The Scriptures I Hope to Read in August

August 1 - Jeremiah 7:1-8:3; Jeremiah 11:1-17; Jeremiah 15:10-21; Jeremiah 22:18-23; Jeremiah 35:1-19

August 2 - 2 Kings 24:1-4; 2 Chronicles 36:6-7; Jeremiah 36:1-32; Jeremiah 25:1-38; Jeremiah 45:1-5

August 3 - Jeremiah 46:1-28; Daniel 1:3-21; 2 Kings 24:7; Daniel 2:1-49

August 4 - 2 Kings 24:5-6; 2 Chronicles 36:8; 2 Kings 24:8-9; 2 Chronicles 36:9; 1 Chronicles 3:10-16; Daniel 3:1-30; Jeremiah 9:16-21; Jeremiah 10:17-25; Jeremiah 12:7-17; Jeremiah 19:14-20:18

August 5 - Jeremiah 22:24-23:8; 2 Kings 24:10-17; 2 Chronicles 36:10; Jeremiah 49:1-33; Obadiah 1:1-21

August 6 - Jeremiah 14:1-15:9; Jeremiah 18:1-19:13; Jeremiah 24:1-10

August 7 - Jeremiah 29:1-32; 2 Kings 24:18-20; 2 Chronicles 36:11-14; Jeremiah 49:34-39; Jeremiah 50:1-46

August 8 - Jeremiah 51:1-64; Jeremiah 11:18-12:6

August 9 - Jeremiah 23:9-40; Jeremiah 27:1-28:17

August 10 - Ezekiel 1:1-3:15; Ezekiel 3:16-4:17

August 11 - Ezekiel 5:1-7:27; Ezekiel 8:1-9:11

August 12 - Ezekiel 10:1-13:23

August 13 - Ezekiel 14:1-16:63

August 14 - Ezekiel 17:1-19:14; Ezekiel 20:1-29

August 15 - Ezekiel 20:30-22:31

August 16 - Ezekiel 23:1-49; Jeremiah 21:1-14; Ezekiel 24:1-27

August 17 - Ezekiel 25:1-17; Jeremiah 37:1-38:28; Ezekiel 29:1-16; Ezekiel 30:20-26

August 18 - Ezekiel 31:1-18; Jeremiah 32:1-33:26

August 19 - Jeremiah 34:1-22; 2 Kings 25:1-21; 2 Chronicles 36:15-21; Jeremiah 39:1-18

August 20 - Jeremiah 52:1-30; Psalm 74:1-23; Psalm 79:1-13; Psalm 85:1-13

August 21 - Psalm 102:1-28; Psalm 120:1-7; Psalm 137:1-9; Lamentations 1:1-2:22

August 22 - Lamentations 3:1-4:22

August 23 - Lamentations 5:1-22; 2 Kings 25:22-26; Jeremiah 40:1-42:22

August 24 - Jeremiah 43:1-44:30; Psalm 71:1-24; Psalm 116:1-19

August 25 - Jeremiah 30:1-31:40; Ezekiel 26:1-21

August 26 - Ezekiel 27:1-28:26; Ezekiel 33:21-33

August 27 - Ezekiel 34:1-36:38

August 28 - Ezekiel 37:1-39:29

August 29 - Ezekiel 32:1-16; Ezekiel 32:17-33:20; Ezekiel 40:1-27

August 30 - Ezekiel 40:28-43:27

August 31 - Ezekiel 44:1-46:24

Jeremiah 8:4-9:15; Jeremiah 9:22-10:16; Jeremiah 26:1-24

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? (Jeremiah 8:22)

Jeremiah 22:1-17; 2 Kings 23:31-37; 2 Chronicles 36:2-5; Habakkuk 1:1-3:19

I am awed by Habakkuk's faith, as evidenced by the prophet's writing: Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, ye I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. (Habakkuk 3:17-18)

I wonder how faithful I might be when faced with famine...

Psalm 81:1-16; Jeremiah 47:1-48:47; 2 Kings 23:29-30; 2 Chronicles 35:20-36:1

Josiah is a reforming king, but he is killed in battle at Megiddo. He and his soldiers opposed Egyptian forces commanded by Neco. Neco had claimed, in effect, he was "just passing through" to go to the aid of Assyria. 

