Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,making you desolate because of your sins.You shall eat, but not be satisfied,and there shall be hunger within you;you shall put away, but not preserve,and what you preserve I will give to the sword.You shall sow, but not reap;you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;youContinue reading “Micah 6: 13-16….wasted effort.”
Category Archives: Judgement
Mark 14: 66-72……Real men cry!
And as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came, and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.” But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean.” And he went out into theContinue reading “Mark 14: 66-72……Real men cry!”
Mark 14: 57-65….The trial begins.
And some stood up and bore false witness against him, saying, “We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’” Yet even about this their testimony did not agree. And the high priest stood up in the midstContinue reading “Mark 14: 57-65….The trial begins.”
Micah 5: 10-15….Changes are required!
And in that day, declares the LORD,I will cut off your horses from among youand will destroy your chariots;and I will cut off the cities of your landand throw down all your strongholds;and I will cut off sorceries from your hand,and you shall have no more tellers of fortunes;and I will cut off your carvedContinue reading “Micah 5: 10-15….Changes are required!”
Micah 4: 11-13…..Stop gloating!
Now many nationsare assembled against you,saying, “Let her be defiled,and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”But they do not knowthe thoughts of the LORD;they do not understand his plan,that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.Arise and thresh,O daughter of Zion,for I will make your horn iron,and I will make your hoofsContinue reading “Micah 4: 11-13…..Stop gloating!”
Micah 4: 9-11….Back to present reality.
Now why do you cry aloud?Is there no king in you?Has your counsellor perished,that pain seized you like a woman in labor?Writhe and groan, O daughter of Zion,like a woman in labor,for now you shall go out from the cityand dwell in the open country;you shall go to Babylon.There you shall be rescued;there the LORDContinue reading “Micah 4: 9-11….Back to present reality.”
Mark 14: 17-21…..Jesus knew.
And when it was evening, he came with the twelve. And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.” They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?” HeContinue reading “Mark 14: 17-21…..Jesus knew.”
Micah 3: 1-4……Pretty Gruesome!
And I said:Hear, you heads of Jacoband rulers of the house of Israel!Is it not for you to know justice?—you who hate the good and love the evil,who tear the skin from off my peopleand their flesh from off their bones,who eat the flesh of my people,and flay their skin from off them,and break theirContinue reading “Micah 3: 1-4……Pretty Gruesome!”
Micah 2: 12&13…..I notice those who are true to me!
I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob;I will gather the remnant of Israel;I will set them togetherlike sheep in a fold,like a flock in its pasture,a noisy multitude of men.He who opens the breach goes up before them;they break through and pass the gate,going out by it.Their king passes on before them,the LORDContinue reading “Micah 2: 12&13…..I notice those who are true to me!”
Micah 1: 6-9…..For ‘she/her’ read Samaria.
Therefore I will make Samaria a heap in the open country,a place for planting vineyards,and I will pour down her stones into the valleyand uncover her foundations.All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces,all her wages shall be burned with fire,and all her idols I will lay waste,for from the fee of a prostituteContinue reading “Micah 1: 6-9…..For ‘she/her’ read Samaria.”
As I read it! 