 By mere words a servant is not disciplined,
for though he understands, he will not respond.
20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
(A)There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 29:20 : ch. 26:12
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday December 9, 2020 (NIV)

Joel 1-3

1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:

An Invasion of Locusts

2 (A)Hear this, (B)you elders;
give ear, (C)all inhabitants of the land!
(D)Has such a thing happened in your days,
or in the days of your fathers?
3 (E)Tell your children of it,
and let your children tell their children,
and their children to another generation.

4 What (F)the cutting locust left,
(G)the swarming locust has eaten.
What the swarming locust left,
(H)the hopping locust has eaten,
and what the hopping locust left,
(I)the destroying locust has eaten.

5 Awake, you drunkards, and weep,
and (J)wail, all you drinkers of wine,
because of (K)the sweet wine,
for it is cut off from your mouth.
6 For (L)a nation has come up against my land,
(M)powerful and beyond number;
(N)its teeth are lions' teeth,
and it has the fangs of a lioness.
7 It has laid waste my vine
and splintered my (O)fig tree;
it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down;
their branches are made white.

8 Lament like a virgin[a] (P)wearing sackcloth
for the bridegroom of her youth.
9 (Q)The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
from the house of the Lord.
(R)The priests mourn,
(S)the ministers of the Lord.
10 The fields are destroyed,
(T)the ground mourns,
because (U)the grain is destroyed,
(V)the wine dries up,
the oil languishes.

11 (W)Be ashamed,[b] O tillers of the soil;
wail, O vinedressers,
for the wheat and the barley,
(X)because the harvest of the field has perished.
12 The vine dries up;
(Y)the fig tree languishes.
Pomegranate, palm, and apple,
all the trees of the field are dried up,
and (Z)gladness dries up
from the children of man.

A Call to Repentance

13 (AA)Put on sackcloth and lament, (AB)O priests;
(AC)wail, O ministers of the altar.
Go in, (AD)pass the night in sackcloth,
(AE)O ministers of my God!
(AF)Because grain offering and drink offering
are withheld from the house of your God.

14 (AG)Consecrate a fast;
(AH)call a solemn assembly.
Gather (AI)the elders
and (AJ)all the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.

15 Alas for the day!
(AK)For the day of the Lord is near,
and as destruction from the Almighty[c] it comes.
16 Is not the food cut off
before our eyes,
(AL)joy and gladness
from the house of our God?

17 (AM)The seed shrivels under the clods;[d]
the storehouses are desolate;
the granaries are torn down
because (AN)the grain has dried up.
18 How (AO)the beasts groan!
The herds of cattle are perplexed
because there is no pasture for them;
even the flocks of sheep suffer.[e]

19 To you, (AP)O Lord, I call.
(AQ)For fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness,
(AR)and flame has burned
all the trees of the field.
20 Even the beasts of the field (AS)pant for you
because the water brooks are dried up,
(AT)and fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness.

The Day of the Lord

2 (AU)Blow a trumpet in (AV)Zion;
sound an alarm on (AW)my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
for (AX)the day of the Lord is coming; it is near,
2 (AY)a day of darkness and gloom,
(AZ)a day of clouds and thick darkness!
Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains
(BA)a great and powerful people;
(BB)their like has never been before,
nor will be again after them
through the years of all generations.

3 (BC)Fire devours before them,
and behind them a flame burns.
The land is like (BD)the garden of Eden before them,
but (BE)behind them a desolate wilderness,
and nothing escapes them.

4 (BF)Their appearance is like the appearance of horses,
and like war horses they run.
5 (BG)As with the rumbling of chariots,
they leap on the tops of the mountains,
like the crackling of (BH)a flame of fire
devouring the stubble,
(BI)like a powerful army
drawn up for battle.

6 Before them peoples are in anguish;
(BJ)all faces grow pale.
7 Like warriors they charge;
like soldiers they scale the wall.
They march each on his way;
they do not swerve from their paths.
8 They do not jostle one another;
(BK)each marches in his path;
they burst through the weapons
and are not halted.
9 (BL)They leap upon the city,
they run upon the walls,
(BM)they climb up into the houses,
(BN)they enter through the windows (BO)like a thief.

10 (BP)The earth quakes before them;
the heavens tremble.
(BQ)The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
11 (BR)The Lord utters his voice
before (BS)his army,
for his camp is exceedingly great;
(BT)he who executes his word is powerful.
(BU)For the day of the Lord is (BV)great and very awesome;
(BW)who can endure it?

Return to the Lord

12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
(BX)“return to me with all your heart,
(BY)with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
13 and (BZ)rend your hearts and not (CA)your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
(CB)for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
(CC)and he relents over disaster.
14 (CD)Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,
and (CE)leave a blessing behind him,
(CF)a grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord your God?

15 (CG)Blow the trumpet in Zion;
(CH)consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;
16 gather the people.
(CI)Consecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders;
(CJ)gather the children,
even nursing infants.
(CK)Let the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her chamber.

17 (CL)Between the (CM)vestibule and the (CN)altar
(CO)let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.[f]
(CP)Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”

The Lord Had Pity

18 (CQ)Then the Lord became jealous for his land
(CR)and had pity on his people.
19 The Lord answered and said to his people,
“Behold, (CS)I am sending to you
grain, wine, and oil,
(CT)and you will be satisfied;
and I will no more make you
a reproach among the nations.

20 “I will remove the northerner far from you,
and drive him into a parched and desolate land,
his vanguard[g] into (CU)the eastern sea,
and his rear guard[h] into (CV)the western sea;
(CW)the stench and foul smell of him will rise,
for he has done great things.

21 “Fear not, O land;
be glad and rejoice,
for (CX)the Lord has done great things!
22 Fear not, (CY)you beasts of the field,
for (CZ)the pastures of the wilderness are green;
(DA)the tree bears its fruit;
the fig tree and (DB)vine give their full yield.

23 (DC)“Be glad, O children of Zion,
and (DD)rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given (DE)the early rain for your vindication;
he has poured down for you abundant rain,
(DF)the early and (DG)the latter rain, as before.

24 “The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 I will restore[i] to you the years
that (DH)the swarming locust has eaten,
(DI)the hopper, (DJ)the destroyer, and (DK)the cutter,
(DL)my great army, which I sent among you.

26 (DM)“You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
and praise the name of the Lord your God,
who has dealt wondrously with you.
And my people (DN)shall never again be put to shame.
27 (DO)You shall know that I am (DP)in the midst of Israel,
and that (DQ)I am the Lord your God (DR)and there is none else.
And my people (DS)shall never again be put to shame.

The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

28 [j] (DT)“And it shall come to pass afterward,
that (DU)I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
(DV)your sons and (DW)your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.
29 (DX)Even on the male and female servants
in those days I will pour out my Spirit.

30 “And I will show (DY)wonders in the heavens and (DZ)on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 31 (EA)The sun shall be turned to darkness, (EB)and the moon to blood, (EC)before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 32 And it shall come to pass that (ED)everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. (EE)For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among (EF)the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.

The Lord Judges the Nations

3 [k] “For behold, (EG)in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 (EH)I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And (EI)I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land, 3 and (EJ)have cast lots for my people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a girl for wine and have drunk it.

4 “What are you to me, (EK)O Tyre and Sidon, and all (EL)the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, (EM)I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily. 5 For (EN)you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.[l] 6 You have sold (EO)the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their own border. 7 Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and (EP)I will return your payment on your own head. 8 I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the (EQ)Sabeans, to a nation far away, for the Lord has spoken.”

9 Proclaim this among the nations:
(ER)Consecrate for war;[m]
stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near;
let them come up.
10 (ES)Beat your plowshares into swords,
and (ET)your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”

11 (EU)Hasten and come,
all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves there.
(EV)Bring down your warriors, O Lord.
12 Let the nations stir themselves up
and come up to (EW)the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
(EX)for there I will sit to judge
all the surrounding nations.

13 (EY)Put in the sickle,
(EZ)for the harvest is ripe.
(FA)Go in, tread,
(FB)for the winepress is full.
The vats overflow,
for their evil is great.

14 Multitudes, multitudes,
in the valley of decision!
For (FC)the day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision.
15 (FD)The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.

16 (FE)The Lord roars from Zion,
and (FF)utters his voice from Jerusalem,
(FG)and the heavens and the earth quake.
But the Lord is (FH)a refuge to his people,
a stronghold to the people of Israel.

The Glorious Future of Judah

17 (FI)“So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
(FJ)who dwells in Zion, (FK)my holy mountain.
And Jerusalem shall be holy,
and (FL)strangers shall never again pass through it.

18 “And in that day
(FM)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and the hills shall flow with milk,
and (FN)all the streambeds of Judah
shall flow with water;
(FO)and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord
and water the Valley of (FP)Shittim.

19 (FQ)“Egypt shall become a desolation
and (FR)Edom a desolate wilderness,
(FS)for the violence done to the people of Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 (FT)But Judah shall be inhabited forever,
and Jerusalem to all generations.
21 (FU)I will avenge their blood,
blood I have not avenged,[n]
(FV)for the Lord dwells in Zion.”

Footnotes:

  1. Joel 1:8 Or young woman
  2. Joel 1:11 The Hebrew words for dry up and be ashamed in verses 10–12, 17 sound alike
  3. Joel 1:15 Destruction sounds like the Hebrew for Almighty
  4. Joel 1:17 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain
  5. Joel 1:18 Or are made desolate
  6. Joel 2:17 Or reproach, that the nations should rule over them
  7. Joel 2:20 Hebrew face
  8. Joel 2:20 Hebrew his end
  9. Joel 2:25 Or pay back
  10. Joel 2:28 Ch 3:1 in Hebrew
  11. Joel 3:1 Ch 4:1 in Hebrew
  12. Joel 3:5 Or palaces
  13. Joel 3:9 Or Consecrate a war
  14. Joel 3:21 Or I will acquit their bloodguilt that I have not acquitted

Cross references:

  1. Joel 1:2 : [Hos. 5:1]
  2. Joel 1:2 : ver. 14
  3. Joel 1:2 : ver. 14
  4. Joel 1:2 : [ch. 2:2]
  5. Joel 1:3 : [Ps. 78:4]
  6. Joel 1:4 : ch. 2:25; Amos 4:9
  7. Joel 1:4 : [Amos 7:1]; See Ex. 10:4
  8. Joel 1:4 : ch. 2:25; Ps. 105:34; Nah. 3:15
  9. Joel 1:4 : ch. 2:25; Ps. 78:46
  10. Joel 1:5 : [Isa. 24:11]
  11. Joel 1:5 : ch. 3:18; Isa. 49:26; Amos 9:13
  12. Joel 1:6 : ch. 2:2
  13. Joel 1:6 : ch. 2:2
  14. Joel 1:6 : [Rev. 9:7, 8]
  15. Joel 1:7 : [ver. 12]
  16. Joel 1:8 : [ver. 13]; See 2 Sam. 3:31
  17. Joel 1:9 : ver. 13; ch. 2:14
  18. Joel 1:9 : ch. 2:17; [Isa. 61:6; Ezek. 45:4]
  19. Joel 1:9 : ch. 2:17; [Isa. 61:6; Ezek. 45:4]
  20. Joel 1:10 : See Hos. 4:3
  21. Joel 1:10 : [Hos. 2:9]
  22. Joel 1:10 : [Hos. 2:9]
  23. Joel 1:11 : [Jer. 14:4]
  24. Joel 1:11 : ver. 17
  25. Joel 1:12 : [ver. 7]
  26. Joel 1:12 : Isa. 24:11; Jer. 48:33
  27. Joel 1:13 : [ver. 8; Jer. 4:8]
  28. Joel 1:13 : [See ver. 9 above]; ch. 2:17; [Isa. 61:6; Ezek. 45:4]
  29. Joel 1:13 : [ver. 8; Mic. 1:8]
  30. Joel 1:13 : [ver. 8; Jer. 4:8]
  31. Joel 1:13 : [See ver. 9 above]; ch. 2:17; [Isa. 61:6; Ezek. 45:4]
  32. Joel 1:13 : ver. 9; ch. 2:14
  33. Joel 1:14 : ch. 2:15, 16; See 2 Chr. 20:3
  34. Joel 1:14 : ch. 2:15, 16; See 2 Chr. 20:3
  35. Joel 1:14 : ver. 2
  36. Joel 1:14 : ver. 2
  37. Joel 1:15 : ch. 2:1, 11, 31; 3:14; Isa. 13:6, 9; Jer. 46:10; Ezek. 30:2, 3; Amos 5:18; Obad. 15; Zeph. 1:14, 15; Zech. 14:1; 2 Pet. 3:10
  38. Joel 1:16 : [Deut. 12:6, 7; 16:14, 15]
  39. Joel 1:17 : [Mal. 2:3]
  40. Joel 1:17 : ver. 11
  41. Joel 1:18 : ch. 2:22; [Jer. 12:4; Hos. 4:3]
  42. Joel 1:19 : Ps. 50:15
  43. Joel 1:19 : Jer. 9:10
  44. Joel 1:19 : Jer. 9:10
  45. Joel 1:20 : [Job 38:41; Ps. 104:21; 145:15]
  46. Joel 1:20 : [See ver. 19 above]; Jer. 9:10
  47. Joel 2:1 : ver. 15; Isa. 58:1; Hos. 5:8; Amos 3:6
  48. Joel 2:1 : See ch. 3:17
  49. Joel 2:1 : See ch. 3:17
  50. Joel 2:1 : See ch. 1:15
  51. Joel 2:2 : Amos 5:18, 20; Zeph. 1:15
  52. Joel 2:2 : Amos 5:18, 20; Zeph. 1:15
  53. Joel 2:2 : ch. 1:6; [ver. 11, 25]
  54. Joel 2:2 : [ch. 1:2]
  55. Joel 2:3 : ch. 1:19, 20
  56. Joel 2:3 : Gen. 2:8, 9; See Isa. 51:3
  57. Joel 2:3 : Zech. 7:14
  58. Joel 2:4 : Rev. 9:7
  59. Joel 2:5 : Rev. 9:9; [Nah. 3:2]
  60. Joel 2:5 : Isa. 5:24; 47:14; Obad. 18; Nah. 1:10
  61. Joel 2:5 : [See ver. 2 above]; ch. 1:6; [ver. 11, 25]
  62. Joel 2:6 : Nah. 2:10
  63. Joel 2:8 : Prov. 30:27
  64. Joel 2:9 : Isa. 33:4
  65. Joel 2:9 : [Jer. 9:21]
  66. Joel 2:9 : [Jer. 9:21]
  67. Joel 2:9 : [John 10:1]
  68. Joel 2:10 : ch. 3:16; [Ps. 18:7; Amos 8:8]
  69. Joel 2:10 : ch. 3:15; Isa. 13:10; Ezek. 32:7; Matt. 24:29; [Rev. 9:2]
  70. Joel 2:11 : ch. 3:16; [1 Thess. 4:16]
  71. Joel 2:11 : ver. 25
  72. Joel 2:11 : Rev. 18:8
  73. Joel 2:11 : See ch. 1:15
  74. Joel 2:11 : ver. 31
  75. Joel 2:11 : Mal. 3:2; [Num. 24:23]
  76. Joel 2:12 : Deut. 4:30; 1 Sam. 7:3; Jer. 4:1; Hos. 12:6
  77. Joel 2:12 : [1 Sam. 7:6]
  78. Joel 2:13 : [Ps. 34:18]
  79. Joel 2:13 : See Gen. 37:29
  80. Joel 2:13 : Ex. 34:6; Ps. 86:5, 15; Jonah 4:2
  81. Joel 2:13 : [Num. 23:19; Ezek. 24:14]
  82. Joel 2:14 : Jonah 3:9
  83. Joel 2:14 : Hag. 2:19; Mal. 3:10
  84. Joel 2:14 : ch. 1:9, 13
  85. Joel 2:15 : See ver. 1
  86. Joel 2:15 : See ch. 1:14
  87. Joel 2:16 : See Josh. 3:5
  88. Joel 2:16 : [2 Chr. 20:13]
  89. Joel 2:16 : [Deut. 24:5; Eccles. 3:5; Zech. 12:12-14; 1 Cor. 7:5]
  90. Joel 2:17 : Ezek. 8:16
  91. Joel 2:17 : 1 Kgs. 6:3; 2 Chr. 3:4
  92. Joel 2:17 : 2 Chr. 4:1
  93. Joel 2:17 : See ch. 1:9
  94. Joel 2:17 : Ps. 42:3; 79:10; 115:2
  95. Joel 2:18 : Zech. 1:14; 8:2
  96. Joel 2:18 : [Ps. 103:13]
  97. Joel 2:19 : [ch. 1:10; Ps. 4:7]; See Mal. 3:10-12
  98. Joel 2:19 : [ch. 1:10; Ps. 4:7]; See Mal. 3:10-12
  99. Joel 2:20 : Ezek. 47:18; Zech. 14:8
  100. Joel 2:20 : Zech. 14:8
  101. Joel 2:20 : Isa. 34:3; [Amos 4:10]
  102. Joel 2:21 : Ps. 126:2, 3
  103. Joel 2:22 : See ch. 1:18
  104. Joel 2:22 : [ch. 1:19]
  105. Joel 2:22 : [Zech. 8:12]
  106. Joel 2:22 : [Zech. 8:12]
  107. Joel 2:23 : Ps. 100:1, 2; Hab. 3:18; Zech. 10:7
  108. Joel 2:23 : Ps. 100:1, 2; Hab. 3:18; Zech. 10:7
  109. Joel 2:23 : Deut. 11:14; Jer. 5:24
  110. Joel 2:23 : Deut. 11:14; Jer. 5:24
  111. Joel 2:23 : Hos. 6:3
  112. Joel 2:25 : ch. 1:4
  113. Joel 2:25 : ch. 1:4
  114. Joel 2:25 : ch. 1:4
  115. Joel 2:25 : ch. 1:4
  116. Joel 2:25 : ver. 11
  117. Joel 2:26 : Lev. 25:19
  118. Joel 2:26 : [Isa. 49:23]
  119. Joel 2:27 : ch. 3:17
  120. Joel 2:27 : Hos. 11:9; See Ezek. 37:26
  121. Joel 2:27 : See Ex. 20:2
  122. Joel 2:27 : [Isa. 44:8]
  123. Joel 2:27 : [See ver. 26 above]; [Isa. 49:23]
  124. Joel 2:28 : ver. 28-32, cited Acts 2:17-21
  125. Joel 2:28 : Isa. 32:15; Ezek. 39:29; Zech. 12:10; John 7:39
  126. Joel 2:28 : [Acts 2:39]
  127. Joel 2:28 : [Acts 21:9]
  128. Joel 2:29 : [1 Cor. 12:13]
  129. Joel 2:30 : [Matt. 24:30; Luke 21:11]
  130. Joel 2:30 : [Matt. 24:30; Luke 21:11]
  131. Joel 2:31 : See ver. 10
  132. Joel 2:31 : Rev. 6:12
  133. Joel 2:31 : Mal. 4:5
  134. Joel 2:32 : Cited Rom. 10:13
  135. Joel 2:32 : Isa. 46:13; 59:20; Obad. 17
  136. Joel 2:32 : Jer. 31:7; Mic. 4:7; Zech. 8:12
  137. Joel 3:1 : Jer. 30:3
  138. Joel 3:2 : [Zeph. 3:8]; See Zech. 14:2-4
  139. Joel 3:2 : Isa. 66:16; Jer. 25:31
  140. Joel 3:3 : Obad. 11; Nah. 3:10
  141. Joel 3:4 : Isa. 23:1, 2; Jer. 47:4; Amos 1:9
  142. Joel 3:4 : [Ezek. 25:15, 16]
  143. Joel 3:4 : [Obad. 15]
  144. Joel 3:5 : [2 Chr. 21:16, 17]
  145. Joel 3:6 : [ver. 3]
  146. Joel 3:7 : [See ver. 4 above]; [Obad. 15]
  147. Joel 3:8 : See 1 Kgs. 10:1
  148. Joel 3:9 : [Mic. 3:5]
  149. Joel 3:10 : [Isa. 2:4]
  150. Joel 3:10 : [Isa. 2:4]
  151. Joel 3:11 : [Isa. 54:15]
  152. Joel 3:11 : [Zech. 14:5]
  153. Joel 3:12 : ver. 2
  154. Joel 3:12 : Ps. 96:13; 98:9; 110:6; Isa. 2:4; 3:13; Mic. 4:3
  155. Joel 3:13 : Rev. 14:15
  156. Joel 3:13 : [Jer. 51:33; Hos. 6:11; Matt. 13:30, 39; Mark 4:29; John 4:35; Rev. 14:15, 18]
  157. Joel 3:13 : Rev. 14:20; [Isa. 63:2, 3]
  158. Joel 3:13 : Rev. 14:20; [Isa. 63:2, 3]
  159. Joel 3:14 : See ch. 1:15
  160. Joel 3:15 : See ch. 2:10
  161. Joel 3:16 : ch. 2:11; Amos 1:2; [Jer. 25:30]
  162. Joel 3:16 : ch. 2:11; Amos 1:2; [Jer. 25:30]
  163. Joel 3:16 : ch. 2:10
  164. Joel 3:16 : Isa. 4:6; 25:4
  165. Joel 3:17 : ch. 2:27; [Ezek. 6:7]
  166. Joel 3:17 : ver. 21; [Ezek. 43:7]
  167. Joel 3:17 : ch. 2:1; Ps. 48:1; Isa. 65:11; Jer. 31:23
  168. Joel 3:17 : Isa. 52:1; Nah. 1:15; Zech. 14:21; [Rev. 21:27; 22:15]
  169. Joel 3:18 : Jer. 31:12; Amos 9:13
  170. Joel 3:18 : Isa. 30:25
  171. Joel 3:18 : Ezek. 47:1
  172. Joel 3:18 : See Num. 25:1
  173. Joel 3:19 : See Isa. 19:1-17
  174. Joel 3:19 : See Isa. 34:5
  175. Joel 3:19 : Obad. 10
  176. Joel 3:20 : Ps. 125:1, 2; Ezek. 37:25
  177. Joel 3:21 : Isa. 4:4; Ezek. 36:25, 29
  178. Joel 3:21 : [See ver. 17 above]; ver. 21; [Ezek. 43:7]
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Revelation 1