Nahum 1:1-3:19; 2 Kings 23:1-28; 2 Chronicles 35:1-19

Not since the days of the judges who led Israel, nor throughout the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah, had any such Passover been observed. (2 Kings 23:22)

This is a telling passage of scripture. The whole point of Passover was the remembrance of God's mighty acts on behalf of the Hebrew people--to pass along from generation to generation God's deliverance and God's covenant. Yet the Passover had not been as thoroughly or as grandly observed for hundreds of years. Is it any wonder that the people became susceptible to the temptation to worship idols? They needed a guide; and the written one had languished in the temple, unopened, unread, and unappreciated. They needed a leader; and the living ones--kings, priests, and prophets--had failed miserably.

How long has it been since you and I worshiped thoroughly and grandly?

Jeremiah 16:1-17:27; 2 Kings 22:3-20; 2 Chronicles 34:8-33

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? "I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve." (Jeremiah 17:9-10)

Puzzling--This proverb states the impossibility of purifying the human heart and the difficulty of discerning one's heart. The proverb is followed by a word from God, who claims the ability that humans do not have, that is, the deep knowledge required in order to explore the human heart. 

The word from God also claims a divine purpose for searching human hearts and for examining human minds, namely, so that conduct and deeds may be assessed, presumably in light of humans' motivations. If conduct and deeds in and of themselves are to be rewarded or punished, then why search the human heart? Why examine the human mind? 

Thank God! The Lord takes into account our intentions and motivations when assessing our behavior. ...Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. (1 Samuel 16:7c)

Jeremiah 5:1-6:30; Jeremiah 13:1-27

Jeremiah the Prophet proclaims God's judgment against the sins of his nation and its people.  He announces that advancing armies are, in fact, bringing about God's punishment for their sins. Defeat, destruction, and deportation await them, yet they will not be exterminated completely. God will preserve some fraction of the people.

The sins of my nation and my people are many. Many are my sins, too. May we repent, and may we persevere through sins' consequences.

Jeremiah 2:1-4:31

In Jeremiah 2-4 the chief complaint against Israel and Judah is idolatry. The Lord has been God to the people, priests, and rulers of both nations, but seemingly unsatisfied, they worship not the invisible Holy One, but the many deities represented in wood, stone, and metals. Faithlessness as widespread as Jeremiah describes means there is an idol in every valley and a rite on every mountain top. The temple in Jerusalem is not honored, for each village has constructed its own god and every city its favored priest.

How many self-constructed "gods" must be torn down before the Holy One can be seen and worshiped?

Zephaniah 1:1-3:20; 2 Chronicles 34:4-7; Jeremiah 1:1-19

When I become angry I am tempted to act hastily and mindlessly--better to slow down, to think, and to employ the energy of my anger in a positive, thoughtful way. 

A significant fraction of the prophetic scriptures that I have been reading lately deals with anger attributed to God. I wonder how God's anger compares with mine. "Righteous indignation" seems a more accurate descriptor of God's "anger" for me. 

Anger propels me toward losing control. Does anger tempt God to lose self-control? I haven't found that characteristic attributed to God anywhere in scripture; and God has not yet revealed it to me. 

Isaiah 66:1-24; 2 Kings 21:1-17; 2 Chronicles 33:1-9; Psalm 82:1-8; 2 Chronicles 33:10-19; 2 Kings 21:18-26; 2 Chronicles 33:20-25; 2 Kings 22:1-2; 2 Chronicles 34:1-2; 2 Chronicles 34:3

Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are your inheritance. (Psalm 82:8)

Reading the Bible's books of Isaiah and Kings, I get some idea of God's concern for the Israeli people. But the psalmist's words above remind me of the Lord's concern for all people. Every government, every leader, every ethnic group, and every person are subject to God's justice. And here the psalmist invites judgment.

Are we ready for it?

Isaiah 61:1-65:25

Catching up...

Isaiah 56:1-60:22

“The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,” declares the Lord.

“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is on you, will not depart from you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord. (Isaiah 59:20-21)

Thank You, Lord, for promising the Redeemer--the Redeemer who will come. Thank You, Lord, for Your covenant, Your contract, of everlasting Spirit and eternally-living messages from You.

Isaiah 51:1-55:13

Who has believed our message
  and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
  and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
  nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by mankind,
  a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
  he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
Surely he took up our pain
  and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
  stricken by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
  he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
  and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
  each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
  the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed and afflicted,
  yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
  and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
  Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
  for the transgression of my people he was punished.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
  and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
  nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
  and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
  and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
After he has suffered,
  he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
  and he will bear their iniquities.

Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
  and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
  and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
  and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isaiah 53 NIV)

Thank You, Man of Suffering...

Isaiah 47:1-50:11

A Prophecy of Doom for Babylon...

There is no peace for the wicked...

God's servant will be a light...

God's servant obeys...

Isaiah 43:1-46:13

This is an unforgettable truth about God, words of the prophet, Isaiah, words from God's heart: [God says,] "I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more." (Isaiah 43:25)

God forgives, not because of our worthiness, nor because of our contrition, but for God's own sake. And when God's forgiveness is completed, so is God's forgetting. God erases even the memory of human sin, so great is God's regard for our souls' salvation.

Unforgettable and wonderful! Thank You, God.

Isaiah 40:1-42:25

I am happy to read Isaiah 40 again today. Reading verses 28-31 was like a lifeline thrown to me many years ago when I was experiencing unsteadiness and self-doubt. Relief, rescue, and reassurance--some of those same feelings that came through the text long ago now circulate through my soul. It is good to revisit the scriptures that have inspired and assisted me in the past.  

2 Kings 18:3-7a; 2 Chronicles 29:2; 2 Kings 20:20-21; 2 Chronicles 32:32-33; Isaiah 24:1-27:13

...he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. (Psalm 25:8)

Saint Paul echoes one theme of this psalm at First Corinthians 15:54.

Saint John echoes another theme of this psalm at Revelation 7:17 and Revelation 21:4. 

Weyden, Rogier van der, 1399 or 1400-1464. Mary's Tears, detail from Descent from the Cross, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55988 [retrieved July 16, 2015]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weyden,_Rogier_van_der_-_Descent_from_the_Cross_-_Detail_women_(left).jpg.

Blessings forever!

Psalm 104

Praise to God as creator! 

He wraps himself in light as with a garment... (Psalm 104:2a)

The scripture fragment above is repeated in the opening lyrics to this song:

How Great Is Our God 

When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth. (Psalm 104:30)

This verse of scripture serves as one root of the ancient Prayer to the Holy Spirit:

Come, Holy Spirit

Isaiah 37:14-38:22; 2 Kings 20:1-11; 2 Chronicles 32:24-26; 2 Kings 20:12-19; 2 Chronicles 32:27-31; Isaiah 39:1-8

Hezekiah's plans are shortsighted. There will be peace and security in his lifetime (Isaiah 39:8), but afterwards not so much (Isaiah 39:6). What motivates Hezekiah to display the treasures of his palace, storehouses, armory, and kingdom? Is it pride? Is it diplomacy, that is, showing what valuables could be sent to Babylon in return for a non-aggression treaty? Is it Hezekiah's way offering a bribe to the messengers of Babylon that had been sent to him? The biblical text does not clearly reveal the king's motives. 

God, please spare me from making shortsighted plans.

Isaiah 33:1-37:13

Catching up today...

Isaiah 29:1-32:20

The Lord says, "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me." (Isaiah 29:13)

Talk is cheap and easy. God's people talk all the time. We say good things. But whom do we treasure in our hearts?

This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: "In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it." (Isaiah 30:15)

Repentance and rest give way to God's rescue. Quietness and trust channel God's power. Oh, let me be turned this way, Lord!

Isaiah 10:5-12:6; Isaiah 28:1-29

I cannot help but think of Messiah, as I read:

A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—and he will delight in the fear of the Lord. (Isaiah 11:1-3)

and

[God says,] “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic. (Isaiah 28:16)

Psalm 87:1-7; Psalm 125:1-5; Isaiah 1:1-4:6

Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me, New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations--I cannot bear your evil assemblies. Your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts my soul hates. They have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them. When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you; even if you offer many prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood; wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds outs of my sight! Stop doing wrong, learn to do right!  (Isaiah 1:13-17a)

I wonder what an "Isaiah of Today" might say about my nation's worship? With regard to its treasured celebrations? Of its armaments and commerce in weaponry? Concerning its evil? Relevant to its wrongdoing?

I have an idea: LEARN TO DO RIGHT!

Psalm 75:1-10; Psalm 76:1-12; Psalm 77:1-20; Psalm 80:1-19

The thrice repeated refrain of Psalm 80 is: Restore us, O God Almighty; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved. 

• Not make us strong, that we may be saved...
• Not make us wealthy, that we may be saved...
• Not make us wise, that we may be saved...

But make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved. Restoration does not lie in any human characteristic. Salvation does not derive from any power belonging to us. However, the glory streams emanating from the face of God radiate restorative, saving grace.

