The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday September 13, 2022 (NIV)

“I will praise^(B) you, Lord.
Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away^(C)
and you have comforted^(D) me.
² Surely God is my salvation;^(E)
I will trust^(F) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,^(G) is my strength^(H) and my defense^[a];
he has become my salvation.^(I)”
³ With joy you will draw water^(J)
from the wells^(K) of salvation.

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;^(M)
make known among the nations^(N) what he has done,
and proclaim that his name is exalted.^(O)
5 Sing^(P) to the Lord, for he has done glorious things;^(Q)
let this be known to all the world.
⁶ Shout aloud and sing for joy,^(R) people of Zion,
for great^(S) is the Holy One of Israel^(T) among you.^(U)”

² Raise a banner^(Z) on a bare hilltop,
shout to them;
beckon to them
to enter the gates^(AA) of the nobles.
³ I have commanded those I prepared for battle;
I have summoned my warriors^(AB) to carry out my wrath^(AC)—
those who rejoice^(AD) in my triumph.

⁴ Listen, a noise on the mountains,
like that of a great multitude!^(AE)
Listen, an uproar^(AF) among the kingdoms,
like nations massing together!
The Lord Almighty^(AG) is mustering^(AH)
an army for war.
⁵ They come from faraway lands,
from the ends of the heavens^(AI)—
the Lord and the weapons^(AJ) of his wrath^(AK)—
to destroy^(AL) the whole country.

⁶ Wail,^(AM) for the day^(AN) of the Lord is near;
it will come like destruction^(AO) from the Almighty.^[b](AP)
7 Because of this, all hands will go limp,^(AQ)
every heart will melt with fear.^(AR)
8 Terror^(AS) will seize them,
pain and anguish will grip^(AT) them;
they will writhe like a woman in labor.^(AU)
They will look aghast at each other,
their faces aflame.^(AV)

⁹ See, the day^(AW) of the Lord is coming
—a cruel^(AX) day, with wrath^(AY) and fierce anger^(AZ)—
to make the land desolate
and destroy the sinners within it.
¹⁰ The stars of heaven and their constellations
will not show their light.^(BA)
The rising sun^(BB) will be darkened^(BC)
and the moon will not give its light.^(BD)
11 I will punish^(BE) the world for its evil,
the wicked^(BF) for their sins.
I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty^(BG)
and will humble^(BH) the pride of the ruthless.^(BI)
12 I will make people^(BJ) scarcer than pure gold,
more rare than the gold of Ophir.^(BK)
13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble;^(BL)
and the earth will shake^(BM) from its place
at the wrath^(BN) of the Lord Almighty,
in the day of his burning anger.^(BO)

¹⁴ Like a hunted^(BP) gazelle,
like sheep without a shepherd,^(BQ)
they will all return to their own people,
they will flee^(BR) to their native land.^(BS)
15 Whoever is captured will be thrust through;
all who are caught will fall^(BT) by the sword.^(BU)
16 Their infants^(BV) will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
their houses will be looted and their wives violated.^(BW)

¹⁷ See, I will stir up^(BX) against them the Medes,^(BY)
who do not care for silver
and have no delight in gold.^(BZ)
18 Their bows^(CA) will strike down the young men;^(CB)
they will have no mercy^(CC) on infants,
nor will they look with compassion on children.^(CD)
19 Babylon,^(CE) the jewel of kingdoms,^(CF)
the pride and glory^(CG) of the Babylonians,^[c]
will be overthrown^(CH) by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.^(CI)
20 She will never be inhabited^(CJ)
or lived in through all generations;
there no nomads^(CK) will pitch their tents,
there no shepherds will rest their flocks.
²¹ But desert creatures^(CL) will lie there,
jackals^(CM) will fill her houses;
there the owls^(CN) will dwell,
and there the wild goats^(CO) will leap about.
²² Hyenas^(CP) will inhabit her strongholds,^(CQ)
jackals^(CR) her luxurious palaces.
Her time is at hand,^(CS)
and her days will not be prolonged.^(CT)

14 The Lord will have compassion^(CU) on Jacob;
once again he will choose^(CV) Israel
and will settle them in their own land.^(CW)
Foreigners^(CX) will join them
and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
² Nations will take them
and bring^(CY) them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations^(CZ)
and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives^(DA) of their captors
and rule over their oppressors.^(DB)

