The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday November 20, 2024 (NIV)

Ezekiel 40:28-41:26

Gateways to the Inner Courtyard

28 Then the man took me to the south gateway leading into the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways. 29 Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those in the others. It also had windows along its walls and in the entry room. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87 1⁄2 feet long and 43 3⁄4 feet wide. 30 (The entry rooms of the gateways leading into the inner courtyard were 14 feet[a] across and 43 3⁄4 feet wide.) 31 The entry room to the south gateway faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.

32 Then he took me to the east gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways. 33 Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those of the others, and there were windows along the walls and in the entry room. The gateway passage measured 87 1⁄2 feet long and 43 3⁄4 feet wide. 34 Its entry room faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.

35 Then he took me around to the north gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways. 36 The guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room of this gateway had the same measurements as in the others and the same window arrangements. The gateway passage measured 87 1⁄2 feet long and 43 3⁄4 feet wide. 37 Its entry room[b] faced into the outer courtyard, and it had palm tree decorations on the columns. There were eight steps leading to its entrance.

Rooms for Preparing Sacrifices

38 A door led from the entry room of one of the inner gateways into a side room, where the meat for sacrifices was washed. 39 On each side of this entry room were two tables, where the sacrificial animals were slaughtered for the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. 40 Outside the entry room, on each side of the stairs going up to the north entrance, were two more tables. 41 So there were eight tables in all—four inside and four outside—where the sacrifices were cut up and prepared. 42 There were also four tables of finished stone for preparation of the burnt offerings, each 31 1⁄2 inches square and 21 inches high.[c] On these tables were placed the butchering knives and other implements for slaughtering the sacrificial animals. 43 There were hooks, each 3 inches[d] long, fastened all around the foyer walls. The sacrificial meat was laid on the tables.

Rooms for the Priests

44 Inside the inner courtyard were two rooms,[e] one beside the north gateway, facing south, and the other beside the south[f] gateway, facing north. 45 And the man said to me, “The room beside the north inner gate is for the priests who supervise the Temple maintenance. 46 The room beside the south inner gate is for the priests in charge of the altar—the descendants of Zadok—for they alone of all the Levites may approach the Lord to minister to him.”

The Inner Courtyard and Temple

47 Then the man measured the inner courtyard, and it was a square, 175 feet wide and 175 feet across. The altar stood in the courtyard in front of the Temple. 48 Then he brought me to the entry room of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of the opening to the entry room, and they were 8 3⁄4 feet thick. The entrance itself was 24 1⁄2 feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were an additional 5 1⁄4 feet long.[g] 49 The entry room was 35 feet[h] wide and 21 feet[i] deep. There were ten steps[j] leading up to it, with a column on each side.

41 After that, the man brought me into the sanctuary of the Temple. He measured the walls on either side of its doorway,[k] and they were 10 1⁄2 feet[l] thick. The doorway was 17 1⁄2 feet[m] wide, and the walls on each side of it were 8 3⁄4 feet[n] long. The sanctuary itself was 70 feet long and 35 feet wide.[o]

Then he went beyond the sanctuary into the inner room. He measured the walls on either side of its entrance, and they were 3 1⁄2 feet[p] thick. The entrance was 10 1⁄2 feet wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were 12 1⁄4 feet[q] long. The inner room of the sanctuary was 35 feet[r] long and 35 feet wide. “This,” he told me, “is the Most Holy Place.”

Then he measured the wall of the Temple, and it was 10 1⁄2 feet thick. There was a row of rooms along the outside wall; each room was 7 feet[s] wide. These side rooms were built in three levels, one above the other, with thirty rooms on each level. The supports for these side rooms rested on exterior ledges on the Temple wall; they did not extend into the wall. Each level was wider than the one below it, corresponding to the narrowing of the Temple wall as it rose higher. A stairway led up from the bottom level through the middle level to the top level.

I saw that the Temple was built on a terrace, which provided a foundation for the side rooms. This terrace was 10 1⁄2 feet[t] high. The outer wall of the Temple’s side rooms was 8 3⁄4 feet thick. This left an open area between these side rooms 10 and the row of rooms along the outer wall of the inner courtyard. This open area was 35 feet wide, and it went all the way around the Temple. 11 Two doors opened from the side rooms into the terrace yard, which was 8 3⁄4 feet wide. One door faced north and the other south.

12 A large building stood on the west, facing the Temple courtyard. It was 122 1⁄2 feet wide and 157 1⁄2 feet long, and its walls were 8 3⁄4 feet[u] thick. 13 Then the man measured the Temple, and it was 175 feet[v] long. The courtyard around the building, including its walls, was an additional 175 feet in length. 14 The inner courtyard to the east of the Temple was also 175 feet wide. 15 The building to the west, including its two walls, was also 175 feet wide.

The sanctuary, the inner room, and the entry room of the Temple 16 were all paneled with wood, as were the frames of the recessed windows. The inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above and below the windows. 17 The space above the door leading into the inner room, and its walls inside and out, were also paneled. 18 All the walls were decorated with carvings of cherubim, each with two faces, and there was a carving of a palm tree between each of the cherubim. 19 One face—that of a man—looked toward the palm tree on one side. The other face—that of a young lion—looked toward the palm tree on the other side. The figures were carved all along the inside of the Temple, 20 from the floor to the top of the walls, including the outer wall of the sanctuary.

21 There were square columns at the entrance to the sanctuary, and the ones at the entrance of the Most Holy Place were similar. 22 There was an altar made of wood, 5 1⁄4 feet high and 3 1⁄2 feet across.[w] Its corners, base, and sides were all made of wood. “This,” the man told me, “is the table that stands in the Lord’s presence.”

23 Both the sanctuary and the Most Holy Place had double doorways, 24 each with two swinging doors. 25 The doors leading into the sanctuary were decorated with carved cherubim and palm trees, just as on the walls. And there was a wooden roof at the front of the entry room to the Temple. 26 On both sides of the entry room were recessed windows decorated with carved palm trees. The side rooms along the outside wall also had roofs.

Footnotes:

  1. 40:30 As in 40:9, which reads 8 cubits [14 feet or 4.2 meters]; here the Hebrew reads 5 cubits [8 3⁄4 feet or 2.7 meters]. Some Hebrew manuscripts and the Greek version lack this entire verse.
  2. 40:37 As in Greek version (compare parallels at 40:26, 31, 34); Hebrew reads Its dividing wall.
  3. 40:42 Hebrew 1 1⁄2 cubits [80 centimeters] long and 1 1⁄2 cubits wide and 1 cubit [53 centimeters] high.
  4. 40:43 Hebrew a handbreadth [8 centimeters].
  5. 40:44a As in Greek version; Hebrew reads rooms for singers.
  6. 40:44b As in Greek version; Hebrew reads east.
  7. 40:48 As in Greek version, which reads The entrance was 14 cubits [7.4 meters] wide, and the walls of the entrance were 3 cubits [1.6 meters] on each side; Hebrew lacks 14 cubits wide, and the walls of the entrance were.
  8. 40:49a Hebrew 20 cubits [10.6 meters].
  9. 40:49b As in Greek version, which reads 12 cubits [21 feet or 6.4 meters]; Hebrew reads 11 cubits [19 1⁄4 feet or 5.8 meters].
  10. 40:49c As in Greek version; Hebrew reads There were steps that were.
  11. 41:1a As in Greek version; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
  12. 41:1b Hebrew 6 cubits [3.2 meters]; also in 41:3, 5.
  13. 41:2a Hebrew 10 cubits [5.3 meters].
  14. 41:2b Hebrew 5 cubits [2.7 meters]; also in 41:9, 11.
  15. 41:2c Hebrew 40 cubits [21.2 meters] long and 20 cubits [10.6 meters] wide.
  16. 41:3a Hebrew 2 cubits [1.1 meters].
  17. 41:3b Hebrew 7 cubits [3.7 meters].
  18. 41:4 Hebrew 20 cubits [10.6 meters]; also in 41:4b, 10.
  19. 41:5 Hebrew 4 cubits [2.1 meters].
  20. 41:8 Hebrew 1 rod, 6 cubits [3.2 meters].
  21. 41:12 Hebrew 70 cubits [37.1 meters] wide and 90 cubits [47.7 meters] long, and its walls were 5 cubits [2.7 meters] thick.
  22. 41:13 Hebrew 100 cubits [53 meters]; also in 41:13b, 14, 15.
  23. 41:22 Hebrew 3 cubits [1.6 meters] high and 2 cubits [1.1 meters] across.
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James 4

Drawing Close to God

What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.

You adulterers![a] Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.[b] And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say,

“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”[c]

So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.

Warning against Judging Others

11 Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters.[d] If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you. 12 God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor?

Warning about Self-Confidence

13 Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” 14 How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. 15 What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” 16 Otherwise you are boasting about your own pretentious plans, and all such boasting is evil.

17 Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.

Footnotes:

  1. 4:4 Greek You adulteresses!
  2. 4:5 Or They say that the spirit God has placed within us is filled with envy; or They say that the Holy Spirit, whom God has placed within us, opposes our envy.
  3. 4:6 Prov 3:34 (Greek version).
  4. 4:11 Greek brothers.
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Psalm 118:19-29

19 Open for me the gates where the righteous enter,
and I will go in and thank the Lord.
20 These gates lead to the presence of the Lord,
and the godly enter there.
21 I thank you for answering my prayer
and giving me victory!

22 The stone that the builders rejected
has now become the cornerstone.
23 This is the Lord’s doing,
and it is wonderful to see.
24 This is the day the Lord has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Please, Lord, please save us.
Please, Lord, please give us success.
26 Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
We bless you from the house of the Lord.
27 The Lord is God, shining upon us.
Take the sacrifice and bind it with cords on the altar.
28 You are my God, and I will praise you!
You are my God, and I will exalt you!

29 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.

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Proverbs 28:3-5

A poor person who oppresses the poor
is like a pounding rain that destroys the crops.

To reject the law is to praise the wicked;
to obey the law is to fight them.

Evil people don’t understand justice,
but those who follow the Lord understand completely.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday November 19, 2024 (NIV)

Ezekiel 39:1-40:27

The Slaughter of Gog’s Hordes

39 “Son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord: I am your enemy, O Gog, ruler of the nations of Meshech and Tubal. I will turn you around and drive you toward the mountains of Israel, bringing you from the distant north. I will knock the bow from your left hand and the arrows from your right hand, and I will leave you helpless. You and your army and your allies will all die on the mountains. I will feed you to the vultures and wild animals. You will fall in the open fields, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign Lord. And I will rain down fire on Magog and on all your allies who live safely on the coasts. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“In this way, I will make known my holy name among my people of Israel. I will not let anyone bring shame on it. And the nations, too, will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. That day of judgment will come, says the Sovereign Lord. Everything will happen just as I have declared it.

“Then the people in the towns of Israel will go out and pick up your small and large shields, bows and arrows, javelins and spears, and they will use them for fuel. There will be enough to last them seven years! 10 They won’t need to cut wood from the fields or forests, for these weapons will give them all the fuel they need. They will plunder those who planned to plunder them, and they will rob those who planned to rob them, says the Sovereign Lord.

11 “And I will make a vast graveyard for Gog and his hordes in the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Dead Sea.[a] It will block the way of those who travel there, and they will change the name of the place to the Valley of Gog’s Hordes. 12 It will take seven months for the people of Israel to bury the bodies and cleanse the land. 13 Everyone in Israel will help, for it will be a glorious victory for Israel when I demonstrate my glory on that day, says the Sovereign Lord.

14 “After seven months, teams of men will be appointed to search the land for skeletons to bury, so the land will be made clean again. 15 Whenever bones are found, a marker will be set up so the burial crews will take them to be buried in the Valley of Gog’s Hordes. 16 (There will be a town there named Hamonah, which means ‘horde.’) And so the land will finally be cleansed.

17 “And now, son of man, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Call all the birds and wild animals. Say to them: Gather together for my great sacrificial feast. Come from far and near to the mountains of Israel, and there eat flesh and drink blood! 18 Eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of princes as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all fattened animals from Bashan! 19 Gorge yourselves with flesh until you are glutted; drink blood until you are drunk. This is the sacrificial feast I have prepared for you. 20 Feast at my banquet table—feast on horses and charioteers, on mighty men and all kinds of valiant warriors, says the Sovereign Lord.

21 “In this way, I will demonstrate my glory to the nations. Everyone will see the punishment I have inflicted on them and the power of my fist when I strike. 22 And from that time on the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God. 23 The nations will then know why Israel was sent away to exile—it was punishment for sin, for they were unfaithful to their God. Therefore, I turned away from them and let their enemies destroy them. 24 I turned my face away and punished them because of their defilement and their sins.

Restoration for God’s People

25 “So now, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will end the captivity of my people[b]; I will have mercy on all Israel, for I jealously guard my holy reputation! 26 They will accept responsibility for[c] their past shame and unfaithfulness after they come home to live in peace in their own land, with no one to bother them. 27 When I bring them home from the lands of their enemies, I will display my holiness among them for all the nations to see. 28 Then my people will know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them away to exile and brought them home again. I will leave none of my people behind. 29 And I will never again turn my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon the people of Israel. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”

The New Temple Area

40 On April 28,[d] during the twenty-fifth year of our captivity—fourteen years after the fall of Jerusalem—the Lord took hold of me. In a vision from God he took me to the land of Israel and set me down on a very high mountain. From there I could see toward the south what appeared to be a city. As he brought me nearer, I saw a man whose face shone like bronze standing beside a gateway entrance. He was holding in his hand a linen measuring cord and a measuring rod.

He said to me, “Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen.”

The East Gateway

I could see a wall completely surrounding the Temple area. The man took a measuring rod that was 10 1⁄2 feet[e] long and measured the wall, and the wall was 10 1⁄2 feet[f] thick and 10 1⁄2 feet high.

Then he went over to the eastern gateway. He climbed the steps and measured the threshold of the gateway; it was 10 1⁄2 feet front to back.[g] There were guard alcoves on each side built into the gateway passage. Each of these alcoves was 10 1⁄2 feet square, with a distance between them of 8 3⁄4 feet[h] along the passage wall. The gateway’s inner threshold, which led to the entry room at the inner end of the gateway passage, was 10 1⁄2 feet front to back. He also measured the entry room of the gateway.[i] It was 14 feet[j] across, with supporting columns 3 1⁄2 feet[k] thick. This entry room was at the inner end of the gateway structure, facing toward the Temple.

10 There were three guard alcoves on each side of the gateway passage. Each had the same measurements, and the dividing walls separating them were also identical. 11 The man measured the gateway entrance, which was 17 1⁄2 feet[l] wide at the opening and 22 3⁄4 feet[m] wide in the gateway passage. 12 In front of each of the guard alcoves was a 21-inch[n] curb. The alcoves themselves were 10 1⁄2 feet[o] on each side.

13 Then he measured the entire width of the gateway, measuring the distance between the back walls of facing guard alcoves; this distance was 43 3⁄4 feet.[p] 14 He measured the dividing walls all along the inside of the gateway up to the entry room of the gateway; this distance was 105 feet.[q] 15 The full length of the gateway passage was 87 1⁄2 feet[r] from one end to the other. 16 There were recessed windows that narrowed inward through the walls of the guard alcoves and their dividing walls. There were also windows in the entry room. The surfaces of the dividing walls were decorated with carved palm trees.

The Outer Courtyard

17 Then the man brought me through the gateway into the outer courtyard of the Temple. A stone pavement ran along the walls of the courtyard, and thirty rooms were built against the walls, opening onto the pavement. 18 This pavement flanked the gates and extended out from the walls into the courtyard the same distance as the gateway entrance. This was the lower pavement. 19 Then the man measured across the Temple’s outer courtyard between the outer and inner gateways; the distance was 175 feet.[s]

The North Gateway

20 The man measured the gateway on the north just like the one on the east. 21 Here, too, there were three guard alcoves on each side, with dividing walls and an entry room. All the measurements matched those of the east gateway. The gateway passage was 87 1⁄2 feet long and 43 3⁄4 feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves. 22 The windows, the entry room, and the palm tree decorations were identical to those in the east gateway. There were seven steps leading up to the gateway entrance, and the entry room was at the inner end of the gateway passage. 23 Here on the north side, just as on the east, there was another gateway leading to the Temple’s inner courtyard directly opposite this outer gateway. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet.

