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October 9 - Old & New Testament
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Hosea 9,10,11
The Coming Exile
1 Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly as the nations do,(a)
for you have acted promiscuously,(b) leaving your God.
You have loved the wages of a prostitute
on every grain-threshing floor.(c)
2 Threshing floor and wine vat will not sustain them,(d)
and the new wine will fail them.
3 They will not stay in the land of the
Lord
.
Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt,(e)
and they will eat unclean food(f) in Assyria.(g)
4 They will not pour out
their wine offerings to the
Lord
,(h)
and their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their food will be like the bread of mourners;
all who eat it become defiled.(i)
For their bread will be for their appetites alone;
it will not enter the house of the
Lord
.
5 What will you do on a festival day,(j)
on the day of the
Lord
's feast?(k)
6 For even if they flee from devastation,
Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them.(l)
Thistles will take possession of their precious silver;
thorns will invade their tents.(m)
7 The days of punishment have come;(n)
the days of retribution have come.(o)
Let Israel recognize it!
The prophet is a fool,(p)
and the inspired man is insane,(q)
because of the magnitude
of your guilt and hostility.(r)
8 Ephraim's watchman is with my God.
The prophet encounters a fowler's snare
on all his ways.(s)
Hostility is in the house of his God!
9 They have deeply corrupted themselves(t)
as in the days of Gibeah.(u)
He will remember their guilt;
He will punish their sins.(v)
Ephraim Bereaved of Offspring
10 I discovered Israel
like grapes in the wilderness.(w)
I saw your fathers
like the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season.(x)
But they went to Baal-peor,(y)
consecrated themselves to Shame,[a](z)
and became detestable,(aa)
like the thing they loved.
11 Ephraim's glory will fly away like a bird:(ab)
no birth, no gestation, no conception.(ac)
12 Even if they raise children,
I will bereave them of each one.
Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!(ad)
13 I have seen Ephraim like Tyre,(ae)
planted in a meadow,
so Ephraim will bring out his children
to the executioner.
14 Give them,
Lord
—
What should You give?
Give them a womb that miscarries
and breasts that are dry!(af)
15 All their evil appears at Gilgal,(ag)
for there I came to hate them.
I will drive them from My house
because of their evil, wicked actions.(ah)
I will no longer love them;
all their leaders are rebellious.(ai)
16 Ephraim(aj) is struck down;
their roots are withered;
they cannot bear fruit.(ak)
Even if they bear children,
I will kill the precious offspring of their wombs.(al)
17 My God will reject them
because they have not listened to Him;(am)
they will become wanderers among the nations.(an)
The Vine and the Calf
1 Israel is a lush[a] vine;(a)
it yields fruit for itself.
The more his fruit increased,
the more he increased the altars.(b)
The better his land produced,
the better they made the sacred pillars.(c)
2 Their hearts are devious;[b](d)
now they must bear their guilt.(e)
The
Lord
will break down their altars(f)
and demolish their sacred pillars.
3 In fact, they are now saying,
"We have no king!
For we do not fear the
Lord
.(g)
What can a king do for us?"
4 They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.(h)
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.(i)
5 The residents of Samaria(j) will have anxiety
over the calf(k) of Beth-aven.(l)
Indeed, its idolatrous priests rejoiced over it;
the people will mourn over it,
over its glory.(m)
It will certainly depart from them.
6 The calf itself will be taken to Assyria(n)
as an offering to the great king.[c](o)
Ephraim will experience shame;(p)
Israel will be ashamed of its counsel.(q)
7 Samaria's king will disappear[d](r)
like foam[e] on the surface of the water.
8 The high places(s) of Aven, the sin of Israel,(t)
will be destroyed;
thorns and thistles will grow over their altars.(u)
They will say to the mountains,(v) "Cover us!"
and to the hills, "Fall on us!"(w)
Israel's Defeat because of Sin
9 Israel, you have sinned
since the days of Gibeah;(x)
they have taken their stand there.
Will not war against the unjust
overtake them in Gibeah?
10 I will discipline(y) them at My discretion;(z)
nations will be gathered against them
to put them in bondage[f]
for their two crimes.(aa)
11 Ephraim is a well-trained calf(ab)
that loves to thresh,
but I will place a yoke on[g] her fine neck.(ac)
I will harness Ephraim;(ad)
Judah will plow;
Jacob will do the final plowing.
