Daily Bible CEV October 4 Verses

The LORD Gives Hope

¹²I am the LORD, the one who encourages you.

Why are you afraid of mere humans?

They dry up and die like grass.

¹³I spread out the heavens

and laid foundations for the earth.

But you have forgotten me, your LORD and Creator.

All day long you were afraid of those who were angry

and hoped to abuse you.

Where are they now?

¹⁴Everyone crying out in pain will be quickly set free;

they will be rescued from the power of death

and never go hungry.

¹⁵I will help them because I am your God,

the LORD All-Powerful, who makes the ocean roar.

¹⁶I have told you what to say, and I will keep you safe

in the palm of my hand.

I spread out the heavens and laid foundations for the earth.

Now I say, "Jerusalem, your people are mine."

A Warning to Jerusalem

¹⁷Jerusalem, wake up! Stand up!

You've drunk too much

from the cup filled with the LORD's anger.

You have swallowed every drop,

and you can't walk straight.

¹⁸Not one of your many children is there to guide you

or to offer a helping hand.

¹⁹You have been destroyed by war and by famine;

I cannot comfort you.

²⁰The LORD your God is angry,

and on every street corner your children lie helpless,

like deer trapped in nets.

²¹You are in trouble and drunk, but not from wine.

So pay close attention ²²to the LORD your God,

who defends you and says,

"I have taken from your hands

the cup filled with my anger that made you drunk.

You will never be forced to drink it again.

²³Instead I will give it to your brutal enemies,

who treated you like dirt and walked all over you."

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