The South Gateway

24 Then the man took me around to the south gateway and measured its various parts, and they were exactly the same as in the others. 25 It had windows along the walls as the others did, and there was an entry room where the gateway passage opened into the outer courtyard. And like the others, the gateway passage was 87 1⁄2 feet long and 43 3⁄4 feet wide between the back walls of facing guard alcoves. 26 This gateway also had a stairway of seven steps leading up to it, and an entry room at the inner end, and palm tree decorations along the dividing walls. 27 And here again, directly opposite the outer gateway, was another gateway that led into the inner courtyard. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet.

Footnotes:

  1. 39:11 Hebrew the sea.
  2. 39:25 Hebrew of Jacob.
  3. 39:26 A few Hebrew manuscripts read They will forget.
  4. 40:1 Hebrew At the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This event occurred on April 28, 573 B.c.; also see note on 1:1.
  5. 40:5a Hebrew 6 long cubits [3.2 meters], each being a cubit [18 inches or 45 centimeters] and a handbreadth [3 inches or 8 centimeters] in length.
  6. 40:5b Hebrew 1 rod [3.2 meters]; also in 40:5c, 7.
  7. 40:6 As in Greek version, which reads 1 rod [3.2 meters] deep; Hebrew reads 1 rod deep, and 1 threshold, 1 rod deep.
  8. 40:7 Hebrew 5 cubits [2.7 meters]; also in 40:48.
  9. 40:8 As in many Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac version; other Hebrew manuscripts add which faced inward toward the Temple; it was 1 rod [10.5 feet or 3.2 meters] deep. Then he measured the entry room of the gateway.
  10. 40:9a Hebrew 8 cubits [4.2 meters].
  11. 40:9b Hebrew 2 cubits [1.1 meters].
  12. 40:11a Hebrew 10 cubits [5.3 meters].
  13. 40:11b Hebrew 13 cubits [6.9 meters].
  14. 40:12a Hebrew 1 cubit [53 centimeters].
  15. 40:12b Hebrew 6 cubits [3.2 meters].
  16. 40:13 Hebrew 25 cubits [13.3 meters]; also in 40:21, 25, 29, 30, 33, 36.
  17. 40:14 Hebrew 60 cubits [31.8 meters]. Greek version reads 20 cubits [35 feet or 10.6 meters]. The meaning of the Hebrew in this verse is uncertain.
  18. 40:15 Hebrew 50 cubits [26.5 meters]; also in 40:21, 25, 29, 33, 36.
  19. 40:19 Hebrew 100 cubits [53 meters]; also in 40:23, 27, 47.
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James 2:18-3

18 Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.”

19 You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God.[a] Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror. 20 How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?

21 Don’t you remember that our ancestor Abraham was shown to be right with God by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete. 23 And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”[b] He was even called the friend of God.[c] 24 So you see, we are shown to be right with God by what we do, not by faith alone.

25 Rahab the prostitute is another example. She was shown to be right with God by her actions when she hid those messengers and sent them safely away by a different road. 26 Just as the body is dead without breath,[d] so also faith is dead without good works.

Controlling the Tongue

Dear brothers and sisters,[e] not many of you should become teachers in the church, for we who teach will be judged more strictly. Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.

We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth. And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong. In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches.

But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.[f]

People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish, but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison. Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God. 10 And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right! 11 Does a spring of water bubble out with both fresh water and bitter water? 12 Does a fig tree produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? No, and you can’t draw fresh water from a salty spring.[g]

True Wisdom Comes from God

13 If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. 14 But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. 15 For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.

17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. 18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.[h]

Footnotes:

  1. 2:19 Some manuscripts read that God is one; see Deut 6:4.
  2. 2:23a Gen 15:6.
  3. 2:23b See Isa 41:8.
  4. 2:26 Or without spirit.
  5. 3:1 Greek brothers; also in 3:10.
  6. 3:6 Or for it will burn in hell (Greek Gehenna).
  7. 3:12 Greek from salt.
  8. 3:18 Or of good things, or of justice.
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Psalm 118:1-18

Psalm 118

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!
His faithful love endures forever.

Let all Israel repeat:
“His faithful love endures forever.”
Let Aaron’s descendants, the priests, repeat:
“His faithful love endures forever.”
Let all who fear the Lord repeat:
“His faithful love endures forever.”

In my distress I prayed to the Lord,
and the Lord answered me and set me free.
The Lord is for me, so I will have no fear.
What can mere people do to me?
Yes, the Lord is for me; he will help me.
I will look in triumph at those who hate me.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in people.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in princes.

10 Though hostile nations surrounded me,
I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.
11 Yes, they surrounded and attacked me,
but I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.
12 They swarmed around me like bees;
they blazed against me like a crackling fire.
But I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.
13 My enemies did their best to kill me,
but the Lord rescued me.
14 The Lord is my strength and my song;
he has given me victory.
15 Songs of joy and victory are sung in the camp of the godly.
The strong right arm of the Lord has done glorious things!
16 The strong right arm of the Lord is raised in triumph.
The strong right arm of the Lord has done glorious things!
17 I will not die; instead, I will live
to tell what the Lord has done.
18 The Lord has punished me severely,
but he did not let me die.

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Proverbs 28:2

When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily.
But wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday November 18, 2024 (NIV)

Ezekiel 37-38

A Valley of Dry Bones

37 The Lord took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the Lord to a valley filled with bones. He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out. Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?”

“O Sovereign Lord,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.”

Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord! This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again! I will put flesh and muscles on you and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

So I spoke this message, just as he told me. Suddenly as I spoke, there was a rattling noise all across the valley. The bones of each body came together and attached themselves as complete skeletons. Then as I watched, muscles and flesh formed over the bones. Then skin formed to cover their bodies, but they still had no breath in them.

Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son of man. Speak a prophetic message and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, O breath, from the four winds! Breathe into these dead bodies so they may live again.’”

10 So I spoke the message as he commanded me, and breath came into their bodies. They all came to life and stood up on their feet—a great army.

11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, ‘We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.’ 12 Therefore, prophesy to them and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: O my people, I will open your graves of exile and cause you to rise again. Then I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 When this happens, O my people, you will know that I am the Lord. 14 I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live again and return home to your own land. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done what I said. Yes, the Lord has spoken!’”

Reunion of Israel and Judah

15 Again a message came to me from the Lord: 16 “Son of man, take a piece of wood and carve on it these words: ‘This represents Judah and its allied tribes.’ Then take another piece and carve these words on it: ‘This represents Ephraim and the northern tribes of Israel.’[a] 17 Now hold them together in your hand as if they were one piece of wood. 18 When your people ask you what your actions mean, 19 say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take Ephraim and the northern tribes and join them to Judah. I will make them one piece of wood in my hand.’

20 “Then hold out the pieces of wood you have inscribed, so the people can see them. 21 And give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered. 22 I will unify them into one nation on the mountains of Israel. One king will rule them all; no longer will they be divided into two nations or into two kingdoms. 23 They will never again pollute themselves with their idols[b] and vile images and rebellion, for I will save them from their sinful apostasy.[c] I will cleanse them. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.

24 “My servant David will be their king, and they will have only one shepherd. They will obey my regulations and be careful to keep my decrees. 25 They will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren after them will live there forever, generation after generation. And my servant David will be their prince forever. 26 And I will make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant. I will give them their land and increase their numbers,[d] and I will put my Temple among them forever. 27 I will make my home among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 28 And when my Temple is among them forever, the nations will know that I am the Lord, who makes Israel holy.”

A Message for Gog

38 This is another message that came to me from the Lord: “Son of man, turn and face Gog of the land of Magog, the prince who rules over the nations of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord: Gog, I am your enemy! I will turn you around and put hooks in your jaws to lead you out with your whole army—your horses and charioteers in full armor and a great horde armed with shields and swords. Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya[e] will join you, too, with all their weapons. Gomer and all its armies will also join you, along with the armies of Beth-togarmah from the distant north, and many others.

“Get ready; be prepared! Keep all the armies around you mobilized, and take command of them. A long time from now you will be called into action. In the distant future you will swoop down on the land of Israel, which will be enjoying peace after recovering from war and after its people have returned from many lands to the mountains of Israel. You and all your allies—a vast and awesome army—will roll down on them like a storm and cover the land like a cloud.

10 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: At that time evil thoughts will come to your mind, and you will devise a wicked scheme. 11 You will say, ‘Israel is an unprotected land filled with unwalled villages! I will march against her and destroy these people who live in such confidence! 12 I will go to those formerly desolate cities that are now filled with people who have returned from exile in many nations. I will capture vast amounts of plunder, for the people are rich with livestock and other possessions now. They think the whole world revolves around them!’ 13 But Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish will ask, ‘Do you really think the armies you have gathered can rob them of silver and gold? Do you think you can drive away their livestock and seize their goods and carry off plunder?’

14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord: When my people are living in peace in their land, then you will rouse yourself.[f] 15 You will come from your homeland in the distant north with your vast cavalry and your mighty army, 16 and you will attack my people Israel, covering their land like a cloud. At that time in the distant future, I will bring you against my land as everyone watches, and my holiness will be displayed by what happens to you, Gog. Then all the nations will know that I am the Lord.

17 “This is what the Sovereign Lord asks: Are you the one I was talking about long ago, when I announced through Israel’s prophets that in the future I would bring you against my people? 18 But this is what the Sovereign Lord says: When Gog invades the land of Israel, my fury will boil over! 19 In my jealousy and blazing anger, I promise a mighty shaking in the land of Israel on that day. 20 All living things—the fish in the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people on earth—will quake in terror at my presence. Mountains will be thrown down; cliffs will crumble; walls will fall to the earth. 21 I will summon the sword against you on all the hills of Israel, says the Sovereign Lord. Your men will turn their swords against each other. 22 I will punish you and your armies with disease and bloodshed; I will send torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur! 23 In this way, I will show my greatness and holiness, and I will make myself known to all the nations of the world. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. 37:16 Hebrew This is Ephraim’s wood, representing Joseph and all the house of Israel; similarly in 37:19.
  2. 37:23a The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung.
  3. 37:23b As in many Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version; Masoretic Text reads from all their dwelling places where they sinned.
  4. 37:26 Hebrew reads I will give them and increase their numbers; Greek version lacks the entire phrase.
  5. 38:5 Hebrew Paras, Cush, and Put.
  6. 38:14 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads then you will know.
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James 1:19-2:17

Listening and Doing

19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. 20 Human anger[a] does not produce the righteousness[b] God desires. 21 So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.

22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. 23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. 24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. 25 But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

26 If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. 27 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.

A Warning against Prejudice

My dear brothers and sisters,[c] how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others?

For example, suppose someone comes into your meeting[d] dressed in fancy clothes and expensive jewelry, and another comes in who is poor and dressed in dirty clothes. If you give special attention and a good seat to the rich person, but you say to the poor one, “You can stand over there, or else sit on the floor”—well, doesn’t this discrimination show that your judgments are guided by evil motives?

Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him? But you dishonor the poor! Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court? Aren’t they the ones who slander Jesus Christ, whose noble name[e] you bear?

Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[f] But if you favor some people over others, you are committing a sin. You are guilty of breaking the law.

10 For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God’s laws. 11 For the same God who said, “You must not commit adultery,” also said, “You must not murder.”[g] So if you murder someone but do not commit adultery, you have still broken the law.

12 So whatever you say or whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law that sets you free. 13 There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.

Faith without Good Deeds Is Dead

14 What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? 15 Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, 16 and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?

17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.

Footnotes:

  1. 1:20a Greek A man’s anger.
  2. 1:20b Or the justice.
  3. 2:1 Greek brothers; also in 2:5, 14.
  4. 2:2 Greek your synagogue.
  5. 2:7 Greek slander the noble name.
  6. 2:8 Lev 19:18.
  7. 2:11 Exod 20:13-14; Deut 5:17-18.
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Psalm 117

Psalm 117

Praise the Lord, all you nations.
Praise him, all you people of the earth.
For his unfailing love for us is powerful;
the Lord’s faithfulness endures forever.

Praise the Lord!

New Living Translation (NLT)

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Proverbs 28:1

28 The wicked run away when no one is chasing them,
but the godly are as bold as lions.

New Living Translation (NLT)

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday November 18, 2024 (NIV)

Ezekiel 37-38

A Valley of Dry Bones

37 The Lord took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the Lord to a valley filled with bones. He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out. Then he asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?”

“O Sovereign Lord,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.”

Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, ‘Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord! This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again! I will put flesh and muscles on you and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

So I spoke this message, just as he told me. Suddenly as I spoke, there was a rattling noise all across the valley. The bones of each body came together and attached themselves as complete skeletons. Then as I watched, muscles and flesh formed over the bones. Then skin formed to cover their bodies, but they still had no breath in them.

Then he said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to the winds, son of man. Speak a prophetic message and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come, O breath, from the four winds! Breathe into these dead bodies so they may live again.’”

10 So I spoke the message as he commanded me, and breath came into their bodies. They all came to life and stood up on their feet—a great army.

11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, ‘We have become old, dry bones—all hope is gone. Our nation is finished.’ 12 Therefore, prophesy to them and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: O my people, I will open your graves of exile and cause you to rise again. Then I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 When this happens, O my people, you will know that I am the Lord. 14 I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live again and return home to your own land. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done what I said. Yes, the Lord has spoken!’”

Reunion of Israel and Judah

15 Again a message came to me from the Lord: 16 “Son of man, take a piece of wood and carve on it these words: ‘This represents Judah and its allied tribes.’ Then take another piece and carve these words on it: ‘This represents Ephraim and the northern tribes of Israel.’[a] 17 Now hold them together in your hand as if they were one piece of wood. 18 When your people ask you what your actions mean, 19 say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will take Ephraim and the northern tribes and join them to Judah. I will make them one piece of wood in my hand.’

20 “Then hold out the pieces of wood you have inscribed, so the people can see them. 21 And give them this message from the Sovereign Lord: I will gather the people of Israel from among the nations. I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered. 22 I will unify them into one nation on the mountains of Israel. One king will rule them all; no longer will they be divided into two nations or into two kingdoms. 23 They will never again pollute themselves with their idols[b] and vile images and rebellion, for I will save them from their sinful apostasy.[c] I will cleanse them. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.

24 “My servant David will be their king, and they will have only one shepherd. They will obey my regulations and be careful to keep my decrees. 25 They will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren after them will live there forever, generation after generation. And my servant David will be their prince forever. 26 And I will make a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant. I will give them their land and increase their numbers,[d] and I will put my Temple among them forever. 27 I will make my home among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 28 And when my Temple is among them forever, the nations will know that I am the Lord, who makes Israel holy.”

A Message for Gog

38 This is another message that came to me from the Lord: “Son of man, turn and face Gog of the land of Magog, the prince who rules over the nations of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him. Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord: Gog, I am your enemy! I will turn you around and put hooks in your jaws to lead you out with your whole army—your horses and charioteers in full armor and a great horde armed with shields and swords. Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya[e] will join you, too, with all their weapons. Gomer and all its armies will also join you, along with the armies of Beth-togarmah from the distant north, and many others.

“Get ready; be prepared! Keep all the armies around you mobilized, and take command of them. A long time from now you will be called into action. In the distant future you will swoop down on the land of Israel, which will be enjoying peace after recovering from war and after its people have returned from many lands to the mountains of Israel. You and all your allies—a vast and awesome army—will roll down on them like a storm and cover the land like a cloud.

10 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: At that time evil thoughts will come to your mind, and you will devise a wicked scheme. 11 You will say, ‘Israel is an unprotected land filled with unwalled villages! I will march against her and destroy these people who live in such confidence! 12 I will go to those formerly desolate cities that are now filled with people who have returned from exile in many nations. I will capture vast amounts of plunder, for the people are rich with livestock and other possessions now. They think the whole world revolves around them!’ 13 But Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish will ask, ‘Do you really think the armies you have gathered can rob them of silver and gold? Do you think you can drive away their livestock and seize their goods and carry off plunder?’

