Formation Journal Reading Plan

21:1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

21:2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;

21:3 and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

21:4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

21:5 and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.

21:6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.

21:7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah.

21:8 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

21:9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith Jehovah: Say, A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished;

21:10 it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it contemneth every tree.

21:11 And it is given to be furbished, that it may be handled: the sword, it is sharpened, yea, it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

21:12 Cry and wail, son of man; for it is upon my people, it is upon all the princes of Israel: they are delivered over to the sword with my people; smite therefore upon thy thigh.

21:13 For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.

21:14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great one that is deadly wounded, which entereth into their chambers.

21:15 I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.

21:16 Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

21:17 I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

21:18 The word of Jehovah came unto me again, saying,

21:19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they twain shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a place, mark it out at the head of the way to the city.

21:20 Thou shalt appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

21:21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.

21:22 In his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build forts.

21:23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths unto them; but he bringeth iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken.

21:24 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

21:25 And thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,

21:26 thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre, and take off the crown; this shall be no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.

21:27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.

21:28 And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and say thou, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it is furbished, to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning;

21:29 while they see for thee false visions, while they divine lies unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are deadly wounded, whose day is come in the time of the iniquity of the end.

21:30 Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.

21:31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow upon thee with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.

21:32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

145:1 A Psalm of praise; of David I will extol thee, my God, O King; And I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

145:2 Every day will I bless thee; And I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

145:3 Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; And his greatness is unsearchable.

145:4 One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts.

145:5 Of the glorious majesty of thine honor, And of thy wondrous works, will I meditate.

145:6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts; And I will declare thy greatness.

145:7 They shall utter the memory of thy great goodness, And shall sing of thy righteousness.

145:8 Jehovah is gracious, and merciful; Slow to anger, and of great lovingkindness.

145:9 Jehovah is good to all; And his tender mercies are over all his works.

145:10 All thy works shall give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah; And thy saints shall bless thee.

145:11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, And talk of thy power;

145:12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, And the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.

145:13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

2:1 My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

2:2 For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing;

2:3 and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool;

2:4 do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

2:6 But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

2:7 Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?

2:8 Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

2:9 but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is become guilty of all.

2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.

2:13 For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.