God, make Your face shine on us!

2 Kings 18:13-19:37; 2 Chronicles 32:1-23

I wonder if it is as easy as this seems. Call on the Lord. Remind God that defeat of an enemy will publish the news that the Lord alone is God, and wait for angels to go to battle for you. King Hezekiah followed this method, according to the passages of scripture for today, against Judah's enemy, King Sennacherib of Assyria.

The outcome? That very night an angel of the Lord put 185,000 Assyrian fighting men to death. 

God, please send angels to do battle with my enemies, as I call to You and wait on You.

Micah 4:1-7:20

Micah speaks to a people who are under God's righteous judgment. The consequences of their unfaithfulness and unrighteousness will soon come to pass. But after those consequences have run their course the prophet expects something good from God: [God says,] "As in the days when you came out of Egypt, I will show them my wonders." (Micah 7:15)

What good will follow my present calamity? After the consequences of my actions have had their full effect what wonders may the Lord disclose?

Isaiah 22:1-23:18; 2 Kings 18:7b-8; Micah 1:8-3:12

Micah announces God's judgment on the leaders and the citizens of both Israel and Judah. Then he turns his attention to the prophets employed in both nations: If a liar and deceiver comes and says, "I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer," he would be just the prophet for this people! (Micah 2:11) Indulgence, intoxication, trickery, and prevarication--the people and the "prophets" suited to them are phonies.

I want to go in the opposite direction. I want to be authentic and honest.

2 Chronicles 31:2-21; Isaiah 18:1-21:17

Here is my longing this morning: I long for good news. But with this plan of reading, I must wait until September 28th to read the gospel of Jesus Christ. And that's a long time from now.

I'm still pleased with reading through a Bible that has been arranged in chronological order. And since I began to read it January 1, 2015, I have read scriptures that seem to point to the one I call Savior. Yet I am eager to read His story and His words again.

Oh well, back to Hezekiah... 

2 Chronicles 29:3-31:1; Psalm 66:1-20; Psalm 67:1-7

Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, "May the Lord, who is good, pardon everyone who sets his heart on seeking God--the Lord, the God of his fathers--even if he is not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary." And the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people. (2 Chronicles 30:18-20)

King Hezekiah goes "all in" for the Lord. People, some living near Jerusalem and some living at some distance from Jerusalem, respond with repentance and worship. The rules of the sanctuary are broken; but God hears Hezekiah's prayer and heals the people. 

This is the verse of scripture that stands out to me today: "... the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people."

I see what is possible when we humans seek genuine repentance and when spiritual leaders pray for those under their leadership--healing for the people!

Isaiah 13:1-16:14

Catching up...

2 Kings 17:3-23; 2 Kings 18:9-12; 2 Kings 17:2441; Isaiah 5:1-30; 2 Kings 16:19-20; 2 Chronicles 28:26-27; 2 Kings 18:1-2; 2 Chronicles 29:1; 1 Chronicles 4:34-43

Since there is much to read each day, I choose not to comment on every verse, word, or thought that comes to mind as I read. Instead, I monitor for which verse, word, or thought in the day's reading seems to have the most impact or attraction in me. I choose to meditate on and write about that image. Anyway, that's my aim.

Readers, what is your approach to reading the specified scripture passages, day in and day out?

The scripture is unrelenting in declaring the Israeli people as thoroughly corrupted: They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves, and an Asherah pole. The bowed down to all the starry hosts, and they worshiped Baal. They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sorcery and sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, provoking him to anger. (2 Kings 17:16-17)

The tipping point seems to be Israel's desire to turn to Egypt in a military-political alliance against Assyria. Working through Moses, God had liberated the Israelis from slavery in Egypt. Turning again to Egypt for support seems to be an affront to God's person and purposes.

Isaiah's declaration seems appropriate both to his own era, his own people, and to people of all eras and locales: 

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. (Isaiah 5:20)

This echoes the sinful desire described in the creation story--Adam's desire and Eve's desire not to accept all things as God had created them--blessed and good--but to be "wise," like God, and thereby to declare for themselves what is good and what is evil. (Genesis 3:4-6)

Today, my prayer is to rely on God's wisdom more and my own sense of judgment less. 

Hosea 10:1-12:14; Hosea 13:1-14:9; Micah 1:1-7

Hosea intersperses (1) lists of Israel's many sins against God, (2) descriptions of God's judgment, which is to come, and (3) confident statements of hope that Israel will be both repentant and restored some day.

