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Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 26 Matthew 10:24-42 (EHV) LISTEN HERE Through My Bible – FEbruary 26 Matthew 10:24-42 (EHV) https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/tmb-ehv/02-0226db.mp3 See series: Through My Bible Matthew 10 24 “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor is a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher and the servant like his master. If the master of the house was called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household! 26 “So do not be afraid of them, because there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops. 28 Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 “Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? [1] Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without the knowledge and consent of your Father. 30 And even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows. 32 “Everyone who confesses me before others, I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever denies me before others, I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven. 34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household. [2] 37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 40 “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. 41 Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. 42 Whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink because he is my disciple—Amen I tell you—he will never lose his reward.” Footnotes Matthew 10:29 Greek assarion , less than a half hour’s wage Matthew 10:36 Micah 7:6 The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Share this entry Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail Link to Flickr Link to Instagram Link to Vimeo…
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Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 25 Matthew 9:35 – 10:23 (EHV) LISTEN HERE Through My Bible – FEbruary 25 Matthew 9:35 – 10:23 (EHV) https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/tmb-ehv/02-0225db.mp3 See series: Through My Bible Matthew 9 35 Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness. Pray for Workers 36 When he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were troubled and downcast, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. 38 Therefore pray that the Lord of the harvest will send out workers into his harvest.” Matthew 10 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve 1 Jesus called his twelve disciples to himself and gave them authority to drive out unclean spirits and to heal every disease and every sickness. 2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zebedee and his brother John; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. 5 Jesus sent these twelve out and commanded them, “Do not go among the Gentiles, and do not enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near!’ 8 Heal the sick. Raise the dead. Cleanse lepers. Drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. 9 Do not take gold, silver, or bronze in your money belts. 10 Do not take a bag for the journey, or two coats, sandals, or a staff, because the worker deserves his support. 11 Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy and stay there until you leave. 12 As you enter the household, give it your greeting. 13 If the household is worthy, let your peace rest on it. But if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone does not receive you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town. 15 Amen I tell you: It will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. 16 “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. 17 Be on guard against people. They will hand you over to councils, and they will whip you in their synagogues. 18 You will be brought into the presence of governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. 19 Whenever they hand you over, do not be worried about how you will respond or what you will say, because what you say will be given to you in that hour. 20 In fact you will not be the ones speaking, but the Spirit of your Father will be speaking through you. 21 “Brother will hand over his brother to death, and a father will do the same with his child. Children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by all people because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved. 23 And when they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Amen I tell you: You will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes. Footnotes The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Share this entry Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail Link to Flickr Link to Instagram Link to Vimeo…
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Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 24 Matthew 9:9-34 (EHV) LISTEN HERE Through My Bible – FEbruary 24 Matthew 9:9-34 (EHV) https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/tmb-ehv/02-0224db.mp3 See series: Through My Bible Matthew 9 Calling of Matthew 9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting in the tax collector’s booth. He said to him, “Follow me.” Matthew got up and followed him. 10 As Jesus was reclining at the table in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were actually there too, eating with Jesus and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 When Jesus heard this, he said to them, “The healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do. 13 Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ [1] In fact, I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” A Question About Fasting 14 Then John’s disciples came to him and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast at all?” 15 Jesus said to them, “Can the attendants of the bridegroom mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch would tear away from the garment, and the hole would be made even worse. 