Professor Horner’s Reading Plan

Read through the Bible in one year by reading 10 chapters a day from 10 different sections of the Bible using the Professor Grant Horner Bible reading plan.

Today, we are reading John 18; Exodus 27; 1 Corinthians 14; 1 Thessalonians4; Job 16; Psalms 114; Proverbs 16; Joshua 15; Isaiah 14; Acts 12.

John 18

1	When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
2	And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
3	Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
4	Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
5	They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
6	As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
7	Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
8	Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
9	That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
10	Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
11	Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
12	Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
13	And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
14	Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
15	And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.
16	But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
17	Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.
18	And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.
19	The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
20	Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
21	Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
22	And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
23	Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
24	Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
25	And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
26	One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
27	Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
28	Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
29	Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?
30	They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
31	Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
32	That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
33	Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
34	Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
35	Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
36	Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
37	Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
38	Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
39	But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
40	Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

Exodus 27

1	And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
2	And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
3	And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basins, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
4	And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof.
5	And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
6	And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
7	And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
8	Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
9	And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of a hundred cubits long for one side:
10	And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
11	And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
12	And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
13	And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
14	The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15	And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
16	And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
17	All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
18	The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
19	All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
20	And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
21	In the tabernacle of the congregation without the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute forever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

1 Corinthians 14

1	Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
2	For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
3	But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
4	He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
5	I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh, with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
6	Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
7	And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
8	For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
9	So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
10	There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
11	Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
12	Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
13	Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
14	For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
15	What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
16	Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
17	For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
18	I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
19	Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
20	Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
21	In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
22	Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
23	If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
24	But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
25	And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
26	How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
27	If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
28	But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
29	Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
30	If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
31	For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
32	And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
33	For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
34	Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
35	And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
36	What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
37	If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
38	But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
39	Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
40	Let all things be done decently and in order.

Job 16

1	Then Job answered and said,
2	I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
3	Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
4	I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
5	But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief.
6	Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
7	But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
8	And thou hast filled me with wrath, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9	He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10	They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
11	God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
12	I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
13	His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14	He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
15	I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16	My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17	Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
18	O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
19	Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20	My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
21	O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor!
22	When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

Psalms 114

1	When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
2	Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
3	The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
4	The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
5	What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
6	Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
7	Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
8	Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

Proverbs 16

1	The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
2	All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
3	Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
4	The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
5	Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
6	By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
7	When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
8	Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
9	A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
10	A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
11	A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
12	It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
13	Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
14	The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
15	In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
16	How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
17	The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
18	Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
19	Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
20	He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
21	The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
22	Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
23	The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
24	Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25	There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26	He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
27	An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
28	A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29	A violent man enticeth his neighbor, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
30	He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
31	The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
32	He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
33	The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

Joshua 15

1	This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
2	And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
3	And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
4	From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
5	And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
6	And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
7	And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:
8	And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
9	And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim:
10	And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
11	And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
12	And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
13	And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
14	And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15	And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
16	And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
17	And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
18	And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
19	Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
20	This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
21	And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
22	And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
23	And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
24	Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
25	And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
26	Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
27	And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet,
28	And Hazarshual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah,
29	Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
30	And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
31	And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
32	And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:
33	And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
34	And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
35	Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
36	And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
37	Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad,
38	And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
39	Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
40	And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
41	And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
42	Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
43	And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
44	And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
45	Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
46	From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
47	Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
48	And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
49	And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,
50	And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
51	And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
52	Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
53	And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,
54	And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
55	Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
56	And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
57	Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
58	Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
59	And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
60	Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
61	In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
62	And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.
63	As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

Isaiah 14

1	For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
2	And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
3	And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
4	That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5	The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers.
6	He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
7	The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
8	Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
9	Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
10	All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
11	Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
12	How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13	For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14	I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15	Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16	They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17	That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
18	All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
19	But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under feet.
20	Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
21	Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22	For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
23	I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
24	The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
25	That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
26	This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
27	For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
28	In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
29	Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
30	And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
31	Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Philistia, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
32	What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.

Acts 12

1	Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
2	And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3	And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
4	And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
5	Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
6	And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
7	And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
8	And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
9	And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
10	When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
11	And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
12	And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
13	And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
14	And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
15	And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
16	But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
17	But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go show these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
18	Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
19	And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and there abode.
20	And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
21	And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
22	And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
23	And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
24	But the word of God grew and multiplied.
25	And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

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