How to Trust in God
A thousand times happy will be the man and woman who can
trust in the Lord!
By Riqui Ricón*
O
Israel, trust in the Lord;
He is your help and your shield.
House of Aaron,
trust in the Lord; He is your help and your shield. You who fear the
Lord, trust in the Lord; He is your help and your shield. The Lord has
remembered us; He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel; He will
bless the house of Aaron. He will bless those who fear the Lord, both small and
great. The Lord will increase you more and more, you and your children. Blessed
are you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth (Psalm
115:9–15, KJV).
Based on faith — which is believing
God by believing His Word — today we will examine two statements that allow us
to build our confidence and full joy in God:
1.
Honor means being trustworthy.
2.
The foundation of trust is Love.
The Bible, which is the Word of God and does
not lie, continually encourages you to put ALL your trust in God. And this is only possible
because He does not
lie or change His mind; everything He has said, He will fulfill, and everything
God has spoken, He will carry out.
God is not a man, that he should
lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken,
and shall he not
make it good? (Numbers 23:19, KJV).
It is very interesting to note that God did relent regarding
the evil He said He would bring upon the people of Israel.
Indeed, on several occasions, God relented from the consequences of the curses He had established due to the wrongdoing of His people.
The beautiful thing
is that the Bible shows us that
this was never
His original Word, for His thoughts toward
you are always
for good, not for evil, and His will for you is good, pleasing, and
perfect.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts
of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end (Jeremiah
29:11, NIV).
For example, the prophet Jonah was sent to the city of Nineveh with words of death and destruction. He resisted this
call because he knew very well that God is good, and His mercy is everlasting.
Nevertheless my mercy will I not
utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips (Psalm
89:33–34, KJV).
The Word of God, the Bible, is worthy of all trust because it embodies God’s Honor. The Bible is Truth, and the
foundation of our confidence is His great Love with which He has loved us.
But God commendeth his love toward
us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us (Romans 5:8, KJV).
God loves you so much that He gave His own Son rather than lose you.
For God so loved
the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved (John
3:16–17, KJV).
Because of this great Love God has for you, Jesus paid for all your sins, and you have been justified, sanctified, and
perfected to such a degree through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ
that God Himself now calls you His own Child.
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called the sons of God: and so we are (1 John
3:1, KJV).
Indeed, beloved, God loves you so much that He gave His own Son rather than lose you, so that He could adopt you
as His Child according to the pure affection of His Will.
Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in
heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in
love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ
to himself, according to the good pleasure
of his will (Ephesians 1:3–5, KJV).
Therefore, you can stop fearing
and begin to trust fully
in God, your Father.
For ye have not received the spirit
of bondage again to fear; but ye have received
the Spirit of adoption, whereby
we cry, Abba, Father (Romans 8:15, KJV).
Whatever situation you are facing today,
this is the Word of Life for you and the answer to all your problems: God loves you! Jesus has not left you, nor will
He! He is with you! And if God is with you, who can be against you? You can
trust Him. You can believe His Word. It is God’s Word. It is the Word of Honor.
Trust your Heavenly Father,
for He is your help and your
shield.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory:
no good thing will he
withhold from them that walk uprightly (Psalm
84:11, KJV).
Blessed, a thousand
times happy, will be the man and woman who can trust in
the Lord!
Let’s pray out loud:
Beloved Heavenly Father, today I can
confidently declare that a thousand, ten thousand will fall by my side, but
none shall come near me. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will not give place to fear, doubt, or discouragement, for You, my God
and Father, are with me. My New Life in Christ is no accident, nor is it adrift
at the whim of chance or purposelessness. No!
My life is hidden with Christ in God. I am a Child of God, Born Again! I have
purpose and destiny marked by the Love of my Father. I know, according to Your
Word, oh God, that ALL things work together for good. Sooner or later, without
a doubt, I will come out more than a conqueror through Your Love, which is
Christ Jesus, my Lord. For all this, I give You thanks, I give You my life
and my heart, Lord Jesus. I declare my
victory! I am free! I am healed! I am prosperous! I am joyful!
