BibleGateway: Isaiah 34 ESV Text: Isaiah 34 Isaiah 34 (Listen) Judgment on the Nations 34:1 Draw near, O nations, to hear, and give attention, O peoples! Let the… Read More »The Lord will judge the nations. We would have every reason to be terrified of the judgment of the Lord, but Jesus Christ has accomplished our redemption.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 33 ESV Text: Isaiah 33 Isaiah 33 (Listen) O Lord, Be Gracious to Us 33:1 Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed, you traitor, whom… Read More »At the appointed time, Assyria will face the judgment of the Lord. The Lord will save His people.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 32 ESV Text: Isaiah 32 Isaiah 32 (Listen) A King Will Reign in Righteousness 32:1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will… Read More »The Lord will deliver His people by sending them a just and righteous King. Jerusalem will be destroyed, but later the Lord will redeem His people and they will live in peace and security.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 31 ESV Text: Isaiah 31 Isaiah 31 (Listen) Woe to Those Who Go Down to Egypt 31:1 Woe1 to those who go down to… Read More »Trust not in horses and in chariots, but trust in the Lord. Trust not in idols made with human hands, but trust in the Lord.
BibleGateway: Isaiah 30 ESV Text: Isaiah 30 Isaiah 30 (Listen) Do Not Go Down to Egypt 30:1 “Ah, stubborn children,” declares the LORD, “who carry out a… Read More »The Lord judges His people for their reliance on Egypt for deliverance. This trust in human power is yet another act of rebellion against the Lord. The Lord Himself will deliver His people in His own good time.
BibleGateway: Ephesians 6 ESV Text: Ephesians 6 Ephesians 6 (Listen) Children and Parents 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor… Read More »Paul gives the Ephesians instructions for children, parents, slaves, and masters, finally encouraging all believers to “take up the whole armor of God.” Paul concludes his letter with final greetings.
BibleGateway: Genesis 41 ESV Text: Genesis 41 Genesis 41 (Listen) Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams 41:1 After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by… Read More »Two years later, Pharaoh calls on Joseph to interpret his dreams. Joseph interprets the dreams and recommends a plan of action for the preservation of Egypt through an upcoming time of famine. Pharaoh makes Joseph second-in-command of all Egypt.
BibleGateway: Genesis 40 ESV Text: Genesis 40 Genesis 40 (Listen) Joseph Interprets Two Prisoners’ Dreams 40:1 Some time after this, the cupbearer of the king of… Read More »Joseph accurately interprets the dreams of two of his fellow prisoners.
BibleGateway: Genesis 39 ESV Text: Genesis 39 Genesis 39 (Listen) Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 39:1 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, an… Read More »Joseph serves faithfully in the home of his Egyptian master, Potiphar. When the wife of Potiphar accuses Joseph falsely, Potiphar sends Joseph to prison.
BibleGateway: Genesis 38 ESV Text: Genesis 38 Genesis 38 (Listen) Judah and Tamar 38:1 It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers… Read More »Moses digresses from his account of the life of Joseph to record some troubling drama in the lives of Judah and his children.
BibleGateway: Genesis 37 ESV Text: Genesis 37 Genesis 37 (Listen) Joseph’s Dreams 37:1 Jacob lived in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of… Read More »Joseph, the favorite son of Israel, tells his dreams. His jealous brothers sell him into slavery, deceiving Israel that Joseph has been killed by a wild animal.
BibleGateway: Mark 7 ESV Text: Mark 7 Mark 7 (Listen) Traditions and Commandments 7:1 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes… Read More »When the Pharisees ask Jesus why His disciples eat with unwashed hands, Jesus exposes their hypocrisy—they neglect the commands of God while insisting that human traditions be observed. Jesus teaches that what comes out of a man defiles him, not what goes into him. Jesus drives the demon out of the daughter of a Syrophoenician woman and heals a deaf man.