Prologue

1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God (A)gave him (B)to show to his servants[a] the things that must soon take place. (C)He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 (D)who bore witness to the word of God and to (E)the testimony of Jesus Christ, even (F)to all that he saw. 3 (G)Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, (H)for the time is near.

Greeting to the Seven Churches

4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from (I)him (J)who is and (K)who was and who is to come, and from (L)the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ (M)the faithful witness, (N)the firstborn of the dead, and (O)the ruler of kings on earth.

To (P)him who loves us and (Q)has freed us from our sins by his blood 6 and made us (R)a kingdom, (S)priests to (T)his God and Father, to him be (U)glory and (V)dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, (W)he is coming with the clouds, and (X)every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail[b] on account of him. Even so. Amen.

8 (Y)“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, (Z)“who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Vision of the Son of Man

9 I, John, your brother and (AA)partner in (AB)the tribulation and (AC)the kingdom and (AD)the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos (AE)on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 (AF)I was in the Spirit (AG)on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice (AH)like a trumpet 11 saying, (AI)“Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw (AJ)seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands (AK)one like (AL)a son of man, (AM)clothed with a long robe and (AN)with a golden sash around his chest. 14 (AO)The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. (AP)His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 (AQ)his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and (AR)his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 (AS)In his right hand he held seven stars, (AT)from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and (AU)his face was like the sun shining (AV)in full strength.

17 (AW)When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But (AX)he laid his right hand on me, (AY)saying, “Fear not, (AZ)I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. (BA)I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and (BB)I have the keys of Death and Hades. 19 (BC)Write therefore (BD)the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. 20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and (BE)the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and (BF)the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Footnotes:

  1. Revelation 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; likewise for servant later in this verse
  2. Revelation 1:7 Or mourn

Cross references:

  1. Revelation 1:1 : John 17:7, 8; [John 8:26; 14:10]
  2. Revelation 1:1 : ch. 22:6
  3. Revelation 1:1 : ch. 22:16
  4. Revelation 1:2 : John 19:35
  5. Revelation 1:2 : ch. 6:9; 12:17; 19:10; See 1 Cor. 1:6
  6. Revelation 1:2 : ver. 11, 19
  7. Revelation 1:3 : ch. 22:7; [Luke 11:28; John 8:51; 1 John 2:3]
  8. Revelation 1:3 : ch. 22:10; [1 John 2:18]; See Rom. 13:11
  9. Revelation 1:4 : ver. 8; ch. 4:8; Heb. 13:8
  10. Revelation 1:4 : Ex. 3:14 (Gk.)
  11. Revelation 1:4 : John 1:1
  12. Revelation 1:4 : ch. 3:1; 4:5; 5:6
  13. Revelation 1:5 : ch. 3:14; John 18:37; 1 Tim. 6:13; [ch. 2:13; Ps. 89:37; Isa. 55:4]
  14. Revelation 1:5 : Col. 1:18; [Ps. 89:27; Acts 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:20]
  15. Revelation 1:5 : ch. 17:14; 19:16; [Ps. 89:27]
  16. Revelation 1:5 : John 13:34; 15:9
  17. Revelation 1:5 : 1 Pet. 1:18, 19
  18. Revelation 1:6 : ch. 5:10; 20:6; 1 Pet. 2:9
  19. Revelation 1:6 : ch. 5:10; 20:6; 1 Pet. 2:9
  20. Revelation 1:6 : See Rom. 15:6
  21. Revelation 1:6 : See Rom. 11:36
  22. Revelation 1:6 : 1 Pet. 4:11
  23. Revelation 1:7 : Dan. 7:13; See Matt. 16:27
  24. Revelation 1:7 : Zech. 12:10; John 19:37
  25. Revelation 1:8 : ch. 21:6; 22:13; [Isa. 41:4; 43:10; 44:6]
  26. Revelation 1:8 : ver. 4
  27. Revelation 1:9 : [Phil. 4:14]
  28. Revelation 1:9 : John 16:33
  29. Revelation 1:9 : 2 Tim. 2:12
  30. Revelation 1:9 : ch. 3:10
  31. Revelation 1:9 : See ver. 2
  32. Revelation 1:10 : ch. 4:2; [ch. 17:3; 21:10; 1 Kgs. 18:12; Ezek. 3:12; Matt. 22:43; 2 Cor. 12:2]
  33. Revelation 1:10 : Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2
  34. Revelation 1:10 : ch. 4:1
  35. Revelation 1:11 : ver. 2, 19
  36. Revelation 1:12 : ver. 20; ch. 2:1; Ex. 25:37; 2 Chr. 4:20; Zech. 4:2; [ch. 11:4]
  37. Revelation 1:13 : Dan. 7:13
  38. Revelation 1:13 : ch. 14:14; Dan. 10:16
  39. Revelation 1:13 : Dan. 10:5
  40. Revelation 1:13 : ch. 15:6
  41. Revelation 1:14 : Dan. 7:9
  42. Revelation 1:14 : ch. 2:18; 19:12; [Dan. 10:6]
  43. Revelation 1:15 : Ezek. 1:7; Dan. 10:6
  44. Revelation 1:15 : ch. 14:2; 19:6; Ezek. 43:2
  45. Revelation 1:16 : ver. 20; ch. 2:1; 3:1
  46. Revelation 1:16 : ch. 19:15; [ch. 2:12, 16; Isa. 49:2; Eph. 6:17; Heb. 4:12]
  47. Revelation 1:16 : Matt. 17:2
  48. Revelation 1:16 : Judg. 5:31
  49. Revelation 1:17 : Dan. 8:17, 18; 10:9, 10, 15; [Luke 24:37; John 21:12]
  50. Revelation 1:17 : Dan. 8:17, 18; 10:9, 10, 15; [Luke 24:37; John 21:12]
  51. Revelation 1:17 : Matt. 17:7
  52. Revelation 1:17 : ch. 2:8; 22:13; Isa. 41:4; 44:6; 48:12
  53. Revelation 1:18 : Rom. 6:9; 14:9
  54. Revelation 1:18 : [ch. 9:1; 20:1]
  55. Revelation 1:19 : ver. 2, 11
  56. Revelation 1:19 : ver. 12-16
  57. Revelation 1:20 : See ver. 12
  58. Revelation 1:20 : [Matt. 5:14, 15]
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Psalm 128

Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents.

128 (B)Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who (C)walks in his ways!
2 You (D)shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

3 Your wife will be like (E)a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like (F)olive shoots
around your table.
4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.

5 (G)The Lord bless you (H)from Zion!
May you see (I)the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life!
6 May you see your (J)children's children!
(K)Peace be upon Israel!

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 128:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
  2. Psalm 128:1 : See Ps. 112:1
  3. Psalm 128:1 : Ps. 119:1; [Prov. 8:32]
  4. Psalm 128:2 : Isa. 3:10; [Ps. 109:11]
  5. Psalm 128:3 : Ezek. 19:10; [Gen. 49:22]
  6. Psalm 128:3 : See Ps. 52:8
  7. Psalm 128:5 : Ps. 134:3
  8. Psalm 128:5 : Ps. 20:2; 135:21
  9. Psalm 128:5 : [Ps. 122:9]
  10. Psalm 128:6 : Prov. 17:6; See Job 42:16
  11. Psalm 128:6 : Ps. 125:5
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Proverbs 29:18

18 Where (A)there is no prophetic vision the people (B)cast off restraint,[a]
but blessed is he who (C)keeps the law.

Footnotes:

  1. Proverbs 29:18 Or the people are discouraged

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 29:18 : 1 Sam. 3:1; [2 Chr. 15:3; Ps. 74:9; Amos 8:11, 12]
  2. Proverbs 29:18 : Ex. 32:25
  3. Proverbs 29:18 : Luke 11:28; John 13:17; James 1:25
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday December 9, 2020 (NIV)

Joel 1-3

1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:

An Invasion of Locusts

2 (A)Hear this, (B)you elders;
give ear, (C)all inhabitants of the land!
(D)Has such a thing happened in your days,
or in the days of your fathers?
3 (E)Tell your children of it,
and let your children tell their children,
and their children to another generation.

4 What (F)the cutting locust left,
(G)the swarming locust has eaten.
What the swarming locust left,
(H)the hopping locust has eaten,
and what the hopping locust left,
(I)the destroying locust has eaten.

5 Awake, you drunkards, and weep,
and (J)wail, all you drinkers of wine,
because of (K)the sweet wine,
for it is cut off from your mouth.
6 For (L)a nation has come up against my land,
(M)powerful and beyond number;
(N)its teeth are lions' teeth,
and it has the fangs of a lioness.
7 It has laid waste my vine
and splintered my (O)fig tree;
it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down;
their branches are made white.

8 Lament like a virgin[a] (P)wearing sackcloth
for the bridegroom of her youth.
9 (Q)The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
from the house of the Lord.
(R)The priests mourn,
(S)the ministers of the Lord.
10 The fields are destroyed,
(T)the ground mourns,
because (U)the grain is destroyed,
(V)the wine dries up,
the oil languishes.

11 (W)Be ashamed,[b] O tillers of the soil;
wail, O vinedressers,
for the wheat and the barley,
(X)because the harvest of the field has perished.
12 The vine dries up;
(Y)the fig tree languishes.
Pomegranate, palm, and apple,
all the trees of the field are dried up,
and (Z)gladness dries up
from the children of man.

A Call to Repentance

13 (AA)Put on sackcloth and lament, (AB)O priests;
(AC)wail, O ministers of the altar.
Go in, (AD)pass the night in sackcloth,
(AE)O ministers of my God!
(AF)Because grain offering and drink offering
are withheld from the house of your God.

14 (AG)Consecrate a fast;
(AH)call a solemn assembly.
Gather (AI)the elders
and (AJ)all the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.

15 Alas for the day!
(AK)For the day of the Lord is near,
and as destruction from the Almighty[c] it comes.
16 Is not the food cut off
before our eyes,
(AL)joy and gladness
from the house of our God?

17 (AM)The seed shrivels under the clods;[d]
the storehouses are desolate;
the granaries are torn down
because (AN)the grain has dried up.
18 How (AO)the beasts groan!
The herds of cattle are perplexed
because there is no pasture for them;
even the flocks of sheep suffer.[e]

19 To you, (AP)O Lord, I call.
(AQ)For fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness,
(AR)and flame has burned
all the trees of the field.
20 Even the beasts of the field (AS)pant for you
because the water brooks are dried up,
(AT)and fire has devoured
the pastures of the wilderness.

The Day of the Lord

2 (AU)Blow a trumpet in (AV)Zion;
sound an alarm on (AW)my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
for (AX)the day of the Lord is coming; it is near,
2 (AY)a day of darkness and gloom,
(AZ)a day of clouds and thick darkness!
Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains
(BA)a great and powerful people;
(BB)their like has never been before,
nor will be again after them
through the years of all generations.

3 (BC)Fire devours before them,
and behind them a flame burns.
The land is like (BD)the garden of Eden before them,
but (BE)behind them a desolate wilderness,
and nothing escapes them.

4 (BF)Their appearance is like the appearance of horses,
and like war horses they run.
5 (BG)As with the rumbling of chariots,
they leap on the tops of the mountains,
like the crackling of (BH)a flame of fire
devouring the stubble,
(BI)like a powerful army
drawn up for battle.

6 Before them peoples are in anguish;
(BJ)all faces grow pale.
7 Like warriors they charge;
like soldiers they scale the wall.
They march each on his way;
they do not swerve from their paths.
8 They do not jostle one another;
(BK)each marches in his path;
they burst through the weapons
and are not halted.
9 (BL)They leap upon the city,
they run upon the walls,
(BM)they climb up into the houses,
(BN)they enter through the windows (BO)like a thief.

10 (BP)The earth quakes before them;
the heavens tremble.
(BQ)The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
11 (BR)The Lord utters his voice
before (BS)his army,
for his camp is exceedingly great;
(BT)he who executes his word is powerful.
(BU)For the day of the Lord is (BV)great and very awesome;
(BW)who can endure it?

Return to the Lord

12 “Yet even now,” declares the Lord,
(BX)“return to me with all your heart,
(BY)with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
13 and (BZ)rend your hearts and not (CA)your garments.”
Return to the Lord your God,
(CB)for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
(CC)and he relents over disaster.
14 (CD)Who knows whether he will not turn and relent,
and (CE)leave a blessing behind him,
(CF)a grain offering and a drink offering
for the Lord your God?

15 (CG)Blow the trumpet in Zion;
(CH)consecrate a fast;
call a solemn assembly;
16 gather the people.
(CI)Consecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders;
(CJ)gather the children,
even nursing infants.
(CK)Let the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her chamber.

17 (CL)Between the (CM)vestibule and the (CN)altar
(CO)let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations.[f]
(CP)Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”

The Lord Had Pity

18 (CQ)Then the Lord became jealous for his land
(CR)and had pity on his people.
19 The Lord answered and said to his people,
“Behold, (CS)I am sending to you
grain, wine, and oil,
(CT)and you will be satisfied;
and I will no more make you
a reproach among the nations.

20 “I will remove the northerner far from you,
and drive him into a parched and desolate land,
his vanguard[g] into (CU)the eastern sea,
and his rear guard[h] into (CV)the western sea;
(CW)the stench and foul smell of him will rise,
for he has done great things.

21 “Fear not, O land;
be glad and rejoice,
for (CX)the Lord has done great things!
22 Fear not, (CY)you beasts of the field,
for (CZ)the pastures of the wilderness are green;
(DA)the tree bears its fruit;
the fig tree and (DB)vine give their full yield.

23 (DC)“Be glad, O children of Zion,
and (DD)rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given (DE)the early rain for your vindication;
he has poured down for you abundant rain,
(DF)the early and (DG)the latter rain, as before.

24 “The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 I will restore[i] to you the years
that (DH)the swarming locust has eaten,
(DI)the hopper, (DJ)the destroyer, and (DK)the cutter,
(DL)my great army, which I sent among you.

26 (DM)“You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,
and praise the name of the Lord your God,
who has dealt wondrously with you.
And my people (DN)shall never again be put to shame.
27 (DO)You shall know that I am (DP)in the midst of Israel,
and that (DQ)I am the Lord your God (DR)and there is none else.
And my people (DS)shall never again be put to shame.

The Lord Will Pour Out His Spirit

28 [j] (DT)“And it shall come to pass afterward,
that (DU)I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
(DV)your sons and (DW)your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.
29 (DX)Even on the male and female servants
in those days I will pour out my Spirit.

30 “And I will show (DY)wonders in the heavens and (DZ)on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. 31 (EA)The sun shall be turned to darkness, (EB)and the moon to blood, (EC)before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 32 And it shall come to pass that (ED)everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. (EE)For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among (EF)the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.

The Lord Judges the Nations

3 [k] “For behold, (EG)in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 (EH)I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And (EI)I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land, 3 and (EJ)have cast lots for my people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a girl for wine and have drunk it.

4 “What are you to me, (EK)O Tyre and Sidon, and all (EL)the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, (EM)I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily. 5 For (EN)you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.[l] 6 You have sold (EO)the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their own border. 7 Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and (EP)I will return your payment on your own head. 8 I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the (EQ)Sabeans, to a nation far away, for the Lord has spoken.”

9 Proclaim this among the nations:
(ER)Consecrate for war;[m]
stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near;
let them come up.
10 (ES)Beat your plowshares into swords,
and (ET)your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”

11 (EU)Hasten and come,
all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves there.
(EV)Bring down your warriors, O Lord.
12 Let the nations stir themselves up
and come up to (EW)the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
(EX)for there I will sit to judge
all the surrounding nations.

13 (EY)Put in the sickle,
(EZ)for the harvest is ripe.
(FA)Go in, tread,
(FB)for the winepress is full.
The vats overflow,
for their evil is great.

14 Multitudes, multitudes,
in the valley of decision!
For (FC)the day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision.
15 (FD)The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.

16 (FE)The Lord roars from Zion,
and (FF)utters his voice from Jerusalem,
(FG)and the heavens and the earth quake.
But the Lord is (FH)a refuge to his people,
a stronghold to the people of Israel.

The Glorious Future of Judah

17 (FI)“So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
(FJ)who dwells in Zion, (FK)my holy mountain.
And Jerusalem shall be holy,
and (FL)strangers shall never again pass through it.

