Formation Journal Reading Plan

24:1 Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.

24:2 It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.

24:3 The earth will be utterly emptied and utterly laid waste; for Yahweh has spoken this word.

24:4 The earth mourns and fades away. The world languishes and fades away. The lofty people of the earth languish.

24:5 The earth also is polluted under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.

24:6 Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

24:7 The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.

24:8 The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.

24:9 They will not drink wine with a song. Strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it.

24:10 The confused city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

24:11 There is a crying in the streets because of the wine. All joy is darkened. The mirth of the land is gone.

24:12 The city is left in desolation, and the gate is struck with destruction.

24:13 For it will be so in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.

24:14 These shall lift up their voice. They will shout for the majesty of Yahweh. They cry aloud from the sea.

24:15 Therefore glorify Yahweh in the east, even the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea!

24:16 From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs. Glory to the righteous! But I said, “I pine away! I pine away! woe is me!” The treacherous have dealt treacherously. Yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

24:17 Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who inhabitant the earth.

24:18 It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

24:19 The earth is utterly broken. The earth is torn apart. The earth is shaken violently.

24:20 The earth will stagger like a drunken man, and will sway back and forth like a hammock. Its disobedience will be heavy on it, and it will fall and not rise again.

24:21 It shall happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.

24:22 They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.

24:23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Yahweh of Armies will reign on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders will be glory.

86:1 A Prayer by David. Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

86:2 Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.

86:3 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.

86:4 Bring joy to the soul of your servant, for to you, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

86:5 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.

86:6 Hear, Yahweh, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.

86:7 In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.

86:8 There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.

86:9 All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.

86:10 For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.

86:11 Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

86:12 I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forevermore.

86:13 For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

86:14 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.

86:15 But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

86:16 Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.

86:17 Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.

5:1 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

5:2 Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.

5:3 Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

5:4 You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace.

5:5 For we, through the Spirit, by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

5:7 You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

5:8 This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

5:9 A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

5:10 I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

5:11 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

5:12 I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

5:13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

5:14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.