I am a Child of the King! In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Important Note:
How do I become a Child of God? How do I establish a relationship with the
Almighty?
Just say the following prayer
aloud, putting all your attention
and heart into what you are saying to God:
Lord Jesus, I believe that You are the Son of
God. That You came into this world, born
of the virgin Mary, to pay for all my sins, and I have
been a sinner. Therefore, today I say that I accept. I accept Your
sacrifice on the cross! I accept Your precious
Blood shed to the last drop out of love for me! I open my
heart to You and invite You in
because I want, Lord Jesus, that from today and forever You be my only and sufficient Savior, my
God, my King, and my Lord.
Thank You, Almighty God, because with this
simple prayer and profession of faith I have passed from death to Life, I have been transferred from darkness
to Your marvelous Light. Today I have been Born Again! God, now I am Your
Child! Now You are my Father! I will never be alone again! I will never live
defeated again. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Three Recommendations:
What just happened by you recognizing Jesus Christ as the Lord and
Savior of your life, according
to God's Word, is that you have been Born Again. No longer
as an ordinary human being, subject to the law of sin and death, but now as a
legitimate and authentic Child of God, Born Again, exactly like Jesus Christ, who is now your Older Brother. Therefore,
I give you these three, very important, recommendations:
1.
Pray. Praying is talking with God. So, find a quiet
place where you can begin talking to Him about everything. Do it out loud, and you will notice
how God always responds to your heart.
2.
Read and meditate
on the Word of God. The Bible
is the Word of God, so
get a Bible and start reading and meditating on it. How do you begin? It’s very simple. Depending on the day,
look up the reading program “The
Bible in One Year” and do the corresponding readings. You can get this program at: Through The Bible In One Year (palabradehonor.org). You
will notice that the program
is set up so you can print it as a booklet.
3.
In prayer with God, your Father, look for and join a
Christian church or congregation where the Word of God is taught based
on the Good News, which are
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Ricardo C. Peredo Jaime © 2020
Reading and Meditation on the Word of God
Do these daily readings, and by the end of one year you will have read the
entire Bible.
October 25 1 Thessalonians 4 / Isaiah 20-22 / Psalm 115
1 Thessalonians
4 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the
Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should
abstain from fornication:
4 That every
one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification
and honour;
5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter:
because that the Lord is the
avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
9 But as touching brotherly
love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love
one another.
10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded
you;
12 That ye may walk honestly toward
them that are without, and that ye may
have lack of nothing.
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren,
concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even
as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe
that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with
him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive
and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself
shall descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump
of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are
alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort
one another with these words.
Isaiah
20
In the year that Tartan
came unto Ashdod,
(when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against
Ashdod, and took it;
2 At the same time
spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz,
saying, Go and loose the sackcloth
from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and
barefoot.
3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant
Isaiah hath walked
naked and barefoot three years for a sign and
wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of
Egypt.
5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their
expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
6 And the
inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither
we flee for help to be delivered
from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
21
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass
through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
2 A grievous vision
is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler
spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to
cease.
3 Therefore are my
loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing
of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure
hath he turned into fear unto
me.
5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes,
and anoint the shield.
6 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
7 And he saw a chariot with a couple
of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a
chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I
am set in my ward whole nights:
9 And, behold,
here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple
of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is
fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto
the ground.
10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God
of Israel, have I declared unto you.
11 The burden of Dumah.
He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
12 The watchman
said, The morning
cometh, and also the night: if ye will
enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
13 The burden upon Arabia.
In the forest in Arabia
shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty,
they prevented with their bread him that fled.
15 For they fled from the swords,
from the drawn sword, and from the bent
bow, and from the grievousness of war.
16 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according
to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
17 And the residue of the number of archers,
the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
22 The burden
of the valley of vision.
