OT Marathon Sep 22

Jeremiah 49:1-33 A Message About Ammon 49 Concerning the Ammonites: This is what the Lord says: “Has Israel no sons?     Has Israel no heir? Why then has Molek[a] taken possession of Gad?     Why do his people live in its towns? 2 But the days are coming,”     declares the Lord, “when I will sound the battle cry     against […]

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OT Marathon Sep 20

Jeremiah 16-18 Day of Disaster 16 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 2 “You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.” 3 For this is what the Lordsays about the sons and daughters born in this land and about the women who are their mothers and the men who are their […]

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OT Marathon Sep 19

Jeremiah 12-15 Jeremiah’s Complaint 12 You are always righteous, Lord,     when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice:     Why does the way of the wicked prosper?     Why do all the faithless live at ease? 2 You have planted them, and they have taken root;     they grow and bear fruit. […]

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OT Marathon Sep 18

Jeremiah 9-11 9  Oh, that my head were a spring of water     and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night     for the slain of my people. 2 Oh, that I had in the desert     a lodging place for travelers, so that I might leave my people     and go away from them; for […]

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OT Marathon Sep 17

Daniel 2-3 Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream 2 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep. 2 So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers[a] to tell him what he had dreamed. When they came in and stood before the king, 3 he said to them, “I have […]

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