Numbers 28, Psalm 72, Isaiah 19, 20, 2 Peter 1

Numbers 28,

1 The LORD said to Moses,
 
2 "Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: 'See that you present to me at the appointed time the food for my offerings made by fire, as an aroma pleasing to me.'
 
3 Say to them: 'This is the offering made by fire that you are to present to the LORD : two lambs a year old without defect, as a regular burnt offering each day.
 
4 Prepare one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight,
 
5 together with a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil from pressed olives.
 
6 This is the regular burnt offering instituted at Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made to the LORD by fire.
 
7 The accompanying drink offering is to be a quarter of a hin of fermented drink with each lamb. Pour out the drink offering to the LORD at the sanctuary.
 
8 Prepare the second lamb at twilight, along with the same kind of grain offering and drink offering that you prepare in the morning. This is an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.
 
9 " 'On the Sabbath day, make an offering of two lambs a year old without defect, together with its drink offering and a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil.
 
10 This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.
 
11 " 'On the first of every month, present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.
 
12 With each bull there is to be a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil; with the ram, a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil;
 
13 and with each lamb, a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil. This is for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made to the LORD by fire.
 
14 With each bull there is to be a drink offering of half a hin of wine; with the ram, a third of a hin ; and with each lamb, a quarter of a hin. This is the monthly burnt offering to be made at each new moon during the year.
 
15 Besides the regular burnt offering with its drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the LORD as a sin offering.
 
16 " 'On the fourteenth day of the first month the LORD's Passover is to be held.
 
17 On the fifteenth day of this month there is to be a festival; for seven days eat bread made without yeast.
 
18 On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.
 
19 Present to the LORD an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.
 
20 With each bull prepare a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;
 
21 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.
 
22 Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.
 
23 Prepare these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering.
 
24 In this way prepare the food for the offering made by fire every day for seven days as an aroma pleasing to the LORD; it is to be prepared in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.
 
25 On the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.
 
26 " 'On the day of firstfruits, when you present to the LORD an offering of new grain during the Feast of Weeks, hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.
 
27 Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old as an aroma pleasing to the LORD.
 
28 With each bull there is to be a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;
 
29 and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.
 
30 Include one male goat to make atonement for you.
 
31 Prepare these together with their drink offerings, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its grain offering. Be sure the animals are without defect.

Psalm 72,

1 Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness.
 
2 He will judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.
 
3 The mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness.
 
4 He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; he will crush the oppressor.
 
5 He will endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations.
 
6 He will be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.
 
7 In his days the righteous will flourish; prosperity will abound till the moon is no more.
 
8 He will rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.
 
9 The desert tribes will bow before him and his enemies will lick the dust.
 
10 The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores will bring tribute to him; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him gifts.
 
11 All kings will bow down to him and all nations will serve him.
 
12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.
 
13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.
 
14 He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.
 
15 Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him and bless him all day long.
 
16 Let grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon; let it thrive like the grass of the field.
 
17 May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. All nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed.
 
18 Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
 
19 Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.
 
20 This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.

Isaiah 19, 20,

1 An oracle concerning Egypt: See, the LORD rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.
 
2 "I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian-brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
 
3 The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will bring their plans to nothing; they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists.
 
4 I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them," declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
 
5 The waters of the river will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and dry.
 
6 The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will wither,
 
7 also the plants along the Nile, at the mouth of the river. Every sown field along the Nile will become parched, will blow away and be no more.
 
8 The fishermen will groan and lament, all who cast hooks into the Nile; those who throw nets on the water will pine away.
 
9 Those who work with combed flax will despair, the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.
 
10 The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.
 
11 The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the wise men, a disciple of the ancient kings"?
 
12 Where are your wise men now? Let them show you and make known what the LORD Almighty has planned against Egypt.
 
13 The officials of Zoan have become fools, the leaders of Memphis are deceived; the cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray.
 
14 The LORD has poured into them a spirit of dizziness; they make Egypt stagger in all that she does, as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.
 
15 There is nothing Egypt can do-head or tail, palm branch or reed.
 
16 In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will shudder with fear at the uplifted hand that the LORD Almighty raises against them.
 
17 And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified, because of what the LORD Almighty is planning against them.
 
18 In that day five cities in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD Almighty. One of them will be called the City of Destruction.
 
19 In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the LORD at its border.
 
20 It will be a sign and witness to the LORD Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them.
 
21 So the LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and keep them.
 
22 The LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.
 
23 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.
 
24 In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth.
 
25 The LORD Almighty will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance."

1 In the year that the supreme commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it-
 
2 at that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz. He said to him, "Take off the sackcloth from your body and the sandals from your feet." And he did so, going around stripped and barefoot.
 
3 Then the LORD said, "Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush,
 
4 so the king of Assyria will lead away stripped and barefoot the Egyptian captives and Cushite exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared-to Egypt's shame.
 
5 Those who trusted in Cush and boasted in Egypt will be afraid and put to shame.
 
6 In that day the people who live on this coast will say, 'See what has happened to those we relied on, those we fled to for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?' "
 

2 Peter 1

1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
 
2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
 
3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
 
4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
 
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge;
 
6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
 
7 and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
 
8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
 
9 But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
 
10 Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall,
 
11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
 
12 So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.
 
13 I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,
 
14 because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
 
15 And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.
 
16 We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
 
17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."
 
18 We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.
 
19 And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
 
20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation.
 
21 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.