Micah begins his prophecy in a similar way by naming some of the sins of God's chosen people and by describing God's judgment, which is to come.

Hosea 5:8-7:16; 2 Kings 16:10-18; 2 Chronicles 28:22-25; 2 Kings 15:30-31; 2 Kings 17:1-2; Hosea 8:1-9:17

I apologize to this blog's readers for posting the readings for July late. Those who follow this blog closely may have noticed my late postings recently. I seem to be caught up in a struggle to maintain the daily discipline of reading scripture this way. I pray for commitment and stamina to continue reading and blogging through the end of 2015.

Even though Hosea's message of judgment was addressed first to the tribe of Ephraim long, long ago, Hosea 6:2 seems appropriate to my struggle: After two days he [God] will revive us; on the third day he [God] will restore us, that we may live in his [God's] presence.

The Scriptures I Hope to Read in July

July 1 - Hosea 5:8-7:16; 2 Kings 16:10-18; 2 Chronicles 28:22-25; 2 Kings 15:30-31; 2 Kings 17:1-2; Hosea 8:1-9:17

July 2 - Hosea 10:1-12:14; Hosea 13:1-14:9; Micah 1:1-7

July 3 - 2 Kings 17:3-23; 2 Kings 18:9-12; 2 Kings 17:2441; Isaiah 5:1-30; 2 Kings 16:19-20; 2 Chronicles 28:26-27; 2 Kings 18:1-2; 2 Chronicles 29:1; 1 Chronicles 4:34-43

July 4 - Isaiah 13:1-16:14

July 5 - 2 Chronicles 29:3-31:1; Psalm 66:1-20; Psalm 67:1-7

July 6 - 2 Chronicles 31:2-21; Isaiah 18:1-21:17

July 7 - Isaiah 22:1-23:18; 2 Kings 18:7b-8; Micah 1:8-3:12

July 8 - Micah 4:1-7:20

July 9 - 2 Kings 18:13-19:37; 2 Chronicles 32:1-23

July 10 - Psalm 75:1-10; Psalm 76:1-12; Psalm 77:1-20; Psalm 80:1-19

July 11 - Psalm 87:1-7; Psalm 125:1-5; Isaiah 1:1-4:6

July 12 - Isaiah 10:5-12:6; Isaiah 28:1-29

July 13 - Isaiah 29:1-32:20

July 14 - Isaiah 33:1-37:13

July 15 - Isaiah 37:14-38:22; 2 Kings 20:1-11; 2 Chronicles 32:24-26; 2 Kings 20:12-19; 2 Chronicles 32:27-31; Isaiah 39:1-8

July 16 - 2 Kings 18:3-7a; 2 Chronicles 29:2; 2 Kings 20:20-21; 2 Chronicles 32:32-33; Isaiah 24:1-27:13

July 17 - Isaiah 40:1-42:25

July 18 - Isaiah 43:1-46:13

July 19 - Isaiah 47:1-50:11

July 20 - Isaiah 51:1-55:13

July 21 - Isaiah 56:1-60:22

July 22 - Isaiah 61:1-65:25

July 23 - Isaiah 66:1-24; 2 Kings 21:1-17; 2 Chronicles 33:1-9; Psalm 82:1-8; 2 Chronicles 33:10-19; 2 Kings 21:18-26; 2 Chronicles 33:20-25; 2 Kings 22:1-2; 2 Chronicles 34:1-2; 2 Chronicles 34:3

July 24 - Zephaniah 1:1-3:20; 2 Chronicles 34:4-7; Jeremiah 1:1-19

July 25 - Jeremiah 2:1-4:31

July 26 - Jeremiah 5:1-6:30; Jeremiah 13:1-27

July 27 - Jeremiah 16:1-17:27; 2 Kings 22:3-20; 2 Chronicles 34:8-33

July 28 - Nahum 1:1-3:19; 2 Kings 23:1-28; 2 Chronicles 35:1-19

July 29 - Psalm 81:1-16; Jeremiah 47:1-48:47; 2 Kings 23:29-30; 2 Chronicles 35:20-36:1

July 30 - Jeremiah 22:1-17; 2 Kings 23:31-37; 2 Chronicles 36:2-5; Habakkuk 1:1-3:19

July 31 - Jeremiah 8:4-9:15; Jeremiah 9:22-10:16; Jeremiah 26:1-24