17 And people do not pour new wine into old wineskins. If they did, the skins would burst, the wine would be spilled, and the skins would be ruined. Instead they pour new wine into fresh wineskins. By doing that, both are preserved.” The Daughter of Jairus 18 As he was saying these things to them, there was a ruler who came, bowed down to him, and said, “My daughter has just died. But come, place your hand on her, and she will live.” 19 Jesus got up and followed him, as did his disciples. 20 Just then, a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years came up from behind and touched the fringe of his garment. 21 For she had been saying to herself, “If I just touch his garment, I will be healed.” 22 When Jesus turned around and saw her, he said, “Take heart, daughter! Your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that moment. 23 When Jesus came into the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd, 24 he said to them, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but is sleeping.” But they laughed at him. 25 When the crowd was sent out of the house, Jesus went in, took the girl by the hand, and she was raised. 26 News of this went out through the entire region. Two Blind Men 27 As Jesus left that place, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” 28 When he entered the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They told him, “Yes, Lord.” 29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done for you.” 30 And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus warned them emphatically, “See to it that no one learns about this.” 31 But they went out and spread the word about him throughout that entire region. Jesus Heals a Mute Man 32 Just as they were leaving, people brought to him a demon-possessed man who could not talk. 33 After the demon was driven out, the mute man spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!” 34 But the Pharisees said, “He drives out demons by the ruler of demons.” Footnotes Matthew 9:13 Hosea 6:6 The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Share this entry Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail Link to Flickr Link to Instagram Link to Vimeo…
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Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 23 Matthew 8:23 – 9:8 (EHV) LISTEN HERE Through My Bible – FEbruary 23 Matthew 8:23 – 9:8 (EHV) https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/tmb-ehv/02-0223db.mp3 See series: Through My Bible Matthew 8 Jesus Calms the Storm 23 When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a terrible storm came up on the sea, so that their boat was covered by the waves. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 They went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to die!” 26 He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a complete calm. 27 The men were amazed, saying, “What kind of a man is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him!” Two Demon-Possessed Men and a Herd of Pigs 28 When he arrived at the other side, in the region of the Gergesenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him there. They were very dangerous, so that nobody could pass that way. 29 Suddenly they cried out, “What do we have to do with you, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” 30 There was a large herd of pigs feeding some distance away from them. 31 The demons begged him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” 32 He told them, “Go!” So the demons came out of the men and went into the pigs. Immediately the whole herd of pigs rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the water. 33 Those who were feeding the pigs fled and went into the town. They reported everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. 34 Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their region. Matthew 9 Jesus Forgives Sins 1 Jesus got into a boat, crossed over, and came to his own town. 2 There people brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Take heart, son! Your sins are forgiven.” 3 Then some of the experts in the law said among themselves, “This fellow is blaspheming!” 4 Since Jesus knew their thoughts, he said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts? 5 Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? 6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,” he then said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, take your stretcher, and go home.” 7 The man got up and went home. 8 When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men. Footnotes The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Share this entry Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail Link to Flickr Link to Instagram Link to Vimeo…
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Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 22 Matthew 8:1-22 (EHV) LISTEN HERE Through My Bible – FEbruary 22 Matthew 8:1-22 (EHV) https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/tmb-ehv/02-0222db.mp3 See series: Through My Bible Matthew 8 Jesus Heals a Leper 1 When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him. 2 Just then, a leper came to him and bowed down to him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” 3 Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean.” Immediately he was healed of his leprosy. 4 Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one. Instead, go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” A Believing Centurion 5 When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him and pleaded with him, 6 “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed and suffering terribly.” 