Bible Reading
December 26
The World English Bible
Dec.
26
Haggai
1, 2
Hag
1:1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in
the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the
prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and
to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
Hag
1:2 "This is what Yahweh of Armies says: These people say, 'The
time hasn't yet come, the time for Yahweh's house to be built.' "
Hag
1:3 Then the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, saying,
Hag
1:4 "Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled
houses, while this house lies waste?
Hag
1:5 Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Armies says: Consider your
ways.
Hag
1:6 You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don't
have enough. You drink, but you aren't filled with drink. You clothe
yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to
put them into a bag with holes in it."
Hag
1:7 This is what Yahweh of Armies says: "Consider your ways.
Hag
1:8 Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will
take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified," says Yahweh.
Hag
1:9 "You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and
when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says Yahweh of
Armies, "Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you
is busy with his own house.
Hag
1:10 Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the
earth withholds its fruit.
Hag
1:11 I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the
grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on that which the ground brings
forth, on men, on livestock, and on all the labor of the hands."
Hag
1:12 Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of
Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people,
obeyed the voice of Yahweh, their God, and the words of Haggai, the
prophet, as Yahweh, their God, had sent him; and the people feared
Yahweh.
Hag
1:13 Then Haggai, Yahweh's messenger, spoke Yahweh's message to the
people, saying, "I am with you," says Yahweh.
Hag
1:14 Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of
Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua, the son of
Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the
people; and they came and worked on the house of Yahweh of Armies,
their God,
Hag
1:15 in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in
the second year of Darius the king.
Hag
2:1 In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the
Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Hag
2:2 "Speak now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of
Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to
the remnant of the people, saying,
Hag
2:3 'Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory?
How do you see it now? Isn't it in your eyes as nothing?
Hag
2:4 Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,' says Yahweh. 'Be strong, Joshua,
son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the
land,' says Yahweh, 'and work, for I am with you,' says Yahweh of
Armies.
Hag
2:5 This is the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of
Egypt, and my Spirit lived among you. 'Don't be afraid.'
Hag
2:6 For this is what Yahweh of Armies says: 'Yet once, it is a
little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and
the dry land;
Hag
2:7 and I will shake all nations. The precious things of all nations
will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says Yahweh of
Armies.
Hag
2:8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,' says Yahweh of
Armies.
Hag
2:9 'The latter glory of this house will be greater than the
former,' says Yahweh of Armies; 'and in this place will I give
peace,' says Yahweh of Armies."
Hag
2:10 In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year
of Darius, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
Hag
2:11 "Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Ask now the priests
concerning the law, saying,
Hag
2:12 'If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and
with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it
become holy?' " The priests answered, "No."
Hag
2:13 Then Haggai said, "If one who is unclean by reason of a
dead body touch any of these, will it be unclean?" The priests
answered, "It will be unclean."
Hag
2:14 Then Haggai answered, " 'So is this people, and so is this
nation before me,' says Yahweh; 'and so is every work of their hands.
That which they offer there is unclean.
Hag
2:15 Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone
was laid on a stone in the temple of Yahweh.
Hag
2:16 Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty
measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw
out fifty, there were only twenty.
Hag
2:17 I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of
your hands; yet you didn't turn to me,' says Yahweh.
Hag
2:18 'Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the
twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the
foundation of Yahweh's temple was laid, consider it.
Hag
2:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the
pomegranate, and the olive tree haven't brought forth. From this day
will I bless you.' "
Hag
2:20 The Word of Yahweh came the second time to Haggai in the
twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,
Hag
2:21 "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, 'I will
shake the heavens and the earth.
Hag
2:22 I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I will destroy the
strength of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the
chariots, and those who ride in them. The horses and their riders
will come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.
Hag
2:23 In that day, says Yahweh of Armies, will I take you,
Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel,' says Yahweh, 'and will
make you as a signet, for I have chosen you,' says Yahweh of Armies."
Dec.
26
Revelation
13, 14
Rev
13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up
out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were
ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.
Rev
13:2 The beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were
like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The
dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.
Rev
13:3 One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His
fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled at the beast.
Rev
13:4 They worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the
beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the
beast? Who is able to make war with him?"
Rev
13:5 A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him.
Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.
Rev
13:6 He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his
name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven.
Rev
13:7 It was given to him to make war with the saints, and to
overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and
nation was given to him.
Rev
13:8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose
name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the
book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
Rev
13:9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
Rev
13:10 If anyone has captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone
is with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the
faith of the saints.
Rev
13:11 I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two
horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.
Rev
13:12 He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his
presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the
first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.
Rev
13:13 He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the
sky to the earth in the sight of people.
Rev
13:14 He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of
the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast; saying to those
who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast
who had the sword wound and lived.
Rev
13:15 It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the
beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as
many as wouldn't worship the image of the beast to be killed.
Rev
13:16 He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor,
and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands,
or on their foreheads;
Rev
13:17 and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has
that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Rev
13:18 Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate
the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is
six hundred sixty-six.
Rev
14:1 I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with
him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and
the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
Rev
14:2 I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and
like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like
that of harpists playing on their harps.
Rev
14:3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four
living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except
the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out
of the earth.
Rev
14:4 These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are
virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These
were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to
the Lamb.
Rev
14:5 In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.
Rev
14:6 I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good
News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every
nation, tribe, language, and people.
Rev
14:7 He said with a loud voice, "Fear the Lord, and give him
glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made
the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!"
Rev
14:8 Another, a second angel, followed, saying, "Babylon the
great has fallen, which has made all the nations to drink of the wine
of the wrath of her sexual immorality."
Rev
14:9 Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great
voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives
a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,
Rev
14:10 he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is
prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with
fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels, and in the
presence of the Lamb.
Rev
14:11 The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have
no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and
whoever receives the mark of his name.
Rev
14:12 Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus."
Rev
14:13 I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed
are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.' " "Yes,"
says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for
their works follow with them."
Rev
14:14 I looked, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud one
sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in
his hand a sharp sickle.
Rev
14:15 Another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud
voice to him who sat on the cloud, "Send forth your sickle, and
reap; for the hour to reap has come; for the harvest of the earth is
ripe!"
Rev
14:16 He who sat on the cloud thrust his sickle on the earth, and
the earth was reaped.
Rev
14:17 Another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven. He
also had a sharp sickle.
Rev
14:18 Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over
fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp
sickle, saying, "Send forth your sharp sickle, and gather the
clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth's grapes are fully
ripe!"
Rev
14:19 The angel thrust his sickle into the earth, and gathered the
vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the
wrath of God.
Rev
14:20 The winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came
out from the winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as
one thousand six hundred stadia.
