Bible In A Year

¹> God of my praise, don't remain silent,

²For they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

³They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause.

⁴In return for my love, they are my adversaries; But I am in prayer.

⁵They have rewarded me evil for good, And hatred for my love.

⁶Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand.

⁷When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

⁸Let his days be few. Let another take his office.

⁹Let his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.

¹⁰Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

¹¹Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

¹²Let there be none to extend kindness to him, Neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children.

¹³Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

¹⁴Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out.

¹⁵Let them be before Yahweh continually, That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

¹⁶Because he didn't remember to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, The broken in heart, to kill them.

¹⁷Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

¹⁸He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, Like oil into his bones.

¹⁹Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, For the belt that is always around him.

²⁰This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, Of those who speak evil against my soul.

²¹But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake, Because your loving kindness is good, deliver me;

²²For I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.

²³I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust.

²⁴My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

²⁵I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head.

²⁶Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;

²⁷That they may know that this is your hand; That you, Yahweh, have done it.

²⁸They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, But your servant shall rejoice.

²⁹Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.

³⁰I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.

³¹For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.

¹The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. ²Hear, heavens, And listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me. ³The ox knows his owner, And the donkey his master's crib; But Israel doesn't know, My people don't consider. ⁴Ah sinful nation, A people loaded with iniquity, A seed of evil-doers, Children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward. ⁵Why should you be beaten more, That you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faint. ⁶From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it: Wounds, welts, and open sores. They haven't been closed, neither bandaged, neither soothed with oil. ⁷Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence, And it is desolate, As overthrown by strangers. ⁸The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a hut in a field of melons, Like a besieged city. ⁹Unless Yahweh of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, We would have been as Sodom; We would have been like Gomorrah. ¹⁰Hear the word of Yahweh, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah! ¹¹"What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?," says Yahweh. "I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, And the fat of fed animals. I don't delight in the blood of bulls, Or of lambs, Or of male goats. ¹²When you come to appear before me, Who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? ¹³Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; New moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can't bear with evil assemblies. ¹⁴My soul hates your New Moons and your appointed feasts; They are a burden to me. I am weary of bearing them. ¹⁵When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood. ¹⁶Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; Cease to do evil. ¹⁷Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow." ¹⁸"Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. ¹⁹If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land; ²⁰But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it." ²¹How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, But now murderers. ²²Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water. ²³Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, Neither does the cause of the widow come to them. ²⁴Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, The Mighty One of Israel, says: "Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, And avenge myself of my enemies; ²⁵And I will turn my hand on you, Thoroughly purge away your dross, And will take away all your tin. ²⁶I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called 'The city of righteousness, A faithful town.' ²⁷Zion shall be redeemed with justice, And her converts with righteousness. ²⁸But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, And those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed. ²⁹For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen. ³⁰For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, And as a garden that has no water. ³¹The strong will be like tinder, And his work like a spark. They will both burn together, And no one will quench them."

¹This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. ²It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be raised above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it. ³Many peoples shall go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of Yahweh, To the house of the God of Jacob; And he will teach us of his ways, And we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion the law shall go forth, And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem. ⁴He will judge between the nations, And will decide concerning many peoples; And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, And their spears into pruning-hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, Neither shall they learn war any more. ⁵House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of Yahweh. ⁶For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled from the east, With those who practice divination like the Philistines, And they clasp hands with the children of foreigners. ⁷Their land is full of silver and gold, Neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land also is full of horses, Neither is there any end of their chariots. ⁸Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, That which their own fingers have made. ⁹Man is brought low, And mankind is humbled; Therefore don't forgive them. ¹⁰Enter into the rock, And hide in the dust, From before the terror of Yahweh, And from the glory of his majesty. ¹¹The lofty looks of man will be brought low, The haughtiness of men will be bowed down, And Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day. ¹²For there will be a day of Yahweh of Hosts for all that is proud and haughty, And for all that is lifted up; And it shall be brought low: ¹³For all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, For all the oaks of Bashan, ¹⁴For all the high mountains, For all the hills that are lifted up, ¹⁵For every lofty tower, For every fortified wall, ¹⁶For all the ships of Tarshish, And for all pleasant imagery. ¹⁷The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; And Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day. ¹⁸The idols shall utterly pass away. ¹⁹Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, And into the holes of the earth, From before the terror of Yahweh, And from the glory of his majesty, When he arises to shake the earth mightily. ²⁰In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver, And their idols of gold, Which have been made for themselves to worship, To the moles and to the bats; ²¹To go into the caverns of the rocks, And into the clefts of the ragged rocks, From before the terror of Yahweh, And from the glory of his majesty, When he arises to shake the earth mightily. ²²Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; For of what account is he?

¹For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, The whole supply of bread, And the whole supply of water; ²The mighty man, The man of war, The judge, The prophet, The diviner, The elder, ³The captain of fifty, The honorable man, The counselor, The skilled craftsman, And the clever enchanter. ⁴I will give boys to be their princes, And children shall rule over them. ⁵The people will be oppressed, Everyone by another, And everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, And the base against the honorable. ⁶Indeed a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, "You have clothing, you be our ruler, And let this ruin be under your hand." ⁷In that day he will cry out, saying, I will not be a healer; For in my house is neither bread nor clothing. You shall not make me ruler of the people. ⁸For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen; Because their tongue and their doings are against Yahweh, To provoke the eyes of his glory. ⁹The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves. ¹⁰Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. ¹¹Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; For the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him. ¹²As for my people, children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, And destroy the way of your paths. ¹³Yahweh stands up to contend, And stands to judge the peoples. ¹⁴Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, And their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The spoil of the poor is in your houses. ¹⁵What do you mean that you crush my people, And grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts. ¹⁶Moreover Yahweh said, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, And walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, Walking to trip as they go, Jingling ornaments on their feet; ¹⁷Therefore the Lord brings sores on the crown of the head of the women of Zion, And Yahweh will make their scalps bald." ¹⁸In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, the headbands, the crescent necklaces, ¹⁹the earrings, the bracelets, the veils, ²⁰the headdresses, the ankle chains, the sashes, the perfume bottles, the charms, ²¹the signet rings, the nose rings, ²²the fine robes, the capes, the cloaks, the purses, ²³the hand-mirrors, the fine linen garments, the tiaras, and the shawls. ²⁴It shall happen that instead of sweet spices, there shall be rottenness; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well set hair, baldness; Instead of a robe, a girding of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty. ²⁵Your men shall fall by the sword, And your mighty in the war. ²⁶Her gates shall lament and mourn; And she shall be desolate and sit on the ground.

¹Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach." ²In that day, Yahweh's branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel. ³It will happen, that he who is left in Zion, and he who remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem; ⁴when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning. ⁵Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy. ⁶There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.