14 “Therefore, son of man, prophesy against Gog. Give him this message from the Sovereign Lord: When my people are living in peace in their land, then you will rouse yourself.[f] 15 You will come from your homeland in the distant north with your vast cavalry and your mighty army, 16 and you will attack my people Israel, covering their land like a cloud. At that time in the distant future, I will bring you against my land as everyone watches, and my holiness will be displayed by what happens to you, Gog. Then all the nations will know that I am the Lord.

17 “This is what the Sovereign Lord asks: Are you the one I was talking about long ago, when I announced through Israel’s prophets that in the future I would bring you against my people? 18 But this is what the Sovereign Lord says: When Gog invades the land of Israel, my fury will boil over! 19 In my jealousy and blazing anger, I promise a mighty shaking in the land of Israel on that day. 20 All living things—the fish in the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the people on earth—will quake in terror at my presence. Mountains will be thrown down; cliffs will crumble; walls will fall to the earth. 21 I will summon the sword against you on all the hills of Israel, says the Sovereign Lord. Your men will turn their swords against each other. 22 I will punish you and your armies with disease and bloodshed; I will send torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur! 23 In this way, I will show my greatness and holiness, and I will make myself known to all the nations of the world. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. 37:16 Hebrew This is Ephraim’s wood, representing Joseph and all the house of Israel; similarly in 37:19.
  2. 37:23a The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung.
  3. 37:23b As in many Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version; Masoretic Text reads from all their dwelling places where they sinned.
  4. 37:26 Hebrew reads I will give them and increase their numbers; Greek version lacks the entire phrase.
  5. 38:5 Hebrew Paras, Cush, and Put.
  6. 38:14 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads then you will know.
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James 1:19-2:17

Listening and Doing

19 Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. 20 Human anger[a] does not produce the righteousness[b] God desires. 21 So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.

22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. 23 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. 24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. 25 But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

26 If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. 27 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.

A Warning against Prejudice

My dear brothers and sisters,[c] how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others?

For example, suppose someone comes into your meeting[d] dressed in fancy clothes and expensive jewelry, and another comes in who is poor and dressed in dirty clothes. If you give special attention and a good seat to the rich person, but you say to the poor one, “You can stand over there, or else sit on the floor”—well, doesn’t this discrimination show that your judgments are guided by evil motives?

Listen to me, dear brothers and sisters. Hasn’t God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith? Aren’t they the ones who will inherit the Kingdom he promised to those who love him? But you dishonor the poor! Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court? Aren’t they the ones who slander Jesus Christ, whose noble name[e] you bear?

Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”[f] But if you favor some people over others, you are committing a sin. You are guilty of breaking the law.

10 For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God’s laws. 11 For the same God who said, “You must not commit adultery,” also said, “You must not murder.”[g] So if you murder someone but do not commit adultery, you have still broken the law.

12 So whatever you say or whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law that sets you free. 13 There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.

Faith without Good Deeds Is Dead

14 What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? 15 Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, 16 and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?

17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.

Footnotes:

  1. 1:20a Greek A man’s anger.
  2. 1:20b Or the justice.
  3. 2:1 Greek brothers; also in 2:5, 14.
  4. 2:2 Greek your synagogue.
  5. 2:7 Greek slander the noble name.
  6. 2:8 Lev 19:18.
  7. 2:11 Exod 20:13-14; Deut 5:17-18.
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Psalm 117

Psalm 117

Praise the Lord, all you nations.
Praise him, all you people of the earth.
For his unfailing love for us is powerful;
the Lord’s faithfulness endures forever.

Praise the Lord!

New Living Translation (NLT)

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Proverbs 28:1

28 The wicked run away when no one is chasing them,
but the godly are as bold as lions.

New Living Translation (NLT)

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Sunday November 17, 2024 (NIV)

Ezekiel 35-36

A Message for Edom

35 Again a message came to me from the Lord: “Son of man, turn and face Mount Seir, and prophesy against its people. Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord:

“I am your enemy, O Mount Seir,
and I will raise my fist against you
to destroy you completely.
I will demolish your cities
and make you desolate.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.

“Your eternal hatred for the people of Israel led you to butcher them when they were helpless, when I had already punished them for all their sins. As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, since you show no distaste for blood, I will give you a bloodbath of your own. Your turn has come! I will make Mount Seir utterly desolate, killing off all who try to escape and any who return. I will fill your mountains with the dead. Your hills, your valleys, and your ravines will be filled with people slaughtered by the sword. I will make you desolate forever. Your cities will never be rebuilt. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

10 “For you said, ‘The lands of Israel and Judah will be ours. We will take possession of them. What do we care that the Lord is there!’ 11 Therefore, as surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, I will pay back your angry deeds with my own. I will punish you for all your acts of anger, envy, and hatred. And I will make myself known to Israel[a] by what I do to you. 12 Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard every contemptuous word you spoke against the mountains of Israel. For you said, ‘They are desolate; they have been given to us as food to eat!’ 13 In saying that, you boasted proudly against me, and I have heard it all!

14 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The whole world will rejoice when I make you desolate. 15 You rejoiced at the desolation of Israel’s territory. Now I will rejoice at yours! You will be wiped out, you people of Mount Seir and all who live in Edom! Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Restoration for Israel

36 “Son of man, prophesy to Israel’s mountains. Give them this message: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Your enemies have taunted you, saying, ‘Aha! Now the ancient heights belong to us!’ Therefore, son of man, give the mountains of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: Your enemies have attacked you from all directions, making you the property of many nations and the object of much mocking and slander. Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. He speaks to the hills and mountains, ravines and valleys, and to ruined wastes and long-deserted cities that have been destroyed and mocked by the surrounding nations. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My jealous anger burns against these nations, especially Edom, because they have shown utter contempt for me by gleefully taking my land for themselves as plunder.

“Therefore, prophesy to the hills and mountains, the ravines and valleys of Israel. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am furious that you have suffered shame before the surrounding nations. Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I have taken a solemn oath that those nations will soon have their own shame to endure.

“But the mountains of Israel will produce heavy crops of fruit for my people—for they will be coming home again soon! See, I care about you, and I will pay attention to you. Your ground will be plowed and your crops planted. 10 I will greatly increase the population of Israel, and the ruined cities will be rebuilt and filled with people. 11 I will increase not only the people, but also your animals. O mountains of Israel, I will bring people to live on you once again. I will make you even more prosperous than you were before. Then you will know that I am the Lord. 12 I will cause my people to walk on you once again, and you will be their territory. You will never again rob them of their children.

13 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The other nations taunt you, saying, ‘Israel is a land that devours its own people and robs them of their children!’ 14 But you will never again devour your people or rob them of their children, says the Sovereign Lord. 15 I will not let you hear those other nations insult you, and you will no longer be mocked by them. You will not be a land that causes its nation to fall, says the Sovereign Lord.”

16 Then this further message came to me from the Lord: 17 “Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by the evil way they lived. To me their conduct was as unclean as a woman’s menstrual cloth. 18 They polluted the land with murder and the worship of idols,[b] so I poured out my fury on them. 19 I scattered them to many lands to punish them for the evil way they had lived. 20 But when they were scattered among the nations, they brought shame on my holy name. For the nations said, ‘These are the people of the Lord, but he couldn’t keep them safe in his own land!’ 21 Then I was concerned for my holy name, on which my people brought shame among the nations.

22 “Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: I am bringing you back, but not because you deserve it. I am doing it to protect my holy name, on which you brought shame while you were scattered among the nations. 23 I will show how holy my great name is—the name on which you brought shame among the nations. And when I reveal my holiness through you before their very eyes, says the Sovereign Lord, then the nations will know that I am the Lord. 24 For I will gather you up from all the nations and bring you home again to your land.

25 “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.[c] 27 And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.

28 “And you will live in Israel, the land I gave your ancestors long ago. You will be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will cleanse you of your filthy behavior. I will give you good crops of grain, and I will send no more famines on the land. 30 I will give you great harvests from your fruit trees and fields, and never again will the surrounding nations be able to scoff at your land for its famines. 31 Then you will remember your past sins and despise yourselves for all the detestable things you did. 32 But remember, says the Sovereign Lord, I am not doing this because you deserve it. O my people of Israel, you should be utterly ashamed of all you have done!

33 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I cleanse you from your sins, I will repopulate your cities, and the ruins will be rebuilt. 34 The fields that used to lie empty and desolate in plain view of everyone will again be farmed. 35 And when I bring you back, people will say, ‘This former wasteland is now like the Garden of Eden! The abandoned and ruined cities now have strong walls and are filled with people!’ 36 Then the surrounding nations that survive will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted the wasteland. For I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do what I say.

37 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am ready to hear Israel’s prayers and to increase their numbers like a flock. 38 They will be as numerous as the sacred flocks that fill Jerusalem’s streets at the time of her festivals. The ruined cities will be crowded with people once more, and everyone will know that I am the Lord.”

Footnotes:

  1. 35:11 Hebrew to them; Greek version reads to you.
  2. 36:18 The Hebrew term (literally round things) probably alludes to dung; also in 36:25.
  3. 36:26 Hebrew a heart of flesh.
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James 1:1-18

Greetings from James

This letter is from James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I am writing to the “twelve tribes”—Jewish believers scattered abroad.

Greetings!

Faith and Endurance

Dear brothers and sisters,[a] when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.

Believers who are[b] poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them. 10 And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field. 11 The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and its beauty fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all of their achievements.

12 God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. 13 And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting me.” God is never tempted to do wrong,[c] and he never tempts anyone else. 14 Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. 15 These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.

16 So don’t be misled, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens.[d] He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.[e] 18 He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.[f]

Footnotes:

  1. 1:2 Greek brothers; also in 1:16, 19.
  2. 1:9 Greek The brother who is.
  3. 1:13 Or God should not be put to a test by evil people.
  4. 1:17a Greek from above, from the Father of lights.
  5. 1:17b Some manuscripts read He never changes, as a shifting shadow does.
  6. 1:18 Greek we became a kind of firstfruit of his creatures.
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Psalm 116

Psalm 116

I love the Lord because he hears my voice
and my prayer for mercy.
Because he bends down to listen,
I will pray as long as I have breath!
Death wrapped its ropes around me;
the terrors of the grave[a] overtook me.
I saw only trouble and sorrow.
Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“Please, Lord, save me!”
How kind the Lord is! How good he is!
So merciful, this God of ours!
The Lord protects those of childlike faith;
I was facing death, and he saved me.
Let my soul be at rest again,
for the Lord has been good to me.
He has saved me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling.
And so I walk in the Lord’s presence
as I live here on earth!
10 I believed in you, so I said,
“I am deeply troubled, Lord.”
11 In my anxiety I cried out to you,
“These people are all liars!”
12 What can I offer the Lord
for all he has done for me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and praise the Lord’s name for saving me.
14 I will keep my promises to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.

15 The Lord cares deeply
when his loved ones die.
16 O Lord, I am your servant;
yes, I am your servant, born into your household;
you have freed me from my chains.
17 I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving
and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people—
19 in the house of the Lord
in the heart of Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord!

Footnotes:

  1. 116:3 Hebrew of Sheol.
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Proverbs 27:23-27

23 Know the state of your flocks,
and put your heart into caring for your herds,
24 for riches don’t last forever,
and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.
25 After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears
and the mountain grasses are gathered in,
26 your sheep will provide wool for clothing,
and your goats will provide the price of a field.
27 And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself,
your family, and your servant girls.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday November 16, 2024 (NIV)

Ezekiel 33-34

Renewal of Ezekiel’s Call as Watchman

33 The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, speak to your people and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword(A) against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman,(B) and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet(C) to warn the people, then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed the warning(D) and the sword comes and takes their life, their blood will be on their own head.(E) Since they heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, their blood will be on their own head.(F) If they had heeded the warning, they would have saved themselves.(G) But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’(H)

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman(I) for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.(J) When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,(K)’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.(L) But if you do warn the wicked person to turn from their ways and they do not do so,(M) they will die for their sin, though you yourself will be saved.(N)

10 “Son of man, say to the Israelites, ‘This is what you are saying: “Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away(O) because of[b] them. How then can we live?(P)”’ 11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live.(Q) Turn!(R) Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?’(S)

12 “Therefore, son of man, say to your people,(T) ‘If someone who is righteous disobeys, that person’s former righteousness will count for nothing. And if someone who is wicked repents, that person’s former wickedness will not bring condemnation. The righteous person who sins will not be allowed to live even though they were formerly righteous.’(U) 13 If I tell a righteous person that they will surely live, but then they trust in their righteousness and do evil, none of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered; they will die for the evil they have done.(V) 14 And if I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but they then turn away from their sin and do what is just(W) and right— 15 if they give back what they took in pledge(X) for a loan, return what they have stolen,(Y) follow the decrees that give life, and do no evil—that person will surely live; they will not die.(Z) 16 None of the sins(AA) that person has committed will be remembered against them. They have done what is just and right; they will surely live.(AB)

17 “Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just. 18 If a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil,(AC) they will die for it.(AD) 19 And if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live by doing so.(AE) 20 Yet you Israelites say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to your own ways.”(AF)

Jerusalem’s Fall Explained

21 In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month on the fifth day, a man who had escaped(AG) from Jerusalem came to me and said, “The city has fallen!(AH) 22 Now the evening before the man arrived, the hand of the Lord was on me,(AI) and he opened my mouth(AJ) before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer silent.(AK)

23 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 24 “Son of man, the people living in those ruins(AL) in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many;(AM) surely the land has been given to us as our possession.’(AN) 25 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you eat(AO) meat with the blood(AP) still in it and look to your idols and shed blood, should you then possess the land?(AQ) 26 You rely on your sword, you do detestable things,(AR) and each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife.(AS) Should you then possess the land?’