7 Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8 The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy for you to come under my roof. But only say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9 For I am also a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10 When Jesus heard this, he marveled. He said to those who were following him, “Amen I tell you: I have not found such great faith in anyone in Israel. 11 I tell you that many will come from the east and the west and will recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the children of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13 Jesus said to the centurion, “Go. Let it be done for you as you have believed.” And his servant was healed at that very hour. Jesus Heals Many 14 When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever. 15 He touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and began to serve him. 16 When evening came, they brought to him many who were demon-possessed. He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: “He took up our weaknesses and carried away our diseases.” [1] Follow Jesus 18 When Jesus saw a large crowd gathering around him, he gave orders to go over to the other shore. 19 Then an expert in the law came and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 21 Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” Footnotes Matthew 8:17 Isaiah 53:4 The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Share this entry Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail Link to Flickr Link to Instagram Link to Vimeo…
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Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 21 Obadiah (EHV) LISTEN HERE Through My Bible – FEbruary 21 Obadiah (EHV) https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/tmb-ehv/02-0221db.mp3 See series: Through My Bible Obadiah 1 1 The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord God says about [1] Edom. A Message Spreads to the Nations We have heard news from the Lord , and an envoy has been sent among the nations: “Get up. Let us rise up against her in battle.” The Lord ’s Message to Edom 2 Listen, I will make you insignificant among the nations. You will be completely despised. 3 You who live in the clefts of the rocky cliff, [2] the pride of your heart has deceived you. Your dwelling is so high that you say in your heart, “Who can bring me down to the ground?” 4 Even if you would soar as high as an eagle, and even if your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there, declares the Lord . 5 If thieves came to you, if robbers came by night—oh, what disaster awaits you!—wouldn’t they steal only until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn’t they leave some grapes for gleaning? 6 Oh, how completely Esau will be ransacked! His hidden treasures will be searched out and looted! 7 All your allies will push you back to your border. Those who were at peace with you will deceive you and overpower you. Those who eat bread with you will lay a trap for you. There is no understanding left in Edom. [3] 8 Will I not destroy the wise men of Edom on that day, declares the Lord ? Will I not take away from the mountain of Esau those who have understanding? 9 Your strong warrior, Teman, [4] will be shattered by terror, so that everyone from the mountain of Esau will be cut down by the massacre. 10 Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever. 11 On the day when you stood by and watched, on the day when strangers carried away Jacob’s wealth, [5] and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them. 12 But do not look down on your brother on the day of his misfortune. Do not rejoice over the people of Judah on the day when they are destroyed. Do not speak proudly on the day of distress. 13 Do not enter the gate of my people on the day of their disaster. Do not look down on their affliction on the day of their calamity. Do not seize their wealth on the day of their disaster. 14 Do not stand in the crossroads to cut off those who have escaped. Do not imprison his survivors on the day of distress. A Message to All Nations 15 Yes, the Day of the Lord is near for all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head. 16 For just as you Edomites [6] have drunk on my holy mountain, so also all the nations will drink continually. Yes, they will drink and guzzle it down, and it will be as though the Edomites never existed. 17 But on Mount Zion, there will be some who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will recapture its territory. 18 The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, but the house of Esau will be stubble. The Israelites [7] set them on fire and consume them. There will not be any survivors for the house of Esau. Yes, the Lord has spoken. 19 People from the Negev [8] will take possession of the mountains of Esau, and those from the Shephelah [9] will take possession of the land of the Philistines. They will take possession of the territory [10] of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria. Benjamin will take possession of Gilead. 20 Those from the army of the people of Israel who have been exiles [11] will take possession of the territory of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, [12] and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad [13] will take possession of the cities of the Negev. 21 Saviors [14] will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will belong to the Lord . Footnotes Obadiah 1:1 Or to Obadiah 1:3 Hebrew sela , also the name of an Edomite city Obadiah 1:7 Or, taking the phrase with the preceding sentence, and you will not even realize it Obadiah 1:9 Teman is a city in Edom. Obadiah 1:11 Or captured Jacob’s army Obadiah 1:16 The antecedents of the Hebrew pronouns you and they in this verse are uncertain. The translation twice supplies Edomites as the subjects. Obadiah 1:18 The subject the Israelites is supplied for clarity. The Hebrew text reads they . Obadiah 1:19 The dry southern wilderness of Judah Obadiah 1:19 The western foothills of Judah Obadiah 1:19 Literally fields Obadiah 1:20 The Hebrew of this verse is difficult. Obadiah 1:20 A city near the northern border of Israel Obadiah 1:20 An unknown distant location, perhaps as far away as Spain Obadiah 1:21 Or, following the ancient versions, those who have been saved The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Share this entry Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail Link to Flickr Link to Instagram Link to Vimeo…
