10/26/2018 DAB Transcript

Jeremiah 49:23-50:46, Titus 1:1-16, Psalms 97:1-98:9, Proverbs 26:13-16

Today is the 26th day of October. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It’s great to be here with you today as we round the corner and head home or through or toward the end of another week. And it is spectacular that we can do this together. Sorry…I’m like adjusting all my stuff hear as I’m talking…getting my headphones all situated. And you’d think after all these years I’d have the routine but not today. Now I’m set. I hope your set because off we go. We’re continuing to read from the book of Jeremiah in our Old Testament reading and then we get to our New Testament reading we have another letter of Paul, the third of the of the pastoral epistles known as Titus and we’ll talk about that when we get there. But first, Jeremiah chapter 49 verse 23 through 50 verse 46 today.

Introduction to Paul’s letter to Titus:

Okay. So, like we mentioned at the beginning of the program, we are entering into another of Paul’s letters. This is Paul’s epistle to Titus, which is the third of the pastoral letters. And, as we’ve already discussed, those are first and second Timothy and now Titus. And also as we’ve already discussed, these are personal letters to specific men that Paul had entrusted a great deal. These were sons in the faith to Paul. So, Titus was an early convert through the apostle Paul’s ministry and after that conversion he was a part of Paul’s ministry from then on. He was trusted enough to accompany Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem to attend the Jerusalem Council spoken of in the book of Acts. And, of course, this was the council where probably the most pivotal decision of the early church was to be made. And that was about whether conversion to Judaism, including all of the customs which would include male circumcision was required for Gentiles in order to be accepted into the community of Christ. So, basically the question was, does a person need to become Jewish before they can become a follower of Jesus or before they can become a Christian. So, Titus was a Gentile at this Jewish council and his presence was instrumental in the outcome according the apostle Paul. Ironically, Titus isn’t mentioned in the book of Acts. The way that we know him is through Paul’s letters. So, the most likely scenario for the letter to Titus is that Paul was released from his first imprisonment in Rome and then Titus accompanied Paul to the island of Crete after that in order to share the good news. And the message of Jesus had apparently never been introduced to the Cretans who were notoriously carnal. And whenPaul preached, as was the case everywhere he went pretty much, new faith sprang up and then Paul left Titus to form leadership among the forming churches and to navigate the culture, which was sure to influence the believers. And Titus…Titus was suited for that work. Paul had sent Titus as an ambassador carrying several letters into complicated situations. And, I mean, we’ve read Paul’s letters and he doesn’t mess around about what he’s trying to say. He’s pretty clear and direct. So, Titus, having to walk in and deliver some of these letters, he’s kind of used to this territory. So, Paul sent this letter to Titus on the island of Crete after he had already departed and probably about the same time that he wrote a personal letter that we know as first Timothy. So, the letter to Titus, of course, was intended to encourage him. But beyond that it also gave him apostolic authority. Like, Paul put it in writing that Titus was authorized to act in Paul’s name in doing the work of organizing these newly formed communities on Crete. And doing this, Titus would need to appoint pastors and deacons. So, Paul gave criteria for those who seek ordained ministry as he did in the first letter to Timothy. And, of course, these passages are used in the ordination process until today, the world over. So, ultimately, it’s not a very long letter and it’s a personal letter and it’s an intimate look at the instructions given from a spiritual father to his spiritual son who has been commissioned to do a pretty big job in a short amount of time. But Titus had been faithful and unsuccessful in all the Paul and asked him to do. And, so, Paul was confident and wanted Titus to be empowered and confident in the task at hand. And, so, we begin Titus chapter 1.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for the council and the disruption of it, and the comfort of it ,and all of the issues of life that are contained in it. We thank You for this gift in the way that You speak to us. So, we invite Your Holy Spirit as we move through the apostle Paul’s letter to Titus to speak to us. And as we move toward the conclusion of Jeremiah we invite Your Holy Spirit to speak to us. As we continue to absorb the wisdom of the ages in the book of Proverbs we invite Your Holy Spirit to speak to us. And as we enjoy and meditate upon the Psalms we invite Your Holy Spirit to us. Lead us into all truth as You have promised to do and as we can see that You are, for You are faithful. Your steadfast love endures forever. And we thank You God for that. Plant the words from the Scriptures today in our lives. May they reorient us to Your will and Your ways. We ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

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Check out the resources that are available in the Daily Audio Bible Shop. Visit the Prayer Wall. Pray for your brothers and sisters around the world. Or maybe you have something you want your brothers and sisters to pray for. The prayer Wall is a great resource for that.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, you can do that at dailyaudiobible.com. There is a link on the homepage. Thank you, thank you for your partnership in keeping the global campfire burning so that…so that we can come in every day out of whatever cold or chaos that might be happening and allow the Scriptures to wash over us and into our lives and have the warmth of community all around us. If that is life-giving to you then thank you for your partnership. There is a link on the homepage. If you’re using the Daily Audio Bible app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner or if you prefer, the mailing address is PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

And as always if you have a prayer request or comment, 877-942-4253 is the number to dial.

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10/26/2018 DAB Transcript

Jeremiah 49:23-50:46, Titus 1:1-16, Psalms 97:1-98:9, Proverbs 26:13-16

Today is the 26th day of October. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It’s great to be here with you today as we round the corner and head home or through or toward the end of another week. And it is spectacular that we can do this together. Sorry…I’m like adjusting all my stuff hear as I’m talking…getting my headphones all situated. And you’d think after all these years I’d have the routine but not today. Now I’m set. I hope your set because off we go. We’re continuing to read from the book of Jeremiah in our Old Testament reading and then we get to our New Testament reading we have another letter of Paul, the third of the of the pastoral epistles known as Titus and we’ll talk about that when we get there. But first, Jeremiah chapter 49 verse 23 through 50 verse 46 today.

Introduction to Paul’s letter to Titus:

Okay. So, like we mentioned at the beginning of the program, we are entering into another of Paul’s letters. This is Paul’s epistle to Titus, which is the third of the pastoral letters. And, as we’ve already discussed, those are first and second Timothy and now Titus. And also as we’ve already discussed, these are personal letters to specific men that Paul had entrusted a great deal. These were sons in the faith to Paul. So, Titus was an early convert through the apostle Paul’s ministry and after that conversion he was a part of Paul’s ministry from then on. He was trusted enough to accompany Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem to attend the Jerusalem Council spoken of in the book of Acts. And, of course, this was the council where probably the most pivotal decision of the early church was to be made. And that was about whether conversion to Judaism, including all of the customs which would include male circumcision was required for Gentiles in order to be accepted into the community of Christ. So, basically the question was, does a person need to become Jewish before they can become a follower of Jesus or before they can become a Christian. So, Titus was a Gentile at this Jewish council and his presence was instrumental in the outcome according the apostle Paul. Ironically, Titus isn’t mentioned in the book of Acts. The way that we know him is through Paul’s letters. So, the most likely scenario for the letter to Titus is that Paul was released from his first imprisonment in Rome and then Titus accompanied Paul to the island of Crete after that in order to share the good news. And the message of Jesus had apparently never been introduced to the Cretans who were notoriously carnal. And whenPaul preached, as was the case everywhere he went pretty much, new faith sprang up and then Paul left Titus to form leadership among the forming churches and to navigate the culture, which was sure to influence the believers. And Titus…Titus was suited for that work. Paul had sent Titus as an ambassador carrying several letters into complicated situations. And, I mean, we’ve read Paul’s letters and he doesn’t mess around about what he’s trying to say. He’s pretty clear and direct. So, Titus, having to walk in and deliver some of these letters, he’s kind of used to this territory. So, Paul sent this letter to Titus on the island of Crete after he had already departed and probably about the same time that he wrote a personal letter that we know as first Timothy. So, the letter to Titus, of course, was intended to encourage him. But beyond that it also gave him apostolic authority. Like, Paul put it in writing that Titus was authorized to act in Paul’s name in doing the work of organizing these newly formed communities on Crete. And doing this, Titus would need to appoint pastors and deacons. So, Paul gave criteria for those who seek ordained ministry as he did in the first letter to Timothy. And, of course, these passages are used in the ordination process until today, the world over. So, ultimately, it’s not a very long letter and it’s a personal letter and it’s an intimate look at the instructions given from a spiritual father to his spiritual son who has been commissioned to do a pretty big job in a short amount of time. But Titus had been faithful and unsuccessful in all the Paul and asked him to do. And, so, Paul was confident and wanted Titus to be empowered and confident in the task at hand. And, so, we begin Titus chapter 1.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for the council and the disruption of it, and the comfort of it ,and all of the issues of life that are contained in it. We thank You for this gift in the way that You speak to us. So, we invite Your Holy Spirit as we move through the apostle Paul’s letter to Titus to speak to us. And as we move toward the conclusion of Jeremiah we invite Your Holy Spirit to speak to us. As we continue to absorb the wisdom of the ages in the book of Proverbs we invite Your Holy Spirit to speak to us. And as we enjoy and meditate upon the Psalms we invite Your Holy Spirit to us. Lead us into all truth as You have promised to do and as we can see that You are, for You are faithful. Your steadfast love endures forever. And we thank You God for that. Plant the words from the Scriptures today in our lives. May they reorient us to Your will and Your ways. We ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com is the website, its home base, its where you find out what’s going on around here. So, be sure to stay connected.

Check out the resources that are available in the Daily Audio Bible Shop. Visit the Prayer Wall. Pray for your brothers and sisters around the world. Or maybe you have something you want your brothers and sisters to pray for. The prayer Wall is a great resource for that.

If you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible, you can do that at dailyaudiobible.com. There is a link on the homepage. Thank you, thank you for your partnership in keeping the global campfire burning so that…so that we can come in every day out of whatever cold or chaos that might be happening and allow the Scriptures to wash over us and into our lives and have the warmth of community all around us. If that is life-giving to you then thank you for your partnership. There is a link on the homepage. If you’re using the Daily Audio Bible app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner or if you prefer, the mailing address is PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

And as always if you have a prayer request or comment, 877-942-4253 is the number to dial.

And that’s it for today. I’m Brian I love you and I’ll be waiting for you here tomorrow.

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday October 26, 2018 (NIV)

Jeremiah 49:23-50:46

Prophecies against Damascus

23 About Damascus:(A)

Hamath and Arpad are put to shame,(B)
for they have heard a bad report and are agitated,
like[a] the anxious sea that cannot be calmed.
24 Damascus has become weak;
she has turned to run;
panic has gripped her.
Distress and labor pains have seized her
like a woman in labor.(C)
25 How can the city of praise not be abandoned,(D)
the town that brings me joy?
26 Therefore, her young men will fall in her public squares;
all the warriors will perish in that day.
This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.(E)
27 I will set fire to the wall of Damascus;
it will consume Ben-hadad’s citadels.(F)

Prophecies against Kedar and Hazor

28 About Kedar(G) and the kingdoms of Hazor, which King Nebuchadnezzar(H) of Babylon defeated, this is what the Lord says:

Rise up, attack Kedar,
and destroy the people of the east!
29 They will take their tents and their flocks
along with their tent curtains and all their equipment.
They will take their camels for themselves.
They will call out to them,
“Terror is on every side!” (I)
30 Run! Escape quickly! Lie low,
residents of Hazor—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon
has drawn up a plan against you;
he has devised a strategy against you.

31 Rise up, attack a nation at ease,
one living in security.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
They have no doors, not even a gate bar;
they live alone.(J)
32 Their camels will become plunder,
and their massive herds of cattle will become spoil.(K)
I will scatter them to the wind in every direction,
those who clip the hair on their temples;
I will bring calamity on them across all their borders.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
33 Hazor will become a jackals’ den,(L)
a desolation forever.
No one will live there;
no human being will stay in it even temporarily.(M)

Prophecies against Elam

34 This is the word of the Lord that came to the prophet Jeremiah about Elam[b] at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah.(N) 35 This is what the Lord of Armies says:

I am about to shatter Elam’s bow,(O)
the source[c] of their might.
36 I will bring the four winds against Elam
from the four corners of the heavens,
and I will scatter them to all these winds.
There will not be a nation
to which Elam’s banished ones will not go.
37 I will devastate Elam before their enemies,
before those who intend to take their lives.
I will bring disaster on them,
my burning anger.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will send the sword after them(P)
until I finish them off.
38 I will set my throne in Elam,
and I will destroy the king and officials from there.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

39 Yet, in the last days,
I will restore the fortunes of Elam.(Q)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Prophecies against Babylon

50 This is the word the Lord spoke about Babylon,(R) the land of the Chaldeans, through the prophet Jeremiah:

Announce to the nations;
proclaim and raise up a signal flag;(S)
proclaim, and hide nothing.
Say, “Babylon is captured;
Bel(T) is put to shame;
Marduk is terrified.”
Her idols are put to shame;
her false gods, devastated.
For a nation from the north will attack her;(U)
it will make her land desolate.
No one will be living in it—
both people and animals will escape.[d](V)
In those days and at that time—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
the Israelites and Judeans will come together,(W)
weeping as they come,
and will seek the Lord their God.(X)
They will ask about Zion,
turning their faces to this road.
They will come and join themselves[e] to the Lord
in a permanent covenant(Y) that will never be forgotten.

