Today’s Reading : Obadiah 1;
Jonah 1- 4 and Matthew 28 (KJV)
Obadiah
1
Oba
1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour
from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us
rise up against her in battle.
Oba 1:2 Behold, I have made thee small among the
heathen: thou art greatly despised.
Oba 1:3 The pride of thine
heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the
clefts of the rock, whose habitation is
high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me
down to the ground?
Oba 1:4 Though thou exalt thyself
as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring
thee down, saith the LORD.
Oba 1:5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night,
(how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the
grape gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some
grapes?
Oba 1:6 How are the
things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
Oba 1:7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought
thee even to the border: the men that
were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and
prevailed against thee; they that eat
thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there
is none understanding in him.
Oba 1:8 Shall I not in that day, saith
the LORD, even destroy the wise men out
of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
Oba 1:9 And thy mighty men,
O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one
of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
Oba 1:10 For thy
violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever.
Oba 1:11 In the day that thou stoodest
on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his
forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem,
even thou wast
as one of them.
Oba 1:12 But thou shouldest
not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger;
neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the
children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest
thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
Oba 1:13 Thou shouldest not
have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou
shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the
day of their calamity, nor have laid hands
on their substance in the day of their calamity;
Oba 1:14 Neither shouldest
thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape;
neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his
that did remain in the day of distress.
Oba 1:15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done,
it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine
own head.
Oba 1:16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea,
they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they
had not been.
Oba 1:17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and
there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
Oba 1:18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and
the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall
kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD
hath spoken it.
Oba 1:19 And they
of the south shall possess the mount of
Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall
possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess
Gilead.
Oba 1:20 And the captivity of this host of the
children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath;
and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is
in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
Oba 1:21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to
judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.
Jonah 1
Jon
1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the
son of Amittai, saying,
Jon 1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and
cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Jon 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to
Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he
paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Jon 1:4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the
sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be
broken.
Jon 1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried
every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the
sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
Jon 1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto
him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God
will think upon us, that we perish not.
Jon 1:7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come,
and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell
upon Jonah.
Jon 1:8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray
thee, for whose cause this evil is upon
us; What is thine
occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
Jon 1:9 And he said unto them, I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of
heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
Jon 1:10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and
said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the
presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Jon 1:11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do
unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was
tempestuous.
Jon 1:12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast
me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for
my sake this great tempest is upon you.
Jon 1:13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea
wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
Jon 1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said,
We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's
life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it
pleased thee.
Jon 1:15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth
into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Jon 1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and
offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
Jon 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to
swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three
nights.
Jonah 2
Jon
2:1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out
of the fish's belly,
Jon 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine
affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my
voice.
Jon 2:3 For thou hadst cast
me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about:
all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Jon 2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet
I will look again toward thy holy temple.
Jon 2:5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round
about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
Jon 2:6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains;
the earth with her bars was about me
forever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
Jon 2:7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered
the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine
holy temple.
Jon 2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake
their own mercy.
Jon 2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice
of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I
have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
Jon 2:10 And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it
vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Jonah 3
Jon
3:1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the
second time, saying,
Jon 3:2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and
preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
Jon 3:3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh,
according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of
three days' journey.
Jon 3:4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's
journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be
overthrown.
Jon 3:5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and
proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the
least of them.
Jon 3:6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and
he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Jon 3:7 And he caused it
to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and
his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing:
let them not feed, nor drink water:
Jon 3:8 But let man and beast be covered with
sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his
evil way, and from the violence that is
in their hands.
Jon 3:9 Who can tell if
God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish
not?
Jon 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned
from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he
would do unto them; and he did it not.
Jonah 4
Jon
4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he
was very angry.
Jon 4:2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray
thee, O LORD, was not this my saying,
when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish:
for I knew that thou art a gracious God,
and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest
thee of the evil.
Jon 4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee,
my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
Jon 4:4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be
angry?
Jon 4:5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the
east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the
shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
Jon 4:6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a
shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding
glad of the gourd.
Jon 4:7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose
the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Jon 4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise,
that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of
Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is
better for me to die than to live.
Jon 4:9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be
angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Jon 4:10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the
gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest
it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
Jon 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great
city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons
that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Matthew
28
Mat
28:1 In the end of the sabbath,
as it began to dawn toward the first day
of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
Mat 28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake:
for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the
stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Mat 28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his
raiment white as snow:
Mat 28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake,
and became as dead men.
Mat 28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the
women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
Mat 28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.
Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
Mat 28:7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that
he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth
before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
Mat 28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre
with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
Mat 28:9 And as they went to tell his disciples,
behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and
worshiped him.
Mat 28:10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
Mat 28:11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the
watch came into the city, and showed unto the chief priests all the things that
were done.
Mat 28:12 And when they were assembled with the elders,
and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
Mat 28:13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night,
and stole him away while we slept.
Mat 28:14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we
will persuade him, and secure you.
Mat 28:15 So they took the money, and did as they were
taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
Mat 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into
Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
Mat 28:17 And when they saw him, they worshiped him:
but some doubted.
Mat 28:18 And Jesus came and spake
unto them, saying, All power
is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Mat 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Mat 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.