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Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 20 Habakkuk 3:16-19 (EHV) LISTEN HERE Through My Bible – FEbruary 20 Habakkuk 3:16-19 (EHV) https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/tmb-ehv/02-0220db.mp3 See series: Through My Bible Habakkuk 3 16 When I hear about it, my stomach churns. The sound makes my lips quiver. My bones decay, and my knees tremble, as I wait for the day of disaster to come upon the people who attack us. 17 The fig tree may have no buds. The vines may have no grapes. The olive tree may fail to produce. The fields may yield no food. The sheep may be cut off from their flock, and there may be no cattle in the barns, 18 but I will delight in the Lord and rejoice in God who saves me. 19 The Lord God is my strength. He will give me feet like a deer and make me leap along the high hills. To the choir director. On my stringed instruments. Footnotes The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Share this entry Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail Link to Flickr Link to Instagram Link to Vimeo…
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Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 19 Habakkuk 3:1-15 (EHV) LISTEN HERE Through My Bible – FEbruary 19 Habakkuk 3:1-15 (EHV) https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/tmb-ehv/02-0219db.mp3 See series: Through My Bible Habakkuk 3 1 This is the prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to shigionoth. [1] 2 O Lord , I have heard the report about you, and I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord . In the midst of our years revive those deeds. In the midst of our years reveal them again. In your rage, remember to have mercy. 3 God comes from Teman. Interlude [2] The Holy One comes from Mount Paran. His splendor covers the heavens, and his praises fill the earth. 4 His brightness is like lightning. Lightning bolts flash out from his hand, [3] where his strength is hidden. 5 Contagious disease goes ahead of him, and plague follows after him. 6 He stands up and shakes [4] the earth. He looks, and the nations jump in fright. The ancient mountains are shattered. The age-old hills are flattened. But he goes on forever. 7 I saw the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble. The tent curtains in the land of Midian were trembling. 8 Were you angry with the rivers, Lord ? Was your anger against the rivers? Or was your fury against the sea? Is that why you hitched up your horses and rode your chariots of salvation? 9 You unsheathed your bow Interlude and called for arrows. You split the earth with rivers. 10 When the mountains see you, they shake. A flood of water sweeps through. The great deep roars and lifts its hands high. 11 The sun and the moon stand still in their palace when your flying arrows flash, when your spear is bright as lightning. 12 In fury you march through the earth. In anger you trample the nations. 13 You march out to save your people, to deliver your anointed one. You strike the head of the wicked nation to lay him out Interlude naked from his buttocks to his neck. [5] 14 With their own shafts you pierce the heads of warriors when they storm out to scatter us. Their celebration is like that of those who devour the poor in secret, 15 but you trample on the sea with your horses, on the surging, powerful waters. Footnotes Habakkuk 3:1 Shigionoth may be the name of an instrument, or it may be a musical term. Habakkuk 3:3 Hebrew selah . This term seems to refer to a musical interlude that creates a pause for meditation. Habakkuk 3:4 Or His brightness is like daylight . A ray of light shines from his hand. The meaning of this verse is uncertain. Habakkuk 3:6 Or measures Habakkuk 3:13 Or splitting him open from the lower body to the neck. This phrase may refer to exposing nakedness, to eviscerating someone, or to both. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Share this entry Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail Link to Flickr Link to Instagram Link to Vimeo…
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Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 18 Habakkuk 2:6-20 (EHV) LISTEN HERE Through My Bible – FEbruary 18 Habakkuk 2:6-20 (EHV) https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/tmb-ehv/02-0218db.mp3 See series: Through My Bible Habakkuk 2 6 All these people will make up proverbs and mocking poems against him, won’t they? They will say, “Woe to the one who accumulates what is not his. (How long will this last?) Woe to the one who makes himself rich by foreclosing on collateral.” 7 Won’t your creditors rise up suddenly? Won’t those who cause you to tremble wake up? You will become plunder for them. 8 Because you robbed many countries, all those who are left among the nations will rob you. You have shed human blood and committed violence against the land, the cities, and all the people who live in them. 9 Woe to the person who piles up dishonest income for his household, in order to raise his nest up high, to deliver himself from disaster. 10 By wiping out many nations, you have planned shame for your own house. You have sinned against your own life. 11 So the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer, 12 “Woe to the one who builds a town with bloodshed and establishes a town with injustice.” 