Hosea - Wednesday Reading
Themes in the Minor Prophets - Week One
Scripture Text: Isaiah 54:1-10
Series: Bible Reading Challenge - Fall 2022
1 “Sing, barren woman,
you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,
you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
than of her who has a husband, ”
says the LORD.
2 “Enlarge the place of your tent,
stretch your tent curtains wide,
do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
strengthen your stakes.
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
your descendants will dispossess nations
and settle in their desolate cities.
4 “Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5 For your Maker is your husband —
the LORD Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of all the earth.
6 The LORD will call you back
as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,
only to be rejected,” says your God.
7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
8 In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,”
says the LORD your Redeemer.
9 “To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,”
says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
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A 1997 graduate of the American Lutheran Theological Seminary, Peter is Lead Pastor of One Hope Church in Gig Harbor, WA. An evangelist at heart with a passion for employing creative means for communicating the gospel to the next generation, Peter founded Rebel Planet Creations in 2003, a company which creates evangelistic video games (www.TheRebelPlanet.com). Peter is a certified pastor with both Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (www.lcmc.net) and the Alliance of Renewal Churches (www.allianceofrenewalchurches.org).
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