September 16, 2024 PORTALS OF PRAYER READINGS
Nahum 1
1 An
oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh.
God's Wrath Against Nineveh
2 The Lord is a jealous and avenging God;
the
Lord is avenging and wrathful;
the Lord takes vengeance on his
adversaries
and
keeps wrath for his enemies.
3 The Lord is slow to
anger and great in power,
and
the Lord will by no means clear the guilty.
His way is in whirlwind and storm,
and
the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
he
dries up all the rivers;
Bashan and Carmel wither;
the
bloom of Lebanon withers.
5 The mountains quake before him;
the
hills melt;
the earth heaves before him,
the
world and all who dwell in it.
6 Who can stand before his
indignation?
Who
can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire,
and
the rocks are broken into pieces by him.
7 The Lord is good,
a
stronghold in the day of trouble;
he knows those who take refuge in him.
8 But with an overflowing flood
he will make a complete end of the adversaries,[a]
and
will pursue his enemies into darkness.
9 What do you plot against the Lord?
He
will make a complete end;
trouble
will not rise up a second time.
10 For they are like entangled thorns,
like
drunkards as they drink;
they
are consumed like stubble fully dried.
11 From you came one
who
plotted evil against the Lord,
a
worthless counselor.
12 Thus says the Lord,
“Though they are at full strength and many,
they
will be cut down and pass away.
Though I have afflicted you,
I
will afflict you no more.
13 And now I will break his yoke from off you
and
will burst your bonds apart.”
14 The Lord has given commandment about you:
“No
more shall your name be perpetuated;
from the house of your gods I will cut off
the
carved image and the metal image.
I will make your grave, for you are vile.”
15 [b] Behold,
upon the mountains, the feet of him
who
brings good news,
who
publishes peace!
Keep your feasts, O Judah;
fulfill
your vows,
for never again shall the worthless pass through you;
he
is utterly cut off.
Footnotes
- Nahum 1:8 Hebrew of
her place
- Nahum 1:15 Ch 2:1
in Hebrew
Psalm 105:1-8
Tell of All His Wondrous Works
105 Oh give
thanks to the Lord; call upon his name;
make
known his deeds among the peoples!
2 Sing to him, sing praises to him;
tell
of all his wondrous works!
3 Glory in his holy name;
let
the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
4 Seek the Lord and his
strength;
seek
his presence continually!
5 Remember the wondrous works that he has
done,
his
miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
6 O offspring of Abraham, his servant,
children
of Jacob, his chosen ones!
7 He is the Lord our God;
his
judgments are in all the earth.
8 He remembers his covenant forever,
the
word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,
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