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12/18/2023 DAB Transcript

Habakkuk 1:1-3:19, Revelations 9:1-21, Psalm 137:1-9, Proverbs 30:10

Today is the 18th day of December, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian, it’s great to be here with you as we continue forward. A week from today is Christmas day and two weeks from today is the 1st of January, when we will start on a brand-new journey. So, we have 14 more steps to go, right, before we reach the conclusion of our journey for this year. And our journey has led us to another one of the minor prophets as we reach the conclusion of the Old Testament.

Introduction to the Book of Habakkuk:

Today, we will read in its entirety the eighth of the minor prophets known as Habakkuk. And we know just about nothing about Habakkuk and his life, maybe less than any other biblical writer, we have fewer clues. There is a Hebrew tradition that speaks of Habakkuk as being the son of the Shunammite woman who was resurrected through Elisha. And we read about that in Second Kings. There is another tradition that’s in the Apocrypha that depicts a Habakkuk ministering to David while he’s in the lions den. These are traditions and that last one especially, scholars find to be maybe legendary. But many verses in Habakkuk are very well known, may be the most, the most well-known is “but the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God” and that’s often repeated in the writings of the Apostle Paul and in the book of Hebrews it’s a core doctrine of the Christian faith. The righteous will live by faith. Maybe some clues that we have about Habakkuk is in the poetic or lyrical writing, especially there’s, the book closes with hymn, and some have imagined Habakkuk may have been a temple musician. But what may make this poignant for us is that it’s unique. It’s a conversation between the prophet and God that moves from his doubt, and we share these things and moves toward worship. He’s just saying out loud what he’s seeing, and he wants to understand why God would allow pretty much every evil that there could be imagined in the mind of mankind, almost like he wasn’t paying attention. God responds that He’s paying attention. He’s going to use Babylon to punish His people for their sins, which left Habakkuk confused and then God tells Habakkuk that even though this is gonna happen, the Babylonians would be a punishment to His people, that they would also be punished. They would be completely destroyed in the end. And that reveals God is not indifferent. God is not unaware. He is true and just, which led Habakkuk to a Psalm of worship. And so, we begin and read completely the book of Habakkuk.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word, we appreciate the swiftness that we are moving now, as we are moving through these minor prophets in the book of Habakkuk today. You are sovereign over all the earth, there is no power but You. There is no hope outside of You and we are Your children. We put our hope in You, our trust in You, our loyalty and faithfulness to You. We give our hearts to You, we love You, we give our hearts in worship to You, we adore You. Come, Holy Spirit as we continue this journey, lead us to what we need to hear, show us what we need to see for the journey ahead, as You illuminate our path through the power of Your word. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Hi, this is Tammy calling from the Central Coast of California. I’m on my way to work and I am crying tears of joy for Eyes of a Dove. I’m just, was so excited to hear about your field trip with Jesus and just the good result of your healing. And because of that, I’m calling to ask for healing for myself. I have some ribs that have been out for a little over a week now. I’ve been to the chiropractor but it’s a little bit painful and I’m a massage therapist so, I’m headed back to work today, like I said. And I’m just hoping to be able to minister to the people that come in and see me today, that I could just do God’s work, being Jesus’ hands and feet and loving on His people. So, if you could just join me in praying for healing, I would greatly appreciate it. Blind Tony, I’m praying for you and your family and your loss and that God would just be with you and look after you in this time of distress. And that, that He will show Himself faithful, because He is. I love you community and they’re so many people that I have written down that I’m praying for. Know you are in my thoughts and in my prayers daily. God bless you.

Good morning, DAB family. I just wanna pray for Delta Alpha Foxtrot and Blind Tony with regard to their prayer request. Dear Lord, I lift up my brothers Delta Alpha Foxtrot, upon the loss of his dad. I pray Father, that You would keep them in the hollow of Your hands, that You would comfort those who are mourning, oh God. I thank You that they were able to surround their dad and to sing Your praises as he went on home. I pray Father, that You would provide for every need that they have during this time and that You would just hold them close to Your heart and comfort them in this time. In Jesus name, I lift up Blind Tony and his family, Lord. I pray Father, and thank You that they weren’t harmed in the fire. I thank You that You were able to, they were able to keep the flames at bay until the fire fighters came. But I just pray Father, that You would restore to them, everything that was lost. I thank You for saving their lives. And I pray Father God, that You would just again, provide everything that they would need. Keep them safe as they rebuild or find new housing. I just again, thank You for who they are and their love for You and their encouragement to this community. Be with them now in this time of need. And bless our family, our DAB family. I thank You so much for this family of believers that gather around the campfire each and every day and for, and for Brian who is able to feed us the word from on high. I pray Your blessing on all of us. In Jesus name. Amen.

Hi this message is for Greg, Greg in Illinois. Listening to Daily Audio Bible the other day and I like listening to the prayer requests and I heard you and your call touched my heart because I can relate to what you’re going through Greg. The hardships of a hard marriage, the anger in your heart, the feeling of just two strangers being in the same room, it’s a lonely, it’s a hard heavy feeling, Greg. But I do want to say that love conquers all. And I was in your boat as well, struggling with anger and about to lose a marriage and I knew I was ruining it. It was, it was, it was something that I was harboring that I needed to let go. And it wasn’t until I surrendered to Christ and to love that I totally changed. And Greg, I do hope and pray for you and your wife that you would find reconciliation. That both of you would surrender to each other. And maybe not if it’s to each other at first, but to Christ and to love. And I pray that you guys would find it in your heart to be sensitive and to be patient and to be bearing with one another. To be enduring with one another. And just remember the joy that you had 10 years ago when you to looked into your wife’s eyes and asked her to marry her. You know, Greg, I think of Proverbs, Proverbs 18:22. A fool should find a wife, findeth a good thing and stay’s in favor with the Lord. So, Greg, I just pray for you, that you would continue to have favor with the Lord, with the Father. That you and your wife would be loving and kind to one another. Alright Greg, I wish you the best of luck. I’ll be praying for you my friend. Bye Bye.

Hi beautiful family, this is Prisoner of Hope. Joanne from Texas, praying for your friend Aaron from China. Just you said that whatever he puts his hand on, that God would bless him and his family and his career. So, we are praying for him. Also, Dare Dreamer in Indianapolis, you’re blind, you’ve told us that before but you just found your first full time job in a warehouse. And you’re just so grateful. I just wanna pray a prayer of blessing over you, I don’t think you asked for prayer but I’m gonna do it all the same. And then Susan in Indiana, you want us to continue to pray for Liza’s family. Lord, we are asking for Your hand to be upon, that You would bless them and keep them. And make Your face shine upon them and be gracious to them and give them your peace. And we just ask all this in Jesus name. Also, In the Vine in Indiana, you said you lost your battle with sin yesterday, we do that all that time. Don’t be discouraged In the Vine. We’re gonna pray for you. Also, Lauri from Central Ohio, your friend Lonni’s husband, he had surgery for a new heart, and you’re still praying for that to be successful and that his body won’t reject it again. Drew from the Bay area, your dog Elssie, you think it’s the end of life, for poor little Elssie. And just that she won’t be in pain. And then you said you took a bad hit on your head, so we’re praying for you. Early Riser, your sister and husband have COVID and this has made them more isolated and fearful and you just want somebody to come alongside, some friends. And you said they’re very desperate for this. Dear Lord, we step into your presence today. We ask for healing and strength. We know that ___ so we humbly ask that You would work in their lives to bring about good health and body and in spirit. Please help them find hope, even during this difficult time, Lord. And may they also___ knowing it’s to you. We ask in Jesus powerful name. Amen.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday December 18, 2023 (NIV)

Habakkuk 1-3

1 The prophecy(A) that Habakkuk the prophet received.

Habakkuk’s Complaint

2 How long,(B) Lord, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?(C)
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
but you do not save?(D)
3 Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate(E) wrongdoing?(F)
Destruction and violence(G) are before me;
there is strife,(H) and conflict abounds.
4 Therefore the law(I) is paralyzed,
and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
so that justice(J) is perverted.(K)

The Lord’s Answer

5 “Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.(L)
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.(M)
6 I am raising up the Babylonians,[a](N)
that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth(O)
to seize dwellings not their own.(P)
7 They are a feared and dreaded people;(Q)
they are a law to themselves
and promote their own honor.
8 Their horses are swifter(R) than leopards,
fiercer than wolves(S) at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
9 they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[b] advance like a desert wind
and gather prisoners(T) like sand.
10 They mock kings
and scoff at rulers.(U)
They laugh at all fortified cities;
by building earthen ramps(V) they capture them.
11 Then they sweep past like the wind(W) and go on—
guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”(X)

Habakkuk’s Second Complaint

12 Lord, are you not from everlasting?(Y)
My God, my Holy One,(Z) you[c] will never die.(AA)
You, Lord, have appointed(AB) them to execute judgment;
you, my Rock,(AC) have ordained them to punish.
13 Your eyes are too pure(AD) to look on evil;
you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.(AE)
Why then do you tolerate(AF) the treacherous?(AG)
Why are you silent while the wicked
swallow up those more righteous than themselves?(AH)
14 You have made people like the fish in the sea,
like the sea creatures that have no ruler.
15 The wicked(AI) foe pulls all of them up with hooks,(AJ)
he catches them in his net,(AK)
he gathers them up in his dragnet;
and so he rejoices and is glad.
16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net
and burns incense(AL) to his dragnet,
for by his net he lives in luxury
and enjoys the choicest food.
17 Is he to keep on emptying his net,
destroying nations without mercy?(AM)

2 I will stand at my watch(AN)
and station myself on the ramparts;(AO)
I will look to see what he will say(AP) to me,
and what answer I am to give to this complaint.[d](AQ)

The Lord’s Answer

2 Then the Lord replied:

“Write(AR) down the revelation
and make it plain on tablets
so that a herald[e] may run with it.
3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time;(AS)
it speaks of the end(AT)
and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait(AU) for it;
it[f] will certainly come
and will not delay.(AV)

4 “See, the enemy is puffed up;
his desires are not upright—
but the righteous person(AW) will live by his faithfulness[g](AX)—
5 indeed, wine(AY) betrays him;
he is arrogant(AZ) and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
and like death is never satisfied,(BA)
he gathers to himself all the nations
and takes captive(BB) all the peoples.

6 “Will not all of them taunt(BC) him with ridicule and scorn, saying,

“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
and makes himself wealthy by extortion!(BD)
How long must this go on?’
7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
Then you will become their prey.(BE)
8 Because you have plundered many nations,
the peoples who are left will plunder you.(BF)
For you have shed human blood;(BG)
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.(BH)

9 “Woe to him who builds(BI) his house by unjust gain,(BJ)
setting his nest(BK) on high
to escape the clutches of ruin!
10 You have plotted the ruin(BL) of many peoples,
shaming(BM) your own house and forfeiting your life.
11 The stones(BN) of the wall will cry out,
and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.

12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed(BO)
and establishes a town by injustice!
13 Has not the Lord Almighty determined
that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,(BP)
that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?(BQ)
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory(BR) of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.(BS)

15 “Woe to him who gives drink(BT) to his neighbors,
pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!
16 You will be filled with shame(BU) instead of glory.(BV)
Now it is your turn! Drink(BW) and let your nakedness be exposed[h]!(BX)
The cup(BY) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
and disgrace will cover your glory.
17 The violence(BZ) you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
and your destruction of animals will terrify you.(CA)
For you have shed human blood;(CB)
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

18 “Of what value(CC) is an idol(CD) carved by a craftsman?
Or an image(CE) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.(CF)
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’(CG)
Can it give guidance?
It is covered with gold and silver;(CH)
there is no breath in it.”(CI)

20 The Lord is in his holy temple;(CJ)
let all the earth be silent(CK) before him.

Habakkuk’s Prayer

3 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.[i](CL)

2 Lord, I have heard(CM) of your fame;
I stand in awe(CN) of your deeds, Lord.(CO)
Repeat(CP) them in our day,
in our time make them known;
in wrath remember mercy.(CQ)

3 God came from Teman,(CR)
the Holy One(CS) from Mount Paran.[j](CT)
His glory covered the heavens(CU)
and his praise filled the earth.(CV)
4 His splendor was like the sunrise;(CW)
rays flashed from his hand,
where his power(CX) was hidden.
5 Plague(CY) went before him;
pestilence followed his steps.
6 He stood, and shook the earth;
he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled(CZ)
and the age-old hills(DA) collapsed(DB)—
but he marches on forever.(DC)
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,
the dwellings of Midian(DD) in anguish.(DE)

8 Were you angry with the rivers,(DF) Lord?
Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea(DG)
when you rode your horses
and your chariots to victory?(DH)
9 You uncovered your bow,
you called for many arrows.(DI)
You split the earth with rivers;
10 the mountains saw you and writhed.(DJ)
Torrents of water swept by;
the deep roared(DK)
and lifted its waves(DL) on high.

11 Sun and moon stood still(DM) in the heavens
at the glint of your flying arrows,(DN)
at the lightning(DO) of your flashing spear.
12 In wrath you strode through the earth
and in anger you threshed(DP) the nations.
13 You came out(DQ) to deliver(DR) your people,
to save your anointed(DS) one.
You crushed(DT) the leader of the land of wickedness,
you stripped him from head to foot.
14 With his own spear you pierced his head
when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,(DU)
gloating as though about to devour
the wretched(DV) who were in hiding.
15 You trampled the sea(DW) with your horses,
churning the great waters.(DX)

16 I heard and my heart pounded,
my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
and my legs trembled.(DY)
Yet I will wait patiently(DZ) for the day of calamity
to come on the nation invading us.
17 Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,(EA)
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,(EB)
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord,(EC)
I will be joyful in God my Savior.(ED)

19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;(EE)
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.(EF)

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

Footnotes:

  1. Habakkuk 1:6 Or Chaldeans
  2. Habakkuk 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  3. Habakkuk 1:12 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text we
  4. Habakkuk 2:1 Or and what to answer when I am rebuked
  5. Habakkuk 2:2 Or so that whoever reads it
  6. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he
  7. Habakkuk 2:4 Or faith
  8. Habakkuk 2:16 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) and stagger
  9. Habakkuk 3:1 Probably a literary or musical term
  10. Habakkuk 3:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the middle of verse 9 and at the end of verse 13.

Cross references:

