One Year Bible

Isaiah 45:11-48:11

11Thus says the Lord,

the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker:

“Concerning things to come, do you question Me about My sons,

or instruct Me in the work of My hands?

12It is I who made the earth

and created man upon it.

It was My hands that stretched out the heavens,

and I ordained all their host.

13I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness,

and I will make all his ways straight.

He will rebuild My city

and set My exiles free,

but not for payment or reward,

says the Lord of Hosts.”

14This is what the Lord says:

“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,

along with the Sabeans, men of stature,

will come over to you

and will be yours;

they will trudge behind you;

they will come over in chains and bow down to you.

They will confess to you:

‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other;

there is no other God.’”

15Truly You are a God who hides Himself,

O God of Israel, the Savior.

16They will all be put to shame and humiliated;

the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.

17But Israel will be saved by the Lord

with an everlasting salvation;

you will not be put to shame or humiliated,

to ages everlasting.

18For thus says the Lord,

who created the heavens— He is God;

He formed the earth and fashioned it;

He established it;

He did not create it to be empty,

but formed it to be inhabited:

“I am the Lord,

and there is no other.

19I have not spoken in secret,

from a place in a land of darkness.

I did not say to the descendants of Jacob,

‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’

I, the Lord, speak the truth;

I say what is right.

20Come, gather together, and draw near,

you fugitives from the nations.

Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood

and pray to a god that cannot save.

21Speak up and present your case—

yes, let them take counsel together.

Who foretold this long ago?

Who announced it from ancient times?

Was it not I, the Lord?

There is no other God but Me,

a righteous God and Savior;

there is none but Me.

22Turn to Me and be saved,

all the ends of the earth;

for I am God,

and there is no other.

23By Myself I have sworn;

truth has gone out from My mouth,

a word that will not be revoked:

Every knee will bow before Me,

every tongue will swear allegiance.

24Surely they will say of Me,

‘In the Lord alone are righteousness and strength.’”

All who rage against Him

will come to Him and be put to shame.

25In the Lord all descendants of Israel

will be justified and will exult.

Babylon’s Idols

1Bel crouches; Nebo cowers.

Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle.

The images you carry are burdensome,

a load to the weary animal.

2The gods cower; they crouch together,

unable to relieve the burden;

but they themselves go into captivity.

3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob,

all the remnant of the house of Israel,

who have been sustained from the womb,

carried along since birth.

4Even to your old age, I will be the same,

and I will bear you up when you turn gray.

I have made you, and I will carry you;

I will sustain you and deliver you.

5To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal?

To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?

6They pour out their bags of gold

and weigh out silver on scales;

they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god,

so they can bow down and worship.

7They lift it to their shoulder

and carry it along;

they set it in its place, and there it stands,

not budging from that spot.

They cry out to it, but it does not answer;

it saves no one from his troubles.

8Remember this and be brave;

take it to heart, you transgressors!

9Remember what happened long ago,

for I am God, and there is no other;

I am God, and there is none like Me.

10I declare the end from the beginning,

and from ancient times what is still to come.

I say, ‘My purpose will stand,

and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’

11I summon a bird of prey from the east,

a man for My purpose from a far-off land.

Truly I have spoken,

and truly I will bring it to pass.

I have planned it,

and I will surely do it.

12Listen to Me, you stubborn people,

far removed from righteousness:

13I am bringing My righteousness near;

it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed.

I will grant salvation to Zion

and adorn Israel with My splendor.[’’]

The Humiliation of Babylon

1“Go down and sit in the dust,

O Virgin Daughter of Babylon.

Sit on the ground without a throne,

O Daughter of the Chaldeans!

For you will no longer be called

tender or delicate.

2Take millstones and grind flour;

remove your veil;

strip off your skirt, bare your thigh,

and wade through the streams.

3Your nakedness will be uncovered

and your shame will be exposed.

I will take vengeance;

I will spare no one.”

4Our Redeemer — the Lord of Hosts is His name —

is the Holy One of Israel.

5“Sit in silence and go into darkness,

O Daughter of the Chaldeans.

For you will no longer be called

the queen of kingdoms.

6I was angry with My people;

I profaned My heritage,

and I placed them under your control.

