O. Addison Gethers
e-mail address [email protected] [email protected] twitter URL http//:twitter.com/OAddisonGethers Messenger contact window live/msn messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS rs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:59 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Wednesday August 26 > Day 238 > > Jeremiah 46-48 (The Message) > > Jeremiah 46 > You Vainly Collect Medicines > 1 God's Messages through the prophet Jeremiah regarding the godless > nations. > 2-5The Message to Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt at the > time it was defeated by > Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon while camped at Carchemish on the Euphrates > River in the fourth year > of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah: "'Present arms! > March to the front! > Harness the horses! > Up in the saddles! > Battle formation! Helmets on, > spears sharpened, armor in place!' > But what's this I see? > They're scared out of their wits! > They break ranks and run for cover. > Their soldiers panic. > They run this way and that, > stampeding blindly. > It's total chaos, total confusion, danger everywhere!" > God's Decree. > > 6"The swiftest runners won't get away, > the strongest soldiers won't escape. > In the north country, along the River Euphrates, > they'll stagger, stumble, and fall. > > 7-9"Who is this like the Nile in flood? > like its streams torrential? > Why, it's Egypt like the Nile in flood, > like its streams torrential, > Saying, 'I'll take over the world. > I'll wipe out cities and peoples.' > Run, horses! > Roll, chariots! > Advance, soldiers > from Cush and Put with your shields, > Soldiers from Lud, > experts with bow and arrow. > > 10"But it's not your day. It's the Master's, me, God-of-the-Angel-Armies- > the day when I have it out with my enemies, > The day when Sword puts an end to my enemies, > when Sword exacts vengeance. > I, the Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, > will pile them on an altar-a huge sacrifice!- > In the great north country, > along the mighty Euphrates. > > 11-12"Oh, virgin Daughter Egypt, > climb into the mountains of Gilead, get healing balm. > You will vainly collect medicines, > for nothing will be able to cure what ails you. > The whole world will hear your anguished cries. > Your wails fill the earth, > As soldier falls against soldier > and they all go down in a heap." > > Egypt's Army Slithers Like a Snake > 13The Message that God gave to the prophet Jeremiah when Nebuchadnezzar > king of Babylon was on his > way to attack Egypt: > 14"Tell Egypt, alert Migdol, > post warnings in Noph and Tahpanhes: > 'Wake up! Be prepared! > War's coming!' > > 15-19"Why will your bull-god Apis run off? > Because God will drive him off. > Your ragtag army will fall to pieces. > The word is passing through the ranks, > 'Let's get out of here while we still can. > Let's head for home and save our skins.' > When they get home they'll nickname Pharaoh > 'Big-Talk-Bad-Luck.' > As sure as I am the living God" > -the King's Decree, God-of-the-Angel-Armies is his name- > "A conqueror is coming: like Tabor, singular among mountains; > like Carmel, jutting up from the sea! > So pack your bags for exile, > you coddled daughters of Egypt, > For Memphis will soon be nothing, > a vacant lot grown over with weeds. > > 20-21"Too bad, Egypt, a beautiful sleek heifer > attacked by a horsefly from the north! > All her hired soldiers are stationed to defend her- > like well-fed calves they are. > But when their lives are on the line, they'll run off, > cowards every one. > When the going gets tough, > they'll take the easy way out. > > 22-24"Egypt will slither and hiss like a snake > as the enemy army comes in force. > They will rush in, swinging axes > like lumberjacks cutting down trees. > They'll level the country"-God's Decree-"nothing > and no one standing for as far as you can see. > The invaders will be a swarm of locusts, > innumerable, past counting. > Daughter Egypt will be ravished, > raped by vandals from the north." > > 25-26God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel, says, "Watch out when I > visit doom on the god Amon > of Thebes, Egypt and its gods and kings, Pharaoh and those who trust in > him. I'll turn them over to > those who are out to kill them, to Nebuchadnezzar and his military. Egypt > will be set back a > thousand years. Eventually people will live there again." God's Decree. > > 27-28"But you, dear Jacob my servant, you have nothing to fear. > Israel, there's no need to worry. > Look up! I'll save you from that far country, > I'll get your children out of the land of exile. > Things are going to be normal again for Jacob, > safe and secure, smooth sailing. > Yes, dear Jacob my servant, you have nothing to fear. > Depend on it, I'm on your side. > I'll finish off all the godless nations > among which I've scattered you, > But I won't finish you off. > I have more work left to do on you. > I'll punish you, but fairly. > No, I'm not finished with you yet." > > Jeremiah 47 > It's Doomsday for Philistines > 1-5 God's Message to the prophet Jeremiah regarding the Philistines just > before Pharaoh attacked > Gaza. This is what God says: > "Look out! Water will rise in the north country, > swelling like a river in flood. > The torrent will flood the land, > washing away city and citizen. > Men and women will scream in terror, > wails from every door and window, > As the thunder from the hooves of the horses will be heard, > the clatter of chariots, the banging of wheels. > Fathers, paralyzed by fear, > won't even grab up their babies > Because it will be doomsday for Philistines, one and all, > no hope of help for Tyre and Sidon. > God will finish off the Philistines, > what's left of those from the island of Crete. > Gaza will be shaved bald as an egg, > Ashkelon struck dumb as a post. > You're on your last legs. > How long will you keep flailing? > > 6"Oh, Sword of God, > how long will you keep this up? > Return to your scabbard. > Haven't you had enough? Can't you call it quits? > > 7"But how can it quit > when I, God, command the action? > I've ordered it to cut down > Ashkelon and the seacoast." > > Jeremiah 48 > Get Out While You Can! > 1-10 The Message on Moab from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel: > "Doom to Nebo! Leveled to the ground! > Kiriathaim demeaned and defeated, > The mighty fortress reduced to a molehill, > Moab's glory-dust and ashes. > Conspirators plot Heshbon's doom: > 'Come, let's wipe Moab off the map.' > Dungface Dimon will loudly lament, > as killing follows killing. > Listen! A cry out of Horonaim: > 'Disaster-doom and more doom!' > Moab will be shattered. > Her cries will be heard clear down in Zoar. > Up the ascent of Luhith > climbers weep, > And down the descent from Horonaim, > cries of loss and devastation. > Oh, run for your lives! Get out while you can! > Survive by your wits in the wild! > You trusted in thick walls and big money, yes? > But it won't help you now. > Your big god Chemosh will be hauled off, > his priests and managers with him. > A wrecker will wreck every city. > Not a city will survive. > The valley fields will be ruined, > the plateau pastures destroyed, just as I told you. > Cover the land of Moab with salt. > Make sure nothing ever grows here again. > Her towns will all be ghost towns. > Nobody will ever live here again. > Sloppy work in God's name is cursed, > and cursed all halfhearted use of the sword. > > 11-17"Moab has always taken it easy- > lazy as a dog in the sun, > Never had to work for a living, > never faced any trouble, > Never had to grow up, > never once worked up a sweat. > But those days are a thing of the past. > I'll put him to work at hard labor. > That will wake him up to the world of hard knocks. > That will smash his illusions. > Moab will be as ashamed of god Chemosh > as Israel was ashamed of her Bethel calf-gods, > the calf-gods she thought were so great. > For how long do you think you'll be saying, 'We're tough. > We can beat anyone anywhere'? > The destruction of Moab has already begun. > Her choice young soldiers are lying dead right now." > The King's Decree- > his full name, God-of-the-Angel-Armies. > "Yes. Moab's doom is on countdown, > disaster targeted and launched. > Weep for Moab, friends and neighbors, > all who know how famous he's been. > Lament, 'His mighty scepter snapped in two like a toothpick, > that magnificent royal staff!' > > 18-20"Come down from your high horse, pampered beauty of Dibon. > Sit in dog dung. > The destroyer of Moab will come