MorningGenesis 1-2The History of Creation1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness [a]was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God...  Read More

Malachi 1-4Polluted Offerings to God1 The [a]burden of the word of the Lord to Israel [b]by Malachi.Israel Beloved of God2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord.“Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?”Says the Lord.“Yet Jacob I have loved;3 But Esau I have hated,And laid waste his mountains and his heritageFor the jackals of the wilderness.”4 Even though Edom has sa...  Read More

Zechariah 13-14Idolatry Cut Off13 “In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.2 “It shall be in that day,” says the Lord of hosts, “that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land. 3 It s...  Read More

Zechariah 9-12Israel Defended Against Enemies9 The [a]burden of the word of the LordAgainst the land of Hadrach,And Damascus its resting place(For the eyes of menAnd all the tribes of IsraelAre on the Lord);2 Also against Hamath, which borders on it,And against Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.3 For Tyre built herself a tower,Heaped up silver like the dust,And gold like the mire of the st...  Read More

Zechariah 5-8Vision of the Flying Scroll5 Then I turned and raised my eyes, and saw there a flying scroll.2 And he said to me, “What do you see?”So I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits.”3 Then he said to me, “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: ‘Every thief shall be expelled,’ according to this side of the scroll; an...  Read More

MorningGenesis 6-8The Wickedness and Judgment of Man6 Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.3 And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive[a] with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days...  Read More