One Year Bible

Isaiah 48:12-50:11

Deliverance Promised to Israel

12 Listen to Me, O Jacob,

and Israel, whom I have called:

I am He; I am the first,

and I am the last.

13 Surely My own hand founded the earth,

and My right hand spread out the heavens;

when I summon them,

they stand up together.

14 Come together, all of you, and listen:

Which of the idols has foretold these things?

The Lord’s chosen ally will carry out His desire against Babylon,

and His arm will be against the Chaldeans.

15 I, even I, have spoken;

yes, I have called him.

I have brought him,

and he will succeed in his mission.

16 Come near to Me and listen to this:

From the beginning I have not spoken in secret;

from the time it happened, I was there.”

And now the Lord GOD has sent me,

accompanied by His Spirit.

17 Thus says the Lord your Redeemer,

the Holy One of Israel:

“I am the Lord your God,

who teaches you for your benefit,

who directs you in the way you should go.

18 If only you had paid attention to My commandments,

your peace would have been like a river,

and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

19 Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand,

and your offspring as numerous as its grains;

their name would never be cut off

or eliminated from My presence.”

20 Leave Babylon!

Flee from the Chaldeans!

Declare it with a shout of joy,

proclaim it,

let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying,

“The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob!”

21 They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts;

He made water flow for them from the rock;

He split the rock, and water gushed out.

22“There is no peace,” says the Lord,

“for the wicked.”

The Servant and Light to the Gentiles

(Acts 13:42–52)

1 Listen to Me, O islands;

pay attention, O distant peoples:

The Lord called Me from the womb;

from the body of My mother He named Me.

2 He made My mouth like a sharp sword;

He hid Me in the shadow of His hand.

He made Me like a polished arrow;

He hid Me in His quiver.

3 He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel,

in whom I will display My glory.”

4 But I said, “I have labored in vain,

I have spent My strength in futility and vanity;

yet My vindication is with the Lord,

and My reward is with My God.”

5 And now says the Lord,

who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,

to bring Jacob back to Him,

that Israel might be gathered to Him—

for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,

and My God is My strength—

6 He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant,

to raise up the tribes of Jacob,

and to restore the protected ones of Israel.

I will also make You a light for the nations,

to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

7 Thus says the Lord,

the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel,

to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation,

to the Servant of rulers:

“Kings will see You and rise,

and princes will bow down,

because of the Lord, who is faithful,

the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

8 This is what the Lord says:

“In the time of favor I will answer You,

and in the day of salvation I will help You;

I will keep You and appoint You

to be a covenant for the people,

to restore the land,

to apportion its desolate inheritances,

9 to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’

and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’

They will feed along the pathways,

and find pasture on every barren hill.

10 They will not hunger or thirst,

nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them.

For He who has compassion on them will guide them

and lead them beside springs of water.

11 I will turn all My mountains into roads,

and My highways will be raised up.

12 Behold, they will come from far away,

from the north and from the west,

and from the land of Aswan.”

13 Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth;

break forth in song, O mountains!

For the Lord has comforted His people,

and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

14 But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me;

the Lord has forgotten me!”

15“Can a woman forget her nursing child,

or lack compassion for the son of her womb?

Even if she could forget,

I will not forget you!

16 Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;

your walls are ever before Me.

17 Your builders hasten back;

your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.

18 Lift up your eyes and look around.

They all gather together; they come to you.

As surely as I live,” declares the Lord,

“you will wear them all as jewelry

and put them on like a bride.

19 For your ruined and desolate places

and your ravaged land

will now indeed be too small for your people,

and those who devoured you will be far away.

20 Yet the children of your bereavement

will say in your hearing,

‘This place is too small for us;

make room for us to live here.’

21 Then you will say in your heart,

‘Who has begotten these for me?

I was bereaved and barren;

I was exiled and rejected.

So who has reared them?

Look, I was left all alone,

so where did they come from?’”

22 This is what the Lord GOD says:

“Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations,

and raise My banner to the peoples.

They will bring your sons in their arms

and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

23 Kings will be your foster fathers,

and their queens your nursing mothers.

