Formation Journal Reading Plan

9:1 An oracle. The word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon Damascus; for the eye of man and of all the tribes of Israel is toward Yahweh;

9:2 and Hamath, also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.

9:3 Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets.

9:4 Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.

9:5 Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

9:6 Foreigners will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

9:7 I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also will be a remnant for our God; and he will be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

9:8 I will encamp around my house against the army, that none pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with my eyes.

9:9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

9:10 I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow will be cut off; and he will speak peace to the nations: and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

9:11 As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.

9:12 Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.

9:13 For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

9:14 Yahweh will be seen over them; and his arrow will go flash like lightning; and the Lord Yahweh will blow the trumpet, and will go with whirlwinds of the south.

9:15 Yahweh of Armies will defend them; and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones; and they will drink, and roar as through wine; and they will be filled like bowls, like the corners of the altar.

9:16 Yahweh their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people; for they are like the jewels of a crown, lifted on high over his land.

9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

29:1 He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

29:2 When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

29:3 Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

29:4 The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

29:5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

29:6 An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

29:7 The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.

29:8 Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.

29:9 If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

29:10 The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright.

29:11 A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

29:12 If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.

29:13 The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.

19:11 I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.

19:12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written and a name written which no one knows but he himself.

19:13 He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called “The Word of God.”

19:14 The armies which are in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen.

19:15 Out of his mouth proceeds a sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod. He treads the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.

19:16 He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

19:17 I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, “Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God,

19:18 that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, and small and great.”

19:19 I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army.

19:20 The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

19:21 The rest were killed with the sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came forth out of his mouth. All the birds were filled with their flesh.