What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not
slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
3 All thy rulers are fled together,
they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together,
which have fled from far.
4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of
the daughter of my people.
5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading
down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the
valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir
uncovered the shield.
7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys
shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set
themselves in array at the gate.
8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to
the armour of the house of the forest.
9 Ye have seen also the breaches
of the city of David,
that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of
the lower pool.
10 And ye have numbered
the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses
have ye broken down to fortify
the wall.
11 Ye made also a
ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither
had respect unto him
that fashioned it long ago.
12 And in that day did the Lord
GOD of hosts call to weeping,
and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
13 And behold
joy and gladness,
slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and
drink; for to morrow we shall die.
14 And it was revealed
in mine ears by the LORD of hosts,
Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till
ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts,
Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto
Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
16 What hast thou here?
and whom hast thou here,
that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that
heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself
in a rock?
17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty
captivity, and will surely
cover thee.
18 He will surely
violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt
thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame
of thy lord's house.
19 And I will drive thee from thy station,
and from thy state shall
he pull thee down.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim
the son of Hilkiah:
21 And I will clothe
him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his
hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the
house of Judah.
22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder;
so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none
shall open.
23 And I will fasten
him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
24 And they shall
hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels
of small quantity, from the vessels
of cups, even to all the
vessels of flagons.
25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened
in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden
that was upon it shall be cut off:
for the LORD hath spoken it.
Psalm
115 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory,
for thy mercy, and for thy
truth's sake.
2 Wherefore should
the heathen say, Where is now their God?
3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's
hands.
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they,
but they see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle
not: feet have they, but they walk not:
neither speak they through their throat.
8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth
in them.
9 O Israel,
trust thou in the
LORD: he is their help and their
shield.
10 O house of Aaron,
trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
How to Trust in God
By Riqui Ricón*
O
Israel, trust in the Lord;
He is your help and your shield.
House of Aaron,
trust in the Lord; He is your help and your shield. You who fear the
Lord, trust in the Lord; He is your help and your shield. The Lord has
remembered us; He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel; He will
bless the house of Aaron. He will bless those who fear the Lord, both small and
great. The Lord will increase you more and more, you and your children. Blessed
are you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth (Psalm
115:9–15, KJV).
Based on faith — which is believing
God by believing His Word — today we will examine two statements that allow us
to build our confidence and full joy in God:
1.
Honor means being trustworthy.
2.
The foundation of trust is Love.
The Bible, which is the Word of God and does
not lie, continually encourages you to put ALL your trust in God. And this is only possible
because He does not
lie or change His mind; everything He has said, He will fulfill, and everything
God has spoken, He will carry out.
God is not a man, that he should
lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken,
and shall he not
make it good? (Numbers 23:19, KJV).
It is very interesting to note that God did relent regarding
the evil He said He would bring upon the people of Israel.
Indeed, on several occasions, God relented from the consequences of the curses He had established due to the wrongdoing of His people.
The beautiful thing
is that the Bible shows us that
this was never
His original Word, for His thoughts toward
you are always
for good, not for evil, and His will for you is good, pleasing, and
perfect.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts
of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end (Jeremiah
29:11, NIV).
For example, the prophet Jonah was sent to the city of Nineveh with words of death and destruction. He resisted this
call because he knew very well that God is good, and His mercy is everlasting.
Nevertheless my mercy will I not
utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips (Psalm
89:33–34, KJV).
The Word of God, the Bible, is worthy of all trust because it embodies God’s Honor. The Bible is Truth, and the
foundation of our confidence is His great Love with which He has loved us.
But God commendeth his love toward
us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us (Romans 5:8, KJV).
God loves you so much that He gave His own Son rather than lose you.
For God so loved
the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved (John
3:16–17, KJV).
Because of this great Love God has for you, Jesus paid for all your sins, and you have been justified, sanctified, and
perfected to such a degree through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ
that God Himself now calls you His own Child.