27 “Say this to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those who are left in the ruins will fall by the sword, those out in the country I will give to the wild animals to be devoured, and those in strongholds and caves will die of a plague.(AT) 28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and her proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains(AU) of Israel will become desolate so that no one will cross them.(AV) 29 Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolate(AW) waste because of all the detestable things they have done.’(AX)

30 “As for you, son of man, your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the Lord.’ 31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before(AY) you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy(AZ) for unjust gain.(BA) 32 Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs(BB) with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.(BC)

33 “When all this comes true—and it surely will—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.(BD)

The Lord Will Be Israel’s Shepherd

34 The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock?(BE) You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock.(BF) You have not strengthened the weak or healed(BG) the sick or bound up(BH) the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.(BI) So they were scattered because there was no shepherd,(BJ) and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals.(BK) My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill.(BL) They were scattered(BM) over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.(BN)

“‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered(BO) and has become food for all the wild animals,(BP) and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock,(BQ) therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against(BR) the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue(BS) my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.(BT)

11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep(BU) and look after them. 12 As a shepherd(BV) looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.(BW) 13 I will bring them out from the nations and gather(BX) them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land.(BY) I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land.(BZ) 14 I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel(CA) will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture(CB) on the mountains of Israel.(CC) 15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down,(CD) declares the Sovereign Lord.(CE) 16 I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up(CF) the injured and strengthen the weak,(CG) but the sleek and the strong I will destroy.(CH) I will shepherd the flock with justice.(CI)

17 “‘As for you, my flock, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats.(CJ) 18 Is it not enough(CK) for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet?(CL) Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.(CM) 21 Because you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak sheep with your horns(CN) until you have driven them away, 22 I will save my flock, and they will no longer be plundered. I will judge between one sheep and another.(CO) 23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend(CP) them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.(CQ) 24 I the Lord will be their God,(CR) and my servant David(CS) will be prince among them.(CT) I the Lord have spoken.(CU)

25 “‘I will make a covenant(CV) of peace(CW) with them and rid the land of savage beasts(CX) so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.(CY) 26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[c](CZ) I will send down showers in season;(DA) there will be showers of blessing.(DB) 27 The trees will yield their fruit(DC) and the ground will yield its crops;(DD) the people will be secure(DE) in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke(DF) and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(DG) 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety,(DH) and no one will make them afraid.(DI) 29 I will provide for them a land renowned(DJ) for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine(DK) in the land or bear the scorn(DL) of the nations.(DM) 30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.(DN) 31 You are my sheep,(DO) the sheep of my pasture,(DP) and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

Footnotes:

  1. Ezekiel 33:8 Or in; also in verse 9
  2. Ezekiel 33:10 Or away in
  3. Ezekiel 34:26 Or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed

Cross references:

  1. Ezekiel 33:2 : S Lev 26:25; S Jer 12:12
  2. Ezekiel 33:2 : S 1Sa 14:16; Isa 21:6-9; S Jer 51:12
  3. Ezekiel 33:3 : S Ex 20:18; S Nu 10:7; Hos 5:8; 8:1
  4. Ezekiel 33:4 : 2Ch 25:16
  5. Ezekiel 33:4 : S Lev 20:9; S Jer 6:17; Zec 1:4; Ac 18:6
  6. Ezekiel 33:5 : S Lev 20:9
  7. Ezekiel 33:5 : S Ex 9:21
  8. Ezekiel 33:6 : Isa 56:10-11; S Eze 3:18
  9. Ezekiel 33:7 : S Isa 52:8
  10. Ezekiel 33:7 : Jer 1:17; 26:2
  11. Ezekiel 33:8 : ver 14
  12. Ezekiel 33:8 : S Isa 3:11; S Eze 18:4
  13. Ezekiel 33:9 : S Ps 7:12
  14. Ezekiel 33:9 : Eze 3:17-19
  15. Ezekiel 33:10 : S Lev 26:16
  16. Ezekiel 33:10 : S Lev 26:39; S Eze 4:17
  17. Ezekiel 33:11 : S La 3:33
  18. Ezekiel 33:11 : S 2Ch 30:9; S Isa 19:22; S Jer 3:12
  19. Ezekiel 33:11 : Jer 44:7-8; S Eze 18:23; Hos 11:8; Joel 2:12; S 1Ti 2:4
  20. Ezekiel 33:12 : ver 2
  21. Ezekiel 33:12 : 2Ch 7:14; S Eze 3:20; S 18:21
  22. Ezekiel 33:13 : Heb 10:38; 2Pe 2:20-21
  23. Ezekiel 33:14 : S Jer 22:3
  24. Ezekiel 33:15 : S Ex 22:26
  25. Ezekiel 33:15 : Ex 22:1-4; S Lev 6:2-5
  26. Ezekiel 33:15 : Isa 55:7; Jer 18:7-8; S Lk 19:8
  27. Ezekiel 33:16 : S Jer 50:20
  28. Ezekiel 33:16 : S Isa 43:25
  29. Ezekiel 33:18 : Jer 18:10
  30. Ezekiel 33:18 : S Eze 3:20
  31. Ezekiel 33:19 : S ver 14-15
  32. Ezekiel 33:20 : S Job 34:11
  33. Ezekiel 33:21 : Eze 24:26
  34. Ezekiel 33:21 : S 2Ki 25:4, 10; Jer 39:1-2; 52:4-7; S Eze 32:1
  35. Ezekiel 33:22 : S Eze 1:3
  36. Ezekiel 33:22 : Eze 29:21; Lk 1:64
  37. Ezekiel 33:22 : Eze 3:26-27; S 24:27
  38. Ezekiel 33:24 : Eze 36:4
  39. Ezekiel 33:24 : S Dt 1:10
  40. Ezekiel 33:24 : Isa 51:2; Jer 40:7; Eze 11:15; Lk 3:8; Ac 7:5
  41. Ezekiel 33:25 : Jer 7:21
  42. Ezekiel 33:25 : S Ge 9:4
  43. Ezekiel 33:25 : Jer 7:9-10; S Eze 22:6, 27
  44. Ezekiel 33:26 : Jer 41:7
  45. Ezekiel 33:26 : Eze 22:11
  46. Ezekiel 33:27 : 1Sa 13:6; Isa 2:19; S Jer 42:22; S Eze 7:15; S 14:21; 39:4
  47. Ezekiel 33:28 : S Isa 41:15
  48. Ezekiel 33:28 : S Ge 6:7; Jer 9:10
  49. Ezekiel 33:29 : S Lev 26:34
  50. Ezekiel 33:29 : S Jer 18:16; S 44:22; Eze 36:4; Mic 7:13
  51. Ezekiel 33:31 : S Eze 8:1
  52. Ezekiel 33:31 : Ps 119:36
  53. Ezekiel 33:31 : Ps 78:36-37; S Isa 29:13; S 33:15; S Jer 3:10; S 6:17; S Eze 22:27; Mt 13:22; 1Jn 3:18
  54. Ezekiel 33:32 : S 1Ki 4:32
  55. Ezekiel 33:32 : Mk 6:20
  56. Ezekiel 33:33 : S 1Sa 3:20; S Jer 28:9; S Eze 2:5
  57. Ezekiel 34:2 : Ps 78:70-72; Isa 40:11; Jer 3:15; S 23:1; Mic 3:11; Jn 10:11; 21:15-17; Jude 1:12
  58. Ezekiel 34:3 : Isa 56:11; S Eze 22:27; Am 6:4; Zec 11:5
  59. Ezekiel 34:4 : S Isa 3:7
  60. Ezekiel 34:4 : S Isa 1:6
  61. Ezekiel 34:4 : ver 16; S Lev 25:43; Mic 3:3; Zec 11:15-17
  62. Ezekiel 34:5 : S Nu 27:17
  63. Ezekiel 34:5 : ver 28; S Isa 56:9; Ac 20:29
  64. Ezekiel 34:6 : S Jer 50:6
  65. Ezekiel 34:6 : S Lev 26:33; S Ps 95:10; S Jer 10:21
  66. Ezekiel 34:6 : 2Ch 18:16; Ps 142:4; Hos 7:13; S Mt 9:36; 18:12-13; Lk 15:5; 1Pe 2:25
  67. Ezekiel 34:8 : S Jdg 2:14
  68. Ezekiel 34:8 : S Isa 56:9
  69. Ezekiel 34:8 : Jude 1:12
  70. Ezekiel 34:10 : S Jer 21:13
  71. Ezekiel 34:10 : S Ps 72:14
  72. Ezekiel 34:10 : 1Sa 2:29-30; S Jer 23:2; Zec 10:3
  73. Ezekiel 34:11 : S Ps 119:176
  74. Ezekiel 34:12 : Isa 40:11; S Jer 31:10; Zec 10:3; Lk 19:10
  75. Ezekiel 34:12 : S Eze 32:7
  76. Ezekiel 34:13 : S Ge 48:21; S Dt 30:4
  77. Ezekiel 34:13 : S Isa 66:20; S Jer 23:8; S Eze 11:17; Mic 4:6
  78. Ezekiel 34:13 : Jer 23:3; S Jer 50:19; S Eze 28:25; 36:24
  79. Ezekiel 34:14 : S Eze 20:40
  80. Ezekiel 34:14 : Ps 23:2; S 37:3
  81. Ezekiel 34:14 : S Isa 65:10; Eze 36:29-30; 37:22; Am 9:14; Mic 7:14
  82. Ezekiel 34:15 : Zep 3:13
  83. Ezekiel 34:15 : Ps 23:1-2; S Jer 33:12; Mic 5:4
  84. Ezekiel 34:16 : S Ps 147:3
  85. Ezekiel 34:16 : Mic 4:6; Zep 3:19
  86. Ezekiel 34:16 : Lk 19:10
  87. Ezekiel 34:16 : Isa 10:16; S Jer 31:8; Lk 5:32
  88. Ezekiel 34:17 : Mt 25:32-33
  89. Ezekiel 34:18 : S Ge 30:15
  90. Ezekiel 34:18 : S Eze 32:2
  91. Ezekiel 34:20 : Mt 25:32
  92. Ezekiel 34:21 : S Dt 33:17
  93. Ezekiel 34:22 : Ps 72:12-14; Jer 23:2-3; Eze 20:37-38
  94. Ezekiel 34:23 : Isa 40:11
  95. Ezekiel 34:23 : S Isa 31:4; Mic 5:4
  96. Ezekiel 34:24 : Eze 36:28
  97. Ezekiel 34:24 : Ps 89:49
  98. Ezekiel 34:24 : S Isa 53:4; Zec 13:7
  99. Ezekiel 34:24 : Jer 23:4-5; S 30:9; S 33:14; Jn 10:16; Rev 7:17
  100. Ezekiel 34:25 : S Eze 16:62
  101. Ezekiel 34:25 : S Nu 25:12
  102. Ezekiel 34:25 : Lev 26:6
  103. Ezekiel 34:25 : S Lev 25:18; Isa 11:6-9; Hos 2:18
  104. Ezekiel 34:26 : S Ge 12:2
  105. Ezekiel 34:26 : Ps 68:9; Joel 2:23
  106. Ezekiel 34:26 : Dt 11:13-15; S 28:12; Isa 44:3
  107. Ezekiel 34:27 : S Ps 72:16
  108. Ezekiel 34:27 : S Job 14:9; S Ps 67:6
  109. Ezekiel 34:27 : S Nu 24:21
  110. Ezekiel 34:27 : S Lev 26:13
  111. Ezekiel 34:27 : S Jer 30:8; S Eze 20:42; S 28:25
  112. Ezekiel 34:28 : S Jer 32:37
  113. Ezekiel 34:28 : S Jer 30:10; S Eze 28:26; 39:26; Hos 11:11; Am 9:15; Zep 3:13; Zec 14:11
  114. Ezekiel 34:29 : S Isa 4:2
  115. Ezekiel 34:29 : Eze 36:29
  116. Ezekiel 34:29 : S Ps 137:3; Eze 36:6; Joel 2:19
  117. Ezekiel 34:29 : Eze 36:15
  118. Ezekiel 34:30 : S Eze 14:11; 37:27
  119. Ezekiel 34:31 : S Ps 28:9
  120. Ezekiel 34:31 : S Jer 23:1
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Hebrews 13

Concluding Exhortations

13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.(A) Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers,(B) for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.(C) Continue to remember those in prison(D) as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.

Marriage should be honored by all,(E) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(F) Keep your lives free from the love of money(G) and be content with what you have,(H) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”[a](I)

So we say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?”[b](J)

Remember your leaders,(K) who spoke the word of God(L) to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate(M) their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.(N)

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.(O) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened(P) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,(Q) which is of no benefit to those who do so.(R) 10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle(S) have no right to eat.(T)

11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering,(U) but the bodies are burned outside the camp.(V) 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate(W) to make the people holy(X) through his own blood.(Y) 13 Let us, then, go to him(Z) outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.(AA) 14 For here we do not have an enduring city,(AB) but we are looking for the city that is to come.(AC)

15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice(AD) of praise—the fruit of lips(AE) that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others,(AF) for with such sacrifices(AG) God is pleased.

17 Have confidence in your leaders(AH) and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you(AI) as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

18 Pray for us.(AJ) We are sure that we have a clear conscience(AK) and desire to live honorably in every way. 19 I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.(AL)

Benediction and Final Greetings

20 Now may the God of peace,(AM) who through the blood of the eternal covenant(AN) brought back from the dead(AO) our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,(AP) 21 equip you with everything good for doing his will,(AQ) and may he work in us(AR) what is pleasing to him,(AS) through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.(AT)

22 Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.(AU)

23 I want you to know that our brother Timothy(AV) has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.

24 Greet all your leaders(AW) and all the Lord’s people. Those from Italy(AX) send you their greetings.

25 Grace be with you all.(AY)

Footnotes:

  1. Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
  2. Hebrews 13:6 Psalm 118:6,7

Cross references:

  1. Hebrews 13:1 : S Ro 12:10
  2. Hebrews 13:2 : Job 31:32; Mt 25:35; S Ro 12:13
  3. Hebrews 13:2 : Ge 18:1-33; 19:1-3
  4. Hebrews 13:3 : Mt 25:36; Col 4:18; Heb 10:34
  5. Hebrews 13:4 : Mal 2:15; 1Co 7:38; 1Ti 4:3
  6. Hebrews 13:4 : Dt 22:22; 1Co 6:9; Rev 22:15
  7. Hebrews 13:5 : S 1Ti 3:3
  8. Hebrews 13:5 : Php 4:11; 1Ti 6:6, 8
  9. Hebrews 13:5 : Dt 31:6, 8; Jos 1:5
  10. Hebrews 13:6 : Ps 118:6, 7
  11. Hebrews 13:7 : ver 17, 24; 1Co 16:16
  12. Hebrews 13:7 : S Heb 4:12
  13. Hebrews 13:7 : Heb 6:12
  14. Hebrews 13:8 : Ps 102:27; Heb 1:12
  15. Hebrews 13:9 : Eph 4:14
  16. Hebrews 13:9 : Col 2:7
  17. Hebrews 13:9 : Col 2:16
  18. Hebrews 13:9 : Heb 9:10
  19. Hebrews 13:10 : Heb 8:5
  20. Hebrews 13:10 : 1Co 9:13; 10:18
  21. Hebrews 13:11 : Lev 16:15
  22. Hebrews 13:11 : Ex 29:14; Lev 4:12, 21; 9:11; 16:27
  23. Hebrews 13:12 : Jn 19:17
  24. Hebrews 13:12 : S Eph 5:26
  25. Hebrews 13:12 : S Ro 3:25
  26. Hebrews 13:13 : Lk 9:23
  27. Hebrews 13:13 : Heb 11:26
  28. Hebrews 13:14 : Heb 12:27
  29. Hebrews 13:14 : Php 3:20; Heb 11:10, 27; 12:22
  30. Hebrews 13:15 : 1Pe 2:5
  31. Hebrews 13:15 : Isa 57:19; Hos 14:2
  32. Hebrews 13:16 : Ro 12:13
  33. Hebrews 13:16 : Php 4:18
  34. Hebrews 13:17 : ver 7, 24
  35. Hebrews 13:17 : Isa 62:6; Ac 20:28
  36. Hebrews 13:18 : S 1Th 5:25
  37. Hebrews 13:18 : S Ac 23:1
  38. Hebrews 13:19 : Phm 22
  39. Hebrews 13:20 : S Ro 15:33
  40. Hebrews 13:20 : Ge 9:16; 17:7, 13, 19; Isa 55:3; 61:8; Eze 37:26; S Mt 26:28
  41. Hebrews 13:20 : S Ac 2:24
  42. Hebrews 13:20 : S Jn 10:11
  43. Hebrews 13:21 : 2Co 9:8
  44. Hebrews 13:21 : S Php 2:13
  45. Hebrews 13:21 : 1Jn 3:22
  46. Hebrews 13:21 : S Ro 11:36
  47. Hebrews 13:22 : 1Pe 5:12
  48. Hebrews 13:23 : S Ac 16:1
  49. Hebrews 13:24 : ver 7, 17
  50. Hebrews 13:24 : Ac 18:2
  51. Hebrews 13:25 : S Col 4:18
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Psalm 115

Psalm 115(A)

Not to us, Lord, not to us
but to your name be the glory,(B)
because of your love and faithfulness.(C)

Why do the nations say,
“Where is their God?”(D)
Our God is in heaven;(E)
he does whatever pleases him.(F)
But their idols are silver and gold,(G)
made by human hands.(H)
They have mouths, but cannot speak,(I)
eyes, but cannot see.
They have ears, but cannot hear,
noses, but cannot smell.
They have hands, but cannot feel,
feet, but cannot walk,
nor can they utter a sound with their throats.
Those who make them will be like them,
and so will all who trust in them.

All you Israelites, trust(J) in the Lord
he is their help and shield.
10 House of Aaron,(K) trust in the Lord
he is their help and shield.
11 You who fear him,(L) trust in the Lord
he is their help and shield.

12 The Lord remembers(M) us and will bless us:(N)
He will bless his people Israel,
he will bless the house of Aaron,
13 he will bless those who fear(O) the Lord
small and great alike.

14 May the Lord cause you to flourish,(P)
both you and your children.
15 May you be blessed by the Lord,
the Maker of heaven(Q) and earth.

