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Bible Reading for July 14
Isaiah 22
[1] The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art
wholly gone up to the housetops?
[2] Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain
men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. [3] All thy rulers are
fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are
bound together, which have fled from far. [4] Therefore said I, Look away from
me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of
the daughter of my people. [5] For it is a day of trouble, and of treading
down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision,
breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
[6] And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir
uncovered the shield.
[7] And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of
chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. [8] And
he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the
armour of the house of the forest. [9] Ye have seen also the breaches of the
city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the
lower pool. [10] And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses
have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
[11] Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool:
but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him
that fashioned it long ago. [12] And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts
call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with
sackcloth: [13] And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep,
eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall
die. [14] And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this
iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
[15] Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even
unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, [16] What hast thou here? and
whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he
that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for
himself in a rock? [17] Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty
captivity, and will surely cover thee.
[18] He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large
country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be
the shame of thy lord's house.
[19] And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull
thee down.
[20] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah:
[21] And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle,
and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. [22] And the key of
the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none
shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. [23] And I will fasten him
as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his
father's house. [24] And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his
father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity,
from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. [25] In that
day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure
place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it
shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah 23
[1] The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so
that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is
revealed to them.
[2] Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon,
that pass over the sea, have replenished. [3] And by great waters the seed of
Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
[4] Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of
the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish
up young men, nor bring up virgins. [5] As at the report concerning Egypt, so
shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
[6] Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. [7] Is this
your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry
her afar off to sojourn. [8] Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the
crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the
honourable of the earth? [9] The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the
pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the
earth. [10] Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is
no more strength.
[11] He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD
hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong
holds thereof.
[12] And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin,
daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no
rest.
[13] Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian
founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers
thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
[14] Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. [15] And it
shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years,
according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre
sing as an harlot. [16] Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast
been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be
remembered. [17] And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years,
that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall
commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the
earth. [18] And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it
shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that
dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
Isaiah 24
[1] Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth
it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. [2] And it
shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with
his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with
the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of
usury, so with the giver of usury to him. [3] The land shall be utterly
emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
[4] The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away,
the haughty people of the earth do languish. [5] The earth also is defiled
under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws,
changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
[6] Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein
are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men
left.
[7] The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
[8] The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the
joy of the harp ceaseth.
[9] They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to
them that drink it.
[10] The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man
may come in.
[11] There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth
of the land is gone.
[12] In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
[13] When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there
shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the
vintage is done.
[14] They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the
LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. [15] Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in
the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
[16] From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to
the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the
treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers
have dealt very treacherously.
[17] Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the
earth.
[18] And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear
shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit
shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the
foundations of the earth do shake. [19] The earth is utterly broken down, the
earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
[20] The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed
like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it
shall fall, and not rise again.
[21] And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the
host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the
earth.
[22] And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the
pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be
visited.
[23] Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of
hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients
gloriously.
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