Jeremiah 46-48

Word Against Egypt

Jer 46:2 LSB - [2] To Egypt, concerning the military force of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

Jer 46:28 LSB - [28] "O Jacob My servant, do not fear," declares Yahweh, "For I am with you. For I will make a complete destruction of all the nations Where I have banished you, Yet I will not make a complete destruction of you; But I will discipline you with justice And by no means leave you unpunished."

Word Against Philistia

Jer 47:1 LSB - [1] That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.

Word Against Moab

Jer 48:35-36 LSB - 

[35] "I will make Moab cease," declares Yahweh, "the one who offers [offerings] on the high place and the one who offers [offerings] in smoke to his gods. 

[36] "Therefore My heart moans for Moab like flutes; My heart also moans like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have lost the abundance it produced.

Jer 48:46-47 LSB - 

[46] "Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; For your sons have been taken away captive And your daughters into captivity. 

[47] "Yet I will return the fortunes of Moab In the last days," declares Yahweh. Thus far the judgment on Moab.

Isa 16:3-4 LSB - 

[3] "Bring [us] counsel, make a decision; Cast your shadow like night at high noon; Hide those banished, do not reveal the one who flees. 

[4] "Let the banished of Moab sojourn with you; Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer." For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased, Oppressors have completely [disappeared] from the land.

Jeremiah 43-45

Jeremiah Taken to Egypt

Wrath Against the Israelites in Egypt

Word to Baruch

Jeremiah 40-42

Jeremiah Stays in Judah

Jer 40:2-3 LSB - 

[2] And the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, "Yahweh your God promised this calamity against this place; 

[3] and Yahweh has brought [it] on and done just as He promised. Because you [people] sinned against Yahweh and did not listen to His voice, therefore this thing has happened to you.

Ishmael Strikes Down Gedaliah

Johanan Rescues the People

The People Ask Jeremiah to Pray

Jer 42:21-22 LSB - 

[21] So I have told you today, but you have not listened to the voice of Yahweh your God, even according to all that He has sent me to [tell] you. 

[22] So now, you should clearly know that you will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, in the place where you desire to go to sojourn.

Jeremiah 37-39

Jeremiah Warns Against Trust in Pharaoh

Jeremiah Imprisoned

Jeremiah Brought Up from the Cistern

Jer 38:8-9 LSB - 

[8] and Ebed-melech went out from the king's house and spoke to the king, saying, 

[9] "My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the cistern; and he will die right where he is because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city."

Zedekiah Sends for Jeremiah

The Walls of Jerusalem Torn Down

Jeremiah Delivered

Jer 39:16-18 LSB - 

[16] "Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold, I am about to bring My words on this city for calamity and not for prosperity; and they will take place before you on that day. 

[17] "But I will deliver you on that day," declares Yahweh, "and you will not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are terrified. 

[18] "For I will certainly provide you escape, and you will not fall by the sword; but you will have your [own] life as spoil because you have trusted in Me," declares Yahweh.'"

Jeremiah 34-36

A Prophecy Against Zedekiah

Jer 34:11 LSB - [11] But afterwards they turned around and returned [to themselves] the male slaves and the female slaves, whom they had let go as free, and subdued them to be male slaves and female slaves.

The Rechabites Listen to Jonadab

Jer 35:6-7 LSB - 

[6] But they said, "We will not drink wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, 'You shall not drink wine, you or your sons, forever. 

[7] 'And you shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed, and you shall not plant a vineyard or own one; but tents you shall inhabit all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.'

Yahweh Warns of Judah’s Discipline

Jer 35:18-19 LSB - 

[18] Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, "Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Because you have listened to the command of Jonadab your father, kept all his commands, and done according to all that he commanded you, 

[19] therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not have a man cut off from standing before Me always."'"

Jeremiah’s Scroll Read in the Temple

Jer 36:8 LSB - [8] So Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from the book the words of Yahweh in the house of Yahweh.

The Scroll Is Burned

The Scroll Is Replaced

Jeremiah 31-33

Israel’s Mourning Turned to Joy

Jer 31:20-21 LSB - 

[20] "Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; Therefore My inmost being yearns for him; I will surely have compassion on him," declares Yahweh. 

[21] "Set up roadmarks for yourself, Place for yourself guideposts; Set your heart to the highway, The way by which you went. Return, O virgin of Israel, Return to these your cities.

Jer 31:22 LSB - [22] "How long will you go here and there, O faithless daughter? For Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth-- A woman will encompass a man."

Jer 31:22 ESV - [22] How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: a woman encircles a man."

 

The New Covenant

Jer 31:29-30 LSB - 

[29] "In those days they will not say again, 

'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, 

And the children's teeth are set on edge.' 

[30] "But everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.

Jer 31:33-34 LSB - 

[33] "But this is the covenant which I will cut with the house of Israel after those days," declares Yahweh: "I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 

[34] "And they will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know Yahweh,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares Yahweh, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."

Jer 31:35-36 LSB - 

[35] Thus says Yahweh, Who gives the sun for light by day And the statutes for the moon and the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; Yahweh of hosts is His name: 

[36] "If these statutes are removed From before Me," declares Yahweh, "Then the seed of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever."

