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February 22, 2021
Isaiah 55
Today’s Scripture: “Hey,[a] all who are thirsty, come to the water!You who have no money, come!Buy and eat!Come! Buy wine and milkwithout money and without cost.[b]2 Why pay money for something that will not nourish you?[c]Why spend[d] your hard-earned money[e] on something that will not satisfy?Listen carefully[f] to me and eat what is nourishing![g]Enjoy fine food.[h]3 Pay […]
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February 21, 2021
Isaiah 54
Today’s Scripture: “Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth!Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor!For the children of the desolate one are more numerousthan the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.2 Make your tent larger,stretch your tent curtains farther out![a]Spare no effort,lengthen your […]
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February 20, 2021
Isaiah 53
Today’s Scripture: Who would have believed[a] what we[b] just heard?[c]When[d] was the Lord’s power[e] revealed through him?2 He sprouted up like a twig before God,[f]like a root out of parched soil;[g]he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention,[h]no special appearance that we should want to follow him.[i]3 He was despised and rejected by […]
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February 19, 2021
Isaiah 52
Today’s Scripture: Wake up! Wake up!Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion!Put on your beautiful clothes,O Jerusalem, holy city.For uncircumcised and unclean paganswill no longer invade you.2 Shake off the dirt![a]Get up, captive[b] Jerusalem.Take off the iron chains around your neck,O captive daughter Zion. 3 For this is what the Lord says: “You were sold for nothing,and you […]
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February 18, 2021
Isaiah 51
Today’s Scripture: “Listen to me, you who pursue godliness,[a]who seek the Lord.Look at the rock from which you were chiseled,at the quarry[b] from which you were dug.[c]2 Look at Abraham, your father,and Sarah, who gave you birth.[d]When I summoned him, he was a lone individual,[e]but I blessed him[f] and gave him numerous descendants.[g]3 Certainly the Lord will […]
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February 17, 2021
Isaiah 50
Today’s Scripture: This is what the Lord says:“Where is your mother’s divorce certificateby which I divorced her?Or to which of my creditors did I sell you?[a]Look, you were sold because of your sins;[b]because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.[c]2 Why does no one challenge me when I come?Why does no one respond when I […]
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February 16, 2021
Isaiah 49
Today’s Scripture: Listen to me, you coastlands![a]Pay attention, you people who live far away!The Lord summoned me from birth;[b]he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world.[c]2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword,he hid me in the hollow of his hand;he made me like a sharpened[d] arrow,he hid me in his quiver.[e]3 He […]
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February 15, 2021
Isaiah 48
Today’s Scripture: Listen to this, O family of Jacob,[a]you who are called by the name ‘Israel,’and are descended from Judah,[b]who take oaths in the name of the Lord,and invoke[c] the God of Israel—but not in an honest and just manner.[d]2 Indeed, they live in the holy city;[e]they trust in[f] the God of Israel,whose name is the […]
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February 14, 2021
Isaiah 47
Today’s Scripture: “Fall down! Sit in the dirt,O virgin[a] daughter Babylon!Sit on the ground, not on a throne,O daughter of the Babylonians!Indeed,[b] you will no longer be called delicate and pampered.2 Pick up millstones and grind flour.Remove your veil,strip off your skirt,expose your legs,cross the streams.3 Let your naked body be exposed.Your shame will be on display![c]I […]
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February 13, 2021
Isaiah 46
Today’s Scripture: Bel[a] kneels down,Nebo[b] bends low.Their images weigh down animals and beasts.[c]Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.[d]2 Together they bend low and kneel down;they are unable to rescue the images;[e]they themselves[f] head off into captivity.[g]3 “Listen to me, O family of Jacob,[h]all you who are left from the family of Israel,[i]you who have been […]
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