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Daily Readings for July 1
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1Samuel 13
1.Saul reigned a year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, 2.Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. 3.Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba: and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear!" 4.All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal. 5.The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven. 6.When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits. 7.Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. 8.He stayed seven days, according to the time set by Samuel: but Samuel didn't come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. 9.Saul said, "Bring here the burnt offering to me, and the peace offerings." He offered the burnt offering.
10.It came to pass that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him. 11.Samuel said, "What have you done?"
Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn't come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash; 12.therefore I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven't entreated the favor of Yahweh.' I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering."
13.Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you; for now Yahweh would have established your kingdom on Israel forever. 14.But now your kingdom shall not continue. Yahweh has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you."
15.Samuel arose, and went from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men. 16.Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, stayed in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. 17.The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual; 18.and another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 19.Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears;" 20.but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, mattock, axe, and sickle; 21.yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the plowshares, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads. 22.So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. 23.The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
Isaiah 56
1.Thus says Yahweh, "Keep justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. 2.Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast; who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil."
3.Neither let the foreigner, who has joined himself to Yahweh, speak, saying, "Yahweh will surely separate me from his people;" neither let the eunuch say, "Behold, I am a dry tree."
4.For thus says Yahweh, "To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant: 5.to them I will give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. 6. Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, to minister to him, and to love the name of Yahweh, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant; 7.even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples." 8.The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, "Yet will I gather others to him, besides his own who are gathered."
9.All you animals of the field, come to devour, all you animals in the forest. 10.His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. 11.Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. 12."Come," say they, "I will get wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, great beyond measure."
Isaiah 57
1.The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil. 2.He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
3."But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the prostitute. 4.Against whom do you sport yourselves? Against whom do you make a wide mouth, and stick out your tongue? Aren't you children of disobedience, a seed of falsehood, 5.you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? 6.Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot; you have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things? 7.On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice. 8.Behind the doors and the posts you have set up your memorial: for you have uncovered to someone besides me, and have gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made you a covenant with them: you loved their bed where you saw it. 9.You went to the king with oil, and increased your perfumes, and sent your ambassadors far off, and debased yourself even to Sheol22. 10.You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn't say, 'It is in vain.' You found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint.
11."Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my peace even of long time, and you don't fear me? 12.I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you. 13.When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain."
14.He will say, "Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people." 15.For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite. 16.For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made. 17.For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart. 18.I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners. 19.I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near," says Yahweh; "and I will heal them." 20.But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. 21."There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
Revelation 21
1.I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. 2.I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband. 3.I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4.He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away."
5.He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true." 6.He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life. 7.He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son. 8.But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,43 idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
9.One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb's bride." 10.He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11.having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 12.having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. 13.On the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 14.The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. 15.He who spoke with me had for a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls. 16.The city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as its breadth. He measured the city with the reed, Twelve thousand twelve stadia44. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. 17.Its wall is one hundred forty-four cubits,45 by the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. 18.The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass. 19.The foundations of the city's wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire46; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; 20.the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst. 21.The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. 22.I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple. 23.The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb. 24.The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. 25.Its gates will in no way be shut by day (for there will be no night there), 26.and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter. 27.There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Revelation 22
1.He showed me a47 river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, 2.in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3.There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants serve him. 4.They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5.There will be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.
6.He said to me, "These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon."
7."Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book."
8.Now I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who had shown me these things. 9.He said to me, "See you don't do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers, the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God." 10.He said to me, "Don't seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. 11.He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still."
12."Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work. 13.I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. 14.Blessed are those who do his commandments,48 that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. 15.Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 16.I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star."
17.The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" He who hears, let him say, "Come!" He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely. 18.I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God add to him the plagues which are written in this book. 19.If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book. 20.He who testifies these things says, "Yes, I come quickly."
Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.
21.The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with all the saints. Amen.