His Words Are Life

Micah 6:3 To Nahum 3:10

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Participants: Kelly Mowrer

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00:15 Hello and welcome to "His Words Are Life."
00:18 I am Kelly Mowrer and today
00:20 we will be reading together
00:21 from the Book of Micah, but first let's pray.
00:24 Dear Heavenly Father, thank you that
00:27 You have given us a guide book,
00:31 a road map, a light for our path.
00:35 Please be with us now as we read
00:38 and help us learn to love You and serve You better.
00:43 Thank you for loving us
00:44 and I pray in the name of Jesus, amen.
00:47 Picking up in the Book of Micah, Chapter 6, verse 3,
00:52 and God is speaking to his people.
00:56 "O my people, what have I done unto thee?
00:59 And wherein have I wearied thee?
01:02 Testify against me.
01:04 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt,
01:06 and redeemed thee out of the house of servants,
01:09 and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
01:14 O my people, remember now what
01:17 Balak king of Moab consulted,
01:20 and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him
01:24 from Shittim unto Gilgal,
01:26 that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.
01:31 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord,
01:33 and bow myself before the high God?
01:37 Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
01:40 with calves of a year old?
01:43 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
01:46 or with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
01:49 Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
01:52 the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
01:58 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good,
02:01 and what doth the Lord require of thee,
02:04 but to do justly, and to love mercy,
02:08 and to walk humbly with thy God?
02:11 The Lord's voice crieth unto the city,
02:14 and the man of wisdom shall see thy name,
02:18 hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
02:22 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness
02:24 in the house of the wicked,
02:26 and the scant measure that is abominable?
02:30 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances,
02:33 and with the bag of deceitful weights?
02:36 For the rich men thereof are full of violence,
02:38 and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies,
02:41 and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
02:44 Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee,
02:48 in making thee desolate because of thy sins.
02:53 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied,
02:56 and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee,
02:59 and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver,
03:02 and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
03:06 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap,
03:10 thou shalt tread the olives,
03:12 but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil,
03:14 and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
03:18 For the statutes of Omri are kept,
03:20 and all the works of the house of Ahab,
03:22 and ye walk in their counsels,
03:24 that I should make thee a desolation,
03:27 and the inhabitants thereof an hissing,
03:29 therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people."
03:35 Continuing in Micah, Chapter 7.
03:38 This is the King James Version.
03:41 "Woe is me!
03:42 For I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits,
03:47 as the grape gleanings of the vintage,
03:49 there is no cluster to eat,
03:52 my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
03:55 The good man is perished out of the earth,
03:57 and there is none upright among men,
03:59 they all lie in wait for blood,
04:01 they hunt every man his brother with a net.
04:04 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly,
04:08 the prince asketh, and the judge asketh
04:11 for a reward, and the great man,
04:12 he uttereth his mischievous desire, so they wrap it up.
04:17 The best of them is as a brier,
04:20 the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge,
04:23 the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh,
04:27 now shall be their perplexity.
04:30 Trust ye not in a friend,
04:32 put ye not confidence in a guide,
04:35 keep the doors of thy mouth
04:37 from her that lieth in thy bosom.
04:40 For the son dishonoureth the father,
04:42 the daughter riseth up against her mother,
04:45 the daughter in law against her mother in law,
04:49 a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
04:53 Therefore I will look unto the Lord,
04:56 I will wait for the God of my salvation,
04:59 my God will hear me.
05:01 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy,
05:05 when I fall, I shall arise, when I sit in darkness,
05:09 the Lord shall be a light unto me.
05:13 I will bear the indignation of the Lord,
05:15 because I have sinned against him,
05:18 until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me,
05:23 he will bring me forth to the light,
05:26 and I shall behold his righteousness.
05:30 Then she that is mine enemy shall see it,
05:33 and shame shall cover her which said unto me,
05:36 Where is the Lord thy God?
05:39 Mine eyes shall behold her, now shall she be trodden down
05:45 as the mire of the streets.
05:47 In the day that thy walls are to be built,
05:51 in that day shall the decree be far removed.
05:55 In that day also he shall come
05:57 even to thee from Assyria,
05:59 and from the fortified cities,
06:00 and from the fortress even to the river,
06:02 and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
06:07 Not withstanding the land shall be desolate
06:09 because of them that dwell therein,
06:11 for the fruit of their doings.
06:14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage,
06:18 which dwell solitarily in the wood,
06:20 in the midst of Carmel,
06:22 let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,
06:25 as in the days of old.
06:27 According to the days of thy
06:29 coming out of the land of Egypt
06:31 will I shew unto him marvellous things.
06:34 The nations shall see and be confounded
06:37 at all their might,
06:39 they shall lay their hand upon their mouth,
06:42 their ears shall be deaf.
06:44 They shall lick the dust like a serpent,
06:47 they shall move out of their holes
06:49 like worms of the earth,
06:51 they shall be afraid of the Lord our God,
06:53 and shall fear because of thee.
06:55 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity,
07:01 and passeth by the transgression
07:03 of the remnant of his heritage?
07:05 He retaineth not his anger for ever,
07:09 because he delighteth in mercy.
07:12 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us,
07:16 he will subdue our iniquities,
07:18 and thou wilt cast all their sins
07:21 into the depths of the sea.
07:24 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob,
07:27 and the mercy to Abraham,