18 “And in that day
(FM)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and the hills shall flow with milk,
and (FN)all the streambeds of Judah
shall flow with water;
(FO)and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord
and water the Valley of (FP)Shittim.

19 (FQ)“Egypt shall become a desolation
and (FR)Edom a desolate wilderness,
(FS)for the violence done to the people of Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 (FT)But Judah shall be inhabited forever,
and Jerusalem to all generations.
21 (FU)I will avenge their blood,
blood I have not avenged,[n]
(FV)for the Lord dwells in Zion.”

Footnotes:

  1. Joel 1:8 Or young woman
  2. Joel 1:11 The Hebrew words for dry up and be ashamed in verses 10–12, 17 sound alike
  3. Joel 1:15 Destruction sounds like the Hebrew for Almighty
  4. Joel 1:17 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain
  5. Joel 1:18 Or are made desolate
  6. Joel 2:17 Or reproach, that the nations should rule over them
  7. Joel 2:20 Hebrew face
  8. Joel 2:20 Hebrew his end
  9. Joel 2:25 Or pay back
  10. Joel 2:28 Ch 3:1 in Hebrew
  11. Joel 3:1 Ch 4:1 in Hebrew
  12. Joel 3:5 Or palaces
  13. Joel 3:9 Or Consecrate a war
  14. Joel 3:21 Or I will acquit their bloodguilt that I have not acquitted

Cross references:

  1. Joel 1:2 : [Hos. 5:1]
  2. Joel 1:2 : ver. 14
  3. Joel 1:2 : ver. 14
  4. Joel 1:2 : [ch. 2:2]
  5. Joel 1:3 : [Ps. 78:4]
  6. Joel 1:4 : ch. 2:25; Amos 4:9
  7. Joel 1:4 : [Amos 7:1]; See Ex. 10:4
  8. Joel 1:4 : ch. 2:25; Ps. 105:34; Nah. 3:15
  9. Joel 1:4 : ch. 2:25; Ps. 78:46
  10. Joel 1:5 : [Isa. 24:11]
  11. Joel 1:5 : ch. 3:18; Isa. 49:26; Amos 9:13
  12. Joel 1:6 : ch. 2:2
  13. Joel 1:6 : ch. 2:2
  14. Joel 1:6 : [Rev. 9:7, 8]
  15. Joel 1:7 : [ver. 12]
  16. Joel 1:8 : [ver. 13]; See 2 Sam. 3:31
  17. Joel 1:9 : ver. 13; ch. 2:14
  18. Joel 1:9 : ch. 2:17; [Isa. 61:6; Ezek. 45:4]
  19. Joel 1:9 : ch. 2:17; [Isa. 61:6; Ezek. 45:4]
  20. Joel 1:10 : See Hos. 4:3
  21. Joel 1:10 : [Hos. 2:9]
  22. Joel 1:10 : [Hos. 2:9]
  23. Joel 1:11 : [Jer. 14:4]
  24. Joel 1:11 : ver. 17
  25. Joel 1:12 : [ver. 7]
  26. Joel 1:12 : Isa. 24:11; Jer. 48:33
  27. Joel 1:13 : [ver. 8; Jer. 4:8]
  28. Joel 1:13 : [See ver. 9 above]; ch. 2:17; [Isa. 61:6; Ezek. 45:4]
  29. Joel 1:13 : [ver. 8; Mic. 1:8]
  30. Joel 1:13 : [ver. 8; Jer. 4:8]
  31. Joel 1:13 : [See ver. 9 above]; ch. 2:17; [Isa. 61:6; Ezek. 45:4]
  32. Joel 1:13 : ver. 9; ch. 2:14
  33. Joel 1:14 : ch. 2:15, 16; See 2 Chr. 20:3
  34. Joel 1:14 : ch. 2:15, 16; See 2 Chr. 20:3
  35. Joel 1:14 : ver. 2
  36. Joel 1:14 : ver. 2
  37. Joel 1:15 : ch. 2:1, 11, 31; 3:14; Isa. 13:6, 9; Jer. 46:10; Ezek. 30:2, 3; Amos 5:18; Obad. 15; Zeph. 1:14, 15; Zech. 14:1; 2 Pet. 3:10
  38. Joel 1:16 : [Deut. 12:6, 7; 16:14, 15]
  39. Joel 1:17 : [Mal. 2:3]
  40. Joel 1:17 : ver. 11
  41. Joel 1:18 : ch. 2:22; [Jer. 12:4; Hos. 4:3]
  42. Joel 1:19 : Ps. 50:15
  43. Joel 1:19 : Jer. 9:10
  44. Joel 1:19 : Jer. 9:10
  45. Joel 1:20 : [Job 38:41; Ps. 104:21; 145:15]
  46. Joel 1:20 : [See ver. 19 above]; Jer. 9:10
  47. Joel 2:1 : ver. 15; Isa. 58:1; Hos. 5:8; Amos 3:6
  48. Joel 2:1 : See ch. 3:17
  49. Joel 2:1 : See ch. 3:17
  50. Joel 2:1 : See ch. 1:15
  51. Joel 2:2 : Amos 5:18, 20; Zeph. 1:15
  52. Joel 2:2 : Amos 5:18, 20; Zeph. 1:15
  53. Joel 2:2 : ch. 1:6; [ver. 11, 25]
  54. Joel 2:2 : [ch. 1:2]
  55. Joel 2:3 : ch. 1:19, 20
  56. Joel 2:3 : Gen. 2:8, 9; See Isa. 51:3
  57. Joel 2:3 : Zech. 7:14
  58. Joel 2:4 : Rev. 9:7
  59. Joel 2:5 : Rev. 9:9; [Nah. 3:2]
  60. Joel 2:5 : Isa. 5:24; 47:14; Obad. 18; Nah. 1:10
  61. Joel 2:5 : [See ver. 2 above]; ch. 1:6; [ver. 11, 25]
  62. Joel 2:6 : Nah. 2:10
  63. Joel 2:8 : Prov. 30:27
  64. Joel 2:9 : Isa. 33:4
  65. Joel 2:9 : [Jer. 9:21]
  66. Joel 2:9 : [Jer. 9:21]
  67. Joel 2:9 : [John 10:1]
  68. Joel 2:10 : ch. 3:16; [Ps. 18:7; Amos 8:8]
  69. Joel 2:10 : ch. 3:15; Isa. 13:10; Ezek. 32:7; Matt. 24:29; [Rev. 9:2]
  70. Joel 2:11 : ch. 3:16; [1 Thess. 4:16]
  71. Joel 2:11 : ver. 25
  72. Joel 2:11 : Rev. 18:8
  73. Joel 2:11 : See ch. 1:15
  74. Joel 2:11 : ver. 31
  75. Joel 2:11 : Mal. 3:2; [Num. 24:23]
  76. Joel 2:12 : Deut. 4:30; 1 Sam. 7:3; Jer. 4:1; Hos. 12:6
  77. Joel 2:12 : [1 Sam. 7:6]
  78. Joel 2:13 : [Ps. 34:18]
  79. Joel 2:13 : See Gen. 37:29
  80. Joel 2:13 : Ex. 34:6; Ps. 86:5, 15; Jonah 4:2
  81. Joel 2:13 : [Num. 23:19; Ezek. 24:14]
  82. Joel 2:14 : Jonah 3:9
  83. Joel 2:14 : Hag. 2:19; Mal. 3:10
  84. Joel 2:14 : ch. 1:9, 13
  85. Joel 2:15 : See ver. 1
  86. Joel 2:15 : See ch. 1:14
  87. Joel 2:16 : See Josh. 3:5
  88. Joel 2:16 : [2 Chr. 20:13]
  89. Joel 2:16 : [Deut. 24:5; Eccles. 3:5; Zech. 12:12-14; 1 Cor. 7:5]
  90. Joel 2:17 : Ezek. 8:16
  91. Joel 2:17 : 1 Kgs. 6:3; 2 Chr. 3:4
  92. Joel 2:17 : 2 Chr. 4:1
  93. Joel 2:17 : See ch. 1:9
  94. Joel 2:17 : Ps. 42:3; 79:10; 115:2
  95. Joel 2:18 : Zech. 1:14; 8:2
  96. Joel 2:18 : [Ps. 103:13]
  97. Joel 2:19 : [ch. 1:10; Ps. 4:7]; See Mal. 3:10-12
  98. Joel 2:19 : [ch. 1:10; Ps. 4:7]; See Mal. 3:10-12
  99. Joel 2:20 : Ezek. 47:18; Zech. 14:8
  100. Joel 2:20 : Zech. 14:8
  101. Joel 2:20 : Isa. 34:3; [Amos 4:10]
  102. Joel 2:21 : Ps. 126:2, 3
  103. Joel 2:22 : See ch. 1:18
  104. Joel 2:22 : [ch. 1:19]
  105. Joel 2:22 : [Zech. 8:12]
  106. Joel 2:22 : [Zech. 8:12]
  107. Joel 2:23 : Ps. 100:1, 2; Hab. 3:18; Zech. 10:7
  108. Joel 2:23 : Ps. 100:1, 2; Hab. 3:18; Zech. 10:7
  109. Joel 2:23 : Deut. 11:14; Jer. 5:24
  110. Joel 2:23 : Deut. 11:14; Jer. 5:24
  111. Joel 2:23 : Hos. 6:3
  112. Joel 2:25 : ch. 1:4
  113. Joel 2:25 : ch. 1:4
  114. Joel 2:25 : ch. 1:4
  115. Joel 2:25 : ch. 1:4
  116. Joel 2:25 : ver. 11
  117. Joel 2:26 : Lev. 25:19
  118. Joel 2:26 : [Isa. 49:23]
  119. Joel 2:27 : ch. 3:17
  120. Joel 2:27 : Hos. 11:9; See Ezek. 37:26
  121. Joel 2:27 : See Ex. 20:2
  122. Joel 2:27 : [Isa. 44:8]
  123. Joel 2:27 : [See ver. 26 above]; [Isa. 49:23]
  124. Joel 2:28 : ver. 28-32, cited Acts 2:17-21
  125. Joel 2:28 : Isa. 32:15; Ezek. 39:29; Zech. 12:10; John 7:39
  126. Joel 2:28 : [Acts 2:39]
  127. Joel 2:28 : [Acts 21:9]
  128. Joel 2:29 : [1 Cor. 12:13]
  129. Joel 2:30 : [Matt. 24:30; Luke 21:11]
  130. Joel 2:30 : [Matt. 24:30; Luke 21:11]
  131. Joel 2:31 : See ver. 10
  132. Joel 2:31 : Rev. 6:12
  133. Joel 2:31 : Mal. 4:5
  134. Joel 2:32 : Cited Rom. 10:13
  135. Joel 2:32 : Isa. 46:13; 59:20; Obad. 17
  136. Joel 2:32 : Jer. 31:7; Mic. 4:7; Zech. 8:12
  137. Joel 3:1 : Jer. 30:3
  138. Joel 3:2 : [Zeph. 3:8]; See Zech. 14:2-4
  139. Joel 3:2 : Isa. 66:16; Jer. 25:31
  140. Joel 3:3 : Obad. 11; Nah. 3:10
  141. Joel 3:4 : Isa. 23:1, 2; Jer. 47:4; Amos 1:9
  142. Joel 3:4 : [Ezek. 25:15, 16]
  143. Joel 3:4 : [Obad. 15]
  144. Joel 3:5 : [2 Chr. 21:16, 17]
  145. Joel 3:6 : [ver. 3]
  146. Joel 3:7 : [See ver. 4 above]; [Obad. 15]
  147. Joel 3:8 : See 1 Kgs. 10:1
  148. Joel 3:9 : [Mic. 3:5]
  149. Joel 3:10 : [Isa. 2:4]
  150. Joel 3:10 : [Isa. 2:4]
  151. Joel 3:11 : [Isa. 54:15]
  152. Joel 3:11 : [Zech. 14:5]
  153. Joel 3:12 : ver. 2
  154. Joel 3:12 : Ps. 96:13; 98:9; 110:6; Isa. 2:4; 3:13; Mic. 4:3
  155. Joel 3:13 : Rev. 14:15
  156. Joel 3:13 : [Jer. 51:33; Hos. 6:11; Matt. 13:30, 39; Mark 4:29; John 4:35; Rev. 14:15, 18]
  157. Joel 3:13 : Rev. 14:20; [Isa. 63:2, 3]
  158. Joel 3:13 : Rev. 14:20; [Isa. 63:2, 3]
  159. Joel 3:14 : See ch. 1:15
  160. Joel 3:15 : See ch. 2:10
  161. Joel 3:16 : ch. 2:11; Amos 1:2; [Jer. 25:30]
  162. Joel 3:16 : ch. 2:11; Amos 1:2; [Jer. 25:30]
  163. Joel 3:16 : ch. 2:10
  164. Joel 3:16 : Isa. 4:6; 25:4
  165. Joel 3:17 : ch. 2:27; [Ezek. 6:7]
  166. Joel 3:17 : ver. 21; [Ezek. 43:7]
  167. Joel 3:17 : ch. 2:1; Ps. 48:1; Isa. 65:11; Jer. 31:23
  168. Joel 3:17 : Isa. 52:1; Nah. 1:15; Zech. 14:21; [Rev. 21:27; 22:15]
  169. Joel 3:18 : Jer. 31:12; Amos 9:13
  170. Joel 3:18 : Isa. 30:25
  171. Joel 3:18 : Ezek. 47:1
  172. Joel 3:18 : See Num. 25:1
  173. Joel 3:19 : See Isa. 19:1-17
  174. Joel 3:19 : See Isa. 34:5
  175. Joel 3:19 : Obad. 10
  176. Joel 3:20 : Ps. 125:1, 2; Ezek. 37:25
  177. Joel 3:21 : Isa. 4:4; Ezek. 36:25, 29
  178. Joel 3:21 : [See ver. 17 above]; ver. 21; [Ezek. 43:7]
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Revelation 1

Prologue

1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God (A)gave him (B)to show to his servants[a] the things that must soon take place. (C)He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 (D)who bore witness to the word of God and to (E)the testimony of Jesus Christ, even (F)to all that he saw. 3 (G)Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, (H)for the time is near.

Greeting to the Seven Churches

4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

Grace to you and peace from (I)him (J)who is and (K)who was and who is to come, and from (L)the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ (M)the faithful witness, (N)the firstborn of the dead, and (O)the ruler of kings on earth.

To (P)him who loves us and (Q)has freed us from our sins by his blood 6 and made us (R)a kingdom, (S)priests to (T)his God and Father, to him be (U)glory and (V)dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, (W)he is coming with the clouds, and (X)every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail[b] on account of him. Even so. Amen.

8 (Y)“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, (Z)“who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Vision of the Son of Man

9 I, John, your brother and (AA)partner in (AB)the tribulation and (AC)the kingdom and (AD)the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos (AE)on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 (AF)I was in the Spirit (AG)on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice (AH)like a trumpet 11 saying, (AI)“Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw (AJ)seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands (AK)one like (AL)a son of man, (AM)clothed with a long robe and (AN)with a golden sash around his chest. 14 (AO)The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. (AP)His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 (AQ)his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and (AR)his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 (AS)In his right hand he held seven stars, (AT)from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and (AU)his face was like the sun shining (AV)in full strength.

17 (AW)When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But (AX)he laid his right hand on me, (AY)saying, “Fear not, (AZ)I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. (BA)I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and (BB)I have the keys of Death and Hades. 19 (BC)Write therefore (BD)the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. 20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and (BE)the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and (BF)the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Footnotes:

  1. Revelation 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; likewise for servant later in this verse
  2. Revelation 1:7 Or mourn

Cross references:

  1. Revelation 1:1 : John 17:7, 8; [John 8:26; 14:10]
  2. Revelation 1:1 : ch. 22:6
  3. Revelation 1:1 : ch. 22:16
  4. Revelation 1:2 : John 19:35
  5. Revelation 1:2 : ch. 6:9; 12:17; 19:10; See 1 Cor. 1:6
  6. Revelation 1:2 : ver. 11, 19
  7. Revelation 1:3 : ch. 22:7; [Luke 11:28; John 8:51; 1 John 2:3]
  8. Revelation 1:3 : ch. 22:10; [1 John 2:18]; See Rom. 13:11
  9. Revelation 1:4 : ver. 8; ch. 4:8; Heb. 13:8
  10. Revelation 1:4 : Ex. 3:14 (Gk.)
  11. Revelation 1:4 : John 1:1
  12. Revelation 1:4 : ch. 3:1; 4:5; 5:6
  13. Revelation 1:5 : ch. 3:14; John 18:37; 1 Tim. 6:13; [ch. 2:13; Ps. 89:37; Isa. 55:4]
  14. Revelation 1:5 : Col. 1:18; [Ps. 89:27; Acts 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:20]
  15. Revelation 1:5 : ch. 17:14; 19:16; [Ps. 89:27]
  16. Revelation 1:5 : John 13:34; 15:9
  17. Revelation 1:5 : 1 Pet. 1:18, 19
  18. Revelation 1:6 : ch. 5:10; 20:6; 1 Pet. 2:9
  19. Revelation 1:6 : ch. 5:10; 20:6; 1 Pet. 2:9
  20. Revelation 1:6 : See Rom. 15:6
  21. Revelation 1:6 : See Rom. 11:36
  22. Revelation 1:6 : 1 Pet. 4:11
  23. Revelation 1:7 : Dan. 7:13; See Matt. 16:27
  24. Revelation 1:7 : Zech. 12:10; John 19:37
  25. Revelation 1:8 : ch. 21:6; 22:13; [Isa. 41:4; 43:10; 44:6]
  26. Revelation 1:8 : ver. 4
  27. Revelation 1:9 : [Phil. 4:14]
  28. Revelation 1:9 : John 16:33
  29. Revelation 1:9 : 2 Tim. 2:12
  30. Revelation 1:9 : ch. 3:10
  31. Revelation 1:9 : See ver. 2
  32. Revelation 1:10 : ch. 4:2; [ch. 17:3; 21:10; 1 Kgs. 18:12; Ezek. 3:12; Matt. 22:43; 2 Cor. 12:2]
  33. Revelation 1:10 : Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2
  34. Revelation 1:10 : ch. 4:1
  35. Revelation 1:11 : ver. 2, 19
  36. Revelation 1:12 : ver. 20; ch. 2:1; Ex. 25:37; 2 Chr. 4:20; Zech. 4:2; [ch. 11:4]
  37. Revelation 1:13 : Dan. 7:13
  38. Revelation 1:13 : ch. 14:14; Dan. 10:16
  39. Revelation 1:13 : Dan. 10:5
  40. Revelation 1:13 : ch. 15:6
  41. Revelation 1:14 : Dan. 7:9
  42. Revelation 1:14 : ch. 2:18; 19:12; [Dan. 10:6]
  43. Revelation 1:15 : Ezek. 1:7; Dan. 10:6
  44. Revelation 1:15 : ch. 14:2; 19:6; Ezek. 43:2
  45. Revelation 1:16 : ver. 20; ch. 2:1; 3:1
  46. Revelation 1:16 : ch. 19:15; [ch. 2:12, 16; Isa. 49:2; Eph. 6:17; Heb. 4:12]
  47. Revelation 1:16 : Matt. 17:2
  48. Revelation 1:16 : Judg. 5:31
  49. Revelation 1:17 : Dan. 8:17, 18; 10:9, 10, 15; [Luke 24:37; John 21:12]
  50. Revelation 1:17 : Dan. 8:17, 18; 10:9, 10, 15; [Luke 24:37; John 21:12]
  51. Revelation 1:17 : Matt. 17:7
  52. Revelation 1:17 : ch. 2:8; 22:13; Isa. 41:4; 44:6; 48:12
  53. Revelation 1:18 : Rom. 6:9; 14:9
  54. Revelation 1:18 : [ch. 9:1; 20:1]
  55. Revelation 1:19 : ver. 2, 11
  56. Revelation 1:19 : ver. 12-16
  57. Revelation 1:20 : See ver. 12
  58. Revelation 1:20 : [Matt. 5:14, 15]
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Psalm 128

Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents.

