Daily Bible GNT July 13 Verses

Cyrus, the LORD's Chosen Leader

¹²The LORD says,

"Listen to me, Israel, the people I have called!

I am God, the first, the last, the only God!

¹³My hands made the earth's foundations

and spread the heavens out.

When I summon earth and sky,

they come at once and present themselves.

¹⁴"Assemble and listen, all of you!

None of the gods could predict

that the man I have chosen would attack Babylon;

he will do what I want him to do.

¹⁵I am the one who spoke and called him;

I led him out and gave him success.

¹⁶"Now come close to me and hear what I say.

From the beginning I have spoken openly

and have always made my words come true."
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¹⁸"If only you had listened to my commands!

Then blessings would have flowed for you

like a stream that never goes dry.

Victory would have come to you

like the waves that roll on the shore.

¹⁹Your descendants would be as numerous as grains of sand,

and I would have made sure they were never destroyed."

²⁰Go out from Babylon, go free!

Shout the news gladly; make it known everywhere:

"The LORD has saved his servant Israel!"

²¹When the LORD led his people through a hot, dry desert,

they did not suffer from thirst.

He made water come from a rock for them;

he split the rock open, and water flowed out.

²²"There is no safety for sinners," says the LORD.

This reading is from The Holy Bible, Today's English Version, Second Edition copyright © American Bible Society, 1992;
Old Testament copyright © American Bible Society, 1976, 1992; New Testament © American Bible Society, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992.

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