Jeremiah Imprisoned

Jeremiah Prays, Yahweh Responds

Jer 32:37-41 LSB - 

[37] "Behold, I will gather them out of all the lands to which I have banished them in My anger, in My wrath, and in great indignation; and I will cause them to return to this place and make them inhabit [it] in safety. 

[38] "And they shall be My people, and I will be their God; 

[39] and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me always, for their own good and for [the good of] their children after them. 

[40] "And I will cut an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me. 

[41] "And I will rejoice over them to do them good and will truly plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

Yahweh Will Pardon the People’s Iniquity

The Righteous Branch of David

Jer 33:15-16 LSB - 

[15] 'In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to branch forth; and He shall do justice and righteousness on the earth. 

[16] 'In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell in security; and this is [the name] by which she will be called: Yahweh is our righteousness.'

Jeremiah 28-30

Hananiah’s Rebellion Against Yahweh

Jer 28:15-17 LSB - 

[15] Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen now, Hananiah, Yahweh has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie. 

[16] "Therefore thus says Yahweh, 'Behold, I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are going to die because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh.'" 

[17] So Hananiah the prophet died in the same year in the seventh month.

Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles

Jer 29:7 LSB - [7] 'Seek the peace of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to Yahweh on its behalf; for in its peace you will have peace.' 

Jer 29:10-14 LSB - 

[10] "For thus says Yahweh, 'When seventy years have been fulfilled for Babylon, I will visit you and establish My good word to you, to return you to this place. 

[11] 'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares Yahweh, 'plans for peace and not for calamity, to give you a future and a hope. 

[12] 'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 

[13] 'You will seek Me and find [Me] when you search for Me with all your heart. 

[14] 'I will be found by you,' declares Yahweh, 'and I will return your fortunes and will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have banished you,' declares Yahweh, 'and I will cause you to return to the place from where I sent you into exile.'

Yahweh Will Return the Fortunes of His People

Jer 30:3 LSB - [3] 'For behold, days are coming,' declares Yahweh, 'when I will return the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.' Yahweh says, 'I will also cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.'"

Jeremiah 25-27

Seventy Years of Captivity

Jer 25:11 LSB - [11] 'This whole land will be a waste place and an object of horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Punishment Against Babylon

Jer 25:17 LSB - [17] Then I took the cup from the hand of Yahweh and made all the nations to whom Yahweh sent me drink it:

Jer 1:5 LSB - [5] "Before I formed you in the innermost parts I knew you, And before you came out from the womb I set you apart; I have given you as a prophet to the nations."

 

The Words of Yahweh Against Judah

Jer 26:2-3 LSB - 

[2] "Thus says Yahweh, 'Stand in the court of the house of Yahweh, and you shall speak to all the cities of Judah who have come to worship [in] the house of Yahweh all the words that I have commanded you to speak to them. Do not take away a word! 

[3] 'Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, that I may relent of the evil which I am devising to bring against them because of the evil of their deeds.'

Plot to Murder Jeremiah

Jeremiah Spared from Death

The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar

Jer 27:8 LSB - [8] "And it will be, [that] the nation or the kingdom which will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence," declares Yahweh, "until I have brought it to an end by his hand.

Jeremiah 22-24

O Land, Hear Yahweh

Jer 22:5 LSB - [5] "But if you will not obey these words, I swear by Myself," declares Yahweh, "that this house will become a waste place."'"

Jer 22:30 LSB - 

[30] "Thus says Yahweh, 

'Write this man down childless, 

A man who will not succeed in his days; 

For no man of his seed will succeed 

Sitting on the throne of David 

Or ruling again in Judah.'"

The Righteous Branch

Jer 23:3-4 LSB - 

[3] "Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the land where I have banished them and cause them to return to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply. 

[4] "I will also raise up shepherds over them, and they will shepherd them; and they will not be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, nor will any be left unattended," declares Yahweh.

Jer 23:5-6 LSB - 

[5] "Behold, [the] days are coming," declares Yahweh, 

"When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; 

And He will reign as king and prosper 

And do justice and righteousness in the land. 

[6] "In His days Judah will be saved, 

And Israel will dwell securely; 

And this is His name by which He will be called, 

'Yahweh our righteousness.'

False Prophets Condemned

Jer 23:29 LSB - [29] "Is not My word like fire?" declares Yahweh, "and like a hammer which shatters a rock?

The Good and the Rotten Figs

Jer 24:5-7 LSB

[5] “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Like these good figs, so I will recognize as good the exiles of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans.

[6] ‘For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will return them to this land; and I will build them up and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not uproot them.

[7] ‘I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am Yahweh; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.

Jeremiah 19-21

The Broken Jar

Jer 19:10-11 LSB - 

[10] "Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you, 

[11] and you shall say to them, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, "Just so will I break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter's vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will bury in Topheth because there is no [other] place for burial.

Yahweh Speaks Against Pashhur

Jeremiah Curses the Day He Was Born

Jer 20:9 LSB - [9] But if I say, "I will not remember Him Or speak anymore in His name," Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; And I am weary of holding [it] in, And I cannot prevail.

Jeremiah’s Message for Zedekiah

Jer 21:9 LSB - [9] "He who inhabits this city will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence; but he who goes out and falls away to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his own life as spoil.

Jeremiah 16-18

Yahweh Withdraws His Favor

Jer 16:12 LSB - [12] 'You too have done evil, [even] more than your fathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me.

