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Feb 24, 2005
1: The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the
son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz,
and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of
Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
2: The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea.
And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a
wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for
the land hath committed great whoredom, departing
from the LORD.
3: So he went and took Gomer the daughter of
Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
4: And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel;
for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of
Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to
cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
5: And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will
break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
6: And she conceived again, and bare a daughter.
And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah:
for I will no more have mercy upon the house of
Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
7: But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah,
and will save them by the LORD their God, and
will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by
battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
8: Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she
conceived, and bare a son.
9: Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye
are not my people, and I will not be your God.
10: Yet the number of the children of Israel shall
be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be
measured nor numbered; and it shall come to
pass, that in the place where it was said unto them,
Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto
them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
11: Then shall the children of Judah and the children
of Israel be gathered together, and appoint
themselves one head, and they shall come up out of
the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel
Hosea, chapter 1
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Feb 22, 2005
1: Now the word of the LORD came unto
Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
2: Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,
and cry against it; for their wickedness is
come up before me.
3: But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish
from the presence of the LORD, and went
down to Joppa; and he found a ship going
to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof,
and went down into it, to go with them unto
Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
4: But the LORD sent out a great wind into
the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in
the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
5: Then the mariners were afraid, and cried
every man unto his god, and cast forth the
wares that were in the ship into the sea, to
lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down
into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was
fast asleep.
6: So the shipmaster came to him, and said
unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise,
call upon thy God, if so be that God will think
upon us, that we perish not.
7: And they said every one to his fellow, Come,
and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose
cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and
the lot fell upon Jonah.
8: Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee,
for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine
occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy
country? and of what people art thou?
9: And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I
fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath
made the sea and the dry land.
10: Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said
unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew
that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because
he had told them.
11: Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto
thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea
wrought, and was tempestuous.
12: And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast
me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto
you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest
is upon you.
13: Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to
the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought,
and was tempestuous against them.
14: Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said,
We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us
not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us
innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it
pleased thee.
15: So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into
the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
16: Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly,
and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
17: Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow
up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three
days and three nights.
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Feb 19, 2005
1: The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2: To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3: To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4: To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5: A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10: My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11: If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13: We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15: My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17: Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18: And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19: So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20: Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22: How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23: Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24: Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25: But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27: When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28: Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31: Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32: For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33: But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Proverbs, chapter 1
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Feb 17, 2005
1: The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilki'ah, of the priests who were in An'athoth in the land of Benjamin,
2: to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josi'ah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
3: It came also in the days of Jehoi'akim the son of Josi'ah, king of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of Zedeki'ah, the son of Josi'ah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
4: Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,
5: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."
6: Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth."
7: But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, `I am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you you shall go, and whatever I command you you shall speak.
8: Be not afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD."
9: Then the LORD put forth his hand and touched my mouth; and the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
10: See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."
11: And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" And I said, "I see a rod of almond."
12: Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over my word to perform it."
13: The word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north."
14: Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
15: For, lo, I am calling all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, says the LORD; and they shall come and every one shall set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
16: And I will utter my judgments against them, for all their wickedness in forsaking me; they have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
17: But you, gird up your loins; arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them.
18: And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its princes, its priests, and the people of the land.
19: They will fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you, for I am with you, says the LORD, to deliver you."
Jeremiah, chapter 1
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Feb 14, 2005
1: How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of
people how is she become as a widow she that
was great among the nations, and princess
among the provinces, how is she become tributary.
2: She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears
are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath
none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt
treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
3: Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction,
and because of great servitude: she dwelleth
among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all
her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
4: The ways of Zion do mourn, because none
come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are
desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are
afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
5: Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies
prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the
multitude of her transgressions: her children
are gone into captivity before the enemy.
6: And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty
is departed: her princes are become like harts
that find no pasture, and they are gone without
strength before the pursuer.
7: Jerusalem remembered in the days of her
affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant
things that she had in the days of old, when her
people fell into the hand of the enemy, and
none did help her: the adversaries saw her,
and did mock at her sabbaths.
8: Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore
she is removed: all that honoured her despise
her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea,
she sigheth, and turneth backward.
