1 I will stand firm during my watch, and fix my position over the fortification. And I will observe carefully, to see what might be said to me and what I might respond to my opponent. 2 And the Lord responded to me and said: Write the vision and explain it on tablets, so that […]
Monthly Archives: August 2017
Habakkuk 3
1 A Prayer of Habakkuk the Prophet on Behalf of Those Who Are Ignorant. 2 Lord, I heard what has been said about you, and I was afraid. Lord, your work, in the midst of years, revive it. In the midst of years, you will make it known. When you have become angry, you will […]
Nahum 1
1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 2 God is a rival, and the Lord is avenging. The Lord is avenging, and one who applies wrath. The Lord is avenging with his enemies, and he becomes angry with his adversaries. 3 The Lord is patient and great in […]
Nahum 2
1 He ascends, who would scatter before your eyes, who would maintain the blockade. Contemplate the way, fortify your back, reinforce virtue greatly. 2 For the Lord has repaid the arrogance of Jacob, just like the arrogance of Israel. For the despoilers have scattered them, and they have corrupted their procreation. 3 The shield of […]
Nahum 3
1 Woe to the city of blood, filled with all manner of lies and violence. Crime shall not depart from you: 2 the voice of the whip, and the voice of the turning wheels, and of the neighing horse, and the burning chariot, and the horsemen who ride, 3 and of the flashing sword and […]
Micah 1
1 The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Moreshethite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw about Samaria and Jerusalem. 2 All peoples, listen. And may the earth and its fullness pay attention. And may the Lord God be a witness to you, the Lord […]
Micah 2
1 Woe to you who devise useless things and who work evil in your beds. In the morning light, they undertake it, because their hand is against God. 2 And they have desired fields and have taken them by violence, and they have stolen houses. And they have made false accusations against a man and […]
Micah 3
1 And I said: Listen, leaders of Jacob and chiefs of the house of Israel. Does it not belong to you to know judgment, 2 you who hold hatred for good, and love evil, who violently steal their skins from over them and their flesh from over their bones? 3 They have devoured the flesh […]
Micah 4
1 And this shall be: In the last days, the mountain of the house of the Lord will be prepared at the top of the mountains and high above the hills. And the people will flow to it. 2 And many nations will hurry, and will say: “Come, let us ascend to the mountain of […]
Micah 5
1 Now you will be devastated, you daughter of a robber. They have placed a blockade against us, with a rod they will strike the jaw of the judge of Israel. 2 And you, Bethlehem Ephrata, are a little one among the thousands of Judah. From you will go forth he who shall be the […]