13 Be sure of this: The Lord of Armies has determined that the things for which the peoples of the world labor are only fuel for the fire, and that the nations tire themselves out with nothing to show for it. 14 So the earth will be as filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters that cover the sea. 15 Woe to the person who gives intoxicating drinks to his neighbors, forcing them to drink from his rage, [1] and making them drunk so that he can look at their nakedness. 16 You will be filled with shame instead of honor. Yes, you yourself will drink and expose your own nakedness. The cup in the Lord ’s right hand is coming around to you, and complete disgrace will cover your glory. 17 You will be overwhelmed by the violence you have committed against Lebanon. Your devastation of the animals will terrify you, [2] because you shed human blood and did violence to the land, to the town, and to its inhabitants. 18 What benefit is provided by a carved idol? It was hewn by its maker. What good is a cast statue? It teaches lies. Why would the maker trust his own creation? He makes useless gods that cannot speak. 19 Woe to him who says to a hunk of wood, “Wake up!” or who says, “Get up!” to a stone that cannot speak. Can that thing be your teacher? Although it is covered with gold and silver, there is no life in it at all. 20 But the Lord is in his holy temple. Let the whole earth be silent before him. Footnotes Habakkuk 2:15 Or from your poison . The Hebrew has a second-person pronoun mixed in with the third-person references. Habakkuk 2:17 The Hebrew literally reads and the violence against the animals [which] he terrified. The translation above follows the Greek. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Share this entry Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail Link to Flickr Link to Instagram Link to Vimeo…
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Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 17 Habakkuk 1 – 2:5 (EHV) LISTEN HERE Through My Bible – FEbruary 17 Habakkuk 1 – 2:5 (EHV) https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/tmb-ehv/02-0217db.mp3 See series: Through My Bible Habakkuk 1 1 The threatening oracle which the prophet Habakkuk saw. Habakkuk’s Question 2 How long, Lord , must I cry for help, but you do not listen? I call out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save! 3 Why do you cause me to see injustice? Why do you overlook misery? Devastation and violence confront me. There is strife, and tensions rise. 4 For this reason the law has become powerless. [1] Justice is never carried out. In fact, the wicked overwhelm the righteous so that justice is perverted. The Lord Answers 5 Look at the nations and pay attention! Be completely dumbfounded, because I will do something in your lifetime that you will not believe, even though you are warned ahead of time. 6 Watch, I am raising up the Chaldeans, [2] that savage, reckless nation. They will sweep across the whole width of the earth, seizing lands and homes that do not belong to them. 7 They are frightening and terrifying. They invent their own standard of justice and their own values. 8 Their horses are quicker than leopards and fiercer than wolves that prowl at night. Their war horses come galloping. Their war horses come from far away. They fly like vultures [3] swooping down to devour. 9 All of them come to commit violence. Their hordes blow by like the desert wind [4] and sweep up prisoners like sand. 10 They mock kings, and rulers are subjected to scorn. They laugh at every fortified city. They heap up siege ramps and capture cities. 11 But then the wind blows and passes over them, [5] and they will bear their guilt—these men whose own strength is their god. Habakkuk Replies 12 Are you not from ancient times, O Lord ? My God, my Holy One, you will not die. [6] Lord , you have made them your instrument of judgment. You, our Rock, have established them as your instrument of discipline. [7] 13 You whose eyes are too pure to tolerate evil, you who are not able to condone wrongdoing, why do you put up with treacherous people? Why do you keep silent when the wicked swallow up those who are more righteous than they are? 14 You treat people like fish in the sea, like creeping creatures that have no ruler. 15 The wicked man [8] pulls them all up on a fishhook. He hauls them in with a net. He gathers them with his dragnet and is very happy about it. 16 Therefore he offers sacrifices to his nets and burns incense to his dragnet, because, through these, his catch is large, and his food is plentiful. 17 Will he empty one net after another and continue to destroy nations without sparing any? Habakkuk 2 1 I will stand at my watch post and station myself on the city wall. I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my complaint. [9] The Lord Responds 2 Then the Lord answered me. He said: Record the vision and write it plainly on tablets so that a herald may run with it. 3 Indeed, the vision is waiting for the appointed time. It longs for fulfillment and will not prove false. If it seems slow in coming, wait for it, because it will certainly come and will not be delayed. 