They Shall Know My Name Is Yahweh

Jer 16:14-15 LSB - 

[14] "Therefore behold, days are coming," declares Yahweh, "when it will no longer be said, 'As Yahweh lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,' 

[15] but, 'As Yahweh lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had banished them.' For I will return them to their own land which I gave to their fathers.

The Deceitful Heart

Jer 17:9-10 LSB - 

[9] "The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can know it? 

[10] "I, Yahweh, search the heart; I test the inmost being, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his deeds.

Keep the Sabbath Day Holy

Jer 17:23 LSB - [23] "Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks in order not to listen or receive discipline.

The Potter and the Clay

Jer 18:6 LSB - [6] "Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter [does]?" declares Yahweh. "Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

Jeremiah 13-15

The Ruined Belt

Jer 13:7 LSB - [7] Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the belt from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the belt was ruined; it was totally worthless.

Jer 13:11 LSB - [11] 'For as the belt clings to the loins of a man, so I made the whole household of Israel and the whole household of Judah cling to Me,' declares Yahweh, 'that they might be for Me a people, for a name, for praise, and for beauty; but they did not listen.'

The Magnitude of Israel’s Iniquity

Jer 13:27 LSB - [27] "As for your adulteries and your [lustful] neighings, The lewdness of your prostitution On the hills in the field, I have seen your detestable things. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you not cleanse yourself?"

Yahweh Will Not Listen to Their Cry

Jer 14:11-12 LSB - 

[11] So Yahweh said to me, "Do not pray for the good of this people. 

[12] "When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather I am going to make an end of them by the sword, famine, and pestilence."

Lying Prophets

Yahweh Appoints Four Kinds of Doom

Jer 15:1-2 LSB - 

[1] Then Yahweh said to me, "Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My soul would not be with this people; send them away from My presence and let them go! 

[2] "And it will be that when they say to you, 'Where should we go?' then you are to tell them, 'Thus says Yahweh: "Those [destined] for death, to death; And those [destined] for the sword, to the sword; And those [destined] for famine, to famine; And those [destined] for captivity, to captivity."'

Jeremiah Pleads for Vengeance

Jer 15:16 LSB - [16] Your words were found, and I ate them, And Your words became for me joy and gladness in my heart, For I have been called by Your name, O Yahweh God of hosts.

Yahweh’s Answer

Jer 15:19 ESV - [19] Therefore thus says the LORD: "If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them.

Jeremiah 10-12

Yahweh Alone Is the Living God

Jeremiah 10:23 LSB — I know, O Yahweh, that a man’s way is not in himself,

Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.

The Broken Covenant

Jeremiah 11:17 LSB — Yahweh of hosts, who planted you, has spoken forth evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.

Men Seek Jeremiah’s Life

Jeremiah’s Plea

Yahweh Answers Jeremiah

Jeremiah 12:5 LSB — “If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out,

Then how can you compete with horses?

If you fall down in a land of peace,

How will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?

Jeremiah 7-9

Yahweh’s Warning from the Temple Gate

The Faithlessness of Jerusalem

Sorrow over Zion

Jeremiah 9:23-24 LSB — Thus says Yahweh, “Let not a wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast in his might; let not a rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am Yahweh who shows lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah 4-6

Yahweh Calls Israel to Return to Him

[4] "Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh 

And remove the foreskins of your heart, 

Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, 

Lest My wrath go forth like fire 

And burn with none to quench it 

Because of the evil of your deeds." 

[Jer 4:4 LSB]

Evil from the North

[10] Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Surely You have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'You will have peace'; whereas a sword touches the throat." [Jer 4:10 LSB]

[13] But, "Ah, Lord Yahweh!" I said, "Behold, the prophets are saying to them, 'You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I will give you true peace in this place.'" 

[14] Then Yahweh said to me, "The prophets are prophesying lies in My name. I have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a vision of lies, divination, futility, and the deception of their own hearts. 

[Jer 14:13-14 LSB]

 

Anguish over Judah’s Desolation

[23] I saw on the earth, and behold, [it was] formless and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light. [Jer 4:23 LSB]

[2] And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. [Gen 1:2 LSB]

Jerusalem Refuses to Repent

Jeremiah 5:1 LSB — “Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,

And see now and know,

And seek in her open squares,

If you can find a man,

If there is one who does justice, who seeks faithfulness,

Then I will pardon her.

A Stubborn and Rebellious People

Yahweh Disciplines Israel

Jeremiah 6:21 LSB — Therefore, thus says Yahweh,

“Behold, I am laying stumbling blocks before this people.

And they will stumble against them,

Fathers and sons together;

Neighbor and friend will perish.”

Mourn the Coming Destroyer

Jeremiah 1-3

Yahweh Sends Jeremiah the Prophet

[5] "Before I formed you in the innermost parts I knew you, And before you came out from the womb I set you apart; I have given you as a prophet to the nations." [Jer 1:5 LSB]

The Almond Rod and Boiling Pot

[18] "Now behold, I have given you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests, and to the people of the land. [19] "And they will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you," declares Yahweh. [Jer 1:18-19 LSB]

Judah Transgresses Against Yahweh

[13] "For My people have done two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water. [Jer 2:13 LSB]

The Polluted Land

Faithless Israel Called to Repentance

[12] "Go and call out these words toward the north and say, 'Return, faithless Israel,' declares Yahweh; 'I will not look upon you in anger. For I am One of lovingkindness,' declares Yahweh; 'I will not be angry forever. 