They will bow to you facedown

and lick the dust at your feet.

Then you will know that I am the Lord;

those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

24 Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty,

or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

25 Indeed, this is what the Lord says:

“Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away,

and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved;

I will contend with those who contend with you,

and I will save your children.

26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh;

they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine.

Then all mankind will know that I, the Lord,

am your Savior and your Redeemer,

the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Israel’s Sin

1 This is what the Lord says:

“Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce

with which I sent her away?

Or to which of My creditors

did I sell you?

Look, you were sold for your iniquities,

and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

2 Why was no one there when I arrived?

Why did no one answer when I called?

Is My hand too short to redeem you?

Or do I lack the strength to deliver you?

Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea;

I turn the rivers into a desert;

the fish rot for lack of water

and die of thirst.

3 I clothe the heavens in black

and make sackcloth their covering.”

The Servant’s Obedience

(Matthew 27:27–31; Mark 15:16–20; Luke 22:63–65; John 19:1–15)

4 The Lord GOD has given Me

the tongue of discipleship,

to sustain the weary with a word.

He awakens Me morning by morning;

He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

5 The Lord GOD has opened My ears,

and I have not been rebellious,

nor have I turned back.

6 I offered My back to those who struck Me,

and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard.

I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

7 Because the Lord GOD helps Me,

I have not been disgraced;

therefore I have set My face like flint,

and I know that I will not be put to shame.

8 The One who vindicates Me is near.

Who will dare to contend with Me?

Let us confront each other!

Who has a case against Me?

Let him approach Me!

9 Surely the Lord GOD helps Me.

Who is there to condemn Me?

See, they will all wear out like a garment;

the moths will devour them.

10 Who among you fears the Lord

and obeys the voice of His Servant?

Who among you walks in darkness

and has no light?

Let him trust in the name of the Lord;

let him lean on his God.

11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire,

who array yourselves with firebrands,

walk in the light of your fire

and of the firebrands you have lit!

This is what you will receive from My hand:

You will lie down in a place of torment.

Ephesians 4:17-32

New Life in Christ

(Colossians 3:1–17)

17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. 19Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.

20 But this is not the way you came to know Christ. 21Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him— in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus— 22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; 24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another. 26“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger, 27and do not give the devil a foothold.

28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

29 Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.

30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice. 32Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

Psalm 69:1-18

The Waters Are up to My Neck

1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

Save me, O God,

for the waters are up to my neck.

2 I have sunk into the miry depths,

where there is no footing;

I have drifted into deep waters,

where the flood engulfs me.

3 I am weary from my crying;

my throat is parched.

My eyes fail,

looking for my God.

4 Those who hate me without cause

outnumber the hairs of my head;

many are those who would destroy me —

my enemies for no reason.

Though I did not steal,

I must repay.

5 You know my folly, O God,

and my guilt is not hidden from You.

6 May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me,

O Lord GOD of Hosts;

may those who seek You not be dishonored through me,

O God of Israel.

7 For I have endured scorn for Your sake,

and shame has covered my face.

8 I have become a stranger to my brothers

and a foreigner to my mother’s sons,

9 because zeal for Your house has consumed me,

and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

10 I wept and fasted,

but it brought me reproach.

11 I made sackcloth my clothing,

and I was sport to them.

12 Those who sit at the gate mock me,

and I am the song of drunkards.

13 But my prayer to You, O LORD,

is for a time of favor.

In Your abundant loving devotion, O God,

answer me with Your sure salvation.

14 Rescue me from the mire

and do not let me sink;

deliver me from my foes

and out of the deep waters.

15 Do not let the floods engulf me

or the depths swallow me up;

let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

16 Answer me, O LORD,

for Your loving devotion is good;

turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

17 Hide not Your face from Your servant,

for I am in distress.

Answer me quickly!

18 Draw near to my soul and redeem me;

ransom me because of my foes.

Proverbs 24:5-6

Saying 22

5 A wise man is strong,

and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.

6 Only with sound guidance should you wage war,

and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.

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One Year Bible

Isaiah 48:12-50:11

Ephesians 4:17-32

Psalm 69:1-18

Proverbs 24:5-6