9: Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth
not her last end; therefore she came down
wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD,
behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified
himself.
10: The adversary hath spread out his hand upon
all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that
the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom
thou didst command that they should not enter
into thy congregation.
11: All her people sigh, they seek bread; they
have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve
the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am
become vile.
12: Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold,
and see if there be any sorrow like unto my
sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the
LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce
anger.
13: From above hath he sent fire into my bones,
and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a
net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath
made me desolate and faint all the day.
14: The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his
hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my
neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord
hath delivered me into their hands, from whom
I am not able to rise up.
15: The Lord hath trodden under foot all my
mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called
an assembly against me to crush my young men:
the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter
of Judah, as in a winepress.
16: For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye
runneth down with water, because the comforter
that should relieve my soul is far from me: my
children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
17: Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none
to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning
Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him:
Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
18: The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against
his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and
behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are
gone into captivity.
19: I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my
priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city,
while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
20: Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels
are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have
grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home
there is as death.
21: They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort
me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are
glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou
hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
22: Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto
them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions:
for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Lamentations, chapter 1
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Feb 13, 2005
1: In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month,
as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened,
and I saw visions of God.
2: On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of
King Jehoi'achin),
3: the word of the LORD came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi,
in the land of the Chalde'ans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the
LORD was upon him there.
4: As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great
cloud, with brightness round about it, and fire flashing forth continually, and
in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming bronze.
5: And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And
this was their appearance: they had the form of men,
6: but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings.
7: Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the sole
of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze.
8: Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. And
the four had their faces and their wings thus:
9: their wings touched one another; they went every one straight
forward, without turning as they went.
10: As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man in
front; the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the
face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle at the
back.
11: Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above; each
creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while
two covered their bodies.
12: And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit would go, they
went, without turning as they went.
13: In the midst of the living creatures there was something that looked
like burning coals of fire, like torches moving to and fro among the living
creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
14: And the living creatures darted to and fro, like a flash of lightning.
15: Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel upon the earth
beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them.
16: As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their
appearance was like the gleaming of a chrysolite; and the four had the
same likeness, their construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel.
17: When they went, they went in any of their four directions without
turning as they went.
18: The four wheels had rims and they had spokes;
and their rims were full of eyes round about.
19: And when the living creatures went, the wheels went
beside them; and when the living creatures rose from the earth,
the wheels rose.
20: Wherever the spirit would go, they went, and the wheels rose
along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
21: When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood;
and when those rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them;
for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
22: Over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of
a firmament, shining like crystal, spread out above their heads.
23: And under the firmament their wings were stretched out straight,
one toward another; and each creature had two wings covering its body.
24: And when they went, I heard the sound of their wings like the sound
of many waters, like the thunder of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like
the sound of a host; when they stood still, they let down their wings.
25: And there came a voice from above the firmament over their heads;
when they stood still, they let down their wings.
26: And above the firmament over their heads there was the likeness
of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness
of a throne was a likeness as it were of a human form.
27: And upward from what had the appearance of his loins I saw as it
were gleaming bronze, like the appearance of fire enclosed round
about; and downward from what had the appearance of his loins
I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness
round about him.
28: Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day
of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. Such
was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And
when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
Ezekiel, chapter 1
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Feb 11, 2005
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Feb 10, 2005
When you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites.
For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and
on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen
by men.
Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when
you have shut your door, pray to your Father in secret
will reward you openly.
Matthew 6:5-6
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Feb 9, 2005
Genesis 21 (New International Version)
The Birth of Isaac
1 Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD
did for Sarah what he had promised. 2 Sarah became pregnant and bore
a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised
him. 3 Abraham gave the name Isaac [a] to the son Sarah bore him. 4
When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as
God commanded him. 5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son
Isaac was born to him.
6 Sarah said, "God has brought me laughter, and everyone who
hears about this will laugh with me." 7 And she added, "Who would
have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have
borne him a son in his old age."
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Feb 7, 2005
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is og God;
and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
In this the love of God was manifested toward us,
that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world,
that we might live through Him.
In this love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us
and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
No one has seen God at any time.
If we love one another,
God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
1 John 4:7-12
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