[13] 'Only acknowledge your iniquity, That you have transgressed against Yahweh your God And have scattered your ways [of harlotry] to the strangers under every green tree, And you have not listened to My voice,' declares Yahweh. 

[14] 'Return, O faithless sons,' declares Yahweh; 'For I am a master to you, And I will take you one from a city and two from a family, And I will bring you to Zion.' 

[Jer 3:12-14 LSB]

[15] "Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will shepherd you on knowledge and understanding. [Jer 3:15 LSB]

[25] "Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. And we have not listened to the voice of Yahweh our God." [Jer 3:25 LSB]

1 Corinthians 13-16

The Excellence of Love

[4] Love is patient, love is kind, is not jealous, does not brag, is not puffed up; 

[5] it does not act unbecomingly, does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong [suffered]; 

[6] it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 

[7] it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 

[1Co 13:4-7 LSB]

[13] But now abide faith, hope, love--these three; but the greatest of these is love. 

[1Co 13:13 LSB]

Prophecy and Tongues

[1] Pursue love, yet earnestly desire spiritual [gifts], but especially that you may prophesy. 

[1Co 14:1 LSB]

[24] But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an uninformed man enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all; 

[25] the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that SURELY GOD IS AMONG YOU. 

[1Co 14:24-25 LSB]

Orderly Worship

[26] What is [the outcome] then, brothers? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has a translation. Let all things be done for edification. 

[1Co 14:26 LSB]

[34] The women are to keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says. 

[35] But if they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church. 

[1Co 14:34-35 LSB]

 ESV Global Study Bible

1 Cor. 14:34–35 the women should keep silent in the churches. Since Paul seems to permit wives to pray and prophesy as long as they do not dishonor their husbands by the way they dress (11:5, 13), it is difficult to see this as an absolute prohibition of their speaking in church meetings (compare Acts 2:17; 21:8–9). Paul is likely forbidding women to speak up and judge prophecies (this is the activity in the immediate context; see 1 Cor. 14:29), since such an activity would undermine male headship. Law also says. Paul is probably thinking of the woman’s creation “from” and “for” the man (see 11:8–9; Gen. 2:20–24), as well as a general pattern of male leadership among the people of Israel in the OT.

 

The Resurrection of Christ

[1] Now I make known to you, brothers, the gospel which I proclaimed as good news to you, which also you received, in which also you stand,
[2] by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I proclaimed to you as good news, unless you believed for nothing.
[1Co 15:1-2 LSB]

[3] For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
[4] and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
[5] and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
[1Co 15:3-5 LSB]

[10] But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
[1Co 15:10 LSB]

The Resurrection of the Dead

[20] But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. 

[21] For since by a man [came] death, by a man also [came] the resurrection of the dead. 

[22] For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 

[23] But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ's at His coming. [1Co 15:10, 20-23 LSB]

The Resurrection Body

[45] So also it is written, "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL." The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit. 

[1Co 15:45 LSB]

[51] Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 

[52] in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. 

[53] For this corruptible must put on the incorruptible, and this mortal must put on immortality. 

[54] But when this corruptible puts on the incorruptible, and this mortal puts on immortality, then will come about the word that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory. 

[1Co 15:51-54 LSB]

The Collection of Gifts

Final Instructions and Greetings

[13] Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 

[14] Let all that you do be done in love. 

[1Co 16:13-14 LSB]

[22] If anyone does not love the Lord, he is to be accursed. Maranatha. 

[1Co 16:22 LSB]

1 Corinthians 10-12

Temptation and God’s Faithfulness

[23] All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things build up. [1Co 10:23 LSB]

[31] Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. [1Co 10:31 LSB]

Head Coverings

[3] But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. [1Co 11:3 LSB]

[4] Every man who has [something] on his head while praying or prophesying, shames his head. [1Co 11:4 LSB]

[5] But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying, shames her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved. [1Co 11:5 LSB]

The Lord’s Supper

[23] For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was being betrayed took bread, 

[24] and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of Me." 

[25] In the same way [He took] the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink [it], in remembrance of Me." 

[1Co 11:23-25 LSB]

[26] For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until He comes. [1Co 11:26 LSB]

Concerning Spiritual Gifts

[4] Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 

[5] And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. 

[6] And there are varieties of workings, but the same God who works everything in everyone. 

[1Co 12:4-6 LSB]

[27] Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it. [1Co 12:27 LSB]

1 Corinthians 7-9

Concerning Marriage and Singleness

[3] The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. [1Co 7:3 LSB]

[4] The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband [does]; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife [does]. [1Co 7:4 LSB]

[5] Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. [1Co 7:5 LSB]

[14] For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. For otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. [1Co 7:14 LSB]

[29] But this I say, brothers, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none; 

[30] and those who cry, as though they did not cry; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess; 

[31] and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it. For the form of this world is passing away. 

[1Co 7:29-31 LSB]

[36] If anyone thinks that he is not behaving properly toward his betrothed, if his passions are strong, and it has to be, let him do as he wishes: let them marry--it is no sin. 

