Aug 14, 2022
JEREMIAH 48:
In yesterday’s reading, the Lord began giving oracles about
different nations, with one chapter concerning Egypt and the next
one about Philistia. Today we’ll hear about Moab.
Translation note:
13 GNT Then the Moabites will be disillusioned with their god
Chemosh, just as the Israelites were disillusioned with Bethel, a
god in whom they trusted.//NLT 13 At last Moab will be ashamed of
his idol Chemosh, as the people of Israel were ashamed of their
gold calf at Bethel.
PROVERBS 9:
Today’s chapter is the last of the thematic chapters at the
beginning of this book. Lady Wisdom speaks, and we find that she is
opposed by Lady [Folly/Stupidity].
Translation note:
18 Her victims do not know that the people [who go to her house
die//die who go to her house], that those who have already entered
are now deep in the world of the dead.
1JOHN 2:
John continues to address us as his dear children, and tells us
things that we must know in order to be on guard and remain in
fellowship with the Father and the Son.
Translation notes:
5 But if we obey his word, we are the ones whose love for God has
really been made perfect. This is how we can [know for sure//be
sure] that we are in union with God:
6 if we say that we remain in union with God, we should live [in the same way//just] as Jesus Christ [lived//did].
8 However, the command I now write [to] you is new, because its
truth is seen in Christ and also in you. For the darkness is
passing away, and the real light is already
shining.
14 [So (let me emphasize)] I write to you, my children, because you
know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know [God’s
Son//him] who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young
people, because you are strong; the word of God lives in you, and
you have defeated the Evil One.