Formation Journal Reading Plan

9:1 But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time hath he made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.

9:2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

9:3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased their joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

9:4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.

9:5 For all the armor of the armed man in the tumult, and the garments rolled in blood, shall be for burning, for fuel of fire.

9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

9:7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.

9:8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.

9:9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in pride and in stoutness of heart,

9:10 The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.

9:11 Therefore Jehovah will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin, and will stir up his enemies,

9:12 the Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

9:13 Yet the people have not turned unto him that smote them, neither have they sought Jehovah of hosts.

9:14 Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

9:15 The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

9:16 For they that lead this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

9:17 Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

9:18 For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

9:19 Through the wrath of Jehovah of hosts is the land burnt up; and the people are as the fuel of fire: no man spareth his brother.

9:20 And one shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

9:21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

78:1 Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old,

78:3 Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.

78:4 We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.

78:5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

78:6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell them to their children,

78:7 That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,

78:8 And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

78:9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, Turned back in the day of battle.

78:10 They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in his law;

78:11 And they forgat his doings, And his wondrous works that he had showed them.

78:12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

78:13 He clave the sea, and caused them to pass through; And he made the waters to stand as a heap.

78:14 In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

78:15 He clave rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

78:16 He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

78:17 Yet went they on still to sin against him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

78:18 And they tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

78:19 Yea, they spake against God; They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

78:20 Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

78:21 Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;

78:22 Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in his salvation.

78:23 Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

78:24 And he rained down manna upon them to eat, And gave them food from heaven.

78:25 Man did eat the bread of the mighty: He sent them food to the full.

78:26 He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens; And by his power he guided the south wind.

78:27 He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, And winged birds as the sand of the seas:

78:28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.

78:29 So they did eat, and were well filled; And he gave them their own desire.

78:30 They were not estranged from that which they desired, Their food was yet in their mouths,

78:31 When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.

12:11 I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.

12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, by signs and wonders and mighty works.

12:13 For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except it be that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong.

12:14 Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

12:15 And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

12:16 But be it so, I did not myself burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

12:17 Did I take advantage of you by any one of them whom I have sent unto you?

12:18 I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?

12:19 Ye think all this time that we are excusing ourselves unto you. In the sight of God speak we in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.

12:20 For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means there should be strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;

12:21 lest again when I come my God should humble me before you, and I should mourn for many of them that have sinned heretofore, and repented not of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they committed.