[37] But whoever is firmly established in his heart, being under no necessity but having his desire under control, and has determined this in his heart, to keep her as his betrothed, he will do well. 

[38] So then he who marries his betrothed does well, and he who refrains from marriage will do even better. 

[1Co 7:36-38 ESV]

Take Care with Your Liberty

[1] Now concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 

[2] If anyone thinks that he has known anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know; 

[3] but if anyone loves God, he has been known by Him. 

[1Co 8:1-3 LSB]

[11] For through your knowledge he who is weak is ruined, the brother for whose sake Christ died. [1Co 8:11 LSB]

Paul Gives Up His Rights

[14] So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel. [1Co 9:14 LSB]

[9] "Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts, 

[10] or a bag for [your] journey, or even two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for the worker is worthy of his support. 

[Mat 10:9-10 LSB]

[19] For though I am free from all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more. [1Co 9:19 LSB]

[26] Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air;
[27] but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
[1Co 9:26-27 LSB]

 

1 Corinthians 4-6

Servants of Christ

[1] Let a man consider us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 

[1Co 4:1 LSB]

[3] But to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by [any] human court. In fact, I do not even examine myself. 

[4] For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted. But the one who examines me is the Lord. 

[1Co 4:3-4 LSB]

[11] To this present hour we hunger and thirst, and are poorly clothed, and roughly treated, and homeless; [12] and we labor, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure; 

[13] when we are slandered, we try to plead; we have become as the scum of the world, the grime of all things, [even] until now. 

[1Co 4:11-13 LSB]

[15] For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet [you would] not [have] many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. 

[16] Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. 

[1Co 4:15-16 LSB]

Sexual Immorality in the Church

[11] But now I am writing to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is a sexually immoral person, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler--not even to eat with such a one. 

[1Co 5:11 LSB]

[13] But those who are outside, God will judge. REMOVE THE WICKED MAN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES. 

[1Co 5:13 LSB]

Lawsuits Among Believers

[3] Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life? 

[1Co 6:3 LSB]

[11] And such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 

[1Co 6:11 LSB]

Flee Sexual Immorality

[17] But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit [with Him]. 

[1Co 6:17 LSB]

[19] Or do you not know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 

[20] For you were bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. 

[1Co 6:19-20 LSB]

1 Corinthians 1-3

Christ Is Undivided

[2] To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called as saints, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their [Lord] and ours: 

[1Co 1:2 LSB]

[4] I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, 

[5] that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all word and all knowledge, [6] even as the witness about Christ was confirmed in you, 

[1Co 1:4-6 LSB]

Christ the Power and Wisdom of God

[17] For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not in wisdom of word, so that the cross of Christ will not be made empty. 

[18] For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God. 

[1Co 1:17-18 LSB]

[22] For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom, 

[23] but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, 

[24] but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 

[1Co 1:22-24 LSB]

[30] But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, 

[1Co 1:30 LSB]

Paul’s Reliance upon the Spirit

[3] And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, 

[4] and my word and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 

[5] so that your faith would not be in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 

[1Co 2:3-5 LSB]

Jesus Christ, Our Foundation

[21] So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you, 

[22] whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you, 

[23] and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God. 

[1Co 3:21-23 LSB]

Habakkuk 1-3

Habakkuk Calls For Help

Yahweh Raises the Dreaded Chaldeans

[11] "Then they will sweep through [like] the wind and pass on. But they will be held guilty, They whose power is their god." [Hab 1:11 LSB]

Yahweh Has Placed Them to Judge

The Righteous Will Live by His Faith

[4] "Behold, as for the proud one, His soul is not right within him; But the righteous will live by his faith. [Hab 2:4 LSB]

[17] For in it [the] righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH." [Rom 1:17 LSB]

 

Yet I Will Exalt in Yahweh

[16] I heard, and my inward parts trembled; 

At the sound my lips tingled. 

Decay enters my bones, 

And in my place I tremble. 

Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress, 

For the people to arise [who] will invade us. 

[17] Though the fig tree should not blossom 

And there be no produce on the vines, 

[Though] the yield of the olive should fail 

And the fields yield no food, 

Though the flock should be cut off from the fold 

And there be no cattle in the stalls, 

[18] Yet I will exult in Yahweh; 

I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. 

[19] Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength, 

And He has set my feet like hinds' [feet] 

And makes me tread on my high places. 

For the choir director, on my stringed instruments. 

[Hab 3:16-19 LSB]

Zephaniah 1-3

Yahweh Will End All Things

[2] "I will completely end all [things] From the face of the ground," declares Yahweh. 

[3] "I will end man and beast; I will end the birds of the sky And the fish of the sea And the ruins along with the wicked; And I will cut off man from the face of the ground," declares Yahweh. 

[Zep 1:2-3 LSB]

[4] "So I will stretch out My hand against Judah And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, [And] the names of the idolatrous priests along with the priests, [Zep 1:4 LSB]

The Day of Yahweh Is Near

[14] Near is the great day of Yahweh, Near and coming very quickly; O the sound, the day of Yahweh! In it the mighty man cries out bitterly. [Zep 1:14 LSB]

[18] Neither their silver nor their gold Will be able to deliver them On the day of the fury of Yahweh; And all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, For He will make a complete destruction, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth. [Zep 1:18 LSB]

Seek Yahweh Before His Day of Anger

[3] Seek Yahweh, All you humble of the earth Who have worked His justice; Seek righteousness, seek humility. Perhaps you will be hidden In the day of Yahweh's anger. [Zep 2:3 LSB]

[13] And He will stretch out His hand against the north And cause Assyria to perish, And He will make Nineveh a desolation, Parched like the wilderness. ... 

