Matthew 11–13: Compassion & Confrontation
“A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF,
AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT.”
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Isaiah 23–28: Judgments & Wisdom
This also comes from Yahweh of hosts,
Who has made His counsel wonderful
and His wisdom great.
Job 9–10: Despair & Hope
“Were He to sweep by me,
I would not see Him;
Were He to move past me,
I would not perceive Him.
Were He to snatch away,
who could turn Him back?
Who could say to Him,
‘What are You doing?’”
Psalms 12–14: The Afflicted & The Psalms
But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
Joshua 21–24: Promises Fulfilled & Final Charges
Not one promise of the good promises
which Yahweh had promised
to the house of Israel failed;
all came to pass.
Genesis 16–19: Covenant & Judgment
Now Abraham arose early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before Yahweh; and he looked down
toward Sodom and Gomorrah…
Romans 9–10: God & His Mercy
So then it does not depend
on the one who wills or the one who runs,
but on God who has mercy.
Matthew 8–10: The Harvest & The Workers
“But go and learn what this means:
‘I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,’
for I did not come to call the righteous,
but sinners.”
Isaiah 18–22: Justice & Mercy
Well then, where are your wise men?
Please let them tell you,
And let them understand
what Yahweh of hosts
Has counseled against Egypt.
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