4 Look, his soul is puffed up and is not righteous within him [10] —but the righteous one will live by his faith. [11] 5 Indeed, wine [12] betrays that arrogant and restless one, because he is as greedy as the grave, and like death he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations and collects all the peoples to himself. Footnotes Habakkuk 1:4 Or paralyzed or ineffective Habakkuk 1:6 The Chaldeans were the ethnic group ruling Babylon. Habakkuk 1:8 Or eagles Habakkuk 1:9 Or their faces look straight ahead Habakkuk 1:11 Or then the wind blows and they move on . The meaning of this sentence is uncertain. Habakkuk 1:12 The translation follows the alternate Hebrew reading, known as a correction of the scribes. The standard Hebrew text reads we will not die , likely because scribes did not want to mention death and God in the same sentence. Habakkuk 1:12 In this verse it is uncertain whether the Lord made the Babylonians recipients of judgment because of their godlessness or whether he made them instruments of judgment against Israel. The translation follows the second option. Habakkuk 1:15 The subject the wicked man is supplied for clarity. Habakkuk 2:1 The translation follows the alternate Hebrew reading known as a correction of the scribes. The standard Hebrew text reads what answer to give when I am rebuked, likely because scribes considered Habakkuk to be impudent by demanding an answer from the Lord. The alternate reading is also supported by the Syriac and the parallelism with the preceding line. Habakkuk 2:4 The antecedent of his and him is uncertain, and there are other difficulties with the Hebrew. The phrase must refer to an ungodly man—in the immediate context, to the Babylonians. Habakkuk 2:4 The word can also mean faithfulness , but in Romans 1:17 Paul uses the phrase in reference to faith. Habakkuk 2:5 Hebrew variant wealth The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Share this entry Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail Link to Flickr Link to Instagram Link to Vimeo…
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Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 16 Nahum 2 & 3 (EHV) LISTEN HERE Through My Bible – FEbruary 16 Nahum 2 & 3 (EHV) https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/tmb-ehv/02-0216db.mp3 See series: Through My Bible The Attack of the Enemy Nahum 2 1 The enemy who will scatter you is advancing against you! Guard the rampart! Watch the road! Prepare for battle! Muster all your great strength! 2 For the Lord is about to restore the majesty of Jacob, as well as the majesty of Israel, even though their enemies have plundered them completely and have destroyed their vines. 3 The shields of the mighty warriors are dyed red. The soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments. The steel fittings [1] of the chariots shine like fire on the day of battle. The soldiers shake their spears. [2] 4 The chariots race wildly through the streets. They rush back and forth in the city squares. They look like lightning. They dart about like flashes of lightning. 5 The commander [3] gives orders to his elite troops. They fall over each other as they advance. They rush to the city wall. They set up the protective canopy over the battering ram. 6 The gates that hold back the river are opened, and the palace is washed away. 7 She is stripped and is led away. Her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts. [4] 8 Nineveh [5] was like a pool of water from her beginning, [6] but now her people are running away. She cries out, “Stop! Stop!” but no one turns back. 9 Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! There is no end to the treasure. There are riches of every kind of precious thing. 10 Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Their hearts faint, their knees tremble, every stomach churns, and each face turns pale! 11 What has become of the lions’ lair and the feeding place for young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub prowled with nothing to fear? 12 The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey to provide food for his lionesses. He filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh. 13 Beware! I am against you, declares the Lord of Armies. I will burn up your chariots in smoke. The sword will devour your young lions. You will no longer ravage the land. The voices of your messengers will no longer be heard. Woe to Nineveh Nahum 3 1 Woe to the city of bloodshed! She is full of lies. She is filled with plunder. She is never without victims. 2 The crack of a whip! The clatter of wheels! Galloping horses and bouncing chariots! 3 Horsemen charging! Glittering swords! Flashing spears! Many wounded! Piles of carcasses! There is no end to the corpses—so many that people stumble over them. 4 All this is because of the many promiscuous deeds of the prostitute, a beautiful and pleasing mistress of all kinds of sorcery, [7] who sells nations into slavery with her promiscuity and clans of people with her sorcery. 5 Beware! I am against you, declares the Lord of Armies. I will strip off your clothes! I will expose your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms. 6 I will pelt you with filth. [8] I will treat you with contempt. I will make you a public spectacle. 7 Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust and say, “Nineveh has been devastated! Who will express grief for her? Where can I find someone to comfort you?” 8 Are you better [9] than Thebes? [10] She was located on the banks of the Nile. The waters surrounded her. Her strength was the sea, and her walls were the water. 9 Cush and Egypt had limitless strength. Put and the Libyans were among her allies. 10 Yet even she went into exile. Even her infants were smashed to pieces on every street corner. They cast lots to win her dignitaries. All her great men were bound with chains. 11 You too will be drunk and will hide yourself. You too will seek refuge from the enemy. 12 All your fortifications will be like fig trees with ripe fruit. If they are shaken, their figs will fall right into the mouth of the one who eats them. 13 Look! The troops among you are women in the face of your enemies. [11] The gates of your land will be wide open. Fire will consume the bars of your gates. 14 Draw water to prepare yourselves for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Trample the mud and tread the clay! Make mud bricks to strengthen your walls! 15 There the fire will consume you. There the sword will cut you down. It will devour you as a swarm of grasshoppers would, even if you heap up your numbers like swarms of grasshoppers and locusts. 