OT Marathon Oct. 11

Lamentations 4-5 4 [a]How the gold has lost its luster,     the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered     at every street corner. 2 How the precious children of Zion,     once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay,     the work of a potter’s hands! 3 Even jackals offer their breasts     to nurse […]

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OT Marathon Oct. 10

2 Chronicles 36:15-21 The Fall of Jerusalem 15 The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the Lord […]

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OT Marathon Oct. 9

Jeremiah 39:2-18 2 And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city wall was broken through. 3 Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officials of […]

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OT Marathon Oct. 8

Ezekiel 26-28:26 A Prophecy Against Tyre 26 In the eleventh month of the twelfth[a] year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ‘Aha! The gate to the nations is broken, and its doors have swung open to me; now […]

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OT Marathon Oct 7

Ezekiel 30:20-31:18 Pharaoh’s Arms Are Broken 20 In the eleventh year, in the first month on the seventh day, the word of the Lord came to me: 21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. It has not been bound up to be healed or put in a splint so that […]

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