128 (B)Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who (C)walks in his ways!
2 You (D)shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

3 Your wife will be like (E)a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like (F)olive shoots
around your table.
4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.

5 (G)The Lord bless you (H)from Zion!
May you see (I)the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life!
6 May you see your (J)children's children!
(K)Peace be upon Israel!

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 128:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
  2. Psalm 128:1 : See Ps. 112:1
  3. Psalm 128:1 : Ps. 119:1; [Prov. 8:32]
  4. Psalm 128:2 : Isa. 3:10; [Ps. 109:11]
  5. Psalm 128:3 : Ezek. 19:10; [Gen. 49:22]
  6. Psalm 128:3 : See Ps. 52:8
  7. Psalm 128:5 : Ps. 134:3
  8. Psalm 128:5 : Ps. 20:2; 135:21
  9. Psalm 128:5 : [Ps. 122:9]
  10. Psalm 128:6 : Prov. 17:6; See Job 42:16
  11. Psalm 128:6 : Ps. 125:5
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Proverbs 29:18

18 Where (A)there is no prophetic vision the people (B)cast off restraint,[a]
but blessed is he who (C)keeps the law.

Footnotes:

  1. Proverbs 29:18 Or the people are discouraged

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 29:18 : 1 Sam. 3:1; [2 Chr. 15:3; Ps. 74:9; Amos 8:11, 12]
  2. Proverbs 29:18 : Ex. 32:25
  3. Proverbs 29:18 : Luke 11:28; John 13:17; James 1:25
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday December 8, 2020 (NIV)

Hosea 10-14

10 (A)Israel is a luxuriant vine
that yields its fruit.
The more his fruit increased,
(B)the more altars he built;
as his country improved,
he improved his pillars.
2 Their heart is false;
now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord[a] will break down their altars
and destroy their pillars.

3 For now they will say:
(C)“We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord;
and a king—what could he do for us?”
4 They utter (D)mere words;
with empty[b] oaths they make covenants;
so (E)judgment springs up like poisonous weeds
(F)in the furrows of the field.
5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
for (G)the calf[c] of (H)Beth-aven.
Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
those who rejoiced over it and (I)over its glory—
for it has departed[d] from them.
6 (J)The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria
as tribute to (K)the great king.[e]
Ephraim shall be put to shame,
and Israel shall be ashamed (L)of his idol.[f]

7 (M)Samaria's king shall perish
like a twig on the face of the waters.
8 The high places of (N)Aven, (O)the sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed.
(P)Thorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars,
and (Q)they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”
and to the hills, “Fall on us.”

9 From (R)the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel;
there they have continued.
Shall not the war against the unjust[g] overtake them in Gibeah?
10 (S)When I please, (T)I will discipline them,
and nations shall be gathered against them
when they are bound up for (U)their double iniquity.

11 Ephraim was a trained calf
that (V)loved to thresh,
and I spared her fair neck;
but I will put (W)Ephraim to the yoke;
(X)Judah must plow;
Jacob must harrow for himself.
12 (Y)Sow for yourselves righteousness;
reap steadfast love;
(Z)break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and (AA)rain righteousness upon you.

13 (AB)You have plowed iniquity;
you have reaped injustice;
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in the multitude of your warriors,
14 therefore (AC)the tumult of war shall arise among your people,
and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,
as (AD)Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle;
(AE)mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
15 Thus it shall be done to you, O (AF)Bethel,
because of your great evil.
At dawn (AG)the king of Israel
shall be utterly cut off.

The Lord's Love for Israel

11 (AH)When Israel was a child, (AI)I loved him,
and out of Egypt I (AJ)called (AK)my son.
2 (AL)The more they were called,
the more they went away;
(AM)they kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.

3 Yet it was (AN)I who taught Ephraim to walk;
I took them up by their arms,
but they did not know that (AO)I healed them.
4 (AP)I led them with cords of kindness,[h]
with the bands of love,
and (AQ)I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,
and (AR)I bent down to them and fed them.

5 (AS)They shall not[i] return to the land of Egypt,
but (AT)Assyria shall be their king,
(AU)because (AV)they have refused to return to me.
6 (AW)The sword shall rage against their cities,
consume the bars of their gates,
and devour them (AX)because of their own counsels.
7 My people are bent (AY)on turning away from me,
and though (AZ)they call out to the Most High,
he shall not raise them up at all.

8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
(BA)How can I make you (BB)like Admah?
How can I treat you (BC)like Zeboiim?
(BD)My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
9 I will not execute my burning anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim;
(BE)for I am God and not a man,
(BF)the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath.[j]

10 (BG)They shall go after the Lord;
(BH)he will roar like a lion;
when he roars,
his children shall come trembling (BI)from the west;
11 they shall come trembling like birds (BJ)from Egypt,
and (BK)like doves (BL)from the land of Assyria,
and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.
12 [k] Ephraim (BM)has surrounded me with lies,
and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks with God
and is faithful to the Holy One.
12 Ephraim feeds on the wind
and pursues (BN)the east wind all day long;
they multiply (BO)falsehood and violence;
(BP)they make a covenant with Assyria,
and (BQ)oil is carried to Egypt.

The Lord's Indictment of Israel and Judah

2 (BR)The Lord has an indictment against Judah
and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
he will repay him according to his deeds.
3 (BS)In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
and in his manhood he strove with God.
4 He strove with the angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought his favor.
(BT)He met God[l] at Bethel,
and there God spoke with us—
5 the Lord, the God of hosts,
(BU)the Lord is his memorial name:
6 “So you, (BV)by the help of your God, return,
(BW)hold fast to love and justice,
and wait continually for your God.”

7 A merchant, in whose hands are (BX)false balances,
he loves (BY)to oppress.
8 Ephraim has said, “Ah, but (BZ)I am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors (CA)they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
9 (CB)I am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
I will again make you (CC)dwell in tents,
as in the days of the appointed feast.

10 (CD)I spoke to the prophets;
it was I who multiplied (CE)visions,
and through the prophets gave parables.
11 (CF)If there is iniquity in Gilead,
they shall surely come to nothing:
(CG)in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
(CH)their altars also are like stone heaps
(CI)on the furrows of the field.
12 (CJ)Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
there Israel (CK)served for a wife,
and for a wife he guarded sheep.
13 By (CL)a prophet (CM)the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
and by a prophet he was guarded.
14 (CN)Ephraim has given bitter provocation;
so his Lord (CO)will leave his bloodguilt on him
(CP)and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.

The Lord's Relentless Judgment on Israel

13 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;
(CQ)he was exalted in Israel,
but he incurred guilt (CR)through Baal and died.
2 And now they sin more and more,
and (CS)make for themselves metal images,
idols skillfully made of their silver,
(CT)all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
“Those who offer human sacrifice (CU)kiss calves!”
3 Therefore they shall be (CV)like the morning mist
or (CW)like the dew that goes early away,
(CX)like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor
or (CY)like smoke from a window.

4 But (CZ)I am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
(DA)you know no God but me,
and (DB)besides me there is no savior.
5 (DC)It was I who knew you in the wilderness,
in the land of drought;
6 (DD)but when they had grazed,[m] they became full,
(DE)they were filled, and their heart was lifted up;
(DF)therefore they forgot me.
7 So (DG)I am to them like a lion;
(DH)like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
8 I will fall upon them (DI)like a bear robbed of her cubs;
I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
(DJ)as a wild beast would rip them open.

9 He destroys[n] you, O Israel,
for you are against me, against (DK)your helper.
10 (DL)Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities?
Where are all your rulers—
those of whom (DM)you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
11 (DN)I gave you a king in my anger,
and (DO)I took him away in my wrath.

12 The iniquity of Ephraim is (DP)bound up;
his sin is (DQ)kept in store.
13 (DR)The pangs of childbirth come for him,
but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
(DS)at the opening of the womb.

14 (DT)I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol;
(DU)I shall redeem them from Death.[o]
(DV)O (DW)Death, where are your plagues?
(DX)O (DY)Sheol, where is your sting?
(DZ)Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

15 Though (EA)he may flourish among his brothers,
(EB)the east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come,
rising from the wilderness,
(EC)and his fountain shall dry up;
his spring shall be parched;
it shall strip (ED)his treasury
of every precious thing.
16 [p] Samaria (EE)shall bear her guilt,
because (EF)she has rebelled against her God;
they shall fall by the sword;
(EG)their little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
and their (EH)pregnant women ripped open.

A Plea to Return to the Lord

14 (EI)Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for (EJ)you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2 Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept (EK)what is good,
and we will pay with bulls
(EL)the vows[q] of our lips.
3 (EM)Assyria shall not save us;
(EN)we will not ride on horses;
and (EO)we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
(EP)In you the orphan finds mercy.”

4 I (EQ)will heal their apostasy;
(ER)I will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.
5 (ES)I will be like the dew to Israel;
(ET)he shall blossom like the lily;
he shall take root like the trees (EU)of Lebanon;
6 his shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be (EV)like the olive,
and his fragrance like Lebanon.
7 They shall return and (EW)dwell beneath my[r] shadow;
they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

8 O (EX)Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.[s]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
(EY)from me comes your fruit.

9 (EZ)Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
whoever is discerning, let him know them;
for the ways of the Lord are right,
and (FA)the upright walk in them,
(FB)but transgressors stumble in them.

Footnotes:

  1. Hosea 10:2 Hebrew He
  2. Hosea 10:4 Or vain (see Exodus 20:7)
  3. Hosea 10:5 Or calves
  4. Hosea 10:5 Or has gone into exile
  5. Hosea 10:6 Or to King Jareb
  6. Hosea 10:6 Or counsel
  7. Hosea 10:9 Hebrew the children of injustice
  8. Hosea 11:4 Or humaneness; Hebrew man
  9. Hosea 11:5 Or surely
  10. Hosea 11:9 Or into the city
  11. Hosea 11:12 Ch 12:1 in Hebrew
  12. Hosea 12:4 Hebrew him
  13. Hosea 13:6 Hebrew according to their pasture
  14. Hosea 13:9 Or I will destroy
  15. Hosea 13:14 Or Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death?
  16. Hosea 13:16 Ch 14:1 in Hebrew
  17. Hosea 14:2 Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit
  18. Hosea 14:7 Hebrew his
  19. Hosea 14:8 Hebrew him

Cross references:

  1. Hosea 10:1 : See Ps. 80:8-11
  2. Hosea 10:1 : ch. 8:11
  3. Hosea 10:3 : [ver. 7, 15; 1 Sam. 12:12]
  4. Hosea 10:4 : [ch. 4:2]
  5. Hosea 10:4 : Amos 5:7; 6:12
  6. Hosea 10:4 : ch. 12:11
  7. Hosea 10:5 : See 1 Kgs. 12:28
  8. Hosea 10:5 : See ch. 4:15
  9. Hosea 10:5 : ch. 9:11; [1 Sam. 4:21, 22]
  10. Hosea 10:6 : [Isa. 46:2]
  11. Hosea 10:6 : ch. 5:13
  12. Hosea 10:6 : ch. 11:6
  13. Hosea 10:7 : [ver. 3]
  14. Hosea 10:8 : [See ver. 5 above]; See ch. 4:15
  15. Hosea 10:8 : 1 Kgs. 12:30; Amos 8:14
  16. Hosea 10:8 : [ch. 9:6]
  17. Hosea 10:8 : Luke 23:30; Rev. 6:16; [Isa. 2:19]
  18. Hosea 10:9 : ch. 9:9
  19. Hosea 10:10 : [Ex. 32:34]
  20. Hosea 10:10 : ch. 7:12
  21. Hosea 10:10 : [1 Kgs. 12:28]
  22. Hosea 10:11 : [Deut. 25:4; 1 Cor. 9:9; 1 Tim. 5:18]
  23. Hosea 10:11 : See ch. 6:4
  24. Hosea 10:11 : See ch. 6:4
  25. Hosea 10:12 : [ch. 8:7; Gal. 6:8]
  26. Hosea 10:12 : Jer. 4:3
  27. Hosea 10:12 : Isa. 45:8
  28. Hosea 10:13 : [ch. 8:7]
  29. Hosea 10:14 : [ch. 1:5]
  30. Hosea 10:14 : 2 Kgs. 17:3
  31. Hosea 10:14 : [ch. 13:16]
  32. Hosea 10:15 : [ver. 5]
  33. Hosea 10:15 : [See ver. 6 above]; ch. 5:13
  34. Hosea 11:1 : [ch. 2:15]
  35. Hosea 11:1 : Deut. 7:8; [ch. 14:4]
  36. Hosea 11:1 : Cited Matt. 2:15
  37. Hosea 11:1 : Ex. 4:22; [Mal. 1:6]
  38. Hosea 11:2 : [ver. 7]
  39. Hosea 11:2 : [ch. 2:13; 13:1, 2]
  40. Hosea 11:3 : [ch. 7:15; Deut. 1:31]
  41. Hosea 11:3 : Ex. 15:26
  42. Hosea 11:4 : Jer. 31:3; [John 6:44; 12:32]
  43. Hosea 11:4 : Lev. 26:13
  44. Hosea 11:4 : See Ps. 78:24-29
  45. Hosea 11:5 : [ch. 8:13]
  46. Hosea 11:5 : [ch. 10:3]
  47. Hosea 11:5 : [2 Kgs. 17:13, 14]
  48. Hosea 11:5 : [ch. 4:16; 7:16]
  49. Hosea 11:6 : [ch. 10:14]
  50. Hosea 11:6 : ch. 10:6
  51. Hosea 11:7 : ch. 14:4
  52. Hosea 11:7 : [ver. 2]
  53. Hosea 11:8 : [Gen. 19:24, 25; Jer. 49:18; 50:40; Amos 4:11; Jude 7]
  54. Hosea 11:8 : Gen. 14:8; Deut. 29:23
  55. Hosea 11:8 : Gen. 14:8; Deut. 29:23
  56. Hosea 11:8 : [Deut. 32:36]
  57. Hosea 11:9 : See Num. 23:19
  58. Hosea 11:9 : See Isa. 12:6
  59. Hosea 11:10 : [ch. 3:5]
  60. Hosea 11:10 : Isa. 31:4; Jer. 25:30; Joel 3:16; Amos 1:2
  61. Hosea 11:10 : Isa. 11:11; Zech. 8:7
  62. Hosea 11:11 : See ch. 8:13
  63. Hosea 11:11 : Isa. 60:8
  64. Hosea 11:11 : Zech. 10:6, 10; [ch. 9:3]
  65. Hosea 11:12 : [ch. 7:13]
  66. Hosea 12:1 : [ch. 13:15; Jer. 18:17]
  67. Hosea 12:1 : [See ch. 11:12 above]; [ch. 7:13]
  68. Hosea 12:1 : See ch. 5:13
  69. Hosea 12:1 : [ch. 7:11; 2 Kgs. 17:4]
  70. Hosea 12:2 : See ch. 4:1
  71. Hosea 12:3 : Gen. 25:26; [Gen. 27:36]
  72. Hosea 12:4 : Gen. 28:12, 19; 35:9, 10, 15
  73. Hosea 12:5 : Ex. 3:15
  74. Hosea 12:6 : ch. 14:1, 2; Joel 2:12, 13
  75. Hosea 12:6 : [Mic. 6:8]
  76. Hosea 12:7 : Amos 8:5; Mic. 6:11; [Prov. 11:1; 20:23]
  77. Hosea 12:7 : Mic. 2:2
  78. Hosea 12:8 : Zech. 11:5; Rev. 3:17
  79. Hosea 12:8 : [Deut. 29:19]
  80. Hosea 12:9 : ch. 13:4
  81. Hosea 12:9 : See Lev. 23:39-43; Neh. 8:14-18
  82. Hosea 12:10 : [2 Kgs. 17:13]
  83. Hosea 12:10 : [Joel 2:28]
  84. Hosea 12:11 : ch. 6:8
  85. Hosea 12:11 : ch. 4:15; 9:15
  86. Hosea 12:11 : ch. 8:11
  87. Hosea 12:11 : ch. 10:4
  88. Hosea 12:12 : Gen. 28:5
  89. Hosea 12:12 : Gen. 29:20, 28
  90. Hosea 12:13 : [Deut. 18:15]
  91. Hosea 12:13 : Ex. 12:50, 51; Ps. 77:20; See Isa. 63:11-14
  92. Hosea 12:14 : 2 Kgs. 17:17
  93. Hosea 12:14 : See ch. 4:2
  94. Hosea 12:14 : ver. 2
  95. Hosea 13:1 : [Amos 6:13]
  96. Hosea 13:1 : See ch. 11:2
  97. Hosea 13:2 : ch. 2:8
  98. Hosea 13:2 : [Ps. 115:4; Isa. 40:19, 20]
  99. Hosea 13:2 : [1 Kgs. 19:18; Job 31:26, 27]
  100. Hosea 13:3 : ch. 6:4
  101. Hosea 13:3 : ch. 6:4
  102. Hosea 13:3 : See Ps. 1:4
  103. Hosea 13:3 : See Ps. 68:2
  104. Hosea 13:4 : ch. 12:9
  105. Hosea 13:4 : See Ex. 20:3
  106. Hosea 13:4 : Isa. 43:11; 45:21
  107. Hosea 13:5 : Deut. 2:7; Amos 3:2
  108. Hosea 13:6 : [ch. 4:7]
  109. Hosea 13:6 : Deut. 8:12, 14; [Deut. 32:15]
  110. Hosea 13:6 : Deut. 8:12, 14; [Deut. 32:15]
  111. Hosea 13:7 : ch. 5:14
  112. Hosea 13:7 : Jer. 5:6
  113. Hosea 13:8 : 2 Sam. 17:8; Prov. 17:12
  114. Hosea 13:8 : [ch. 2:12]
  115. Hosea 13:9 : [Deut. 33:26]
  116. Hosea 13:10 : [ch. 8:4; 10:3]
  117. Hosea 13:10 : 1 Sam. 8:5, 19
  118. Hosea 13:11 : [1 Sam. 8:22]
  119. Hosea 13:11 : [1 Sam. 15:23]
  120. Hosea 13:12 : Job 14:17
  121. Hosea 13:12 : Job 14:17
  122. Hosea 13:13 : Isa. 13:8; 1 Thess. 5:3
  123. Hosea 13:13 : [2 Kgs. 19:3]
  124. Hosea 13:14 : Isa. 25:8; 26:19; Ezek. 37:12
  125. Hosea 13:14 : Isa. 25:8; 26:19; Ezek. 37:12
  126. Hosea 13:14 : [1 Cor. 15:55]
  127. Hosea 13:14 : [Ezek. 14:21]
  128. Hosea 13:14 : [1 Cor. 15:55]
  129. Hosea 13:14 : [Ezek. 14:21]
  130. Hosea 13:14 : [Ezek. 9:10]
  131. Hosea 13:15 : [Gen. 41:52]
  132. Hosea 13:15 : [Ezek. 19:12; Jonah 4:8; Hab. 1:9]
  133. Hosea 13:15 : [Ezek. 17:10]
  134. Hosea 13:15 : [ch. 12:8]
  135. Hosea 13:16 : [Hab. 1:11]
  136. Hosea 13:16 : 2 Kgs. 18:12
  137. Hosea 13:16 : [ch. 9:12; 10:14]
  138. Hosea 13:16 : [2 Kgs. 8:12; 15:16; Amos 1:13]
  139. Hosea 14:1 : ch. 6:1; 12:6; [ch. 3:5]
  140. Hosea 14:1 : [ch. 13:9]
  141. Hosea 14:2 : [ch. 5:15]
  142. Hosea 14:2 : Heb. 13:15; [Ps. 50:13, 14; 69:30, 31]
  143. Hosea 14:3 : ch. 5:13
  144. Hosea 14:3 : [Isa. 30:16; 31:1]
  145. Hosea 14:3 : [ver. 8]
  146. Hosea 14:3 : See Ps. 10:14
  147. Hosea 14:4 : Jer. 3:22; [ch. 6:1]
  148. Hosea 14:4 : [ch. 11:1]
  149. Hosea 14:5 : [ch. 6:3]
  150. Hosea 14:5 : Isa. 27:6
  151. Hosea 14:5 : [Ps. 92:12; Isa. 35:2]
  152. Hosea 14:6 : Ps. 52:8
  153. Hosea 14:7 : Ps. 91:1
  154. Hosea 14:8 : [ver. 3; Isa. 30:22]
  155. Hosea 14:8 : [ch. 2:8, 23; John 15:4, 5]
  156. Hosea 14:9 : Ps. 107:43; Jer. 9:12; Dan. 12:10; John 8:47; 18:37
  157. Hosea 14:9 : [Prov. 10:29; Luke 2:34; 2 Cor. 2:16]
  158. Hosea 14:9 : [Prov. 10:29; Luke 2:34; 2 Cor. 2:16]
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Jude