16 You have increased your merchants so that they are more than the stars of heaven! But they are like grasshoppers, which spread out and fly away. 17 Your courtiers are like locusts. Your field marshals are like swarming locusts! They camp in the walls on a cold day. Yet when the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where they are. 18 King of Assyria, your shepherds are drowsy! Your powerful men slumber! Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there are none left to gather together. [12] 19 There is no healing for your wound. Your injury is fatal! All who hear what has happened to you will clap their hands for joy, for no one ever escaped your endless cruelty! Footnotes Nahum 2:3 Or perhaps the scythes Nahum 2:3 The Hebrew text and the meaning of this sentence are uncertain. Nahum 2:5 The noun commander is added for clarity. Nahum 2:7 A gesture of mourning Nahum 2:8 The name of the city is now introduced for the first time in the oracle itself. Nahum 2:8 The meaning of the last phrase is uncertain. Nahum 3:4 Or witchcraft Nahum 3:6 The Hebrew word is usually a name for idols, so its use in the literal sense here is unusual. Nahum 3:8 Or more secure Nahum 3:8 Or No Amon , the Egyptian form of the name of the city Nahum 3:13 The last phrase may go with the next line. 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Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 15 Nahum 1 (EHV) LISTEN HERE Through My Bible – FEbruary 15 Nahum 1 (EHV) https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/tmb-ehv/02-0215db.mp3 See series: Through My Bible The Lord Is Judge and Savior Nahum 1 1 A threatening oracle against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum from Elkosh. 2 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God. The Lord takes vengeance and displays his anger. The Lord takes vengeance against his adversaries. He will maintain his rage against his enemies. 3 The Lord is slow to anger, yet great in power. The Lord will certainly not let the guilty go unpunished. He marches out in the whirlwind and in the storm. Storm clouds are like dust stirred up by his feet. 4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry up. He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel are completely withered. The buds of Lebanon are completely withered. 5 The mountains quake in front of him. The hills melt away. The earth in front of him rises up, the whole world and all who live in it. 6 Who can withstand his anger? Who can resist his fury? His rage is poured out like fire, and the rocks are torn down by him. 7 The Lord is good. He is a place of safety in the day of distress. He knows those who seek safety in him, 8 but he will bring this place to a complete end by an overwhelming flood. He will drive his enemies into darkness. 9 No matter what you plot against the Lord , he will destroy your plot completely. Disaster will not need to strike them twice, 10 because like tangled thorns, like the liquor of drunkards, like fully dried stubble, they will be consumed. Judgment on the Enemy 11 Someone who plots evil against the Lord has gone out from you, but his wicked plans are worthless. 12 This is what the Lord says. Even though they are at full strength and are numerous, nevertheless they are sure to be cut off, and they will disappear. Even though I have humbled you, I will not humble you any longer. 13 Now I will break their yoke from your neck. I will tear apart the shackles that are on you. 14 The Lord has issued a decree against you: There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will put an end to the carved idols and molten images in the temple of your gods. I will dig your grave because you are cursed. [1] Peace for God’s People 15 Look! A herald is coming over the mountain to proclaim this good news: Peace! Celebrate your sacred festivals, Judah! Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God! For never again will wickedness overwhelm you. It has been completely destroyed. [2] Footnotes Nahum 1:14 Or too weak to resist Nahum 1:15 English 1:15 is 2:1 in Hebrew. All subsequent verse numbers in chapter 2 are one number lower in English than they are in Hebrew. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Share this entry Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail Link to Flickr Link to Instagram Link to Vimeo…
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Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 14 Zephaniah 3:8 – 3:20 (EHV) LISTEN HERE Through My Bible – FEbruary 14 Zephaniah 3:8 – 3:20 (EHV) https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/tmb-ehv/02-0214db.mp3 See series: Through My Bible Zephaniah 3 8 So wait for me, declares the Lord , until the day that I rise up to plunder. For I am determined to gather the nations, to assemble the kingdoms, and to pour out my indignation upon them and all my furious anger. All the earth will be consumed with the fire of my zeal. 9 I will purify the lips of the people so that they all call on the name of the Lord and serve him side by side. 10 From beyond the rivers of Cush, [1] my worshippers, my scattered people, will bring offerings to me. 11 In that day you will no longer bear the shame of your rebellions against me. Then I will remove the proud boasters from among you, and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill. 12 But I will leave among you the people who are humble and weak. They will seek refuge in the name of the Lord . 13 The Israelites who remain will no longer act unjustly. They will not lie, and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth. Instead, they will graze peacefully like sheep and lie down. No one will terrify them. 14 Sing out, daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, you daughter of Jerusalem. 15 The Lord has removed the judgment against you. He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s king, the Lord , is in your midst! You no longer need to fear disaster. 