October 17  

Daily Bible in a Year

Daily Old and New Testaments, Psalms, and Proverbs

  •   Jeremiah 30:1-31:26
    Jeremiah 30:1-31:26

    Restoration for Israel and Judah
    30 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you. 3 For behold, days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will restore the fortunes of my people, Israel and Judah, says the Lord, and I will bring them back to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall take possession of it.”
    4 These are the words that the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah:
    5 
    “Thus says the Lord:
     We have heard a cry of panic,
         of terror, and no peace.

    6 
    Ask now, and see,
         can a man bear a child?
     Why then do I see every man
         with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor?
         Why has every face turned pale?

    7 
    Alas! That day is so great
         there is none like it;
     it is a time of distress for Jacob;
         yet he shall be saved out of it.

    8 “And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and I will burst your bonds, and foreigners shall no more make a servant of him.[a] 9 But they shall serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
    10 
    “Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, declares the Lord,
         nor be dismayed, O Israel;
     for behold, I will save you from far away,
         and your offspring from the land of their captivity.
     Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease,
         and none shall make him afraid.

    11 
    For I am with you to save you,
     declares the Lord;
     I will make a full end of all the nations
         among whom I scattered you,
         but of you I will not make a full end.
     I will discipline you in just measure,
         and I will by no means leave you unpunished.

    12 
    “For thus says the Lord:
     Your hurt is incurable,
         and your wound is grievous.

    13 
    There is none to uphold your cause,
         no medicine for your wound,
         no healing for you.

    14 
    All your lovers have forgotten you;
         they care nothing for you;
     for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy,
         the punishment of a merciless foe,
     because your guilt is great,
         because your sins are flagrant.

    15 
    Why do you cry out over your hurt?
         Your pain is incurable.
     Because your guilt is great,
         because your sins are flagrant,
         I have done these things to you.

    16 
    Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured,
         and all your foes, every one of them, shall go into captivity;
     those who plunder you shall be plundered,
         and all who prey on you I will make a prey.

    17 
    For I will restore health to you,
         and your wounds I will heal,
     declares the Lord,
     because they have called you an outcast:
         ‘It is Zion, for whom no one cares!’

    18 
    “Thus says the Lord:
     Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob
         and have compassion on his dwellings;
     the city shall be rebuilt on its mound,
         and the palace shall stand where it used to be.

    19 
    Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving,
         and the voices of those who celebrate.
     I will multiply them, and they shall not be few;
         I will make them honored, and they shall not be small.

    20 
    Their children shall be as they were of old,
         and their congregation shall be established before me,
         and I will punish all who oppress them.

    21 
    Their prince shall be one of themselves;
         their ruler shall come out from their midst;
     I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me,
         for who would dare of himself to approach me?
     declares the Lord.

    22 
    And you shall be my people,
         and I will be your God.”

    23 
    Behold the storm of the Lord!
         Wrath has gone forth,
     a whirling tempest;
         it will burst upon the head of the wicked.

    24 
    The fierce anger of the Lord will not turn back
         until he has executed and accomplished
         the intentions of his mind.
     In the latter days you will understand this.

    The Lord Will Turn Mourning to Joy
    31 “At that time, declares the Lord, I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they shall be my people.”
    2 
    Thus says the Lord:
     “The people who survived the sword
         found grace in the wilderness;
     when Israel sought for rest,

    3 
        the Lord appeared to him[b] from far away.
     I have loved you with an everlasting love;
         therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

    4 
    Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
         O virgin Israel!
     Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
         and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.

    5 
    Again you shall plant vineyards
         on the mountains of Samaria;
     the planters shall plant
         and shall enjoy the fruit.

    6 
    For there shall be a day when watchmen will call
         in the hill country of Ephraim:
     ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion,
         to the Lord our God.’”

    7 
    For thus says the Lord:
     “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob,
         and raise shouts for the chief of the nations;
     proclaim, give praise, and say,
         ‘O Lord, save your people,
         the remnant of Israel.’

    8 
    Behold, I will bring them from the north country
         and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,
     among them the blind and the lame,
         the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;
         a great company, they shall return here.

    9 
    With weeping they shall come,
         and with pleas for mercy I will lead them back,
     I will make them walk by brooks of water,
         in a straight path in which they shall not stumble,
     for I am a father to Israel,
         and Ephraim is my firstborn.

    10 
    “Hear the word of the Lord, O nations,
         and declare it in the coastlands far away;
     say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him,
         and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’

    11 
    For the Lord has ransomed Jacob
         and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.

    12 
    They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
         and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord,
     over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
         and over the young of the flock and the herd;
     their life shall be like a watered garden,
         and they shall languish no more.

    13 
    Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
         and the young men and the old shall be merry.
     I will turn their mourning into joy;
         I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

    14 
    I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance,
         and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness,
     declares the Lord.”

    15 
    Thus says the Lord:
     “A voice is heard in Ramah,
         lamentation and bitter weeping.
     Rachel is weeping for her children;
         she refuses to be comforted for her children,
         because they are no more.”

    16 
    Thus says the Lord:
     “Keep your voice from weeping,
         and your eyes from tears,
     for there is a reward for your work,
     declares the Lord,
         and they shall come back from the land of the enemy.

    17 
    There is hope for your future,
     declares the Lord,
         and your children shall come back to their own country.

    18 
    I have heard Ephraim grieving,
     ‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
         like an untrained calf;
     bring me back that I may be restored,
         for you are the Lord my God.

    19 
    For after I had turned away, I relented,
         and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh;
     I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
         because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

    20 
    Is Ephraim my dear son?
         Is he my darling child?
     For as often as I speak against him,
         I do remember him still.
     Therefore my heart[c] yearns for him;
         I will surely have mercy on him,
     declares the Lord.

    21 
    “Set up road markers for yourself;
         make yourself guideposts;
     consider well the highway,
         the road by which you went.
     Return, O virgin Israel,
         return to these your cities.

    22 
    How long will you waver,
         O faithless daughter?
     For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
         a woman encircles a man.”

    23 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in its cities, when I restore their fortunes:

    “‘The Lord bless you, O habitation of righteousness,
         O holy hill!’

    24 And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and the farmers and those who wander with their flocks. 25 For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”
    26 At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me.
    Footnotes:
    1. Jeremiah 30:8 Or serve him
    2. Jeremiah 31:3 Septuagint; Hebrew me
    3. Jeremiah 31:20 Hebrew bowels
  •   1 Timothy 2
    1 Timothy 2

    Pray for All People
    2 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. 3 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man[a] Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. 7 For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
    8 I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; 9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. 11 Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness.12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 15 Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.
    Footnotes:
    1. 1 Timothy 2:5 men and man render the same Greek word that is translated people in verses 1 and 4
  •   Psalm 87
    Psalm 87

    Glorious Things of You Are Spoken
    A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. A Song.
    87 
    On the holy mount stands the city he founded;

    2 
     the Lord loves the gates of Zion
         more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.

    3 
    Glorious things of you are spoken,
         O city of God. Selah

    4 
    Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon;
         behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Cush[a]—
         “This one was born there,” they say.

    5 
    And of Zion it shall be said,
         “This one and that one were born in her”;
         for the Most High himself will establish her.

    6 
    The Lord records as he registers the peoples,
         “This one was born there.” Selah

    7 
    Singers and dancers alike say,
         “All my springs are in you.”

    Footnotes:
    1. Psalm 87:4 Probably Nubia
  •   Proverbs 25:18-19

    Proverbs 25:18-19

    18 
    A man who bears false witness against his neighbor

        is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.

    19 
    Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble

        is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.



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