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Micah 6-7; Revelation 13 (New International Version)

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Micah 6-7 Listen to this passage Micah 6 The LORD's Case Against Israel ¹ Listen to what the LORD says: "Stand up, plead your case before the mountains; let the hills hear what you have to say. ² Hear, O mountains, the LORD's accusation; listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against his people; he is lodging a charge against Israel. ³ "My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me. ⁴ I brought you up out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. I sent Moses to lead you, also Aaron and Miriam. ⁵ My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the LORD." ⁶ With what shall I come before the LORD and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? ⁷ Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? ⁸ He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Israel's Guilt and Punishment ⁹ Listen! The LORD is calling to the city— and to fear your name is wisdom— "Heed the rod and the One who appointed it. ^[a] ¹⁰ Am I still to forget, O wicked house, your ill-gotten treasures and the short ephah, ^[b] which is accursed? ¹¹ Shall I acquit a man with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights? ¹² Her rich men are violent; her people are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully. ¹³ Therefore, I have begun to destroy you, to ruin you because of your sins. ¹⁴ You will eat but not be satisfied; your stomach will still be empty. ^[c] You will store up but save nothing, because what you save I will give to the sword. ¹⁵ You will plant but not harvest; you will press olives but not use the oil on yourselves, you will crush grapes but not drink the wine. ¹⁶ You have observed the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab's house, and you have followed their traditions. Therefore I will give you over to ruin and your people to derision; you will bear the scorn of the nations. ^[d] " Micah 7 Israel's Misery ¹ What misery is mine! I am like one who gathers summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster of grapes to eat, none of the early figs that I crave. ² The godly have been swept from the land; not one upright man remains. All men lie in wait to shed blood; each hunts his brother with a net. ³ Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire— they all conspire together. ⁴ The best of them is like a brier, the most upright worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen has come, the day God visits you. Now is the time of their confusion. ⁵ Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with her who lies in your embrace be careful of your words. ⁶ For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— a man's enemies are the members of his own household. ⁷ But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. Israel Will Rise ⁸ Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. ⁹ Because I have sinned against him, I will bear the LORD's wrath, until he pleads my case and establishes my right. He will bring me out into the light; I will see his righteousness. ¹⁰ Then my enemy will see it and will be covered with shame, she who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will see her downfall; even now she will be trampled underfoot like mire in the streets. ¹¹ The day for building your walls will come, the day for extending your boundaries. ¹² In that day people will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates and from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain. ¹³ The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the result of their deeds. Prayer and Praise ¹⁴ Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, which lives by itself in a forest, in fertile pasturelands. ^[e] Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead as in days long ago. ¹⁵ "As in the days when you came out of Egypt, I will show them my wonders." ¹⁶ Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their power. They will lay their hands on their mouths and their ears will become deaf. ¹⁷ They will lick dust like a snake, like creatures that crawl on the ground. They will come trembling out of their dens; they will turn in fear to the LORD our God and will be afraid of you. ¹⁸ Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. ¹⁹ You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. ²⁰ You will be true to Jacob, and show mercy to Abraham, as you pledged on oath to our fathers in days long ago. Footnotes: Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain. Micah 6:10 An ephah was a dry measure. Micah 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. Micah 6:16 Septuagint; Hebrew scorn due my people Micah 7:14 Or in the middle of Carmel New International Version (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica
Revelation 13 Listen to this passage View commentary related to this passage Revelation 13 ¹And the dragon^[a] stood on the shore of the sea. The Beast out of the Sea And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. ²The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. ³One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast. ⁴Men worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, "Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?" ⁵The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months. ⁶He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. ⁷He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. ⁸All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.^[b] ⁹He who has an ear, let him hear. ¹⁰If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed^[c] with the sword, with the sword he will be killed. This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints. The Beast out of the Earth ¹¹Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. ¹²He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. ¹³And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. ¹⁴Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. ¹⁵He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. ¹⁶He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, ¹⁷so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. ¹⁸This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666. Footnotes: Revelation 13:1 Some late manuscripts And I Revelation 13:8 Or written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills New International Version (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica

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Micah 6-7

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Micah 6

The LORD's Case Against Israel

¹ Listen to what the LORD says:
"Stand up, plead your case before the mountains;
let the hills hear what you have to say.

² Hear, O mountains, the LORD's accusation;
       listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth.
       For the LORD has a case against his people;
       he is lodging a charge against Israel.

³ "My people, what have I done to you?
How have I burdened you? Answer me.

⁴ I brought you up out of Egypt
       and redeemed you from the land of slavery.
       I sent Moses to lead you,
       also Aaron and Miriam.

⁵ My people, remember
       what Balak king of Moab counseled
       and what Balaam son of Beor answered.
       Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal,
       that you may know the righteous acts of the LORD."

⁶ With what shall I come before the LORD
       and bow down before the exalted God?
       Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
       with calves a year old?

⁷ Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,
       with ten thousand rivers of oil?
       Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,
       the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

⁸ He has showed you, O man, what is good.
       And what does the LORD require of you?
       To act justly and to love mercy
       and to walk humbly with your God.