16 In that day Jerusalem will be told, “Do not be afraid, O Zion. Do not give up. 17 The Lord your God is with you as a hero who will save you. He takes great delight in you. He will quiet you with his love. [2] He will rejoice over you with singing.” 18 I will bring back those among you who grieve over the loss of the appointed feasts, those for whom the loss was a burden and a disgrace. [3] 19 Look, at that time I will deal with those who mistreated you. I will rescue the lame and gather together the scattered. I will give them praise and honor in every land where they were put to shame. 20 At that time I will bring you in. At that time I will gather you. I will give you a name and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your fortunes before your eyes, declares the Lord . Footnotes Zephaniah 3:10 Cush is the area south of Egypt. Zephaniah 3:17 Or he will be quiet in his love , but the next line seems to rule out silence. Zephaniah 3:18 The verse is very difficult. The Hebrew seems to say the ones grieving from an appointed assembly I gathered from you; they were tribute or a burden upon her, a reproach. The translation is an attempt to explain a difficult construction. The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Share this entry Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail Link to Flickr Link to Instagram Link to Vimeo…
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Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 13 Zephaniah 2:1 – 3:7 (EHV) LISTEN HERE Through My Bible – FEbruary 13 Zephaniah 2:1 – 3:7 (EHV) https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/tmb-ehv/02-0213db.mp3 See series: Through My Bible Zephaniah 2 1 Gather yourselves together; yes, gather together, you shameless [1] nation, 2 before the decree takes effect, before the day blows by like chaff, before the burning anger of the Lord comes upon you, before the day of the Lord ’s anger comes upon you. 3 Seek the Lord , all you humble people of the earth who have carried out his commands. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. Maybe then you will be sheltered in the day of the Lord ’s anger. 4 Yes, Gaza will be deserted, and Ashkelon will be desolate. Ashdod’s people will be driven out by noon, and Ekron will be uprooted. 5 Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Kerethites! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines. I will destroy you so that no one is left alive! 6 The seacoast will become pastureland, with shelters for shepherds and sheep pens for flocks. 7 It will become the possession of those who remain from the house of Judah. Their flocks will pasture there. In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down in the evening, because the Lord their God will take care of them. He will restore their fortunes. 8 I have heard the taunts from Moab and the insults from the Ammonites as they have taunted my people and made proud claims against their territory. 9 Therefore as I live, declares the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, Moab will become like Sodom, and the people of Ammon like Gomorrah, a patch of ground overgrown with weeds and a salt pit [2] that is desolate forever. The surviving remnant of my people will plunder them, and the remnant of my nation will take possession of their land. 10 This is what they will get for their pride, because they have taunted and talked arrogantly against the people of the Lord of Armies. 11 The Lord will be terrifying to them, when he will starve [3] all the gods of the earth. Then all the distant nations will bow down to him, each of them in their own country. 12 You Cushites, [4] you also will die by my sword. 13 Then he will stretch out his hand against the north and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh desolate, dry like the wilderness. 14 Flocks and herds will lie down there, with all sorts of other creatures. Screech owls and hedgehogs [5] will live among its columns. Owls will hoot through the windows. Rubble will cover the thresholds. Even the cedar beams will be exposed. 15 This was the smug city that lived securely, that said to herself, “I am all there is. There are none that compare to me.” What a heap of ruins she has become, a place for wild animals to lie down! Everyone who passes by taunts her and shakes his fist. Judgment Against Jerusalem 3 Woe to the filthy, [6] foul city, the city of oppressors. 2 She does not listen. She does not accept correction. She does not even trust the Lord or draw near to her God. 3 The officials within her are like roaring lions. Her judges are like hungry wolves in the evening that completely devour their prey by morning. 4 Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men. Her priests have profaned what is holy. They have committed violence against the law. 5 The Lord in her midst is just. He does no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He does not fail. But those who are unjust are shameless. The Final Proclamation of the Lord 6 I have cut off nations. Their corner towers are in ruins. I have made their streets desolate, with no one passing by. Their cities are laid waste, with no one living there. 7 I said, “Certainly you will fear me. You will accept correction so that your dwelling place will not be destroyed by everything I have threatened.” But they eagerly sinned in everything they did. Footnotes Zephaniah 2:1 Or perhaps worthless Zephaniah 2:9 The meaning of this term is uncertain. Zephaniah 2:11 The meaning of this term is uncertain. Zephaniah 2:12 Cush is the territory south of Egypt. Zephaniah 2:14 The identity of these animals is uncertain. The parallelism suggests two kinds of birds, but the second Hebrew word seems to refer to a hedgehog or porcupine. Zephaniah 3:1 Or rebellious The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved. Share this entry Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail Link to Flickr Link to Instagram Link to Vimeo…
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