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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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