Chapter 4 ⁽⁴⁵⁾

Passage Read: Amos 3-6 Meditation Verses: 4:4-8 Here is God speaking sarcasm, to point out the deafness of His people. He encourages them to bring their tithes and offerings to their appointed holy places. But He calls out their sin. They offer sacrifices that God…

Passage Read: Lamentations 1-4 Meditation Verses: 4:13-16 The prophets and priests sinned against the Lord, shedding the blood of the righteous in their streets, so the people became defiled with blood. They themselves cried out that they were unclean, and the nations refused to give…

Passage Read: Ecclesiastes 3-6 Meditation Verse: 4:13 This describes Saul and David well, though Solomon was not alive to see the conflict or the character of Saul. But he knew that it was because of disobedience that Saul lost the kingdom to David. It is…

Passage Read: Job 1-4 Meditation Verses: 4:17-18 As a man who didn't stand in the presence of God, who doesn't know there Lord or see Him operate, it is understandable that Eliphaz wouldn't know if this were true or false, and so would have no…

Passage Read: Nehemiah 4-7 Meditation Verses: 4:4-5 This, of course, flies in the face of "pray for those who persecute you," but Nehemiah didn't know about Jesus. Yet there is one God, one Lord; Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. So how does…