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called the sons of God: and so we are (1 John
3:1, KJV).
Indeed, beloved, God loves you so much that He gave His own Son rather than lose you, so that He could adopt you
as His Child according to the pure affection of His Will.
Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in
heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in
love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ
to himself, according to the good pleasure
of his will (Ephesians 1:3–5, KJV).
Therefore, you can stop fearing
and begin to trust fully
in God, your Father.
For ye have not received the spirit
of bondage again to fear; but ye have received
the Spirit of adoption, whereby
we cry, Abba, Father (Romans 8:15, KJV).
Whatever situation you are facing today,
this is the Word of Life for you and the answer to all your problems: God loves you! Jesus has not left you, nor will
He! He is with you! And if God is with you, who can be against you? You can
trust Him. You can believe His Word. It is God’s Word. It is the Word of Honor.
Trust your Heavenly Father,
for He is your help and your
shield.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory:
no good thing will he
withhold from them that walk uprightly (Psalm
84:11, KJV).
Blessed, a thousand
times happy, will be the man and woman who can trust in
the Lord!
Let’s pray out loud:
Beloved Heavenly Father, today I can
confidently declare that a thousand, ten thousand will fall by my side, but
none shall come near me. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will not give place to fear, doubt, or discouragement, for You, my God
and Father, are with me. My New Life in Christ is no accident, nor is it adrift
at the whim of chance or purposelessness. No!
My life is hidden with Christ in God. I am a Child of God, Born Again! I have
purpose and destiny marked by the Love of my Father. I know, according to Your
Word, oh God, that ALL things work together for good. Sooner or later, without
a doubt, I will come out more than a conqueror through Your Love, which is
Christ Jesus, my Lord. For all this, I give You thanks, I give You my life
and my heart, Lord Jesus. I declare my
victory! I am free! I am healed! I am prosperous! I am joyful!
I am a Child of the King! In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Important Note:
How do I become a Child of God? How do I establish a relationship with the
Almighty?
Just say the following prayer
aloud, putting all your attention
and heart into what you are saying to God:
Lord Jesus, I believe that You are the Son of
God. That You came into this world, born
of the virgin Mary, to pay for all my sins, and I have
been a sinner. Therefore, today I say that I accept. I accept Your
sacrifice on the cross! I accept Your precious
Blood shed to the last drop out of love for me! I open my
heart to You and invite You in
because I want, Lord Jesus, that from today and forever You be my only and sufficient Savior, my
God, my King, and my Lord.
Thank You, Almighty God, because with this
simple prayer and profession of faith I have passed from death to Life, I have been transferred from darkness
to Your marvelous Light. Today I have been Born Again! God, now I am Your
Child! Now You are my Father! I will never be alone again! I will never live
defeated again. In the name of Jesus. Amen.
Three Recommendations:
What just happened by you recognizing Jesus Christ as the Lord and
Savior of your life, according
to God's Word, is that you have been Born Again. No longer
as an ordinary human being, subject to the law of sin and death, but now as a
legitimate and authentic Child of God, Born Again, exactly like Jesus Christ, who is now your Older Brother. Therefore,
I give you these three, very important, recommendations:
1.
Pray. Praying is talking with God. So, find a quiet
place where you can begin talking to Him about everything. Do it out loud, and you will notice
how God always responds to your heart.
2.
Read and meditate
on the Word of God. The Bible
is the Word of God, so
get a Bible and start reading and meditating on it. How do you begin? It’s very simple. Depending on the day,
look up the reading program “The
Bible in One Year” and do the corresponding readings. You can get this program at: Through The Bible In One Year (palabradehonor.org). You
will notice that the program
is set up so you can print it as a booklet.
3.
In prayer with God, your Father, look for and join a
Christian church or congregation where the Word of God is taught based
on the Good News, which are
the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Ricardo C. Peredo Jaime © 2020
Reading and Meditation on the Word of God
Do these daily readings, and by the end of one year you will have read the
entire Bible.
