Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000702
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00:15 Hello and welcome back to "His Words Are Life."
00:17 I'm Kelly Mowrer, and today we are reading 00:19 from the Book of Zephaniah, 00:21 but let's pray together before we start. 00:24 Dear Heavenly Father, thank you so much 00:26 for this opportunity to hear again 00:29 of how much You long 00:30 to have us be holy and completely Yours. 00:34 And that You offer mercy to us when we transgress. 00:37 We ask Your forgiveness and Your grace 00:40 and we ask that You be with us now as we read. 00:43 In the name of Jesus, amen. 00:46 Reading in Zephaniah Chapter 1, 00:49 picking up with verse 9, 00:51 and this is the King James Version. 00:54 "In the same day also will I punish all those 00:56 that leap on the threshold, 00:58 which fill their masters' houses 01:01 with violence and deceit. 01:04 And it shall come to pass in that day, 01:06 saith the Lord, 01:07 that there shall be the noise of a cry 01:09 from the fish gate, 01:11 and an howling from the second, 01:13 and a great crashing from the hills. 01:15 Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, 01:17 for all the merchant people are cut down, 01:21 all they that bear silver are cut off. 01:24 And it shall come to pass at that time, 01:27 that I will search Jerusalem with candles, 01:29 and punish the men that are settled on their lees, 01:33 that say in their heart, the Lord will not do good, 01:37 neither will he do evil. 01:40 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, 01:43 and their houses a desolation, 01:46 they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them, 01:49 and they shall plant vineyards, 01:51 but not drink the wine thereof. 01:54 The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, 01:58 and hasteth greatly, 01:59 even the voice of the day of the Lord, 02:02 the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. 02:06 That day is a day of wrath, 02:08 a day of trouble and distress, 02:10 a day of wasteness and desolation, 02:14 a day of darkness and gloominess, 02:16 a day of clouds and thick darkness. 02:19 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, 02:23 and against the high towers. 02:26 And I will bring distress upon men, 02:29 that they shall walk like blind men, 02:31 because they have sinned against the Lord, 02:35 and their blood shall be poured out as dust, 02:38 and their flesh as the dung. 02:40 Neither their silver nor their gold 02:43 shall be able to deliver them 02:45 in the day of the Lord's wrath, 02:48 but the whole land shall be devoured 02:50 by the fire of his jealousy, 02:52 for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them 02:56 that dwell in the land." 02:59 Continuing with Zephaniah Chapter 2, 03:03 and this is the King James Version. 03:06 "Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, 03:10 O nation not desired, Before the decree bring forth, 03:15 before the day pass as the chaff, 03:17 before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, 03:20 before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you. 03:24 Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, 03:28 which have wrought his judgment, 03:29 seek righteousness, seek meekness, 03:33 it may be ye shall be hid 03:35 in the day of the Lord's anger. 03:38 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation, 03:43 they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, 03:45 and Ekron shall be rooted up. 03:48 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, 03:51 the nation of the Cherethites. 03:53 The word of the Lord is against you, 03:56 O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, 03:58 I will even destroy thee, 03:59 that there shall be no inhabitant. 04:02 And the sea coast shall be dwellings 04:05 and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. 04:09 And the coast shall be for the remnant 04:11 of the house of Judah, they shall feed thereupon, 04:15 in the houses of Ashkelon 04:16 shall they lie down in the evening, 04:18 for the Lord their God shall visit them, 04:21 and turn away their captivity. 04:24 I have heard the reproach of Moab, 04:27 and the revilings of the children of Ammon, 04:29 whereby they have reproached my people, 04:31 and magnified themselves against their border. 04:35 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, 04:38 the God of Israel, surely Moab shall be as Sodom, 04:42 and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, 04:45 even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, 04:47 and a perpetual desolation, 04:50 the residue of my people shall spoil them, 04:52 and the remnant of my people shall possess them. 04:55 This shall they have for their pride, 04:59 because they have reproached and magnified themselves 05:02 against the people of the Lord of hosts. 05:06 The Lord will be terrible unto them, 05:08 for he will famish all the gods of the earth, 05:11 and men shall worship him, every one from his place, 05:14 even all the isles of the heathen. 05:17 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. 05:19 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, 05:22 and destroy Assyria, 05:24 and will make Nineveh a desolation, 05:26 and dry like a wilderness. 05:28 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, 05:30 all the beasts of the nations, 05:32 both the cormorant and the bittern 05:34 shall lodge in the upper lintels of it, 05:37 their voice shall sing in the windows, 05:39 desolation shall be in the thresholds, 05:43 for he shall uncover the cedar work. 05:46 This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, 05:50 that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me, 05:56 how is she become a desolation, 05:59 a place for beasts to lie down in. 06:02 Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, 06:05 and wag his hand." 06:08 Continuing in Zephaniah Chapter 3, 06:11 and this is the King James Version. 06:14 "Woe to her that is filthy 06:16 and polluted, to the oppressing city. 06:20 She obeyed not the voice, she received not correction, 06:25 she trusted not in the Lord, 06:27 she drew not near to her God. 06:31 Her princes within her are roaring lions, 06:34 her judges are evening wolves, 06:37 they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 06:40 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons, 06:43 her priests have polluted the sanctuary, 06:45 they have done violence to the law. 06:48 The just Lord is in the midst thereof, 06:51 he will not do iniquity, 06:54 every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, 06:57 he faileth not, but the unjust knoweth no shame. 07:02 I have cut off the nations, their towers are desolate, 07:05 I made their streets waste, that none passeth by, 07:08 their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, 07:11 that there is none inhabitant. 07:13 I said, surely thou wilt fear me, 07:15 thou wilt receive instruction, 07:17 so their dwelling should not be cut off, 07:18 howsoever I punished them, but they rose early, 07:22 and corrupted all their doings. 