  1. Habakkuk 1:1 : S Na 1:1
  2. Habakkuk 1:2 : S Ps 6:3
  3. Habakkuk 1:2 : Ps 13:1-2; 22:1-2
  4. Habakkuk 1:2 : Jer 14:9; Zec 1:12
  5. Habakkuk 1:3 : ver 13
  6. Habakkuk 1:3 : S Job 9:23
  7. Habakkuk 1:3 : Jer 20:8
  8. Habakkuk 1:3 : S Ps 55:9
  9. Habakkuk 1:4 : Ps 119:126
  10. Habakkuk 1:4 : S Isa 29:21
  11. Habakkuk 1:4 : S Job 19:7; S Isa 1:23; 5:20; S Eze 9:9
  12. Habakkuk 1:5 : S Isa 29:9
  13. Habakkuk 1:5 : Ac 13:41*
  14. Habakkuk 1:6 : S Dt 28:49; S 2Ki 24:2
  15. Habakkuk 1:6 : Rev 20:9
  16. Habakkuk 1:6 : S Jer 13:20; S 21:7
  17. Habakkuk 1:7 : Isa 18:7; Jer 39:5-9
  18. Habakkuk 1:8 : S Jer 4:13
  19. Habakkuk 1:8 : S Ge 49:27
  20. Habakkuk 1:9 : Hab 2:5
  21. Habakkuk 1:10 : S 2Ch 36:6
  22. Habakkuk 1:10 : S Jer 33:4
  23. Habakkuk 1:11 : Jer 4:11-12
  24. Habakkuk 1:11 : S Da 4:30
  25. Habakkuk 1:12 : S Ge 21:33
  26. Habakkuk 1:12 : Isa 31:1; 37:23
  27. Habakkuk 1:12 : Ps 118:17
  28. Habakkuk 1:12 : Isa 10:6
  29. Habakkuk 1:12 : S Ge 49:24; S Ex 33:22
  30. Habakkuk 1:13 : Ps 18:26
  31. Habakkuk 1:13 : S La 3:34-36
  32. Habakkuk 1:13 : ver 3
  33. Habakkuk 1:13 : S Ps 25:3
  34. Habakkuk 1:13 : S Job 21:7
  35. Habakkuk 1:15 : Jer 5:26
  36. Habakkuk 1:15 : S Isa 19:8
  37. Habakkuk 1:15 : S Job 18:8; Jer 16:16
  38. Habakkuk 1:16 : Jer 44:8
  39. Habakkuk 1:17 : S Isa 14:6; 19:8
  40. Habakkuk 2:1 : S Isa 21:8
  41. Habakkuk 2:1 : S Ps 48:13
  42. Habakkuk 2:1 : Ps 85:8
  43. Habakkuk 2:1 : S Ps 5:3; S Eze 3:17
  44. Habakkuk 2:2 : S Isa 30:8; S Jer 36:2; S Eze 24:2; S Ro 4:24; Rev 1:19
  45. Habakkuk 2:3 : Da 11:27
  46. Habakkuk 2:3 : Da 8:17
  47. Habakkuk 2:3 : S Ps 27:14
  48. Habakkuk 2:3 : S Eze 12:25
  49. Habakkuk 2:4 : S Eze 18:9
  50. Habakkuk 2:4 : Ro 1:17*; Gal 3:11*; Heb 10:37-38*
  51. Habakkuk 2:5 : S Pr 20:1
  52. Habakkuk 2:5 : S Isa 2:11
  53. Habakkuk 2:5 : S Pr 27:20; S 30:15-16
  54. Habakkuk 2:5 : Hab 1:9
  55. Habakkuk 2:6 : S Isa 14:4
  56. Habakkuk 2:6 : Am 2:8
  57. Habakkuk 2:7 : S Pr 29:1
  58. Habakkuk 2:8 : Isa 33:1; Jer 50:17-18; S Ob 1:15; Zec 2:8-9
  59. Habakkuk 2:8 : ver 17
  60. Habakkuk 2:8 : S Eze 39:10
  61. Habakkuk 2:9 : S Jer 22:13
  62. Habakkuk 2:9 : S Jer 51:13
  63. Habakkuk 2:9 : S Job 39:27; S Isa 10:14
  64. Habakkuk 2:10 : Jer 26:19
  65. Habakkuk 2:10 : ver 16; S Na 3:6
  66. Habakkuk 2:11 : S Jos 24:27; Zec 5:4; Lk 19:40
  67. Habakkuk 2:12 : S Eze 22:2; S Mic 3:10
  68. Habakkuk 2:13 : Isa 50:11
  69. Habakkuk 2:13 : S Isa 47:13
  70. Habakkuk 2:14 : S Ex 16:7; S Nu 14:21
  71. Habakkuk 2:14 : S Isa 11:9
  72. Habakkuk 2:15 : S Pr 23:20
  73. Habakkuk 2:16 : S ver 10
  74. Habakkuk 2:16 : S Eze 23:32-34; Hos 4:7
  75. Habakkuk 2:16 : S Lev 10:9
  76. Habakkuk 2:16 : S La 4:21
  77. Habakkuk 2:16 : S Ps 16:5; S Isa 51:22
  78. Habakkuk 2:17 : S Jer 51:35
  79. Habakkuk 2:17 : S Jer 50:15
  80. Habakkuk 2:17 : ver 8
  81. Habakkuk 2:18 : S 1Sa 12:21
  82. Habakkuk 2:18 : S Jdg 10:14; S Isa 40:19; S Jer 5:21; S 14:22
  83. Habakkuk 2:18 : S Lev 26:1
  84. Habakkuk 2:18 : Ps 115:4-5; Jer 10:14; 1Co 12:2
  85. Habakkuk 2:19 : 1Ki 18:27
  86. Habakkuk 2:19 : S Jer 10:4
  87. Habakkuk 2:19 : S Da 5:4, 23; S Hos 4:12
  88. Habakkuk 2:20 : S Ps 11:4
  89. Habakkuk 2:20 : S Isa 41:1
  90. Habakkuk 3:1 : Ps 7 Title
  91. Habakkuk 3:2 : S Job 26:14; Ps 44:1
  92. Habakkuk 3:2 : S Ps 119:120
  93. Habakkuk 3:2 : S Ps 90:16
  94. Habakkuk 3:2 : Ps 85:6
  95. Habakkuk 3:2 : Isa 54:8
  96. Habakkuk 3:3 : S Ge 36:11, 15
  97. Habakkuk 3:3 : Isa 31:1
  98. Habakkuk 3:3 : S Nu 10:12
  99. Habakkuk 3:3 : S Ps 8:1
  100. Habakkuk 3:3 : Ps 48:10
  101. Habakkuk 3:4 : S Isa 18:4
  102. Habakkuk 3:4 : S Job 9:6
  103. Habakkuk 3:5 : S Lev 26:25
  104. Habakkuk 3:6 : S Ps 46:2
  105. Habakkuk 3:6 : Ge 49:26
  106. Habakkuk 3:6 : S Ex 19:18; Ps 18:7; 114:1-6
  107. Habakkuk 3:6 : S Ge 21:33
  108. Habakkuk 3:7 : S Ge 25:2; S Nu 25:15; Jdg 7:24-25
  109. Habakkuk 3:7 : Ex 15:14
  110. Habakkuk 3:8 : S Ex 7:20
  111. Habakkuk 3:8 : S Ps 77:16
  112. Habakkuk 3:8 : S 2Ki 2:11; S Ps 68:17
  113. Habakkuk 3:9 : S Dt 32:23; Ps 7:12-13
  114. Habakkuk 3:10 : S Ps 77:16
  115. Habakkuk 3:10 : Ps 98:7
  116. Habakkuk 3:10 : S Ps 93:3
  117. Habakkuk 3:11 : Jos 10:13
  118. Habakkuk 3:11 : Ps 18:14
  119. Habakkuk 3:11 : S Ps 144:6; Zec 9:14
  120. Habakkuk 3:12 : S Isa 41:15
  121. Habakkuk 3:13 : S Ex 13:21
  122. Habakkuk 3:13 : S Ps 20:6; S 28:8
  123. Habakkuk 3:13 : S 2Sa 23:1
  124. Habakkuk 3:13 : Ps 68:21; 110:6
  125. Habakkuk 3:14 : Jdg 7:22
  126. Habakkuk 3:14 : Ps 64:2-5
  127. Habakkuk 3:15 : S Job 9:8
  128. Habakkuk 3:15 : Ex 15:8
  129. Habakkuk 3:16 : S Job 4:14
  130. Habakkuk 3:16 : S Ps 37:7
  131. Habakkuk 3:17 : Joel 1:10-12, 18
  132. Habakkuk 3:17 : Jer 5:17
  133. Habakkuk 3:18 : Ps 97:12; S Isa 61:10; Php 4:4
  134. Habakkuk 3:18 : S Ex 15:2; S Lk 1:47
  135. Habakkuk 3:19 : S Dt 33:29; Ps 46:1-5
  136. Habakkuk 3:19 : S Dt 32:13; Ps 18:33
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Revelation 9

9 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth.(A) The star was given the key(B) to the shaft of the Abyss.(C) 2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace.(D) The sun and sky were darkened(E) by the smoke from the Abyss.(F) 3 And out of the smoke locusts(G) came down on the earth and were given power like that of scorpions(H) of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm(I) the grass of the earth or any plant or tree,(J) but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.(K) 5 They were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months.(L) And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion(M) when it strikes. 6 During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.(N)

7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle.(O) On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.(P) 8 Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.(Q) 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.(R) 10 They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.(S) 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss,(T) whose name in Hebrew(U) is Abaddon(V) and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).

12 The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.(W)

13 The sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice coming from the four horns(X) of the golden altar that is before God.(Y) 14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels(Z) who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”(AA) 15 And the four angels who had been kept ready for this very hour and day and month and year were released(AB) to kill a third(AC) of mankind.(AD) 16 The number of the mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand. I heard their number.(AE)

17 The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths(AF) came fire, smoke and sulfur.(AG) 18 A third(AH) of mankind was killed(AI) by the three plagues of fire, smoke and sulfur(AJ) that came out of their mouths. 19 The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.

20 The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent(AK) of the work of their hands;(AL) they did not stop worshiping demons,(AM) and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk.(AN) 21 Nor did they repent(AO) of their murders, their magic arts,(AP) their sexual immorality(AQ) or their thefts.

Cross references:

  1. Revelation 9:1 : Rev 8:10
  2. Revelation 9:1 : Rev 1:18
  3. Revelation 9:1 : ver 2, 11; S Lk 8:31
  4. Revelation 9:2 : Ge 19:28; Ex 19:18
  5. Revelation 9:2 : Joel 2:2, 10
  6. Revelation 9:2 : ver 1, 11; S Lk 8:31
  7. Revelation 9:3 : Ex 10:12-15
  8. Revelation 9:3 : ver 5, 10
  9. Revelation 9:4 : S Rev 6:6
  10. Revelation 9:4 : Rev 8:7
  11. Revelation 9:4 : S Rev 7:2, 3
  12. Revelation 9:5 : ver 10
  13. Revelation 9:5 : ver 3
  14. Revelation 9:6 : Job 3:21; 7:15; Jer 8:3; Rev 6:16
  15. Revelation 9:7 : Joel 2:4
  16. Revelation 9:7 : Da 7:8
  17. Revelation 9:8 : Joel 1:6
  18. Revelation 9:9 : Joel 2:5
  19. Revelation 9:10 : ver 3, 5, 19
  20. Revelation 9:11 : ver 1, 2; S Lk 8:31
  21. Revelation 9:11 : Rev 16:16
  22. Revelation 9:11 : Job 26:6; 28:22; 31:12; Ps 88:11
  23. Revelation 9:12 : S Rev 8:13
  24. Revelation 9:13 : Ex 30:1-3
  25. Revelation 9:13 : Rev 8:3
  26. Revelation 9:14 : Rev 7:1
  27. Revelation 9:14 : Ge 15:18; Dt 1:7; Jos 1:4; Isa 11:15; Rev 16:12
  28. Revelation 9:15 : Rev 20:7
  29. Revelation 9:15 : S Rev 8:7
  30. Revelation 9:15 : ver 18
  31. Revelation 9:16 : Rev 5:11; 7:4
  32. Revelation 9:17 : Rev 11:5
  33. Revelation 9:17 : ver 18; Ps 11:6; Isa 30:33; Eze 38:22; Rev 14:10; 19:20; 20:10; 21:8
  34. Revelation 9:18 : S Rev 8:7
  35. Revelation 9:18 : ver 15
  36. Revelation 9:18 : S ver 17
  37. Revelation 9:20 : S Rev 2:21
  38. Revelation 9:20 : Dt 4:28; 31:29; Jer 1:16; Mic 5:13; Ac 7:41
  39. Revelation 9:20 : S 1Co 10:20
  40. Revelation 9:20 : Ps 115:4-7; 135:15-17; Da 5:23
  41. Revelation 9:21 : S Rev 2:21
  42. Revelation 9:21 : Isa 47:9, 12; Rev 18:23
  43. Revelation 9:21 : Rev 17:2, 5
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Psalm 137

Psalm 137

1 By the rivers of Babylon(A) we sat and wept(B)
when we remembered Zion.(C)
2 There on the poplars(D)
we hung our harps,(E)
3 for there our captors(F) asked us for songs,
our tormentors demanded(G) songs of joy;
they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”(H)

4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord(I)
while in a foreign land?
5 If I forget you,(J) Jerusalem,
may my right hand forget its skill.
6 May my tongue cling to the roof(K) of my mouth
if I do not remember(L) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem(M)
my highest joy.

7 Remember, Lord, what the Edomites(N) did
on the day Jerusalem fell.(O)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
“tear it down to its foundations!”(P)
8 Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,(Q)
happy is the one who repays you
according to what you have done to us.
9 Happy is the one who seizes your infants
and dashes them(R) against the rocks.

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 137:1 : Eze 1:1, 3; 3:15; 10:15
  2. Psalm 137:1 : Ne 1:4
  3. Psalm 137:1 : Isa 3:26; La 1:4
  4. Psalm 137:2 : S Lev 23:40
  5. Psalm 137:2 : Job 30:31; Isa 24:8; Eze 26:13; Am 6:5
  6. Psalm 137:3 : Ps 79:1-4; La 1:5
  7. Psalm 137:3 : S Job 30:9; Ps 80:6
  8. Psalm 137:3 : Eze 16:57; 22:4; 34:29
  9. Psalm 137:4 : S Ne 12:46
  10. Psalm 137:5 : Isa 2:3; 56:7; 65:11; 66:20
  11. Psalm 137:6 : S Ps 22:15
  12. Psalm 137:6 : Ne 2:3
  13. Psalm 137:6 : S Dt 4:29; Jer 51:50; Eze 6:9
  14. Psalm 137:7 : S Ge 25:30; S 2Ch 28:17; S Ps 83:6; La 4:21-22
  15. Psalm 137:7 : 2Ki 25:1-10; Ob 1:11
  16. Psalm 137:7 : Ps 74:8
  17. Psalm 137:8 : Isa 13:1, 19; 47:1-15; Jer 25:12, 26; 50:1; 50:2-51:58
  18. Psalm 137:9 : S 2Ki 8:12; S Isa 13:16; Lk 19:44
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Proverbs 30:10

10 “Do not slander a servant to their master,
or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Sunday December 17, 2023 (NIV)

Nahum 1-3

1 A prophecy(A) concerning Nineveh.(B) The book of the vision(C) of Nahum the Elkoshite.

The Lord’s Anger Against Nineveh

2 The Lord is a jealous(D) and avenging God;
the Lord takes vengeance(E) and is filled with wrath.
The Lord takes vengeance on his foes
and vents his wrath against his enemies.(F)
3 The Lord is slow to anger(G) but great in power;
the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.(H)
His way is in the whirlwind(I) and the storm,(J)
and clouds(K) are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebukes(L) the sea and dries it up;(M)
he makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel(N) wither
and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
5 The mountains quake(O) before him
and the hills melt away.(P)
The earth trembles(Q) at his presence,
the world and all who live in it.(R)
6 Who can withstand(S) his indignation?
Who can endure(T) his fierce anger?(U)
His wrath is poured out like fire;(V)
the rocks are shattered(W) before him.

7 The Lord is good,(X)
a refuge in times of trouble.(Y)
He cares for(Z) those who trust in him,(AA)
8 but with an overwhelming flood(AB)
he will make an end of Nineveh;
he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.

9 Whatever they plot(AC) against the Lord
he will bring[a] to an end;
trouble will not come a second time.
10 They will be entangled among thorns(AD)
and drunk(AE) from their wine;
they will be consumed like dry stubble.[b](AF)
11 From you, Nineveh, has one come forth
who plots evil against the Lord
and devises wicked plans.

12 This is what the Lord says:

“Although they have allies and are numerous,
they will be destroyed(AG) and pass away.
Although I have afflicted you, Judah,
I will afflict you no more.(AH)
13 Now I will break their yoke(AI) from your neck
and tear your shackles away.”(AJ)

14 The Lord has given a command concerning you, Nineveh:
“You will have no descendants to bear your name.(AK)
I will destroy the images(AL) and idols
that are in the temple of your gods.
I will prepare your grave,(AM)
for you are vile.”

15 Look, there on the mountains,
the feet of one who brings good news,(AN)
who proclaims peace!(AO)
Celebrate your festivals,(AP) Judah,
and fulfill your vows.
No more will the wicked invade you;(AQ)
they will be completely destroyed.[c]

Nineveh to Fall

2 [d]An attacker(AR) advances against you, Nineveh.
Guard the fortress,
watch the road,
brace yourselves,
marshal all your strength!

2 The Lord will restore(AS) the splendor(AT) of Jacob
like the splendor of Israel,
though destroyers have laid them waste
and have ruined their vines.

3 The shields of the soldiers are red;
the warriors are clad in scarlet.(AU)
The metal on the chariots flashes
on the day they are made ready;
the spears of juniper are brandished.[e]
4 The chariots(AV) storm through the streets,
rushing back and forth through the squares.
They look like flaming torches;
they dart about like lightning.

5 Nineveh summons her picked troops,
yet they stumble(AW) on their way.
They dash to the city wall;
the protective shield is put in place.
6 The river gates(AX) are thrown open
and the palace collapses.
7 It is decreed[f] that Nineveh
be exiled and carried away.
Her female slaves moan(AY) like doves
and beat on their breasts.(AZ)
8 Nineveh is like a pool
whose water is draining away.
“Stop! Stop!” they cry,
but no one turns back.
9 Plunder the silver!
Plunder the gold!
The supply is endless,
the wealth from all its treasures!
10 She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!
Hearts melt,(BA) knees give way,
bodies tremble, every face grows pale.(BB)

11 Where now is the lions’ den,(BC)
the place where they fed their young,
where the lion and lioness went,
and the cubs, with nothing to fear?
12 The lion killed(BD) enough for his cubs
and strangled the prey for his mate,
filling his lairs(BE) with the kill
and his dens with the prey.(BF)

13 “I am against(BG) you,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will burn up your chariots in smoke,(BH)
and the sword(BI) will devour your young lions.
I will leave you no prey on the earth.
The voices of your messengers
will no longer be heard.”(BJ)

Woe to Nineveh

3 Woe to the city of blood,(BK)
full of lies,(BL)
full of plunder,
never without victims!
2 The crack of whips,
the clatter of wheels,
galloping horses
and jolting chariots!
3 Charging cavalry,
flashing swords
and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
piles of dead,
bodies without number,
people stumbling over the corpses(BM)—
4 all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute,
alluring, the mistress of sorceries,(BN)
who enslaved nations by her prostitution(BO)
and peoples by her witchcraft.

5 “I am against(BP) you,” declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will lift your skirts(BQ) over your face.
I will show the nations your nakedness(BR)
and the kingdoms your shame.
6 I will pelt you with filth,(BS)
I will treat you with contempt(BT)
and make you a spectacle.(BU)
7 All who see you will flee(BV) from you and say,
‘Nineveh(BW) is in ruins(BX)—who will mourn for her?’(BY)
Where can I find anyone to comfort(BZ) you?”

8 Are you better than(CA) Thebes,(CB)
situated on the Nile,(CC)
with water around her?
The river was her defense,
the waters her wall.
9 Cush[g](CD) and Egypt were her boundless strength;
Put(CE) and Libya(CF) were among her allies.
10 Yet she was taken captive(CG)
and went into exile.
Her infants were dashed(CH) to pieces
at every street corner.
Lots(CI) were cast for her nobles,
and all her great men were put in chains.(CJ)
11 You too will become drunk;(CK)
you will go into hiding(CL)
and seek refuge from the enemy.

