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July 12 - Isaiah 3 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it is Sean. Here it is Wednesday, it is the
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  12th of July and it is well, it's holidays in this part of
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  the world and if you have a school going aged crew at your
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  place. Ah, what a happy time this is.
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  Or you might be retired and thinking all the noisy kids are
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  out in the shops and on the streets.
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  Bring back the school term. Wherever you are in between it
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  is great to have your company. We are going to put down the
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  holidays or put down the busyness or the noisiness.
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  Just for the next few minutes as we focus our hearts on hearing
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  what God has to say to us today and today, we will continue to
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  hear these introductory. Oracles, as we hear Isaiah speak
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  out against the choices that Judah and Jerusalem are making.
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  So join me, friends, as we read together Isaiah Chapter 3.
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  The Lord, the Lord of Heaven's armies, will take away from
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  Jerusalem and Judah everything they depend on, every bit of
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  bread and every drop of water. All their heroes and soldiers,
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  judges and prophets, fortune tellers and elders, army
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  officers and high officials, advisors, skilled sorcerers and
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  astrologers. I will make boys their leaders
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  and toddlers their rulers. People will oppress each other,
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  man against man, neighbor against neighbor.
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  Young people will insult their elders and vulgar.
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  People will sneer at the honorable.
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  In those days a man will say to his brother, since you have a
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  coat, you be our leader, take charge of this heap of ruins.
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  But he will reply, no, I can't help.
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  I don't have any extra food or clothes.
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  Don't put me in charge, for Jerusalem will stumble and Judah
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  will fall. Because they speak out against
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  the Lord and refuse to obey him, they provoke him to his face.
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  The very look on their faces gives them away.
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  They display their sin like the people of Sodom, and don't even
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  try to hide it. They are doomed.
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  They've brought destruction upon themselves.
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  Tell the godly that all will be well for them.
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  They will enjoy the rich reward they have earned.
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  The wicked are doomed, for they will get exactly what they
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  deserve. Childish leaders oppress my
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  people, and women rule over them.
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  Oh, my people. Your leaders mislead you.
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  They send you down the wrong Rd. The Lord takes His place in
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  court and presents His case against His people.
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  The Lord comes forward to pronounce judgment on the elders
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  and rulers of His people. You have ruined Israel, my
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  vineyard. Your houses are filled with
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  things stolen from the poor. How dare you crush my people?
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  Grinding the faces of the poor into the dust demands the Lord,
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  the Lord of Heaven's armies. The Lord says Beautiful Zion is
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  haughty, craning her elegant neck, floating with her eyes,
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  walking with dainty steps, tinkling her ankle bracelets.
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  So the Lord will send scabs on her head.
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  The Lord will make beautiful Zion bald On that day of
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  judgment. The Lord will strip away
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  everything that makes her beautiful ornaments, headbands,
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  Crescent necklaces, earrings, bracelets and veils, scarves,
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  ankle bracelets, sashes, perfumes and charms, ring
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  jewels, party clothes, gowns, capes and purses.
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  Mirrors, fine linen, garments, head ornaments and shawls.
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  Instead of smelling of sweet perfume, she will stink.
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  She will wear a rope for a sash and her elegant hair will fall
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  out. She will wear rough burlap
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  instead of rich robes. Shame will replace her beauty.
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  The men of the city will be killed with the sword and her
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  warriors will die in battle. The gates of Zion will weep and
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  mourn. The city will be like a ravaged
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  woman huddled on the ground. Lord, how quickly we forget that
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  all the good things that we enjoy, these are gifts from you.
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  We are not ultra clever and ultra special.
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  And able to make these incredible lives for ourselves.
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  But these are gifts from you. These are your blessings for
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  your people whom you love. Help us always keep our hearts
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  of gratitude. Help us always turn our eyes
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  back to you. Back with the surefire knowledge
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  that you are the author of our lives and every good thing.
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  Thank you for those. Multitude of wonderful blessings
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  that you give each of us that we just enjoy every day keep us
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  turning back to you again and again to hold you at the center
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  of our lives. You are marvelous and we just
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  worship you day in, day out with every breath that we breathe and
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  it's in Jesus name we pray. Amen.
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  SMS Srikanth.