16 The highest heavens belong to the Lord,(R)
but the earth he has given(S) to mankind.
17 It is not the dead(T) who praise the Lord,
those who go down to the place of silence;
18 it is we who extol the Lord,(U)
both now and forevermore.(V)

Praise the Lord.[a](W)

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 115:18 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
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Proverbs 27:21-22

21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,(A)
but people are tested by their praise.

22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding them like grain with a pestle,
you will not remove their folly from them.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 27:21 : S Pr 17:3
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday November 15, 2024 (NIV)

Ezekiel 31-32

Pharaoh to Be Slain

31 (A)In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: (B)“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to (C)his multitude:

(D)“Whom are you like in your greatness?
Behold, (E)Assyria was a (F)cedar in (G)Lebanon,
with beautiful branches and (H)forest shade,
(I)and of towering height,
its top among the clouds.[a]
The waters nourished it;
the deep made it grow tall,
making (J)its rivers flow
around the place of its planting,
sending forth its streams
to all the trees of the field.
So (K)it towered high
above all the trees of the field;
its boughs grew large
and its branches long
from (L)abundant water in its shoots.
(M)All the birds of the heavens
made their nests in its boughs;
under its branches all the beasts of the field
gave birth to their young,
and under its shadow
lived all great nations.
It was (N)beautiful in its greatness,
in the length of its branches;
(O)for its roots went down
to abundant waters.
(P)The cedars (Q)in the garden of God could not rival it,
nor the fir trees equal its boughs;
neither were the plane trees
like its branches;
no tree (R)in the garden of God
was its equal in beauty.
I made it beautiful
in the mass of its branches,
and all the trees of (S)Eden envied it,
that were in the garden of God.

10 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because (T)it[b] towered high and set its top among the clouds,[c] and (U)its heart was proud of its height, 11 I will give it into the hand of a mighty one of the nations. He shall surely deal with it as its wickedness deserves. I have cast it out. 12 (V)Foreigners, (W)the most ruthless of nations, have cut it down and left it. (X)On the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs have been broken in all (Y)the ravines of the land, and (Z)all the peoples of the earth have gone away from its shadow and left it. 13 (AA)On its fallen trunk dwell all the birds of the heavens, and on its branches are all the beasts of the field. 14 (AB)All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to towering height or set their tops among the clouds,[d] and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height. For they are all given over to death, (AC)to the world (AD)below, among the children of man,[e] with those who go down to the pit.

15 “Thus says the Lord God: On the day (AE)the cedar[f] went down to Sheol I caused mourning; I closed the deep over it, and restrained its rivers, and many waters were stopped. I clothed Lebanon in gloom for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. 16 (AF)I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall, (AG)when I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit. (AH)And all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, (AI)were comforted in the world below. 17 They also went down to Sheol with it, (AJ)to those who are slain by the sword; yes, (AK)those who were its arm, (AL)who lived under its shadow among the nations.

18 (AM)“Whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness (AN)among the trees of Eden? (AO)You shall be brought down with (AP)the trees of Eden to the world below. (AQ)You shall lie among the uncircumcised, (AR)with those who are slain by the sword.

(AS)“This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord God.”

A Lament over Pharaoh and Egypt

32 (AT)In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: (AU)“Son of man, (AV)raise a lamentation over (AW)Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

“You consider yourself (AX)a lion of the nations,
but you are like (AY)a dragon (AZ)in the seas;
(BA)you burst forth in your rivers,
trouble the waters with your feet,
and foul their rivers.
Thus says the Lord God:
(BB)I will throw my net over you
with a host of (BC)many peoples,
and (BD)they will haul you up in my dragnet.
And (BE)I will cast you on the ground;
on the open field I will fling you,
and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle on you,
and I will gorge the beasts of the whole earth with you.
I will strew your flesh (BF)upon the mountains
and fill the valleys with your carcass.[g]
I will drench the land even to the mountains
with your flowing blood,
and the ravines will be full of you.
(BG)When I blot you out, (BH)I will cover the heavens
and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon shall not give its light.
All the bright lights of heaven
will I make dark over you,
and (BI)put darkness on your land,
declares the Lord God.

“I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries that you have not known. 10 (BJ)I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when (BK)I brandish my sword before them. (BL)They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.

11 “For thus says the Lord God: (BM)The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you. 12 I will cause (BN)your multitude to fall by the swords of mighty ones, all of them (BO)most ruthless of nations.

(BP)“They shall bring to ruin the pride of Egypt,
and all its multitude[h] shall perish.
13 I will destroy all its beasts
from beside many waters;
(BQ)and no foot of man shall trouble them anymore,
nor shall the hoofs of beasts trouble them.
14 Then (BR)I will make their waters clear,
and cause their rivers to run like oil,
declares the Lord God.
15 When I make the land of Egypt desolate,
and when the land (BS)is desolate of all that fills it,
when I strike down all who dwell in it,
then (BT)they will know that I am the Lord.

16 (BU)This is a lamentation that shall be chanted; the daughters of the nations shall chant it; over Egypt, and over (BV)all her multitude, shall they chant it, declares the Lord God.”

17 (BW)In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month,[i] on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 18 (BX)“Son of man, (BY)wail over (BZ)the multitude of Egypt, and (CA)send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, (CB)to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:

19 (CC)‘Whom do you surpass in beauty?
Go down and (CD)be laid to rest with the uncircumcised.’

20 They shall fall amid those (CE)who are slain by the sword. Egypt[j] is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and (CF)all her multitudes. 21 The mighty chiefs (CG)shall speak of them, (CH)with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: ‘They have come down, they lie still, (CI)the uncircumcised, (CJ)slain by the sword.’

22 (CK)“Assyria is there, and all her company, (CL)its graves all around it, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, 23 whose graves are set in (CM)the uttermost parts of the pit; and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, (CN)who spread terror (CO)in the land of the living.

24 (CP)“Elam is (CQ)there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them (CR)slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into (CS)the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and (CT)they bear their shame (CU)with those who go down to the pit. 25 (CV)They have made her a bed among the slain with all her multitude, (CW)her graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for terror of them was spread in the land of the living, and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are placed among the slain.

26 (CX)“Meshech-Tubal is (CY)there, and all her multitude, (CZ)her graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they spread their terror in the land of the living. 27 And (DA)they do not lie with the mighty, the fallen from among the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones; for the terror of the mighty men was in the land of the living. 28 But as for you, you shall be broken (DB)and lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword.

29 (DC)“Edom is (DD)there, her kings and all her princes, who for all their might are laid with those who are killed by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.

30 “The princes (DE)of the north are there, all of them, and all the (DF)Sidonians, who have gone down in shame with the slain, (DG)for all the terror that they caused by their might; they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and (DH)bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

31 “When Pharaoh sees them, he (DI)will be comforted for (DJ)all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord God. 32 (DK)For I spread terror (DL)in the land of the living; and he shall be laid to rest among (DM)the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord God.”

Footnotes:

  1. Ezekiel 31:3 Or its top went through the thick boughs
  2. Ezekiel 31:10 Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew you
  3. Ezekiel 31:10 Or its top through the thick boughs
  4. Ezekiel 31:14 Or their tops through the thick boughs
  5. Ezekiel 31:14 Or of Adam
  6. Ezekiel 31:15 Hebrew it
  7. Ezekiel 32:5 Hebrew your height
  8. Ezekiel 32:12 Or wealth
  9. Ezekiel 32:17 Hebrew lacks in the twelfth month
  10. Ezekiel 32:20 Hebrew She

Cross references:

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

14 (A)Strive for peace with everyone, and for the (B)holiness (C)without which no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one (D)fails to obtain the grace of God; that no (E)“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; 16 that no one is (F)sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. 17 For you know that (G)afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.

A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken

18 For you have not come to (H)what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest 19 and (I)the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words (J)made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. 20 For they could not endure the order that was given, (K)“If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.” 21 Indeed, (L)so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.” 22 But you have come to (M)Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, (N)the heavenly Jerusalem, and to (O)innumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to (P)the assembly[a] of the firstborn who are (Q)enrolled in heaven, and to (R)God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 and to Jesus, (S)the mediator of a new covenant, and to (T)the sprinkled blood (U)that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For (V)if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. 26 At that time (W)his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, (X)“Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27 This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates (Y)the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving (Z)a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus (AA)let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our (AB)God is a consuming fire.

Footnotes:

  1. Hebrews 12:23 Or church
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Psalm 113-114

Who Is like the Lord Our God?

113 (A)Praise the Lord!
(B)Praise, O (C)servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord!

(D)Blessed be the name of the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore!
(E)From the rising of the sun to its setting,
(F)the name of the Lord is (G)to be praised!

The Lord is (H)high above all nations,
and his (I)glory above the heavens!
(J)Who is like the Lord our God,
who is seated on high,
who (K)looks far down
on the heavens and the earth?
He (L)raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
to make them (M)sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
He (N)gives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
(O)Praise the Lord!

Tremble at the Presence of the Lord

114 When (P)Israel went out from Egypt,
the house of Jacob from (Q)a people of strange language,
Judah became his (R)sanctuary,
Israel his dominion.

(S)The sea looked and fled;
(T)Jordan turned back.
(U)The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.

What (V)ails you, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
O mountains, that you skip like rams?
O hills, like lambs?

(W)Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,
who turns (X)the rock into (Y)a pool of water,
(Z)the flint into a spring of water.

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Proverbs 27:18-20

18 (A)Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who (B)guards his master will be honored.
19 As in water face reflects face,
so the heart of man reflects the man.
20 (C)Sheol and Abaddon are (D)never satisfied,
and (E)never satisfied are the eyes of man.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday November 14, 2024 (NIV)

Ezekiel 29-30

Prophecy Against Egypt

29 (A)In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: (B)“Son of man, (C)set your face against (D)Pharaoh king of Egypt, (E)and prophesy against him and (F)against all Egypt; speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

(G)“Behold, I am against you,
Pharaoh king of Egypt,
(H)the great dragon that lies
in the midst of his streams,
(I)that says, ‘My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself.’
I will (J)put hooks in your jaws,
and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales;
and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams,
with all the fish of your streams
that stick to your scales.
(K)And I will cast you out into the wilderness,
you and all the fish of your streams;
you shall fall (L)on the open field,
and (M)not be brought together or gathered.
To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens
(N)I give you as food.

Then all the inhabitants of Egypt (O)shall know that I am the Lord.

“Because you[a] have been (P)a staff of reed to the house of Israel, (Q)when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake.[b] Therefore thus says the Lord God: (R)Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast, and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. (S)Then they will know that I am the Lord.

(T)“Because you[c] said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,’ 10 therefore, (U)behold, I am against you and (V)against your streams, and (W)I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, (X)from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush. 11 (Y)No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it; it shall be uninhabited forty years. 12 (Z)And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries, and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid waste. (AA)I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

13 “For thus says the Lord God: At the end of forty years (AB)I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered, 14 and (AC)I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to (AD)the land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom. 15 It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms, (AE)and never again exalt itself above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will never again rule over the nations. 16 And it shall never again be (AF)the reliance of the house of Israel, recalling their iniquity, when they turn to them for aid. (AG)Then they will know that I am the Lord God.”

17 (AH)In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 18 (AI)“Son of man, (AJ)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare, yet neither he nor his army got anything from Tyre to pay for the labor that he had performed against her. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: (AK)Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; (AL)and he shall carry off its wealth[d] (AM)and despoil it and plunder it; and it shall be the wages for his army. 20 (AN)I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he labored, because they worked for me, declares the Lord God.

21 “On that day (AO)I will cause a horn to spring up for the house of Israel, and (AP)I will open your lips among them. (AQ)Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

A Lament for Egypt

30 The word of the Lord came to me: (AR)“Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

(AS)“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
(AT)For the day is near,
(AU)the day of the Lord is near;
it will be (AV)a day of clouds,
a time of doom for[e] the nations.
(AW)A sword shall come upon Egypt,
(AX)and anguish shall be in (AY)Cush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
and (AZ)her wealth[f] is carried away,
and (BA)her foundations are torn down.

(BB)Cush, and (BC)Put, and Lud, and (BD)all Arabia, and Libya,[g] and the people of the land that is in league,[h] shall fall with them by the sword.

“Thus says the Lord:
(BE)Those who support Egypt shall fall,
and (BF)her proud might shall come down;
(BG)from Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord God.
(BH)And they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries,
and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
(BI)Then they will know that I am the Lord,
when (BJ)I have set fire to Egypt,
and (BK)all her helpers are broken.

“On that day (BL)messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting (BM)people of Cush, and (BN)anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom;[i] for, behold, it comes!

10 “Thus says the Lord God:

(BO)“I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt,
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him, (BP)the most ruthless of nations,
shall be brought in to destroy the land,
(BQ)and they shall draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.
12 And (BR)I will (BS)dry up the Nile
and will sell the land into the hand of (BT)evildoers;
(BU)I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,
by the hand of (BV)foreigners;
(BW)I am the Lord; I have spoken.

13 “Thus says the Lord God:

(BX)“I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in (BY)Memphis;
(BZ)there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so (CA)I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 I will make (CB)Pathros a desolation
and will set fire to (CC)Zoan
(CD)and will execute judgments on (CE)Thebes.
15 And I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
the stronghold of Egypt,
and cut off the multitude[j] of Thebes.
16 And I will set fire to Egypt;
Pelusium shall be in great agony;
Thebes shall be breached,
and (CF)Memphis shall face enemies[k] by day.
17 The young men of On and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword,
and the women[l] shall go into captivity.
18 At (CG)Tehaphnehes (CH)the day shall be dark,
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and (CI)her proud might shall come to an end in her;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity.
19 Thus (CJ)I will execute judgments on Egypt.
(CK)Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Egypt Shall Fall to Babylon

20 (CL)In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 21 (CM)“Son of man, (CN)I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, (CO)it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword. 22 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and (CP)will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken, and I will make the sword fall from his hand. 23 (CQ)I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries. 24 And (CR)I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put (CS)my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him (CT)like a man mortally wounded. 25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall. (CU)Then they shall know that I am the Lord, (CV)when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Footnotes:

  1. Ezekiel 29:6 Hebrew they
  2. Ezekiel 29:7 Syriac (compare Psalm 69:23); Hebrew to stand
  3. Ezekiel 29:9 Hebrew he
  4. Ezekiel 29:19 Or multitude
  5. Ezekiel 30:3 Hebrew lacks doom for
  6. Ezekiel 30:4 Or multitude; also verse 10
  7. Ezekiel 30:5 With Septuagint; Hebrew Cub
  8. Ezekiel 30:5 Hebrew and the sons of the land of the covenant
  9. Ezekiel 30:9 Hebrew the day of Egypt
  10. Ezekiel 30:15 Or wealth
  11. Ezekiel 30:16 Or distress
  12. Ezekiel 30:17 Or the cities; Hebrew they

Cross references:

