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Bible Reading for July 17

Isaiah 31
[1] Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and
trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are
very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek
the LORD!
[2] Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his
words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the
help of them that work iniquity.
[3] Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not
spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth
shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail
together.
[4] For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young
lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth
against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for
the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount
Zion, and for the hill thereof.
[5] As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending
also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. [6] Turn ye
unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. [7] For in
that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of
gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. [8] Then shall the
Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a
mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young
men shall be discomfited. [9] And he shall pass over to his strong hold for
fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose
fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 32
[1] Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
[2] And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from
the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great
rock in a weary land.
[3] And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them
that hear shall hearken.
[4] The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue
of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. [5] The vile person
shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
[6] For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work
iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to
make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the
thirsty to fail.
[7] The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices
to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
[8] But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he
stand.
[9] Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless
daughters; give ear unto my speech. [10] Many days and years shall ye be
troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering
shall not come. [11] Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye
careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your
loins. [12] They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for
the fruitful vine.
[13] Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon
all the houses of joy in the joyous city: [14] Because the palaces shall be
forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers
shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
[15] Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be
a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. [16] Then
judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the
fruitful field.
[17] And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of
righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. [18] And my people shall
dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet
resting places; [19] When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the
city shall be low in a low place.
[20] Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the
feet of the ox and the ass.

Isaiah 33
[1] Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest
treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt
cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to
deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. [2] O LORD, be
gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning,
our salvation also in the time of trouble. [3] At the noise of the tumult
the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.
[4] And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller:
as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. [5] The LORD
is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and
righteousness.
[6] And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and
strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. [7] Behold,
their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep
bitterly.
[8] The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the
covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. [9] The earth
mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like
a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. [10] Now will I
rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
[11] Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as
fire, shall devour you.
[12] And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up
shall they be burned in the fire.
[13] Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near,
acknowledge my might.
[14] The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the
hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us
shall dwell with everlasting burnings? [15] He that walketh righteously,
and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that
shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from
hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
[16] He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of
rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. [17] Thine eyes
shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very
far off.
[18] Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the
receiver? where is he that counted the towers? [19] Thou shalt not see a
fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a
stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. [20] Look upon Zion, the
city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation,
a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof
shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
[21] But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers
and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant
ship pass thereby.
[22] For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our
king; he will save us.
[23] Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast,
they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided;
the lame take the prey.
[24] And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell
therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

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