Greeting

1 Jude, a servant[a] of Jesus Christ and brother of James,

(A)To those who are called, (B)beloved in God the Father and (C)kept for[b] Jesus Christ:

2 May (D)mercy, (E)peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Judgment on False Teachers

3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our (F)common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you (G)to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For (H)certain people (I)have crept in unnoticed (J)who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert (K)the grace of our God into sensuality and (L)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

5 Now I want (M)to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that (N)Jesus, who saved[c] a people out of the land of Egypt, (O)afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And (P)the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— 7 just as (Q)Sodom and Gomorrah and (R)the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and (S)pursued unnatural desire,[d] serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

8 Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and (T)blaspheme the glorious ones. 9 But when (U)the archangel (V)Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing (W)about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, (X)“The Lord rebuke you.” 10 (Y)But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. 11 Woe to them! For they walked in (Z)the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain (AA)to Balaam's error and (AB)perished in Korah's rebellion. 12 These are hidden reefs[e] (AC)at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, (AD)shepherds feeding themselves; (AE)waterless clouds, (AF)swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, (AG)uprooted; 13 (AH)wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of (AI)their own shame; (AJ)wandering stars, (AK)for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

14 It was also about these that Enoch, (AL)the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, (AM)“Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 (AN)to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have (AO)committed in such an ungodly way, and of all (AP)the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” 16 These are grumblers, malcontents, (AQ)following their own sinful desires; (AR)they are loud-mouthed boasters, (AS)showing favoritism to gain advantage.

A Call to Persevere

17 But you must (AT)remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18 They[f] said to you, (AU)“In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” 19 It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, (AV)devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, beloved, (AW)building yourselves up in your most holy faith and (AX)praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 (AY)keep yourselves in the love of God, (AZ)waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. 22 And have mercy on those who doubt; 23 save others by (BA)snatching them out of (BB)the fire; to others show mercy (BC)with fear, hating even (BD)the garment[g] stained by the flesh.

Doxology

24 (BE)Now to him who is able (BF)to keep you from stumbling and (BG)to present you (BH)blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, 25 to (BI)the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, (BJ)be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time[h] and now and forever. Amen.

Footnotes:

  1. Jude 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
  2. Jude 1:1 Or by
  3. Jude 1:5 Some manuscripts although you fully knew it, that the Lord who once saved
  4. Jude 1:7 Greek different flesh
  5. Jude 1:12 Or are blemishes
  6. Jude 1:18 Or Christ, because they
  7. Jude 1:23 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
  8. Jude 1:25 Or before any age

Cross references:

  1. Jude 1:1 : Rom. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:24
  2. Jude 1:1 : 1 Thess. 1:4; 2 Thess. 2:13
  3. Jude 1:1 : John 17:11, 15; 1 Thess. 5:23
  4. Jude 1:2 : [2 John 3]
  5. Jude 1:2 : 1 Pet. 1:2; 2 Pet. 1:2
  6. Jude 1:3 : Titus 1:4
  7. Jude 1:3 : 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 4:7; [Luke 13:24; 1 Cor. 9:25; Phil. 1:27]
  8. Jude 1:4 : 2 Pet. 2:1
  9. Jude 1:4 : [Gal. 2:4]
  10. Jude 1:4 : 1 Pet. 2:8
  11. Jude 1:4 : See Acts 11:23
  12. Jude 1:4 : Titus 1:16; 2 Pet. 2:1; 1 John 2:22
  13. Jude 1:5 : 2 Pet. 1:12; 3:17
  14. Jude 1:5 : [1 Cor. 10:4, 5, 9]
  15. Jude 1:5 : Num. 14:29, 37; 26:64, 65; Ps. 106:26; Heb. 3:17-19
  16. Jude 1:6 : 2 Pet. 2:4; [Rev. 20:2]
  17. Jude 1:7 : See Gen. 19:24
  18. Jude 1:7 : Deut. 29:23; Hos. 11:8
  19. Jude 1:7 : 2 Pet. 2:10
  20. Jude 1:8 : 2 Pet. 2:10
  21. Jude 1:9 : 1 Thess. 4:16; [2 Pet. 2:11]
  22. Jude 1:9 : Dan. 10:13; 12:1; Rev. 12:7
  23. Jude 1:9 : [Deut. 34:6]
  24. Jude 1:9 : Zech. 3:2
  25. Jude 1:10 : 2 Pet. 2:12
  26. Jude 1:11 : See Gen. 4:5-8
  27. Jude 1:11 : See 2 Pet. 2:15
  28. Jude 1:11 : Num. 16:1-3, 31-35
  29. Jude 1:12 : 2 Pet. 2:13
  30. Jude 1:12 : Ezek. 34:2, 8, 10
  31. Jude 1:12 : Prov. 25:14; 2 Pet. 2:17
  32. Jude 1:12 : Heb. 13:9
  33. Jude 1:12 : Matt. 15:13
  34. Jude 1:13 : Isa. 57:20
  35. Jude 1:13 : [2 Cor. 4:2; Phil. 3:19]
  36. Jude 1:13 : [Isa. 14:12]
  37. Jude 1:13 : 2 Pet. 2:17
  38. Jude 1:14 : Gen. 5:18
  39. Jude 1:14 : See Deut. 33:2; [Dan. 7:10; Mark 8:38; 1 Thess. 3:13; 2 Thess. 1:7]
  40. Jude 1:15 : [2 Pet. 2:5]
  41. Jude 1:15 : 2 Pet. 2:6
  42. Jude 1:15 : 1 Sam. 2:3; Ps. 94:4; John 6:60
  43. Jude 1:16 : 2 Pet. 2:10
  44. Jude 1:16 : 2 Pet. 2:18
  45. Jude 1:16 : Lev. 19:15; Deut. 10:17
  46. Jude 1:17 : 2 Pet. 3:2
  47. Jude 1:18 : 2 Pet. 3:3
  48. Jude 1:19 : [Rom. 8:9; Phil. 3:3]
  49. Jude 1:20 : See Col. 2:7
  50. Jude 1:20 : Eph. 6:18; [Rom. 8:26]
  51. Jude 1:21 : 2 Cor. 13:14; [Acts 13:43]
  52. Jude 1:21 : Titus 2:13; 2 Pet. 3:12
  53. Jude 1:23 : Amos 4:11; Zech. 3:2
  54. Jude 1:23 : See 1 Cor. 3:15
  55. Jude 1:23 : [2 Cor. 5:11]
  56. Jude 1:23 : Rev. 3:4; [Zech. 3:4]
  57. Jude 1:24 : Rom. 16:25; Eph. 3:20
  58. Jude 1:24 : John 17:12
  59. Jude 1:24 : Col. 1:22; [1 Pet. 4:13]
  60. Jude 1:24 : Eph. 1:4; 5:27; Phil. 2:15; Rev. 14:5
  61. Jude 1:25 : John 5:44; 1 Tim. 1:17
  62. Jude 1:25 : See Rom. 11:36
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Psalm 127

Unless the Lord Builds the House

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of Solomon.

127 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord (B)watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.
2 It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious (C)toil;
for he gives to his (D)beloved (E)sleep.

3 Behold, (F)children are a heritage from the Lord,
(G)the fruit of the womb a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of (H)a warrior
are the children[a] of one's youth.
5 Blessed is the man
who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies (I)in the gate.[b]

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 127:4 Or sons
  2. Psalm 127:5 Or They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 127:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
  2. Psalm 127:1 : See Ps. 121:4
  3. Psalm 127:2 : Gen. 3:17, 19
  4. Psalm 127:2 : Ps. 60:5
  5. Psalm 127:2 : [Mark 4:26, 27]
  6. Psalm 127:3 : [Gen. 33:5]
  7. Psalm 127:3 : Deut. 28:4; [Ps. 132:11]
  8. Psalm 127:4 : Ps. 120:4
  9. Psalm 127:5 : See Job 5:4
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Proverbs 29:15-17

15 (A)The rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a child left to himself (B)brings shame to his mother.
16 When the wicked increase, transgression increases,
but (C)the righteous will look upon their downfall.
17 (D)Discipline your son, and he will give you rest;
he will give delight to your heart.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 29:15 : See ver. 17
  2. Proverbs 29:15 : ch. 10:1; 17:25
  3. Proverbs 29:16 : Ps. 37:34, 36; 58:10; 91:8; 92:11
  4. Proverbs 29:17 : See ch. 13:24
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday December 8, 2020 (NIV)

Hosea 10-14

10 (A)Israel is a luxuriant vine
that yields its fruit.
The more his fruit increased,
(B)the more altars he built;
as his country improved,
he improved his pillars.
2 Their heart is false;
now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord[a] will break down their altars
and destroy their pillars.

3 For now they will say:
(C)“We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord;
and a king—what could he do for us?”
4 They utter (D)mere words;
with empty[b] oaths they make covenants;
so (E)judgment springs up like poisonous weeds
(F)in the furrows of the field.
5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
for (G)the calf[c] of (H)Beth-aven.
Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
those who rejoiced over it and (I)over its glory—
for it has departed[d] from them.
6 (J)The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria
as tribute to (K)the great king.[e]
Ephraim shall be put to shame,
and Israel shall be ashamed (L)of his idol.[f]

7 (M)Samaria's king shall perish
like a twig on the face of the waters.
8 The high places of (N)Aven, (O)the sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed.
(P)Thorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars,
and (Q)they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”
and to the hills, “Fall on us.”

9 From (R)the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel;
there they have continued.
Shall not the war against the unjust[g] overtake them in Gibeah?
10 (S)When I please, (T)I will discipline them,
and nations shall be gathered against them
when they are bound up for (U)their double iniquity.

11 Ephraim was a trained calf
that (V)loved to thresh,
and I spared her fair neck;
but I will put (W)Ephraim to the yoke;
(X)Judah must plow;
Jacob must harrow for himself.
12 (Y)Sow for yourselves righteousness;
reap steadfast love;
(Z)break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and (AA)rain righteousness upon you.

13 (AB)You have plowed iniquity;
you have reaped injustice;
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in the multitude of your warriors,
14 therefore (AC)the tumult of war shall arise among your people,
and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,
as (AD)Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle;
(AE)mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
15 Thus it shall be done to you, O (AF)Bethel,
because of your great evil.
At dawn (AG)the king of Israel
shall be utterly cut off.

The Lord's Love for Israel

11 (AH)When Israel was a child, (AI)I loved him,
and out of Egypt I (AJ)called (AK)my son.
2 (AL)The more they were called,
the more they went away;
(AM)they kept sacrificing to the Baals
and burning offerings to idols.

3 Yet it was (AN)I who taught Ephraim to walk;
I took them up by their arms,
but they did not know that (AO)I healed them.
4 (AP)I led them with cords of kindness,[h]
with the bands of love,
and (AQ)I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws,
and (AR)I bent down to them and fed them.

5 (AS)They shall not[i] return to the land of Egypt,
but (AT)Assyria shall be their king,
(AU)because (AV)they have refused to return to me.
6 (AW)The sword shall rage against their cities,
consume the bars of their gates,
and devour them (AX)because of their own counsels.
7 My people are bent (AY)on turning away from me,
and though (AZ)they call out to the Most High,
he shall not raise them up at all.

8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, O Israel?
(BA)How can I make you (BB)like Admah?
How can I treat you (BC)like Zeboiim?
(BD)My heart recoils within me;
my compassion grows warm and tender.
9 I will not execute my burning anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim;
(BE)for I am God and not a man,
(BF)the Holy One in your midst,
and I will not come in wrath.[j]

10 (BG)They shall go after the Lord;
(BH)he will roar like a lion;
when he roars,
his children shall come trembling (BI)from the west;
11 they shall come trembling like birds (BJ)from Egypt,
and (BK)like doves (BL)from the land of Assyria,
and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.
12 [k] Ephraim (BM)has surrounded me with lies,
and the house of Israel with deceit,
but Judah still walks with God
and is faithful to the Holy One.
12 Ephraim feeds on the wind
and pursues (BN)the east wind all day long;
they multiply (BO)falsehood and violence;
(BP)they make a covenant with Assyria,
and (BQ)oil is carried to Egypt.

The Lord's Indictment of Israel and Judah

2 (BR)The Lord has an indictment against Judah
and will punish Jacob according to his ways;
he will repay him according to his deeds.
3 (BS)In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
and in his manhood he strove with God.
4 He strove with the angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought his favor.
(BT)He met God[l] at Bethel,
and there God spoke with us—
5 the Lord, the God of hosts,
(BU)the Lord is his memorial name:
6 “So you, (BV)by the help of your God, return,
(BW)hold fast to love and justice,
and wait continually for your God.”

7 A merchant, in whose hands are (BX)false balances,
he loves (BY)to oppress.
8 Ephraim has said, “Ah, but (BZ)I am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors (CA)they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
9 (CB)I am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
I will again make you (CC)dwell in tents,
as in the days of the appointed feast.

10 (CD)I spoke to the prophets;
it was I who multiplied (CE)visions,
and through the prophets gave parables.
11 (CF)If there is iniquity in Gilead,
they shall surely come to nothing:
(CG)in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
(CH)their altars also are like stone heaps
(CI)on the furrows of the field.
12 (CJ)Jacob fled to the land of Aram;
there Israel (CK)served for a wife,
and for a wife he guarded sheep.
13 By (CL)a prophet (CM)the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
and by a prophet he was guarded.
14 (CN)Ephraim has given bitter provocation;
so his Lord (CO)will leave his bloodguilt on him
(CP)and will repay him for his disgraceful deeds.

The Lord's Relentless Judgment on Israel

13 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;
(CQ)he was exalted in Israel,
but he incurred guilt (CR)through Baal and died.
2 And now they sin more and more,
and (CS)make for themselves metal images,
idols skillfully made of their silver,
(CT)all of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
“Those who offer human sacrifice (CU)kiss calves!”
3 Therefore they shall be (CV)like the morning mist
or (CW)like the dew that goes early away,
(CX)like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor
or (CY)like smoke from a window.

4 But (CZ)I am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
(DA)you know no God but me,
and (DB)besides me there is no savior.
5 (DC)It was I who knew you in the wilderness,
in the land of drought;
6 (DD)but when they had grazed,[m] they became full,
(DE)they were filled, and their heart was lifted up;
(DF)therefore they forgot me.
7 So (DG)I am to them like a lion;
(DH)like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
8 I will fall upon them (DI)like a bear robbed of her cubs;
I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
(DJ)as a wild beast would rip them open.

9 He destroys[n] you, O Israel,
for you are against me, against (DK)your helper.
10 (DL)Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities?
Where are all your rulers—
those of whom (DM)you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
11 (DN)I gave you a king in my anger,
and (DO)I took him away in my wrath.

12 The iniquity of Ephraim is (DP)bound up;
his sin is (DQ)kept in store.
13 (DR)The pangs of childbirth come for him,
but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
(DS)at the opening of the womb.

14 (DT)I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol;
(DU)I shall redeem them from Death.[o]
(DV)O (DW)Death, where are your plagues?
(DX)O (DY)Sheol, where is your sting?
(DZ)Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

15 Though (EA)he may flourish among his brothers,
(EB)the east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come,
rising from the wilderness,
(EC)and his fountain shall dry up;
his spring shall be parched;
it shall strip (ED)his treasury
of every precious thing.
16 [p] Samaria (EE)shall bear her guilt,
because (EF)she has rebelled against her God;
they shall fall by the sword;
(EG)their little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
and their (EH)pregnant women ripped open.

A Plea to Return to the Lord

14 (EI)Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
for (EJ)you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
2 Take with you words
and return to the Lord;
say to him,
“Take away all iniquity;
accept (EK)what is good,
and we will pay with bulls
(EL)the vows[q] of our lips.
3 (EM)Assyria shall not save us;
(EN)we will not ride on horses;
and (EO)we will say no more, ‘Our God,’
to the work of our hands.
(EP)In you the orphan finds mercy.”

4 I (EQ)will heal their apostasy;
(ER)I will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.
5 (ES)I will be like the dew to Israel;
(ET)he shall blossom like the lily;
he shall take root like the trees (EU)of Lebanon;
6 his shoots shall spread out;
his beauty shall be (EV)like the olive,
and his fragrance like Lebanon.
7 They shall return and (EW)dwell beneath my[r] shadow;
they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

8 O (EX)Ephraim, what have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer and look after you.[s]
I am like an evergreen cypress;
(EY)from me comes your fruit.

9 (EZ)Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
whoever is discerning, let him know them;
for the ways of the Lord are right,
and (FA)the upright walk in them,
(FB)but transgressors stumble in them.

