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Isaiah 8:1-9:21

Assyrian Invasion Prophesied

1 Then the Lord said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 2And I will appoint for Myself trustworthy witnesses— Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah.”

3 And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The Lord said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 4For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

5 And the Lord spoke to me further:

6“Because this people has rejected

the gently flowing waters of Shiloah

and rejoiced in Rezin

and the son of Remaliah,

7 the Lord will surely bring against them

the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—

the king of Assyria and all his pomp.

It will overflow its channels

and overrun its banks.

8 It will pour into Judah,

swirling and sweeping over it,

reaching up to the neck;

its spreading streams will cover

your entire land, O Immanuel!

9 Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered;

pay attention, all you distant lands;

prepare for battle, and be shattered;

prepare for battle, and be shattered!

10 Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted;

state a proposal, but it will not happen.

For God is with us.”

A Call to Fear God

(Ecclesiastes 8:10–13)

11 For this is what the Lord has spoken to me with a strong hand, instructing me not to walk in the way of this people:

12“Do not call conspiracy

everything these people regard as conspiracy.

Do not fear what they fear;

do not live in dread.

13 The Lord of Hosts is the One

you shall regard as holy.

Only He should be feared;

only He should be dreaded.

14 And He will be a sanctuary —

but to both houses of Israel

a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense,

to the dwellers of Jerusalem

a trap and a snare.

15 Many will stumble over these;

they will fall and be broken;

they will be ensnared and captured.”

16 Bind up the testimony

and seal the law among my disciples.

17 I will wait for the Lord,

who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob.

I will put my trust in Him.

18 Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the Lord of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

Darkness and Light

19 When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

21 They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God. 22Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.

Unto Us a Child Is Born

(Matthew 4:12–17; Mark 1:14–15; Luke 4:14–15)

1 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

2 The people walking in darkness

have seen a great light;

on those living in the land of the shadow of death,

a light has dawned.

3 You have enlarged the nation

and increased its joy.

The people rejoice before You

as they rejoice at harvest time,

as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.

4 For as in the day of Midian

You have shattered the yoke of their burden,

the bar across their shoulders,

and the rod of their oppressor.

5 For every trampling boot of battle

and every garment rolled in blood

will be burned as fuel for the fire.

6 For unto us a child is born,

unto us a son is given,

and the government will be upon His shoulders.

And He will be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

7 Of the increase of His government and peace

there will be no end.

He will reign on the throne of David

and over his kingdom,

to establish and sustain it

with justice and righteousness

from that time and forevermore.

The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.

Judgment against Israel’s Pride

8 The Lord has sent a message against Jacob,

and it has fallen upon Israel.

9 All the people will know it —

Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria.

With pride and arrogance of heart

they will say:

10“The bricks have fallen,

but we will rebuild with finished stone;

the sycamores have been felled,

but we will replace them with cedars.”

11 The Lord has raised up the foes of Rezin against him

and joined his enemies together.

12 Aram from the east and Philistia from the west

have devoured Israel with open mouths.

Despite all this, His anger is not turned away;

His hand is still upraised.

Judgment against Israel’s Hypocrisy

13 But the people did not return to Him who struck them;

they did not seek the Lord of Hosts.

14 So the Lord will cut off Israel’s head and tail,

both palm branch and reed in a single day.

15 The head is the elder and honorable man,

and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.

16 For those who guide this people mislead them,

and those they mislead are swallowed up.

17 Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men;

He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows.

For every one of them is godless and wicked,

and every mouth speaks folly.

Despite all this, His anger is not turned away;

His hand is still upraised.

Judgment against Israel’s Unrepentance

18 For wickedness burns like a fire

that consumes the thorns and briers

and kindles the forest thickets,

which roll upward in billows of smoke.

19 By the wrath of the Lord of Hosts

the land is scorched,

and the people are fuel for the fire.

No man even spares his brother.

20 They carve out what is on the right,

but they are still hungry;

they eat what is on the left,

but they are still not satisfied.

Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.

21 Manasseh devours Ephraim,

and Ephraim Manasseh;

together they turn against Judah.

Despite all this, His anger is not turned away;

His hand is still upraised.

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Paul’s Revelation

1 I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. 2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows. 3And I know that this man— whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows— 4was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.

Paul’s Thorn and God’s Grace

5 I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses. 6Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me, 7or because of these surpassingly great revelations.

So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. 10That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Psalm 55:1-23

Cast Your Burden upon the Lord

(2 Samuel 17:15–29)

1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David.

Listen to my prayer, O God,

and do not ignore my plea.

2 Attend to me and answer me.

I am restless in my complaint,

and distraught 3at the voice of the enemy,

at the pressure of the wicked.

For they bring down disaster upon me

and resent me in their anger.

4 My heart pounds within me,

and the terrors of death assail me.

5 Fear and trembling grip me,

and horror has overwhelmed me.

6 I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!

I would fly away and find rest.

7 How far away I would flee!

In the wilderness I would remain.

Selah

8 I would hurry to my shelter,

far from this raging tempest.”

9 O Lord, confuse and confound their speech,

for I see violence and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they encircle the walls,

while malice and trouble lie within.

11 Destruction is within;

oppression and deceit never leave the streets.

12 For it is not an enemy who insults me;

that I could endure.

It is not a foe who rises against me;

from him I could hide.

13 But it is you, a man like myself,

my companion and close friend.

14 We shared sweet fellowship together;

we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

15 Let death seize them by surprise;

let them go down to Sheol alive,

for evil is with them in their homes.

16 But I call to God,

and the Lord saves me.

17 Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress,

and He hears my voice.

18 He redeems my soul in peace

from the battle waged against me,

even though many oppose me.

19 God will hear and humiliate them —

the One enthroned for the ages —

Selah

because they do not change

and they have no fear of God.

20 My companion attacks his friends;

he violates his covenant.

21 His speech is smooth as butter,

but war is in his heart.

His words are softer than oil,

yet they are swords unsheathed.

22 Cast your burden upon the Lord

and He will sustain you;

He will never let the righteous be shaken.

23 But You, O God, will bring them down

to the Pit of destruction;

men of bloodshed and deceit

will not live out half their days.

But I will trustin You.

Proverbs 23:4-5

Saying 8

4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich;

be wise enough to restrain yourself.

5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears,

for it makes wings for itself

and flies like an eagle to the sky.

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One Year Bible

Isaiah 8:1-9:21

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Psalm 55:1-23

Proverbs 23:4-5