Formation Journal Reading Plan

4:1 But in the latter days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of Jehovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it.

4:2 And many nations shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jerusalem;

4:3 and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

4:4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts hath spoken it.

4:5 For all the peoples walk every one in the name of his god; and we will walk in the name of Jehovah our God for ever and ever.

4:6 In that day, saith Jehovah, will I assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which I have afflicted;

4:7 and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which was cast far off a strong nation: and Jehovah will reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth even for ever.

4:8 And thou, O tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

4:9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee, is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail?

4:10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and shalt dwell in the field, and shalt come even unto Babylon: there shalt thou be rescued; there will Jehovah redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

4:11 And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye see our desire upon Zion.

4:12 But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor.

4:13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain unto Jehovah, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

5:1 Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

5:2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

5:3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travaileth hath brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

5:4 And he shall stand, and shall feed his flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

5:5 And this man shall be our peace. When the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

5:6 And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border.

5:7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

5:8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep; who, if he go through, treadeth down and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.

5:9 Let thy hand be lifted up above thine adversaries, and let all thine enemies be cut off.

5:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and will destroy thy chariots:

5:11 and I will cut off the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strongholds.

5:12 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

5:13 and I will cut off thy graven images and thy pillars out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thy hands;

5:14 and I will pluck up thine Asherim out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy cities.

5:15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations which hearkened not.

21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.

21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

21:18 The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.

21:19 It is better to dwell in a desert land, Than with a contentious and fretful woman.

21:20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

21:21 He that followeth after righteousness and kindness Findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

21:22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

21:24 The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name; He worketh in the arrogance of pride.

21:25 The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

21:26 There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!

21:28 A false witness shall perish; But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.

21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.

21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle; But victory is of Jehovah.

8:1 And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

8:2 And I saw the seven angels that stand before God; and there were given unto them seven trumpets.

8:3 And another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should add it unto the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

8:4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand.

8:5 And the angel taketh the censer; and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there followed thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

8:6 And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

8:7 And the first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

8:9 and there died the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, even they that had life; and the third part of the ships was destroyed.

8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great star, burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of the waters;

8:11 and the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day should not shine for the third part of it, and the night in like manner.

8:13 And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound.