Day 277
Daily Bible Reading
Isaiah 29-30 (Listen)
The Siege of Jerusalem
29:1 Ah,
Ariel,
Ariel,
the
city
where
David
encamped!
Add
year
to
year;
let
the
feasts
run
their
round.
Yet
I
will
distress
Ariel,
and
there
shall
be
moaning
and
lamentation,
and
she
shall
be
to
me
like
an
Ariel. [1]
And
I
will
encamp
against
you
all
around,
and
will
besiege
you
with
towers
and
I
will
raise
siegeworks
against
you.
And
you
will
be
brought
low;
from
the
earth
you
shall
speak,
and
from
the
dust
your
speech
will
be
bowed
down;
your
voice
shall
come
from
the
ground
like
the
voice
of
a
ghost,
and
from
the
dust
your
speech
shall
whisper.
But
the
multitude
of
your
foreign
foes
shall
be
like
small
dust,
and
the
multitude
of
the
ruthless
like
passing
chaff.
And
in
an
instant,
suddenly,
you
will
be
visited
by
the
Lord
of
hosts
with
thunder
and
with
earthquake
and
great
noise,
with
whirlwind
and
tempest,
and
the
flame
of
a
devouring
fire.
And
the
multitude
of
all
the
nations
that
fight
against
Ariel,
all
that
fight
against
her
and
her
stronghold
and
distress
her,
shall
be
like
a
dream,
a
vision
of
the
night.
As
when
a
hungry
man
dreams
he
is
eating
and
awakes
with
his
hunger
not
satisfied,
or
as
when
a
thirsty
man
dreams
he
is
drinking
and
awakes
faint,
with
his
thirst
not
quenched,
so
shall
the
multitude
of
all
the
nations
be
that
fight
against
Mount
Zion.
Astonish
yourselves [2]
and
be
astonished;
blind
yourselves
and
be
blind!
Be
drunk,
but
not
with
wine;
stagger,
but
not
with
strong
drink!
For
the
Lord
has
poured
out
upon
you
a
spirit
of
deep
sleep,
and
has
closed
your
eyes
(the
prophets),
and
covered
your
heads
(the
seers).
And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”
And
the
Lord
said:
“Because
this
people
draw
near
with
their
mouth
and
honor
me
with
their
lips,
while
their
hearts
are
far
from
me,
and
their
fear
of
me
is
a
commandment
taught
by
men,
therefore,
behold,
I
will
again
do
wonderful
things
with
this
people,
with
wonder
upon
wonder;
and
the
wisdom
of
their
wise
men
shall
perish,
and
the
discernment
of
their
discerning
men
shall
be
hidden.”
Ah,
you
who
hide
deep
from
the
Lord
your
counsel,
whose
deeds
are
in
the
dark,
and
who
say,
“Who
sees
us?
Who
knows
us?”
You
turn
things
upside
down!
Shall
the
potter
be
regarded
as
the
clay,
that
the
thing
made
should
say
of
its
maker,
“He
did
not
make
me”;
or
the
thing
formed
say
of
him
who
formed
it,
“He
has
no
understanding”?
Is
it
not
yet
a
very
little
while
until
Lebanon
shall
be
turned
into
a
fruitful
field,
and
the
fruitful
field
shall
be
regarded
as
a
forest?
In
that
day
the
deaf
shall
hear
the
words
of
a
book,
and
out
of
their
gloom
and
darkness
the
eyes
of
the
blind
shall
see.
The
meek
shall
obtain
fresh
joy
in
the
Lord,
and
the
poor
among
mankind
shall
exult
in
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
For
the
ruthless
shall
come
to
nothing
and
the
scoffer
cease,
and
all
who
watch
to
do
evil
shall
be
cut
off,
who
by
a
word
make
a
man
out
to
be
an
offender,
and
lay
a
snare
for
him
who
reproves
in
the
gate,
and
with
an
empty
plea
turn
aside
him
who
is
in
the
right.
Therefore thus says the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob
shall
no
more
be
ashamed,
no
more
shall
his
face
grow
pale.
For
when
he
sees
his
children,
the
work
of
my
hands,
in
his
midst,
they
will
sanctify
my
name;
they
will
sanctify
the
Holy
One
of
Jacob
and
will
stand
in
awe
of
the
God
of
Israel.
And
those
who
go
astray
in
spirit
will
come
to
understanding,
and
those
who
murmur
will
accept
instruction.”
Do Not Go Down to Egypt
30:1 “Ah,
stubborn
children,”
declares
the
Lord,
“who
carry
out
a
plan,
but
not
mine,
and
who
make
an
alliance, [3]
but
not
of
my
Spirit,
that
they
may
add
sin
to
sin;
who
set
out
to
go
down
to
Egypt,
without
asking
for
my
direction,
to
take
refuge
in
the
protection
of
Pharaoh
and
to
seek
shelter
in
the
shadow
of
Egypt!