My people were lost sheep;(Z)
their shepherds led them astray,(AA)
guiding them the wrong way in the mountains.(AB)
They wandered from mountain to hill;
they forgot their resting place.
Whoever found them devoured them.
Their adversaries said, “We’re not guilty;
instead, they have sinned against the Lord,
their righteous grazing land,(AC)
the hope of their ancestors,(AD) the Lord.”

Escape from Babylon;(AE)
depart from the Chaldeans’ land.
Be like the rams that lead the flock.
For I will soon stir up and bring against Babylon(AF)
an assembly of great nations from the north country.
They will line up in battle formation against her;(AG)
from there she will be captured.
Their arrows will be like a skilled[f] warrior
who does not return empty-handed.
10 The Chaldeans will become plunder;
all Babylon’s plunderers will be fully satisfied.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
11 Because you rejoice,
because you celebrate—
you who plundered my inheritance—
because you frolic like a young cow treading grain
and neigh like stallions,(AH)
12 your mother(AI) will be utterly humiliated;
she who bore you will be put to shame.
Look! She will lag behind all[g] the nations—
an arid wilderness, a desert.(AJ)
13 Because of the Lord’s wrath,
she will not be inhabited;
she will become a desolation, every bit of her.
Everyone who passes through Babylon
will be appalled
and scoff because of all her wounds.(AK)
14 Line up in battle formation around Babylon,
all you archers!
Shoot at her! Do not spare an arrow,
for she has sinned against the Lord.
15 Raise a war cry against her on every side!
She has thrown up her hands in surrender;
her defense towers have fallen;
her walls are demolished.(AL)
Since this is the Lord’s vengeance,(AM)
take your vengeance on her;
as she has done, do the same to her.
16 Cut off the sower from Babylon
as well as him who wields the sickle at harvest time.
Because of the oppressor’s sword,(AN)
each will turn to his own people,(AO)
each will flee to his own land.

The Return of God’s People

17 Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions.(AP)
The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria;
the last who crushed his bones
was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.(AQ)

18 Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to punish the king of Babylon(AR) and his land just as I punished the king of Assyria.

19 I will return Israel to his grazing land,(AS)
and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan;
he will be satisfied
in the hill country of Ephraim and of Gilead.(AT)
20 In those days and at that time—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
one will search for Israel’s iniquity,
but there will be none,
and for Judah’s sins,
but they will not be found,
for I will forgive(AU) those I leave as a remnant.(AV)

The Invasion of Babylon

21 Attack the land of Merathaim,
and those living in Pekod.
Put them to the sword;
completely destroy them—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
do everything I have commanded you.(AW)
22 The sound of war is in the land(AX)
a crushing blow!
23 How the hammer of the whole earth
is cut down and smashed!
What a horror Babylon has become
among the nations!(AY)
24 Babylon, I laid a trap for you, and you were caught,(AZ)
but you did not even know it.
You were found and captured
because you pitted yourself against the Lord.
25 The Lord opened his armory
and brought out his weapons of wrath,(BA)
because it is a task of the Lord God of Armies
in the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Come against her from the most distant places.[h]
Open her granaries;
pile her up like mounds of grain
and completely destroy her.
Leave her no survivors.
27 Put all her young bulls to the sword;
let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them because their day has come,
the time of their punishment.(BB)

The Humiliation of Babylon

28 There is a voice of fugitives and refugees
from the land of Babylon.
The voice announces in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God,
the vengeance for his temple.(BC)
29 Summon the archers to Babylon,
all who string the bow;
camp all around her; let none escape.
Repay her according to her deeds;(BD)
just as she has done, do the same to her,
for she has acted arrogantly against the Lord,
against the Holy One of Israel.(BE)
30 Therefore, her young men will fall
in her public squares;
all the warriors will perish in that day.
This is the Lord’s declaration.(BF)
31 Look, I am against you, you arrogant one—
this is the declaration of
the Lord God of Armies—
for your day has come,
the time when I will punish you.
32 The arrogant will stumble and fall(BG)
with no one to pick him up.
I will set fire to his cities,
and it will consume everything around him.(BH)

The Desolation of Babylon

33 This is what the Lord of Armies says:

Israelites and Judeans alike have been oppressed.
All their captors hold them fast;(BI)
they refuse to release them.
34 Their Redeemer is strong;
the Lord of Armies is his name.
He will fervently champion their cause(BJ)
so that he might bring rest to the earth
but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.(BK)
35 A sword is over the Chaldeans—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
against those who live in Babylon,
against her officials, and against her sages.
36 A sword is against the diviners,
and they will act foolishly.
A sword is against her heroic warriors,
and they will be terrified.
37 A sword is against his horses and chariots
and against all the foreigners among them,(BL)
and they will be like women.(BM)
A sword is against her treasuries,
and they will be plundered.
38 A drought will come on her waters,
and they will be dried up.
For it is a land of carved images,
and they go mad because of terrifying things.[i](BN)

39 Therefore, desert creatures[j] will live with hyenas,
and ostriches will also live in her.
It will never again be inhabited
or lived in through all generations.(BO)
40 Just as God demolished Sodom and Gomorrah
and their neighboring towns(BP)
this is the Lord’s declaration—
so no one will live there;
no human being will stay in it even temporarily
as a temporary resident.(BQ)

The Conquest of Babylon

41 Look! A people comes from the north.(BR)
A great nation and many kings will be stirred up
from the remote regions of the earth.(BS)
42 They grasp bow and javelin.
They are cruel and show no mercy.
Their voice roars like the sea,(BT)
and they ride on horses,
lined up like men in battle formation
against you, Daughter Babylon.
43 The king of Babylon has heard about them;
his hands have become weak.
Distress has seized him—
pain, like a woman in labor.(BU)

44 “Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets[k](BV) of the Jordan to the watered grazing land. I will chase Babylon[l] away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like me? Who will issue me a summons? Who is the shepherd who can stand against me?”

45 Therefore, hear the plans that the Lord has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies he has devised against the land of the Chaldeans:(BW) Certainly the flock’s little lambs will be dragged away; certainly the grazing land will be made desolate because of them. 46 At the sound of Babylon’s conquest the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.(BX)

Footnotes:

  1. 49:23 Lit in
  2. 49:34 = modern Iran
  3. 49:35 Lit first
  4. 50:3 Lit escape; they will walk
  5. 50:5 LXX; MT reads Come and join yourselves
  6. 50:9 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read bereaving
  7. 50:12 Lit Look! The last of
  8. 50:26 Lit from the end
  9. 50:38 Or of dreaded gods
  10. 50:39 Or desert demons
  11. 50:44 Lit pride
  12. 50:44 Lit them

Cross references:

  1. 49:23 : Is 17:1; Am 1:3
  2. 49:23 : 2Kg 18:34
  3. 49:24 : Is 13:8; 42:14; Jr 4:31; 6:24; 22:23; 30:6; 50:43; Mc 4:9-10
  4. 49:25 : Jr 33:9
  5. 49:26 : Jr 50:30
  6. 49:27 : Am 1:4
  7. 49:28 : Gn 25:13; Ps 120:5; Is 21:16-17; 60:7; Jr 2:10; Ezk 27:21
  8. 49:28 : 2Kg 24:11; 25:22; 2Ch 36:6-13
  9. 49:29 : Ps 31:13; Jr 6:25; 20:3-4,10
  10. 49:31 : Jdg 18:7-10; Ps 73:12; Is 47:8; Ezk 38:10-11; Zph 2:15; Zch 7:7
  11. 49:32 : Is 10:6; Ezk 25:7; Nah 2:9
  12. 49:33 : Jr 9:11; 10:22; 51:37
  13. 49:33 : Jr 49:18; 50:40
  14. 49:34 : Jr 27:12; 28:1; 29:3
  15. 49:35 : Is 22:6
  16. 49:37 : Jr 9:16
  17. 49:39 : Jr 48:47; 49:6
  18. 50:1 : Is 13:1
  19. 50:2 : Ps 60:4; Is 5:26; 18:3
  20. 50:2 : Is 46:1; Jr 51:44
  21. 50:3 : Is 41:25; Jr 1:13-15; 6:1,22; 47:2; 50:9,41; 51:48
  22. 50:3 : Ps 135:8; Jr 7:20; 21:6; 32:43; 33:10,12; 36:29; 51:62
  23. 50:4 : Is 11:12-13; Jr 3:18; Ezk 37:15-22; Hs 11:1
  24. 50:4 : 2Ch 11:16; 15:4; Hs 3:5
  25. 50:5 : Gn 9:16; 17:7,13,19; Is 55:3; 61:8; Jr 32:40; Ezk 16:60; 37:26
  26. 50:6 : Is 53:6
  27. 50:6 : Jr 23:2,13
  28. 50:6 : Ezk 34:6
  29. 50:7 : Jr 31:23; 40:2-3
  30. 50:7 : Jr 14:8; 17:13
  31. 50:8 : Jr 51:6; Rv 18:4
  32. 50:9 : Jr 51:1,11,29,35
  33. 50:9 : Jr 6:23; 50:14,42; 51:27
  34. 50:11 : Jdg 5:22; Jr 8:16; 47:3
  35. 50:12 : Jr 2:31; 51:47; Hs 2:4-5
  36. 50:12 : Jr 51:43
  37. 50:13 : Dt 28:37; 2Ch 29:8; 30:7; Jr 5:30; 18:16; 19:8; 25:9,18; 29:18; 42:18; 44:12,22; 49:17; Mc 6:16; Zph 2:15
  38. 50:15 : Jr 51:58
  39. 50:15 : Jr 46:10
  40. 50:16 : Jr 46:16
  41. 50:16 : Is 13:14
  42. 50:17 : Jr 2:15; 4:7
  43. 50:17 : 2Kg 24:10-12; 25:1-7
  44. 50:18 : Is 10:12
  45. 50:19 : Jr 22:6; 23:3; 33:12; Ezk 34:14
  46. 50:19 : Is 33:9; Mc 7:14; Nah 1:4
  47. 50:20 : Nm 14:20; Jr 31:34; 36:3
  48. 50:20 : Jr 39:10; 52:16; Zph 3:12
  49. 50:21 : 1Kg 9:4; 2Kg 21:8; 2Ch 7:17
  50. 50:22 : Jr 51:54-56
  51. 50:23 : Jr 51:41
  52. 50:24 : Jr 51:31; Dn 5:30-31
  53. 50:25 : Is 13:5
  54. 50:27 : Is 10:3; Jr 46:21; Ezk 21:25,29; Hs 5:9; Mc 7:4; 2Pt 2:9
  55. 50:28 : 2Kg 18:16; 23:4; 24:13; Jr 51:11
  56. 50:29 : Ps 28:4; Pr 24:12,29; Jr 25:14; 50:29; 51:24; Lm 3:64
  57. 50:29 : Ps 71:22; Is 1:4; 37:23; Jr 51:5
  58. 50:30 : Jr 49:26
  59. 50:32 : Ps 27:2; Pr 24:16-17; Is 3:8; 8:15; 31:3
  60. 50:32 : Jr 21:14
  61. 50:33 : 2Ch 28:11; 30:9; Is 14:17; 61:1; Jr 13:17
  62. 50:34 : 1Sm 24:15; Pr 23:11; Is 47:4; Jr 51:36
  63. 50:34 : Mc 4:10
  64. 50:37 : Ex 12:38; Neh 13:1-3; Jr 25:20
  65. 50:37 : Jr 51:30
  66. 50:38 : Ex 15:16; 23:27; Jb 20:25
  67. 50:39 : Is 13:20-21; 34:13-14
  68. 50:40 : Gn 19:24-25
  69. 50:40 : Jr 49:18-21,33
  70. 50:41-43 : Jr 6:22-24; 49:24
  71. 50:41 : Jr 6:22; 25:32; 31:8
  72. 50:42 : Is 5:30; 17:12
  73. 50:43 : Ps 48:6; Is 13:8; 21:3; 42:14; Jr 4:31; 6:24; 13:21; 22:23; 30:6; 49:24; Mc 4:9-10; 1Th 5:3
  74. 50:44 : Ps 10:9; 17:12; Is 5:29; Jr 2:15; 5:6; 12:5; 25:38; 50:17; Zch 11:3
  75. 50:45 : Jr 51:29
  76. 50:44-46 : Jr 49:19-21
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Titus 1

Greeting

Paul,(A) a servant of God(B) and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for[a] the faith of God’s elect(C) and their knowledge of the truth(D) that leads[b] to godliness,(E) in the hope of eternal life(F) that God, who cannot lie,(G) promised before time began.(H) In his own time he has revealed(I) his word(J) in the preaching with which I was entrusted(K) by the command(L) of God our Savior:(M)

To Titus,(N) my true son(O) in our common faith.

