April 14, 2024 PORTALS OF PRAYER READINGS
Hosea 1:2-9
Hosea's Wife and Children
2 When the Lord first spoke
through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take to
yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits
great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.” 3 So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of
Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4 And the Lord said to
him, “Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house
of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the
house of Israel. 5 And on that day I
will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
6 She conceived again and bore a daughter.
And the Lord said to him, “Call her name No Mercy,[a] for I will
no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all. 7 But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I
will save them by the Lord their God. I will not save them
by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”
8 When she had weaned No Mercy, she
conceived and bore a son. 9 And the Lord said, “Call his name Not My People,[b] for you
are not my people, and I am not your God.”[c]
Footnotes
- Hosea 1:6 Hebrew Lo-ruhama,
which means she has not received mercy
- Hosea 1:9 Hebrew Lo-ammi,
which means not my people
- Hosea 1:9 Hebrew I
am not yours
Hosea 2:19-23
19 And I will betroth you to me
forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast
love and in mercy. 20 I will betroth
you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord.
21 “And in that day I will
answer, declares the Lord,
I
will answer the heavens,
and
they shall answer the earth,
22 and the earth shall answer the grain, the
wine, and the oil,
and
they shall answer Jezreel,[a]
23 and I will sow her for myself in the land.
And I will have mercy on No Mercy,[b]
and
I will say to Not My People,[c] ‘You are
my people’;
and
he shall say, ‘You are my God.’”
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:22 Jezreel
means God will sow
- Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ruhama
- Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-ammi
Psalm 30
Joy Comes with the Morning
A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple.
30 I will
extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up
and
have not let my foes rejoice over me.
2 O Lord my God, I cried to
you for help,
and
you have healed me.
3 O Lord, you have brought
up my soul from Sheol;
you
restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.[a]
4 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints,
and
give thanks to his holy name.[b]
5 For his anger is but for a moment,
and
his favor is for a lifetime.[c]
Weeping may tarry for the night,
but
joy comes with the morning.
6 As for me, I said in my
prosperity,
“I
shall never be moved.”
7 By your favor, O Lord,
you
made my mountain stand strong;
you hid your face;
I
was dismayed.
8 To you, O Lord, I cry,
and
to the Lord I plead for mercy:
9 “What profit is there in my death,[d]
if
I go down to the pit?[e]
Will the dust praise you?
Will
it tell of your faithfulness?
10 Hear, O Lord, and be merciful
to me!
O Lord, be my helper!”
11 You have turned for me my
mourning into dancing;
you
have loosed my sackcloth
and
clothed me with gladness,
12 that my glory may sing your praise and not
be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
Footnotes
- Psalm 30:3 Or to
life, that I should not go down to the pit
- Psalm 30:4 Hebrew to
the memorial of his holiness (see Exodus
3:15)
- Psalm 30:5 Or and
in his favor is life
- Psalm 30:9 Hebrew in
my blood
- Psalm 30:9 Or to
corruption
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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