Therefore
shall
the
protection
of
Pharaoh
turn
to
your
shame,
and
the
shelter
in
the
shadow
of
Egypt
to
your
humiliation.
For
though
his
officials
are
at
Zoan
and
his
envoys
reach
Hanes,
everyone
comes
to
shame
through
a
people
that
cannot
profit
them,
that
brings
neither
help
nor
profit,
but
shame
and
disgrace.”
An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb.
Through
a
land
of
trouble
and
anguish,
from
where
come
the
lioness
and
the
lion,
the
adder
and
the
flying
fiery
serpent,
they
carry
their
riches
on
the
backs
of
donkeys,
and
their
treasures
on
the
humps
of
camels,
to
a
people
that
cannot
profit
them.
Egypt's
help
is
worthless
and
empty;
therefore
I
have
called
her
“Rahab
who
sits
still.”
A Rebellious People
And
now,
go,
write
it
before
them
on
a
tablet
and
inscribe
it
in
a
book,
that
it
may
be
for
the
time
to
come
as
a
witness
forever. [4]
For
they
are
a
rebellious
people,
lying
children,
children
unwilling
to
hear
the
instruction
of
the
Lord;
who
say
to
the
seers,
“Do
not
see,”
and
to
the
prophets,
“Do
not
prophesy
to
us
what
is
right;
speak
to
us
smooth
things,
prophesy
illusions,
leave
the
way,
turn
aside
from
the
path,
let
us
hear
no
more
about
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.”
Therefore
thus
says
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
“Because
you
despise
this
word
and
trust
in
oppression
and
perverseness
and
rely
on
them,
therefore
this
iniquity
shall
be
to
you
like
a
breach
in
a
high
wall,
bulging
out,
and
about
to
collapse,
whose
breaking
comes
suddenly,
in
an
instant;
and
its
breaking
is
like
that
of
a
potter's
vessel
that
is
smashed
so
ruthlessly
that
among
its
fragments
not
a
shard
is
found
with
which
to
take
fire
from
the
hearth,
or
to
dip
up
water
out
of
the
cistern.”
For
thus
said
the
Lord
God,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
“In
returning [5]
and
rest
you
shall
be
saved;
in
quietness
and
in
trust
shall
be
your
strength.”
But
you
were
unwilling,
16 and
you
said,
“No!
We
will
flee
upon
horses”;
therefore
you
shall
flee
away;
and,
“We
will
ride
upon
swift
steeds”;
therefore
your
pursuers
shall
be
swift.
A
thousand
shall
flee
at
the
threat
of
one;
at
the
threat
of
five
you
shall
flee,
till
you
are
left
like
a
flagstaff
on
the
top
of
a
mountain,
like
a
signal
on
a
hill.
The Lord Will Be Gracious
Therefore
the
Lord
waits
to
be
gracious
to
you,
and
therefore
he
exalts
himself
to
show
mercy
to
you.
For
the
Lord
is
a
God
of
justice;
blessed
are
all
those
who
wait
for
him.
For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, “Be gone!”
And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures, and the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork. And on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord binds up the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.
Behold,
the
name
of
the
Lord
comes
from
afar,
burning
with
his
anger,
and
in
thick
rising
smoke; [6]
his
lips
are
full
of
fury,
and
his
tongue
is
like
a
devouring
fire;
his
breath
is
like
an
overflowing
stream
that
reaches
up
to
the
neck;
to
sift
the
nations
with
the
sieve
of
destruction,
and
to
place
on
the
jaws
of
the
peoples
a
bridle
that
leads
astray.
You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel. And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and storm and hailstones. The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, when he strikes with his rod. And every stroke of the appointed staff that the Lord lays on them will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres. Battling with brandished arm, he will fight with them. For a burning place [7] has long been prepared; indeed, for the king it is made ready, its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.
Ephesians 6 (Listen)
Children and Parents
6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Slaves and Masters
Slaves, [8] obey your earthly masters [9] with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants [10] of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master [11] and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
The Whole Armor of God
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
Final Greetings
So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts.
Peace be to the brothers, [12] and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.
Footnotes
[1]
29:2
Ariel
could
mean
lion
of
God,
or
hero
(2
Samuel
23:20),
or
altar
hearth
(Ezekiel
43:15-16)
[2]
29:9
Or
Linger
awhile
[3]
30:1
Hebrew
who
weave
a
web
[4]
30:8
Some
Hebrew
manuscripts,
Syriac,
Targum,
Vulgate,
and
Greek
versions;
Masoretic
Text
forever
and
ever
[5]
30:15
Or
repentance
[6]
30:27
Hebrew
in
weight
of
uplifted
clouds
[7]
30:33
Or
For
Topheth
[8]
6:5
Or
servants;
Greek
bondservants;
similarly
verse
8
[9]
6:5
Or
your
masters
according
to
the
flesh
[10]
6:6
Or
slaves;
Greek
bondservants
[11]
6:9
Greek
Lord
[12]
6:23
Or
brothers
and
sisters
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