October 25 1 Thessalonians 4 / Isaiah 20-22 / Psalm 115
1 Thessalonians
4 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the
Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should
abstain from fornication:
4 That every
one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification
and honour;
5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter:
because that the Lord is the
avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
9 But as touching brotherly
love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love
one another.
10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded
you;
12 That ye may walk honestly toward
them that are without, and that ye may
have lack of nothing.
13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren,
concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even
as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe
that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with
him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive
and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself
shall descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump
of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are
alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort
one another with these words.
Isaiah
20
In the year that Tartan
came unto Ashdod,
(when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against
Ashdod, and took it;
2 At the same time
spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz,
saying, Go and loose the sackcloth
from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and
barefoot.
3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant
Isaiah hath walked
naked and barefoot three years for a sign and
wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of
Egypt.
5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their
expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
6 And the
inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither
we flee for help to be delivered
from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
21
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass
through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
2 A grievous vision
is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler
spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to
cease.
3 Therefore are my
loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing
of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure
hath he turned into fear unto
me.
5 Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes,
and anoint the shield.
6 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.
7 And he saw a chariot with a couple
of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a
chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
8 And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I
am set in my ward whole nights:
9 And, behold,
here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple
of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is
fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto
the ground.
10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God
of Israel, have I declared unto you.
11 The burden of Dumah.
He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
12 The watchman
said, The morning
cometh, and also the night: if ye will
enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
13 The burden upon Arabia.
In the forest in Arabia
shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty,
they prevented with their bread him that fled.
15 For they fled from the swords,
from the drawn sword, and from the bent
bow, and from the grievousness of war.
16 For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according
to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
17 And the residue of the number of archers,
the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.
22 The burden
of the valley of vision.
What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not
slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.
3 All thy rulers are fled together,
they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together,
which have fled from far.
4 Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of
the daughter of my people.
5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading
down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the
valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
6 And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir
uncovered the shield.
7 And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys
shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set
themselves in array at the gate.
8 And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to
the armour of the house of the forest.
9 Ye have seen also the breaches
of the city of David,
that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of
the lower pool.
10 And ye have numbered
the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses
have ye broken down to fortify
the wall.
11 Ye made also a
ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither
had respect unto him
that fashioned it long ago.
12 And in that day did the Lord
GOD of hosts call to weeping,
and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
13 And behold
joy and gladness,
slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and
drink; for to morrow we shall die.
14 And it was revealed
in mine ears by the LORD of hosts,
Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till
ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
15 Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts,
Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto
Shebna, which is over the house, and say,
16 What hast thou here?
and whom hast thou here,
that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that
heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself
in a rock?
17 Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty
captivity, and will surely
cover thee.
18 He will surely
violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt
thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame
of thy lord's house.
19 And I will drive thee from thy station,
and from thy state shall
he pull thee down.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim
the son of Hilkiah:
21 And I will clothe
him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his
hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the
house of Judah.
22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder;
so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none
shall open.
23 And I will fasten
him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.
24 And they shall
hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels
of small quantity, from the vessels
of cups, even to all the
vessels of flagons.
25 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened
in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden
that was upon it shall be cut off:
for the LORD hath spoken it.
Psalm
115 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory,
for thy mercy, and for thy
truth's sake.
2 Wherefore should
the heathen say, Where is now their God?
3 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's
hands.
5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they,
but they see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle
not: feet have they, but they walk not:
neither speak they through their throat.
8 They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth
in them.
9 O Israel,
trust thou in the
LORD: he is their help and their
shield.
10 O house of Aaron,
trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
11
Ye that fear the LORD, trust
in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house
of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and
great.
14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your
children.
15 Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven
and earth.
16 The heaven,
even the heavens,
are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given
to the children of men.
17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither
any that go down into silence.
18 But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
Praise the LORD.