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.(P)

Titus’s Ministry in Crete

The reason I left you in Crete(Q) was to set right what was left undone and, as I directed you, to appoint elders(R) in every town. An elder(S) must be blameless:(T) the husband of one wife, with faithful[c] children who are not accused of wildness or rebellion. As an overseer(U) of God’s household, he must be blameless: not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money, but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, righteous, holy, self-controlled, holding to the faithful message as taught,(V) so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching(W) and to refute those who contradict it.

10 For there are many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from the circumcision party. 11 It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly. 12 One of their very own prophets said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” 13 This testimony is true.(X) For this reason, rebuke them sharply,(Y) so that they may be sound in the faith 14 and may not pay attention to Jewish myths(Z) and the commands of people who reject the truth.(AA)

15 To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience(AB) are defiled. 16 They claim to know God,(AC) but they deny him by their works.(AD) They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.(AE)

Footnotes:

  1. 1:1 Or according to
  2. 1:1 Or corresponds
  3. 1:6 Or believing
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Psalm 97-98

Psalm 97

The Majestic King

The Lord reigns! Let the earth rejoice;
let the many coasts and islands be glad.(A)

Clouds and total darkness surround him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.(B)
Fire goes before him
and burns up his foes on every side.(C)
His lightning lights up the world;
the earth sees and trembles.(D)
The mountains melt like wax
at the presence of the Lord
at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.(E)

The heavens proclaim his righteousness;(F)
all the peoples see his glory.(G)

All who serve carved images,
those who boast in idols, will be put to shame.(H)
All the gods[a] must worship him.(I)

Zion hears and is glad,
Judah’s villages[b] rejoice
because of your judgments, Lord.(J)
For you, Lord,
are the Most High over the whole earth;
you are exalted above all the gods.(K)

10 You who love the Lord, hate evil!(L)
He protects the lives of his faithful ones;(M)
he rescues them from the power of the wicked.(N)
11 Light dawns[c][d] for the righteous,
gladness for the upright in heart.(O)
12 Be glad in the Lord, you righteous ones,
and give thanks to his holy name.[e](P)

Psalm 98

Praise the King

A psalm.

Sing a new song to the Lord,(Q)
for he has performed wonders;
his right hand and holy arm
have won him victory.(R)
The Lord has made his victory known;
he has revealed his righteousness
in the sight of the nations.(S)
He has remembered his love
and faithfulness to the house of Israel;
all the ends of the earth
have seen our God’s victory.(T)

Let the whole earth shout to the Lord;
be jubilant, shout for joy, and sing.(U)
Sing to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and melodious song.(V)
With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn
shout triumphantly
in the presence of the Lord, our King.(W)

Let the sea and all that fills it,
the world and those who live in it, resound.(X)
Let the rivers clap their hands;
let the mountains shout together for joy(Y)
before the Lord,
for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world righteously
and the peoples fairly.(Z)

Footnotes:

  1. 97:7 LXX, Syr read All his angels; Heb 1:6
  2. 97:8 Lit daughters
  3. 97:11 One Hb ms, LXX, some ancient versions read rises to shine; Ps 112:4
  4. 97:11 Lit Light is sown
  5. 97:12 Lit to the memory of his holiness
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Proverbs 26:13-16

13 The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!” (A)
14 A door turns on its hinges,
and a slacker, on his bed.(B)
15 The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he is too weary to bring it to his mouth!(C)
16 In his own eyes, a slacker is wiser(D)
than seven who can answer sensibly.

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10/25/2018 DAB Transcript

Jeremiah 48:1-49:22, 2 Timothy 4:1-22, Psalms 95:1-96:13, Proverbs 26:9-12

Today is the 25th day of October. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. And again, it’s a pleasure to be here with you today and every day. And I’m excited for us to take the next step forward in the Scriptures and see what God might speak to us through his word today. We’re still in the book of Jeremiah, definitely rounding the corner on that. We will also be finishing Paul’s second letter to Timothy today when we get to the New Testament. We’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week. Jeremiah 48:1 - 49:22.

Commentary:

Okay. May the Lord be with your spirit and may his grace be with you all. Those are the final written words of the apostle Paul to Timothy or to anyone. According to church tradition, he was executed soon after. And in the final paragraphs of this final letter, Paul told Timothy to keep a clear mind and always be ready to share the good news of the gospel in spite of the opposition. If suffering and persecution came, which is how things were shaping up, Timothy was to be unafraid. If people abandoned him in search of whatever their itching ears wanted to hear, Timothy was to continue to tell the truth and care for those whom God had entrusted to him as a pastor. And then Paul told Timothy, I am already being poured out as a drink offering and the time for my departure is close. I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. Ahh…and those are…I mean, that’s a famous passage for certain. But when we understand the melancholy of Paul’s circumstance, how that hits us, and it hits me square in the heart every time I come by it because I want that to be true of me too. And I think we all feel this way. But knowing this is the end, like this is the end of Paul’s story and he’s going to lose his life for Jesus and be executed, we should be halted and be respectful. And this should reset our expectations as followers of Christ. I mean, think about this. We worship Jesus and we certainly respect and revere the apostle Paul, but both of their lives ended similarly in abandonment and injustice. And that’s pretty stark. But because we’re usually gaging how well we’re doing with God based on how blessed we feel, but the reality the New Testament teaches us like redundantly, is that we must learn to endure whatever might come. And not everything that comes is going to be enjoyable. So, I mean, we have been blessed beyond measure because we’ve been given the gift of eternal life, but blessing isn’t the only reason for our existence. We’re here to participate in the rescue of our species, of humanity, as the hands and feet of Jesus. The physical representation of his body on this earth. This was Paul’s message, and this was his mission. And his life revealed just how opposed that mission could become and what it looks like to endure with hope until the end. And so, the apostle Paul spent his final days in a cold dungeon and winter was coming on and nearly everyone had abandoned him, and he begged Timothy to come as soon as he could and then when he did come to bring his coat, it’s like heartbreaking. And he wanted his books and his parchments…ahh, it’s just a sad scene. And then Paul died for his faith in Jesus. And it’s easy enough to go, how is it that we look at this a victory? Because this is how Paul would describe it. I mean, is it because Paul would later become Saint Paul? Or is it a victory because his writings ended up in the Bible? Those were never Paul’s ambitions. He was never looking for that. It had been an honor to serve Jesus. He had fought the good fight and held nothing back. He had finished the race and accomplished everything that God had allowed him to do. And he had kept the faith and remained true until the end. And from Paul’s other writings, we know that he was thoroughly convinced that his own physical death would not be the end of anything at all and that he would indeed be eternally victorious. And that’s a pretty humbling posture from a man condemned to die. And that should shape our lives and affect us and guide us forward. Of course, this isn’t the last we’re gonna hear from the apostle Paul. But these were his parting thoughts. This was his last letter. And to fight the good fight and to align ourselves with his sentiment, that’s gonna take endurance, right? A fighter gets into the ring and even if they win, they still get punched, right? They still get beat up. And to finish the race will require endurance. So, we must not be deceived about this. Keeping the faith will require endurance, maybe more endurance than we’ve ever been forced to exhibit. But we have these examples. Paul endured until the end. And if we can learn nothing more from that, we have to acknowledge that he believed what he taught enough to die for it. And he followed the example of Jesus and endured until the end as Jesus had. And this theme and this example is gonna continue in the New Testament as we’ve talked about before. This becomes a central theme. It’s gonna be everywhere. And so we need to begin to consider the ways that we are enduring and the ways that we’re not. And our convictions will continue to be challenged in this area as we move into the future letters that we’re about to read. So, let’s invite the Holy Spirit to speak into that.

Prayer:

Father, endurance is not something we probably would have signed up for if we had a choice. And we do everything to avoid it and to steer clear. And yet it is such a central theme and message of the Scriptures. It’s pretty hard to avoid. And, so, we invite Your Holy Spirit to begin to reveal to us the ways that we have endured in the past. How we have handled those trying times. That we have to just put one foot in front of the other and keep moving forward, trusting in You and You alone. How have we endured well, Holy Spirit?  That’s our question. Show us, Jesus, how we have done well. We also invite You to show us ways that we’ve tried to avoid things, side stepped things and ways that we’ve caved and the ways that we have not endured because we must learn this. As much as we don’t want to, we must learn this. So, come Holy Spirit. Show us how to endure and be true and fight the good fight and finish the race and keep the faith. We pray this in Jesus name. Amen.

Song:

My Soul Waits – Bethany Barnard

On God alone my soul waits

On God alone my soul waits

I’ll wait until the night breaks

On God alone my soul waits

Cause Your praise is an ocean

And my troubles are a puddle

Oh, I’ll soon forget my affliction

For the joy I know that will follow

On God alone my soul waits

On God alone my soul waits

I’ll wait until I see Your face

On God alone my soul waits

Oh, And Your praise is an ocean

And my troubles are a puddle

And I’ll soon forget my affliction

For the joy I know that will follow

And Your praise is an ocean

And my troubles are a puddle

Oh, I’ll soon forget my affliction

For the joy I know that will follow

And when I call to You

You answer me

Can it be true

That You’re in love with me

On God alone my soul waits

On God alone my soul waits

I’ll wait until the night breaks

On God alone my soul waits

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday October 25, 2018 (NIV)

Jeremiah 48:1-49:22

Prophecies against Moab

48 About Moab,(A) this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says:

Woe to Nebo,(B) because it is about to be destroyed;
Kiriathaim will be put to shame;(C) it will be taken captive.
The fortress will be put to shame and dismayed!
There is no longer praise for Moab;
they plan harm against her in Heshbon:(D)
Come, let’s cut her off from nationhood.
Also, Madmen, you will be silenced;
the sword will follow(E) you.
A voice cries out from Horonaim,(F)
“devastation and a crushing blow!” (G)
Moab will be shattered;
her little ones will cry out.
For on the Ascent to Luhith
they will be weeping continually,[a]
and on the descent to Horonaim
will be heard cries of distress over the destruction:(H)
Flee! Save your lives!(I)
Be like a juniper bush[b](J) in the wilderness.
Because you trust in your works and treasures,
you will be captured also.
Chemosh(K) will go into exile
with his priests and officials.(L)
The destroyer(M) will move against every town;
not one town will escape.
The valley will perish,
and the plain will be annihilated,(N)
as the Lord has said.
Make Moab a salt marsh,[c](O)
for she will run away;[d]
her towns will become a desolation,
without inhabitant.(P)
10 The one who does
the Lord’s business deceitfully[e] is cursed,(Q)
and the one who withholds
his sword from bloodshed is cursed.
11 Moab has been left quiet since his youth,
settled like wine on its dregs.(R)
He hasn’t been poured from one container to another
or gone into exile.
So his taste has remained the same,
and his aroma hasn’t changed.
12 Therefore look, the days are coming(S)
this is the Lord’s declaration—
when I will send pourers to him, who will pour him out.
They will empty his containers
and smash his jars.
13 Moab will be put to shame because of Chemosh,
just as the house of Israel was put to shame
because of Bethel(T) that they trusted in.
14 How can you say, “We are warriors—
valiant men for battle”?
15 The destroyer of Moab and its towns
has come up,[f]
and the best of its young men
have gone down to slaughter.
This is the King’s declaration;
the Lord of Armies is his name.(U)
16 Moab’s calamity is near at hand;
his disaster is rushing swiftly.
17 Mourn for him, all you surrounding nations,
everyone who knows his name.
Say, “How the mighty scepter(V) is shattered,
the glorious staff!”
18 Come down from glory; sit on parched ground,
resident of the daughter of Dibon,(W)
for the destroyer of Moab has come against you;
he has destroyed your fortresses.
19 Stand by the highway and watch,
resident of Aroer!(X)
Ask him who is fleeing or her who is escaping,(Y)
“What happened?”
20 Moab is put to shame, indeed dismayed.
Wail and cry out!(Z)
Declare by the Arnon
that Moab is destroyed.

