One Year Bible

Isaiah 12:1-14:32

Joyful Thanksgiving

1 In that day you will say:

“O LORD, I will praise You.

Although You were angry with me,

Your anger has turned away,

and You have comforted me.

2 Surely God is my salvation;

I will trust and not be afraid.

For the Lord GOD is my strength and my song,

and He also has become my salvation.”

3 With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, 4and on that day you will say:

“Give praise to the Lord;

proclaim His name!

Make His works known among the peoples;

declare that His name is exalted.

5 Sing to the Lord, for He has done glorious things.

Let this be known in all the earth.

6 Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion,

for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

The Burden against Babylon

1 This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:

2 Raise a banner on a barren hilltop;

call aloud to them.

Wave your hand,

that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

3 I have commanded My sanctified ones;

I have even summoned My warriors

to execute My wrath

and exult in My triumph.

4 Listen, a tumult on the mountains,

like that of a great multitude!

Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,

like nations gathered together!

The Lord of Hosts is mobilizing

an army for war.

5 They are coming from faraway lands,

from the ends of the heavens—

the Lord and the weapons of His wrath—

to destroy the whole country.

6 Wail, for the Day of the Lord is near;

it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

7 Therefore all hands will fall limp,

and every man’s heart will melt.

8 Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them;

they will writhe like a woman in labor.

They will look at one another,

their faces flushed with fear.

9 Behold, the Day of the Lord is coming—

cruel, with fury and burning anger—

to make the earth a desolation

and to destroy the sinners within it.

10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations

will not give their light.

The rising sun will be darkened,

and the moon will not give its light.

11 I will punish the world for its evil

and the wicked for their iniquity.

I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant

and lay low the pride of the ruthless.

12 I will make man scarcer than pure gold,

and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.

13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,

and the earth will be shaken from its place

at the wrath of the Lord of Hosts

on the day of His burning anger.

14 Like a hunted gazelle,

like a sheep without a shepherd,

each will return to his own people,

each will flee to his native land.

15 Whoever is caught will be stabbed,

and whoever is captured will die by the sword.

16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces

before their eyes,

their houses will be looted,

and their wives will be ravished.

17 Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes,

who have no regard for silver

and no desire for gold.

18 Their bows will dash young men to pieces;

they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;

they will not look with pity on the children.

19 And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms,

the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans,

will be overthrown by God

like Sodom and Gomorrah.

20 She will never be inhabited

or settled from generation to generation;

no nomad will pitch his tent there,

no shepherd will rest his flock there.

21 But desert creatures will lie down there,

and howling creatures will fill her houses.

Ostriches will dwell there,

and wild goats will leap about.

22 Hyenas will howl in her fortresses

and jackals in her luxurious palaces.

Babylon’s time is at hand,

and her days will not be prolonged.

Restoration for Israel

1 For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob. 2The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland.

Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the Lord’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.

The Fall of the King of Babylon

3 On the day that the Lord gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced, 4you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon:

How the oppressor has ceased,

and how his fury has ended!

5 The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,

the scepter of the rulers.

6 It struck the peoples in anger

with unceasing blows;

it subdued the nations in rage

with relentless persecution.

7 All the earth is at peace and at rest;

they break out in song.

8 Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon

exult over you:

“Since you have been laid low,

no woodcutter comes against us.”

9 Sheol beneath is eager

to meet you upon your arrival.

It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—

all the rulers of the earth.

It makes all the kings of the nations

rise from their thrones.

10 They will all respond to you, saying,

“You too have become weak, as we are;

you have become like us!”

11 Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol,

along with the music of your harps.

Maggots are your bed

and worms your blanket.

12 How you have fallen from heaven,

O day star, son of the dawn!

You have been cut down to the ground,

O destroyer of nations.

13 You said in your heart:

“I will ascend to the heavens;

I will raise my throne

above the stars of God.

I will sit on the mount of assembly,

in the far reaches of the north.