How the oppressor^(DH) has come to an end!
How his fury^[d] has ended!
⁵ The Lord has broken the rod^(DI) of the wicked,^(DJ)
the scepter^(DK) of the rulers,
⁶ which in anger struck down peoples^(DL)
with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued^(DM) nations
with relentless aggression.^(DN)
7 All the lands are at rest and at peace;^(DO)
they break into singing.^(DP)
8 Even the junipers^(DQ) and the cedars of Lebanon
gloat over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low,
no one comes to cut us down.”^(DR)

⁹ The realm of the dead^(DS) below is all astir
to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed^(DT) to greet you—
all those who were leaders^(DU) in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
all those who were kings over the nations.^(DV)
10 They will all respond,
they will say to you,
“You also have become weak, as we are;
you have become like us.”^(DW)
11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,^(DX)
along with the noise of your harps;^(DY)
maggots are spread out beneath you
and worms^(DZ) cover you.^(EA)

¹² How you have fallen^(EB) from heaven,
morning star,^(EC) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!^(ED)
13 You said in your heart,
“I will ascend^(EE) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne^(EF)
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,^(EG)
on the utmost heights^(EH) of Mount Zaphon.^[e]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;^(EI)
I will make myself like the Most High.”^(EJ)
15 But you are brought down^(EK) to the realm of the dead,^(EL)
to the depths^(EM) of the pit.^(EN)

¹⁶ Those who see you stare at you,
they ponder your fate:^(EO)
“Is this the man who shook^(EP) the earth
and made kingdoms tremble,
¹⁷ the man who made the world a wilderness,^(EQ)
who overthrew^(ER) its cities
and would not let his captives go home?”^(ES)

¹⁸ All the kings of the nations lie in state,
each in his own tomb.^(ET)
19 But you are cast out^(EU) of your tomb
like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,^(EV)
with those pierced by the sword,^(EW)
those who descend to the stones of the pit.^(EX)
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
²⁰ you will not join them in burial,^(EY)
for you have destroyed your land
and killed your people.

Let the offspring^(EZ) of the wicked^(FA)
never be mentioned^(FB) again.
²¹ Prepare a place to slaughter his children^(FC)
for the sins of their ancestors;^(FD)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
and cover the earth with their cities.

²² “I will rise up^(FE) against them,”
declares the Lord Almighty.
“I will wipe out Babylon’s name^(FF) and survivors,
her offspring and descendants,^(FG)”
declares the Lord.
²³ “I will turn her into a place for owls^(FH)
and into swampland;
I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,^(FI)”
declares the Lord Almighty.^(FJ)

“Surely, as I have planned,^(FL) so it will be,
and as I have purposed, so it will happen.^(FM)
25 I will crush the Assyrian^(FN) in my land;
on my mountains I will trample him down.
His yoke^(FO) will be taken from my people,
and his burden removed from their shoulders.^(FP)”

²⁶ This is the plan^(FQ) determined for the whole world;
this is the hand^(FR) stretched out over all nations.
²⁷ For the Lord Almighty has purposed,^(FS) and who can thwart him?
His hand^(FT) is stretched out, and who can turn it back?^(FU)

²⁹ Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,^(FY)
that the rod that struck you is broken;
from the root of that snake will spring up a viper,^(FZ)
its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.^(GA)
30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture,
and the needy^(GB) will lie down in safety.^(GC)
But your root I will destroy by famine;^(GD)
it will slay^(GE) your survivors.^(GF)

³¹ Wail,^(GG) you gate!^(GH) Howl, you city!
Melt away, all you Philistines!^(GI)
A cloud of smoke comes from the north,^(GJ)
and there is not a straggler in its ranks.^(GK)
32 What answer shall be given
to the envoys^(GL) of that nation?
“The Lord has established Zion,^(GM)
and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.^(GN)”

² I cry out to God Most High,
to God, who vindicates me.^(F)
3 He sends from heaven and saves me,^(G)
rebuking those who hotly pursue me—^[c](H)
God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.^(I)

⁴ I am in the midst of lions;^(J)
I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
whose tongues are sharp swords.^(K)

⁵ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
let your glory be over all the earth.^(L)

⁶ They spread a net for my feet^(M)—
I was bowed down^(N) in distress.
They dug a pit^(O) in my path—
but they have fallen into it themselves.^(P)

⁷ My heart, O God, is steadfast,
my heart is steadfast;^(Q)
I will sing and make music.
⁸ Awake, my soul!
Awake, harp and lyre!^(R)
I will awaken the dawn.

⁹ I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
¹⁰ For great is your love, reaching to the heavens;
your faithfulness reaches to the skies.^(S)

¹¹ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;^(T)
let your glory be over all the earth.^(U)