21 “Judgment has come to the land of the plateau(AA)—to Holon, Jahzah, Mephaath, 22 Dibon, Nebo, Beth-diblathaim, 23 Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, Beth-meon,(AB) 24 Kerioth,(AC) Bozrah, and all the towns of the land of Moab, those far and near. 25 Moab’s horn is chopped off;(AD) his arm is shattered.”(AE)

This is the Lord’s declaration.

26 “Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the Lord.(AF) Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughingstock. 27 Wasn’t Israel a laughingstock to you?(AG) Was he ever found among thieves?(AH) For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.”(AI)

28 Abandon the towns! Live in the cliffs,
residents of Moab!
Be like a dove
that nests inside the mouth of a cave.(AJ)

29 We have heard of Moab’s pride,
great pride, indeed—
his insolence, arrogance, pride,
and haughty heart.
30 I know his outburst.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
It is empty.
His boast is empty.
31 Therefore, I will wail over Moab.
I will cry out for Moab, all of it;
he will moan for the men of Kir-heres.
32 I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah,
with more than the weeping for Jazer.
Your tendrils have extended to the sea;
they have reached to the sea and to Jazer.[g]
The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
33 Gladness and celebration are taken from the fertile field
and from the land of Moab.
I have stopped the flow of wine from the winepresses;
no one will tread with shouts of joy.
The shouting is not a shout of joy.(AK)

34 “There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they make their voices heard as far as Jahaz(AL)—from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah—because even the Waters of Nimrim have become desolate. 35 In Moab, I will stop”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the one who offers sacrifices on the high place and burns incense to his gods.(AM) 36 Therefore, my heart moans like flutes for Moab,(AN) and my heart moans like flutes for the people of Kir-heres. And therefore, the wealth he has gained has perished. 37 Indeed, every head is bald and every beard is chopped short.(AO) On every hand is a gash(AP) and sackcloth(AQ) around the waist. 38 On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants.”(AR) This is the Lord’s declaration. 39 “How broken it is! They wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is ashamed. Moab will become a laughingstock and a shock to all those around him.”(AS)

40 For this is what the Lord says:

Look! He will swoop down like an eagle
and spread his wings against Moab.(AT)
41 The towns have[h] been captured,
and the strongholds seized.
In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors
will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.(AU)
42 Moab will be destroyed as a people
because he has exalted himself against the Lord.(AV)
43 Panic,(AW) pit, and trap
await you, resident of Moab.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
44 He who flees from the panic will fall in the pit,
and he who climbs from the pit
will be captured in the trap,
for I will bring against Moab
the year of their punishment.(AX)
This is the Lord’s declaration.(AY)

45 Those who flee will stand exhausted in Heshbon’s shadow
because fire has come out from Heshbon
and a flame from within Sihon.
It will devour Moab’s forehead
and the skull of the noisemakers.
46 Woe to you, Moab!
The people of Chemosh have perished
because your sons have been taken captive
and your daughters have gone into captivity.(AZ)
47 Yet, I will restore the fortunes[i] of Moab in the last days.(BA)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
The judgment on Moab ends here.

Prophecies against Ammon

49 About the Ammonites,(BB) this is what the Lord says:

Does Israel have no sons?
Is he without an heir?
Why then has Milcom[j][k] dispossessed Gad(BC)
and his people settled in their cities?
Therefore look, the days are coming(BD)
this is the Lord’s declaration—
when I will make the shout of battle(BE) heard
against Rabbah(BF) of the Ammonites.
It will become a desolate mound,
and its surrounding villages will be set on fire.
Israel will dispossess their dispossessors,
says the Lord.
Wail, Heshbon,(BG) for Ai is devastated;
cry out, daughters of Rabbah!
Clothe yourselves with sackcloth,(BH) and lament;
run back and forth within your walls,[l]
because Milcom will go into exile
together with his priests and officials.(BI)
Why do you boast about your valleys,
your flowing valley,[m]
you faithless daughter—
you who trust in your treasures
and say, “Who can attack me?”
Look, I am about to bring terror on you(BJ)
this is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies—
from all those around you.
You will be banished, each person headlong,
with no one to gather up the fugitives.
But after that, I will restore the fortunes[n] of the Ammonites.(BK)
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Prophecies against Edom

About Edom,(BL) this is what the Lord of Armies says:

Is there no longer wisdom in Teman?(BM)
Has counsel perished from the prudent?
Has their wisdom rotted away?(BN)
Run! Turn back! Lie low,
residents of Dedan,(BO)
for I will bring Esau’s calamity on him(BP)
at the time I punish him.(BQ)
If grape harvesters came to you,
wouldn’t they leave some gleanings?(BR)
Were thieves to come in the night,
they would destroy only what they wanted.(BS)
10 But I will strip Esau bare;
I will uncover his secret places.(BT)
He will try to hide,(BU) but he will be unable.
His descendants will be destroyed
along with his relatives and neighbors.
He will exist no longer.(BV)
11 Abandon your fatherless; I will preserve them;
let your widows trust in me.(BW)

12 For this is what the Lord says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not remain unpunished, for you must drink it too. 13 For by myself I have sworn”(BX)—this is the Lord’s declaration—“Bozrah[o] will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and an example for cursing, and all its surrounding cities will become ruins forever.”(BY)

14 I have heard an envoy from the Lord;
a messenger has been sent among the nations:
Assemble yourselves to come against her.
Rise up for war!

15 I will certainly make you insignificant among the nations,
despised among humanity.
16 As to the terror you cause,[p]
your arrogant heart has deceived you.
You who live in the clefts of the rock,[q]
you who occupy the mountain summit,
though you elevate your nest like the eagles,
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.(BZ)

17 “Edom will become a desolation. Everyone who passes by her will be appalled and scoff because of all her wounds.(CA) 18 As when Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,”(CB) says the Lord, “no one will live there; no human being will stay in it even temporarily.(CC)

19 “Look, it will be like a lion coming from the thickets[r] of the Jordan to the watered grazing land.(CD) I will chase Edom away from her land in a flash. I will appoint whoever is chosen for her. For who is like me?(CE) Who will issue me a summons?(CF) Who is the shepherd who can stand against me?” (CG)

20 Therefore, hear the plans that the Lord has drawn up against Edom and the strategies he has devised against the people of Teman:(CH) The flock’s little lambs will certainly be dragged away,(CI) and their grazing land will be made desolate because of them.(CJ) 21 At the sound of their fall the earth will quake;(CK) the sound of her cry will be heard at the Red Sea.(CL) 22 Look! It will be like an eagle soaring upward, then swooping down and spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.(CM)

Footnotes:

  1. 48:5 Lit Luhith, weeping goes up with weeping
  2. 48:6 Or like Aroer; Is 17:2; Jr 48:19
  3. 48:9 LXX reads a sign; Vg reads a flower; Syr, Tg read a crown
  4. 48:9 Hb obscure
  5. 48:10 Or negligently
  6. 48:15 Or Moab is destroyed; he has come up against its cities
  7. 48:32 Some Hb mss read reached as far as Jazer
  8. 48:41 Or Kerioth has
  9. 48:47 Or will end the captivity
  10. 49:1 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads Malkam
  11. 49:1 = Molech
  12. 49:3 Or sheep pens
  13. 49:4 Or about your strength, your ebbing strength
  14. 49:6 Or will end the captivity, also in v. 39
  15. 49:13 = Edom’s capital
  16. 49:16 Lit Your horror
  17. 49:16 = Petra
  18. 49:19 Lit pride

Cross references:

  1. 48:1 : Gn 19:37; Nm 22:1; 24:17; 25:1; Dt 23:3; 34:5-6; Jdg 3:30; Ru 1:2; 2Sm 8:2; 1Kg 11:7; 2Kg 1:1; Is 15:1; Ezk 25:8-11; Am 2:1-2; Zph 2:8-9
  2. 48:1 : Nm 32:3; Jr 48:22
  3. 48:1 : Nm 32:37; Jr 48:23; Ezk 25:9
  4. 48:2 : Jr 48:34,45; 49:3
  5. 48:2 : Jr 29:18; Am 1:11
  6. 48:3 : Is 15:5; Jr 48:34
  7. 48:3 : Jr 51:54
  8. 48:5 : Is 15:5
  9. 48:6 : Jr 51:6,45
  10. 48:6 : Is 41:19; Jr 17:6
  11. 48:7 : Nm 1:29; Jdg 11:24; 1Kg 11:7,33; 2Kg 23:13; Jr 48:13,45-47
  12. 48:7 : Jr 49:3
  13. 48:8 : Jr 6:26; 48:15,18,32
  14. 48:8 : Jos 13:9,17,21
  15. 48:9 : Jdg 9:45; Jr 17:6; Ezk 47:11; Zph 2:9
  16. 48:9 : Jos 8:26; Is 5:9; 6:11; Jr 2:15; 4:29; 6:8; 33:10; 34:22; 44:2,22; 51:37; Zph 3:6
  17. 48:10 : 1Kg 20:42
  18. 48:11 : Ps 75:8; Zph 1:12
  19. 48:12 : Jr 7:32; 16:14; 19:6; 23:7; 49:2; 51:47,52
  20. 48:13 : 1Kg 12:28-33; 13:1-5; 2Kg 10:29; 23:15; Hs 4:15; Am 3:14; 4:4; 5:5-6
  21. 48:15 : Jr 46:18; 51:57
  22. 48:17 : Ps 110:2; Ezk 19:11-12,14
  23. 48:18 : Jos 13:8-9; Jr 46:19
  24. 48:19 : Dt 2:36
  25. 48:19 : 1Sm 4:13,16
  26. 48:20 : Is 14:31; Jr 25:34; 47:2; Ezk 21:12
  27. 48:21 : Jos 13:17-19
  28. 48:23 : Jos 13:17
  29. 48:24 : Jr 48:41; Am 2:2
  30. 48:25 : Ps 75:10; Lm 2:3; Am 3:14
  31. 48:25 : Jb 38:15; Ps 10:15; 37:17; Ezk 30:21-24
  32. 48:26 : Jr 48:42
  33. 48:26-27 : Gn 38:23; Jb 12:4; Ps 44:14; Jr 20:7; 48:39; Lm 2:15-17; 3:14
  34. 48:27 : Jr 2:26
  35. 48:27 : 2Kg 19:21; Jb 2:11; 16:4; 42:11; Ps 22:7; 64:8; 69:20; 109:25; Is 37:22; 51:19; Jr 15:5; 18:16; Lm 2:15; Nah 3:7
  36. 48:28 : Is 2:19-21
  37. 48:31-33 : Is 16:7-10
  38. 48:34 : Is 15:4-6
  39. 48:35 : Jr 11:12-13; 18:15
  40. 48:36 : Is 15:5
  41. 48:37-38 : Is 15:2-3; Jr 47:5
  42. 48:37 : Lv 19:28; 21:5; Jr 5:7; 41:5; 47:5
  43. 48:37 : Jr 4:8; 6:26; 49:3
  44. 48:38 : Jr 22:28
  45. 48:29-39 : Is 16:6-11; Zph 2:9-10
  46. 48:40 : Dt 28:49; Jr 49:22
  47. 48:41 : Is 13:8; Jr 49:22
  48. 48:42 : Jr 48:26
  49. 48:43 : Jr 30:5; 49:5
  50. 48:44 : Jr 23:12
  51. 48:43-44 : Is 24:17-18
  52. 48:45-46 : Nm 21:28-29
  53. 48:47 : Jr 49:6,39
  54. 49:1 : Gn 19:38; Dt 2:19; 23:3; Jdg 10:6-7; 1Sm 11:11; 12:12; 1Kg 11:5-7,33; 2Kg 24:2; Neh 2:10; Is 11:14; Jr 40:14; Ezk 21:28-32; 25:2-10; Am 1:13-15; Zph 2:8-9
  55. 49:1 : 1Kg 11:5,7,33; Zph 1:5
  56. 49:2 : Jr 7:32; 16:14; 19:6; 23:7; 48:12; 51:47,52
  57. 49:2 : Jr 4:19
  58. 49:2 : Dt 3:11; 2Sm 11:1; 12:26-29; Ezk 25:5; Am 1:14
  59. 49:3 : Nm 21:21-25,34; Dt 2:24,30; Jos 12:2; Jdg 11:26; Jr 48:2
  60. 49:3 : Jr 48:37
  61. 49:3 : Jr 48:7
  62. 49:5 : Jr 48:43-44
  63. 49:6 : Jr 48:47; 49:39
  64. 49:7 : Gn 25:30; 32:3; 36:1; Nm 20:18-21; 24:18; Jdg 11:17-18; 2Sm 8:14; 2Kg 8:20-22; Ps 60:8; Is 34:5-8
  65. 49:7 : Gn 36:15; Ezk 25:13; Am 1:12
  66. 49:7 : Ob 8-9
  67. 49:8 : Gn 25:1-3; Ezk 25:13
  68. 49:8 : Gn 25:25,30; 36:1; Ob 8,18
  69. 49:8 : Jr 6:15; 8:12; Ob 8-13
  70. 49:9 : Dt 24:21
  71. 49:9 : Ob 5
  72. 49:10 : Jr 23:24; Ob 6
  73. 49:10 : Ob 3
  74. 49:10 : Mal 1:3-4
  75. 49:11 : Dt 10:18; Ps 68:5; Pr 15:25; Jms 1:27
  76. 49:13 : Gn 22:16; 1Sm 3:14; Ps 89:3,35; Is 45:23; 54:9; Jr 22:5; 44:26
  77. 49:12-13 : Jr 25:28-29; Am 1:12
  78. 49:14-16 : Ob 1-4
  79. 49:17 : Dt 28:37; 2Ch 29:8; 30:7; Jr 5:30; 18:16; 19:8; 25:9,18; 29:18; 42:18; 44:12,22; 50:13; Mc 6:16; Zph 2:15
  80. 49:18 : Gn 19:24-25
  81. 49:18 : Jr 49:33; 50:40; Zph 2:9
  82. 49:19 : Jr 50:44
  83. 49:19 : Mc 7:18
  84. 49:19 : Jb 9:19; Jr 12:5; 50:44; Zch 11:3
  85. 49:19 : 2Ch 20:6; Jb 41:10
  86. 49:20 : Is 14:26; 19:12,17; 23:8; Jr 18:11; 49:30; 50:45; 51:12; Mc 2:3
  87. 49:20 : Jr 15:3; 22:19
  88. 49:20 : Jr 9:10; 23:10; 25:30-38
  89. 49:21 : Is 29:6; 64:1; Ezk 26:15; 31:16; 38:19; Mt 28:2; Rv 8:5
  90. 49:18-21 : Jr 50:40,44-46
  91. 49:22 : Jr 48:40-41
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2 Timothy 4

