Micah 4-7 The Mountain of the Lord 4 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lordshall be established as the highest of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills;and peoples shall flow to it,2 and many nations shall come, and say:“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of …
December 20 – Micah 1-3, Revelation 11, Psalm 140, Proverbs 30:15-16
Micah 1-3 1 The word of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. The Coming Destruction 2 Hear, you peoples, all of you; pay attention, O earth, and all that is in it,and let the Lord God be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.3 For behold, the Lord is coming out of his place, and will …
December 19 – Jonah 3-4, Revelation 10, Psalm 139, Proverbs 30:11-14
Jonah 3-4 Jonah Goes to Nineveh 3 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey in breadth. 4 Jonah began to go into the …
December 18 – Obadiah, Jonah 1-2, Revelation 8:6-9:21, Psalm 138, Proverbs 30:10
Obadiah 1 The vision of Obadiah. Edom Will Be Humbled Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom:We have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations:“Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!”2 Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you shall be utterly despised.3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts …
December 17 – Amos 7-9, Revelation 7:1-8:5, Psalm 137, Proverbs 30:7-9
Amos 7-9 Warning Visions 7 This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, he was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. 2 When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said, “O Lord God, please forgive! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!”3 The Lord relented concerning this: “It shall not be,” …
December 16 – Amos 5-6, Revelation 6, Psalm 136, Proverbs 30:5-6
Amos 5-6 Seek the Lord and Live 5 Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel: 2 “Fallen, no more to rise, is the virgin Israel;forsaken on her land, with none to raise her up.” 3 For thus says the Lord God: “The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left,and that which went out a hundred shall have ten left to the …
December 15 – Amos 1-4, Revelation 5, Psalm 135, Proverbs 30:1-4
Amos 1-4 1 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors 2 And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem;the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.” 3 Thus …
December 14 – Joel 1-3, Revelation 4, Psalm 134, Proverbs 29:26-27
Joel 1-3 1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: An Invasion of Locusts 2 Hear this, you elders; give ear, all inhabitants of the land!Has such a thing happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?3 Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation. 4 What the cutting locust left, the swarming locust has …
December 13 – Hosea 11-14, Revelation 3:14-22, Psalm 133, Proverbs 29:24-25
Hosea 11-14 The Lord’s Love for Israel 11 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.2 The more they were called, the more they went away;they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols. 3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them.4 I led them with cords …
December 12 – Hosea 9-10, Revelation 3:1-13, Psalm 132, Proverbs 29:23
Hosea 9-10 The Lord Will Punish Israel 9 Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples;for you have played the whore, forsaking your God. You have loved a prostitute’s wages on all threshing floors.2 Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail them.3 They shall not remain in the land of the Lord, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria. 4 They …