A Man With a Measuring Line # 1 Then I looked up, and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 I asked, “Where are you going?” He answered me, “To measure Jerusalem, to find out how wide and how long it is.” 3 While the angel who was […]
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Amos 7
Locusts, Fire and a Plumb Line 1 This is what the SovereignLordshowed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts after the king’s share had been harvested and just as the late crops were coming up. 2 When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, “SovereignLord, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so […]
Hosea 11
God’s Love for Israel 1 “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 But the more they were called, # the more they went away from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images. 3 It was I who taught Ephraim to […]
Psalm 132
A song of ascents. 1 Lord, remember David and all his self-denial. 2 He swore an oath to theLord, he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob: 3 “I will not enter my house or go to my bed, 4 I will allow no sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, […]
Psalm 72
Of Solomon. 1 Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness. 2 May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice. 3 May the mountains bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness. 4 May he defend the afflicted among the people and […]
Job 12
Job 1 Then Job replied: 2 “Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you! 3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things? 4 “I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called […]
1 Chronicles 13
Bringing Back the Ark 1 David conferred with each of his officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. 2 He then said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and if it is the will of theLordour God, let us send word far and wide to the rest […]
1 Chronicles 12
Warriors Join David 1 These were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the warriors who helped him in battle; 2 they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed; […]
Judges 21
Wives for the Benjamites 1 The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.” 2 The people went to Bethel,where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly. 3 “Lord, God of Israel,” they cried, “why has […]
Joshua 13
Land Still to Be Taken 1 When Joshua had grown old, theLordsaid to him, “You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be taken over. 2 “This is the land that remains: All the regions of the Philistines and Geshurites, 3 from the Shihor River on the east […]