Fulfill Your Ministry

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge(A) the living and the dead,(B) and because of his appearing and his kingdom:(C) Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching. For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine,(D) but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear what they want to hear. They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.(E) But as for you, exercise self-control in everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist,(F) fulfill your ministry.

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering,(G) and the time for my departure is close. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. There is reserved for me the crown(H) of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge,(I) will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved his appearing.[a](J)

Final Instructions

Make every effort to come to me soon,(K) 10 because Demas(L) has deserted me,(M) since he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica.(N) Crescens has gone to Galatia,(O) Titus(P) to Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke(Q) is with me. Bring Mark(R) with you, for he is useful to me in the ministry. 12 I have sent Tychicus(S) to Ephesus. 13 When you come, bring the cloak I left in Troas(T) with Carpus, as well as the scrolls, especially the parchments. 14 Alexander(U) the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works. 15 Watch out(V) for him yourself because he strongly opposed our words.

16 At my first defense, no one stood by me, but everyone deserted me.(W) May it not be counted against them. 17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that I might fully preach the word and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil work and will bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom.(X) To him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

Benediction

19 Greet Prisca and Aquila,(Y) and the household of Onesiphorus.(Z) 20 Erastus(AA) has remained at Corinth; I left Trophimus(AB) sick at Miletus.(AC) 21 Make every effort to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, as do Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers and sisters.

22 The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.

Footnotes:

  1. 4:8 Or have longed for his appearing
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Psalm 95-96

Psalm 95

Worship and Warning

Come, let us shout joyfully to the Lord,
shout triumphantly to the rock of our salvation!(A)
Let us enter his presence with thanksgiving;
let us shout triumphantly to him in song.(B)

For the Lord is a great God,
a great King above all gods.(C)
The depths of the earth are in his hand,
and the mountain peaks are his.(D)
The sea is his; he made it.
His hands formed the dry land.(E)

Come, let us worship and bow down;
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.(F)
For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
the sheep under his care.[a](G)
Today, if you hear his voice:(H)
Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,
as on that day at Massah in the wilderness(I)
where your fathers tested me;
they tried me, though they had seen what I did.(J)
10 For forty years I was disgusted with that generation;
I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray;
they do not know my ways.”(K)
11 So I swore in my anger,
“They will not enter my rest.”(L)

Psalm 96(M)

King of the Earth

Sing a new song to the Lord;
let the whole earth sing to the Lord.(N)
Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
proclaim his salvation from day to day.(O)
Declare his glory among the nations,
his wondrous works among all peoples.(P)

For the Lord is great and is highly praised;
he is feared above all gods.(Q)
For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.(R)
Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.(S)

Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.(T)
Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name;(U)
bring an offering and enter his courts.(V)
Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness;(W)
let the whole earth tremble before him.(X)

10 Say among the nations: “The Lord reigns.(Y)
The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken.(Z)
He judges the peoples fairly.”(AA)
11 Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and all that fills it resound.(AB)
12 Let the fields and everything in them celebrate.
Then all the trees of the forest will shout for joy(AC)
13 before the Lord, for he is coming—
for he is coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
and the peoples with his faithfulness.(AD)

Footnotes:

  1. 95:7 Lit sheep of his hand
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Proverbs 26:9-12

A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like a stick with thorns,
brandished by[a] the hand of a drunkard.
10 The one who hires a fool or who hires those passing by
is like an archer who wounds everyone.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit,
so also a fool repeats his foolishness.(A)
12 Do you see a person who is wise in his own eyes?(B)
There is more hope for a fool than for him.(C)

Footnotes:

  1. 26:9 Lit thorn that goes up into
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10/24/2018 DAB Transcript

Jeremiah 44:24-47:7, 2 Timothy 2:22-3:17, Psalms 94:1-23, Proverbs 26:6-8

Today is the 24th day of October. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian and it is, of course, always great to be here with you. And who wouldn’t want to spend more time with you? And what if that is what God feels about us and that is what we learn from his Word? So, let’s dive in for today and take the next step forward. We’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week. And we’ve got a quick announcement at the end. So, stay tuned for that, but let’s dive in. Jeremiah chapter 44 verse 24 through 47 verse 7 today.

Commentary:

Okay. So, as we move through second Timothy Paul gave us the primary reason we are taking this journey through the Bible in the first place. But before that he contrasted two different ways of living, one that is false and will destroy and one that’s true and that will endure. So, Paul told Timothy hard times will come in the last days and there’s a bunch of characteristics that go around that. People will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, proud, demeaning, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good, traders, reckless, conceded, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, and holding to the form of godliness but denying its power. And Timothy was told to avoid those people for his own sake and to protect the community that he was a pastor of from those kinds of people. And it doesn’t take much effort to see why. I mean, that little collection, that little list of behaviors that we just read, adds up to…I mean…that adds up to a very unhealthy and destructive situation, right, in any kind of a relationship, especially in a community. And Paul describes where that road leads, like what that will look like in relationship and in community. Paul says for them, they are the ones who worm their way into households and deceive gullible women overwhelmed by sins and led astray by a variety of passions, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. So, I mean, we kind of get the picture. But the fact that we get the picture just tells us that the challenges that were in Paul’s time a couple of thousand years ago as Paul is warning Timothy about them, these are still with us today. But in contrast to all of that, Paul instructed Timothy to remember that there’s another path, a different path had been modeled for him. I mean, Timothy had heard Paul’s teaching throughout his entire ministry and he had also witnessed Paul’s life, like behind closed doors. He had seen Paul suffer persecution personally and he’d seen Paul’s faith and his patience and love and endurance. So, Paul instructed Timothy, as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who’ve taught you. And you know that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through Christ Jesus. So, I mean, the difference between the two paths that Paul outlined today and the characteristics that accompany those paths, they are so divergent that they are not alike in any way. And if unchecked, that first set of behaviors could be…would become a black hole that would suck the life out of any person or community. But the contrasting second path is solid, life-giving and enduring even in the face of trying times, which they were facing. And then Paul told Timothy the value of the Scriptures and how they would serve him well. And like Timothy, we’re reminded why we continue to show up every day and allow the treasurer of God’s Word to wash into our lives and carry us forward day by day. Paul said, all Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Prayer:

Father, that is why we show up here every day, for exactly that. And, so, we invite your Holy Spirit to come and inspire us and teach us and rebuke us and correct us and train us in righteousness, so that we too may become complete and whole and equipped for every good work. Holy Spirit, plant the word of God in our hearts and may it yield the fruit of the Spirit in our lives, we pray. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday October 24, 2018 (NIV)

Jeremiah 44:24-47:7

24 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the Lord, all you people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.(A) 25 This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for you and your wives, you women have spoken with your mouths, and you men fulfilled it by your deeds, saying, “We will keep our vows that we have made to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings for her.” Go ahead, confirm your vows! Keep your vows!’

26 “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord, all you Judeans who live in the land of Egypt: ‘I have sworn by my great name,(B) says the Lord, that my name will never again be invoked by anyone of Judah in all the land of Egypt,(C) saying, “As the Lord God lives.” 27 I am watching over them for disaster and not for good,(D) and everyone from Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine until they are finished off. 28 Those who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah only few in number,(E) and the whole remnant of Judah, the ones going to the land of Egypt to stay there for a while, will know whose word stands, mine or theirs! 29 This will be a sign to you’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘that I will punish you in this place, so you may know that my words of disaster concerning you will certainly come to pass.(F) 30 This is what the Lord says: I am about to hand over Pharaoh Hophra,(G) Egypt’s king, to his enemies, to those who intend to take his life, just as I handed over Judah’s King Zedekiah(H) to Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar, who was his enemy, the one who intended to take his life.’”

The Lord’s Message to Baruch

45 This is the word that the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch son of Neriah(I) when he wrote these words on a scroll at Jeremiah’s dictation[a](J) in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:(K) “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: ‘You have said, “Woe is me, because the Lord has added misery to my pain! I am worn out with[b] groaning and have found no rest.”’(L)

“This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the Lord says: “What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot(M)—the whole land! But as for you, do you pursue great things for yourself? Stop pursuing! For I am about to bring disaster on everyone”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“but I will grant you your life like the spoils of war(N) wherever you go.”’”

Prophecies Against the Nations

46 This is the word of the Lord that came to the prophet Jeremiah about the nations:(O)

Prophecies against Egypt

About Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco, Egypt’s king,(P) which was defeated at Carchemish(Q) on the Euphrates River by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in the fourth year of Judah’s King Jehoiakim son of Josiah:(R)

Deploy small shields(S) and large;
approach for battle!
Harness the horses;
mount the steeds;[c]
take your positions with helmets on!
Polish the lances;
put on armor!(T)
Why have I seen this?
They are terrified,
they are retreating,
their warriors are crushed,
they flee headlong,
they never look back,
terror is on every side!(U)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
The swift cannot flee,
and the warrior cannot escape!(V)
In the north by the bank of the Euphrates River,
they stumble and fall.(W)
Who is this, rising like the Nile,(X)
with waters that churn like rivers?
Egypt rises like the Nile,(Y)
and its waters churn like rivers.
He boasts, “I will go up, I will cover the earth;
I will destroy cities with their residents.”
Rise up, you cavalry!
Race furiously, you chariots!
Let the warriors march out—
Cush and Put,(Z)
who are able to handle shields,
and the men of Lud,(AA)
who are able to handle and string the bow.(AB)
10 That day belongs to the Lord, the God of Armies,
a day of vengeance to avenge himself
against his adversaries.
The sword will devour and be satisfied;
it will drink its fill of their blood,
because it will be a sacrifice(AC) to the Lord, the God of Armies,
in the northern land by the Euphrates River.(AD)
11 Go up to Gilead and get balm,(AE)
Virgin Daughter Egypt!
You have multiplied remedies in vain;
there is no healing for you.
12 The nations have heard of your dishonor,(AF)
and your cries fill the earth,
because warrior stumbles against warrior
and together both of them have fallen.

