Formation Journal Reading Plan

2:1 This is what Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2:2 It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.

2:3 Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, 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 the law shall go forth, and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.

2:4 He will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; 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.

2:5 House of Jacob, come, and let us walk in the light of Yahweh.

2:6 For you have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east, with those who practice divination like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with the children of foreigners.

2:7 Their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.

2:8 Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

2:9 Man is brought low, and mankind is humbled; therefore don’t forgive them.

2:10 Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty.

2:11 The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the haughtiness of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.

2:12 For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:

2:13 For all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, for all the oaks of Bashan,

2:14 For all the high mountains, for all the hills that are lifted up,

2:15 For every lofty tower, for every fortified wall,

2:16 For all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.

2:17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.

2:18 The idols shall utterly pass away.

2:19 Men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

2:20 In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

2:21 To go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Yahweh, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

2:22 Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?

74:12 Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

74:13 You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

74:14 You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces. You gave him as food to people and desert creatures.

74:15 You opened up spring and stream. You dried up mighty rivers.

74:16 The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

74:17 You have set all the boundaries of the earth. You have made summer and winter.

74:18 Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

74:19 Don’t deliver the soul of your dove to wild beasts. Don’t forget the life of your poor forever.

74:20 Honor your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

74:21 Don’t let the oppressed return ashamed. Let the poor and needy praise your name.

74:22 Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

74:23 Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends continually.

9:6 Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

9:7 Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

9:9 As it is written, “He has scattered abroad, he has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.”

9:10 Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

9:11 you being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God.

9:12 For this service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints, but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;

9:13 seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Good News of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all;

9:14 while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.

9:15 Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!