OT Marathon Aug 28

2 Kings 19  Hezekiah Consults Isaiah 19 When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. 3 They said […]

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OT Marathon Aug 27

Micah 6 and 7 God Challenges Israel 6 Hear what the Lord says:     Rise, plead your case before the mountains,     and let the hills hear your voice. 2 Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the Lord,     and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the Lord has a controversy with his people,     and he will contend with Israel. 3 “O my people, what […]

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OT Marathon Aug 26

Isaiah Chapters 34-35 Judgment on the Nations 34 Draw near, O nations, to hear;     O peoples, give heed! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it;     the world, and all that comes from it. 2 For the Lord is enraged against all the nations,     and furious against all their hordes;     he has doomed them, has given them over […]

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OT Marathon Aug 25

Isaiah Chapters 30 – 33 The Futility of Reliance on Egypt 30 Oh, rebellious children, says the Lord, who carry out a plan, but not mine; who make an alliance, but against my will,     adding sin to sin; 2 who set out to go down to Egypt     without asking for my counsel, to take refuge in the protection […]

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OT Marathon Aug 22

Isaiah 18-23 An Oracle concerning Ethiopia 18 Ah, land of whirring wings     beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,[a] 2 sending ambassadors by the Nile     in vessels of papyrus on the waters! Go, you swift messengers,     to a nation tall and smooth, to a people feared near and far,     a nation mighty and conquering,     whose land the rivers divide. 3 All you inhabitants of the world,     you who live […]

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