Daily Bible CEV October 22 Verses

When the LORD Judges

¹⁸You look forward to the day

when the LORD comes to judge.

But you are in for trouble!

It won't be a time of sunshine; all will be darkness.

¹⁹You will run from a lion, only to meet a bear.

You will escape to your house, rest your hand on the wall,

and be bitten by a snake.

²⁰The day when the LORD judges will be dark, very dark,

without a ray of light.

What the LORD Demands

²¹I, the LORD, hate and despise your religious celebrations

and your times of worship.

²²I won't accept your offerings or animal sacrifices--

not even your very best.

²³No more of your noisy songs!

I won't listen when you play your harps.

²⁴But let justice and fairness flow like a river

that never runs dry.

²⁵Israel, for forty years you wandered in the desert,

without bringing offerings or sacrifices to me.

²⁶Now you will have to carry the two idols you made--

Sakkuth, the one you call king, and Kaiwan,

the one you built in the shape of a star.

²⁷I will force you to march as captives beyond Damascus.

I, the LORD God All-Powerful, have spoken!

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