07:25 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, 07:29 until the day that I rise up to the prey, 07:32 for my determination is to gather the nations, 07:34 that I may assemble the kingdoms, 07:37 to pour upon them mine indignation, 07:40 even all my fierce anger, for all the earth 07:42 shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. 07:46 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, 07:49 that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, 07:52 to serve him with one consent. 07:56 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, 07:59 even the daughter of my dispersed, 08:01 shall bring mine offering. 08:04 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, 08:08 wherein thou hast transgressed against me, 08:10 for then I will take away out of the midst of thee 08:13 them that rejoice in thy pride, 08:16 and thou shalt no more be haughty 08:18 because of my holy mountain. 08:21 I will also leave in the midst of thee 08:23 an afflicted and poor people, 08:25 and they shall trust in the name of the Lord. 08:28 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, 08:31 nor speak lies, neither shall a deceitful 08:34 tongue be found in their mouth, 08:36 for they shall feed and lie down, 08:39 and none shall make them afraid. 08:41 Sing, O daughter of Zion, shout, 08:44 O Israel, be glad and rejoice with all the heart, 08:48 O daughter of Jerusalem. 08:50 The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, 08:53 he hath cast out thine enemy, the king of Israel, 08:56 even the Lord, is in the midst of thee, 08:58 thou shalt not see evil any more. 09:02 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, 09:05 fear thou not, and to Zion, let not thine hands be slack. 09:10 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty, 09:14 he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy, 09:19 he will rest in his love, 09:21 he will joy over thee with singing. 09:25 I will gather them that are sorrowful 09:28 for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, 09:31 to whom the reproach of it was a burden. 09:34 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee, 09:39 and I will save her that halteth, 09:42 and gather her that was driven out, 09:45 and I will get them praise and fame in every land 09:48 where they have been put to shame. 09:51 At that time will I bring you again, 09:54 even in the time that I gather you, 09:57 for I will make you a name and a praise 10:00 among all people of the earth, 10:02 when I turn back your captivity 10:04 before your eyes, saith the Lord." 10:09 Continuing with the Book of Haggai Chapter 1, 10:12 this is the King James Version. 10:16 "In the second year of Darius the king, 10:19 in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, 10:22 came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet 10:26 unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, 10:29 governor of Judah, 10:30 and to Joshua the son of Josedech, 10:33 the high priest, saying, 10:36 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, 10:39 this people say, The time is not come, 10:41 the time that the Lord's house should be built. 10:45 Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, 10:47 saying, Is it time for you, 10:50 O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, 10:54 and this house lie waste? 10:58 Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, 11:00 consider your ways. 11:02 Ye have sown much, and bring in little, 11:06 ye eat, but ye have not enough, 11:09 ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink, 11:11 ye clothe you, but there is none warm, 11:15 and he that earneth wages earneth wages 11:17 to put it into a bag with holes. 11:21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, consider your ways. 11:24 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, 11:27 and build the house, 11:29 and I will take pleasure in it, 11:31 and I will be glorified, saith the Lord. 11:35 Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little, 11:39 and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. 11:42 Why? saith the Lord of hosts. 11:45 Because of mine house that is waste, 11:48 and ye run every man unto his own house. 11:51 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, 11:55 and the earth is stayed from her fruit. 11:58 And I called for a drought upon the land, 12:00 and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, 12:02 and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, 12:04 and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, 12:06 and upon men, and upon cattle, 12:07 and upon all the labour of the hands. 12:11 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, 12:14 and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, 12:18 with all the remnant of the people, 12:20 obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, 12:22 and the words of Haggai the prophet, 12:25 as the Lord their God had sent him, 12:27 and the people did fear before the Lord. 12:32 Then spake Haggai the Lord's messenger 12:34 in the Lord's message unto the people, 12:35 saying, I am with you, saith the Lord. 12:39 And the Lord stirred up 12:40 the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, 12:43 governor of Judah, 12:44 and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, 12:47 the high priest, 12:48 and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, 12:50 and they came and did work 12:53 in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God. 12:57 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, 13:00 in the second year of Darius the king." 13:04 Continuing with Haggai Chapter 2, 13:07 this is the King James Version. 13:09 "In the seventh month, 13:11 in the one and twentieth day of the month, 13:14 came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying, 13:17 speak now to Zerubbabel 13:19 the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, 13:21 and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, 13:25 and to the residue of the people, saying, 13:28 who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? 13:33 and how do ye see it now? 13:35 is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? 13:41 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, 13:43 saith the Lord, and be strong, O Joshua, 13:46 son of Josedech, the high priest, 13:48 and be strong, all ye people of the land, 13:51 saith the Lord, and work, for I am with you, 13:55 saith the Lord of hosts. 13:57 According to the word that I covenanted with you 13:59 when ye came out of Egypt, 14:01 so my spirit remaineth among you, fear ye not. 14:06 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, 14:07 Yet once, it is a little while, 14:10 and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, 14:14 and the dry land, And I will shake all nations, 14:17 and the desire of all nations shall come, 14:20 and I will fill this house with glory, 14:23 saith the Lord of hosts. 14:25 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, 14:28 saith the Lord of hosts. 14:30 The glory of this latter house 14:32 shall be greater than of the former, 14:34 saith the Lord of hosts, 14:36 and in this place will I give peace, 14:39 saith the Lord of hosts." |
Revised 2014-12-17