Formation Journal Reading Plan

10:1 Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain, even of Jehovah that maketh lightnings; and he will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

10:2 For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams, they comfort in vain: therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

10:3 Mine anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the he-goats; for Jehovah of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his goodly horse in the battle.

10:4 From him shall come forth the corner-stone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.

10:5 And they shall be as mighty men, treading down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

10:6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am Jehovah their God, and I will hear them.

10:7 And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine; yea, their children shall see it, and rejoice; their heart shall be glad in Jehovah.

10:8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.

10:9 And I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.

10:10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.

10:11 And he will pass through the sea of affliction, and will smite the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart.

10:12 And I will strengthen them in Jehovah; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith Jehovah.

11:1 Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.

11:2 Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.

11:3 A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.

11:4 Thus said Jehovah my God: Feed the flock of slaughter;

11:5 whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

11:6 For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith Jehovah; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor’s hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

11:7 So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

11:8 And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

11:9 Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.

11:10 And I took my staff Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples.

11:11 And it was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that gave heed unto me knew that it was the word of Jehovah.

11:12 And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver.

11:13 And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter, the goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them unto the potter, in the house of Jehovah.

11:14 Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

11:15 And Jehovah said unto me, Take unto thee yet again the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

11:16 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who will not visit those that are cut off, neither will seek those that are scattered, nor heal that which is broken, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat sheep, and will tear their hoofs in pieces.

11:17 Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

29:14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.

29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

29:16 When the wicked are increased, transgression increaseth; But the righteous shall look upon their fall.

29:17 Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest; Yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

29:18 Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

29:19 A servant will not be corrected by words; For though he understand, he will not give heed.

29:20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child Shall have him become a son at the last.

29:22 An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

29:23 A man’s pride shall bring him low; But he that is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

29:24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul; He heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.

29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare; But whoso putteth his trust in Jehovah shall be safe.

29:26 Many seek the ruler’s favor; But a man’s judgment cometh from Jehovah.

29:27 An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

20:1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand.

20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

20:3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed for a little time.

20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

20:5 The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.

20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

20:7 And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

20:8 and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

20:9 And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down out of heaven, and devoured them.

20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.