12 All your fortresses are like fig trees
with their first ripe fruit;(CM)
when they are shaken,
the figs(CN) fall into the mouth of the eater.
13 Look at your troops—
they are all weaklings.(CO)
The gates(CP) of your land
are wide open to your enemies;
fire has consumed the bars of your gates.(CQ)

14 Draw water for the siege,(CR)
strengthen your defenses!(CS)
Work the clay,
tread the mortar,
repair the brickwork!
15 There the fire(CT) will consume you;
the sword(CU) will cut you down—
they will devour you like a swarm of locusts.
Multiply like grasshoppers,
multiply like locusts!(CV)
16 You have increased the number of your merchants
till they are more numerous than the stars in the sky,
but like locusts(CW) they strip the land
and then fly away.
17 Your guards are like locusts,(CX)
your officials like swarms of locusts
that settle in the walls on a cold day—
but when the sun appears they fly away,
and no one knows where.

18 King of Assyria, your shepherds[h] slumber;(CY)
your nobles lie down to rest.(CZ)
Your people are scattered(DA) on the mountains
with no one to gather them.
19 Nothing can heal you;(DB)
your wound is fatal.
All who hear the news about you
clap their hands(DC) at your fall,
for who has not felt
your endless cruelty?(DD)

Footnotes:

  1. Nahum 1:9 Or What do you foes plot against the Lord? / He will bring it
  2. Nahum 1:10 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.
  3. Nahum 1:15 In Hebrew texts this verse (1:15) is numbered 2:1.
  4. Nahum 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1-13 is numbered 2:2-14.
  5. Nahum 2:3 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac ready; / the horsemen rush to and fro.
  6. Nahum 2:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  7. Nahum 3:9 That is, the upper Nile region
  8. Nahum 3:18 That is, rulers

Cross references:

  1. Nahum 1:1 : S Isa 13:1; 19:1; Jer 23:33-34
  2. Nahum 1:1 : S Ge 10:11; S Jer 50:18; Na 2:8; 3:7
  3. Nahum 1:1 : S Isa 1:1
  4. Nahum 1:2 : S Ex 20:5
  5. Nahum 1:2 : S Ge 4:24; S Dt 32:41; Ps 94:1
  6. Nahum 1:2 : S Dt 7:10
  7. Nahum 1:3 : S Ne 9:17
  8. Nahum 1:3 : S Ex 34:7
  9. Nahum 1:3 : S Ex 14:21; S 2Ki 2:1
  10. Nahum 1:3 : S Ps 50:3
  11. Nahum 1:3 : S 2Sa 22:10; S Ps 104:3
  12. Nahum 1:4 : S 2Sa 22:16
  13. Nahum 1:4 : S Ex 14:22
  14. Nahum 1:4 : S Isa 33:9
  15. Nahum 1:5 : S Ex 19:18; S Job 9:6
  16. Nahum 1:5 : S Mic 1:4
  17. Nahum 1:5 : S Joel 2:10
  18. Nahum 1:5 : S Eze 38:20
  19. Nahum 1:6 : S Ps 130:3
  20. Nahum 1:6 : S Eze 22:14
  21. Nahum 1:6 : S Ps 76:7
  22. Nahum 1:6 : S Isa 5:24-25; S 42:25; S Jer 10:10
  23. Nahum 1:6 : 1Ki 19:11
  24. Nahum 1:7 : S Jer 33:11
  25. Nahum 1:7 : S Jer 17:17
  26. Nahum 1:7 : S Ps 1:6
  27. Nahum 1:7 : S Ps 22:9
  28. Nahum 1:8 : S Isa 8:7; S Da 9:26
  29. Nahum 1:9 : S Hos 7:15
  30. Nahum 1:10 : S 2Sa 23:6
  31. Nahum 1:10 : S Isa 49:26
  32. Nahum 1:10 : S Isa 5:24; Mal 4:1
  33. Nahum 1:12 : S Isa 10:34
  34. Nahum 1:12 : Isa 54:6-8; S La 3:31-32
  35. Nahum 1:13 : S Isa 9:4
  36. Nahum 1:13 : S Job 12:18; S Ps 107:14
  37. Nahum 1:14 : S Isa 14:22
  38. Nahum 1:14 : Mic 5:13
  39. Nahum 1:14 : S Jer 28:8; Eze 32:22-23
  40. Nahum 1:15 : Isa 40:9; Ro 10:15
  41. Nahum 1:15 : S Isa 52:7; Ac 10:36
  42. Nahum 1:15 : Lev 23:2-4
  43. Nahum 1:15 : S Isa 52:1
  44. Nahum 2:1 : Jer 51:20
  45. Nahum 2:2 : S Eze 37:23
  46. Nahum 2:2 : Isa 60:15
  47. Nahum 2:3 : S Eze 23:14-15
  48. Nahum 2:4 : S Jer 4:13; S Eze 23:24
  49. Nahum 2:5 : Jer 46:12
  50. Nahum 2:6 : Isa 45:1; Na 3:13
  51. Nahum 2:7 : S Ge 8:8; S Isa 59:11
  52. Nahum 2:7 : Isa 32:12
  53. Nahum 2:10 : S Jos 2:11; S 7:5
  54. Nahum 2:10 : S Isa 29:22
  55. Nahum 2:11 : Isa 5:29
  56. Nahum 2:12 : S Jer 51:34
  57. Nahum 2:12 : S Jer 4:7
  58. Nahum 2:12 : S Isa 37:18
  59. Nahum 2:13 : Isa 10:5-13; S Jer 21:13; Na 3:5
  60. Nahum 2:13 : Ps 46:9
  61. Nahum 2:13 : S 2Sa 2:26
  62. Nahum 2:13 : S Mic 5:6
  63. Nahum 3:1 : S Eze 22:2; S Mic 3:10
  64. Nahum 3:1 : Ps 12:2
  65. Nahum 3:3 : 2Ki 19:35; Isa 34:3; Jer 47:3
  66. Nahum 3:4 : S Isa 47:9
  67. Nahum 3:4 : S Isa 23:17; Eze 16:25-29
  68. Nahum 3:5 : S Na 2:13
  69. Nahum 3:5 : S Isa 20:4; Jer 13:22
  70. Nahum 3:5 : S Isa 47:3
  71. Nahum 3:6 : S Ex 29:14; S Job 9:31
  72. Nahum 3:6 : S 1Sa 2:30; S Jer 51:37
  73. Nahum 3:6 : Isa 14:16
  74. Nahum 3:7 : S Isa 13:14; S 31:9
  75. Nahum 3:7 : S Na 1:1
  76. Nahum 3:7 : S Job 3:14
  77. Nahum 3:7 : S Jer 15:5
  78. Nahum 3:7 : S Isa 51:19
  79. Nahum 3:8 : Am 6:2
  80. Nahum 3:8 : S Jer 46:25
  81. Nahum 3:8 : Isa 19:6-9
  82. Nahum 3:9 : S Ge 10:6; S 2Ch 12:3
  83. Nahum 3:9 : S Eze 27:10
  84. Nahum 3:9 : Eze 30:5
  85. Nahum 3:10 : S Isa 20:4
  86. Nahum 3:10 : S 2Ki 8:12; S Isa 13:16; Hos 13:16
  87. Nahum 3:10 : S Job 6:27; S Eze 24:6
  88. Nahum 3:10 : S Jer 40:1
  89. Nahum 3:11 : S Isa 49:26
  90. Nahum 3:11 : S Isa 2:10
  91. Nahum 3:12 : S SS 2:13
  92. Nahum 3:12 : S Isa 28:4
  93. Nahum 3:13 : S Isa 19:16
  94. Nahum 3:13 : S Na 2:6
  95. Nahum 3:13 : S Isa 45:2
  96. Nahum 3:14 : S 2Ch 32:4
  97. Nahum 3:14 : Na 2:1
  98. Nahum 3:15 : S Isa 27:1
  99. Nahum 3:15 : S 2Sa 2:26
  100. Nahum 3:15 : S Jer 51:14; S Joel 1:4
  101. Nahum 3:16 : S Ex 10:13
  102. Nahum 3:17 : Jer 51:27
  103. Nahum 3:18 : Ps 76:5-6; S Jer 25:27
  104. Nahum 3:18 : Isa 56:10
  105. Nahum 3:18 : S 1Ki 22:17
  106. Nahum 3:19 : S Jer 30:13; S Mic 1:9
  107. Nahum 3:19 : S Job 27:23; S La 2:15; Zep 2:15
  108. Nahum 3:19 : Isa 37:18
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Revelation 8

The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer

8 When he opened the seventh seal,(A) there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.

2 And I saw the seven angels(B) who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.(C)

3 Another angel,(D) who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people,(E) on the golden altar(F) in front of the throne. 4 The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God(G) from the angel’s hand. 5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar,(H) and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder,(I) rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.(J)

The Trumpets

6 Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets(K) prepared to sound them.

7 The first angel(L) sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire(M) mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third(N) of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.(O)

8 The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain,(P) all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third(Q) of the sea turned into blood,(R) 9 a third(S) of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky(T) on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water(U)— 11 the name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third(V) of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.(W)

12 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third(X) of them turned dark.(Y) A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.(Z)

13 As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair(AA) call out in a loud voice: “Woe! Woe! Woe(AB) to the inhabitants of the earth,(AC) because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!”

Footnotes:

  1. Revelation 8:11 Wormwood is a bitter substance.

Cross references:

  1. Revelation 8:1 : Rev 6:1
  2. Revelation 8:2 : ver 6-13; Rev 9:1, 13; 11:15
  3. Revelation 8:2 : S Mt 24:31
  4. Revelation 8:3 : Rev 7:2
  5. Revelation 8:3 : Rev 5:8
  6. Revelation 8:3 : ver 5; Ex 30:1-6; Heb 9:4; Rev 9:13
  7. Revelation 8:4 : Ps 141:2
  8. Revelation 8:5 : Lev 16:12, 13
  9. Revelation 8:5 : S Rev 4:5
  10. Revelation 8:5 : S Rev 6:12
  11. Revelation 8:6 : S ver 2
  12. Revelation 8:7 : S ver 2
  13. Revelation 8:7 : Eze 38:22
  14. Revelation 8:7 : ver 7-12; Rev 9:15, 18; 12:4
  15. Revelation 8:7 : Rev 9:4
  16. Revelation 8:8 : Jer 51:25
  17. Revelation 8:8 : S ver 7
  18. Revelation 8:8 : Rev 16:3
  19. Revelation 8:9 : S ver 7
  20. Revelation 8:10 : Isa 14:12; Rev 6:13; 9:1
  21. Revelation 8:10 : Rev 14:7; 16:4
  22. Revelation 8:11 : S ver 7
  23. Revelation 8:11 : Jer 9:15; 23:15
  24. Revelation 8:12 : S ver 7
  25. Revelation 8:12 : Ex 10:21-23; Rev 6:12, 13
  26. Revelation 8:12 : Eze 32:7
  27. Revelation 8:13 : Rev 14:6; 19:17
  28. Revelation 8:13 : Rev 9:12; 11:14; 12:12
  29. Revelation 8:13 : S Rev 3:10
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Psalm 136

Psalm 136

1 Give thanks(A) to the Lord, for he is good.(B)
His love endures forever.(C)
2 Give thanks(D) to the God of gods.(E)
His love endures forever.
3 Give thanks(F) to the Lord of lords:(G)
His love endures forever.

4 to him who alone does great wonders,(H)
His love endures forever.
5 who by his understanding(I) made the heavens,(J)
His love endures forever.
6 who spread out the earth(K) upon the waters,(L)
His love endures forever.
7 who made the great lights(M)—
His love endures forever.
8 the sun to govern(N) the day,
His love endures forever.
9 the moon and stars to govern the night;
His love endures forever.

10 to him who struck down the firstborn(O) of Egypt
His love endures forever.
11 and brought Israel out(P) from among them
His love endures forever.
12 with a mighty hand(Q) and outstretched arm;(R)
His love endures forever.

13 to him who divided the Red Sea[a](S) asunder
His love endures forever.
14 and brought Israel through(T) the midst of it,
His love endures forever.
15 but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea;(U)
His love endures forever.

16 to him who led his people through the wilderness;(V)
His love endures forever.

17 to him who struck down great kings,(W)
His love endures forever.
18 and killed mighty kings(X)—
His love endures forever.
19 Sihon king of the Amorites(Y)
His love endures forever.
20 and Og king of Bashan(Z)—
His love endures forever.
21 and gave their land(AA) as an inheritance,(AB)
His love endures forever.
22 an inheritance(AC) to his servant Israel.(AD)
His love endures forever.

23 He remembered us(AE) in our low estate
His love endures forever.
24 and freed us(AF) from our enemies.(AG)
His love endures forever.
25 He gives food(AH) to every creature.
His love endures forever.

26 Give thanks(AI) to the God of heaven.(AJ)
His love endures forever.(AK)

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 136:13 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 15

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 136:1 : Ps 105:1
  2. Psalm 136:1 : Ps 100:5; 106:1; 145:9; Jer 33:11; Na 1:7
  3. Psalm 136:1 : ver 2-26; S 2Ch 5:13; S Ezr 3:11; Ps 118:1-4
  4. Psalm 136:2 : Ps 105:1
  5. Psalm 136:2 : S Dt 10:17
  6. Psalm 136:3 : Ps 105:1
  7. Psalm 136:3 : S Dt 10:17; S 1Ti 6:15
  8. Psalm 136:4 : S Ex 3:20; S Job 9:10
  9. Psalm 136:5 : Pr 3:19; Jer 51:15
  10. Psalm 136:5 : S Ge 1:1
  11. Psalm 136:6 : S Ge 1:1; Isa 42:5; Jer 10:12; 33:2
  12. Psalm 136:6 : S Ge 1:6
  13. Psalm 136:7 : Ge 1:14, 16; Ps 74:16; Jas 1:17
  14. Psalm 136:8 : S Ge 1:16
  15. Psalm 136:10 : S Ex 4:23; S 12:12
  16. Psalm 136:11 : S Ex 6:6; 13:3; Ps 105:43
  17. Psalm 136:12 : S Ex 3:20; S Dt 5:15
  18. Psalm 136:12 : S Dt 9:29
  19. Psalm 136:13 : S Ps 78:13
  20. Psalm 136:14 : Ex 14:22; Ps 106:9
  21. Psalm 136:15 : S Ex 14:27
  22. Psalm 136:16 : S Ex 13:18; Ps 78:52
  23. Psalm 136:17 : Nu 21:23-25; Jos 24:8-11; Ps 78:55; 135:9-12
  24. Psalm 136:18 : Dt 29:7; S Jos 12:7-24
  25. Psalm 136:19 : Nu 21:21-25
  26. Psalm 136:20 : Nu 21:33-35
  27. Psalm 136:21 : Jos 12:1
  28. Psalm 136:21 : S Dt 1:38; S Jos 14:1
  29. Psalm 136:22 : S Dt 29:8; Ps 78:55
  30. Psalm 136:22 : Isa 20:3; 41:8; 42:19; 43:10; 44:1, 21; 45:4; 49:5-7
  31. Psalm 136:23 : Ps 78:39; 103:14; 115:12
  32. Psalm 136:24 : S Jos 10:14; S Ne 9:28
  33. Psalm 136:24 : S Dt 6:19
  34. Psalm 136:25 : S Ge 1:30; S Mt 6:26
  35. Psalm 136:26 : Ps 105:1
  36. Psalm 136:26 : S Ps 115:3
  37. Psalm 136:26 : S Ezr 3:11
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Proverbs 30:7-9

7 “Two things I ask of you, Lord;
do not refuse me before I die:
8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
give me neither poverty nor riches,
but give me only my daily bread.(A)
9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown(B) you
and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’(C)
Or I may become poor and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.(D)

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 30:8 : Mt 6:11
  2. Proverbs 30:9 : Jos 24:27; Isa 1:4; 59:13
  3. Proverbs 30:9 : Dt 6:12; 8:10-14; Hos 13:6
  4. Proverbs 30:9 : S Dt 8:12
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12/16/2023 DAB Transcript pt2

Think about that for just a second. We could read it in the Bible and look at God talking to Israel and just kinda disassociate from it, but what if we personalized it. What if God were here saying, what have I done to you, why have I done to make you so tired of me? Answer me. I don’t, I don’t even know what I would do. I can’t even imagine, that is very disruptive to think about because I’m trying not to live like, right, and we’re all trying not to live like that. But we’re broken people, and we find ourselves in brokenness all the time. And for some reason, we seem addicted to certain kinds of brokenness that we just, what, for whatever reason has us. But as God is saying in Micah, like all these things that you turn too are made out of your own hands. They can’t breathe, they can’t smell, the can’t hear you, they can’t bless you, they can’t do anything for you, you’re missing the point, you’re wasting your life. What did I do to make you so tired of me? Man! We…we find ourselves asking God that question. What I do? Why are you so mad at me? We don’t expect that kind of question from God. Like, God is asking what else He has to do be seen by us, to get our attention. What else He has to do to prove His love. That is, that…that’s heartbreaking friends. It makes me want to cry. That’s heartbreaking to think that we could cause our Heavenly Father those feelings. And then God listed all kinds of ways that He had been caring for His people, the ways that He had protected them, and that they still betrayed Him. And so, in response Micah muses about what…what can be done and speaks through the mouth of Israel. Like, what could they bring, like knowing this, now that God is here and we see who we are and we see what we’ve done, and there is no explanation, and there is no justification, and there is no redemption outside of God. What are we supposed to do now that God is here confronting us? Is it rituals, is it sacrifice, is it worship, is it singing, is it their repentance that they would scream and shout, is that what God wants from them? It’s just that’s not what God wants. When Israel muses what do You want, what can we do, what, do You want this, do You want that? We’ll do this, we’ll do that. God says no. He has told you mortals what is good in His sight. What else does the eternal ask of you, but to live justly and to love kindness, and to walk with your God in all humility. There it is. That is what God wants from us. And in this season, in this season especially, should we not give Him what He wants? He wants us to do what is right. He wants us to act justly, He wants us to love mercy, which is different than being merciful once in a while, He wants us to love mercy. He wants us to walk humbly with Him, to have our life and being in this world with the awareness of His presence, that it is He who is animating us, He is the source of life, and He is reviewing his love for Earth’s people through our lives. That’s what He wants. But isn’t that what we want too? Isn’t it just that we want to be the boss. We want Him to do what we say, when it doesn’t work that way, we do what He says. I mean, Christmas is a busy time. I’m getting frazzled too. We’re busy, more busy than most times of the year. Rhythms are disrupted, running around doing this and that, and beneath all that, at least for me, I get the blues and existential questions come into my mind. And what is the purpose, and it’s important to remember things like what God is spoken through Micah. It can kind of simplify things back down to the essential core, when we begin to realize that the mayhem of Christmas time may not be what God wants. It’s what we want and it’s fun and He enjoys that. But He is interested in our lives that we might do what is right, to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God. Let’s go out and do that today.

Prayer:

And Father, we…we can’t do it without You. So, we become aware of Your presence here and now, knowing that Your presence will accompany us wherever we step, wherever we go. You see and hear it all, nothing is hidden from You. And we want to include You in all that we do and say. So, come Holy Spirit, and be involved in every word that we speak, every thought that we have, every action that we take today. We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

This is Jodi from North Carolina. I am calling in for Delta Alpha Foxtrot and Blind Tony, as well as some other prayer requests that I ask the family to join me in praying tonight. Father, we lift up Delta Alpha Foxtrot and Blind Tony to You. Lord, I pray that You would bring joy to their grieving hearts, the loss of their loved ones and all those out there who have not called in, who have lost so many this past year. Just pray that You would heal our hearts and heal our grief. And help us to find the joy in You and know that You are in control. And our loved ones are with You. And we will see them again and they are in a better place. And Father, I pray for Tony, that You would provide for him and his sister a safe place for them to live, with warmth and water and all that they need. Pray that the damage to their home is not so great that they’re unable to live there. And I pray that insurance would cover all the damages and that they would not have any financial loss ahead of them because of this. Father, I pray that You would lift them up and encourage them in their struggles. Father, I pray in my life, and I ask the family to pray with me for my husband. I will be seeing him for the first time in over a month for a couple of days. He has one more month to decide if he’s going to continue to file for divorce. So, I pray that Lord, You work in his heart that You would stop the plans of the devil, stop the plans of Satan from ruining more marriages in our country. Just do a world of change in my husband’s heart. In Jesus name I pray. I pray for our time together, for all those that are struggling. In Christ name I pray. Amen.

Hello, my DAB family, this is Mark Street from Sydney, Australia today. Is Tuesday the 5th of December and I’m listening to the prayers, and I heard Blind Tony saying that he had a fire in his house and I just wanted to pray for him. Heavenly Father, we come to You humbly. Asking that You protect Tony and his family, Lord. Lord, You know how much he loves this community and how much he loves You, Lord. And Lord, restore the things that the enemy has taken away from him. Lord, all things are possible with You. We know, and Lord, look down upon Tony and his family and shower your blessings upon him in the way that You know is correct. In your name Lord. I love you Tony and I’m thinking of you as well. Love you family. Mark Street, Sydney, Australia. Bye.

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Good morning DABers, this is John Opar. I can’t believe for a second day in a row I’ve had to call in as usual, I’m calling in from South Sudan. And we are enjoying our rainy season and humid weather. But anyway, just wanted to talk to a brother who called in and can’t remember his name, but he’s really beat up about his marriage. He’s been married for ten years, and he said that things are not looking good. This time and that he owned up to the fact that he has not been doing what he’s supposed to do as a child of God. You would think that at 35 years of marriage that I would have something to tell you that would help you. But the fact is, I do not. All I can tell you is that you are in a good place, that you recognize that God is the answer, and He is truly the answer. For me, over 35 years I’ve…I’ve gone through a lot. Maybe a lot more than you. But God has kept us up till now. And I know He will keep you and your wife. One thing that I have learned to do is Ephesians chapter 6 from verse 10, that we wrestle not against flesh and blood but principalities of darkness. May God help you, in Jesus name. Amen.

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12/16/2023 DAB Transcript pt1

Micah 5:1-7:20, Revelations 7:1-17, Psalm 135:1-21, Proverbs 30:5-6

Today is the 16th day of December, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It’s great to be here with you today as we gather again, and keep cozy in this wintery December, as we come together around the Global Campfire for our next step forward on this grand journey, a year of life together, every day together, through the entire Bible together. And we’ve been working our way through the minor prophets, as we know. We started the book of Micah yesterday and we talked about that some. We will conclude the book of Micah in our Old Testament reading today by reading Micah chapter 5, 6 and 7.

Commentary:

Okay, so, we concluded the book of Micah today and we explored sort of the bottom line about what God wants from us. And we come to Micah at this time of year and it’s like we’re out shopping and buying things and getting people what they want and hoping for things that we want. Or try to figure out how are we’re going to manage all this. What is God want that we could give as a gift to Him? Like, we’re gonna give everybody gifts that we know in our lives, but what about God who came for us and created this moment for us to be thankful and grateful and give gifts. What does He want? I think if we’re gonna look into Micah for that, we have to look first at what He doesn’t want. And before that we have to think about a couple of questions that are very sad that Micah asked from the mouth of God today. And God said, my people what have I done against you? How have I made you tired of Me? Answer Me. f darkness. May God help you, in Jesus name. Amen.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday December 16, 2023 (NIV)

Micah 5-7

A Promised Ruler From Bethlehem

5 [a]Marshal your troops now, city of troops,
for a siege is laid against us.
They will strike Israel’s ruler
on the cheek(A) with a rod.

2 “But you, Bethlehem(B) Ephrathah,(C)
though you are small among the clans[b] of Judah,
out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler(D) over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,(E)
from ancient times.”(F)

3 Therefore Israel will be abandoned(G)
until the time when she who is in labor bears a son,
and the rest of his brothers return
to join the Israelites.

4 He will stand and shepherd his flock(H)
in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they will live securely, for then his greatness(I)
will reach to the ends of the earth.

5 And he will be our peace(J)
when the Assyrians invade(K) our land
and march through our fortresses.
We will raise against them seven shepherds,
even eight commanders,(L)
6 who will rule[c] the land of Assyria with the sword,
the land of Nimrod(M) with drawn sword.[d](N)
He will deliver us from the Assyrians
when they invade our land
and march across our borders.(O)

7 The remnant(P) of Jacob will be
in the midst of many peoples
like dew(Q) from the Lord,
like showers on the grass,(R)
which do not wait for anyone
or depend on man.
8 The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations,
in the midst of many peoples,
like a lion among the beasts of the forest,(S)
like a young lion among flocks of sheep,
which mauls and mangles(T) as it goes,
and no one can rescue.(U)
9 Your hand will be lifted up(V) in triumph over your enemies,
and all your foes will be destroyed.

10 “In that day,” declares the Lord,

“I will destroy your horses from among you
and demolish your chariots.(W)
11 I will destroy the cities(X) of your land
and tear down all your strongholds.(Y)
12 I will destroy your witchcraft
and you will no longer cast spells.(Z)
13 I will destroy your idols(AA)
and your sacred stones from among you;(AB)
you will no longer bow down
to the work of your hands.(AC)
14 I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles[e](AD)
when I demolish your cities.
15 I will take vengeance(AE) in anger and wrath
on the nations that have not obeyed me.”

The Lord’s Case Against Israel

6 Listen to what the Lord says:

“Stand up, plead my case before the mountains;(AF)
let the hills hear what you have to say.

2 “Hear,(AG) you mountains, the Lord’s accusation;(AH)
listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth.
For the Lord has a case(AI) against his people;
he is lodging a charge(AJ) against Israel.

3 “My people, what have I done to you?
How have I burdened(AK) you?(AL) Answer me.
4 I brought you up out of Egypt(AM)
and redeemed you from the land of slavery.(AN)
I sent Moses(AO) to lead you,
also Aaron(AP) and Miriam.(AQ)
5 My people, remember
what Balak(AR) king of Moab plotted
and what Balaam son of Beor answered.
Remember your journey from Shittim(AS) to Gilgal,(AT)
that you may know the righteous acts(AU) of the Lord.”

6 With what shall I come before(AV) the Lord
and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?(AW)
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,(AX)
with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?(AY)
Shall I offer my firstborn(AZ) for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?(BA)
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly(BB) and to love mercy
and to walk humbly[f](BC) with your God.(BD)

Israel’s Guilt and Punishment

9 Listen! The Lord is calling to the city—
and to fear your name is wisdom—
“Heed the rod(BE) and the One who appointed it.[g]
10 Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,
and the short ephah,[h] which is accursed?(BF)
11 Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,(BG)
with a bag of false weights?(BH)
12 Your rich people are violent;(BI)
your inhabitants are liars(BJ)
and their tongues speak deceitfully.(BK)
13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy(BL) you,
to ruin[i] you because of your sins.
14 You will eat but not be satisfied;(BM)
your stomach will still be empty.[j]
You will store up but save nothing,(BN)
because what you save[k] I will give to the sword.
15 You will plant but not harvest;(BO)
you will press olives but not use the oil,
you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.(BP)
16 You have observed the statutes of Omri(BQ)
and all the practices of Ahab’s(BR) house;
you have followed their traditions.(BS)
Therefore I will give you over to ruin(BT)
and your people to derision;
you will bear the scorn(BU) of the nations.[l]”

Israel’s Misery

7 What misery is mine!
I am like one who gathers summer fruit
at the gleaning of the vineyard;
there is no cluster of grapes to eat,
none of the early figs(BV) that I crave.
2 The faithful have been swept from the land;(BW)
not one(BX) upright person remains.
Everyone lies in wait(BY) to shed blood;(BZ)
they hunt each other(CA) with nets.(CB)
3 Both hands are skilled in doing evil;(CC)
the ruler demands gifts,
the judge accepts bribes,(CD)
the powerful dictate what they desire—
they all conspire together.
4 The best of them is like a brier,(CE)
the most upright worse than a thorn(CF) hedge.
The day God visits you has come,
the day your watchmen sound the alarm.
Now is the time of your confusion.(CG)
5 Do not trust a neighbor;
put no confidence in a friend.(CH)
Even with the woman who lies in your embrace
guard the words of your lips.
6 For a son dishonors his father,
a daughter rises up against her mother,(CI)
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.(CJ)

7 But as for me, I watch(CK) in hope(CL) for the Lord,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear(CM) me.

Israel Will Rise

8 Do not gloat over me,(CN) my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will rise.(CO)
Though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.(CP)
9 Because I have sinned against him,
I will bear the Lord’s wrath,(CQ)
until he pleads my case(CR)
and upholds my cause.
He will bring me out into the light;(CS)
I will see his righteousness.(CT)
10 Then my enemy will see it
and will be covered with shame,(CU)
she who said to me,
“Where is the Lord your God?”(CV)
My eyes will see her downfall;(CW)
even now she will be trampled(CX) underfoot
like mire in the streets.

11 The day for building your walls(CY) will come,
the day for extending your boundaries.
12 In that day people will come to you
from Assyria(CZ) and the cities of Egypt,
even from Egypt to the Euphrates
and from sea to sea
and from mountain to mountain.(DA)
13 The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,
as the result of their deeds.(DB)

Prayer and Praise

14 Shepherd(DC) your people with your staff,(DD)
the flock of your inheritance,
which lives by itself in a forest,
in fertile pasturelands.[m](DE)
Let them feed in Bashan(DF) and Gilead(DG)
as in days long ago.(DH)

15 “As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
I will show them my wonders.(DI)”

16 Nations will see and be ashamed,(DJ)
deprived of all their power.
They will put their hands over their mouths(DK)
and their ears will become deaf.
17 They will lick dust(DL) like a snake,
like creatures that crawl on the ground.
They will come trembling(DM) out of their dens;
they will turn in fear(DN) to the Lord our God
and will be afraid of you.
18 Who is a God(DO) like you,
who pardons sin(DP) and forgives(DQ) the transgression
of the remnant(DR) of his inheritance?(DS)
You do not stay angry(DT) forever
but delight to show mercy.(DU)
19 You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities(DV) into the depths of the sea.(DW)
20 You will be faithful to Jacob,
and show love to Abraham,(DX)
as you pledged on oath to our ancestors(DY)
in days long ago.(DZ)

Footnotes:

  1. Micah 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1 is numbered 4:14, and 5:2-15 is numbered 5:1-14.
  2. Micah 5:2 Or rulers
  3. Micah 5:6 Or crush
  4. Micah 5:6 Or Nimrod in its gates
  5. Micah 5:14 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
  6. Micah 6:8 Or prudently
  7. Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
  8. Micah 6:10 An ephah was a dry measure.
  9. Micah 6:13 Or Therefore, I will make you ill and destroy you; / I will ruin
  10. Micah 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  11. Micah 6:14 Or You will press toward birth but not give birth, / and what you bring to birth
  12. Micah 6:16 Septuagint; Hebrew scorn due my people
  13. Micah 7:14 Or in the middle of Carmel

Cross references:

  1. Micah 5:1 : La 3:30
  2. Micah 5:2 : S Jn 7:42
  3. Micah 5:2 : S Ge 35:16; S 48:7
  4. Micah 5:2 : S Nu 24:19; S 1Sa 13:14; S 2Sa 6:21; S 2Ch 7:18
  5. Micah 5:2 : Ps 102:25
  6. Micah 5:2 : Mt 2:6*
  7. Micah 5:3 : S Jer 7:29
  8. Micah 5:4 : Isa 40:11; 49:9; S Eze 34:11-15, 23; Mic 7:14
  9. Micah 5:4 : Isa 52:13; Lk 1:32
  10. Micah 5:5 : S Isa 9:6; S Lk 2:14; Col 1:19-20
  11. Micah 5:5 : Isa 8:7
  12. Micah 5:5 : Isa 10:24-27
  13. Micah 5:6 : Ge 10:8
  14. Micah 5:6 : Zep 2:13
  15. Micah 5:6 : Na 2:11-13
  16. Micah 5:7 : S Am 5:15; S Mic 2:12
  17. Micah 5:7 : S Ps 133:3
  18. Micah 5:7 : Isa 44:4
  19. Micah 5:8 : S Ge 49:9
  20. Micah 5:8 : Mic 4:13; Zec 10:5
  21. Micah 5:8 : S Ps 50:22; S Isa 5:29; S Hos 5:14
  22. Micah 5:9 : S Ps 10:12
  23. Micah 5:10 : Ex 15:4, 19; S Hos 14:3; Hag 2:22; Zec 9:10
  24. Micah 5:11 : S Dt 29:23; Isa 6:11
  25. Micah 5:11 : S La 2:2; S Hos 10:14; Am 5:9
  26. Micah 5:12 : Dt 18:10-12; Isa 2:6; 8:19
  27. Micah 5:13 : Na 1:14
  28. Micah 5:13 : Hos 10:2
  29. Micah 5:13 : S Isa 2:18; S Eze 6:9; Zec 13:2
  30. Micah 5:14 : S Ex 34:13; S Jdg 3:7; S 2Ki 17:10
  31. Micah 5:15 : S Isa 65:12
  32. Micah 6:1 : S Ps 50:1; S Eze 6:2
  33. Micah 6:2 : Dt 32:1
  34. Micah 6:2 : S Hos 12:2
  35. Micah 6:2 : S Isa 3:13
  36. Micah 6:2 : Ps 50:7; S Jer 2:9
  37. Micah 6:3 : Jer 2:5
  38. Micah 6:3 : Jer 2:5
  39. Micah 6:4 : S Ex 3:10; S 6:6
  40. Micah 6:4 : Dt 7:8
  41. Micah 6:4 : S Ex 4:16
  42. Micah 6:4 : S Nu 33:1; Ps 77:20
  43. Micah 6:4 : S Ex 15:20
  44. Micah 6:5 : S Nu 22:2
  45. Micah 6:5 : S Nu 25:1
  46. Micah 6:5 : S Dt 11:30; Jos 5:9-10
  47. Micah 6:5 : Jdg 5:11; 1Sa 12:7
  48. Micah 6:6 : S Ps 95:2
  49. Micah 6:6 : Ps 40:6-8; 51:16-17
  50. Micah 6:7 : S Isa 1:11; S 40:16
  51. Micah 6:7 : Ps 50:8-10
  52. Micah 6:7 : S Lev 18:21; S 2Ki 3:27
  53. Micah 6:7 : Hos 5:6; S Am 5:22
  54. Micah 6:8 : S Isa 1:17; S Jer 22:3
  55. Micah 6:8 : S 2Ki 22:19; S Isa 57:15
  56. Micah 6:8 : S Ge 5:22; Dt 10:12-13; 1Sa 15:22; Hos 6:6; Zec 7:9-10; Mt 9:13; 23:23; Mk 12:33; Lk 11:42
  57. Micah 6:9 : S Ge 17:1; Isa 11:4
  58. Micah 6:10 : Eze 45:9-10; S Am 3:10; 8:4-6
  59. Micah 6:11 : S Lev 19:36
  60. Micah 6:11 : S Dt 25:13
  61. Micah 6:12 : S Isa 1:23
  62. Micah 6:12 : S Ps 116:11; Isa 3:8
  63. Micah 6:12 : S Ps 35:20; S Jer 9:3
  64. Micah 6:13 : Isa 1:7; 6:11
  65. Micah 6:14 : S Isa 9:20; S Hos 4:10
  66. Micah 6:14 : Isa 30:6
  67. Micah 6:15 : S Dt 28:38; Jer 12:13
  68. Micah 6:15 : Job 24:11; S Am 5:11; Zep 1:13
  69. Micah 6:16 : S 1Ki 16:25
  70. Micah 6:16 : 1Ki 16:29-33
  71. Micah 6:16 : Jer 7:24
  72. Micah 6:16 : S Jer 25:9
  73. Micah 6:16 : S Dt 28:37; S Jer 51:51; S Mic 2:6
  74. Micah 7:1 : S SS 2:13
  75. Micah 7:2 : S Ps 12:1
  76. Micah 7:2 : S Jer 2:29; 8:6
  77. Micah 7:2 : Ps 10:8
  78. Micah 7:2 : S Pr 6:17; S Mic 3:10
  79. Micah 7:2 : S Isa 3:5
  80. Micah 7:2 : S Jer 5:26
  81. Micah 7:3 : S Pr 4:16
  82. Micah 7:3 : S Ex 23:8; S Eze 22:12
  83. Micah 7:4 : S Nu 33:55; S Eze 2:6
  84. Micah 7:4 : S 2Sa 23:6
  85. Micah 7:4 : S Job 31:14; Isa 22:5; S Hos 9:7
  86. Micah 7:5 : Jer 9:4
  87. Micah 7:6 : S Eze 22:7
  88. Micah 7:6 : Mt 10:35-36*; S Mk 13:12
  89. Micah 7:7 : S Isa 21:8
  90. Micah 7:7 : Ps 130:5; Isa 25:9
  91. Micah 7:7 : S Ps 4:3
  92. Micah 7:8 : S Ps 22:17; S Pr 24:17; S Mic 4:11
  93. Micah 7:8 : Ps 20:8; 37:24; S Am 9:11
  94. Micah 7:8 : S 2Sa 22:29; Isa 9:2
  95. Micah 7:9 : La 3:39-40
  96. Micah 7:9 : S Ps 119:154
  97. Micah 7:9 : S Ps 107:10
  98. Micah 7:9 : Isa 46:13
  99. Micah 7:10 : S Ps 35:26
  100. Micah 7:10 : S Ps 42:3
  101. Micah 7:10 : S Isa 51:23
  102. Micah 7:10 : S 2Sa 22:43; S Job 40:12; S Isa 5:5; Zec 10:5
  103. Micah 7:11 : Isa 54:11; S Am 9:11
  104. Micah 7:12 : S Isa 11:11
  105. Micah 7:12 : Isa 19:23-25; 60:4
  106. Micah 7:13 : Isa 3:10-11; S Eze 12:19; S 33:28-29
  107. Micah 7:14 : S Ps 28:9; S Mic 5:4
  108. Micah 7:14 : Ps 23:4
  109. Micah 7:14 : Ps 95:7
  110. Micah 7:14 : S Isa 33:9
  111. Micah 7:14 : S SS 4:1; S Jer 50:19
  112. Micah 7:14 : Eze 36:11
  113. Micah 7:15 : S Ex 3:20; Ps 78:12
  114. Micah 7:16 : Isa 26:11
  115. Micah 7:16 : S Jdg 18:19
  116. Micah 7:17 : S Ge 3:14
  117. Micah 7:17 : 2Sa 22:46
  118. Micah 7:17 : Isa 25:3; 59:19
  119. Micah 7:18 : S Ex 8:10; S 1Sa 2:2
  120. Micah 7:18 : S Isa 43:25; S Jer 50:20; Zec 3:4
  121. Micah 7:18 : S 2Ch 6:21; Ps 103:8-13
  122. Micah 7:18 : S Joel 2:32; S Am 5:15; S Mic 2:12
  123. Micah 7:18 : S Ex 34:9
  124. Micah 7:18 : S Ps 103:9; S Isa 54:9
  125. Micah 7:18 : S 2Ch 30:9; S Jer 31:20; 32:41; S Eze 18:23
  126. Micah 7:19 : S Isa 43:25
  127. Micah 7:19 : S Jer 31:34
  128. Micah 7:20 : Gal 3:16
  129. Micah 7:20 : Dt 7:8; Lk 1:72
  130. Micah 7:20 : Ps 108:4
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Revelation 7