against you. > He'll wreck your safe, secure houses. > Stand on the roadside, > pampered women of Aroer. > Interview the refugees who are running away. > Ask them, 'What's happened? And why?' > Moab will be an embarrassing memory, nothing left of the place. > Wail and weep your eyes out! > Tell the bad news along the Arnon river. > Tell the world that Moab is no more. > > 21-24"My judgment will come to the plateau cities: on Holon, Jahzah, and > Mephaath; on Dibon, Nebo, > and Beth-diblathaim; on Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon; on Kerioth, > Bozrah, and all the > cities of Moab, far and near. > > 25"Moab's link to power is severed. > Moab's arm is broken." God's Decree. > > The Sheer Nothingness of Moab > 26-27"Turn Moab into a drunken sot, drunk on the wine of my wrath, a > dung-faced drunk, filling the > country with vomit-Moab a falling-down drunk, a joke in bad taste. Wasn't > it you, Moab, who made > crude jokes over Israel? And when they were caught in bad company, didn't > you cluck and gossip and > snicker? > 28"Leave town! Leave! Look for a home in the cliffs, > you who grew up in Moab. > Try living like a dove > who nests high in the river gorge. > > 29-33"We've all heard of Moab's pride, > that legendary pride, > The strutting, bullying, puffed-up pride, > the insufferable arrogance. > I know"-God's Decree-"his rooster-crowing pride, > the inflated claims, the sheer nothingness of Moab. > But I will weep for Moab, > yes, I will mourn for the people of Moab. > I will even mourn for the people of Kir-heres. > I'll weep for the grapevines of Sibmah > and join Jazer in her weeping- > Grapevines that once reached the Dead Sea > with tendrils as far as Jazer. > Your summer fruit and your bursting grapes > will be looted by brutal plunderers, > Lush Moab stripped > of song and laughter. > And yes, I'll shut down the winepresses, > stop all the shouts and hurrahs of harvest. > > 34"Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out, and the people in Jahaz will hear the > cries. They will hear > them all the way from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the > waters of Nimrim will be > dried up. > > 35"I will put a stop in Moab"-God's Decree-"to all hiking to the high > places to offer burnt > sacrifices to the gods. > > 36"My heart moans for Moab, for the men of Kir-heres, like soft flute > sounds carried by the wind. > They've lost it all. They've got nothing. > > 37"Everywhere you look are signs of mourning: > heads shaved, beards cut, > Hands scratched and bleeding, > clothes ripped and torn. > > 38"In every house in Moab there'll be loud lamentation, on every street in > Moab, loud lamentation. > As with a pottery jug that no one wants, I'll smash Moab to bits." God's > Decree. > > 39"Moab ruined! > Moab shamed and ashamed to be seen! > Moab a cruel joke! > The stark horror of Moab!" > > 40-42God's verdict on Moab. Indeed! > > "Look! An eagle is about to swoop down > and spread its wings over Moab. > The towns will be captured, > the fortresses taken. > Brave warriors will double up in pain, helpless to fight, > like a woman giving birth to a baby. > There'll be nothing left of Moab, nothing at all, > because of his defiant arrogance against me. > > 43-44"Terror and pit and trap > are what you have facing you, Moab." God's Decree. > "A man running in terror > will fall into a trap. > A man climbing out of a pit > will be caught in a trap. > This is my agenda for Moab > on doomsday." God's Decree. > > 45-47"On the outskirts of Heshbon, > refugees will pull up short, worn out. > Fire will flame high from Heshbon, > a firestorm raging from the capital of Sihon's kingdom. > It will burn off Moab's eyebrows, > will scorch the skull of the braggarts. > That's all for you, Moab! > You worshipers of Chemosh will be finished off! > Your sons will be trucked off to prison camps; > your daughters will be herded into exile. > But yet there's a day that's coming > when I'll put things right in Moab. > > "For now, that's the judgment on Moab." > > > > > > > ~~~~~ > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > Also, follow my tweets on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/Donnie1261 > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. 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