Footnotes:

  1. Hosea 10:2 Hebrew He
  2. Hosea 10:4 Or vain (see Exodus 20:7)
  3. Hosea 10:5 Or calves
  4. Hosea 10:5 Or has gone into exile
  5. Hosea 10:6 Or to King Jareb
  6. Hosea 10:6 Or counsel
  7. Hosea 10:9 Hebrew the children of injustice
  8. Hosea 11:4 Or humaneness; Hebrew man
  9. Hosea 11:5 Or surely
  10. Hosea 11:9 Or into the city
  11. Hosea 11:12 Ch 12:1 in Hebrew
  12. Hosea 12:4 Hebrew him
  13. Hosea 13:6 Hebrew according to their pasture
  14. Hosea 13:9 Or I will destroy
  15. Hosea 13:14 Or Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death?
  16. Hosea 13:16 Ch 14:1 in Hebrew
  17. Hosea 14:2 Septuagint, Syriac pay the fruit
  18. Hosea 14:7 Hebrew his
  19. Hosea 14:8 Hebrew him

Cross references:

  1. Hosea 10:1 : See Ps. 80:8-11
  2. Hosea 10:1 : ch. 8:11
  3. Hosea 10:3 : [ver. 7, 15; 1 Sam. 12:12]
  4. Hosea 10:4 : [ch. 4:2]
  5. Hosea 10:4 : Amos 5:7; 6:12
  6. Hosea 10:4 : ch. 12:11
  7. Hosea 10:5 : See 1 Kgs. 12:28
  8. Hosea 10:5 : See ch. 4:15
  9. Hosea 10:5 : ch. 9:11; [1 Sam. 4:21, 22]
  10. Hosea 10:6 : [Isa. 46:2]
  11. Hosea 10:6 : ch. 5:13
  12. Hosea 10:6 : ch. 11:6
  13. Hosea 10:7 : [ver. 3]
  14. Hosea 10:8 : [See ver. 5 above]; See ch. 4:15
  15. Hosea 10:8 : 1 Kgs. 12:30; Amos 8:14
  16. Hosea 10:8 : [ch. 9:6]
  17. Hosea 10:8 : Luke 23:30; Rev. 6:16; [Isa. 2:19]
  18. Hosea 10:9 : ch. 9:9
  19. Hosea 10:10 : [Ex. 32:34]
  20. Hosea 10:10 : ch. 7:12
  21. Hosea 10:10 : [1 Kgs. 12:28]
  22. Hosea 10:11 : [Deut. 25:4; 1 Cor. 9:9; 1 Tim. 5:18]
  23. Hosea 10:11 : See ch. 6:4
  24. Hosea 10:11 : See ch. 6:4
  25. Hosea 10:12 : [ch. 8:7; Gal. 6:8]
  26. Hosea 10:12 : Jer. 4:3
  27. Hosea 10:12 : Isa. 45:8
  28. Hosea 10:13 : [ch. 8:7]
  29. Hosea 10:14 : [ch. 1:5]
  30. Hosea 10:14 : 2 Kgs. 17:3
  31. Hosea 10:14 : [ch. 13:16]
  32. Hosea 10:15 : [ver. 5]
  33. Hosea 10:15 : [See ver. 6 above]; ch. 5:13
  34. Hosea 11:1 : [ch. 2:15]
  35. Hosea 11:1 : Deut. 7:8; [ch. 14:4]
  36. Hosea 11:1 : Cited Matt. 2:15
  37. Hosea 11:1 : Ex. 4:22; [Mal. 1:6]
  38. Hosea 11:2 : [ver. 7]
  39. Hosea 11:2 : [ch. 2:13; 13:1, 2]
  40. Hosea 11:3 : [ch. 7:15; Deut. 1:31]
  41. Hosea 11:3 : Ex. 15:26
  42. Hosea 11:4 : Jer. 31:3; [John 6:44; 12:32]
  43. Hosea 11:4 : Lev. 26:13
  44. Hosea 11:4 : See Ps. 78:24-29
  45. Hosea 11:5 : [ch. 8:13]
  46. Hosea 11:5 : [ch. 10:3]
  47. Hosea 11:5 : [2 Kgs. 17:13, 14]
  48. Hosea 11:5 : [ch. 4:16; 7:16]
  49. Hosea 11:6 : [ch. 10:14]
  50. Hosea 11:6 : ch. 10:6
  51. Hosea 11:7 : ch. 14:4
  52. Hosea 11:7 : [ver. 2]
  53. Hosea 11:8 : [Gen. 19:24, 25; Jer. 49:18; 50:40; Amos 4:11; Jude 7]
  54. Hosea 11:8 : Gen. 14:8; Deut. 29:23
  55. Hosea 11:8 : Gen. 14:8; Deut. 29:23
  56. Hosea 11:8 : [Deut. 32:36]
  57. Hosea 11:9 : See Num. 23:19
  58. Hosea 11:9 : See Isa. 12:6
  59. Hosea 11:10 : [ch. 3:5]
  60. Hosea 11:10 : Isa. 31:4; Jer. 25:30; Joel 3:16; Amos 1:2
  61. Hosea 11:10 : Isa. 11:11; Zech. 8:7
  62. Hosea 11:11 : See ch. 8:13
  63. Hosea 11:11 : Isa. 60:8
  64. Hosea 11:11 : Zech. 10:6, 10; [ch. 9:3]
  65. Hosea 11:12 : [ch. 7:13]
  66. Hosea 12:1 : [ch. 13:15; Jer. 18:17]
  67. Hosea 12:1 : [See ch. 11:12 above]; [ch. 7:13]
  68. Hosea 12:1 : See ch. 5:13
  69. Hosea 12:1 : [ch. 7:11; 2 Kgs. 17:4]
  70. Hosea 12:2 : See ch. 4:1
  71. Hosea 12:3 : Gen. 25:26; [Gen. 27:36]
  72. Hosea 12:4 : Gen. 28:12, 19; 35:9, 10, 15
  73. Hosea 12:5 : Ex. 3:15
  74. Hosea 12:6 : ch. 14:1, 2; Joel 2:12, 13
  75. Hosea 12:6 : [Mic. 6:8]
  76. Hosea 12:7 : Amos 8:5; Mic. 6:11; [Prov. 11:1; 20:23]
  77. Hosea 12:7 : Mic. 2:2
  78. Hosea 12:8 : Zech. 11:5; Rev. 3:17
  79. Hosea 12:8 : [Deut. 29:19]
  80. Hosea 12:9 : ch. 13:4
  81. Hosea 12:9 : See Lev. 23:39-43; Neh. 8:14-18
  82. Hosea 12:10 : [2 Kgs. 17:13]
  83. Hosea 12:10 : [Joel 2:28]
  84. Hosea 12:11 : ch. 6:8
  85. Hosea 12:11 : ch. 4:15; 9:15
  86. Hosea 12:11 : ch. 8:11
  87. Hosea 12:11 : ch. 10:4
  88. Hosea 12:12 : Gen. 28:5
  89. Hosea 12:12 : Gen. 29:20, 28
  90. Hosea 12:13 : [Deut. 18:15]
  91. Hosea 12:13 : Ex. 12:50, 51; Ps. 77:20; See Isa. 63:11-14
  92. Hosea 12:14 : 2 Kgs. 17:17
  93. Hosea 12:14 : See ch. 4:2
  94. Hosea 12:14 : ver. 2
  95. Hosea 13:1 : [Amos 6:13]
  96. Hosea 13:1 : See ch. 11:2
  97. Hosea 13:2 : ch. 2:8
  98. Hosea 13:2 : [Ps. 115:4; Isa. 40:19, 20]
  99. Hosea 13:2 : [1 Kgs. 19:18; Job 31:26, 27]
  100. Hosea 13:3 : ch. 6:4
  101. Hosea 13:3 : ch. 6:4
  102. Hosea 13:3 : See Ps. 1:4
  103. Hosea 13:3 : See Ps. 68:2
  104. Hosea 13:4 : ch. 12:9
  105. Hosea 13:4 : See Ex. 20:3
  106. Hosea 13:4 : Isa. 43:11; 45:21
  107. Hosea 13:5 : Deut. 2:7; Amos 3:2
  108. Hosea 13:6 : [ch. 4:7]
  109. Hosea 13:6 : Deut. 8:12, 14; [Deut. 32:15]
  110. Hosea 13:6 : Deut. 8:12, 14; [Deut. 32:15]
  111. Hosea 13:7 : ch. 5:14
  112. Hosea 13:7 : Jer. 5:6
  113. Hosea 13:8 : 2 Sam. 17:8; Prov. 17:12
  114. Hosea 13:8 : [ch. 2:12]
  115. Hosea 13:9 : [Deut. 33:26]
  116. Hosea 13:10 : [ch. 8:4; 10:3]
  117. Hosea 13:10 : 1 Sam. 8:5, 19
  118. Hosea 13:11 : [1 Sam. 8:22]
  119. Hosea 13:11 : [1 Sam. 15:23]
  120. Hosea 13:12 : Job 14:17
  121. Hosea 13:12 : Job 14:17
  122. Hosea 13:13 : Isa. 13:8; 1 Thess. 5:3
  123. Hosea 13:13 : [2 Kgs. 19:3]
  124. Hosea 13:14 : Isa. 25:8; 26:19; Ezek. 37:12
  125. Hosea 13:14 : Isa. 25:8; 26:19; Ezek. 37:12
  126. Hosea 13:14 : [1 Cor. 15:55]
  127. Hosea 13:14 : [Ezek. 14:21]
  128. Hosea 13:14 : [1 Cor. 15:55]
  129. Hosea 13:14 : [Ezek. 14:21]
  130. Hosea 13:14 : [Ezek. 9:10]
  131. Hosea 13:15 : [Gen. 41:52]
  132. Hosea 13:15 : [Ezek. 19:12; Jonah 4:8; Hab. 1:9]
  133. Hosea 13:15 : [Ezek. 17:10]
  134. Hosea 13:15 : [ch. 12:8]
  135. Hosea 13:16 : [Hab. 1:11]
  136. Hosea 13:16 : 2 Kgs. 18:12
  137. Hosea 13:16 : [ch. 9:12; 10:14]
  138. Hosea 13:16 : [2 Kgs. 8:12; 15:16; Amos 1:13]
  139. Hosea 14:1 : ch. 6:1; 12:6; [ch. 3:5]
  140. Hosea 14:1 : [ch. 13:9]
  141. Hosea 14:2 : [ch. 5:15]
  142. Hosea 14:2 : Heb. 13:15; [Ps. 50:13, 14; 69:30, 31]
  143. Hosea 14:3 : ch. 5:13
  144. Hosea 14:3 : [Isa. 30:16; 31:1]
  145. Hosea 14:3 : [ver. 8]
  146. Hosea 14:3 : See Ps. 10:14
  147. Hosea 14:4 : Jer. 3:22; [ch. 6:1]
  148. Hosea 14:4 : [ch. 11:1]
  149. Hosea 14:5 : [ch. 6:3]
  150. Hosea 14:5 : Isa. 27:6
  151. Hosea 14:5 : [Ps. 92:12; Isa. 35:2]
  152. Hosea 14:6 : Ps. 52:8
  153. Hosea 14:7 : Ps. 91:1
  154. Hosea 14:8 : [ver. 3; Isa. 30:22]
  155. Hosea 14:8 : [ch. 2:8, 23; John 15:4, 5]
  156. Hosea 14:9 : Ps. 107:43; Jer. 9:12; Dan. 12:10; John 8:47; 18:37
  157. Hosea 14:9 : [Prov. 10:29; Luke 2:34; 2 Cor. 2:16]
  158. Hosea 14:9 : [Prov. 10:29; Luke 2:34; 2 Cor. 2:16]
English Standard Version (ESV)

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

Jude

Greeting

1 Jude, a servant[a] of Jesus Christ and brother of James,

(A)To those who are called, (B)beloved in God the Father and (C)kept for[b] Jesus Christ:

2 May (D)mercy, (E)peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Judgment on False Teachers

3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our (F)common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you (G)to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For (H)certain people (I)have crept in unnoticed (J)who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert (K)the grace of our God into sensuality and (L)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

5 Now I want (M)to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that (N)Jesus, who saved[c] a people out of the land of Egypt, (O)afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And (P)the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— 7 just as (Q)Sodom and Gomorrah and (R)the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and (S)pursued unnatural desire,[d] serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

8 Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and (T)blaspheme the glorious ones. 9 But when (U)the archangel (V)Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing (W)about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, (X)“The Lord rebuke you.” 10 (Y)But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. 11 Woe to them! For they walked in (Z)the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain (AA)to Balaam's error and (AB)perished in Korah's rebellion. 12 These are hidden reefs[e] (AC)at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, (AD)shepherds feeding themselves; (AE)waterless clouds, (AF)swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, (AG)uprooted; 13 (AH)wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of (AI)their own shame; (AJ)wandering stars, (AK)for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

14 It was also about these that Enoch, (AL)the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, (AM)“Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 (AN)to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have (AO)committed in such an ungodly way, and of all (AP)the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” 16 These are grumblers, malcontents, (AQ)following their own sinful desires; (AR)they are loud-mouthed boasters, (AS)showing favoritism to gain advantage.

A Call to Persevere

17 But you must (AT)remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18 They[f] said to you, (AU)“In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” 19 It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, (AV)devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, beloved, (AW)building yourselves up in your most holy faith and (AX)praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 (AY)keep yourselves in the love of God, (AZ)waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. 22 And have mercy on those who doubt; 23 save others by (BA)snatching them out of (BB)the fire; to others show mercy (BC)with fear, hating even (BD)the garment[g] stained by the flesh.

Doxology

24 (BE)Now to him who is able (BF)to keep you from stumbling and (BG)to present you (BH)blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, 25 to (BI)the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, (BJ)be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time[h] and now and forever. Amen.

Footnotes:

  1. Jude 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
  2. Jude 1:1 Or by
  3. Jude 1:5 Some manuscripts although you fully knew it, that the Lord who once saved
  4. Jude 1:7 Greek different flesh
  5. Jude 1:12 Or are blemishes
  6. Jude 1:18 Or Christ, because they
  7. Jude 1:23 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
  8. Jude 1:25 Or before any age

Cross references:

  1. Jude 1:1 : Rom. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:24
  2. Jude 1:1 : 1 Thess. 1:4; 2 Thess. 2:13
  3. Jude 1:1 : John 17:11, 15; 1 Thess. 5:23
  4. Jude 1:2 : [2 John 3]
  5. Jude 1:2 : 1 Pet. 1:2; 2 Pet. 1:2
  6. Jude 1:3 : Titus 1:4
  7. Jude 1:3 : 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 4:7; [Luke 13:24; 1 Cor. 9:25; Phil. 1:27]
  8. Jude 1:4 : 2 Pet. 2:1
  9. Jude 1:4 : [Gal. 2:4]
  10. Jude 1:4 : 1 Pet. 2:8
  11. Jude 1:4 : See Acts 11:23
  12. Jude 1:4 : Titus 1:16; 2 Pet. 2:1; 1 John 2:22
  13. Jude 1:5 : 2 Pet. 1:12; 3:17
  14. Jude 1:5 : [1 Cor. 10:4, 5, 9]
  15. Jude 1:5 : Num. 14:29, 37; 26:64, 65; Ps. 106:26; Heb. 3:17-19
  16. Jude 1:6 : 2 Pet. 2:4; [Rev. 20:2]
  17. Jude 1:7 : See Gen. 19:24
  18. Jude 1:7 : Deut. 29:23; Hos. 11:8
  19. Jude 1:7 : 2 Pet. 2:10
  20. Jude 1:8 : 2 Pet. 2:10
  21. Jude 1:9 : 1 Thess. 4:16; [2 Pet. 2:11]
  22. Jude 1:9 : Dan. 10:13; 12:1; Rev. 12:7
  23. Jude 1:9 : [Deut. 34:6]
  24. Jude 1:9 : Zech. 3:2
  25. Jude 1:10 : 2 Pet. 2:12
  26. Jude 1:11 : See Gen. 4:5-8
  27. Jude 1:11 : See 2 Pet. 2:15
  28. Jude 1:11 : Num. 16:1-3, 31-35
  29. Jude 1:12 : 2 Pet. 2:13
  30. Jude 1:12 : Ezek. 34:2, 8, 10
  31. Jude 1:12 : Prov. 25:14; 2 Pet. 2:17
  32. Jude 1:12 : Heb. 13:9
  33. Jude 1:12 : Matt. 15:13
  34. Jude 1:13 : Isa. 57:20
  35. Jude 1:13 : [2 Cor. 4:2; Phil. 3:19]
  36. Jude 1:13 : [Isa. 14:12]
  37. Jude 1:13 : 2 Pet. 2:17
  38. Jude 1:14 : Gen. 5:18
  39. Jude 1:14 : See Deut. 33:2; [Dan. 7:10; Mark 8:38; 1 Thess. 3:13; 2 Thess. 1:7]
  40. Jude 1:15 : [2 Pet. 2:5]
  41. Jude 1:15 : 2 Pet. 2:6
  42. Jude 1:15 : 1 Sam. 2:3; Ps. 94:4; John 6:60
  43. Jude 1:16 : 2 Pet. 2:10
  44. Jude 1:16 : 2 Pet. 2:18
  45. Jude 1:16 : Lev. 19:15; Deut. 10:17
  46. Jude 1:17 : 2 Pet. 3:2
  47. Jude 1:18 : 2 Pet. 3:3
  48. Jude 1:19 : [Rom. 8:9; Phil. 3:3]
  49. Jude 1:20 : See Col. 2:7
  50. Jude 1:20 : Eph. 6:18; [Rom. 8:26]
  51. Jude 1:21 : 2 Cor. 13:14; [Acts 13:43]
  52. Jude 1:21 : Titus 2:13; 2 Pet. 3:12
  53. Jude 1:23 : Amos 4:11; Zech. 3:2
  54. Jude 1:23 : See 1 Cor. 3:15
  55. Jude 1:23 : [2 Cor. 5:11]
  56. Jude 1:23 : Rev. 3:4; [Zech. 3:4]
  57. Jude 1:24 : Rom. 16:25; Eph. 3:20
  58. Jude 1:24 : John 17:12
  59. Jude 1:24 : Col. 1:22; [1 Pet. 4:13]
  60. Jude 1:24 : Eph. 1:4; 5:27; Phil. 2:15; Rev. 14:5
  61. Jude 1:25 : John 5:44; 1 Tim. 1:17
  62. Jude 1:25 : See Rom. 11:36
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Psalm 127

Unless the Lord Builds the House

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of Solomon.

127 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord (B)watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.
2 It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious (C)toil;
for he gives to his (D)beloved (E)sleep.

3 Behold, (F)children are a heritage from the Lord,
(G)the fruit of the womb a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of (H)a warrior
are the children[a] of one's youth.
5 Blessed is the man
who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies (I)in the gate.[b]

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 127:4 Or sons
  2. Psalm 127:5 Or They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 127:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
  2. Psalm 127:1 : See Ps. 121:4
  3. Psalm 127:2 : Gen. 3:17, 19
  4. Psalm 127:2 : Ps. 60:5
  5. Psalm 127:2 : [Mark 4:26, 27]
  6. Psalm 127:3 : [Gen. 33:5]
  7. Psalm 127:3 : Deut. 28:4; [Ps. 132:11]
  8. Psalm 127:4 : Ps. 120:4
  9. Psalm 127:5 : See Job 5:4
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Proverbs 29:15-17

15 (A)The rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a child left to himself (B)brings shame to his mother.
16 When the wicked increase, transgression increases,
but (C)the righteous will look upon their downfall.
17 (D)Discipline your son, and he will give you rest;
he will give delight to your heart.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 29:15 : See ver. 17
  2. Proverbs 29:15 : ch. 10:1; 17:25
  3. Proverbs 29:16 : Ps. 37:34, 36; 58:10; 91:8; 92:11
  4. Proverbs 29:17 : See ch. 13:24
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday December 7, 2020 (NIV)

Hosea 6-9

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

6 “Come, let us (A)return to the Lord;
for (B)he has torn us, that he may heal us;
he has struck us down, and (C)he will bind us up.
2 After two days (D)he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
3 (E)Let us know; (F)let us press on to know the Lord;
(G)his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us (H)as the showers,
(I)as the spring rains that water the earth.”

