Daily Bible CEV October 2 Verses

The LORD Will Help His People

¹⁴For a long time, I, the LORD, have held my temper;

now I will scream and groan like a woman giving birth.

¹⁵I will destroy the mountains and what grows on them;

I will dry up rivers and ponds.

¹⁶I will lead the blind on roads they have never known;

I will guide them on paths they have never traveled.

Their road is dark and rough, but I will give light

to keep them from stumbling.

This is my solemn promise.

¹⁷Everyone who worships idols as though they were gods

will be terribly ashamed.

God's People Won't Obey

¹⁸You people are deaf and blind,

but the LORD commands you to listen and to see.

¹⁹No one is as blind or deaf as his messenger,

his chosen servant, ²⁰who sees and hears so much,

but pays no attention.

²¹The LORD always does right,

and so he wanted his Law to be greatly praised.

²²But his people were trapped and imprisoned in holes

with no one to rescue them.

All they owned had been taken,

and no one was willing to give it back.

²³Why won't his people ever learn to listen?

²⁴Israel sinned and refused to obey the LORD

or follow his instructions.

So the LORD let them be robbed

of everything they owned.

²⁵He was furious with them and punished their nation

with the fires of war.

Still they paid no attention. They didn't even care

when they were surrounded and scorched by flames.

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