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Bible Reading for August 02

Zephaniah 1
[1] The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of
Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son
of Amon, king of Judah.
[2] I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. [3] I
will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the
fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off
man from off the land, saith the LORD. [4] I will also stretch out mine hand
upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the
remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the
priests; [5] And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and
them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; [6]
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the
LORD, nor inquired for him. [7] Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD:
for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he
hath bid his guests. [8] And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's
sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all
such as are clothed with strange apparel.
[9] In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold,
which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. [10] And it shall
come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a
cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing
from the hills. [11] Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant
people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. [12] And it shall
come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and
punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The
LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. [13] Therefore their goods
shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build
houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the
wine thereof. [14] The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth
greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there
bitterly.
[15] That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of
wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and
thick darkness,
[16] A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the
high towers.
[17] And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men,
because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out
as dust, and their flesh as the dung. [18] Neither their silver nor their gold
shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole
land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a
speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

Zephaniah 2
[1] Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; [2]
Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the
fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD's anger come
upon you.
[3] Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his
judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the
day of the LORD's anger.
[4] For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out
Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. [5] Woe unto the
inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the
LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy
thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. [6] And the sea coast shall be
dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
[7] And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall
feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening:
for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
[8] I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of
Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against
their border.
[9] Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely
Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the
breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of
my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
[10] This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and
magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts. [11] The LORD
will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and
men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the
heathen.
[12] Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. [13] And he will
stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make
Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. [14] And flocks shall lie down
in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the
bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the
windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar
work. [15] This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her
heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a
place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and
wag his hand.

Zephaniah 3
[1] Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! [2] She
obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD;
she drew not near to her God. [3] Her princes within her are roaring lions; her
judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. [4] Her
prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the
sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. [5] The just LORD is in the
midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his
judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
[6] I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets
waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no
man, that there is none inhabitant. [7] I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou
wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I
punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. [8]
Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the
prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the
kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all
the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
[9] For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call
upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. [10] From beyond the
rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall
bring mine offering. [11] In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy
doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away
out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more
be haughty because of my holy mountain.
[12] I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and
they shall trust in the name of the LORD. [13] The remnant of Israel shall not
do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their
mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. [14]
Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the
heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. [15] The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he
hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst
of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
[16] In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let
not thine hands be slack.
[17] The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will
rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee
with singing.
[18] I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of
thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. [19] Behold, at that time I will
undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her
that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where
they have been put to shame. [20] At that time will I bring you again, even in
the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all
people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith
the LORD.


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