12 Sow righteousness for yourselves(ae)
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.(af)
It is time to seek the
Lord
(ag)
until He comes(ah) and sends righteousness
on you like the rain.(ai)
13 You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice;(aj)
you have eaten the fruit of lies.(ak)
Because you have trusted in your own way[h]
and in your large number of soldiers,(al)
14 the roar of battle will rise against your people,
and all your fortifications will be demolished(am)
in a day of war,
like Shalman's destruction of Beth-arbel.
Mothers will be dashed to pieces
along with their children.(an)
15 So it will be done to you, Bethel,(ao)
because of your extreme evil.
At dawn the king of Israel will be totally destroyed.
The Lord's Love for Israel
1 When Israel was a child, I loved him,(a)
and out of Egypt I called My son.(b)
2 The more they[a] called them,[b](c)
the more they[c] departed from Me.[d]
They kept sacrificing to the Baals(d)
and burning offerings to idols.(e)
3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,(f)
taking them[e] in My arms,(g)
but they never knew that I healed them.(h)
4 I led them with human cords,
with ropes of love.(i)
To them I was like one
who eases the yoke from their jaws;(j)
I bent down to give them food.(k)
5 Israel will not return to the land of Egypt
and Assyria will be his king,(l)
because they refused to repent.(m)
6 A sword will whirl through his cities;(n)
it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates,[f](o)
because of their schemes.(p)
7 My people are bent on turning from Me.(q)
Though they call to Him on high,
He will not exalt them at all.
8 How can I give you up, Ephraim?(r)
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?(s)
How can I treat you like Zeboiim?(t)
I have had a change of heart;
My compassion is stirred!
9 I will not vent the full fury of My anger;(u)
I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim.(v)
For I am God and not man,
the Holy One among you;(w)
I will not come in rage.[g]
10 They will follow the
Lord
;(x)
He will roar like a lion.(y)
When He roars,
His children will come trembling from the west.(z)
11 They will be roused like birds from Egypt
and like doves(aa) from the land of Assyria.(ab)
Then I will settle them in their homes.(ac)
This is the
Lord
's declaration.
12 [h] Ephraim surrounds me with lies,(ad)
the house of Israel, with deceit.
Judah still wanders with God
and is faithful to the holy ones.[i][j]
Romans 15:14-33
Chapter 15
14 My brothers, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness,(u) filled with all knowledge,(v) and able to instruct one another. 15 Nevertheless, I have written to remind you more boldly on some points[h] because of the grace given me by God(w) 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles,(x) serving as a priest of God's good news.(y) My purpose is that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable,(z) sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 Therefore I have reason to boast in Christ Jesus(aa) regarding what pertains to God.(ab) 18 For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me(ac) to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed, 19 by the power of miraculous signs and wonders,(ad) and by the power of God's Spirit. As a result, I have fully proclaimed the good news about the Messiah from Jerusalem(ae) all the way around to Illyricum.[i](af) 20 My aim is to evangelize where Christ has not been named,(ag) so that I will not build on someone else's foundation,(ah) 21 but, as it is written:
Those who were not told about Him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.
(ai)[j]
Paul's Travel Plans
22 That is why I have been prevented many times from coming to you.(aj) 23 But now I no longer have any work to do in these provinces,[k] and I have strongly desired for many years to come to you(ak) 24 whenever I travel to Spain.[l] For I hope to see you when I pass through, and to be assisted by you for my journey there,(al) once I have first enjoyed your company(am) for a while. 25 Right now I am traveling to Jerusalem(an) to serve the saints,(ao) 26 for Macedonia(ap) and Achaia[m](aq) were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. 27 Yes, they were pleased, and indeed are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual benefits,(ar) then they are obligated to minister to Jews in material needs. 28 So when I have finished this and safely delivered the funds[n] to them,(as) I will visit you on the way to Spain. 29 I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing[o] of Christ.
30 Now I appeal to you, brothers, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit,(at) to join with me in fervent prayers to God on my behalf.(au) 31 Pray that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea,(av) that the gift I am bringing to[p] Jerusalem(aw) may be acceptable to the saints,(ax) 32 and that, by God's will,(ay) I may come to you with joy(az) and be refreshed together with you.
33 The God of peace be with all of you.(ba) Amen.
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