  1. Ezekiel 29:1 : See ch. 20:1
  2. Ezekiel 29:2 : See ch. 2:1
  3. Ezekiel 29:2 : See ch. 6:2
  4. Ezekiel 29:2 : ch. 32:2
  5. Ezekiel 29:2 : See ch. 6:2
  6. Ezekiel 29:2 : See Isa. 19:1
  7. Ezekiel 29:3 : See ch. 13:8
  8. Ezekiel 29:3 : ch. 32:2; Ps. 74:13, 14; Isa. 27:1; 51:9
  9. Ezekiel 29:3 : ver. 9
  10. Ezekiel 29:4 : ch. 19:9; 38:4; 2 Kgs. 19:28
  11. Ezekiel 29:5 : [ch. 32:4, 5]
  12. Ezekiel 29:5 : Jer. 9:22
  13. Ezekiel 29:5 : See Jer. 8:2
  14. Ezekiel 29:5 : [ch. 32:4, 5]
  15. Ezekiel 29:6 : See ch. 6:7
  16. Ezekiel 29:6 : 2 Kgs. 18:21; Isa. 36:6
  17. Ezekiel 29:7 : [ch. 17:17; Isa. 20:5; 30:3, 5; Jer. 2:36; 37:5, 7]
  18. Ezekiel 29:8 : See ch. 14:17
  19. Ezekiel 29:9 : [See ver. 6 above]; See ch. 6:7
  20. Ezekiel 29:9 : ver. 3; See ch. 13:8
  21. Ezekiel 29:10 : [See ver. 9 above]; ver. 3; See ch. 13:8
  22. Ezekiel 29:10 : [ch. 30:12]
  23. Ezekiel 29:10 : [ch. 30:12]
  24. Ezekiel 29:10 : ch. 30:6
  25. Ezekiel 29:11 : ch. 32:13; [ch. 35:7]
  26. Ezekiel 29:12 : ch. 30:7
  27. Ezekiel 29:12 : ch. 30:23, 26; [Jer. 46:19]
  28. Ezekiel 29:13 : [Isa. 19:22, 23; Jer. 46:26]
  29. Ezekiel 29:14 : [ch. 39:25]
  30. Ezekiel 29:14 : ch. 30:14; See Isa. 11:11
  31. Ezekiel 29:15 : [ch. 30:13]
  32. Ezekiel 29:16 : [Isa. 30:2, 3; 36:4, 6; Lam. 4:17]
  33. Ezekiel 29:16 : ver. 6; See ch. 6:7
  34. Ezekiel 29:17 : See ch. 20:1
  35. Ezekiel 29:18 : See ch. 2:1
  36. Ezekiel 29:18 : [ch. 26:7]
  37. Ezekiel 29:19 : ch. 30:10, 24, 25; 32:11; Jer. 46:13
  38. Ezekiel 29:19 : ch. 30:4
  39. Ezekiel 29:19 : ch. 32:12
  40. Ezekiel 29:20 : [Isa. 43:3]
  41. Ezekiel 29:21 : Ps. 132:17; [Luke 1:69]
  42. Ezekiel 29:21 : ch. 24:27; 33:22; [ch. 16:63]
  43. Ezekiel 29:21 : See ch. 6:7
  44. Ezekiel 30:2 : See ch. 2:1
  45. Ezekiel 30:2 : See Isa. 13:6
  46. Ezekiel 30:3 : [See ver. 2 above]; See Isa. 13:6
  47. Ezekiel 30:3 : ch. 7:7, 12; Joel 1:15; 2:1; Zeph. 1:7
  48. Ezekiel 30:3 : ch. 34:12
  49. Ezekiel 30:4 : ch. 29:8
  50. Ezekiel 30:4 : [Isa. 21:3]
  51. Ezekiel 30:4 : [Isa. 43:3]
  52. Ezekiel 30:4 : ch. 29:19
  53. Ezekiel 30:4 : [ver. 6]
  54. Ezekiel 30:5 : [See ver. 4 above]; [Isa. 43:3]
  55. Ezekiel 30:5 : See ch. 27:10
  56. Ezekiel 30:5 : See Jer. 25:20
  57. Ezekiel 30:6 : [ch. 32:21]
  58. Ezekiel 30:6 : ver. 18; [ch. 33:28]
  59. Ezekiel 30:6 : ch. 29:10
  60. Ezekiel 30:7 : ch. 29:12
  61. Ezekiel 30:8 : ch. 29:6; See ch. 6:7
  62. Ezekiel 30:8 : [ch. 28:18]
  63. Ezekiel 30:8 : [See ver. 6 above]; [ch. 32:21]
  64. Ezekiel 30:9 : [Isa. 18:1, 2]
  65. Ezekiel 30:9 : [See ver. 4 above]; [Isa. 43:3]
  66. Ezekiel 30:9 : [See ver. 4 above]; [Isa. 21:3]
  67. Ezekiel 30:10 : See ch. 29:19
  68. Ezekiel 30:11 : See ch. 28:7
  69. Ezekiel 30:11 : [See ver. 4 above]; ch. 29:8
  70. Ezekiel 30:12 : Isa. 19:5, 6; [ch. 29:10]
  71. Ezekiel 30:12 : [ch. 29:3]
  72. Ezekiel 30:12 : [Isa. 19:4]
  73. Ezekiel 30:12 : [ch. 29:10]
  74. Ezekiel 30:12 : See ch. 28:7
  75. Ezekiel 30:12 : See ch. 17:24
  76. Ezekiel 30:13 : See Jer. 43:12
  77. Ezekiel 30:13 : Isa. 19:13
  78. Ezekiel 30:13 : [ch. 29:15; Zech. 10:11]
  79. Ezekiel 30:13 : [Isa. 19:16]
  80. Ezekiel 30:14 : ch. 29:14; See Isa. 11:11
  81. Ezekiel 30:14 : See Num. 13:22
  82. Ezekiel 30:14 : ver. 19
  83. Ezekiel 30:14 : Jer. 46:25
  84. Ezekiel 30:16 : [See ver. 13 above]; Isa. 19:13
  85. Ezekiel 30:18 : See Jer. 2:16
  86. Ezekiel 30:18 : [Jer. 15:9; Amos 8:9]
  87. Ezekiel 30:18 : ver. 6
  88. Ezekiel 30:19 : ver. 14
  89. Ezekiel 30:19 : See ch. 6:7
  90. Ezekiel 30:20 : See ch. 20:1
  91. Ezekiel 30:21 : See ch. 2:1
  92. Ezekiel 30:21 : [Jer. 48:25]
  93. Ezekiel 30:21 : [Jer. 30:13; 46:11]
  94. Ezekiel 30:22 : See ver. 21
  95. Ezekiel 30:23 : ch. 29:12
  96. Ezekiel 30:24 : ver. 10
  97. Ezekiel 30:24 : See ch. 21:3
  98. Ezekiel 30:24 : Job 24:12
  99. Ezekiel 30:25 : See ch. 6:7
  100. Ezekiel 30:25 : [ver. 8]
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Hebrews 11:32-12:13

32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of (A)Gideon, (B)Barak, (C)Samson, (D)Jephthah, of (E)David and (F)Samuel and the prophets— 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, (G)stopped the mouths of lions, 34 (H)quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, (I)became mighty in war, (J)put foreign armies to flight. 35 (K)Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. 36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even (L)chains and imprisonment. 37 (M)They were stoned, they were sawn in two,[a] (N)they were killed with the sword. (O)They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— 38 of whom the world was not worthy—(P)wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

39 And all these, (Q)though commended through their faith, (R)did not receive what was promised, 40 since God had provided something better for us, (S)that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and (T)sin which clings so closely, and (U)let us run (V)with endurance the race that is (W)set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, (X)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising (Y)the shame, and (Z)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Do Not Grow Weary

(AA)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or (AB)fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

(AC)“My son, (AD)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.
For (AE)the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives.”

It is for discipline that you have to endure. (AF)God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, (AG)in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to (AH)the Father of spirits (AI)and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, (AJ)that we may share his holiness. 11 (AK)For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields (AL)the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

12 Therefore (AM)lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and (AN)make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint (AO)but rather be healed.

Footnotes:

  1. Hebrews 11:37 Some manuscripts add they were tempted

Cross references:

  1. Hebrews 11:32 : Judg. 6:11
  2. Hebrews 11:32 : Judg. 4:6
  3. Hebrews 11:32 : Judg. 13:24
  4. Hebrews 11:32 : Judg. 11:1
  5. Hebrews 11:32 : 1 Sam. 16:1, 13
  6. Hebrews 11:32 : 1 Sam. 1:20
  7. Hebrews 11:33 : Judg. 14:6; 1 Sam. 17:35; Dan. 6:22
  8. Hebrews 11:34 : Dan. 3:25
  9. Hebrews 11:34 : Judg. 7:21; 1 Sam. 17:51; 2 Sam. 12:29
  10. Hebrews 11:34 : Judg. 7:21; 1 Sam. 17:51; 2 Sam. 12:29
  11. Hebrews 11:35 : 1 Kgs. 17:22; 2 Kgs. 4:35
  12. Hebrews 11:36 : Gen. 39:20; Jer. 20:2; 37:15
  13. Hebrews 11:37 : 1 Kgs. 21:13; 2 Chr. 24:21
  14. Hebrews 11:37 : 1 Kgs. 19:10; Jer. 26:23
  15. Hebrews 11:37 : 2 Kgs. 1:8
  16. Hebrews 11:38 : 1 Sam. 22:1; 1 Kgs. 18:4; 19:9
  17. Hebrews 11:39 : ver. 2, 13; [1 Pet. 1:12]
  18. Hebrews 11:39 : ver. 2, 13; [1 Pet. 1:12]
  19. Hebrews 11:40 : [Rev. 6:11]
  20. Hebrews 12:1 : See Eph. 4:22
  21. Hebrews 12:1 : See 1 Cor. 9:24
  22. Hebrews 12:1 : See ch. 10:36
  23. Hebrews 12:1 : ch. 6:18
  24. Hebrews 12:2 : Luke 24:26; Phil. 2:8; [Isa. 53:11]
  25. Hebrews 12:2 : Ps. 22:6, 7; 69:19; Isa. 53:3
  26. Hebrews 12:2 : ch. 1:3
  27. Hebrews 12:3 : [Matt. 10:24; Rev. 2:3]
  28. Hebrews 12:3 : Gal. 6:9
  29. Hebrews 12:5 : Cited from Prov. 3:11, 12
  30. Hebrews 12:5 : Job 5:17
  31. Hebrews 12:6 : Ps. 94:12; 119:67, 75; Rev. 3:19
  32. Hebrews 12:7 : Deut. 8:5; 2 Sam. 7:14; [Prov. 13:24; 19:18; 23:13]
  33. Hebrews 12:8 : [1 Pet. 5:9]
  34. Hebrews 12:9 : See Num. 16:22
  35. Hebrews 12:9 : [Isa. 38:16]
  36. Hebrews 12:10 : [2 Pet. 1:4]; See Lev. 11:44
  37. Hebrews 12:11 : [1 Pet. 1:6]
  38. Hebrews 12:11 : James 3:17, 18
  39. Hebrews 12:12 : Cited from Isa. 35:3; [Job 4:3, 4]
  40. Hebrews 12:13 : Prov. 4:26, 27
  41. Hebrews 12:13 : James 5:16; [Gal. 6:1]
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Psalm 112

The Righteous Will Never Be Moved

112 [a] (A)Praise the Lord!
(B)Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who (C)greatly delights in his commandments!
His (D)offspring will be mighty in the land;
(E)the generation of the upright will be blessed.
(F)Wealth and riches are in his house,
and his (G)righteousness endures forever.
Light dawns in the darkness (H)for the upright;
he is gracious, merciful, and (I)righteous.
It is well with the man who (J)deals generously and lends;
who conducts his affairs with justice.
For the righteous will (K)never be moved;
(L)he will be remembered forever.
He is not (M)afraid of bad news;
his (N)heart is firm, (O)trusting in the Lord.
His heart is steady;[b] he will not be afraid,
until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.
He has (P)distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever;
his (Q)horn is exalted in honor.
10 The wicked man sees it and is angry;
he (R)gnashes his teeth and (S)melts away;
(T)the desire of the wicked will perish!

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
  2. Psalm 112:8 Or established (compare 111:8)
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Proverbs 27:17

17 Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.[a]

Footnotes:

  1. Proverbs 27:17 Hebrew sharpens the face of another
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday November 14, 2024 (NIV)

Ezekiel 29-30

Prophecy Against Egypt

29 (A)In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: (B)“Son of man, (C)set your face against (D)Pharaoh king of Egypt, (E)and prophesy against him and (F)against all Egypt; speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

(G)“Behold, I am against you,
Pharaoh king of Egypt,
(H)the great dragon that lies
in the midst of his streams,
(I)that says, ‘My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself.’
I will (J)put hooks in your jaws,
and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales;
and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams,
with all the fish of your streams
that stick to your scales.
(K)And I will cast you out into the wilderness,
you and all the fish of your streams;
you shall fall (L)on the open field,
and (M)not be brought together or gathered.
To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens
(N)I give you as food.

Then all the inhabitants of Egypt (O)shall know that I am the Lord.

“Because you[a] have been (P)a staff of reed to the house of Israel, (Q)when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake.[b] Therefore thus says the Lord God: (R)Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast, and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. (S)Then they will know that I am the Lord.

(T)“Because you[c] said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,’ 10 therefore, (U)behold, I am against you and (V)against your streams, and (W)I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, (X)from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush. 11 (Y)No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it; it shall be uninhabited forty years. 12 (Z)And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated countries, and her cities shall be a desolation forty years among cities that are laid waste. (AA)I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them through the countries.

13 “For thus says the Lord God: At the end of forty years (AB)I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered, 14 and (AC)I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to (AD)the land of Pathros, the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom. 15 It shall be the most lowly of the kingdoms, (AE)and never again exalt itself above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will never again rule over the nations. 16 And it shall never again be (AF)the reliance of the house of Israel, recalling their iniquity, when they turn to them for aid. (AG)Then they will know that I am the Lord God.”

17 (AH)In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 18 (AI)“Son of man, (AJ)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare, yet neither he nor his army got anything from Tyre to pay for the labor that he had performed against her. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: (AK)Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; (AL)and he shall carry off its wealth[d] (AM)and despoil it and plunder it; and it shall be the wages for his army. 20 (AN)I have given him the land of Egypt as his payment for which he labored, because they worked for me, declares the Lord God.

21 “On that day (AO)I will cause a horn to spring up for the house of Israel, and (AP)I will open your lips among them. (AQ)Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

A Lament for Egypt

30 The word of the Lord came to me: (AR)“Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

(AS)“Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’
(AT)For the day is near,
(AU)the day of the Lord is near;
it will be (AV)a day of clouds,
a time of doom for[e] the nations.
(AW)A sword shall come upon Egypt,
(AX)and anguish shall be in (AY)Cush,
when the slain fall in Egypt,
and (AZ)her wealth[f] is carried away,
and (BA)her foundations are torn down.

(BB)Cush, and (BC)Put, and Lud, and (BD)all Arabia, and Libya,[g] and the people of the land that is in league,[h] shall fall with them by the sword.

“Thus says the Lord:
(BE)Those who support Egypt shall fall,
and (BF)her proud might shall come down;
(BG)from Migdol to Syene
they shall fall within her by the sword,
declares the Lord God.
(BH)And they shall be desolated in the midst of desolated countries,
and their cities shall be in the midst of cities that are laid waste.
(BI)Then they will know that I am the Lord,
when (BJ)I have set fire to Egypt,
and (BK)all her helpers are broken.

“On that day (BL)messengers shall go out from me in ships to terrify the unsuspecting (BM)people of Cush, and (BN)anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom;[i] for, behold, it comes!

10 “Thus says the Lord God:

(BO)“I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt,
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
11 He and his people with him, (BP)the most ruthless of nations,
shall be brought in to destroy the land,
(BQ)and they shall draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.
12 And (BR)I will (BS)dry up the Nile
and will sell the land into the hand of (BT)evildoers;
(BU)I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it,
by the hand of (BV)foreigners;
(BW)I am the Lord; I have spoken.