4 What shall I do with you, (J)O (K)Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, O (L)Judah?
Your love is (M)like a morning cloud,
(N)like the dew that goes early away.
5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
I have slain them (O)by the words of my mouth,
and my judgment goes forth as the light.
6 For (P)I desire steadfast love[a] and not sacrifice,
(Q)the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

7 But (R)like Adam they (S)transgressed the covenant;
(T)there they dealt faithlessly with me.
8 (U)Gilead is a city of evildoers,
(V)tracked with blood.
9 As robbers (W)lie in wait for a man,
so the priests band together;
they murder on the way to (X)Shechem;
they commit villainy.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
(Y)Ephraim's whoredom is there; (Z)Israel is defiled.

11 For you also, O (AA)Judah, (AB)a harvest is appointed.

When (AC)I restore the fortunes of my people,
7 (AD)when I would heal Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of (AE)Samaria,
for (AF)they deal falsely;
the thief breaks in,
and the bandits raid outside.
2 But they do not consider
that (AG)I remember all their evil.
Now (AH)their deeds surround them;
(AI)they are before my face.
3 By their evil (AJ)they make (AK)the king glad,
and the princes by their treachery.
4 (AL)They are all adulterers;
they are like a heated oven
whose baker ceases to stir the fire,
from the kneading of the dough
until it is leavened.
5 On the day of (AM)our king, the princes
became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
6 For with hearts like an oven (AN)they approach their intrigue;
all night their anger smolders;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven,
and they devour their rulers.
All (AO)their kings (AP)have fallen,
and none of them calls upon me.

8 Ephraim (AQ)mixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 (AR)Strangers devour his strength,
and (AS)he knows it not;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
and (AT)he knows it not.
10 (AU)The pride of Israel testifies to his face;[b]
(AV)yet they do not return to the Lord their God,
nor seek him, for all this.

11 Ephraim is like a dove,
(AW)silly and without sense,
calling to (AX)Egypt, going to (AY)Assyria.
12 As they go, (AZ)I will spread over them my net;
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
(BA)I will discipline them (BB)according to the report made to their congregation.
13 (BC)Woe to them, for they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
(BD)I would redeem them,
but (BE)they speak lies against me.

14 (BF)They do not cry to me from the heart,
but (BG)they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
15 Although (BH)I trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devise evil against me.
16 They (BI)return, but not upward;[c]
they are (BJ)like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of (BK)the insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (BL)in the land of Egypt.

Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

8 Set (BM)the trumpet to your lips!
One (BN)like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
because (BO)they have transgressed my covenant
and rebelled against my law.
2 To me they cry,
(BP)“My God, we—Israel—know you.”
3 Israel has spurned the good;
the enemy shall pursue him.

4 (BQ)They made kings, (BR)but not through me.
They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.
5 (BS)I have[d] spurned your calf, O Samaria.
My anger burns against them.
(BT)How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
it is not God.
(BU)The calf of Samaria
(BV)shall be broken to pieces.[e]

7 For (BW)they sow the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
(BX)strangers would devour it.
8 (BY)Israel is swallowed up;
already they are among the nations
as (BZ)a useless vessel.
9 For (CA)they have gone up to Assyria,
(CB)a wild donkey wandering alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.
10 Though they hire allies among the nations,
I will soon gather them up.
And (CC)the king and princes (CD)shall soon writhe
because of the tribute.

11 Because Ephraim (CE)has multiplied altars for sinning,
they have become to him altars for sinning.
12 (CF)Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
they would be regarded as a strange thing.
13 As for my sacrificial offerings,
(CG)they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the Lord does not accept them.
(CH)Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
(CI)they shall return to Egypt.
14 For (CJ)Israel has forgotten (CK)his Maker
and (CL)built palaces,
and (CM)Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
so (CN)I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour her strongholds.

The Lord Will Punish Israel

9 Rejoice not, O Israel!
Exult not like the peoples;
(CO)for you have played the whore, forsaking your God.
(CP)You have loved a prostitute's wages
on all threshing floors.
2 (CQ)Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them,
and (CR)the new wine shall fail them.
3 They shall not remain in (CS)the land of the Lord,
but (CT)Ephraim shall return to Egypt,
and (CU)they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.

4 (CV)They shall not pour drink offerings of wine to the Lord,
(CW)and their sacrifices shall not please him.
It shall be like (CX)mourners' bread to them;
all who eat of it shall be defiled;
for their bread shall be for their hunger only;
(CY)it shall not come to the house of the Lord.

5 (CZ)What will you do on the day of the appointed festival,
and on the day of the feast of the Lord?
6 For behold, they are going away from destruction;
but (DA)Egypt shall gather them;
Memphis shall bury them.
Nettles shall possess (DB)their precious things of silver;
(DC)thorns shall be in their tents.

7 (DD)The days of punishment have come;
the days of recompense have come;
Israel shall know it.
(DE)The prophet is a fool;
the man of the spirit is mad,
because of your great iniquity
and great hatred.
8 The prophet is (DF)the watchman of Ephraim with my God;
yet (DG)a fowler's snare is on all his ways,
and hatred in the house of his God.
9 (DH)They have deeply corrupted themselves
as (DI)in the days of Gibeah:
(DJ)he will remember their iniquity;
he will punish their sins.

10 Like grapes in the wilderness,
(DK)I found Israel.
Like the first fruit on the fig tree
in its first season,
I saw your fathers.
But (DL)they came to Baal-peor
and (DM)consecrated themselves to the thing of shame,
and (DN)became detestable like the thing they loved.
11 Ephraim's (DO)glory shall fly away like a bird—
(DP)no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
12 (DQ)Even if they bring up children,
I will bereave them till none is left.
(DR)Woe to them
when (DS)I depart from them!
13 Ephraim, (DT)as I have seen, was like a young palm[f] planted in a meadow;
but (DU)Ephraim must lead his children out to slaughter.[g]
14 Give them, O Lord—
what will you give?
Give them (DV)a miscarrying womb
and dry breasts.

15 Every evil of theirs is in (DW)Gilgal;
there I began to hate them.
Because of the wickedness of their deeds
I will drive them out of my house.
I will love them no more;
all (DX)their princes are (DY)rebels.

16 Ephraim is stricken;
(DZ)their root is dried up;
they shall bear no fruit.
Even (EA)though they give birth,
(EB)I will put their beloved children to death.
17 (EC)My God will reject them
because they have not listened to him;
(ED)they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Footnotes:

  1. Hosea 6:6 Septuagint mercy
  2. Hosea 7:10 Or in his presence
  3. Hosea 7:16 Or to the Most High
  4. Hosea 8:5 Hebrew He has
  5. Hosea 8:6 Or shall go up in flames
  6. Hosea 9:13 Or like Tyre
  7. Hosea 9:13 Hebrew to him who slaughters

Cross references:

  1. Hosea 6:1 : ch. 14:1; [ch. 3:5]
  2. Hosea 6:1 : ch. 5:14; [ch. 13:7, 8]
  3. Hosea 6:1 : [Isa. 30:26]
  4. Hosea 6:2 : Ps. 71:20; [Luke 24:27, 44; John 2:22; 20:9; 1 Cor. 15:4]
  5. Hosea 6:3 : [ch. 4:6]
  6. Hosea 6:3 : [ch. 4:6]
  7. Hosea 6:3 : Mic. 5:2
  8. Hosea 6:3 : [ch. 14:5]
  9. Hosea 6:3 : Joel 2:23
  10. Hosea 6:4 : [ch. 11:8]
  11. Hosea 6:4 : ver. 10, 11; ch. 4:15; 5:5; 8:14; 10:11; 11:12; 12:1, 2; See ch. 5:9-14
  12. Hosea 6:4 : ver. 10, 11; ch. 4:15; 5:5; 8:14; 10:11; 11:12; 12:1, 2; See ch. 5:9-14
  13. Hosea 6:4 : ch. 13:3
  14. Hosea 6:4 : ch. 13:3
  15. Hosea 6:5 : Jer. 23:29; [Heb. 4:12]
  16. Hosea 6:6 : Cited Matt. 9:13; 12:7; [1 Sam. 15:22]
  17. Hosea 6:6 : [ch. 2:20]
  18. Hosea 6:7 : [Gen. 3:11; Job 31:33; Rom. 5:14]
  19. Hosea 6:7 : ch. 8:1; Deut. 17:2
  20. Hosea 6:7 : ch. 5:7
  21. Hosea 6:8 : [ch. 12:11]
  22. Hosea 6:8 : See ch. 4:2
  23. Hosea 6:9 : [ch. 5:1; 7:6]
  24. Hosea 6:9 : Josh. 24:1
  25. Hosea 6:10 : ch. 5:3; 7:4; [ch. 4:2, 12, 14; 9:10]
  26. Hosea 6:10 : See ver. 4
  27. Hosea 6:11 : [See ver. 10 above]; See ver. 4
  28. Hosea 6:11 : See Joel 3:13
  29. Hosea 6:11 : Ps. 126:1; [Job 42:10]
  30. Hosea 7:1 : [ch. 6:4]
  31. Hosea 7:1 : [Jer. 23:13]
  32. Hosea 7:1 : [ch. 4:2]
  33. Hosea 7:2 : [ch. 5:3]
  34. Hosea 7:2 : Ps. 9:16; Prov. 5:22
  35. Hosea 7:2 : Ps. 90:8
  36. Hosea 7:3 : ver. 5; [Rom. 1:32]
  37. Hosea 7:3 : ver. 5; [Rom. 1:32]
  38. Hosea 7:4 : See ch. 6:10
  39. Hosea 7:5 : ver. 3
  40. Hosea 7:6 : ch. 6:9
  41. Hosea 7:7 : ch. 8:4
  42. Hosea 7:7 : 2 Kgs. 15:10, 14, 25, 30
  43. Hosea 7:8 : Ps. 106:35
  44. Hosea 7:9 : [ch. 8:7]
  45. Hosea 7:9 : Isa. 42:25
  46. Hosea 7:9 : Isa. 42:25
  47. Hosea 7:10 : ch. 5:5
  48. Hosea 7:10 : Isa. 9:13
  49. Hosea 7:11 : ch. 4:11
  50. Hosea 7:11 : [ch. 12:1; 2 Kgs. 17:4]
  51. Hosea 7:11 : See ch. 5:13
  52. Hosea 7:12 : See Ezek. 12:13
  53. Hosea 7:12 : ch. 10:10
  54. Hosea 7:12 : See Lev. 26:14-39; Deut. 28:15-68
  55. Hosea 7:13 : ch. 9:12
  56. Hosea 7:13 : ch. 13:14
  57. Hosea 7:13 : [ch. 11:12; 12:1; Mic. 6:12]
  58. Hosea 7:14 : Ps. 78:36, 37
  59. Hosea 7:14 : [Amos 6:4, 5]
  60. Hosea 7:15 : [ch. 11:3]
  61. Hosea 7:16 : [ch. 6:1]
  62. Hosea 7:16 : Ps. 78:57
  63. Hosea 7:16 : Ps. 73:9
  64. Hosea 7:16 : ch. 9:3
  65. Hosea 8:1 : ch. 5:8
  66. Hosea 8:1 : See Deut. 28:49
  67. Hosea 8:1 : ch. 6:7
  68. Hosea 8:2 : See Matt. 7:21-23
  69. Hosea 8:4 : ch. 7:7; 1 Kgs. 12:20
  70. Hosea 8:4 : [2 Chr. 13:5]
  71. Hosea 8:5 : ch. 10:5, 6; [1 Kgs. 12:28]
  72. Hosea 8:5 : [Jer. 13:27]
  73. Hosea 8:6 : [See ver. 5 above]; ch. 10:5, 6; [1 Kgs. 12:28]
  74. Hosea 8:6 : [Mic. 1:6, 7]
  75. Hosea 8:7 : [ch. 10:12, 13]
  76. Hosea 8:7 : [ch. 7:9]
  77. Hosea 8:8 : 2 Kgs. 17:6
  78. Hosea 8:8 : Jer. 22:28
  79. Hosea 8:9 : See ch. 5:13
  80. Hosea 8:9 : [Jer. 2:24]
  81. Hosea 8:10 : See Ezek. 26:7
  82. Hosea 8:10 : [ch. 4:7, 10]
  83. Hosea 8:11 : ch. 10:1; 12:11
  84. Hosea 8:12 : [Deut. 4:6, 8]
  85. Hosea 8:13 : Jer. 7:21; [Amos 4:4]
  86. Hosea 8:13 : ch. 9:9; Amos 8:7
  87. Hosea 8:13 : ch. 9:3; Deut. 28:68; [ch. 11:5]
  88. Hosea 8:14 : See ch. 6:4
  89. Hosea 8:14 : Isa. 17:7
  90. Hosea 8:14 : [Amos 5:11]
  91. Hosea 8:14 : See ch. 6:4
  92. Hosea 8:14 : Amos 2:5
  93. Hosea 9:1 : ch. 1:2
  94. Hosea 9:1 : ch. 2:5; Jer. 44:17
  95. Hosea 9:2 : [ch. 2:9]
  96. Hosea 9:2 : [ch. 2:9]
  97. Hosea 9:3 : Jer. 2:7; 16:18; See Lev. 25:23
  98. Hosea 9:3 : See ch. 8:13
  99. Hosea 9:3 : Ezek. 4:13; Dan. 1:8
  100. Hosea 9:4 : [ch. 3:4]
  101. Hosea 9:4 : [ch. 8:13]
  102. Hosea 9:4 : Deut. 26:14; Ezek. 24:17
  103. Hosea 9:4 : [Hag. 2:13]
  104. Hosea 9:5 : [Isa. 10:3]
  105. Hosea 9:6 : See ch. 8:13
  106. Hosea 9:6 : [ch. 10:8; Isa. 2:20]
  107. Hosea 9:6 : [ch. 10:8]
  108. Hosea 9:7 : See Isa. 10:3
  109. Hosea 9:7 : Ezek. 13:3
  110. Hosea 9:8 : Ezek. 3:17
  111. Hosea 9:8 : Ps. 91:3; [ch. 5:1]
  112. Hosea 9:9 : [ch. 5:2]
  113. Hosea 9:9 : ch. 10:9; Judg. 19:22
  114. Hosea 9:9 : [ch. 5:2]
  115. Hosea 9:10 : [Ps. 80:8; Isa. 5:1]
  116. Hosea 9:10 : Num. 25:3; Ps. 106:28
  117. Hosea 9:10 : [ch. 4:14]
  118. Hosea 9:10 : [Rom. 1:28, 29]
  119. Hosea 9:11 : ch. 10:5; [ch. 4:7]
  120. Hosea 9:11 : [Isa. 26:18]
  121. Hosea 9:12 : ch. 13:16
  122. Hosea 9:12 : ch. 7:13
  123. Hosea 9:12 : ch. 5:6; 1 Sam. 28:15, 16; Ezek. 10:18
  124. Hosea 9:13 : [Ezek. 27:3]
  125. Hosea 9:13 : [See ver. 12 above]; ch. 13:16
  126. Hosea 9:14 : [Luke 23:29]
  127. Hosea 9:15 : ch. 4:15; 12:11
  128. Hosea 9:15 : ch. 8:4
  129. Hosea 9:15 : [ch. 5:2]
  130. Hosea 9:16 : [ver. 11]
  131. Hosea 9:16 : [ver. 12, 13]
  132. Hosea 9:16 : [See ver. 12 above]; ch. 13:16
  133. Hosea 9:17 : [ch. 8:5]
  134. Hosea 9:17 : Deut. 28:64, 65
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3 John

Greeting

1 (A)The elder to the beloved Gaius, (B)whom I love in truth.

2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. 3 For (C)I rejoiced greatly when the brothers[a] came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that (D)my children are walking in the truth.

Support and Opposition

5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for (E)these brothers, (F)strangers as they are, 6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner (G)worthy of God. 7 For they have gone out for the sake of (H)the name, (I)accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

9 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. 10 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

11 Beloved, (J)do not imitate evil but imitate good. (K)Whoever does good is from God; (L)whoever does evil has not seen God. 12 Demetrius (M)has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and (N)you know that our testimony is true.

Final Greetings

13 (O)I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.

15 Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, (P)each by name.

Footnotes:

  1. 3 John 1:3 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 10

Cross references:

  1. 3 John 1:1 : 2 John 1
  2. 3 John 1:1 : 1 John 3:18; 2 John 1
  3. 3 John 1:3 : 2 John 4
  4. 3 John 1:4 : [1 Cor. 4:14, 15; Gal. 4:19; 1 Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:2; Titus 1:4; Philem. 10]
  5. 3 John 1:5 : [Gal. 6:10; Heb. 13:1]
  6. 3 John 1:5 : See Matt. 25:35
  7. 3 John 1:6 : 1 Thess. 2:12; [Col. 1:10]
  8. 3 John 1:7 : See Acts 5:41
  9. 3 John 1:7 : 1 Cor. 9:12, 15
  10. 3 John 1:11 : [Ps. 34:14; 37:27; Isa. 1:16, 17]
  11. 3 John 1:11 : 1 John 2:29
  12. 3 John 1:11 : See 1 John 3:6
  13. 3 John 1:12 : [1 Tim. 3:7]
  14. 3 John 1:12 : John 21:24
  15. 3 John 1:13 : 2 John 12
  16. 3 John 1:15 : John 10:3
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Psalm 126

Restore Our Fortunes, O Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents.

126 When the Lord (B)restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who (C)dream.
2 Then our (D)mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
(E)“The Lord has done great things for them.”
3 The Lord has done great things for us;
we are glad.

4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like streams in the Negeb!
5 (F)Those who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!
6 He who goes out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 126:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
  2. Psalm 126:1 : See Ps. 14:7
  3. Psalm 126:1 : [Acts 12:9]
  4. Psalm 126:2 : Job 8:21
  5. Psalm 126:2 : See Ps. 71:19
  6. Psalm 126:5 : [Ezra 6:22; Neh. 12:43; Jer. 31:9; Gal. 6:9]; See Hag. 2:3-9
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Proverbs 29:12-14

12 If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked.
13 The poor man and the oppressor (A)meet together;
the Lord (B)gives light to the eyes of both.
14 If a king (C)faithfully judges the poor,
his throne will (D)be established forever.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 29:13 : [ch. 22:2]
  2. Proverbs 29:13 : Ps. 13:3; See Job 25:3
  3. Proverbs 29:14 : [Ps. 72:4]
  4. Proverbs 29:14 : [ver. 4]; See ch. 16:12
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday December 7, 2020 (NIV)

Hosea 6-9

Israel and Judah Are Unrepentant

6 “Come, let us (A)return to the Lord;
for (B)he has torn us, that he may heal us;
he has struck us down, and (C)he will bind us up.
2 After two days (D)he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
3 (E)Let us know; (F)let us press on to know the Lord;
(G)his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us (H)as the showers,
(I)as the spring rains that water the earth.”