13 This is the word the Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about the coming of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to defeat the land of Egypt:(AG)

14 Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol!(AH)
Proclaim it in Memphis and in Tahpanhes!
Say, “Take positions! Prepare yourself,
for the sword devours all around you.”(AI)
15 Why have your strong ones been swept away?
Each has not stood,
for the Lord has thrust him down.
16 He continues to stumble.(AJ)
Indeed, each falls over the other.
They say, “Get up! Let’s return to our people
and to our native land,
away from the oppressor’s sword.”(AK)
17 There they will cry out,
“Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise;
he let the opportune moment pass.”
18 As I live—
this is the King’s declaration; the Lord of Armies is his name(AL)
the king of Babylon[d] will come like Tabor among the mountains
and like Carmel by the sea.
19 Get your bags ready for exile,
inhabitant of Daughter Egypt!(AM)
For Memphis will become a desolation,
uninhabited ruins.
20 Egypt is a beautiful young cow,(AN)
but a horsefly from the north is coming against her.[e](AO)
21 Even her mercenaries among her
are like stall-fed calves.
They too will turn back;
together they will flee;
they will not take their stand,
for the day of their calamity is coming on them,
the time of their punishment.(AP)
22 Egypt will hiss like a slithering snake,[f]
for the enemy will come with an army;
with axes they will come against her
like those who cut trees.(AQ)
23 They will cut down her forest—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
though it is dense,
for they are more numerous than locusts;
they cannot be counted.(AR)
24 Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,
handed over to a northern people.(AS)

25 The Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says, “I am about to punish Amon, god of Thebes,(AT) along with Pharaoh, Egypt, her gods, and her kings—Pharaoh and those trusting in him. 26 I will hand them over to those who intend to take their lives(AU)—to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his officers. But after this,(AV) Egypt[g] will be inhabited again as in ancient times.”

This is the Lord’s declaration.

Reassurance for Israel

27 But you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid,(AW)
and do not be discouraged, Israel,
for without fail I will save you from far away,
and your descendants from the land of their captivity!
Jacob will return and have calm and quiet
with no one to frighten him.
28 And you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
for I will be with you.(AX)
I will bring destruction on all the nations
where I have banished you,
but I will not bring destruction on you.
I will discipline you with justice,
and I will by no means leave you unpunished.(AY)

Prophecies against the Philistines

47 This is the word of the Lord that came to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines(AZ) before Pharaoh defeated Gaza.(BA) This is what the Lord says:

Look, water is rising from the north(BB)
and becoming an overflowing wadi.
It will overflow the land and everything in it,(BC)
the cities and their inhabitants.
The people will cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land will wail.
At the sound of the stomping hooves of his stallions,(BD)
the rumbling of his chariots,
and the clatter of their wheels,(BE)
fathers will not turn back for their sons.
They will be utterly helpless[h]
on account of the day that is coming
to destroy all the Philistines,
to cut off from Tyre and Sidon
every remaining ally.(BF)
Indeed, the Lord is about to destroy the Philistines,
the remnant of the coastland of Caphtor.[i](BG)
Baldness(BH) is coming to Gaza;
Ashkelon will become silent.(BI)
Remnant of their valley,
how long will you gash yourself?
Oh, sword of the Lord!(BJ)
How long will you be restless?
Go back to your sheath;
be still; be silent!
How can it[j] rest
when the Lord has given it a command?(BK)
He has assigned it(BL)
against Ashkelon and the shore of the sea.

Footnotes:

  1. 45:1 Lit scroll from Jeremiah’s mouth
  2. 45:3 Lit I labored in my
  3. 46:4 Or mount up, riders
  4. 46:18 Lit He
  5. 46:20 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read is coming, coming
  6. 46:22 Lit Her sound is like a snake as it goes
  7. 46:26 Lit it
  8. 47:3 Lit Because of weakened hands
  9. 47:4 Probably Crete
  10. 47:7 LXX, Vg; MT reads you
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2 Timothy 3

Difficult Times Ahead

But know this: Hard times will come in the last days.(A) For people will be lovers of self,(B) lovers of money,(C) boastful, proud,(D) demeaning, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,(E) unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers,(F) without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,(G) traitors,(H) reckless,(I) conceited,(J) lovers of pleasure(K) rather than lovers of God, holding to the form of godliness but denying its power.(L) Avoid these people.(M)

For among them are those who worm their way into households and deceive gullible women overwhelmed by sins and led astray by a variety of passions,(N) always learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.(O) Just as Jannes and Jambres(P) resisted Moses,(Q) so these also resist the truth. They are men who are corrupt in mind(R) and worthless(S) in regard to the faith. But they will not make further progress, for their foolishness will be clear to all, as was the foolishness of Jannes and Jambres.

Struggles in the Christian Life

10 But you have followed my teaching, conduct, purpose,(T) faith, patience, love,(U) and endurance, 11 along with the persecutions and sufferings(V) that came to me in Antioch,(W) Iconium,(X) and Lystra.(Y) What persecutions I endured—and yet the Lord rescued me from them all. 12 In fact, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.(Z) 13 Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving(AA) and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you,(AB) 15 and you know that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures,(AC) which are able to give you wisdom for salvation(AD) through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God[a](AE) and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.(AF)

Footnotes:

  1. 3:16 Lit breathed out by God
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Psalm 94

Psalm 94

The Just Judge

Lord, God of vengeance—
God of vengeance, shine!(A)
Rise up, Judge of the earth;
repay the proud what they deserve.(B)
Lord, how long will the wicked—
how long will the wicked celebrate?(C)

They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.(D)
Lord, they crush your people;
they oppress your heritage.(E)
They kill the widow and the resident alien
and murder the fatherless.(F)
They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it.
The God of Jacob doesn’t pay attention.”(G)

Pay attention, you stupid people!
Fools, when will you be wise?(H)
Can the one who shaped the ear not hear,
the one who formed the eye not see?(I)
10 The one who instructs nations,
the one who teaches mankind knowledge—
does he not discipline?(J)
11 The Lord knows the thoughts of mankind;
they are futile.(K)

12 Lord, how happy is anyone you discipline
and teach from your law(L)
13 to give him relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug for the wicked.(M)
14 The Lord will not leave his people
or abandon his heritage,(N)
15 for the administration of justice will again be righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow[a] it.(O)

16 Who stands up for me against the wicked?
Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?(P)
17 If the Lord had not been my helper,
I would soon rest in the silence of death.(Q)
18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,”
your faithful love will support me, Lord.(R)
19 When I am filled with cares,
your comfort brings me joy.(S)

20 Can a corrupt throne be your ally,
a throne that makes evil laws?(T)
21 They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.(U)
22 But the Lord is my refuge;
my God is the rock of my protection.(V)
23 He will pay them back for their sins
and destroy them for their evil.
The Lord our God will destroy them.(W)

Footnotes:

  1. 94:15 Or heart will support; lit heart after
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Proverbs 26:6-8

The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand(A)
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.(B)
A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like lame legs that hang limp.
Giving honor to a fool
is like binding a stone in a sling.

Cross references:

  1. 26:6 : Pr 10:26; 25:13
  2. 26:6 : Pr 13:2
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10/23/2018 DAB Transcript

Jeremiah 42:1-44:23, 2 Timothy 2:1-21, Psalms 92:1-93:5, Proverbs 26:3-5

Today is the 23rd day of October. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It is an honor and a pleasure to be here with you today as we buckle up, buckle in and take the next step forward in this adventure that we’re on together through the Bible this year. And, man, we are getting down to it on October already. I don’t want to get ahead of myself, but how did we get so far into this month so quickly? Well, no matter how we got here, we are here, and our next step forward is gonna take us back into the book of Jeremiah. We’re reading from the Christian Standard Bible this week. Jeremiah 42:1-44:23.

Commentary:

Okay. So, as we talked about yesterday, 2 Timothy is known to be the last letter of the Apostle Paul’s life. And contained in it are many personal thoughts. But it also contains instructions for Timothy as a spiritual leader. And these instructions were of great importance to Paul because even though he was hoping he could see his son in the faith, Timothy, one more time face to face, the chances weren’t good. And that gives an urgency to what’s being said, and we should pay attention to that urgency.  In our reading today, Paul encouraged Timothy to endure, which… man, that’s a theme we are going to see over and over and over all the way until the very end of the year. In fact, it’s like one of the defining characteristics of the early church and one of the defining characteristics of the Christian faith.  But what Paul’s talking about with Timothy is that this endurance isn’t a passive thing.  This is an active thing.  You actively participate in enduring.  So, Timothy had proven himself to be a trustworthy disciple of Jesus.  And Paul had passed the faith on to Timothy, and to many other people as well, but this was going to likely cost him his life. And, so, what he’s writing down, these are things that Paul needed them to matter to Timothy.  Timothy was expected to endure, and he was expected to pass on the faith to other trustworthy people like himself who could carry it forward because Paul was probably not gonna be there.  And, so, for Timothy to pick up the mantle and carry it on, he was going to need the focus of a soldier or of an athlete, which is why Paul brought up both of those examples in our reading today.  I mean, for Paul, in prison, in a dungeon awaiting sentencing that had almost no chance of anything other than execution, endurance was pretty much all there was left for Paul to do.  The empire had begun to systematically persecute Christians, and Paul was known as a ringleader, so he was likely going to die.  And, so, with all that in front of him, Paul could see what the entire church might be facing, all of the churches that he had spent so much time and suffered so much to plant.  He could see the writing on the wall.  They might all endure, they might all face what he was facing.  And, so, endurance was gonna be essential.  So, to drive that point home in such a dangerous time, Paul quoted an ancient declaration.  It was possibly an early worship song that they sang in the early church.  We have to take a little bunny trail for this to reveal itself and give us some context. When Paul wrote this letter, there was nothing known as the New Testament, right? All Timothy could have referred to would have been the Torah as well as any of Paul’s letters- any his communications with Ephesus or any of the letters that had been copied and passed around from the other churches.  And, of course, Timothy would have had personal letters from Paul.  And most scholars agree that the first gospel, the gospel of Mark, was written around the time that Paul was executed, which is right around the time of this letter.  So, we’re reading this letter, and this is right around the time that the first gospel is being written.  And even if this letter were an earlier document, the New Testament as authoritative Scripture, this wasn’t formed yet.  So, when Paul inserted a piece of creed or a song into this letter, he gave us a glimpse of what our brothers and sisters were declaring before any of the books of the New Testament had become a collection. So, it lets us see a little bit about what Christians in a church established by Paul felt was important before anyone could preach a sermon out of the New Testament. So, this little snippet, this little creed or song allows us to hear what the church was declaring before we had the New Testament, which is pretty cool. If we die with him, we will also live with him. If we endure hardship, we will reign with him. If we deny him, he will deny us. If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny who he is. So, as I mentioned just a minute ago, we’ll see throughout the remainder of the New Testament that Paul wasn’t the only one talking about endurance and revealing that it was gonna be a key component of the faith. Our earliest brothers and sisters felt the same. And they were saying this or singing this to each other before there was a New Testament. Enduring until the end is a theme that will take us all the way to the end of the Bible. And, so, we need to get to know it. We need to get to know this concept and we need to apply this concept to our lives because we’re gonna see it a lot. And as we can see from Paul’s letter, Paul hoped that Timothy would understand that this needs to matter.

Prayer:

Father, we invite You into that because endurance…ah, that’s not a word that we put at the top of our to-do list on just about any given day, to endure. And yet it is required of us every day. But we spend a lot of our energy trying to not have to do it, right? To not have to endure anything. We arrange for our lives to be as comfortable as possible. And yet endurance is such a central theme throughout all of the early church and the early letters. So, Holy Spirit, come. This is a concept that we need to understand. We need to be aware that it is not purposeless, that it has…That it is not just hard times, but that it is strengthening us for what comes next. And we need to be strong. So, come Holy Spirit we pray. In Jesus name we ask. Amen.

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Good morning Daily Audio Bible family, this is Leonora, I’m calling from the panhandle of Florida. It’s been quite some time since I’ve called. I’m prompted to call because of the people…so many people, that are in such need right now. I was blessed not to have been in the path of Huricane Michael. I’m on the west side of where it hit, just east of Panama City or right at Panama City and the area to the east of it got the absolute worst. And I know so many people who live there or know family or have family that live there. The Air Force Base is leveled. The hospitals are gone. People have lost not only their homes and all their possessions but their livelihoods. They are depending on food and water and any help from a stranger. God be with them. Give them Your hope. Give them their hope to keep the faith that they will be taken care of Father. We ask that You provide for them and give them strength in their hour of need. We ask that everyone who can help will reach out in any form or way or fashion Lord. If not money, by prayer. The prayer alone will be so supportive and strengthening to them. Please give them strength to continue Lord in this difficult journey they have ahead. And I ask this in Jesus’ name. And I love all of you family. I do not call often but I do love all of you so much, Brian, family, Jill and support team. Thank you.

