Formation Journal Reading Plan

3:1 Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,

3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.

3:3 Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?

3:4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

3:5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is set for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?

3:6 Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

3:7 Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.

3:8 The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?

3:9 Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are therein, and what oppressions in the midst thereof.

3:10 For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

3:11 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary there shall be, even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.

3:12 Thus saith Jehovah: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.

3:13 Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.

3:14 For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

3:15 And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith Jehovah.

4:1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.

4:2 The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks.

4:3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every one straight before her; and ye shall cast yourselves into Harmon, saith Jehovah.

4:4 Come to Beth-el, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes every three days;

4:5 and offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill-offerings and publish them: for this pleaseth you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.

4:6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

4:7 And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.

4:8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

4:9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards and your fig-trees and your olive-trees hath the palmer-worm devoured: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

4:10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I have made the stench of your camp to come up even into your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

4:11 I have overthrown cities among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

4:12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel; and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

4:13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought; that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth—Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.

16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.

16:19 Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

16:20 He that giveth heed unto the word shall find good; And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.

16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent; And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

16:22 Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.

16:23 The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.

16:24 Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

16:25 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

16:26 The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.

16:27 A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

16:28 A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

16:29 A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

16:30 He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

16:31 The hoary head is a crown of glory; It shall be found in the way of righteousness.

16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.

2:8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again:

2:9 I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

2:10 Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.