[15] This is the exultant city Which inhabits securely, Who says in her heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me." How she has become an object of horror, A resting place for beasts! Everyone who passes by her will hiss [And] wave his hand [in contempt]. 

[Zep 2:13, 15 LSB]

The Unjust Knows No Shame

Yahweh Will Pour Out His Anger

Zephaniah 3:9 LSB — “For then I will change them to peoples with purified lips,

That all of them may call on the name of Yahweh,

To serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

Yahweh’s Joy in Restoring Israel

Nahum 1-3

Yahweh’s Wrath Against Nineveh

[3] BETH Yahweh is slow to anger and great in power, And Yahweh will by no means leave [the guilty] unpunished. In whirlwind and storm is His way, And clouds are the dust beneath His feet. [Nah 1:3 LSB]

[15] Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who proclaims good news, Who announces peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; Pay your vows. For never again will the vile one pass through you; He is cut off completely. [Nah 1:15 LSB]

Yahweh’s Destruction of Nineveh

[2] For Yahweh will restore the majesty of Jacob Like the majesty of Israel, Even though those who empty [them] have emptied them to destruction And ruined their vine branches. [Nah 2:2 LSB]

Woe to Nineveh

[18] Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; Your mighty ones are lying down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, And there is no one to regather [them]. [Nah 3:18 LSB]

Micah 1-7

Calamity in Israel and Judah

[1] The word of Yahweh which came [to] Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he beheld concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. [Mic 1:1 LSB]

[15] Moreover, I will bring on you The one who takes possession, O inhabitant of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will enter Adullam. [Mic 1:15 LSB]

[1] So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's household heard [of it] and went down there to him. [1Sa 22:1 LSB]

 

An Evil Time

[12] "I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob; 

I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. 

I will put them together like sheep in the fold; 

Like a flock in the midst of its pasture 

They will be noisy with men. 

[13] "The breaker goes up before them; 

They break out, pass through the gate, and go out by it. 

So their king goes on before them, 

And Yahweh at their head." 

[Mic 2:12-13 LSB]

Yahweh Will Not Answer

[12] Therefore, on account of you Zion will be plowed as a field; Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the house [of God will become] high places of a forest. [Mic 3:12 LSB]

The Law Will Go Forth from Zion

[1] Now it will be that in the last days 

The mountain of the house of Yahweh 

Will be established as the head of the mountains, 

And will be lifted up above the hills, 

And the peoples will stream to it. 

[2] And many nations will come and say, 

"Come and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh 

And to the house of the God of Jacob, 

That He may instruct us from His ways 

And that we may walk in His paths.

" For from Zion will go forth the law, 

And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem. 

[Mic 4:1-2 LSB]

The Ruler Will Come from Bethlehem

[2] "But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, 

[Too] little to be among the clans of Judah, 

From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. 

His goings forth are from everlasting, From the ancient days." 

[Mic 5:2 LSB]

[6] 'AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, LAND OF JUDAH, ARE BY NO MEANS LEAST AMONG THE LEADERS OF JUDAH; 

FOR OUT OF YOU SHALL COME FORTH A LEADER WHO WILL SHEPHERD MY PEOPLE ISRAEL.'" 

[Mat 2:6 LSB]

[4] And He will stand and shepherd [His flock]
In the strength of Yahweh,
In the majesty of the name of Yahweh His God.
And they will remain
Because at that time He will be great
To the ends of the earth.
[Mic 5:4 LSB]

Yahweh’s Case Against His People

[3] "My people, what have I done to you, 

And how have I wearied you? 

Answer Me. 

[4] "Indeed, I brought you up from the land of Egypt 

And ransomed you from the house of slavery, 

And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 

[Mic 6:3-4 LSB]

What Yahweh Requires

[8] He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does Yahweh require of you
But to do justice, to love lovingkindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?
[Mic 6:8 LSB]

There Is No Upright Person

[2] The holy one has perished from the land,
And there is no upright [person] among men.
All of them lie in wait for bloodshed;
Each of them hunts the other with a net.
[Mic 7:2 LSB]

Yahweh Is a Light for Me

[18] Who is a God like You, who forgives iniquity
And passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not hold fast to His anger forever
Because He delights in lovingkindness.
[Mic 7:18 LSB]

Ephesians 4-6

Unity in the Body of Christ

[1] I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 

[2] with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 

[3] eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 

[Eph 4:1-3 ESV]

[4] There is one body and one Spirit--just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call-- 

[5] one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 

[6] one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 

[Eph 4:4-6 ESV]

[8] Therefore it says, "When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men." ... [11] And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 

[12] to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 

[13] until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 

[14] so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 

[Eph 4:8, 11-14 ESV]

The New Life

[20] But that is not the way you learned Christ!-- 

[21] assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, 

[22] to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 

[23] and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 

[24] and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. [Eph 4:20-24 ESV]

[26] Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 

[27] and give no opportunity to the devil. 