13 “Thus says the Lord God:

(BX)“I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in (BY)Memphis;
(BZ)there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so (CA)I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
14 I will make (CB)Pathros a desolation
and will set fire to (CC)Zoan
(CD)and will execute judgments on (CE)Thebes.
15 And I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
the stronghold of Egypt,
and cut off the multitude[j] of Thebes.
16 And I will set fire to Egypt;
Pelusium shall be in great agony;
Thebes shall be breached,
and (CF)Memphis shall face enemies[k] by day.
17 The young men of On and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword,
and the women[l] shall go into captivity.
18 At (CG)Tehaphnehes (CH)the day shall be dark,
when I break there the yoke bars of Egypt,
and (CI)her proud might shall come to an end in her;
she shall be covered by a cloud,
and her daughters shall go into captivity.
19 Thus (CJ)I will execute judgments on Egypt.
(CK)Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Egypt Shall Fall to Babylon

20 (CL)In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 21 (CM)“Son of man, (CN)I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, (CO)it has not been bound up, to heal it by binding it with a bandage, so that it may become strong to wield the sword. 22 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and (CP)will break his arms, both the strong arm and the one that was broken, and I will make the sword fall from his hand. 23 (CQ)I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries. 24 And (CR)I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put (CS)my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan before him (CT)like a man mortally wounded. 25 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall. (CU)Then they shall know that I am the Lord, (CV)when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. 26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Footnotes:

  1. Ezekiel 29:6 Hebrew they
  2. Ezekiel 29:7 Syriac (compare Psalm 69:23); Hebrew to stand
  3. Ezekiel 29:9 Hebrew he
  4. Ezekiel 29:19 Or multitude
  5. Ezekiel 30:3 Hebrew lacks doom for
  6. Ezekiel 30:4 Or multitude; also verse 10
  7. Ezekiel 30:5 With Septuagint; Hebrew Cub
  8. Ezekiel 30:5 Hebrew and the sons of the land of the covenant
  9. Ezekiel 30:9 Hebrew the day of Egypt
  10. Ezekiel 30:15 Or wealth
  11. Ezekiel 30:16 Or distress
  12. Ezekiel 30:17 Or the cities; Hebrew they

Cross references:

  1. Ezekiel 29:1 : See ch. 20:1
  2. Ezekiel 29:2 : See ch. 2:1
  3. Ezekiel 29:2 : See ch. 6:2
  4. Ezekiel 29:2 : ch. 32:2
  5. Ezekiel 29:2 : See ch. 6:2
  6. Ezekiel 29:2 : See Isa. 19:1
  7. Ezekiel 29:3 : See ch. 13:8
  8. Ezekiel 29:3 : ch. 32:2; Ps. 74:13, 14; Isa. 27:1; 51:9
  9. Ezekiel 29:3 : ver. 9
  10. Ezekiel 29:4 : ch. 19:9; 38:4; 2 Kgs. 19:28
  11. Ezekiel 29:5 : [ch. 32:4, 5]
  12. Ezekiel 29:5 : Jer. 9:22
  13. Ezekiel 29:5 : See Jer. 8:2
  14. Ezekiel 29:5 : [ch. 32:4, 5]
  15. Ezekiel 29:6 : See ch. 6:7
  16. Ezekiel 29:6 : 2 Kgs. 18:21; Isa. 36:6
  17. Ezekiel 29:7 : [ch. 17:17; Isa. 20:5; 30:3, 5; Jer. 2:36; 37:5, 7]
  18. Ezekiel 29:8 : See ch. 14:17
  19. Ezekiel 29:9 : [See ver. 6 above]; See ch. 6:7
  20. Ezekiel 29:9 : ver. 3; See ch. 13:8
  21. Ezekiel 29:10 : [See ver. 9 above]; ver. 3; See ch. 13:8
  22. Ezekiel 29:10 : [ch. 30:12]
  23. Ezekiel 29:10 : [ch. 30:12]
  24. Ezekiel 29:10 : ch. 30:6
  25. Ezekiel 29:11 : ch. 32:13; [ch. 35:7]
  26. Ezekiel 29:12 : ch. 30:7
  27. Ezekiel 29:12 : ch. 30:23, 26; [Jer. 46:19]
  28. Ezekiel 29:13 : [Isa. 19:22, 23; Jer. 46:26]
  29. Ezekiel 29:14 : [ch. 39:25]
  30. Ezekiel 29:14 : ch. 30:14; See Isa. 11:11
  31. Ezekiel 29:15 : [ch. 30:13]
  32. Ezekiel 29:16 : [Isa. 30:2, 3; 36:4, 6; Lam. 4:17]
  33. Ezekiel 29:16 : ver. 6; See ch. 6:7
  34. Ezekiel 29:17 : See ch. 20:1
  35. Ezekiel 29:18 : See ch. 2:1
  36. Ezekiel 29:18 : [ch. 26:7]
  37. Ezekiel 29:19 : ch. 30:10, 24, 25; 32:11; Jer. 46:13
  38. Ezekiel 29:19 : ch. 30:4
  39. Ezekiel 29:19 : ch. 32:12
  40. Ezekiel 29:20 : [Isa. 43:3]
  41. Ezekiel 29:21 : Ps. 132:17; [Luke 1:69]
  42. Ezekiel 29:21 : ch. 24:27; 33:22; [ch. 16:63]
  43. Ezekiel 29:21 : See ch. 6:7
  44. Ezekiel 30:2 : See ch. 2:1
  45. Ezekiel 30:2 : See Isa. 13:6
  46. Ezekiel 30:3 : [See ver. 2 above]; See Isa. 13:6
  47. Ezekiel 30:3 : ch. 7:7, 12; Joel 1:15; 2:1; Zeph. 1:7
  48. Ezekiel 30:3 : ch. 34:12
  49. Ezekiel 30:4 : ch. 29:8
  50. Ezekiel 30:4 : [Isa. 21:3]
  51. Ezekiel 30:4 : [Isa. 43:3]
  52. Ezekiel 30:4 : ch. 29:19
  53. Ezekiel 30:4 : [ver. 6]
  54. Ezekiel 30:5 : [See ver. 4 above]; [Isa. 43:3]
  55. Ezekiel 30:5 : See ch. 27:10
  56. Ezekiel 30:5 : See Jer. 25:20
  57. Ezekiel 30:6 : [ch. 32:21]
  58. Ezekiel 30:6 : ver. 18; [ch. 33:28]
  59. Ezekiel 30:6 : ch. 29:10
  60. Ezekiel 30:7 : ch. 29:12
  61. Ezekiel 30:8 : ch. 29:6; See ch. 6:7
  62. Ezekiel 30:8 : [ch. 28:18]
  63. Ezekiel 30:8 : [See ver. 6 above]; [ch. 32:21]
  64. Ezekiel 30:9 : [Isa. 18:1, 2]
  65. Ezekiel 30:9 : [See ver. 4 above]; [Isa. 43:3]
  66. Ezekiel 30:9 : [See ver. 4 above]; [Isa. 21:3]
  67. Ezekiel 30:10 : See ch. 29:19
  68. Ezekiel 30:11 : See ch. 28:7
  69. Ezekiel 30:11 : [See ver. 4 above]; ch. 29:8
  70. Ezekiel 30:12 : Isa. 19:5, 6; [ch. 29:10]
  71. Ezekiel 30:12 : [ch. 29:3]
  72. Ezekiel 30:12 : [Isa. 19:4]
  73. Ezekiel 30:12 : [ch. 29:10]
  74. Ezekiel 30:12 : See ch. 28:7
  75. Ezekiel 30:12 : See ch. 17:24
  76. Ezekiel 30:13 : See Jer. 43:12
  77. Ezekiel 30:13 : Isa. 19:13
  78. Ezekiel 30:13 : [ch. 29:15; Zech. 10:11]
  79. Ezekiel 30:13 : [Isa. 19:16]
  80. Ezekiel 30:14 : ch. 29:14; See Isa. 11:11
  81. Ezekiel 30:14 : See Num. 13:22
  82. Ezekiel 30:14 : ver. 19
  83. Ezekiel 30:14 : Jer. 46:25
  84. Ezekiel 30:16 : [See ver. 13 above]; Isa. 19:13
  85. Ezekiel 30:18 : See Jer. 2:16
  86. Ezekiel 30:18 : [Jer. 15:9; Amos 8:9]
  87. Ezekiel 30:18 : ver. 6
  88. Ezekiel 30:19 : ver. 14
  89. Ezekiel 30:19 : See ch. 6:7
  90. Ezekiel 30:20 : See ch. 20:1
  91. Ezekiel 30:21 : See ch. 2:1
  92. Ezekiel 30:21 : [Jer. 48:25]
  93. Ezekiel 30:21 : [Jer. 30:13; 46:11]
  94. Ezekiel 30:22 : See ver. 21
  95. Ezekiel 30:23 : ch. 29:12
  96. Ezekiel 30:24 : ver. 10
  97. Ezekiel 30:24 : See ch. 21:3
  98. Ezekiel 30:24 : Job 24:12
  99. Ezekiel 30:25 : See ch. 6:7
  100. Ezekiel 30:25 : [ver. 8]
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Hebrews 11:32-12:13

32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of (A)Gideon, (B)Barak, (C)Samson, (D)Jephthah, of (E)David and (F)Samuel and the prophets— 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, (G)stopped the mouths of lions, 34 (H)quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, (I)became mighty in war, (J)put foreign armies to flight. 35 (K)Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. 36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even (L)chains and imprisonment. 37 (M)They were stoned, they were sawn in two,[a] (N)they were killed with the sword. (O)They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— 38 of whom the world was not worthy—(P)wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

39 And all these, (Q)though commended through their faith, (R)did not receive what was promised, 40 since God had provided something better for us, (S)that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and (T)sin which clings so closely, and (U)let us run (V)with endurance the race that is (W)set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, (X)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising (Y)the shame, and (Z)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Do Not Grow Weary

(AA)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or (AB)fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

(AC)“My son, (AD)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.
For (AE)the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives.”

It is for discipline that you have to endure. (AF)God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, (AG)in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to (AH)the Father of spirits (AI)and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, (AJ)that we may share his holiness. 11 (AK)For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields (AL)the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

12 Therefore (AM)lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and (AN)make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint (AO)but rather be healed.

Footnotes:

  1. Hebrews 11:37 Some manuscripts add they were tempted

Cross references:

  1. Hebrews 11:32 : Judg. 6:11
  2. Hebrews 11:32 : Judg. 4:6
  3. Hebrews 11:32 : Judg. 13:24
  4. Hebrews 11:32 : Judg. 11:1
  5. Hebrews 11:32 : 1 Sam. 16:1, 13
  6. Hebrews 11:32 : 1 Sam. 1:20
  7. Hebrews 11:33 : Judg. 14:6; 1 Sam. 17:35; Dan. 6:22
  8. Hebrews 11:34 : Dan. 3:25
  9. Hebrews 11:34 : Judg. 7:21; 1 Sam. 17:51; 2 Sam. 12:29
  10. Hebrews 11:34 : Judg. 7:21; 1 Sam. 17:51; 2 Sam. 12:29
  11. Hebrews 11:35 : 1 Kgs. 17:22; 2 Kgs. 4:35
  12. Hebrews 11:36 : Gen. 39:20; Jer. 20:2; 37:15
  13. Hebrews 11:37 : 1 Kgs. 21:13; 2 Chr. 24:21
  14. Hebrews 11:37 : 1 Kgs. 19:10; Jer. 26:23
  15. Hebrews 11:37 : 2 Kgs. 1:8
  16. Hebrews 11:38 : 1 Sam. 22:1; 1 Kgs. 18:4; 19:9
  17. Hebrews 11:39 : ver. 2, 13; [1 Pet. 1:12]
  18. Hebrews 11:39 : ver. 2, 13; [1 Pet. 1:12]
  19. Hebrews 11:40 : [Rev. 6:11]
  20. Hebrews 12:1 : See Eph. 4:22
  21. Hebrews 12:1 : See 1 Cor. 9:24
  22. Hebrews 12:1 : See ch. 10:36
  23. Hebrews 12:1 : ch. 6:18
  24. Hebrews 12:2 : Luke 24:26; Phil. 2:8; [Isa. 53:11]
  25. Hebrews 12:2 : Ps. 22:6, 7; 69:19; Isa. 53:3
  26. Hebrews 12:2 : ch. 1:3
  27. Hebrews 12:3 : [Matt. 10:24; Rev. 2:3]
  28. Hebrews 12:3 : Gal. 6:9
  29. Hebrews 12:5 : Cited from Prov. 3:11, 12
  30. Hebrews 12:5 : Job 5:17
  31. Hebrews 12:6 : Ps. 94:12; 119:67, 75; Rev. 3:19
  32. Hebrews 12:7 : Deut. 8:5; 2 Sam. 7:14; [Prov. 13:24; 19:18; 23:13]
  33. Hebrews 12:8 : [1 Pet. 5:9]
  34. Hebrews 12:9 : See Num. 16:22
  35. Hebrews 12:9 : [Isa. 38:16]
  36. Hebrews 12:10 : [2 Pet. 1:4]; See Lev. 11:44
  37. Hebrews 12:11 : [1 Pet. 1:6]
  38. Hebrews 12:11 : James 3:17, 18
  39. Hebrews 12:12 : Cited from Isa. 35:3; [Job 4:3, 4]
  40. Hebrews 12:13 : Prov. 4:26, 27
  41. Hebrews 12:13 : James 5:16; [Gal. 6:1]
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Psalm 112

The Righteous Will Never Be Moved

112 [a] (A)Praise the Lord!
(B)Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who (C)greatly delights in his commandments!
His (D)offspring will be mighty in the land;
(E)the generation of the upright will be blessed.
(F)Wealth and riches are in his house,
and his (G)righteousness endures forever.
Light dawns in the darkness (H)for the upright;
he is gracious, merciful, and (I)righteous.
It is well with the man who (J)deals generously and lends;
who conducts his affairs with justice.
For the righteous will (K)never be moved;
(L)he will be remembered forever.
He is not (M)afraid of bad news;
his (N)heart is firm, (O)trusting in the Lord.
His heart is steady;[b] he will not be afraid,
until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.
He has (P)distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever;
his (Q)horn is exalted in honor.
10 The wicked man sees it and is angry;
he (R)gnashes his teeth and (S)melts away;
(T)the desire of the wicked will perish!

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, each line beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet
  2. Psalm 112:8 Or established (compare 111:8)
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Proverbs 27:17

17 Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.[a]

Footnotes:

  1. Proverbs 27:17 Hebrew sharpens the face of another
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday November 13, 2024 (NIV)

Ezekiel 27-28

A Lament Over Tyre

27 The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, take up a lament(A) concerning Tyre. Say to Tyre,(B) situated at the gateway to the sea,(C) merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘You say, Tyre,
“I am perfect in beauty.(D)
Your domain was on the high seas;
your builders brought your beauty to perfection.(E)
They made all your timbers
of juniper from Senir[a];(F)
they took a cedar from Lebanon(G)
to make a mast for you.
Of oaks(H) from Bashan
they made your oars;
of cypress wood[b] from the coasts of Cyprus(I)
they made your deck, adorned with ivory.
Fine embroidered linen(J) from Egypt was your sail
and served as your banner;
your awnings were of blue and purple(K)
from the coasts of Elishah.(L)
Men of Sidon and Arvad(M) were your oarsmen;
your skilled men, Tyre, were aboard as your sailors.(N)
Veteran craftsmen of Byblos(O) were on board
as shipwrights to caulk your seams.
All the ships of the sea(P) and their sailors
came alongside to trade for your wares.

10 “‘Men of Persia,(Q) Lydia(R) and Put(S)
served as soldiers in your army.
They hung their shields(T) and helmets on your walls,
bringing you splendor.
11 Men of Arvad and Helek
guarded your walls on every side;
men of Gammad
were in your towers.
They hung their shields around your walls;
they brought your beauty to perfection.(U)

12 “‘Tarshish(V) did business with you because of your great wealth of goods;(W) they exchanged silver, iron, tin and lead for your merchandise.

13 “‘Greece,(X) Tubal and Meshek(Y) did business with you; they traded human beings(Z) and articles of bronze for your wares.

14 “‘Men of Beth Togarmah(AA) exchanged chariot horses, cavalry horses and mules for your merchandise.

15 “‘The men of Rhodes[c](AB) traded with you, and many coastlands(AC) were your customers; they paid you with ivory(AD) tusks and ebony.

16 “‘Aram[d](AE) did business with you because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise,(AF) purple fabric, embroidered work, fine linen,(AG) coral(AH) and rubies for your merchandise.

17 “‘Judah and Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat(AI) from Minnith(AJ) and confections,[e] honey, olive oil and balm(AK) for your wares.(AL)

18 “‘Damascus(AM) did business with you because of your many products and great wealth of goods.(AN) They offered wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar 19 and casks of wine from Izal(AO) in exchange for your wares: wrought iron, cassia(AP) and calamus.

20 “‘Dedan(AQ) traded in saddle blankets with you.

21 “‘Arabia(AR) and all the princes of Kedar(AS) were your customers; they did business with you in lambs, rams and goats.

