Bible in a Year 9/14/2016

Summary Verses
6:1 The Lord lays out His cause for anger against Israel as speaking to all of creation. 6:6 What manner of sacrifices please God, because He is concerned about our hearts not our deeds. 7:1 Micah complains about the small number of righteous. 7:4 Micah laments regarding the wickedness of those times. 7:14 God promises that in the end He will take away the iniquity of Israel. 1:1 God gives Nahum a prophecy of the destruction of Assyria and the deliverance of Israel. 2:1 God describes the victory of the Chaldeans against the Assyrians.

Micah Chapter 6
6:1 Hear now what the Lord says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills hear your voice.
6:2 Hear, O you mountains, the Lord’s complaint, And you strong foundations of the earth; For the Lord has a complaint against His people, And He will contend with Israel.
6:3 “O My people, what have I done to you? And how have I wearied you? Testify against Me.
6:4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I redeemed you from the house of bondage; And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
6:5 O My people, remember now What Balak king of Moab counseled, And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, From Acacia Grove to Gilgal, That you may know the righteousness of the Lord.”
6:6 With what shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old?
6:7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
6:8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?
6:9 The Lord’s voice cries to the city-Wisdom shall see Your name: “Hear the Rod Who has appointed it?
6:10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness In the house of the wicked, And the short measure that is an abomination?
6:11 Shall I count pure those with the wicked scales, And with the bag of deceitful weights?
6:12 For her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants have spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
6:13 “Therefore I will also make you sick by striking you, By making you desolate because of your sins.
6:14 You shall eat, but not be satisfied; Hunger shall be in your midst. You may carry some away, but shall not save them; And what you do rescue I will give over to the sword.
6:15 “You shall sow, but not reap; You shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.
6:16 For the statutes of Omri are kept; All the works of Ahab’s house are done; And you walk in their counsels, That I may make you a desolation, And your inhabitants a hissing. Therefore you shall bear the reproach of My people.”

Micah Chapter 7
7:1 Woe is me For I am like those who gather summer fruits, Like those who glean vintage grapes; There is no cluster to eat Of the first-ripe fruit which my soul desires.
7:2 The faithful man has perished from the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.
7:3 That they may successfully do evil with both hands-The prince asks for gifts, The judge seeks a bribe, And the great man utters his evil desire; So they scheme together.
7:4 The best of them is like a brier; The most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge; The day of your watchman and your punishment comes; Now shall be their perplexity.
7:5 Do not trust in a friend; Do not put your confidence in a companion; Guard the doors of your mouth From her who lies in your bosom.
7:6 For son dishonors father, Daughter rises against her mother, Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
7:7 Therefore I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me.
7:8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise; When I sit in darkness, The Lord will be a light to me.
7:9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord, Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case And executes justice for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I will see His righteousness.
7:10 Then she who is my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will see her; Now she will be trampled down Like mud in the streets.
7:11 In the day when your walls are to be built, In that day the decree shall go far and wide.
7:12 In that day they shall come to you From Assyria and the fortified cities, From the fortress to the River, From sea to sea, And mountain to mountain.
7:13 Yet the land shall be desolate Because of those who dwell in it, And for the fruit of their deeds.
7:14 Shepherd Your people with Your staff, The flock of Your heritage, Who dwell solitarily in a woodland, In the midst of Carmel; Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, As in days of old.
7:15 “As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show them wonders.”
7:16 The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; They shall put their hand over their mouth; Their ears shall be deaf.
7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent; They shall crawl from their holes like snakes of the earth. They shall be afraid of the Lord our God, And shall fear because of You.
7:18 Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.
7:19 He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea.
7:20 You will give truth to Jacob And mercy to Abraham, Which You have sworn to our fathers From days of old.

Nahum Chapter 1
1:1 The burden against Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
1:2 God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies;
1:3 The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked. The Lord has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet.
1:4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, And dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither, And the flower of Lebanon wilts.
1:5 The mountains quake before Him, The hills melt, And the earth heaves at His presence, Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.
1:6 Who can stand before His indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him.
1:7 The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.
1:8 But with an overflowing flood He will make an utter end of its place, And darkness will pursue His enemies.
1:9 What do you conspire against the Lord? He will make an utter end of it. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
1:10 For while tangled like thorns, And while drunken like drunkards, They shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
1:11 From you comes forth one Who plots evil against the Lord, A wicked counselor.
1:12 Thus says the Lord: “Though they are safe, and likewise many, Yet in this manner they will be cut down When he passes through. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more;
1:13 For now I will break off his yoke from you, And burst your bonds apart.”
1:14 The Lord has given a command concerning you: “Your name shall be perpetuated no longer. Out of the house of your gods I will cut off the carved image and the molded image. I will dig your grave, For you are vile.”
1:15 Behold, on the mountains The feet of him who brings good tidings, Who proclaims peace O Judah, keep your appointed feasts, Perform your vows. For the wicked one shall no more pass through you; He is utterly cut off.

Nahum Chapter 2
2:1 He who scatters has come up before your face. Man the fort Watch the road Strengthen your flanks Fortify your power mightily.
2:2 For the Lord will restore the excellence of Jacob Like the excellence of Israel, For the emptiers have emptied them out And ruined their vine branches.
2:3 The shields of his mighty men are made red, The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots come with flaming torches In the day of his preparation, And the spears are brandished.
2:4 The chariots rage in the streets, They jostle one another in the broad roads; They seem like torches, They run like lightning.
2:5 He remembers his nobles; They stumble in their walk; They make haste to her walls, And the defense is prepared.
2:6 The gates of the rivers are opened, And the palace is dissolved.
2:7 It is decreed: She shall be led away captive, She shall be brought up; And her maidservants shall lead her as with the voice of doves, Beating their breasts.
2:8 Though Nineveh of old was like a pool of water, Now they flee away.”Halt Halt” they cry; But no one turns back.
2:9 Take spoil of silver Take spoil of gold There is no end of treasure, Or wealth of every desirable prize.
2:10 She is empty, desolate, and waste The heart melts, and the knees shake; Much pain is in every side, And all their faces are drained of color.
2:11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion’s cub, And no one made them afraid?
2:12 The lion tore in pieces enough for his cubs, Killed for his lionesses, Filled his caves with prey, And his dens with flesh.
2:13 “Behold, I am against you,” says the Lord of hosts, “I will burn your chariots in smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall be heard no more.”