144,000 Sealed

7 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners(A) of the earth, holding back the four winds(B) of the earth to prevent(C) any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree. 2 Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal(D) of the living God.(E) He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:(F) 3 “Do not harm(G) the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads(H) of the servants of our God.” 4 Then I heard the number(I) of those who were sealed: 144,000(J) from all the tribes of Israel.

5 From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed,

from the tribe of Reuben 12,000,

from the tribe of Gad 12,000,

6 from the tribe of Asher 12,000,

from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000,

from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,

7 from the tribe of Simeon 12,000,

from the tribe of Levi 12,000,

from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,

8 from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000,

from the tribe of Joseph 12,000,

from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.

The Great Multitude in White Robes

9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language,(K) standing before the throne(L) and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes(M) and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10 And they cried out in a loud voice:

“Salvation belongs to our God,(N)
who sits on the throne,(O)
and to the Lamb.”

11 All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders(P) and the four living creatures.(Q) They fell down on their faces(R) before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying:

“Amen!
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!”(S)

13 Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes(T)—who are they, and where did they come from?”

14 I answered, “Sir, you know.”

And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes(U) and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(V) 15 Therefore,

“they are before the throne of God(W)
and serve him(X) day and night in his temple;(Y)
and he who sits on the throne(Z)
will shelter them with his presence.(AA)
16 ‘Never again will they hunger;
never again will they thirst.(AB)
The sun will not beat down on them,’[a]
nor any scorching heat.(AC)
17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne
will be their shepherd;(AD)
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’[b](AE)
‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’[c]”(AF)

Footnotes:

  1. Revelation 7:16 Isaiah 49:10
  2. Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 49:10
  3. Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 25:8

Cross references:

  1. Revelation 7:1 : Isa 11:12
  2. Revelation 7:1 : Jer 49:36; Eze 37:9; Da 7:2; Zec 6:5; Mt 24:31
  3. Revelation 7:1 : S Rev 6:6
  4. Revelation 7:2 : Rev 9:4
  5. Revelation 7:2 : S Mt 16:16
  6. Revelation 7:2 : ver 1
  7. Revelation 7:3 : S Rev 6:6
  8. Revelation 7:3 : Eze 9:4; Rev 9:4; 14:1; 22:4
  9. Revelation 7:4 : Rev 9:16
  10. Revelation 7:4 : Rev 14:1, 3
  11. Revelation 7:9 : S Rev 13:7
  12. Revelation 7:9 : ver 15
  13. Revelation 7:9 : S Rev 3:4
  14. Revelation 7:10 : Ps 3:8; Rev 12:10; 19:1
  15. Revelation 7:10 : S Rev 5:1
  16. Revelation 7:11 : S Rev 4:4
  17. Revelation 7:11 : S Rev 4:6
  18. Revelation 7:11 : S Rev 4:10
  19. Revelation 7:12 : S Ro 11:36; Rev 5:12-14
  20. Revelation 7:13 : S Rev 3:4
  21. Revelation 7:14 : Rev 22:14
  22. Revelation 7:14 : Heb 9:14; 1Jn 1:7; Rev 12:11
  23. Revelation 7:15 : ver 9
  24. Revelation 7:15 : Rev 22:3
  25. Revelation 7:15 : Rev 11:19
  26. Revelation 7:15 : S Rev 5:1
  27. Revelation 7:15 : Isa 4:5, 6; Rev 21:3
  28. Revelation 7:16 : Jn 6:35
  29. Revelation 7:16 : Isa 49:10
  30. Revelation 7:17 : S Jn 10:11
  31. Revelation 7:17 : S Jn 4:10
  32. Revelation 7:17 : Isa 25:8; 35:10; 51:11; 65:19; Rev 21:4
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Psalm 135

Psalm 135(A)

1 Praise the Lord.[a]

Praise the name of the Lord;
praise him, you servants(B) of the Lord,
2 you who minister in the house(C) of the Lord,
in the courts(D) of the house of our God.

3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;(E)
sing praise to his name,(F) for that is pleasant.(G)
4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob(H) to be his own,
Israel to be his treasured possession.(I)

5 I know that the Lord is great,(J)
that our Lord is greater than all gods.(K)
6 The Lord does whatever pleases him,(L)
in the heavens and on the earth,(M)
in the seas and all their depths.
7 He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
he sends lightning with the rain(N)
and brings out the wind(O) from his storehouses.(P)

8 He struck down the firstborn(Q) of Egypt,
the firstborn of people and animals.
9 He sent his signs(R) and wonders into your midst, Egypt,
against Pharaoh and all his servants.(S)
10 He struck down many(T) nations
and killed mighty kings—
11 Sihon(U) king of the Amorites,(V)
Og king of Bashan,(W)
and all the kings of Canaan(X)—
12 and he gave their land as an inheritance,(Y)
an inheritance to his people Israel.

13 Your name, Lord, endures forever,(Z)
your renown,(AA) Lord, through all generations.
14 For the Lord will vindicate his people(AB)
and have compassion on his servants.(AC)

15 The idols of the nations(AD) are silver and gold,
made by human hands.(AE)
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,(AF)
eyes, but cannot see.
17 They have ears, but cannot hear,
nor is there breath(AG) in their mouths.
18 Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.

19 All you Israelites, praise the Lord;(AH)
house of Aaron, praise the Lord;
20 house of Levi, praise the Lord;
you who fear him, praise the Lord.
21 Praise be to the Lord from Zion,(AI)
to him who dwells in Jerusalem.(AJ)

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 135:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verses 3 and 21

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 135:1 : 135:15-20pp — Ps 115:4-11
  2. Psalm 135:1 : Ne 7:73
  3. Psalm 135:2 : S 1Ch 15:2; Lk 2:37
  4. Psalm 135:2 : S Ps 116:19
  5. Psalm 135:3 : S 1Ch 16:34; S Ps 119:68
  6. Psalm 135:3 : S Ps 68:4
  7. Psalm 135:3 : S Ps 92:1; 147:1
  8. Psalm 135:4 : S Dt 10:15
  9. Psalm 135:4 : Ex 19:5; Dt 7:6; Mal 3:17; S Tit 2:14
  10. Psalm 135:5 : S Ps 48:1; 145:3
  11. Psalm 135:5 : S Ex 12:12; S 1Ch 16:25; S Job 21:22
  12. Psalm 135:6 : Ps 115:3; Da 4:35
  13. Psalm 135:6 : Mt 6:10
  14. Psalm 135:7 : S Job 5:10; Ps 68:9; Isa 30:23; Jer 10:13; 51:16; Joel 2:23; Zec 10:1
  15. Psalm 135:7 : Am 4:13
  16. Psalm 135:7 : S Dt 28:12
  17. Psalm 135:8 : S Ex 4:23; S 12:12
  18. Psalm 135:9 : S Ex 7:9
  19. Psalm 135:9 : Ps 136:10-15
  20. Psalm 135:10 : Nu 21:21-25; Jos 24:8-11; Ps 44:2; 78:55; 136:17-21
  21. Psalm 135:11 : S Nu 21:21
  22. Psalm 135:11 : S Nu 21:26
  23. Psalm 135:11 : S Nu 21:33
  24. Psalm 135:11 : S Jos 12:7-24; 24:12
  25. Psalm 135:12 : S Dt 29:8
  26. Psalm 135:13 : S Ex 3:15
  27. Psalm 135:13 : S Ps 102:12
  28. Psalm 135:14 : S 1Sa 24:15; Heb 10:30*
  29. Psalm 135:14 : S Dt 32:36
  30. Psalm 135:15 : Ps 96:5; Rev 9:20
  31. Psalm 135:15 : Isa 2:8; 31:7; 37:19; 40:19; Jer 1:16; 10:5
  32. Psalm 135:16 : S 1Ki 18:26
  33. Psalm 135:17 : Jer 10:14; Hab 2:19
  34. Psalm 135:19 : S Ps 22:23
  35. Psalm 135:21 : Ps 128:5; 134:3
  36. Psalm 135:21 : S 1Ki 8:13; S 2Ch 6:2
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Proverbs 30:5-6

5 “Every word of God is flawless;(A)
he is a shield(B) to those who take refuge in him.
6 Do not add(C) to his words,
or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 30:5 : S Ps 12:6; S 18:30
  2. Proverbs 30:5 : S Ge 15:1
  3. Proverbs 30:6 : S Dt 4:2
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12/14/2023 DAB Transcript

Jonah 1:1-4:11, Revelations 5:1-14, Psalm 133:1-3, Proverbs 29:26-27

Today is the 14th day of December, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It’s fantastic right, it’s wonderful to be here, wonderful to have this place to be around the Global Campfire, as we navigate through December together and the festivities before us, and the Scriptures before us. We’ve been working our way through the minor prophets in the Old Testament. That’s how the Old Testament ends.

Introduction to the Book of Jonah:

So, today we’re reaching another one of those minor prophet books, and this one has bit of a twist to it. We’ll be reading the book of Jonah and Jonah was a prophet who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel. Basically, just west of the southern portion of the Sea of Galilee during the reign of King Jeroboam. And we’ve read a number of the prophets in the Scriptures and we know that the Bible uses the prophets to call their own people, the Jewish people, the Hebrew people to repentance. Jonah’s mission was to go to a totally different city and a totally different people. He was to go to the city of Nineveh, which is one of the largest cities in the world at that time, the ruins of ancient and are still existent near the modern city of Mosul in Iraq. A lot of, a lot of those rooms were damaged in some of the unrest that has been in that region, but they still exist. And Jonah did not want to do this assignment whatsoever. God commanded him to go to a people who were enemies of Israel and enemies of God. So, so Jonah ran away, opposite direction. Total opposite direction, ran to the Mediterranean coast, got on a boat near Tel Aviv, what would be modern Tel Aviv, and took off, and it’s famous, this is a really famous story from Sunday school because Jonah ends up in the belly of a great fish. And after three days of repenting, he is spewed out on the shore alive. So, for we who believe in Jesus, we can see the aforesaid shadowing of Jesus in this story, but it also has so many parallels in our lives. When we let fear and arrogance and pride and all of the things that just pull us into darkness. We let those things lead us into darkness, we will find ourselves on the run from God. That’s probably, we probably already know that, but we probably don’t, maybe fully completely understand that there is no running from God. Jonah, he’s swallowed in the open sea by a great fish which is a tragedy, but the tragedy becomes his salvation. He would have died and drowned in that storm. The journey would’ve been terrifying inside of a fish. But God used the fish to deliver Jonah alive to dry ground to finish the mission which he does, and he doesn’t like it, right till the very end. But we’ll see that all because we’re gonna read the entire book of Jonah today.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word, we thank You for this is territory that we’re moving so rapidly through in the minor prophets, so quickly that we’re reading books in a day and absorbing that and we ask Your Holy Spirit to help us as we’ve gone through the book of Jonah today. We know the story of the great fish, Jonah in the whale, but often we don’t think about the implications of running away from You into a storm. May we take the lessons that are apparent before us and consider the ways that we just simply don’t want to obey You. And so, we’re going in the opposite direction, thinking we’re to get away with it, thinking we’re gonna out run or hide from You, as if. Help us to humble ourselves under Your mighty hand, that in due season You will lift us up. We pray this in the precious name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Blessings dear Audio Bible Family. This is Rose. Today is December the 5th. I was going to call in for prayer today to seek for wisdom, to know how to deal with my brother who’s been addicted to drugs for 25 years. He’s been in-and-out of different rehabs and just at a loss to know how to help him. But more importantly, on my heart now is Blind Tony. I just heard his call in about the fire in his house. Thank God, Blind Tony, that you are okay, that your sister is okay. But we are standing in prayer for you and asking God to restore everything that the enemy has tried to steal. You are such a blessing to this community. And we will be praying so hard. Please, if you could, just put your email address again on the…on the prayer wall. I’d love to reach out.

Hey guys, this is Miranda from South Carolina. And I’m calling cause I actually nanny everyday, it’s my job. And one of my children has a prayer request that they would like to call into you guys. Cause you guys are the prayer warriors. So, his name is Ransom. And I’m calling in because my friend Sam, his parents are getting divorced and he needs some, and his brothers, and he needs some love and support. Thank you. Thank you guys. I know you guys can handle this prayer and send some love to this family. Hopefully God can bring them back together and build this family back and make it even stronger than before. Alright, thank you guys.

Hi, this is Sally from Alberta, Canada. I just want to lift up Delta Alpha Foxtrot. I can’t imagine what you’re going through, my friend. But I just know that our God is an amazing, amazing God. And that I just claim, in the name of Jesus, His mighty, mighty peace, that surpasses all understanding right over you today and all your loved ones. That you will have the strength to just step one foot in front of the other. That He will be a light unto your feet, and His help to take one step at a time moving forward. And I just pray that even though these things don’t make sense right now, you’ll just have the grace and the presence and the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ with you. Blind Tony, I’ve never heard you feel so down but you just sound, oh, my heart is breaking for you right now. And again, I just pray that our Lord, our Savior, to put His peace around you right now. That you find alternative accommodations, that your home is restored and just remember my brother that our Lord is a faithful Lord. You know that you don’t need me to tell you that. But He loves you. And I’m just so glad that His angels were around you and kept you safe in that fire. And that you still find a place to rejoice in this. And I just know that even __ and that He’s just got you in the palm of His hand.