07:29 which thou hast sworn unto
07:31 our fathers from the days of old."
07:36 Continuing now in the Book of Nahum, Chapter 1.
07:39 And this is the King James Version.
07:43 "The burden of Nineveh.
07:45 The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
07:50 God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth,
07:54 the Lord revengeth, and is furious,
07:55 the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries,
07:59 and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
08:03 The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power,
08:08 and will not at all acquit the wicked,
08:12 the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm,
08:16 and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
08:19 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry,
08:22 and drieth up all the rivers, Bashan languisheth,
08:27 and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
08:31 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt,
08:34 and the earth is burned at his presence,
08:36 yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
08:41 Who can stand before his indignation?
08:44 And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger?
08:48 His fury is poured out like fire,
08:51 and the rocks are thrown down by him.
08:54 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble,
08:58 and he knoweth them that trust in him.
09:02 But with an overrunning flood he will make
09:04 an utter end of the place thereof,
09:07 and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
09:11 What do ye imagine against the Lord?
09:14 He will make an utter end,
09:16 affliction shall not rise up the second time.
09:20 For while they be folden together as thorns,
09:22 and while they are drunken as drunkards,
09:25 they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
09:29 There is one come out of thee,
09:31 that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counselor.
09:36 Thus saith the Lord, Though they be quiet,
09:39 and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down,
09:44 when he shall pass through.
09:47 Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
09:52 For now will I break his yoke from off thee,
09:54 and will burst thy bonds in sunder.
09:57 And the Lord hath given a commandment concerning thee,
10:01 that no more of thy name be sown,
10:04 out of the house of thy gods will I cut off
10:07 the graven image and the molten image,
10:10 I will make thy grave, for thou art vile.
10:13 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that
10:17 bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace!
10:21 O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows,
10:26 for the wicked shall no more pass through thee,
10:29 he is utterly cut off."
10:32 Continuing in the Book of Nahum, Chapter 2.
10:35 And this is the King James Version.
10:38 "He that dasheth in pieces is come up
10:41 before thy face, keep the munition,
10:44 watch the way, make thy loins strong,
10:47 fortify thy power mightily.
10:49 For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob,
10:53 as the excellency of Israel,
10:56 for the emptiers have emptied them out,
10:59 and marred their vine branches.
11:01 The shield of his mighty men is made red,
11:05 the valiant men are in scarlet,
11:07 the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day
11:10 of his preparation, and the fir trees
11:13 shall be terribly shaken.
11:15 The chariots shall rage in the streets,
11:17 they shall justle one against another in the broad ways,
11:20 they shall seem like torches,
11:22 they shall run like the lightnings.
11:24 He shall recount his worthies,
11:26 they shall stumble in their walk,
11:29 they shall make haste to the wall thereof,
11:30 and the defence shall be prepared.
11:33 The gates of the rivers shall be opened,
11:36 and the palace shall be dissolved.
11:39 And Huzzab shall be led away captive,
11:41 she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her
11:44 as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
11:49 But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water,
11:51 yet they shall flee away.
11:53 Stand, stand, shall they cry, but none shall look back.
12:00 Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold,
12:03 for there is none end of the store and glory
12:06 out of all the pleasant furniture.
12:09 She is empty, and void, and waste,
12:12 and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together,
12:16 and much pain is in all loins,
12:18 and the faces of them all gather blackness.
12:22 Where is the dwelling of the lions,
12:25 and the feeding place of the young lions,
12:27 where the lion, even the old lion,
12:29 walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
12:33 The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps,
12:36 and strangled for his lionesses,
12:38 and filled his holes with prey,
12:40 and his dens with ravin.
12:43 Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts,
12:46 and I will burn her chariots in the smoke,
12:49 and the sword shall devour thy young lions,
12:53 and I will cut off thy prey from the earth,
12:56 and the voice of thy messengers
12:58 shall no more be heard."
13:01 Continuing in Nahum Chapter 3.
13:04 And this is the King James Version.
13:07 "Woe to the bloody city!
13:09 It is all full of lies and robbery,
13:13 the prey departeth not, The noise of a whip,
13:17 and the noise of the rattling of the wheels,
13:19 and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
13:23 The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword
13:26 and the glittering spear,
13:27 and there is a multitude of slain,
13:30 and a great number of carcases,
13:32 and there is none end of their corpses,
13:34 they stumble upon their corpses.
13:37 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms
13:40 of the well favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts,
13:44 that selleth nations through her whoredoms,
13:47 and families through her witchcrafts.
13:50 Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts,
13:53 and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face,
13:56 and I will shew the nations thy nakedness,
13:59 and the kingdoms thy shame.
14:02 And I will cast abominable filth upon thee,
14:04 and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stock.
14:09 And it shall come to pass,
14:11 that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee,
14:15 and say, Nineveh is laid waste, who will be moan her?
14:20 Whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
14:23 Art thou better than populous No,
14:26 that was situate among the rivers,
14:28 that had the waters round about it,
14:29 whose rampart was the sea,
14:31 and her wall was from the sea?
14:34 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength,
14:37 and it was infinite,
14:38 Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
14:41 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity."


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