4 What shall I do with you, (J)O (K)Ephraim?
What shall I do with you, O (L)Judah?
Your love is (M)like a morning cloud,
(N)like the dew that goes early away.
5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
I have slain them (O)by the words of my mouth,
and my judgment goes forth as the light.
6 For (P)I desire steadfast love[a] and not sacrifice,
(Q)the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

7 But (R)like Adam they (S)transgressed the covenant;
(T)there they dealt faithlessly with me.
8 (U)Gilead is a city of evildoers,
(V)tracked with blood.
9 As robbers (W)lie in wait for a man,
so the priests band together;
they murder on the way to (X)Shechem;
they commit villainy.
10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing;
(Y)Ephraim's whoredom is there; (Z)Israel is defiled.

11 For you also, O (AA)Judah, (AB)a harvest is appointed.

When (AC)I restore the fortunes of my people,
7 (AD)when I would heal Israel,
the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed,
and the evil deeds of (AE)Samaria,
for (AF)they deal falsely;
the thief breaks in,
and the bandits raid outside.
2 But they do not consider
that (AG)I remember all their evil.
Now (AH)their deeds surround them;
(AI)they are before my face.
3 By their evil (AJ)they make (AK)the king glad,
and the princes by their treachery.
4 (AL)They are all adulterers;
they are like a heated oven
whose baker ceases to stir the fire,
from the kneading of the dough
until it is leavened.
5 On the day of (AM)our king, the princes
became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.
6 For with hearts like an oven (AN)they approach their intrigue;
all night their anger smolders;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
7 All of them are hot as an oven,
and they devour their rulers.
All (AO)their kings (AP)have fallen,
and none of them calls upon me.

8 Ephraim (AQ)mixes himself with the peoples;
Ephraim is a cake not turned.
9 (AR)Strangers devour his strength,
and (AS)he knows it not;
gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,
and (AT)he knows it not.
10 (AU)The pride of Israel testifies to his face;[b]
(AV)yet they do not return to the Lord their God,
nor seek him, for all this.

11 Ephraim is like a dove,
(AW)silly and without sense,
calling to (AX)Egypt, going to (AY)Assyria.
12 As they go, (AZ)I will spread over them my net;
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens;
(BA)I will discipline them (BB)according to the report made to their congregation.
13 (BC)Woe to them, for they have strayed from me!
Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me!
(BD)I would redeem them,
but (BE)they speak lies against me.

14 (BF)They do not cry to me from the heart,
but (BG)they wail upon their beds;
for grain and wine they gash themselves;
they rebel against me.
15 Although (BH)I trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devise evil against me.
16 They (BI)return, but not upward;[c]
they are (BJ)like a treacherous bow;
their princes shall fall by the sword
because of (BK)the insolence of their tongue.
This shall be their derision (BL)in the land of Egypt.

Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind

8 Set (BM)the trumpet to your lips!
One (BN)like a vulture is over the house of the Lord,
because (BO)they have transgressed my covenant
and rebelled against my law.
2 To me they cry,
(BP)“My God, we—Israel—know you.”
3 Israel has spurned the good;
the enemy shall pursue him.

4 (BQ)They made kings, (BR)but not through me.
They set up princes, but I knew it not.
With their silver and gold they made idols
for their own destruction.
5 (BS)I have[d] spurned your calf, O Samaria.
My anger burns against them.
(BT)How long will they be incapable of innocence?
6 For it is from Israel;
a craftsman made it;
it is not God.
(BU)The calf of Samaria
(BV)shall be broken to pieces.[e]

7 For (BW)they sow the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
(BX)strangers would devour it.
8 (BY)Israel is swallowed up;
already they are among the nations
as (BZ)a useless vessel.
9 For (CA)they have gone up to Assyria,
(CB)a wild donkey wandering alone;
Ephraim has hired lovers.
10 Though they hire allies among the nations,
I will soon gather them up.
And (CC)the king and princes (CD)shall soon writhe
because of the tribute.

11 Because Ephraim (CE)has multiplied altars for sinning,
they have become to him altars for sinning.
12 (CF)Were I to write for him my laws by the ten thousands,
they would be regarded as a strange thing.
13 As for my sacrificial offerings,
(CG)they sacrifice meat and eat it,
but the Lord does not accept them.
(CH)Now he will remember their iniquity
and punish their sins;
(CI)they shall return to Egypt.
14 For (CJ)Israel has forgotten (CK)his Maker
and (CL)built palaces,
and (CM)Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
so (CN)I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour her strongholds.

The Lord Will Punish Israel

9 Rejoice not, O Israel!
Exult not like the peoples;
(CO)for you have played the whore, forsaking your God.
(CP)You have loved a prostitute's wages
on all threshing floors.
2 (CQ)Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them,
and (CR)the new wine shall fail them.
3 They shall not remain in (CS)the land of the Lord,
but (CT)Ephraim shall return to Egypt,
and (CU)they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.

4 (CV)They shall not pour drink offerings of wine to the Lord,
(CW)and their sacrifices shall not please him.
It shall be like (CX)mourners' bread to them;
all who eat of it shall be defiled;
for their bread shall be for their hunger only;
(CY)it shall not come to the house of the Lord.

5 (CZ)What will you do on the day of the appointed festival,
and on the day of the feast of the Lord?
6 For behold, they are going away from destruction;
but (DA)Egypt shall gather them;
Memphis shall bury them.
Nettles shall possess (DB)their precious things of silver;
(DC)thorns shall be in their tents.

7 (DD)The days of punishment have come;
the days of recompense have come;
Israel shall know it.
(DE)The prophet is a fool;
the man of the spirit is mad,
because of your great iniquity
and great hatred.
8 The prophet is (DF)the watchman of Ephraim with my God;
yet (DG)a fowler's snare is on all his ways,
and hatred in the house of his God.
9 (DH)They have deeply corrupted themselves
as (DI)in the days of Gibeah:
(DJ)he will remember their iniquity;
he will punish their sins.

10 Like grapes in the wilderness,
(DK)I found Israel.
Like the first fruit on the fig tree
in its first season,
I saw your fathers.
But (DL)they came to Baal-peor
and (DM)consecrated themselves to the thing of shame,
and (DN)became detestable like the thing they loved.
11 Ephraim's (DO)glory shall fly away like a bird—
(DP)no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
12 (DQ)Even if they bring up children,
I will bereave them till none is left.
(DR)Woe to them
when (DS)I depart from them!
13 Ephraim, (DT)as I have seen, was like a young palm[f] planted in a meadow;
but (DU)Ephraim must lead his children out to slaughter.[g]
14 Give them, O Lord—
what will you give?
Give them (DV)a miscarrying womb
and dry breasts.

15 Every evil of theirs is in (DW)Gilgal;
there I began to hate them.
Because of the wickedness of their deeds
I will drive them out of my house.
I will love them no more;
all (DX)their princes are (DY)rebels.

16 Ephraim is stricken;
(DZ)their root is dried up;
they shall bear no fruit.
Even (EA)though they give birth,
(EB)I will put their beloved children to death.
17 (EC)My God will reject them
because they have not listened to him;
(ED)they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Footnotes:

  1. Hosea 6:6 Septuagint mercy
  2. Hosea 7:10 Or in his presence
  3. Hosea 7:16 Or to the Most High
  4. Hosea 8:5 Hebrew He has
  5. Hosea 8:6 Or shall go up in flames
  6. Hosea 9:13 Or like Tyre
  7. Hosea 9:13 Hebrew to him who slaughters

Cross references:

  1. Hosea 6:1 : ch. 14:1; [ch. 3:5]
  2. Hosea 6:1 : ch. 5:14; [ch. 13:7, 8]
  3. Hosea 6:1 : [Isa. 30:26]
  4. Hosea 6:2 : Ps. 71:20; [Luke 24:27, 44; John 2:22; 20:9; 1 Cor. 15:4]
  5. Hosea 6:3 : [ch. 4:6]
  6. Hosea 6:3 : [ch. 4:6]
  7. Hosea 6:3 : Mic. 5:2
  8. Hosea 6:3 : [ch. 14:5]
  9. Hosea 6:3 : Joel 2:23
  10. Hosea 6:4 : [ch. 11:8]
  11. Hosea 6:4 : ver. 10, 11; ch. 4:15; 5:5; 8:14; 10:11; 11:12; 12:1, 2; See ch. 5:9-14
  12. Hosea 6:4 : ver. 10, 11; ch. 4:15; 5:5; 8:14; 10:11; 11:12; 12:1, 2; See ch. 5:9-14
  13. Hosea 6:4 : ch. 13:3
  14. Hosea 6:4 : ch. 13:3
  15. Hosea 6:5 : Jer. 23:29; [Heb. 4:12]
  16. Hosea 6:6 : Cited Matt. 9:13; 12:7; [1 Sam. 15:22]
  17. Hosea 6:6 : [ch. 2:20]
  18. Hosea 6:7 : [Gen. 3:11; Job 31:33; Rom. 5:14]
  19. Hosea 6:7 : ch. 8:1; Deut. 17:2
  20. Hosea 6:7 : ch. 5:7
  21. Hosea 6:8 : [ch. 12:11]
  22. Hosea 6:8 : See ch. 4:2
  23. Hosea 6:9 : [ch. 5:1; 7:6]
  24. Hosea 6:9 : Josh. 24:1
  25. Hosea 6:10 : ch. 5:3; 7:4; [ch. 4:2, 12, 14; 9:10]
  26. Hosea 6:10 : See ver. 4
  27. Hosea 6:11 : [See ver. 10 above]; See ver. 4
  28. Hosea 6:11 : See Joel 3:13
  29. Hosea 6:11 : Ps. 126:1; [Job 42:10]
  30. Hosea 7:1 : [ch. 6:4]
  31. Hosea 7:1 : [Jer. 23:13]
  32. Hosea 7:1 : [ch. 4:2]
  33. Hosea 7:2 : [ch. 5:3]
  34. Hosea 7:2 : Ps. 9:16; Prov. 5:22
  35. Hosea 7:2 : Ps. 90:8
  36. Hosea 7:3 : ver. 5; [Rom. 1:32]
  37. Hosea 7:3 : ver. 5; [Rom. 1:32]
  38. Hosea 7:4 : See ch. 6:10
  39. Hosea 7:5 : ver. 3
  40. Hosea 7:6 : ch. 6:9
  41. Hosea 7:7 : ch. 8:4
  42. Hosea 7:7 : 2 Kgs. 15:10, 14, 25, 30
  43. Hosea 7:8 : Ps. 106:35
  44. Hosea 7:9 : [ch. 8:7]
  45. Hosea 7:9 : Isa. 42:25
  46. Hosea 7:9 : Isa. 42:25
  47. Hosea 7:10 : ch. 5:5
  48. Hosea 7:10 : Isa. 9:13
  49. Hosea 7:11 : ch. 4:11
  50. Hosea 7:11 : [ch. 12:1; 2 Kgs. 17:4]
  51. Hosea 7:11 : See ch. 5:13
  52. Hosea 7:12 : See Ezek. 12:13
  53. Hosea 7:12 : ch. 10:10
  54. Hosea 7:12 : See Lev. 26:14-39; Deut. 28:15-68
  55. Hosea 7:13 : ch. 9:12
  56. Hosea 7:13 : ch. 13:14
  57. Hosea 7:13 : [ch. 11:12; 12:1; Mic. 6:12]
  58. Hosea 7:14 : Ps. 78:36, 37
  59. Hosea 7:14 : [Amos 6:4, 5]
  60. Hosea 7:15 : [ch. 11:3]
  61. Hosea 7:16 : [ch. 6:1]
  62. Hosea 7:16 : Ps. 78:57
  63. Hosea 7:16 : Ps. 73:9
  64. Hosea 7:16 : ch. 9:3
  65. Hosea 8:1 : ch. 5:8
  66. Hosea 8:1 : See Deut. 28:49
  67. Hosea 8:1 : ch. 6:7
  68. Hosea 8:2 : See Matt. 7:21-23
  69. Hosea 8:4 : ch. 7:7; 1 Kgs. 12:20
  70. Hosea 8:4 : [2 Chr. 13:5]
  71. Hosea 8:5 : ch. 10:5, 6; [1 Kgs. 12:28]
  72. Hosea 8:5 : [Jer. 13:27]
  73. Hosea 8:6 : [See ver. 5 above]; ch. 10:5, 6; [1 Kgs. 12:28]
  74. Hosea 8:6 : [Mic. 1:6, 7]
  75. Hosea 8:7 : [ch. 10:12, 13]
  76. Hosea 8:7 : [ch. 7:9]
  77. Hosea 8:8 : 2 Kgs. 17:6
  78. Hosea 8:8 : Jer. 22:28
  79. Hosea 8:9 : See ch. 5:13
  80. Hosea 8:9 : [Jer. 2:24]
  81. Hosea 8:10 : See Ezek. 26:7
  82. Hosea 8:10 : [ch. 4:7, 10]
  83. Hosea 8:11 : ch. 10:1; 12:11
  84. Hosea 8:12 : [Deut. 4:6, 8]
  85. Hosea 8:13 : Jer. 7:21; [Amos 4:4]
  86. Hosea 8:13 : ch. 9:9; Amos 8:7
  87. Hosea 8:13 : ch. 9:3; Deut. 28:68; [ch. 11:5]
  88. Hosea 8:14 : See ch. 6:4
  89. Hosea 8:14 : Isa. 17:7
  90. Hosea 8:14 : [Amos 5:11]
  91. Hosea 8:14 : See ch. 6:4
  92. Hosea 8:14 : Amos 2:5
  93. Hosea 9:1 : ch. 1:2
  94. Hosea 9:1 : ch. 2:5; Jer. 44:17
  95. Hosea 9:2 : [ch. 2:9]
  96. Hosea 9:2 : [ch. 2:9]
  97. Hosea 9:3 : Jer. 2:7; 16:18; See Lev. 25:23
  98. Hosea 9:3 : See ch. 8:13
  99. Hosea 9:3 : Ezek. 4:13; Dan. 1:8
  100. Hosea 9:4 : [ch. 3:4]
  101. Hosea 9:4 : [ch. 8:13]
  102. Hosea 9:4 : Deut. 26:14; Ezek. 24:17
  103. Hosea 9:4 : [Hag. 2:13]
  104. Hosea 9:5 : [Isa. 10:3]
  105. Hosea 9:6 : See ch. 8:13
  106. Hosea 9:6 : [ch. 10:8; Isa. 2:20]
  107. Hosea 9:6 : [ch. 10:8]
  108. Hosea 9:7 : See Isa. 10:3
  109. Hosea 9:7 : Ezek. 13:3
  110. Hosea 9:8 : Ezek. 3:17
  111. Hosea 9:8 : Ps. 91:3; [ch. 5:1]
  112. Hosea 9:9 : [ch. 5:2]
  113. Hosea 9:9 : ch. 10:9; Judg. 19:22
  114. Hosea 9:9 : [ch. 5:2]
  115. Hosea 9:10 : [Ps. 80:8; Isa. 5:1]
  116. Hosea 9:10 : Num. 25:3; Ps. 106:28
  117. Hosea 9:10 : [ch. 4:14]
  118. Hosea 9:10 : [Rom. 1:28, 29]
  119. Hosea 9:11 : ch. 10:5; [ch. 4:7]
  120. Hosea 9:11 : [Isa. 26:18]
  121. Hosea 9:12 : ch. 13:16
  122. Hosea 9:12 : ch. 7:13
  123. Hosea 9:12 : ch. 5:6; 1 Sam. 28:15, 16; Ezek. 10:18
  124. Hosea 9:13 : [Ezek. 27:3]
  125. Hosea 9:13 : [See ver. 12 above]; ch. 13:16
  126. Hosea 9:14 : [Luke 23:29]
  127. Hosea 9:15 : ch. 4:15; 12:11
  128. Hosea 9:15 : ch. 8:4
  129. Hosea 9:15 : [ch. 5:2]
  130. Hosea 9:16 : [ver. 11]
  131. Hosea 9:16 : [ver. 12, 13]
  132. Hosea 9:16 : [See ver. 12 above]; ch. 13:16
  133. Hosea 9:17 : [ch. 8:5]
  134. Hosea 9:17 : Deut. 28:64, 65
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3 John

Greeting

1 (A)The elder to the beloved Gaius, (B)whom I love in truth.

2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. 3 For (C)I rejoiced greatly when the brothers[a] came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that (D)my children are walking in the truth.

Support and Opposition

5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for (E)these brothers, (F)strangers as they are, 6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner (G)worthy of God. 7 For they have gone out for the sake of (H)the name, (I)accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

9 I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. 10 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

11 Beloved, (J)do not imitate evil but imitate good. (K)Whoever does good is from God; (L)whoever does evil has not seen God. 12 Demetrius (M)has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and (N)you know that our testimony is true.

Final Greetings

13 (O)I had much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink. 14 I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.

15 Peace be to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends, (P)each by name.

Footnotes:

  1. 3 John 1:3 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 10

Cross references:

  1. 3 John 1:1 : 2 John 1
  2. 3 John 1:1 : 1 John 3:18; 2 John 1
  3. 3 John 1:3 : 2 John 4
  4. 3 John 1:4 : [1 Cor. 4:14, 15; Gal. 4:19; 1 Tim. 1:2; 2 Tim. 1:2; Titus 1:4; Philem. 10]
  5. 3 John 1:5 : [Gal. 6:10; Heb. 13:1]
  6. 3 John 1:5 : See Matt. 25:35
  7. 3 John 1:6 : 1 Thess. 2:12; [Col. 1:10]
  8. 3 John 1:7 : See Acts 5:41
  9. 3 John 1:7 : 1 Cor. 9:12, 15
  10. 3 John 1:11 : [Ps. 34:14; 37:27; Isa. 1:16, 17]
  11. 3 John 1:11 : 1 John 2:29
  12. 3 John 1:11 : See 1 John 3:6
  13. 3 John 1:12 : [1 Tim. 3:7]
  14. 3 John 1:12 : John 21:24
  15. 3 John 1:13 : 2 John 12
  16. 3 John 1:15 : John 10:3
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Psalm 126

Restore Our Fortunes, O Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents.

126 When the Lord (B)restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who (C)dream.
2 Then our (D)mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
(E)“The Lord has done great things for them.”
3 The Lord has done great things for us;
we are glad.

4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like streams in the Negeb!
5 (F)Those who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!
6 He who goes out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 126:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
  2. Psalm 126:1 : See Ps. 14:7
  3. Psalm 126:1 : [Acts 12:9]
  4. Psalm 126:2 : Job 8:21
  5. Psalm 126:2 : See Ps. 71:19
  6. Psalm 126:5 : [Ezra 6:22; Neh. 12:43; Jer. 31:9; Gal. 6:9]; See Hag. 2:3-9
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Proverbs 29:12-14

12 If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked.
13 The poor man and the oppressor (A)meet together;
the Lord (B)gives light to the eyes of both.
14 If a king (C)faithfully judges the poor,
his throne will (D)be established forever.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 29:13 : [ch. 22:2]
  2. Proverbs 29:13 : Ps. 13:3; See Job 25:3
  3. Proverbs 29:14 : [Ps. 72:4]
  4. Proverbs 29:14 : [ver. 4]; See ch. 16:12
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