Daily Reader's Bible - Flipbook - Page 32
All the land from Geba, north of Judah, to
Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, will become one
vast plain. But Jerusalem will be raised up in
its original place and will be inhabited all the
way from the Benjamin Gate over to the site
of the old gate, then to the Corner Gate, and
from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses. And Jerusalem will be filled, safe at
last, never again to be cursed and destroyed.
And the LORD will send a plague on all the
nations that fought against Jerusalem. Their
people will become like walking corpses,
their flesh rotting away. Their eyes will rot
in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in
their mouths. On that day they will be terrified,
stricken by the LORD with great panic. They will
fight their neighbors hand to hand. Judah,
too, will be fighting at Jerusalem. The wealth
of all the neighboring nations will be captured—great quantities of gold and silver and
fine clothing. This same plague will strike the
horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the
other animals in the enemy camps.
In the end, the enemies of Jerusalem who
survive the plague will go up to Jerusalem each
year to worship the King, the LORD of Heaven’s
Armies, and to celebrate the Festival of Shelters. Any nation in the world that refuses to
come to Jerusalem to worship the King, the
LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will have no rain. If
the people of Egypt refuse to attend the festival, the LORD will punish them with the same
plague that he sends on the other nations who
refuse to go. Egypt and the other nations will
all be punished if they don’t go to celebrate the
Festival of Shelters.
On that day even the harness bells of the
horses will be inscribed with these words: HOLY
TO THE LORD. And the cooking pots in the Temple
of the LORD will be as sacred as the basins used
beside the altar. In fact, every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. All who come to worship will be free
to use any of these pots to boil their sacrifices.
And on that day there will no longer be traders
in the Temple of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
[PSALMS 23–24]
A psalm of David.
The LORD is my shepherd;
I have all that I need.
He lets me rest in green meadows;
he leads me beside peaceful streams.
He renews my strength.
He guides me along right paths,
bringing honor to his name.
Even when I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will not be afraid,
for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff
protect and comfort me.
You prepare a feast for me
in the presence of my enemies.
You honor me by anointing my head with oil.
My cup overflows with blessings.
Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me
all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the LORD
forever.
23
A psalm of David.
The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it.
The world and all its people belong to him.
For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas
and built it on the ocean depths.
24
Who may climb the mountain of the LORD?
Who may stand in his holy place?
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