Daily Bible Verses by Book

Heavenly father
give us grace in the face of civil unrest, international catastrophe and natural disaster, to have hope for a day of blessing, when all people (Egypt, Assyria and Israel) will be blessed

¹  “Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt within it. 
² I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother and his neighbour;
^4 …

He will swallow up death forever.

The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
    from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
    from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.
Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
Trust in the Lord for ever, for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.

¹ Woe to the rebellious children”, says Yahweh, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin, ² who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked my advice, to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to take refuge in the shadow of Egypt! ³ Therefore the strength of Pharaoh will be…

1 “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. 2 “Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”

3 The voice of one who calls out,
    “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness!…

Heavenly father
give us grace to wait for you, so that by waiting for you we find strength

²⁸ Haven’t you known?
    Haven’t you heard?
    The everlasting God, Yahweh,
    the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint.
    He isn’t weary.
    His understanding is unsearchable.
²⁹ He gives power to the weak.
    He increases the strength of him…

    but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength.
    They will mount up with wings like eagles.
    They will run, and not be weary.
    They will walk, and not faint.

“Keep silent before me, islands,
    and let the peoples renew their strength.
Let them come near,
    then let them speak.
    Let’s meet together for judgment.
…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to turn in silence to you, our beginning and our end, for strength

¹ “Keep silent before me, islands,
    and let the peoples renew their strength.
Let them come near,
    then let them speak.
    Let’s meet together for judgement.
² Who has raised up one from the east? [Cyrus]
    Who called him to his foot in righteousness?
    He hands over nations to him
…

Heavenly Father
give us grace to hold your hand, to take strength from you and to serve you today

⁸ “But you, Israel, my servant,
    Jacob whom I have chosen,
    the offspring of Abraham my friend,
⁹     You whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth,
    and called from its corners,
    and said to you, ‘You are my servant…