Formation Journal Reading Plan

8:1 And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz;

8:2 and I will take unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

8:3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said Jehovah unto me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

8:4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and, My mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be carried away before the king of Assyria.

8:5 And Jehovah spake unto me yet again, saying,

8:6 Forasmuch as this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

8:7 now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks;

8:8 and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

8:9 Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces.

8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

8:11 For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

8:12 Say ye not, A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread thereof.

8:13 Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

8:14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

8:15 And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

8:16 Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

8:17 And I will wait for Jehovah, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

8:18 Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.

8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living should they seek unto the dead?

8:20 To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

8:21 And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:

8:22 and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness they shall be driven away.

77:10 And I said, This is my infirmity; But I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.

77:11 I will make mention of the deeds of Jehovah; For I will remember thy wonders of old.

77:12 I will meditate also upon all thy work, And muse on thy doings.

77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: Who is a great god like unto God?

77:14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: Thou hast made known thy strength among the peoples.

77:15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph.[Selah

77:16 The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.

77:17 The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad.

77:18 The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.

77:19 Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.

77:20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

12:1 I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

12:2 I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the body, I know not; God knoweth), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.

12:3 And I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I know not; God knoweth),

12:4 how that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

12:5 On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in my weaknesses.

12:6 For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me to be, or heareth from me.

12:7 And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.

12:8 Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

12:9 And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

12:10 Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.