Hey guys, it’s Eyes of a Dove. Angie, South Dakota, your grandfather is at stage 4 cancer, and he has passed away and you’re asking for our family to essentially sit in shiva. That your husband and your extended family, they’re suffering with this unexpected loss. I’m just praying that the father would come and wrap His mighty arms around all of you and give you comfort and peace during this time of loss. I’m surely coming up on your tail feathers my friend, as my father is getting close to the end of his life as well. Praying for you, my friend. Delta Alpha Foxtrot, I’m praying for you my friend for, as you have also ushered your father into the kingdom of God. I’m praying for you. What a bittersweet time. Flying Tony, so sorry about the fire. Blind Tony, I apologize. I’m so sorry for that fire in your house. Oh, my goodness. Praise God, you guys are all alive. I’m sorry for that destruction and that you can’t stay in there. And I’m asking God for those resources to come quickly so they can get back in their home. Pamela, we’re praying for you in Florida, that the enemy cannot kill, steal, and destroy anybody in your family, in the name of Yeshua. We pray for physical healing, we pray for mental healing and health, protection. Father God, would You come and just put your hand on all of them, right now. Lift up our dear Pamela. Praying for Rifka. And thank you for praying for me, sweet friend. As your father is also living the twilight phase of his life. So many of us our losing our fathers. Help her have a supernatural peace and joy. As she loves her father good. And it’s just a beautiful time for them to be together while he packs for eternity. In the Vine, I’m so happy to hear __ God is healing you, your heart and your mind. And what a wonderful ministry that your involved in, brother. So cool to hear all about it. Anyways, that’s it for now. I’ll call back with some more friends. I love you. Cherish yourself and each other. Bye.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday December 15, 2023 (NIV)

Micah 1-4

1 The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth(A) during the reigns of Jotham,(B) Ahaz(C) and Hezekiah,(D) kings of Judah(E)—the vision(F) he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

2 Hear,(G) you peoples, all of you,(H)
listen, earth(I) and all who live in it,
that the Sovereign Lord may bear witness(J) against you,
the Lord from his holy temple.(K)

Judgment Against Samaria and Jerusalem

3 Look! The Lord is coming from his dwelling(L) place;
he comes down(M) and treads on the heights of the earth.(N)
4 The mountains melt(O) beneath him(P)
and the valleys split apart,(Q)
like wax before the fire,
like water rushing down a slope.
5 All this is because of Jacob’s transgression,
because of the sins of the people of Israel.
What is Jacob’s transgression?
Is it not Samaria?(R)
What is Judah’s high place?
Is it not Jerusalem?

6 “Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble,
a place for planting vineyards.(S)
I will pour her stones(T) into the valley
and lay bare her foundations.(U)
7 All her idols(V) will be broken to pieces;(W)
all her temple gifts will be burned with fire;
I will destroy all her images.(X)
Since she gathered her gifts from the wages of prostitutes,(Y)
as the wages of prostitutes they will again be used.”

Weeping and Mourning

8 Because of this I will weep(Z) and wail;
I will go about barefoot(AA) and naked.
I will howl like a jackal
and moan like an owl.
9 For Samaria’s plague(AB) is incurable;(AC)
it has spread to Judah.(AD)
It has reached the very gate(AE) of my people,
even to Jerusalem itself.
10 Tell it not in Gath[a];
weep not at all.
In Beth Ophrah[b]
roll in the dust.
11 Pass by naked(AF) and in shame,
you who live in Shaphir.[c]
Those who live in Zaanan[d]
will not come out.
Beth Ezel is in mourning;
it no longer protects you.
12 Those who live in Maroth[e] writhe in pain,
waiting for relief,(AG)
because disaster(AH) has come from the Lord,
even to the gate of Jerusalem.
13 You who live in Lachish,(AI)
harness fast horses to the chariot.
You are where the sin of Daughter Zion(AJ) began,
for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
14 Therefore you will give parting gifts(AK)
to Moresheth(AL) Gath.
The town of Akzib[f](AM) will prove deceptive(AN)
to the kings of Israel.
15 I will bring a conqueror against you
who live in Mareshah.[g](AO)
The nobles of Israel
will flee to Adullam.(AP)
16 Shave(AQ) your head in mourning
for the children in whom you delight;
make yourself as bald as the vulture,
for they will go from you into exile.(AR)

Human Plans and God’s Plans

2 Woe to those who plan iniquity,
to those who plot evil(AS) on their beds!(AT)
At morning’s light they carry it out
because it is in their power to do it.
2 They covet fields(AU) and seize them,(AV)
and houses, and take them.
They defraud(AW) people of their homes,
they rob them of their inheritance.(AX)

3 Therefore, the Lord says:

“I am planning disaster(AY) against this people,
from which you cannot save yourselves.
You will no longer walk proudly,(AZ)
for it will be a time of calamity.
4 In that day people will ridicule you;
they will taunt you with this mournful song:
‘We are utterly ruined;(BA)
my people’s possession is divided up.(BB)
He takes it from me!
He assigns our fields to traitors.’”

5 Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the Lord
to divide the land(BC) by lot.(BD)

False Prophets

6 “Do not prophesy,” their prophets say.
“Do not prophesy about these things;
disgrace(BE) will not overtake us.(BF)”
7 You descendants of Jacob, should it be said,
“Does the Lord become[h] impatient?
Does he do such things?”

“Do not my words do good(BG)
to the one whose ways are upright?(BH)
8 Lately my people have risen up
like an enemy.
You strip off the rich robe
from those who pass by without a care,
like men returning from battle.
9 You drive the women of my people
from their pleasant homes.(BI)
You take away my blessing
from their children forever.
10 Get up, go away!
For this is not your resting place,(BJ)
because it is defiled,(BK)
it is ruined, beyond all remedy.
11 If a liar and deceiver(BL) comes and says,
‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’(BM)
that would be just the prophet for this people!(BN)

Deliverance Promised

12 “I will surely gather all of you, Jacob;
I will surely bring together the remnant(BO) of Israel.
I will bring them together like sheep in a pen,
like a flock in its pasture;
the place will throng with people.(BP)
13 The One who breaks open the way will go up before(BQ) them;
they will break through the gate(BR) and go out.
Their King will pass through before them,
the Lord at their head.”

Leaders and Prophets Rebuked

3 Then I said,

“Listen, you leaders(BS) of Jacob,
you rulers of Israel.
Should you not embrace justice,
2 you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
and the flesh from their bones;(BT)
3 who eat my people’s flesh,(BU)
strip off their skin
and break their bones in pieces;(BV)
who chop(BW) them up like meat for the pan,
like flesh for the pot?(BX)”

4 Then they will cry out to the Lord,
but he will not answer them.(BY)
At that time he will hide his face(BZ) from them
because of the evil they have done.(CA)

5 This is what the Lord says:

“As for the prophets
who lead my people astray,(CB)
they proclaim ‘peace’(CC)
if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
who refuses to feed them.
6 Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
and darkness, without divination.(CD)
The sun will set for the prophets,(CE)
and the day will go dark for them.(CF)
7 The seers will be ashamed(CG)
and the diviners disgraced.(CH)
They will all cover(CI) their faces(CJ)
because there is no answer from God.(CK)”
8 But as for me, I am filled with power,
with the Spirit of the Lord,
and with justice and might,
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
to Israel his sin.(CL)

9 Hear this, you leaders of Jacob,
you rulers of Israel,
who despise justice
and distort all that is right;(CM)
10 who build(CN) Zion with bloodshed,(CO)
and Jerusalem with wickedness.(CP)
11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,(CQ)
her priests teach for a price,(CR)
and her prophets tell fortunes for money.(CS)
Yet they look(CT) for the Lord’s support and say,
“Is not the Lord among us?
No disaster will come upon us.”(CU)
12 Therefore because of you,
Zion will be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble,(CV)
the temple(CW) hill a mound overgrown with thickets.(CX)

The Mountain of the Lord(CY)

4 In the last days

the mountain(CZ) of the Lord’s temple will be established
as the highest of the mountains;
it will be exalted above the hills,(DA)
and peoples will stream to it.(DB)

2 Many nations will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,(DC)
to the temple of the God of Jacob.(DD)
He will teach us(DE) his ways,(DF)
so that we may walk in his paths.”
The law(DG) will go out from Zion,
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
3 He will judge between many peoples
and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.(DH)
They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.(DI)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war(DJ) anymore.(DK)
4 Everyone will sit under their own vine
and under their own fig tree,(DL)
and no one will make them afraid,(DM)
for the Lord Almighty has spoken.(DN)
5 All the nations may walk
in the name of their gods,(DO)
but we will walk in the name of the Lord
our God for ever and ever.(DP)

The Lord’s Plan

6 “In that day,” declares the Lord,

“I will gather the lame;(DQ)
I will assemble the exiles(DR)
and those I have brought to grief.(DS)
7 I will make the lame my remnant,(DT)
those driven away a strong nation.(DU)
The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion(DV)
from that day and forever.(DW)
8 As for you, watchtower of the flock,
stronghold[i] of Daughter Zion,
the former dominion will be restored(DX) to you;
kingship will come to Daughter Jerusalem.(DY)”

9 Why do you now cry aloud—
have you no king[j](DZ)?
Has your ruler[k] perished,
that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor?(EA)
10 Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion,
like a woman in labor,
for now you must leave the city
to camp in the open field.
You will go to Babylon;(EB)
there you will be rescued.
There the Lord will redeem(EC) you
out of the hand of your enemies.

11 But now many nations
are gathered against you.
They say, “Let her be defiled,
let our eyes gloat(ED) over Zion!”
12 But they do not know
the thoughts of the Lord;
they do not understand his plan,(EE)
that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
13 “Rise and thresh,(EF) Daughter Zion,
for I will give you horns of iron;
I will give you hooves of bronze,
and you will break to pieces many nations.”(EG)
You will devote their ill-gotten gains to the Lord,(EH)
their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Footnotes:

  1. Micah 1:10 Gath sounds like the Hebrew for tell.
  2. Micah 1:10 Beth Ophrah means house of dust.
  3. Micah 1:11 Shaphir means pleasant.
  4. Micah 1:11 Zaanan sounds like the Hebrew for come out.
  5. Micah 1:12 Maroth sounds like the Hebrew for bitter.
  6. Micah 1:14 Akzib means deception.
  7. Micah 1:15 Mareshah sounds like the Hebrew for conqueror.
  8. Micah 2:7 Or Is the Spirit of the Lord
  9. Micah 4:8 Or hill
  10. Micah 4:9 Or King
  11. Micah 4:9 Or Ruler

Cross references:

  1. Micah 1:1 : ver 14; Jer 26:18
  2. Micah 1:1 : S 1Ch 3:12
  3. Micah 1:1 : S 1Ch 3:13
  4. Micah 1:1 : S 1Ch 3:13
  5. Micah 1:1 : Hos 1:1
  6. Micah 1:1 : Isa 1:1
  7. Micah 1:2 : S Dt 32:1
  8. Micah 1:2 : Ps 50:7
  9. Micah 1:2 : S Jer 6:19
  10. Micah 1:2 : S Ge 31:50; S Dt 4:26; S Isa 1:2
  11. Micah 1:2 : S Ps 11:4
  12. Micah 1:3 : S Isa 18:4
  13. Micah 1:3 : S Isa 64:1
  14. Micah 1:3 : S Am 4:13
  15. Micah 1:4 : S Ps 46:2, 6
  16. Micah 1:4 : S Job 9:5
  17. Micah 1:4 : S Nu 16:31; Na 1:5
  18. Micah 1:5 : Am 8:14
  19. Micah 1:6 : S Dt 20:6
  20. Micah 1:6 : S Am 5:11
  21. Micah 1:6 : Eze 13:14
  22. Micah 1:7 : S Eze 6:6
  23. Micah 1:7 : S Ex 32:20
  24. Micah 1:7 : S Dt 9:21
  25. Micah 1:7 : Dt 23:17-18
  26. Micah 1:8 : S Isa 15:3
  27. Micah 1:8 : S Isa 20:2
  28. Micah 1:9 : Jer 46:11
  29. Micah 1:9 : S Jer 10:19
  30. Micah 1:9 : S 2Ki 18:13
  31. Micah 1:9 : Isa 3:26
  32. Micah 1:11 : Eze 23:29
  33. Micah 1:12 : Jer 14:19
  34. Micah 1:12 : Jer 40:2
  35. Micah 1:13 : S Jos 10:3
  36. Micah 1:13 : S Ps 9:14
  37. Micah 1:14 : 2Ki 16:8
  38. Micah 1:14 : S ver 1
  39. Micah 1:14 : S Jos 15:44
  40. Micah 1:14 : Jer 15:18
  41. Micah 1:15 : Jos 15:44
  42. Micah 1:15 : S Jos 12:15
  43. Micah 1:16 : S Lev 13:40; S Job 1:20
  44. Micah 1:16 : S Dt 4:27; S Am 5:27
  45. Micah 2:1 : S Isa 29:20
  46. Micah 2:1 : Ps 36:4
  47. Micah 2:2 : Isa 5:8
  48. Micah 2:2 : S Pr 30:14
  49. Micah 2:2 : S Jer 22:17
  50. Micah 2:2 : S 1Sa 8:14; S Isa 1:23; S Eze 46:18
  51. Micah 2:3 : Jer 18:11; S Am 3:1-2
  52. Micah 2:3 : Isa 2:12
  53. Micah 2:4 : S Lev 26:31; S Jer 4:13
  54. Micah 2:4 : S Jer 6:12
  55. Micah 2:5 : Dt 32:13; Jos 18:4
  56. Micah 2:5 : S Nu 34:13
  57. Micah 2:6 : Ps 44:13; Jer 18:16; 19:8; 25:18; 29:18; Mic 6:16
  58. Micah 2:6 : S Am 2:12
  59. Micah 2:7 : S Ps 119:65
  60. Micah 2:7 : Ps 15:2; 84:11
  61. Micah 2:9 : Jer 10:20
  62. Micah 2:10 : S Dt 12:9
  63. Micah 2:10 : Lev 18:25-29; Ps 106:38-39; S La 4:15
  64. Micah 2:11 : S 2Ch 36:16; Jer 5:31
  65. Micah 2:11 : S Lev 10:9
  66. Micah 2:11 : Isa 30:10
  67. Micah 2:12 : Mic 4:7; 5:7; 7:18
  68. Micah 2:12 : S Ne 1:9
  69. Micah 2:13 : S Isa 52:12
  70. Micah 2:13 : S Isa 60:11
  71. Micah 3:1 : S Jer 5:5
  72. Micah 3:2 : Ps 53:4; S Eze 22:27
  73. Micah 3:3 : S Ps 14:4
  74. Micah 3:3 : S Eze 34:4; Zep 3:3
  75. Micah 3:3 : S Job 24:14
  76. Micah 3:3 : S Eze 11:7; S 24:4-5
  77. Micah 3:4 : S Dt 1:45; S 1Sa 8:18; S Isa 58:4; S Jer 11:11
  78. Micah 3:4 : S Dt 31:17
  79. Micah 3:4 : S Job 15:31; S Eze 8:18
  80. Micah 3:5 : S Isa 3:12; S 9:16; S 53:6
  81. Micah 3:5 : S Jer 4:10
  82. Micah 3:6 : Isa 8:19-22; S Eze 12:24
  83. Micah 3:6 : Isa 29:10
  84. Micah 3:6 : S Eze 7:26; S Am 8:11
  85. Micah 3:7 : S Jer 6:15; Mic 7:16
  86. Micah 3:7 : S Isa 44:25
  87. Micah 3:7 : S Est 6:12
  88. Micah 3:7 : S Lev 13:45
  89. Micah 3:7 : S Eze 20:3
  90. Micah 3:8 : S Isa 57:12; 61:2
  91. Micah 3:9 : Ps 58:1-2; S Isa 1:23
  92. Micah 3:10 : S Jer 22:13
  93. Micah 3:10 : Isa 59:7; Mic 7:2; Na 3:1; Hab 2:12
  94. Micah 3:10 : Jer 22:17; S Eze 22:27
  95. Micah 3:11 : S Ex 23:8; S Lev 19:15; Mal 2:9
  96. Micah 3:11 : S Eze 13:19
  97. Micah 3:11 : Isa 1:23; S 56:11; Jer 6:13; S La 4:13; S Hos 4:8, 18
  98. Micah 3:11 : S Isa 10:20
  99. Micah 3:11 : Jer 7:4; S Eze 34:2
  100. Micah 3:12 : S 2Ki 25:9; S Isa 6:11
  101. Micah 3:12 : S Jer 52:13
  102. Micah 3:12 : S Lev 26:31; S Jer 17:3; S 22:6; S La 5:18; S Eze 5:14
  103. Micah 4:1 : 4:1-3pp — Isa 2:1-4
  104. Micah 4:1 : S Ps 48:1; Zec 8:3
  105. Micah 4:1 : S Eze 17:22
  106. Micah 4:1 : S Ps 22:27; 86:9; S Jer 3:17; S 31:12; S Da 2:35
  107. Micah 4:2 : S Jer 31:6; S Eze 20:40
  108. Micah 4:2 : Zec 2:11; 14:16
  109. Micah 4:2 : S Ps 119:171
  110. Micah 4:2 : Ps 25:8-9; S Isa 54:13
  111. Micah 4:2 : S Dt 18:18
  112. Micah 4:3 : S Isa 11:4
  113. Micah 4:3 : Joel 3:10; Zec 9:10
  114. Micah 4:3 : S Ps 46:9
  115. Micah 4:3 : Zec 8:20-22
  116. Micah 4:4 : S 1Ki 4:25
  117. Micah 4:4 : S Lev 26:6; S Eze 39:26
  118. Micah 4:4 : S Isa 1:20
  119. Micah 4:5 : 2Ki 17:29; Ac 14:16
  120. Micah 4:5 : Jos 24:14-15; Isa 26:8; Zec 10:12
  121. Micah 4:6 : S Jer 31:8
  122. Micah 4:6 : S Ps 106:47
  123. Micah 4:6 : S Eze 34:13, 16; S 37:21; Zep 3:19
  124. Micah 4:7 : S Joel 2:32; S Mic 2:12
  125. Micah 4:7 : S Ge 12:2
  126. Micah 4:7 : S Isa 2:2
  127. Micah 4:7 : S Da 2:44; S 7:14; S Lk 1:33; Rev 11:15
  128. Micah 4:8 : S Isa 1:26
  129. Micah 4:8 : Zec 9:9
  130. Micah 4:9 : Jer 8:19
  131. Micah 4:9 : S Ge 3:16; Jer 30:6; 48:41
  132. Micah 4:10 : S Dt 21:10; 2Ki 20:18; Isa 43:14
  133. Micah 4:10 : S Isa 48:20
  134. Micah 4:11 : S La 2:16; S Ob 1:12; Mic 7:8
  135. Micah 4:12 : S Ge 50:20; S Isa 55:8; Ro 11:33-34
  136. Micah 4:13 : S Isa 21:10
  137. Micah 4:13 : S Isa 45:1; S Da 2:44
  138. Micah 4:13 : S Isa 23:18
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Revelation 6

The Seals

6 I watched as the Lamb(A) opened the first of the seven seals.(B) Then I heard one of the four living creatures(C) say in a voice like thunder,(D) “Come!” 2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse!(E) Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown,(F) and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.(G)

3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature(H) say, “Come!” 4 Then another horse came out, a fiery red one.(I) Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth(J) and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword.