Good morning Daily Audio Bible family, this is Wrapped in His Unfailing Love, Dorothy from Dustin, and I just want to thank you all for who you are and for this community and thank you Brian and Jill. I’m calling today about hurricane Michael. And it missed…it missed the Dustin area but, you know, it just reeked devastation about 50 miles to the east of us and so many people have been affected. And my heart is just breaking for them. I’m asking you to please pray for all the people that have lost their homes and just everything that they have. Please, please join me in prayer. Heavenly Father, blessed Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit, please be with the people that have been rocked by this devastating storm. We lift them up to You right now. Please comfort them. Bring the supplies and the help that they need Lord Jesus. Thank You for Your comfort and Your care for those who have nothing. Keep them wrapped in Your unfailing love the Lord Jesus. Thank You for each one. Thank You for the first responders, thank You for the people who are giving, people that are making sandwiches and delivering meals. Thank You Jesus. Thank You, thank You, so much for Your love and Your support and thank You everyone for praying. Have a blessed day. Amen.

Good morning Daily Audio Bible family, this is Treasured Possession. I haven’t called in a really long time. I get my name from first Peter 2:9, that you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s treasured possession that you may declare the praises of him called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. And my story is a lot like Gee’s. Praise God, I too was overcome with guilt and shame that the enemy put on me because I was raped at 17 as a virgin on a date that my mother set up for me. And very odd circumstances but it caused me to see my identity in that circumstance and I filtered everything I did through that circumstance and God has blessed me and shown me and revealed to me that that is not who I am. It’s a circumstance that I overcame and by the blood of Christ I can no longer be trussed up in the enemy’s lies and self-pity but I can have compassion, which means co-suffering. And I can share my story and help other women that have gone through the same thing and give them courage and strength and let them know that through Christ we can be overcomers, we can be stronger so that our lives are not what has happened to us but our lives consist of what He has done for us. And I pray for you Gee. I pray for all the other men and women that have gone through this experience of trauma that the enemy has come against your will. He has come against your lives to try to destroy you and to try to get you entrapped in guilt and shame. Jesus despised the guilt and shame and through him we can look at our enemy…

Hi family, this is Chenal in Arizona. I was calling to give you all a quick update and just say a quick prayer for pastor Gene. The last few times that pastor Gene has called in I can just tell she has this resounded desire to honor God in the midst of trials and yet she continues to call in and cover us all in prayer. So, I wanted to let Pastor Gene know I am covering her in prayer. I wanted to give an update. I am still taking classes and in this season, I’ve felt like…I keep getting the Scripture hard pressed on every side. And, so, I finally looked it up and I looked it up in the Message and I wanted to read it as an encouragement for all of us followers of Christ because He will never leave us and He is faithful. And, so, 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 says in the Message says, if you only look at us you might well miss the brightness. We carry this precious, precious message around in this unadorned clay pots of our and individual lives. That’s to prevent anyone from confusing God’s incomparable power with us. As it is there’s not much chance of that. You know for yourselves that we’re not much to look at. We’ve been surrounded and battered by troubles, but we’re not demoralized. We’re not sure what to do. We know that God knows what to do. We’ve been spiritually terrorized but God hasn’t left our side. We’ve been thrown down, but we haven’t broken. What they did to us, Jesus is faithful. And, so, I just want you guys to remember that God is faithful. He will never leave us. We may feel like we’re hard pressed on every side but Jesus lives. He lives in us, and he is faithful. I hope you all have a blessed day and I will call back soon.

Hello Daily Audio Bible family. I’m calling…this is Dorothy from Dustin…I’m calling about the commentary today from Timothy and about pastors and deacons and things like that. And this month, October is pastor appreciation month, if you didn’t know. Some of us do. But anyway, I just wanted to encourage you all if you would recognize your pastor because they do so much and they carry so much for us. So, join me in prayer please. Father God, thank You so much for our pastors and the people that You call into the ministry. We are so grateful. Thank You for each one. I ask that You would bless them richly today and always and surround them with Your angels within a hedge of protection for them in their family. Give them strength and encouragement. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Thank you everybody. Have a great day. Bye-bye.

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday October 23, 2018 (NIV)

Jeremiah 42:1-44:23

The People Seek Jeremiah’s Counsel

42 Then all the commanders of the armies, along with Johanan son of Kareah,(A) Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest,(B) approached the prophet Jeremiah and said, “May our petition come before you;(C) pray to the Lord your God on our behalf,(D) on behalf of this entire remnant (for few of us remain out of the many,(E) as you can see with your own eyes), that the Lord your God may tell us the way we should go and the thing we should do.”

So the prophet Jeremiah said to them, “I have heard. I will now pray to the Lord your God according to your words, and I will tell you every word that the Lord answers you; I won’t withhold a word from you.”(F)

And they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we don’t act according to every word the Lord your God sends you to tell us.(G) Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the Lord our God to whom we are sending you so that it may go well with us.(H) We will certainly obey the Lord our God!”

Jeremiah’s Advice to Stay

At the end of ten days, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the armies who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.

He said to them, “This is what the Lord says, the God of Israel to whom you sent me to bring your petition before him: 10 ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will rebuild and not demolish you,(I) and I will plant and not uproot you, because I relent concerning the disaster that I have brought on you.(J) 11 Don’t be afraid of the king of Babylon(K) whom you now fear; don’t be afraid of him’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘because I am with you to save you(L) and rescue you from him. 12 I will grant you compassion,(M) and he[a] will have compassion on you and allow you to return to your own soil.’

13 “But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’(N) in order to disobey the Lord your God, 14 and if you say, ‘No, instead we’ll go to the land of Egypt(O) where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn(P) or hunger for food, and we’ll live there,’ 15 then hear the word of the Lord, remnant of Judah! This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel,(Q) says: ‘If you are firmly resolved to go to Egypt(R) and stay there for a while, 16 then the sword(S) you fear will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine you are worried about will follow on your heels[b] there to Egypt, and you will die there. 17 All who resolve to go to Egypt to stay there for a while will die by the sword, famine, and plague. They will have no survivor or fugitive from the disaster I will bring on them.’

18 “For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury were poured out on Jerusalem’s residents,(T) so will my fury pour out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an example for cursing, scorn,(U) execration, and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’ 19 The Lord has spoken concerning you, remnant of Judah: ‘Don’t go to Egypt.’ Know for certain that I have warned you today!(V) 20 You have gone astray at the cost of your lives[c] because you are the ones who sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ‘Pray to the Lord our God on our behalf, and as for all that the Lord our God says, tell it to us, and we’ll act accordingly.’ 21 For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the Lord your God in everything he has sent me to tell you. 22 Now therefore, know for certain that by the sword, famine, and plague you will die in the place where you desired to go to stay for a while.”

Jeremiah’s Counsel Rejected

43 When Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all the words of the Lord their God—all these words the Lord their God had sent him to give them— then Azariah[d] son of Hoshaiah,(W) Johanan son of Kareah, and all the other arrogant men responded to Jeremiah, “You are speaking a lie! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to stay there for a while!’ Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Chaldeans to put us to death or to deport us to Babylon!”

So Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the armies, and all the people failed to obey the Lord’s command to stay in the land of Judah. Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies led away the whole remnant of Judah,(X) those who had returned to stay in the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been banished. They led away the men, women, children, king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the guards, had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan.(Y) They also led the prophet Jeremiah and Baruch son of Neriah away. They went to the land of Egypt because they did not obey the Lord. They went as far as Tahpanhes.(Z)

God’s Sign to the People in Egypt

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes: “Pick up some large stones and set them in the mortar of the brick pavement that is at the opening of Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes. Do this in the sight of the Judean men 10 and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will place his throne on these stones that I have embedded, and he will pitch his pavilion over them. 11 He will come and strike down the land of Egypt(AA)—those destined for death, to death; those destined for captivity, to captivity; and those destined for the sword,(AB) to the sword. 12 I[e] will kindle a fire in the temples of Egypt’s gods,(AC) and he will burn them and take them captive. He will clean the land of Egypt as a shepherd picks lice off[f] his clothes,(AD) and he will leave there unscathed. 13 He will smash the sacred pillars of the sun temple[g][h] in the land of Egypt and burn the temples of the Egyptian gods.’”

God’s Judgment against His People in Egypt

44 This is the word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—at Migdol,(AE) Tahpanhes,(AF) Memphis,(AG) and in the land of Pathros:(AH) “This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster I brought against Jerusalem and all Judah’s cities. Look, they are a ruin today without an inhabitant in them(AI) because of the evil they committed to anger me,(AJ) by going and burning incense to serve other gods that they, you, and your fathers did not know.(AK) So I sent you all my servants the prophets time and time again,[i](AL) saying, ‘Don’t commit this detestable action that I hate.’ But they did not listen or pay attention; they did not turn from their evil or stop burning incense to other gods. So my fierce wrath poured out and burned in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s streets(AM) so that they became the desolate ruin they are today.

“So now, this is what the Lord, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such terrible harm to yourselves? You are cutting off man and woman, infant and nursing baby(AN) from Judah, leaving yourselves without a remnant.(AO) You are angering me by the work of your hands. You are burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to stay for a while. As a result, you will be cut off and become an example for cursing and insult among all the nations of earth.(AP) Have you forgotten the evils of your fathers, the evils of Judah’s kings, the evils of their wives, your own evils, and the evils of your wives that were committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? 10 They have not become humble to this day, and they have not feared or followed my instruction or my statutes that I set before you and your ancestors.

11 “Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to set my face against you to bring disaster,(AQ) to cut off all Judah.(AR) 12 And I will take away the remnant of Judah,(AS) those who have set their face to go to the land of Egypt to stay there. All of them will meet their end in the land of Egypt. They will fall by the sword; they will meet their end by famine. From the least to the greatest,(AT) they will die by the sword and by famine. Then they will become an example for cursing, scorn,(AU) execration, and disgrace.(AV) 13 I will punish those living in the land of Egypt just as I punished Jerusalem by sword, famine, and plague. 14 Then the remnant of Judah—those going to live for a while there in the land of Egypt—will have no fugitive or survivor to return to the land of Judah where they are longing[j] to return to stay,(AW) for they will not return except for a few fugitives.”

The People’s Stubborn Response

15 However, all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, all the women standing by—a great assembly—and all the people who were living in the land of Egypt at Pathros answered Jeremiah, 16 “As for the word you spoke to us in the name of the Lord, we are not going to listen to you! 17 Instead, we will do everything we promised:[k] we will burn incense to the queen of heaven[l] and offer drink offerings to her just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in Judah’s cities(AX) and in Jerusalem’s streets. Then we had enough food, we were well off, and we saw no disaster, 18 but from the time we ceased to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to offer her drink offerings, we have lacked everything, and through sword and famine we have met our end.”(AY)

19 And the women said,[m] “When we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it apart from our husbands’ knowledge(AZ) that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”

20 But Jeremiah responded to all the people—the men, women, and all the people who were answering him: 21 “As for the incense you burned in Judah’s cities(BA) and in Jerusalem’s streets—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the Lord not remember them? He brought this to mind. 22 The Lord can no longer bear your evil deeds and the detestable acts you have committed,(BB) so your land has become a waste, a desolation, and an example for cursing, without inhabitant, as you see today. 23 Because you burned incense and sinned against the Lord and didn’t obey the Lord(BC) and didn’t follow his instruction, his statutes, and his testimonies, this disaster has come to you, as you see today.”

