Isaiah 24:1-3 Behold, the LORD will empty the earth and make it desolate,        and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.              2       And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;        as with the slave, so with his master;        as with the maid, so with her mistress;                    as with the buyer, so…

Psalm 66:5-7         Come and see what God has done:        he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.              6       He turned the sea into dry land;        they passed through the river on foot.                    There did we rejoice in him,              7       who rules by his might forever,                    whose eyes keep watch on…

Galatians 3:13-14 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— 14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.  “So let it be written. So…

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. 2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?…

When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank. 4 And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him. “I don’t know! We’ll find…

Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he. 11 The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man? 12 For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his…