[Eph 4:26-27 ESV]

[30] And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. [Eph 4:30 ESV]

Walk in Love

[1] Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 

[2] And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 

[Eph 5:1-2 ESV]

[18] And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, 

[19] addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 

[20] giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, [21] submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. 

[Eph 5:18-21 ESV]

Wives and Husbands

[25] Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 

[26] that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 

[27] so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 

[Eph 5:25-27 ESV]

Children and Parents

[4] Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. [Eph 6:4 ESV]

Bondservants and Masters

[5] Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, 

[6] not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 

[7] rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, [8] knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. 

[Eph 6:5-8 ESV]

The Whole Armor of God

[10] Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 

[11] Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 

[Eph 6:10-11 ESV]

[13] Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 

[14] Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 

[15] and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 

[Eph 6:13-15 ESV]

[18] praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, [Eph 6:18 ESV]

Final Greetings

[23] Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

[24] Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible. 

[Eph 6:23-24 ESV]

Ephesians 1-3

Greeting

[1] Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: 

[2] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

[Eph 1:1-2 ESV]

Spiritual Blessings in Christ

[3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 

[4] even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 

[5] he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 

[6] to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. 

[Eph 1:3-6 ESV]

[7] In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, [Eph 1:7 ESV]

[11] In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, [Eph 1:11 ESV]

[13] In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 

[14] who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. [Eph 1:13-14 ESV]

Thanksgiving and Prayer

[16] I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 

[17] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 

[18] having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 

[19] and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 

[20] that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 

[21] far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 

[Eph 1:16-21 ESV]

By Grace Through Faith

[4] But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 

[5] even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- 

[6] and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 

[7] so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 

[Eph 2:4-7 ESV]

One in Christ

[13] But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. [14] For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 

[15] by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 

[16] and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. [Eph 2:13-16 ESV]

The Mystery of the Gospel Revealed

[11] This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, 

[12] in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. 

[Eph 3:11-12 ESV]

Prayer for Spiritual Strength

[14] For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 

[15] from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 

[16] that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 

[17] so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith--that you, being rooted and grounded in love, [18] may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 

[19] and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 

[Eph 3:14-19 ESV]

Hosea 11-14

The Beloved Son

[1] When Israel [was] a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son. [Hos 11:1 LSB]

[4] I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love, And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws; And I bent down [and] fed them. [Hos 11:4 LSB]

Yahweh’s Contention with Judah

[4] Indeed, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed; He wept and sought His favor. He found Him at Bethel, And there He spoke with us, [Hos 12:4 LSB]

Ephraim’s Idolatry

[4] Yet I [have been] Yahweh your God Since the land of Egypt; And you were not to know any god except Me, And there is no savior besides Me. 

[5] I Myself knew you in the wilderness, In the land of drought. 

[6] As [they had] their pasture, then they became satisfied, Indeed, they were satisfied, and their heart became raised up; Therefore they forgot Me. 

[Hos 13:4-6 LSB]

[12] The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is kept in store. 

[13] The pangs of childbirth come for him, but he is an unwise son, for at the right time he does not present himself at the opening of the womb. 

[Hos 13:12-13 ESV]

[14] Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? 

Shall I redeem them from death? 

O Death, where are your thorns? 

O Sheol, where is your sting? 

Compassion will be hidden from My sight. 

[Hos 13:14 LSB]

[54] But when this corruptible puts on the incorruptible, and this mortal puts on immortality, then will come about the word that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory. 

[55] "O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?" 

[56] Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; 

[57] but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! 

[1Co 15:54-57 LSB]

 

Yahweh’s Anger Turns Away from Israel

[1] Return, O Israel, to Yahweh your God, For you have stumbled in your iniquity. 

[2] Take words with you and return to Yahweh. Say to Him, "Forgive all iniquity And take [what is] good, That we may pay in full the fruit of our lips. 

[Hos 14:1-2 LSB]

[9] Whoever is wise, so let him discern these things; [Whoever] is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of Yahweh are right, And the righteous will walk in them, But transgressors will stumble in them. [Hos 14:9 LSB]

Hosea 6-10

Israel Chastised

[1] "Come, let us return to Yahweh. For He has torn [us], but He will heal us; He has struck [us], but He will bandage us.
[2] "He will make us alive after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him.
[3] "So let us know, let us pursue to know Yahweh. His going forth is established as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the late rain watering the earth."
[Hos 6:1-3 LSB]

[6] For I delight in lovingkindness rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. [Hos 6:6 LSB]

Israel Reaps the Whirlwind

[13] As for My sacrificial gifts, They sacrifice the flesh and eat [it], [But] Yahweh has not accepted them. Now He will remember their iniquity And punish [them] for their sins; They will return to Egypt. [Hos 8:13 LSB]

[68] "And Yahweh will bring you back to Egypt in ships, by the way about which I spoke to you, 'You will never see it again!' And there you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer." [Deu 28:68 LSB]

 

Days of Punishment Have Come

[8] Ephraim [was] a watchman with my God, a prophet; [Yet] the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways, [And] there is [only] hostility in the house of his God. [Hos 9:8 LSB]

[8] The prophet is the watchman of Ephraim with my God; yet a fowler's snare is on all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. [Hos 9:8 ESV]

