The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday October 8, 2019 (NIV)

Jeremiah 10-11

God and Idols(A)

10 Hear what the Lord says to you, people of Israel. This is what the Lord says:

“Do not learn the ways of the nations(B)
or be terrified by signs(C) in the heavens,
though the nations are terrified by them.
For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
they cut a tree out of the forest,
and a craftsman(D) shapes it with his chisel.(E)
They adorn it with silver(F) and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so it will not totter.(G)
Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
their idols cannot speak;(H)
they must be carried
because they cannot walk.(I)
Do not fear them;
they can do no harm(J)
nor can they do any good.”(K)

No one is like you,(L) Lord;
you are great,(M)
and your name is mighty in power.
Who should not fear(N) you,
King of the nations?(O)
This is your due.
Among all the wise leaders of the nations
and in all their kingdoms,
there is no one like you.

They are all senseless(P) and foolish;(Q)
they are taught by worthless wooden idols.(R)
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish(S)
and gold from Uphaz.
What the craftsman and goldsmith have made(T)
is then dressed in blue and purple—
all made by skilled workers.
10 But the Lord is the true God;
he is the living God,(U) the eternal King.(V)
When he is angry,(W) the earth trembles;(X)
the nations cannot endure his wrath.(Y)

11 “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish(Z) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”[a]

12 But God made(AA) the earth(AB) by his power;
he founded the world by his wisdom(AC)
and stretched out the heavens(AD) by his understanding.
13 When he thunders,(AE) the waters in the heavens roar;
he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning(AF) with the rain(AG)
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.(AH)

14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
every goldsmith is shamed(AI) by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;(AJ)
they have no breath in them.
15 They are worthless,(AK) the objects of mockery;
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
16 He who is the Portion(AL) of Jacob is not like these,
for he is the Maker of all things,(AM)
including Israel, the people of his inheritance(AN)
the Lord Almighty is his name.(AO)

Coming Destruction

17 Gather up your belongings(AP) to leave the land,
you who live under siege.
18 For this is what the Lord says:
“At this time I will hurl(AQ) out
those who live in this land;
I will bring distress(AR) on them
so that they may be captured.”

19 Woe to me because of my injury!
My wound(AS) is incurable!
Yet I said to myself,
“This is my sickness, and I must endure(AT) it.”
20 My tent(AU) is destroyed;
all its ropes are snapped.
My children are gone from me and are no more;(AV)
no one is left now to pitch my tent
or to set up my shelter.
21 The shepherds(AW) are senseless(AX)
and do not inquire of the Lord;(AY)
so they do not prosper(AZ)
and all their flock is scattered.(BA)
22 Listen! The report is coming—
a great commotion from the land of the north!(BB)
It will make the towns of Judah desolate,(BC)
a haunt of jackals.(BD)

Jeremiah’s Prayer

23 Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own;
it is not for them to direct their steps.(BE)
24 Discipline me, Lord, but only in due measure—
not in your anger,(BF)
or you will reduce me to nothing.(BG)
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations(BH)
that do not acknowledge you,
on the peoples who do not call on your name.(BI)
For they have devoured(BJ) Jacob;
they have devoured him completely
and destroyed his homeland.(BK)

The Covenant Is Broken

11 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: “Listen to the terms of this covenant(BL) and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem. Tell them that this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Cursed(BM) is the one who does not obey the terms of this covenant— the terms I commanded your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt,(BN) out of the iron-smelting furnace.(BO)’ I said, ‘Obey(BP) me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people,(BQ) and I will be your God. Then I will fulfill the oath I swore(BR) to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey’(BS)—the land you possess today.”

I answered, “Amen,(BT) Lord.”

The Lord said to me, “Proclaim(BU) all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: ‘Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow(BV) them. From the time I brought your ancestors up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again,(BW) saying, “Obey me.” But they did not listen or pay attention;(BX) instead, they followed the stubbornness of their evil hearts.(BY) So I brought on them all the curses(BZ) of the covenant I had commanded them to follow but that they did not keep.(CA)’”

Then the Lord said to me, “There is a conspiracy(CB) among the people of Judah and those who live in Jerusalem. 10 They have returned to the sins of their ancestors,(CC) who refused to listen to my words.(CD) They have followed other gods(CE) to serve them.(CF) Both Israel and Judah have broken the covenant(CG) I made with their ancestors. 11 Therefore this is what the Lord says: ‘I will bring on them a disaster(CH) they cannot escape.(CI) Although they cry(CJ) out to me, I will not listen(CK) to them. 12 The towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they burn incense,(CL) but they will not help them at all when disaster(CM) strikes. 13 You, Judah, have as many gods(CN) as you have towns;(CO) and the altars you have set up to burn incense(CP) to that shameful(CQ) god Baal are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’

14 “Do not pray(CR) for this people or offer any plea or petition for them, because I will not listen(CS) when they call to me in the time of their distress.