Footnotes:

  1. 42:12 LXX reads I
  2. 42:16 Lit will cling after you
  3. 42:20 Or You have led your own selves astray
  4. 43:2 = Jezaniah
  5. 43:12 LXX, Syr, Vg read He
  6. 43:12 Or will wrap himself in the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in
  7. 43:13 Or Beth-shemesh
  8. 43:13 = of Heliopolis
  9. 44:4 Lit prophets, rising up early and sending
  10. 44:14 Lit lifting up their soul
  11. 44:17 Lit do every word that came from our mouth
  12. 44:17 = Ashtoreth, or Astarte
  13. 44:19 LXX, Syr; MT omits And the women said

Cross references:

  1. 42:1 : Jr 40:13; 41:11
  2. 42:1 : Est 1:20; Jr 6:13; 8:10; 31:34; 42:8; 44:12
  3. 42:2 : Jr 36:7
  4. 42:2 : 1Sm 7:8; 12:19; Is 37:4; Jr 42:20
  5. 42:2 : Lv 26:22
  6. 42:4 : 1Sm 3:17-18
  7. 42:5 : Gn 31:50; Jdg 11:10
  8. 42:6 : Jr 7:23
  9. 42:10 : Jr 24:6
  10. 42:10 : Ex 32:12,14; 2Sm 24:16; Jr 18:8; 26:3,13; Jl 2:13; Jnh 3:10; 4:2
  11. 42:11 : Jr 41:18
  12. 42:11 : Rm 8:31
  13. 42:12 : Neh 1:11; Jr 12:15; 30:18; 31:20; 33:26
  14. 42:13 : Jr 44:16-17
  15. 42:14 : Jr 41:17
  16. 42:14 : Jr 4:19,21
  17. 42:15 : Is 21:10; Jr 7:3,21; 9:15; 16:9; 19:3,15; 27:4,21; 28:2,14; 29:4,8,21,25
  18. 42:15 : Dt 17:16; Jr 44:12-14
  19. 42:16 : Ezk 11:8
  20. 42:18 : Jr 7:20
  21. 42:18 : Dt 28:37; 2Ch 29:8; 30:7; Jr 5:30; 18:16; 19:8; 25:9,18; 29:18; 44:12,22; 49:17; 50:13; Mc 6:16; Zph 2:15
  22. 42:19 : Ezk 2:5
  23. 43:2 : Jr 42:1
  24. 43:5 : Jr 40:11-12
  25. 43:6 : Jr 39:10; 40:7
  26. 43:7-8 : Jr 2:16; 44:1; 46:14
  27. 43:11 : Jr 44:13; 46:13-26
  28. 43:11 : Jr 15:2
  29. 43:12 : Ex 12:12; Is 19:1; Jr 46:25; Ezk 30:13
  30. 43:12 : Ps 104:2; Is 49:18
  31. 44:1 : Ex 14:2; Nm 33:7; Jr 46:14; Ezk 29:10
  32. 44:1 : Jr 2:16; 43:7-9; 46:14
  33. 44:1 : Is 19:13; Jr 2:16; 46:14,19; Ezk 30:13,16; Hs 9:6
  34. 44:1 : Is 11:11; Ezk 29:14; 30:14
  35. 44:2 : Jos 8:26; Is 5:9; 6:11; Jr 2:15; 4:29; 6:8; 33:10; 34:22; 44:22; 48:9; 51:37; Zph 3:6
  36. 44:3 : Jr 7:19
  37. 44:3 : 2Kg 22:17; 2Ch 28:25; 34:25; Jr 1:16; 7:9; 19:4,13; 32:29
  38. 44:4 : Jr 7:13,25; 11:7; 25:3; 26:5; 29:19; 32:33; 35:14,15
  39. 44:6 : Jr 7:34
  40. 44:7 : 1Sm 15:3; 22:19
  41. 44:7 : Jr 11:23; 40:15; 44:15; Ezr 9:14
  42. 44:8 : Jr 24:9; 42:18; 44:12; 49:13
  43. 44:11 : Jr 21:10
  44. 44:11 : 1Sm 20:15; Ps 109:13; Is 10:7; Jr 9:21; 47:4; 51:62; Ob 14
  45. 44:12 : Jr 42:15-18
  46. 44:12 : Est 1:20; Jr 6:13; 8:10; 31:34; 42:1; 42:8
  47. 44:12 : Jr 18:16
  48. 44:12 : Dt 28:37; 2Ch 29:8; 30:7; Jr 5:30; 18:16; 19:8; 25:9,18; 29:18; 42:18; 44:22; 49:17; 50:13; Mc 6:16; Zph 2:15
  49. 44:14 : Jr 22:26-27
  50. 44:17 : Jr 7:18
  51. 44:18 : Jr 14:15; 16:4
  52. 44:19 : Nm 30:6-7
  53. 44:21 : Ezk 8:10-11
  54. 44:22 : Is 1:14; 7:13; 43:24; Jr 15:6; Mal 2:17
  55. 44:23 : Jr 40:3
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2 Timothy 2

Be Strong in Grace

You, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace(A) that is in Christ Jesus. What you have heard from me(B) in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful(C) men[a] who will be able to teach others also.

Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.(D) No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the commanding officer. Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. The hardworking farmer ought to be the first to get a share of the crops.(E) Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead(F) and descended from David, according to my gospel, for which I suffer to the point of being bound like a criminal. But the word of God is not bound. 10 This is why I endure(G) all things for the elect:(H) so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.(I) 11 This saying is trustworthy:(J)

For if we died with him,(K)
we will also live with him;
12 if we endure, we will also reign(L) with him;
if we deny him, he will also deny us;
13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful,
for he cannot deny himself.

An Approved Worker

14 Remind them of these things, and charge them before God[b] not to fight about words.(M) This is useless and leads to the ruin of those who listen. 15 Be diligent to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth.(N) 16 Avoid irreverent and empty speech, since those who engage in it will produce even more godlessness,(O) 17 and their teaching will spread like gangrene. Hymenaeus(P) and Philetus are among them. 18 They have departed from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place,(Q) and are ruining the faith of some.(R) 19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, bearing this inscription:(S) The Lord knows those who are his,[c](T) and let everyone who calls on the name(U) of[d] the Lord turn away from wickedness.(V)

20 Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels,(W) but also those of wood and clay; some for honorable[e] use and some for dishonorable.[f](X) 21 So if anyone purifies himself from anything dishonorable,[g] he will be a special[h] instrument, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.(Y)

22 Flee(Z) from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace,(AA) along with those who call on the Lord(AB) from a pure heart. 23 But reject foolish and ignorant disputes, because you know that they breed quarrels. 24 The Lord’s(AC) servant must not quarrel,(AD) but must be gentle to everyone, able to teach,[i] and patient, 25 instructing his opponents with gentleness.(AE) Perhaps God will grant them repentance(AF) leading them to the knowledge of the truth. 26 Then they may come to their senses and escape the trap of the devil,(AG) who has taken them captive to do his will.(AH)

Footnotes:

  1. 2:2 Or faithful people
  2. 2:14 Other mss read before the Lord
  3. 2:19 Nm 16:5
  4. 2:19 Lit everyone who names the name of
  5. 2:20 Or special
  6. 2:20 Or ordinary
  7. 2:21 Lit from these
  8. 2:21 Or an honorable
  9. 2:24 Or everyone, skillful in teaching
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Psalm 92-93

Psalm 92

God’s Love and Faithfulness

A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.

It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praise to your name, Most High,(A)
to declare your faithful love in the morning
and your faithfulness at night,(B)
with a ten-stringed harp[a]
and the music of a lyre.(C)

For you have made me rejoice, Lord,
by what you have done;
I will shout for joy
because of the works of your hands.(D)
How magnificent are your works, Lord,
how profound your thoughts!(E)
A stupid person does not know,
a fool does not understand this:(F)
though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.(G)
But you, Lord, are exalted forever.(H)
For indeed, Lord, your enemies—
indeed, your enemies will perish;
all evildoers will be scattered.(I)
10 You have lifted up my horn(J)
like that of a wild ox;
I have been anointed[b] with the finest oil.(K)
11 My eyes look at my enemies;
when evildoers rise against me,
my ears hear them.(L)

12 The righteous thrive like a palm tree
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.(M)
13 Planted in the house of the Lord,
they thrive in the courts of our God.(N)
14 They will still bear fruit in old age,
healthy and green,(O)
15 to declare: “The Lord is just;
he is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in him.”(P)

Psalm 93

God’s Eternal Reign

The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty;
the Lord is robed, enveloped in strength.
The world is firmly established;
it cannot be shaken.(Q)
Your throne has been established
from the beginning;[c]
you are from eternity.(R)
The floods have lifted up, Lord,
the floods have lifted up their voice;
the floods lift up their pounding waves.(S)
Greater than the roar of a huge torrent—
the mighty breakers of the sea—
the Lord on high is majestic.(T)

Lord, your testimonies are completely reliable;(U)
holiness adorns your house
for all the days to come.(V)

Footnotes:

  1. 92:3 Or ten-stringed instrument and a harp
  2. 92:10 Syr reads you have anointed me
  3. 93:2 Lit from then
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Proverbs 26:3-5

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,(A)
and a rod for the backs of fools.(B)
Don’t answer a fool according to his foolishness(C)
or you’ll be like him yourself.
Answer a fool according to his foolishness(D)
or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.(E)

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10/22/2018 DAB Transcript

Jeremiah 39:1-41:18, 2 Timothy 1:1-18, Psalms 90:1-91:16, Proverbs 26:1-2

Community Prayer and Praise:

Good morning Daily Audio Bible family, this is Lee from New Jersey and today is October 17th. So, for the life of me I have no clue why I didn’t calling yesterday. Yesterday was my daughter’s birthday, October 16th. She turned 15 yesterday. Praise God for that. We didn’t have such a good birthday yesterday. Oh man…a lot of arguing between her, between me and her mother. So, a lot of it is being, of course…all…everything is being focused on me and my anger issues. But, you know, no one else wants to take responsibility for their part in it. So, I pray, family that you can pray for us, for my continued recovery from the anger issues and, of course, that my family and I will reconcile and we can all work on this together and the finger will stop being pointed at me only. It can’t be that everyone else has a meltdown and I have to stay quiet. It’s impossible. Now, Joe the Protector, something more important, Joe the Protector, you called my brother. This morning, I’m listening to the podcast and __  brother man. I don’t know what to tell you my brother. I’m just gonna pray for you man. That’s it. I just got a pray for you, I got a pray for your daughter, for that baby, for wisdom for you, for her, for everyone involved. Oh man, I feel like it’s me. And I’m not in that situation but I feel…I feel that…that pain immediately man…that pain. If I were in that situation…oh man. Father God we pray for Joe the Protector and his daughter and that baby that’s in her womb Lord and anyone else that’s involved in this situation. So, we pray that You come in Lord, that You swoop in and You just take over Lord, that You take over Lord no matter what the circumstances Lord, that You keep my brother Joe the Protector calm and give him keep him relying on You Lord, keep him being a good father Lord and may his daughter learn from this…from this situation Lord.  May that baby be kept healthy Lord and everyone that’s involved in this situation Lord. May Your piece reign. And I pray this in Your name, Jesus. Amen. Love you all and I’ll be calling back soon.

Hi, my name is Dave and I’ve been listening off and on since the beginning, 2006 I believe. I’ve called in twice before. I guess when I was in real need of prayer the first time. Prayers have been answered almost immediately, I guess. For some reason I find myself in the same…same spot again…just kind of not really knowing where to turn. So, about four years ago my wife and I started a business on a rather large-scale and things went quite well. __ about a year and ½ ago the market fell apart and things kind of got turned upside down. And right around the same time, after watching my wife’s dad, we decided we needed to turn him in. He sexually abused my wife when she was a child. And, so, we found ourselves in the middle of a lot of turmoil in church and family. It was pastors who protected him, who hid it for years, who are…and who have been arrested. So, there’s just a lot of turmoil in our lives right now and a lot of financial stress. So, we really need your prayers. Yeah, we really don’t know where to turn to. Appreciate…appreciate you all just praying. Thank you.

Hello, my name is Christine and I got my creativity from my father. I don’t know if any of my messages are getting through, maybe they’re not. Anyway, I’ve heard a little bit. I have leukemia and I am in the hospital. I hope I’ll be able to get out by Thanksgiving, but I wanted to just say, you’ve got to listen to October 16th and Brian’s homily. Thank you, Brian for those words. I’ve heard that verse of Jeremiah so many times and you put it in such awesome context. I don’t know if the will of the Lord is that I would be healed, I don’t know, but the Jeremiah quote, the way you put it was, yeah, you can be waiting for thanks but try thrive where you are. But that he wants to carry us and wants to hold us and…and I can’t even…I can’t even paraphrase it right but I hope you all can hear this. That was so hopeful for me. I’ve gotta watch my time. Jesus has been showing up over and over and over again and…in small ways…and people popping in at just the right time…and lead nurses helping me get some stuff. And, so, He is ever present. But anyway, I…I’m just really rambling. Prayers for my husband and my son and my daughter, that they can get through this as well and these next several days I think are gonna be a little rougher. So, prayers for me too. and I…I’m behind…

Hi, Joe the Protector, this is Julie, the first time I’ve ever called into the Daily Audio Bible prayer line. I heard you call in and give the request for your daughter saying your daughter was pregnant, she’s 15. I just want to encourage you to love her. I don’t know, you know, I know it’s really disappointing…I’m sure it’s a disappointment to you. I have daughters. So, I understand but you just need to love on her, pray…pray, pray, pray and get everybody praying. And I just want to encourage you to just love her right now even though you’re disappointed. __. It may be one of the most joyous things. I don’t know what God’s purpose is but I’m sure there’s a purpose. And I’m, you know, praying for the day you get to enjoy that beautiful grandchild even though it’s, you know, a surprise. That’s all I had to say. Thank you. I’ll be praying for you.

Hi this is Donnie from California and I just want to leave a message for Joe the Protector. I just want him to know everything’s going to be all right. God has His hands on it. God knew what was going on when she did it. And you need to just let yourself in God’s love know that He had control. And I‘m telling you I got…my…my daughter got pregnant when she was very young. And he has been the biggest blessing in my life. And I want you to know that…oh…I just love him so and I have six grandchildren. So, I just want you to know that God loves you and God loves your daughter, and we’ll see you later. Bye.