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Bible Reading for August 05

Obadiah 1
[1] The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have
heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen,
Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. [2] Behold, I have made
thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
[3] The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the
clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who
shall bring me down to the ground?
[4] Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest
among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. [5] If
thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would
they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to
thee, would they not leave some grapes? [6] How are the things of Esau
searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
[7] All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border:
the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed
against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there
is none understanding in him.
[8] Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out
of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? [9] And thy mighty
men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of
Esau may be cut off by slaughter. [10] For thy violence against thy brother
Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
[11] In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the
strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his
gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. [12]
But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day
that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the
children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou
have spoken proudly in the day of distress. [13] Thou shouldest not have
entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou
shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity,
nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;
[14] Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of
his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his
that did remain in the day of distress. [15] For the day of the LORD is
near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee:
thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
[16] For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen
drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and
they shall be as though they had not been. [17] But upon mount Zion shall
be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall
possess their possessions. [18] And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and
the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they
shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining
of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
[19] And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the
plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and
the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. [20] And the
captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the
Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is
in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. [21] And saviours shall
come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be
the LORD's.

Jeremiah 1
[1] The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in
Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
[2] To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon
king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. [3] It came also in the
days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the
eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the
carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. [4] Then the word of
the LORD came unto me, saying, [5] Before I formed thee in the belly I knew
thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I
ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
[6] Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
[7] But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to
all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
[8] Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith
the LORD.
[9] Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD
said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. [10] See, I have
this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and
to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
[11] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what
seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. [12] Then said the
LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
[13] And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What
seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is
toward the north.
[14] Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth
upon all the inhabitants of the land. [15] For, lo, I will call all the
families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come,
and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of
Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all
the cities of Judah. [16] And I will utter my judgments against them
touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned
incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. [17]
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I
command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before
them.
[18] For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron
pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of
Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and
against the people of the land.
[19] And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against
thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

Jeremiah 2
[1] Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, [2] Go and cry in the
ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the
kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after
me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. [3] Israel was holiness
unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him
shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD. [4] Hear ye the
word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of
Israel:
[5] Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that
they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become
vain?
[6] Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land
of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and
of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a
land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? [7] And I brought
you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness
thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an
abomination.
[8] The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law
knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets
prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. [9]
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your
children's children will I plead.
[10] For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and
consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. [11] Hath a nation
changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their
glory for that which doth not profit. [12] Be astonished, O ye heavens, at
this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
[13] For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the
fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns,
that can hold no water.
[14] Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? [15]
The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste:
his cities are burned without inhabitant. [16] Also the children of Noph
and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
[17] Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken
the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? [18] And now what hast thou
to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou
to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
[19] Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall
reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter,
that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee,
saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
[20] For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou
saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every
green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. [21] Yet I had planted thee
a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the
degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? [22] For though thou wash thee
with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before
me, saith the Lord GOD. [23] How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have
not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done:
thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
[24] A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her
pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her
will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. [25] Withhold
thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst,
There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
[26] As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel
ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their
prophets,
[27] Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast
brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their
face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
[28] But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if
they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number
of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. [29] Wherefore will ye plead with me?
ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
[30] In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction:
your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. [31] O
generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto
Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will
come no more unto thee?
[32] Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people
have forgotten me days without number. [33] Why trimmest thou thy way to
seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
[34] Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor
innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. [35]
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from
me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
[36] Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be
ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. [37] Yea, thou shalt go
forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected
thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

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