5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature(K) say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse!(L) Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6 Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures,(M) saying, “Two pounds[a] of wheat for a day’s wages,[b] and six pounds[c] of barley for a day’s wages,[d](N) and do not damage(O) the oil and the wine!”

7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature(P) say, “Come!” 8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse!(Q) Its rider was named Death, and Hades(R) was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.(S)

9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under(T) the altar(U) the souls of those who had been slain(V) because of the word of God(W) and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long,(X) Sovereign Lord,(Y) holy and true,(Z) until you judge the inhabitants of the earth(AA) and avenge our blood?”(AB) 11 Then each of them was given a white robe,(AC) and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,[e] were killed just as they had been.(AD)

12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake.(AE) The sun turned black(AF) like sackcloth(AG) made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth,(AH) as figs drop from a fig tree(AI) when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up,(AJ) and every mountain and island was removed from its place.(AK)

15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free,(AL) hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.(AM) 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us(AN) and hide us[f] from the face of him who sits on the throne(AO) and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day(AP) of their[g] wrath has come, and who can withstand it?”(AQ)

Footnotes:

  1. Revelation 6:6 Or about 1 kilogram
  2. Revelation 6:6 Greek a denarius
  3. Revelation 6:6 Or about 3 kilograms
  4. Revelation 6:6 Greek a denarius
  5. Revelation 6:11 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 12:10; 19:10.
  6. Revelation 6:16 See Hosea 10:8.
  7. Revelation 6:17 Some manuscripts his

Cross references:

  1. Revelation 6:1 : S Rev 5:6
  2. Revelation 6:1 : Rev 5:1
  3. Revelation 6:1 : S Rev 4:6, 7
  4. Revelation 6:1 : Rev 14:2; 19:6
  5. Revelation 6:2 : Zec 1:8; 6:3; Rev 19:11
  6. Revelation 6:2 : Zec 6:11; Rev 14:14; 19:12
  7. Revelation 6:2 : Ps 45:4
  8. Revelation 6:3 : Rev 4:7
  9. Revelation 6:4 : Zec 1:8; 6:2
  10. Revelation 6:4 : Mt 10:34
  11. Revelation 6:5 : Rev 4:7
  12. Revelation 6:5 : Zec 6:2
  13. Revelation 6:6 : S Rev 4:6, 7
  14. Revelation 6:6 : Eze 4:16
  15. Revelation 6:6 : Rev 7:1, 3; 9:4
  16. Revelation 6:7 : Rev 4:7
  17. Revelation 6:8 : Zec 6:3
  18. Revelation 6:8 : Hos 13:14; Rev 1:18; 20:13, 14
  19. Revelation 6:8 : Jer 15:2, 3; 24:10; Eze 5:12, 17
  20. Revelation 6:9 : Ex 29:12; Lev 4:7
  21. Revelation 6:9 : Rev 14:18; 16:7
  22. Revelation 6:9 : Rev 20:4
  23. Revelation 6:9 : Ro 1:2; S Heb 4:12
  24. Revelation 6:10 : Ps 119:84; Zec 1:12
  25. Revelation 6:10 : Lk 2:29; 2Pe 2:1
  26. Revelation 6:10 : S Rev 3:7
  27. Revelation 6:10 : S Rev 3:10
  28. Revelation 6:10 : Dt 32:43; 2Ki 9:7; Ps 79:10; Rev 16:6; 18:20; 19:2
  29. Revelation 6:11 : S Rev 3:4
  30. Revelation 6:11 : Heb 11:40
  31. Revelation 6:12 : Ps 97:4; Isa 29:6; Eze 38:19; Rev 8:5; 11:13; 16:18
  32. Revelation 6:12 : S Mt 24:29
  33. Revelation 6:12 : Isa 50:3
  34. Revelation 6:13 : S Mt 24:29; Rev 8:10; 9:1
  35. Revelation 6:13 : Isa 34:4
  36. Revelation 6:14 : S 2Pe 3:10; Rev 20:11; 21:1
  37. Revelation 6:14 : Ps 46:2; Isa 54:10; Jer 4:24; Eze 38:20; Na 1:5; Rev 16:20; 21:1
  38. Revelation 6:15 : Rev 19:18
  39. Revelation 6:15 : Isa 2:10, 19, 21
  40. Revelation 6:16 : Hos 10:8; Lk 23:30
  41. Revelation 6:16 : S Rev 5:1
  42. Revelation 6:17 : Joel 1:15; 2:1, 2, 11, 31; Zep 1:14, 15; Rev 16:14
  43. Revelation 6:17 : Ps 76:7; Na 1:6; Mal 3:2
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Psalm 134

Psalm 134

A song of ascents.

1 Praise the Lord, all you servants(A) of the Lord
who minister(B) by night(C) in the house of the Lord.
2 Lift up your hands(D) in the sanctuary(E)
and praise the Lord.(F)

3 May the Lord bless you from Zion,(G)
he who is the Maker of heaven(H) and earth.

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 134:1 : S Ps 113:1; 135:1-2; Rev 19:5
  2. Psalm 134:1 : S Nu 16:9; S 1Ch 15:2
  3. Psalm 134:1 : S 1Ch 23:30
  4. Psalm 134:2 : S Ps 28:2; 1Ti 2:8
  5. Psalm 134:2 : Ps 15:1
  6. Psalm 134:2 : Ps 33:2; 103:1
  7. Psalm 134:3 : S Lev 25:21; S Ps 20:2
  8. Psalm 134:3 : S Ps 124:8
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Proverbs 30:1-4

Sayings of Agur

30 The sayings(A) of Agur son of Jakeh—an inspired utterance.

This man’s utterance to Ithiel:

“I am weary, God,
but I can prevail.[a]
2 Surely I am only a brute, not a man;
I do not have human understanding.
3 I have not learned wisdom,
nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.(B)
4 Who has gone up(C) to heaven and come down?
Whose hands(D) have gathered up the wind?
Who has wrapped up the waters(E) in a cloak?(F)
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name,(G) and what is the name of his son?
Surely you know!

Footnotes:

  1. Proverbs 30:1 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text utterance to Ithiel, / to Ithiel and Ukal:

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 30:1 : S Pr 22:17
  2. Proverbs 30:3 : S Pr 9:10
  3. Proverbs 30:4 : Dt 30:12; Ps 24:1-2; S Pr 8:22-31; Jn 3:13; Eph 4:7-10
  4. Proverbs 30:4 : Isa 40:12
  5. Proverbs 30:4 : Job 26:8
  6. Proverbs 30:4 : S Ge 1:2
  7. Proverbs 30:4 : Rev 19:12
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday December 14, 2023 (NIV)

Jonah 1-4

Jonah Flees From the Lord

1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah(A) son of Amittai:(B) 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh(C) and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

3 But Jonah ran(D) away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish(E). He went down to Joppa,(F) where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.(G)

4 Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.(H) 5 All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.(I)

But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. 6 The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call(J) on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.”(K)

7 Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.”(L) They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.(M) 8 So they asked him, “Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What kind of work do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?”

9 He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord,(N) the God of heaven,(O) who made the sea(P) and the dry land.(Q)”

10 This terrified them and they asked, “What have you done?” (They knew he was running away from the Lord, because he had already told them so.)

11 The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?”

12 “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.”(R)

13 Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.(S) 14 Then they cried out to the Lord, “Please, Lord, do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man,(T) for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.”(U) 15 Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.(V) 16 At this the men greatly feared(W) the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows(X) to him.

Jonah’s Prayer

17 Now the Lord provided(Y) a huge fish to swallow Jonah,(Z) and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. 2 1 [a]From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 2 He said:

“In my distress I called(AA) to the Lord,(AB)
and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead(AC) I called for help,
and you listened to my cry.
3 You hurled me into the depths,(AD)
into the very heart of the seas,
and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves(AE) and breakers
swept over me.(AF)
4 I said, ‘I have been banished
from your sight;(AG)
yet I will look again
toward your holy temple.’(AH)
5 The engulfing waters threatened me,[b]
the deep surrounded me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.(AI)
6 To the roots of the mountains(AJ) I sank down;
the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
brought my life up from the pit.(AK)

7 “When my life was ebbing away,
I remembered(AL) you, Lord,
and my prayer(AM) rose to you,
to your holy temple.(AN)

8 “Those who cling to worthless idols(AO)
turn away from God’s love for them.
9 But I, with shouts of grateful praise,(AP)
will sacrifice(AQ) to you.
What I have vowed(AR) I will make good.
I will say, ‘Salvation(AS) comes from the Lord.’”

10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Jonah Goes to Nineveh

3 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah(AT) a second time: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”

3 Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. 4 Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming,(AU) “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” 5 The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.(AV)

6 When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.(AW) 7 This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:

“By the decree of the king and his nobles:

Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.(AX) 8 But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call(AY) urgently on God. Let them give up(AZ) their evil ways(BA) and their violence.(BB) 9 Who knows?(BC) God may yet relent(BD) and with compassion turn(BE) from his fierce anger(BF) so that we will not perish.”

10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented(BG) and did not bring on them the destruction(BH) he had threatened.(BI)

Jonah’s Anger at the Lord’s Compassion

4 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.(BJ) 2 He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew(BK) that you are a gracious(BL) and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love,(BM) a God who relents(BN) from sending calamity.(BO) 3 Now, Lord, take away my life,(BP) for it is better for me to die(BQ) than to live.”(BR)

4 But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”(BS)

5 Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. 6 Then the Lord God provided(BT) a leafy plant[c] and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant. 7 But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered.(BU) 8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die,(BV) and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”

9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”(BW)

“It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”

10 But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. 11 And should I not have concern(BX) for the great city of Nineveh,(BY) in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”

Footnotes:

  1. Jonah 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1 is numbered 1:17, and 2:1-10 is numbered 2:2-11.
  2. Jonah 2:5 Or waters were at my throat
  3. Jonah 4:6 The precise identification of this plant is uncertain; also in verses 7, 9 and 10.

Cross references:

  1. Jonah 1:1 : Mt 12:39-41; 16:4; Lk 11:29-32
  2. Jonah 1:1 : 2Ki 14:25
  3. Jonah 1:2 : S Ge 10:11; S Na 1:1
  4. Jonah 1:3 : Ps 139:7
  5. Jonah 1:3 : S Ge 10:4
  6. Jonah 1:3 : S Jos 19:46; Ac 9:36, 43
  7. Jonah 1:3 : Ex 4:13; S Jer 20:9; S Am 3:8
  8. Jonah 1:4 : Ps 107:23-26
  9. Jonah 1:5 : Ac 27:18-19
  10. Jonah 1:6 : Jnh 3:8
  11. Jonah 1:6 : S Ps 107:28
  12. Jonah 1:7 : Nu 32:23; Jos 7:10-18; S 1Sa 14:42
  13. Jonah 1:7 : S Pr 16:33
  14. Jonah 1:9 : S Ps 96:9
  15. Jonah 1:9 : S Da 2:18; Ac 17:24
  16. Jonah 1:9 : S Ne 9:6
  17. Jonah 1:9 : S Ge 1:9
  18. Jonah 1:12 : 2Sa 24:17; 1Ch 21:17
  19. Jonah 1:13 : S Pr 21:30
  20. Jonah 1:14 : Dt 21:8
  21. Jonah 1:14 : S Da 4:35
  22. Jonah 1:15 : S Ps 107:29; Lk 8:24
  23. Jonah 1:16 : Mk 4:41
  24. Jonah 1:16 : S Nu 30:2; Ps 66:13-14
  25. Jonah 1:17 : Jnh 4:6, 7
  26. Jonah 1:17 : Mt 12:40; 16:4; Lk 11:30
  27. Jonah 2:2 : La 3:55
  28. Jonah 2:2 : Ps 18:6; 120:1
  29. Jonah 2:2 : Ps 86:13
  30. Jonah 2:3 : S Ps 88:6
  31. Jonah 2:3 : S 2Sa 22:5
  32. Jonah 2:3 : S Ps 42:7
  33. Jonah 2:4 : Ps 31:22; Jer 7:15
  34. Jonah 2:4 : S 1Ki 8:48
  35. Jonah 2:5 : Ps 69:1-2
  36. Jonah 2:6 : Job 28:9
  37. Jonah 2:6 : S Job 17:16; S 33:18; S Ps 30:3
  38. Jonah 2:7 : Ps 77:11-12
  39. Jonah 2:7 : 2Ch 30:27
  40. Jonah 2:7 : S Ps 11:4; 18:6
  41. Jonah 2:8 : S Dt 32:21; S 1Sa 12:21
  42. Jonah 2:9 : S Ps 42:4
  43. Jonah 2:9 : Ps 50:14, 23; Heb 13:15
  44. Jonah 2:9 : S Nu 30:2; Ps 116:14; S Ecc 5:4-5
  45. Jonah 2:9 : S Ex 15:2; S Ps 3:8
  46. Jonah 3:1 : Jnh 1:1
  47. Jonah 3:4 : S Jer 18:7-10
  48. Jonah 3:5 : Da 9:3; Mt 11:21; 12:41; Lk 11:32
  49. Jonah 3:6 : Est 4:1-3; S Job 2:8, 13; S Eze 27:30-31
  50. Jonah 3:7 : S 2Ch 20:3; S Ezr 10:6
  51. Jonah 3:8 : Ps 130:1; Jnh 1:6
  52. Jonah 3:8 : Jer 25:5
  53. Jonah 3:8 : Jer 7:3
  54. Jonah 3:8 : S Job 16:17
  55. Jonah 3:9 : 2Sa 12:22
  56. Jonah 3:9 : S Jer 18:8
  57. Jonah 3:9 : S Joel 2:14
  58. Jonah 3:9 : S Ps 85:3
  59. Jonah 3:10 : S Am 7:6
  60. Jonah 3:10 : S Jer 18:8
  61. Jonah 3:10 : S Ex 32:14
  62. Jonah 4:1 : ver 4; Mt 20:11; Lk 15:28
  63. Jonah 4:2 : Jer 20:7-8
  64. Jonah 4:2 : S Dt 4:31; Ps 103:8
  65. Jonah 4:2 : S Ex 22:27; Ps 86:5, 15
  66. Jonah 4:2 : S Nu 14:18
  67. Jonah 4:2 : S Joel 2:13
  68. Jonah 4:3 : S Nu 11:15
  69. Jonah 4:3 : S Job 7:15
  70. Jonah 4:3 : Jer 8:3
  71. Jonah 4:4 : Ge 4:6; Mt 20:11-15
  72. Jonah 4:6 : S Jnh 1:17
  73. Jonah 4:7 : Joel 1:12
  74. Jonah 4:8 : S 1Ki 19:4
  75. Jonah 4:9 : ver 4
  76. Jonah 4:11 : Jnh 3:10
  77. Jonah 4:11 : Jnh 1:2; 3:2
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Revelation 5

The Scroll and the Lamb

5 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne(A) a scroll with writing on both sides(B) and sealed(C) with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel(D) proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” 3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. 4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. 5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion(E) of the tribe of Judah,(F) the Root of David,(G) has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

6 Then I saw a Lamb,(H) looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures(I) and the elders.(J) The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes,(K) which are the seven spirits[a](L) of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.(M) 8 And when he had taken it, the four living creatures(N) and the twenty-four elders(O) fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp(P) and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers(Q) of God’s people. 9 And they sang a new song, saying:(R)

“You are worthy(S) to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood(T) you purchased(U) for God
persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.(V)
10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests(W) to serve our God,
and they will reign[b] on the earth.”(X)

11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.(Y) They encircled the throne and the living creatures(Z) and the elders.(AA) 12 In a loud voice they were saying:

“Worthy is the Lamb,(AB) who was slain,(AC)
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
and honor and glory and praise!”(AD)

13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth(AE) and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:

“To him who sits on the throne(AF) and to the Lamb(AG)
be praise and honor and glory and power,
for ever and ever!”(AH)

14 The four living creatures(AI) said, “Amen,”(AJ) and the elders(AK) fell down and worshiped.(AL)

Footnotes:

  1. Revelation 5:6 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
  2. Revelation 5:10 Some manuscripts they reign

Cross references:

  1. Revelation 5:1 : ver 7, 13; Rev 4:2, 9; 6:16
  2. Revelation 5:1 : Eze 2:9, 10
  3. Revelation 5:1 : Isa 29:11; Da 12:4
  4. Revelation 5:2 : Rev 10:1
  5. Revelation 5:5 : Ge 49:9
  6. Revelation 5:5 : S Heb 7:14
  7. Revelation 5:5 : Isa 11:1, 10; Ro 15:12; Rev 22:16
  8. Revelation 5:6 : ver 8, 9, 12, 13; S Jn 1:29
  9. Revelation 5:6 : S Rev 4:6
  10. Revelation 5:6 : S Rev 4:4
  11. Revelation 5:6 : Zec 4:10
  12. Revelation 5:6 : S Rev 1:4
  13. Revelation 5:7 : S ver 1
  14. Revelation 5:8 : S Rev 4:6
  15. Revelation 5:8 : S Rev 4:4
  16. Revelation 5:8 : Rev 14:2; 15:2
  17. Revelation 5:8 : Ps 141:2; Rev 8:3, 4
  18. Revelation 5:9 : Ps 40:3; 98:1; 149:1; Isa 42:10; Rev 14:3, 4
  19. Revelation 5:9 : Rev 4:11
  20. Revelation 5:9 : Heb 9:12
  21. Revelation 5:9 : S 1Co 6:20
  22. Revelation 5:9 : S Rev 13:7
  23. Revelation 5:10 : S 1Pe 2:5
  24. Revelation 5:10 : Rev 3:21; 20:4
  25. Revelation 5:11 : Da 7:10; Heb 12:22; Jude 14
  26. Revelation 5:11 : S Rev 4:6
  27. Revelation 5:11 : S Rev 4:4
  28. Revelation 5:12 : ver 13
  29. Revelation 5:12 : ver 9
  30. Revelation 5:12 : Rev 1:6; 4:11
  31. Revelation 5:13 : ver 3; Php 2:10
  32. Revelation 5:13 : S ver 1, 7
  33. Revelation 5:13 : ver 6; Rev 6:16; 7:10
  34. Revelation 5:13 : 1Ch 29:11; Mal 1:6; 2:2; S Ro 11:36
  35. Revelation 5:14 : S Rev 4:6
  36. Revelation 5:14 : Rev 4:9
  37. Revelation 5:14 : S Rev 4:4
  38. Revelation 5:14 : Rev 4:10
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Psalm 133

Psalm 133

A song of ascents. Of David.