14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;

I will make myself like the Most High.”

15 But you will be brought down to Sheol,

to the lowest depths of the Pit.

16 Those who see you will stare;

they will ponder your fate:

“Is this the man who shook the earth

and made the kingdoms tremble,

17 who turned the world into a desert

and destroyed its cities,

who refused to let the captives

return to their homes?”

18 All the kings of the nations lie in state,

each in his own tomb.

19 But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch,

covered by those slain with the sword,

and dumped into a rocky pit

like a carcass trampled underfoot.

20 You will not join them in burial,

since you have destroyed your land

and slaughtered your own people.

The offspring of the wicked

will never again be mentioned.

21 Prepare a place to slaughter his sons

for the iniquities of their forefathers.

They will never rise up to possess a land

or cover the earth with their cities.

22“I will rise up against them,”

declares the Lord of Hosts.

“I will cut off from Babylon

her name and her remnant,

her offspring and her posterity,”

declares the Lord.

23“I will make her a place

for owls and for swamplands;

I will sweep her away

with the broom of destruction,”

declares the Lord of Hosts.

God’s Purpose against Assyria

24 The Lord of Hosts has sworn:

“Surely, as I have planned, so will it be;

as I have purposed, so will it stand.

25 I will break Assyria in My land;

I will trample him on My mountain.

His yoke will be taken off My people,

and his burden removed from their shoulders.”

26 This is the plan devised for the whole earth,

and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.

27 The Lord of Hosts has purposed,

and who can thwart Him?

His hand is outstretched,

so who can turn it back?

Philistia Will Be Destroyed

28 In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:

29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,

that the rod that struck you is broken.

For a viper will spring from the root of the snake,

and a flying serpent from its egg.

30 Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture,

and the needy will lie down in safety,

but I will kill your root by famine,

and your remnant will be slain.

31 Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city!

Melt away, all you Philistines!

For a cloud of smoke comes from the north,

and there are no stragglers in its ranks.

32 What answer will be given

to the envoys of that nation?

“The Lord has founded Zion,

where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

2 Corinthians 13:1-14

Examine Yourselves

1 This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

2 I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone, 3since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful among you. 4For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.

5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you — unless you fail the test? 6And I hope you will realize that we have not failed the test.

7 Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong — not that we will appear to have stood the test, but that you will do what is right, even if we appear to have failed. 8For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. 9In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.

10 This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.

Benediction and Farewell

11 Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

12 Greet one another with a holy kiss.

13 All the saints send you greetings.

14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.

Psalm 57:1-11

In You My Soul Takes Refuge

(1 Samuel 22:1–5; Psalm 108:1–13; Psalm 142:1–7)

1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave.

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy,

for in You my soul takes refuge.

In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter

until the danger has passed.

2 I cry out to God Most High,

to God who fulfills His purpose for me.

3 He reaches down from heaven and saves me;

He rebukes those who trample me.

Selah

God sends forth

His loving devotion and His truth.

4 My soul is among the lions;

I lie down with ravenous beasts—

with men whose teeth are spears and arrows,

whose tongues are sharp swords.

5 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;

may Your glory cover all the earth.

6 They spread a net for my feet;

my soul was despondent.

They dug a pit before me,

but they themselves have fallen into it!

Selah

7 My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast.

I will sing and make music.

8 Awake, my glory!

Awake, O harp and lyre!

I will awaken the dawn.

9 I will praise You, O Lord, among the nations;

I will sing Your praises among the peoples.

10 For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens,

and Your faithfulness to the clouds.

11 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;

may Your glory cover all the earth.

Proverbs 23:9-11

Saying 10

9 Do not speak to a fool,

for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Saying 11

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone

or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

11 for their Redeemer is strong;

He will take up their case against you.

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One Year Bible

Isaiah 12:1-14:32

2 Corinthians 13:1-14

Psalm 57:1-11

Proverbs 23:9-11