15 “What is my beloved doing in my temple
as she, with many others, works out her evil schemes?
Can consecrated meat(CT) avert your punishment?(CU)
When you engage in your wickedness,
then you rejoice.[b]

16 The Lord called you a thriving olive tree(CV)
with fruit beautiful in form.
But with the roar of a mighty storm
he will set it on fire,(CW)
and its branches will be broken.(CX)

17 The Lord Almighty, who planted(CY) you, has decreed disaster(CZ) for you, because the people of both Israel and Judah have done evil and aroused(DA) my anger by burning incense to Baal.(DB)

Plot Against Jeremiah

18 Because the Lord revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing. 19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;(DC) I did not realize that they had plotted(DD) against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
let us cut him off from the land of the living,(DE)
that his name be remembered(DF) no more.”
20 But you, Lord Almighty, who judge righteously(DG)
and test the heart(DH) and mind,(DI)
let me see your vengeance(DJ) on them,
for to you I have committed my cause.

21 Therefore this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth(DK) who are threatening to kill you,(DL) saying, “Do not prophesy(DM) in the name of the Lord or you will die(DN) by our hands”— 22 therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “I will punish them. Their young men(DO) will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine. 23 Not even a remnant(DP) will be left to them, because I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.(DQ)

Footnotes:

  1. Jeremiah 10:11 The text of this verse is in Aramaic.
  2. Jeremiah 11:15 Or Could consecrated meat avert your punishment? / Then you would rejoice

Cross references:

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

Instructions for Christian Households(A)

18 Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands,(B) as is fitting in the Lord.

19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

21 Fathers,[a] do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance(C) from the Lord as a reward.(D) It is the Lord Christ you are serving. 25 Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism.(E)

Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair,(F) because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

Further Instructions

Devote yourselves to prayer,(G) being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door(H) for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery(I) of Christ, for which I am in chains.(J) Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise(K) in the way you act toward outsiders;(L) make the most of every opportunity.(M) Let your conversation be always full of grace,(N) seasoned with salt,(O) so that you may know how to answer everyone.(P)

Final Greetings

Tychicus(Q) will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant[b](R) in the Lord. I am sending him to you for the express purpose that you may know about our[c] circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts.(S) He is coming with Onesimus,(T) our faithful and dear brother, who is one of you.(U) They will tell you everything that is happening here.

10 My fellow prisoner Aristarchus(V) sends you his greetings, as does Mark,(W) the cousin of Barnabas.(X) (You have received instructions about him; if he comes to you, welcome him.) 11 Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews[d] among my co-workers(Y) for the kingdom of God, and they have proved a comfort to me. 12 Epaphras,(Z) who is one of you(AA) and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you,(AB) that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature(AC) and fully assured. 13 I vouch for him that he is working hard for you and for those at Laodicea(AD) and Hierapolis. 14 Our dear friend Luke,(AE) the doctor, and Demas(AF) send greetings. 15 Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters at Laodicea,(AG) and to Nympha and the church in her house.(AH)

16 After this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read(AI) in the church of the Laodiceans and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.

17 Tell Archippus:(AJ) “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”(AK)

18 I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand.(AL) Remember(AM) my chains.(AN) Grace be with you.(AO)

Footnotes:

  1. Colossians 3:21 Or Parents
  2. Colossians 4:7 Or slave; also in verse 12
  3. Colossians 4:8 Some manuscripts that he may know about your
  4. Colossians 4:11 Greek only ones of the circumcision group
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Psalm 78:56-72

56 But they put God to the test
and rebelled against the Most High;
they did not keep his statutes.
57 Like their ancestors(A) they were disloyal and faithless,
as unreliable as a faulty bow.(B)
58 They angered him(C) with their high places;(D)
they aroused his jealousy with their idols.(E)
59 When God heard(F) them, he was furious;(G)
he rejected Israel(H) completely.
60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh,(I)
the tent he had set up among humans.(J)
61 He sent the ark of his might(K) into captivity,(L)
his splendor into the hands of the enemy.
62 He gave his people over to the sword;(M)
he was furious with his inheritance.(N)
63 Fire consumed(O) their young men,
and their young women had no wedding songs;(P)
64 their priests were put to the sword,(Q)
and their widows could not weep.

65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,(R)
as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
66 He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.(S)
67 Then he rejected the tents of Joseph,
he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;(T)
68 but he chose the tribe of Judah,(U)
Mount Zion,(V) which he loved.
69 He built his sanctuary(W) like the heights,
like the earth that he established forever.
70 He chose David(X) his servant
and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep(Y) he brought him
to be the shepherd(Z) of his people Jacob,
of Israel his inheritance.
72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart;(AA)
with skillful hands he led them.

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Proverbs 24:28-29

28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause(A)
would you use your lips to mislead?
29 Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me;
I’ll pay them back for what they did.”(B)

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