22 “‘The merchants of Sheba(AT) and Raamah traded with you; for your merchandise they exchanged the finest of all kinds of spices(AU) and precious stones, and gold.(AV)

23 “‘Harran,(AW) Kanneh and Eden(AX) and merchants of Sheba, Ashur(AY) and Kilmad traded with you. 24 In your marketplace they traded with you beautiful garments, blue fabric, embroidered work and multicolored rugs with cords twisted and tightly knotted.

25 “‘The ships of Tarshish(AZ) serve
as carriers for your wares.
You are filled with heavy cargo
as you sail the sea.(BA)
26 Your oarsmen take you
out to the high seas.
But the east wind(BB) will break you to pieces
far out at sea.
27 Your wealth,(BC) merchandise and wares,
your mariners, sailors and shipwrights,
your merchants and all your soldiers,
and everyone else on board
will sink into the heart of the sea(BD)
on the day of your shipwreck.
28 The shorelands will quake(BE)
when your sailors cry out.
29 All who handle the oars
will abandon their ships;
the mariners and all the sailors
will stand on the shore.
30 They will raise their voice
and cry bitterly over you;
they will sprinkle dust(BF) on their heads
and roll(BG) in ashes.(BH)
31 They will shave their heads(BI) because of you
and will put on sackcloth.
They will weep(BJ) over you with anguish of soul
and with bitter mourning.(BK)
32 As they wail and mourn over you,
they will take up a lament(BL) concerning you:
“Who was ever silenced like Tyre,
surrounded by the sea?(BM)
33 When your merchandise went out on the seas,(BN)
you satisfied many nations;
with your great wealth(BO) and your wares
you enriched the kings of the earth.
34 Now you are shattered by the sea
in the depths of the waters;
your wares and all your company
have gone down with you.(BP)
35 All who live in the coastlands(BQ)
are appalled(BR) at you;
their kings shudder with horror
and their faces are distorted with fear.(BS)
36 The merchants among the nations scoff at you;(BT)
you have come to a horrible end
and will be no more.(BU)’”

A Prophecy Against the King of Tyre

28 The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man(BV), say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘In the pride of your heart
you say, “I am a god;
I sit on the throne(BW) of a god
in the heart of the seas.”(BX)
But you are a mere mortal and not a god,
though you think you are as wise as a god.(BY)
Are you wiser than Daniel[f]?(BZ)
Is no secret hidden from you?
By your wisdom and understanding
you have gained wealth for yourself
and amassed gold and silver
in your treasuries.(CA)
By your great skill in trading(CB)
you have increased your wealth,(CC)
and because of your wealth
your heart has grown proud.(CD)

“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Because you think you are wise,
as wise as a god,
I am going to bring foreigners against you,
the most ruthless of nations;(CE)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom(CF)
and pierce your shining splendor.(CG)
They will bring you down to the pit,(CH)
and you will die a violent death(CI)
in the heart of the seas.(CJ)
Will you then say, “I am a god,”
in the presence of those who kill you?
You will be but a mortal, not a god,(CK)
in the hands of those who slay you.(CL)
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised(CM)
at the hands of foreigners.

I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

11 The word of the Lord came to me: 12 “Son of man, take up a lament(CN) concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘You were the seal of perfection,
full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.(CO)
13 You were in Eden,(CP)
the garden of God;(CQ)
every precious stone(CR) adorned you:
carnelian, chrysolite and emerald,
topaz, onyx and jasper,
lapis lazuli, turquoise(CS) and beryl.[g]
Your settings and mountings[h] were made of gold;
on the day you were created they were prepared.(CT)
14 You were anointed(CU) as a guardian cherub,(CV)
for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God;
you walked among the fiery stones.
15 You were blameless in your ways
from the day you were created
till wickedness was found in you.
16 Through your widespread trade
you were filled with violence,(CW)
and you sinned.
So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,
and I expelled you, guardian cherub,(CX)
from among the fiery stones.
17 Your heart became proud(CY)
on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth;
I made a spectacle of you before kings.(CZ)
18 By your many sins and dishonest trade
you have desecrated your sanctuaries.
So I made a fire(DA) come out from you,
and it consumed you,
and I reduced you to ashes(DB) on the ground
in the sight of all who were watching.(DC)
19 All the nations who knew you
are appalled(DD) at you;
you have come to a horrible end
and will be no more.(DE)’”

A Prophecy Against Sidon

20 The word of the Lord came to me: 21 “Son of man, set your face against(DF) Sidon;(DG) prophesy against her 22 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I am against you, Sidon,
and among you I will display my glory.(DH)
You will know that I am the Lord,
when I inflict punishment(DI) on you
and within you am proved to be holy.(DJ)
23 I will send a plague upon you
and make blood flow in your streets.
The slain will fall within you,
with the sword against you on every side.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.(DK)

24 “‘No longer will the people of Israel have malicious neighbors who are painful briers and sharp thorns.(DL) Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.

25 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I gather(DM) the people of Israel from the nations where they have been scattered,(DN) I will be proved holy(DO) through them in the sight of the nations. Then they will live in their own land, which I gave to my servant Jacob.(DP) 26 They will live there in safety(DQ) and will build houses and plant(DR) vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment(DS) on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.(DT)’”

Footnotes:

  1. Ezekiel 27:5 That is, Mount Hermon
  2. Ezekiel 27:6 Targum; the Masoretic Text has a different division of the consonants.
  3. Ezekiel 27:15 Septuagint; Hebrew Dedan
  4. Ezekiel 27:16 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac Edom
  5. Ezekiel 27:17 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  6. Ezekiel 28:3 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature
  7. Ezekiel 28:13 The precise identification of some of these precious stones is uncertain.
  8. Ezekiel 28:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

Cross references:

  1. Ezekiel 27:2 : S Eze 19:1
  2. Ezekiel 27:3 : S Ps 83:7
  3. Ezekiel 27:3 : ver 33; Hos 9:13
  4. Ezekiel 27:3 : S Isa 23:9; S Eze 16:15
  5. Ezekiel 27:4 : Eze 28:12
  6. Ezekiel 27:5 : S Dt 3:9
  7. Ezekiel 27:5 : S Isa 2:13
  8. Ezekiel 27:6 : Nu 21:33; S Ps 29:9; Jer 22:20; Zec 11:2
  9. Ezekiel 27:6 : S Ge 10:4; Isa 23:12
  10. Ezekiel 27:7 : S Ex 26:36; S Isa 19:9
  11. Ezekiel 27:7 : Ex 25:4; Jer 10:9
  12. Ezekiel 27:7 : Ge 10:4
  13. Ezekiel 27:8 : Ge 10:18
  14. Ezekiel 27:8 : 1Ki 9:27
  15. Ezekiel 27:9 : S Jos 13:5
  16. Ezekiel 27:9 : S Ps 104:26
  17. Ezekiel 27:10 : 2Ch 36:20; Ezr 1:1; Eze 38:5; Da 8:20
  18. Ezekiel 27:10 : S Isa 66:19
  19. Ezekiel 27:10 : S Ge 10:6; Eze 30:5; Na 3:9
  20. Ezekiel 27:10 : SS 4:4
  21. Ezekiel 27:11 : ver 27
  22. Ezekiel 27:12 : S Ge 10:4
  23. Ezekiel 27:12 : ver 18, 33
  24. Ezekiel 27:13 : Joel 3:6
  25. Ezekiel 27:13 : Ge 10:2; Isa 66:19; Eze 32:26; 38:2; 39:1
  26. Ezekiel 27:13 : Rev 18:13
  27. Ezekiel 27:14 : S Ge 10:3
  28. Ezekiel 27:15 : S Ge 10:7
  29. Ezekiel 27:15 : S Jer 25:22
  30. Ezekiel 27:15 : 1Ki 10:22; Rev 18:12
  31. Ezekiel 27:16 : Jdg 10:6; Isa 7:1-8
  32. Ezekiel 27:16 : Ex 28:18; 39:11; Eze 28:13
  33. Ezekiel 27:16 : S Eze 16:10
  34. Ezekiel 27:16 : Job 28:18
  35. Ezekiel 27:17 : S 1Ki 5:9
  36. Ezekiel 27:17 : Jdg 11:33
  37. Ezekiel 27:17 : S Ge 43:11
  38. Ezekiel 27:17 : Ac 12:20
  39. Ezekiel 27:18 : S Ge 14:15; Eze 47:16-18
  40. Ezekiel 27:18 : S ver 12
  41. Ezekiel 27:19 : Ge 10:27
  42. Ezekiel 27:19 : S Ex 30:24
  43. Ezekiel 27:20 : S Ge 10:7
  44. Ezekiel 27:21 : S 2Ch 9:14
  45. Ezekiel 27:21 : S Ge 25:13; Isa 21:17
  46. Ezekiel 27:22 : S Ge 10:7, 28
  47. Ezekiel 27:22 : S Ge 43:11
  48. Ezekiel 27:22 : Rev 18:12
  49. Ezekiel 27:23 : S Ge 11:26
  50. Ezekiel 27:23 : S Isa 37:12
  51. Ezekiel 27:23 : S Ge 10:22; S Nu 24:24
  52. Ezekiel 27:25 : S Ge 10:4; Isa 2:16 fn
  53. Ezekiel 27:25 : Rev 18:3
  54. Ezekiel 27:26 : S Ge 41:6; Jer 18:17
  55. Ezekiel 27:27 : Pr 11:4
  56. Ezekiel 27:27 : Eze 28:8
  57. Ezekiel 27:28 : S Jer 49:21
  58. Ezekiel 27:30 : S Jos 7:6; S 2Sa 1:2
  59. Ezekiel 27:30 : S Jer 6:26
  60. Ezekiel 27:30 : Rev 18:18-19
  61. Ezekiel 27:31 : S Lev 13:40; S Job 1:20; S Isa 3:17; S Jer 48:37
  62. Ezekiel 27:31 : S Isa 16:9; Rev 18:15
  63. Ezekiel 27:31 : S Est 4:1; Job 3:20; Isa 22:12; Jer 6:26; S La 2:10; S Eze 7:18
  64. Ezekiel 27:32 : S Eze 19:1
  65. Ezekiel 27:32 : Isa 23:1-6; Eze 26:5
  66. Ezekiel 27:33 : S ver 3
  67. Ezekiel 27:33 : S ver 12; Eze 28:4-5
  68. Ezekiel 27:34 : Zec 9:4
  69. Ezekiel 27:35 : S Eze 26:15
  70. Ezekiel 27:35 : S Lev 26:32; S Job 18:20
  71. Ezekiel 27:35 : S Eze 26:17-18; 32:10
  72. Ezekiel 27:36 : Jer 19:8; S 49:17; S 50:13; Zep 2:15
  73. Ezekiel 27:36 : S Ps 37:10, 36; S Eze 26:21
  74. Ezekiel 28:2 : S Isa 13:11
  75. Ezekiel 28:2 : S Isa 14:13
  76. Ezekiel 28:2 : Zep 2:15
  77. Ezekiel 28:2 : S Ge 3:5; S Ps 9:20; 82:6-7; S Eze 16:49; 2Th 2:4
  78. Ezekiel 28:3 : S Eze 14:14; Da 1:20; 2:20-23, 28; 5:11-12
  79. Ezekiel 28:4 : Isa 10:13; Zec 9:3
  80. Ezekiel 28:5 : S Isa 23:8
  81. Ezekiel 28:5 : S Jer 9:23; S Eze 27:33
  82. Ezekiel 28:5 : S Job 31:25; Ps 52:7; 62:10; Hos 12:8; 13:6
  83. Ezekiel 28:7 : Eze 30:11; 31:12; 32:12; Hab 1:6
  84. Ezekiel 28:7 : Jer 9:23
  85. Ezekiel 28:7 : S Eze 7:24
  86. Ezekiel 28:8 : S Ps 55:23; Eze 32:30
  87. Ezekiel 28:8 : Rev 18:7
  88. Ezekiel 28:8 : S Eze 26:12; 27:27
  89. Ezekiel 28:9 : S Isa 31:3
  90. Ezekiel 28:9 : S Eze 16:49
  91. Ezekiel 28:10 : S 1Sa 14:6; S Jer 9:26; Eze 32:19, 24
  92. Ezekiel 28:12 : S Eze 19:1
  93. Ezekiel 28:12 : Eze 27:2-4
  94. Ezekiel 28:13 : S Ge 2:8
  95. Ezekiel 28:13 : Eze 31:8-9
  96. Ezekiel 28:13 : Rev 17:4
  97. Ezekiel 28:13 : S Eze 27:16
  98. Ezekiel 28:13 : Isa 14:11; Rev 21:20
  99. Ezekiel 28:14 : Ex 30:26; 40:9
  100. Ezekiel 28:14 : Ex 25:17-20
  101. Ezekiel 28:16 : S Ge 6:11; Hab 2:17
  102. Ezekiel 28:16 : S Ge 3:24
  103. Ezekiel 28:17 : Isa 10:12; Eze 16:49; 31:10
  104. Ezekiel 28:17 : S Eze 19:12
  105. Ezekiel 28:18 : Ob 1:18
  106. Ezekiel 28:18 : Mal 4:3
  107. Ezekiel 28:18 : Zec 9:2-4
  108. Ezekiel 28:19 : S Lev 26:32
  109. Ezekiel 28:19 : S Jer 51:64; S Eze 26:21
  110. Ezekiel 28:21 : S Eze 13:17
  111. Ezekiel 28:21 : S Ge 10:15; S Jer 25:22
  112. Ezekiel 28:22 : Eze 39:13
  113. Ezekiel 28:22 : Eze 30:19
  114. Ezekiel 28:22 : S Lev 10:3
  115. Ezekiel 28:23 : S Eze 5:17; 38:22
  116. Ezekiel 28:24 : S Isa 5:6; S Eze 2:6
  117. Ezekiel 28:25 : Ps 106:47; Jer 32:37
  118. Ezekiel 28:25 : S Isa 11:12
  119. Ezekiel 28:25 : S Eze 20:41
  120. Ezekiel 28:25 : Jer 12:15; 23:8; S Eze 11:17; 34:27; 37:25
  121. Ezekiel 28:26 : S Lev 25:18; S 1Ki 4:25; S Jer 17:25
  122. Ezekiel 28:26 : S Dt 20:6
  123. Ezekiel 28:26 : S Ps 149:9
  124. Ezekiel 28:26 : S Isa 65:21; S Jer 32:15; Eze 38:8; 39:26-27; Hos 2:15; 11:11; Am 9:14-15
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Hebrews 11:17-31

17 By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice.(A) He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18 even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”[a](B) 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead,(C) and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.(D)

21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons,(E) and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones.(F)

23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born,(G) because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.(H)

24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.(I) 25 He chose to be mistreated(J) along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace(K) for the sake of Christ(L) as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.(M) 27 By faith he left Egypt,(N) not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer(O) of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.(P)

29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.(Q)

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.(R)

31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[b](S)

Footnotes:

  1. Hebrews 11:18 Gen. 21:12
  2. Hebrews 11:31 Or unbelieving
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Psalm 111

Psalm 111[a]

Praise the Lord.[b]

I will extol the Lord(A) with all my heart(B)
in the council(C) of the upright and in the assembly.(D)

Great are the works(E) of the Lord;
they are pondered by all(F) who delight in them.
Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
and his righteousness endures(G) forever.
He has caused his wonders to be remembered;
the Lord is gracious and compassionate.(H)
He provides food(I) for those who fear him;(J)
he remembers his covenant(K) forever.

He has shown his people the power of his works,(L)
giving them the lands of other nations.(M)
The works of his hands(N) are faithful and just;
all his precepts are trustworthy.(O)
They are established for ever(P) and ever,
enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.
He provided redemption(Q) for his people;
he ordained his covenant forever—
holy and awesome(R) is his name.

10 The fear of the Lord(S) is the beginning of wisdom;(T)
all who follow his precepts have good understanding.(U)
To him belongs eternal praise.(V)

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 111:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. Psalm 111:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
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Proverbs 27:15-16

15 A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping(A)
of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind
or grasping oil with the hand.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 27:15 : S Est 1:18
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