1 How good and pleasant it is
when God’s people live together(A) in unity!(B)

2 It is like precious oil poured on the head,(C)
running down on the beard,
running down on Aaron’s beard,
down on the collar of his robe.
3 It is as if the dew(D) of Hermon(E)
were falling on Mount Zion.(F)
For there the Lord bestows his blessing,(G)
even life forevermore.(H)

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 133:1 : S Ge 13:8; S Ro 12:10
  2. Psalm 133:1 : Jn 17:11
  3. Psalm 133:2 : S Ex 29:7
  4. Psalm 133:3 : Job 29:19; Pr 19:12; Isa 18:4; 26:19; 45:8; Hos 14:5; Mic 5:7
  5. Psalm 133:3 : S Dt 3:8; S 4:48
  6. Psalm 133:3 : S Ex 15:17; S Ps 2:6; 74:2
  7. Psalm 133:3 : S Lev 25:21
  8. Psalm 133:3 : S Ps 21:4
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Proverbs 29:26-27

26 Many seek an audience with a ruler,(A)
but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.(B)

27 The righteous detest the dishonest;
the wicked detest the upright.(C)

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 29:26 : Pr 19:6
  2. Proverbs 29:26 : S Pr 16:33
  3. Proverbs 29:27 : S ver 10
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday December 13, 2023 (NIV)

Obadiah

Obadiah’s Vision(A)(B)

1 The vision(C) of Obadiah.

This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom(D)—

We have heard a message from the Lord:
An envoy(E) was sent to the nations to say,
“Rise, let us go against her for battle”(F)—

2 “See, I will make you small(G) among the nations;
you will be utterly despised.
3 The pride(H) of your heart has deceived you,
you who live in the clefts of the rocks[a](I)
and make your home on the heights,
you who say to yourself,
‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’(J)
4 Though you soar like the eagle
and make your nest(K) among the stars,
from there I will bring you down,”(L)
declares the Lord.(M)
5 “If thieves came to you,
if robbers in the night—
oh, what a disaster awaits you!—
would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
If grape pickers came to you,
would they not leave a few grapes?(N)
6 But how Esau will be ransacked,
his hidden treasures pillaged!
7 All your allies(O) will force you to the border;
your friends will deceive and overpower you;
those who eat your bread(P) will set a trap for you,[b]
but you will not detect it.

8 “In that day,” declares the Lord,
“will I not destroy(Q) the wise men of Edom,
those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
9 Your warriors, Teman,(R) will be terrified,
and everyone in Esau’s mountains
will be cut down in the slaughter.
10 Because of the violence(S) against your brother Jacob,(T)
you will be covered with shame;
you will be destroyed forever.(U)
11 On the day you stood aloof
while strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
and cast lots(V) for Jerusalem,
you were like one of them.(W)
12 You should not gloat(X) over your brother
in the day of his misfortune,(Y)
nor rejoice(Z) over the people of Judah
in the day of their destruction,(AA)
nor boast(AB) so much
in the day of their trouble.(AC)
13 You should not march through the gates of my people
in the day of their disaster,
nor gloat over them in their calamity(AD)
in the day of their disaster,
nor seize their wealth
in the day of their disaster.
14 You should not wait at the crossroads
to cut down their fugitives,(AE)
nor hand over their survivors
in the day of their trouble.

15 “The day of the Lord is near(AF)
for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
your deeds(AG) will return upon your own head.
16 Just as you drank(AH) on my holy hill,(AI)
so all the nations will drink(AJ) continually;
they will drink and drink
and be as if they had never been.(AK)
17 But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;(AL)
it will be holy,(AM)
and Jacob will possess his inheritance.(AN)
18 Jacob will be a fire
and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
and they will set him on fire(AO) and destroy(AP) him.
There will be no survivors(AQ)
from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.

19 People from the Negev will occupy
the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
the land of the Philistines.(AR)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,(AS)
and Benjamin(AT) will possess Gilead.
20 This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
will possess the land as far as Zarephath;(AU)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
will possess the towns of the Negev.(AV)
21 Deliverers(AW) will go up on[c] Mount Zion
to govern the mountains of Esau.
And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.(AX)

Footnotes:

  1. Obadiah 1:3 Or of Sela
  2. Obadiah 1:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
  3. Obadiah 1:21 Or from

Cross references:

  1. Obadiah 1:1 : 1-4pp — Jer 49:14-16
  2. Obadiah 1:1 : 5-6pp — Jer 49:9-10
  3. Obadiah 1:1 : S Isa 1:1
  4. Obadiah 1:1 : S Ge 25:14; S Isa 11:14; S 34:11; 63:1-6; Jer 49:7-22; S Eze 25:12-14; S 32:29; S Am 1:11-12
  5. Obadiah 1:1 : Isa 18:2
  6. Obadiah 1:1 : Jer 6:4-5
  7. Obadiah 1:2 : Nu 24:18
  8. Obadiah 1:3 : S Isa 16:6
  9. Obadiah 1:3 : fn Isa 16:1
  10. Obadiah 1:3 : S 2Ch 25:11-12
  11. Obadiah 1:4 : S Isa 10:14
  12. Obadiah 1:4 : S Isa 14:13
  13. Obadiah 1:4 : S Job 20:6
  14. Obadiah 1:5 : S Dt 4:27; 24:21; S Isa 24:13
  15. Obadiah 1:7 : Jer 30:14
  16. Obadiah 1:7 : S Ps 41:9
  17. Obadiah 1:8 : Job 5:12; Isa 29:14
  18. Obadiah 1:9 : S Ge 36:11, 34
  19. Obadiah 1:10 : S Joel 3:19
  20. Obadiah 1:10 : Ps 137:7; Am 1:11-12
  21. Obadiah 1:10 : S Ps 137:7; S Eze 25:12-14; 35:9
  22. Obadiah 1:11 : S Job 6:27; S Eze 24:6
  23. Obadiah 1:11 : S Am 1:6
  24. Obadiah 1:12 : Pr 24:17
  25. Obadiah 1:12 : S Job 31:29
  26. Obadiah 1:12 : S Eze 35:15
  27. Obadiah 1:12 : S Pr 17:5
  28. Obadiah 1:12 : Ps 137:7
  29. Obadiah 1:12 : S Eze 25:6; Mic 4:11; 7:8
  30. Obadiah 1:13 : S Eze 35:5
  31. Obadiah 1:14 : S 1Ki 18:4
  32. Obadiah 1:15 : S Jer 46:10; S Eze 30:3; S Joel 2:31; S Am 5:18
  33. Obadiah 1:15 : S Jer 50:29; Hab 2:8
  34. Obadiah 1:16 : Isa 51:17
  35. Obadiah 1:16 : S Ex 15:17
  36. Obadiah 1:16 : Jer 25:15; 49:12; S La 4:21-22
  37. Obadiah 1:16 : S La 4:21; S Eze 25:12-14
  38. Obadiah 1:17 : S Ps 69:35; S Isa 14:1-2; Joel 2:32; S Am 9:11-15
  39. Obadiah 1:17 : S Ps 74:2; S Isa 4:3
  40. Obadiah 1:17 : Zec 8:12
  41. Obadiah 1:18 : S Isa 1:31
  42. Obadiah 1:18 : Zec 12:6
  43. Obadiah 1:18 : S Jer 49:10
  44. Obadiah 1:19 : Isa 11:14
  45. Obadiah 1:19 : S Jer 31:5
  46. Obadiah 1:19 : S Nu 1:36
  47. Obadiah 1:20 : 1Ki 17:9-10; Lk 4:26
  48. Obadiah 1:20 : S Jer 33:13
  49. Obadiah 1:21 : S Dt 28:29; S Jdg 3:9
  50. Obadiah 1:21 : S Ps 22:28; 47:9; 66:4; S Da 2:44; Zec 14:9, 16; Mal 1:14; Rev 11:15
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Revelation 4

The Throne in Heaven

4 After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open(A) in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet(B) said, “Come up here,(C) and I will show you what must take place after this.”(D) 2 At once I was in the Spirit,(E) and there before me was a throne in heaven(F) with someone sitting on it. 3 And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper(G) and ruby.(H) A rainbow(I) that shone like an emerald(J) encircled the throne. 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders.(K) They were dressed in white(L) and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder.(M) In front of the throne, seven lamps(N) were blazing. These are the seven spirits[a](O) of God. 6 Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass,(P) clear as crystal.

In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures,(Q) and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back.(R) 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle.(S) 8 Each of the four living creatures(T) had six wings(U) and was covered with eyes all around,(V) even under its wings. Day and night(W) they never stop saying:

“‘Holy, holy, holy

is the Lord God Almighty,’[b](X)

who was, and is, and is to come.”(Y)

9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne(Z) and who lives for ever and ever,(AA) 10 the twenty-four elders(AB) fall down before him(AC) who sits on the throne(AD) and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,(AE)
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”(AF)

Footnotes:

  1. Revelation 4:5 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
  2. Revelation 4:8 Isaiah 6:3

Cross references:

  1. Revelation 4:1 : S Mt 3:16
  2. Revelation 4:1 : Rev 1:10
  3. Revelation 4:1 : Rev 11:12
  4. Revelation 4:1 : Rev 1:19; 22:6
  5. Revelation 4:2 : S Rev 1:10
  6. Revelation 4:2 : ver 9, 10; 1Ki 22:19; Isa 6:1; Eze 1:26-28; Da 7:9; Rev 20:11
  7. Revelation 4:3 : Rev 21:11
  8. Revelation 4:3 : Rev 21:20
  9. Revelation 4:3 : Eze 1:28; Rev 10:1
  10. Revelation 4:3 : Rev 21:19
  11. Revelation 4:4 : ver 10; Rev 5:6, 8, 14; 11:16; 19:4
  12. Revelation 4:4 : S Rev 3:4, 5
  13. Revelation 4:5 : Ex 19:16; Rev 8:5; 11:19; 16:18
  14. Revelation 4:5 : Zec 4:2
  15. Revelation 4:5 : S Rev 1:4
  16. Revelation 4:6 : Rev 15:2
  17. Revelation 4:6 : ver 8, 9; Eze 1:5; Rev 5:6; 6:1; 7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4
  18. Revelation 4:6 : Eze 1:18; 10:12
  19. Revelation 4:7 : Eze 1:10; 10:14
  20. Revelation 4:8 : S ver 6
  21. Revelation 4:8 : Isa 6:2
  22. Revelation 4:8 : Eze 1:18
  23. Revelation 4:8 : Rev 14:11
  24. Revelation 4:8 : Isa 6:3; S Rev 1:8
  25. Revelation 4:8 : S Rev 1:4
  26. Revelation 4:9 : ver 2; Ps 47:8; S Rev 5:1
  27. Revelation 4:9 : S Rev 1:18
  28. Revelation 4:10 : S ver 4
  29. Revelation 4:10 : Dt 33:3; Rev 5:8, 14; 7:11; 11:16
  30. Revelation 4:10 : S ver 2
  31. Revelation 4:11 : Rev 1:6; 5:12
  32. Revelation 4:11 : Ac 14:15; Rev 10:6
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Psalm 132

Psalm 132(A)

A song of ascents.

1 Lord, remember David
and all his self-denial.(B)

2 He swore an oath to the Lord,
he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:(C)
3 “I will not enter my house(D)
or go to my bed,
4 I will allow no sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
5 till I find a place(E) for the Lord,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

6 We heard it in Ephrathah,(F)
we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:[a](G)
7 “Let us go to his dwelling place,(H)
let us worship at his footstool,(I) saying,
8 ‘Arise, Lord,(J) and come to your resting place,
you and the ark of your might.
9 May your priests be clothed with your righteousness;(K)
may your faithful people(L) sing for joy.’”

10 For the sake of your servant David,
do not reject your anointed one.

11 The Lord swore an oath to David,(M)
a sure oath he will not revoke:
“One of your own descendants(N)
I will place on your throne.
12 If your sons keep my covenant(O)
and the statutes I teach them,
then their sons will sit
on your throne(P) for ever and ever.”

13 For the Lord has chosen Zion,(Q)
he has desired it for his dwelling,(R) saying,
14 “This is my resting place for ever and ever;(S)
here I will sit enthroned,(T) for I have desired it.
15 I will bless her with abundant provisions;
her poor I will satisfy with food.(U)
16 I will clothe her priests(V) with salvation,
and her faithful people will ever sing for joy.(W)

17 “Here I will make a horn[b] grow(X) for David
and set up a lamp(Y) for my anointed one.(Z)
18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,(AA)
but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown.”(AB)

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 132:6 Or heard of it in Ephrathah, / we found it in the fields of Jearim. (See 1 Chron. 13:5,6) (And no quotation marks around verses 7-9)
  2. Psalm 132:17 Horn here symbolizes strong one, that is, king.

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 132:1 : 132:8-10pp — 2Ch 6:41-42
  2. Psalm 132:1 : 1Sa 18:11; S 2Sa 15:14
  3. Psalm 132:2 : S Ge 49:24; Isa 49:26; 60:16
  4. Psalm 132:3 : S 2Sa 7:2, 27
  5. Psalm 132:5 : S 1Ki 8:17; Ac 7:46
  6. Psalm 132:6 : S 1Sa 17:12
  7. Psalm 132:6 : S Jos 9:17; S 1Sa 7:2
  8. Psalm 132:7 : S 2Sa 15:25; Ps 5:7; 122:1
  9. Psalm 132:7 : S 1Ch 28:2
  10. Psalm 132:8 : S Nu 10:35
  11. Psalm 132:9 : S Job 27:6; Isa 61:3, 10; Zec 3:4; Mal 3:3; Eph 6:14
  12. Psalm 132:9 : Ps 16:3; 30:4; 149:5
  13. Psalm 132:11 : S Ps 89:3-4, 35
  14. Psalm 132:11 : S 1Ch 17:11-14; S Mt 1:1; Lk 3:31
  15. Psalm 132:12 : 2Ch 6:16; S Ps 25:10
  16. Psalm 132:12 : Lk 1:32; Ac 2:30
  17. Psalm 132:13 : S Ex 15:17; Ps 48:1-2; S 68:16
  18. Psalm 132:13 : S 1Ki 8:13
  19. Psalm 132:14 : ver 8; Ps 68:16
  20. Psalm 132:14 : S 2Sa 6:2; Ps 80:1
  21. Psalm 132:15 : Ps 107:9; 147:14
  22. Psalm 132:16 : S 2Ch 6:41
  23. Psalm 132:16 : S Job 8:21; Ps 149:5
  24. Psalm 132:17 : S 1Sa 2:10; Ps 92:10; Eze 29:21; S Lk 1:69
  25. Psalm 132:17 : 1Ki 11:36; 2Ki 8:19; 2Ch 21:7; Ps 18:28
  26. Psalm 132:17 : S Ps 84:9
  27. Psalm 132:18 : S Job 8:22
  28. Psalm 132:18 : S 2Sa 12:30
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Proverbs 29:24-25

24 The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies;
they are put under oath and dare not testify.(A)

25 Fear(B) of man will prove to be a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord(C) is kept safe.(D)

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 29:24 : S Lev 5:1
  2. Proverbs 29:25 : S 1Sa 15:24
  3. Proverbs 29:25 : Pr 28:25
  4. Proverbs 29:25 : S Pr 16:20
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