You showed them no mercy;

even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.

7You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’

You did not take these things to heart

or consider their outcome.

8So now hear this,

O lover of luxury who sits securely,

who says to herself,

‘I am, and there is none besides me.

I will never be a widow

or know the loss of children.’

9These two things will overtake you in a moment,

in a single day:

loss of children, and widowhood.

They will come upon you in full measure,

in spite of your many sorceries

and the potency of your spells.

10You were secure in your wickedness;

you said, ‘No one sees me.’

Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray;

you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’

11But disaster will come upon you;

you will not know how to charm it away.

A calamity will befall you

that you will be unable to ward off.

Devastation will happen to you

suddenly and unexpectedly.

12So take your stand with your spells

and with your many sorceries,

with which you have wearied yourself

from your youth.

Perhaps you will succeed;

perhaps you will inspire terror!

13You are wearied by your many counselors;

let them come forward now and save you—

your astrologers who observe the stars,

who monthly predict your fate.

14Surely they are like stubble;

the fire will burn them up.

They cannot deliver themselves

from the power of the flame.

There will be no coals to warm them

or fire to sit beside.

15This is what they are to you —

those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—

each one strays in his own direction;

not one of them can save you.[’’]

Israel’s Stubbornness

1“Listen to this, O house of Jacob,

you who are called by the name of Israel,

who have descended from the line of Judah,

who swear by the name of the Lord,

who invoke the God of Israel —

but not in truth or righteousness —

2who indeed call yourselves after the holy city

and lean on the God of Israel;

the Lord of Hosts is His name.

3I foretold the former things long ago;

they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them.

Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.

4For I knew that you are stubborn;

your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.

5Therefore I declared it to you long ago;

I announced it before it came to pass,

so that you could not claim, ‘My idol has done this;

my carved image and molten god has ordained it.’

6You have heard these things; look at them all.

Will you not acknowledge them?

From now on I will tell you of new things,

hidden things unknown to you.

7They are created now, and not long ago;

you have not heard of them before today.

So you cannot claim,

‘I already knew them!’

8You have never heard; you have never understood;

for a long time your ears have not been open.

For I knew how deceitful you are;

you have been called a rebel from birth.

9For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath;

for the sake of My praise I will restrain it,

so that you will not be cut off.

10See, I have refined you, but not as silver;

I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

11For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act;

for how can I let Myself be defamed?

I will not yield My glory to another.

Ephesians 4:1-16

Unity in the Body

1As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: 2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

7Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8This is why it says:

“When He ascended on high,

He led captives away,

and gave gifts to men.”

9What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth? 10He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

11And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ, 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.

14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head. 16From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

Psalm 68:19-35

19Blessed be the Lord,

who daily bears our burden,

the God of our salvation.

Selah

20Our God is a God of deliverance;

the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.

21Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies,

the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.

22The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan,

I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,

23that your foot may be dipped

in the blood of your foes—

the tongues of your dogs in the same.”

24They have seen Your procession, O God —

the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.

25The singers lead the way,

the musicians follow after,

among the maidens playing tambourines.

26Bless God in the great congregation;

bless the Lord from the fountain of Israel.

27There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them,

the princes of Judah in their company,

the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.

28Summon Your power, O God;

show Your strength, O God,

which You have exerted on our behalf.

29Because of Your temple at Jerusalem

kings will bring You gifts.

30Rebuke the beast in the reeds,

the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations,

until it submits, bringing bars of silver.

Scatter the nations who delight in war.

31Envoys will arrive from Egypt;

Cush will stretch out her hands to God.

32Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth;

sing praises to the Lord—

Selah

33to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old;

behold, His mighty voice resounds.

34Ascribe the power to God,

whose majesty is over Israel,

whose strength is in the skies.

35O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary;

the God of Israel Himself

gives strength and power to His people.

Blessed be God!

Proverbs 24:3-4

Saying 21

3By wisdom a house is built

and by understanding it is established;

4through knowledge its rooms are filled

with every precious and beautiful treasure.

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One Year Bible

Isaiah 45:11-48:11

Ephesians 4:1-16

Psalm 68:19-35

Proverbs 24:3-4