Hosea 9-11Judgment of Israel’s Sin9 Do not rejoice, O Israel, with joy like other peoples,For you have played the harlot against your God.You have made love for hire on every threshing floor.2 The threshing floor and the winepressShall not feed them,And the new wine shall fail in her.3 They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land,But Ephraim shall return to Egypt,And shall eat unclean things in Assyria...  Read More

Hosea 5-8Impending Judgment on Israel and Judah5 “Hear this, O priests!Take heed, O house of Israel!Give ear, O house of the king!For [a]yours is the judgment,Because you have been a snare to MizpahAnd a net spread on Tabor.2 The revolters are deeply involved in slaughter,Though I rebuke them all.3 I know Ephraim,And Israel is not hidden from Me;For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry;Israel is de...  Read More

Hosea 1-4Hosea’s Unfaithful Wife1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.The Family of Hosea2 When the Lord began to speak by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea:“Go, take yourself a wife of harlotryAnd children of harlotry,For the land has committed great [a...  Read More

Daniel 11-12Warring Kings of North and South11 “Also in the first year of Darius the Mede, I, even I, stood up to confirm and strengthen him.) 2 And now I will tell you the truth: Behold, three more kings will arise in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than them all; by his strength, through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece. 3 Then a mighty king shall arise, wh...  Read More

Daniel 8-10Vision of a Ram and a Goat8 In[a] the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me—to me, Daniel—after the one that appeared to me the first time. 2 I saw in the vision, and it so happened while I was looking, that I was in Shushan,[b] the [c]citadel, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision that I was by the River Ulai. 3 Then I lifted my eyes and...  Read More

Daniel 5-7Belshazzar’s Feast5 Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand. 2 While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels which his [a]father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink ...  Read More