Grapes in the Wilderness

[17] My God will despise them Because they have not listened to Him; And they will be those who flee among the nations. [Hos 9:17 LSB]

You Have Sinned, O Israel

[10] When it is My desire, I will chastise them; And the peoples will be gathered against them When they are bound for their double guilt. [Hos 10:10 LSB]

The Trained Heifer

[12] Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with lovingkindness; Break up your fallow ground, Indeed, it is time to seek Yahweh Until He comes and rains righteousness on you. [Hos 10:12 LSB]

Hosea 1-5

Hosea’s Wife and Children

[4] And the LORD said to him, "Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. [Hos 1:4 ESV]

[6] She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the LORD said to him, "Call her name No Mercy, for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all. [Hos 1:6 ESV]

[9] And the LORD said, "Call his name Not My People, for you are not my people, and I am not your God." [Hos 1:9 ESV]

[10]  Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, "You are not my people," it shall be said to them, "Children of the living God." [Hos 1:10 ESV]

Israel’s Unfaithfulness Punished

[1]  Say to your brothers, "You are my people," and to your sisters, "You have received mercy." 

[2] "Plead with your mother, plead-- for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband-- that she put away her whoring from her face, and her adultery from between her breasts; 

[Hos 2:1-2 ESV]

[8] And she did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil, and who lavished on her silver and gold, which they used for Baal. [Hos 2:8 ESV]

Yahweh’s Faithful Betrothal

[16] "And in that day, declares the LORD, you will call me 'My Husband,' and no longer will you call me 'My Baal.' [Hos 2:16 ESV]

[21] "And in that day I will answer, declares the LORD, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth, 

[22] and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel, 

[23] and I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, 'You are my people'; and he shall say, 'You are my God.'" 

[Hos 2:21-23 ESV]

Hosea Marries Again

[1] Then Yahweh said to me, "Go again, love a woman [who] is loved by [her] companion and is an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes." [Hos 3:1 LSB]

Yahweh’s Contention with Israel

[1] Listen to the word of Yahweh, O sons of Israel, For Yahweh has a contention against the inhabitants of the land, Because there is no truth or lovingkindness Or knowledge of God in the land. 

[Hos 4:1 LSB]

Yahweh Withdraws from Israel

[15] I will go away [and] return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their affliction they will seek Me earnestly. [Hos 5:15 LSB]

Amos 6-9

Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

[8] Lord Yahweh has sworn by Himself, Yahweh God of hosts has declared: "I abhor the lofty pride of Jacob And hate his citadels; Therefore I will deliver up [the] city as well as its fullness." [Amo 6:8 LSB]

[13] For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, [Heb 6:13 LSB]

[12] Do horses run on rocks? Or does one plow them with oxen? Yet you have overturned justice into gall And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood, [Amo 6:12 LSB]

Yahweh Will Rise Up Against Israel

[2] And it happened when it had completed eating the vegetation of the land, that I said, "Lord Yahweh, please pardon! How can Jacob rise up, For he is small?" 

[3] Yahweh relented concerning this. "It shall not be," said Yahweh. 

[Amo 7:2-3 LSB]

[5] Then I said, "Lord Yahweh, please stop! How can Jacob rise up, for he is small?" 

[6] Yahweh relented concerning this. "This too shall not be," said Lord Yahweh. 

[Amo 7:5-6 LSB]

[6] "For I, Yahweh, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. [Mal 3:6 LSB]

Amos Accused

[14] Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs. 

[15] "But Yahweh took me from following the flock, and Yahweh said to me, 'Go prophesy to My people Israel.' 

[Amo 7:14-15 LSB]

A Famine for Hearing the Words of Yahweh

[11] "Behold, days are coming," declares Lord Yahweh, 

"When I will send a famine on the land, 

Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, 

But rather for hearing the words of Yahweh. 

[12] "People will wander from sea to sea 

And from the north even to the east; 

They will go to and fro to seek the word of Yahweh, 

But they will not find [it]. 

[Amo 8:11-12 LSB]

Sinful Israelites Will Die by the Sword

[5] Now Lord Yahweh of hosts, 

The One who touches the land so that it melts, 

And all those who inhabit it mourn, 

And all of it rises up like the Nile 

And subsides like the Nile of Egypt; 

[Amo 9:5 LSB]

[8] "Behold, the eyes of Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, 

And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; 

Nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob," 

Declares Yahweh. 

[Amo 9:8 LSB]

Yahweh Will Rebuild Israel

[12] That they may possess the remnant of Edom 

And all the nations who are called by My name," 

Declares Yahweh who does this. 

[Amo 9:12 LSB]

[16] 'AFTER THESE THINGS I will return, 

AND I WILL REBUILD THE FALLEN BOOTH OF DAVID, 

AND I WILL REBUILD ITS RUINS, AND I WILL RESTORE IT, 

[17] SO THAT THE REST OF MANKIND MAY SEEK THE LORD, 

AND ALL THE GENTILES WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME,' 

[18] SAYS THE LORD, WHO MAKES THESE THINGS KNOWN FROM LONG AGO. 

[Act 15:16-18 LSB]

[3] And I will bless those who bless you, 

And the one who curses you I will curse. 

And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed." [Gen 12:3 LSB]