Israel's Guilt and Punishment

⁹ Listen! The LORD is calling to the city—
and to fear your name is wisdom—
"Heed the rod and the One who appointed it. ^[a]

¹⁰ Am I still to forget, O wicked house,
your ill-gotten treasures
and the short ephah, ^[b] which is accursed?

¹¹ Shall I acquit a man with dishonest scales,
with a bag of false weights?

¹² Her rich men are violent;
her people are liars
and their tongues speak deceitfully.

¹³ Therefore, I have begun to destroy you,
to ruin you because of your sins.

¹⁴ You will eat but not be satisfied;
       your stomach will still be empty. ^[c]
       You will store up but save nothing,
       because what you save I will give to the sword.

¹⁵ You will plant but not harvest;
you will press olives but not use the oil on yourselves,
you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.

¹⁶ You have observed the statutes of Omri
       and all the practices of Ahab's house,
       and you have followed their traditions.
       Therefore I will give you over to ruin
       and your people to derision;
       you will bear the scorn of the nations. ^[d] "

Micah 7

Israel's Misery

¹ What misery is mine!
       I am like one who gathers summer fruit
       at the gleaning of the vineyard;
       there is no cluster of grapes to eat,
       none of the early figs that I crave.

² The godly have been swept from the land;
       not one upright man remains.
       All men lie in wait to shed blood;
       each hunts his brother with a net.

³ Both hands are skilled in doing evil;
       the ruler demands gifts,
       the judge accepts bribes,
       the powerful dictate what they desire—
       they all conspire together.

⁴ The best of them is like a brier,
       the most upright worse than a thorn hedge.
       The day of your watchmen has come,
       the day God visits you.
       Now is the time of their confusion.

⁵ Do not trust a neighbor;
       put no confidence in a friend.
       Even with her who lies in your embrace
       be careful of your words.

⁶ For a son dishonors his father,
       a daughter rises up against her mother,
       a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
       a man's enemies are the members of his own household.

⁷ But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear me.

Israel Will Rise

⁸ Do not gloat over me, my enemy!
       Though I have fallen, I will rise.
       Though I sit in darkness,
       the LORD will be my light.

⁹ Because I have sinned against him,
       I will bear the LORD's wrath,
       until he pleads my case
       and establishes my right.
       He will bring me out into the light;
       I will see his righteousness.

¹⁰ Then my enemy will see it
       and will be covered with shame,
       she who said to me,
       "Where is the LORD your God?"
       My eyes will see her downfall;
       even now she will be trampled underfoot
       like mire in the streets.

¹¹ The day for building your walls will come,
the day for extending your boundaries.

¹² In that day people will come to you
       from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
       even from Egypt to the Euphrates
       and from sea to sea
       and from mountain to mountain.

¹³ The earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants,
as the result of their deeds.

Prayer and Praise

¹⁴ Shepherd your people with your staff,
       the flock of your inheritance,
       which lives by itself in a forest,
       in fertile pasturelands. ^[e]
       Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead
       as in days long ago.

¹⁵ "As in the days when you came out of Egypt,
I will show them my wonders."

¹⁶ Nations will see and be ashamed,
       deprived of all their power.
       They will lay their hands on their mouths
       and their ears will become deaf.

¹⁷ They will lick dust like a snake,
       like creatures that crawl on the ground.
       They will come trembling out of their dens;
       they will turn in fear to the LORD our God
       and will be afraid of you.

¹⁸ Who is a God like you,
       who pardons sin and forgives the transgression
       of the remnant of his inheritance?
       You do not stay angry forever
       but delight to show mercy.

¹⁹ You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.

²⁰ You will be true to Jacob,
       and show mercy to Abraham,
       as you pledged on oath to our fathers
       in days long ago.

Footnotes:

Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
Micah 6:10 An ephah was a dry measure.
Micah 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
Micah 6:16 Septuagint; Hebrew scorn due my people
Micah 7:14 Or in the middle of Carmel

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Revelation 13

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Revelation 13

¹And the dragon^[a] stood on the shore of the sea.

The Beast out of the Sea

And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. ²The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. ³One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast. ⁴Men worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, "Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?"

⁵The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months. ⁶He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. ⁷He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. ⁸All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.^[b]

⁹He who has an ear, let him hear.
¹⁰If anyone is to go into captivity,
      into captivity he will go.
   If anyone is to be killed^[c] with the sword,
      with the sword he will be killed. This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints.

The Beast out of the Earth

¹¹Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. ¹²He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. ¹³And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. ¹⁴Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. ¹⁵He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. ¹⁶He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, ¹⁷so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.

¹⁸This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.

Footnotes:

Revelation 13:1 Some late manuscripts And I
Revelation 13:8 Or written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain
Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills

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Micah 6-7; Revelation 13 (New International Version)

Micah 6

The LORD's Case Against Israel

Israel's Guilt and Punishment

Micah 7

Israel's Misery

Israel Will Rise

Prayer and Praise

Revelation 13

The Beast out of the Sea

The Beast out of the Earth