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Bible Reading for July 28

Isaiah 64
[1] Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down,
that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, [2] As when the melting
fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known
to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
[3] When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest
down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. [4] For since the
beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear,
neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for
him that waiteth for him. [5] Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh
righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art
wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
[6] But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as
filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the
wind, have taken us away.
[7] And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself
to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed
us, because of our iniquities.
[8] But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our
potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. [9] Be not wroth very sore, O
LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we
are all thy people. [10] Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a
wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
[11] Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is
burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. [12] Wilt
thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace,
and afflict us very sore?

Isaiah 65
[1] I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that
sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not
called by my name.
[2] I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which
walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; [3] A people
that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in
gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; [4] Which remain among
the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth
of abominable things is in their vessels; [5] Which say, Stand by thyself,
come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my
nose, a fire that burneth all the day. [6] Behold, it is written before me:
I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their
bosom, [7] Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together,
saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and
blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work
into their bosom. [8] Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the
cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I
do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. [9] And I will
bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my
mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell
there.
[10] And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place
for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. [11] But
ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that
prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto
that number.
[12] Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to
the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye
did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I
delighted not.
[13] Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but
ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be
thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: [14]
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for
sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. [15] And ye shall
leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay
thee, and call his servants by another name: [16] That he who blesseth
himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that
sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former
troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
[17] For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former
shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. [18] But be ye glad and
rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a
rejoicing, and her people a joy. [19] And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and
joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her,
nor the voice of crying. [20] There shall be no more thence an infant of
days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die
an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be
accursed. [21] And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they
shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. [22] They shall not
build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as
the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long
enjoy the work of their hands. [23] They shall not labour in vain, nor
bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD,
and their offspring with them. [24] And it shall come to pass, that before
they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
[25] The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat
straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall
not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 66
[1] Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my
footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place
of my rest?
[2] For all those things hath mine hand made, and those things have been,
saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and
of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. [3] He that killeth an ox
is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a
dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood;
he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen
their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
[4] I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon
them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not
hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I
delighted not.
[5] Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; your brethren
that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be
glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. [6]
A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the
LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies. [7] Before she travailed,
she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
[8] Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth
be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for
as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. [9] Shall I
bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I
cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. [10] Rejoice ye
with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy
with her, all ye that mourn for her: [11] That ye may suck, and be
satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and
be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
[12] For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a
river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye
suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. [13]
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be
comforted in Jerusalem.
[14] And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall
flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his
servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. [15] For, behold, the
LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render
his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
[16] For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and
the slain of the LORD shall be many. [17] They that sanctify themselves,
and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating
swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed
together, saith the LORD. [18] For I know their works and their thoughts:
it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall
come, and see my glory. [19] And I will set a sign among them, and I will
send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud,
that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have
not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my
glory among the Gentiles.
[20] And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD
out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon
mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the
LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into
the house of the LORD.
[21] And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.
[22] For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall
remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
[23] And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from
one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith
the LORD.
[24] And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that
have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall
their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.


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