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• Psalm 97

  [Bible]

  Psalm 97 is a hymn of praise that opens with the declaration "The LORD reigneth." It celebrates the majesty of God, who appears amid fire and lightning, the shame of idol worshipers, and the joy of the righteous.

• Psalm 125

  [Bible]

  Psalm 125 is the sixth of the "Songs of Degrees." It declares that those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, and that the LORD surrounds and protects His people.

• Nahum 1:7

  [Bible Verses]

  Nahum 1:7 is a verse in which the prophet Nahum, while foretelling the fall of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, confesses that the LORD is good and a stronghold in the day of trouble. It is often quoted as a word of comfort set within a prophecy of judgment.

• Isaiah 27

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 27 is a prophecy that "in that day" the LORD will punish Leviathan, guard Israel as his vineyard, and summon his scattered people with a great trumpet to worship in Jerusalem.

• Isaiah 25

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 25 contains a song of praise to the LORD who saves and a prophecy promising a feast that he will prepare for all peoples on Mount Zion, together with the destruction of death. The chapter closes with the downfall of proud Moab.

• Isaiah 52

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 52 calls captive Zion to awake and arise, proclaiming the Lord's redemption and the return of His people. Verse 13 begins a song about the "Servant of the Lord," who will be highly exalted; the song continues into chapter 53.

• Jeremiah 12

  [Bible]

  Jeremiah 12 contains Jeremiah's complaint asking why the wicked prosper, the LORD's reply, the LORD's lament over having given His own people into the hands of their enemies, and a promise of judgment and restoration for the neighboring nations.

• Jeremiah 42

  [Bible]

  Jeremiah 42 is the chapter in which the people left in Judah after the assassination of Gedaliah ask Jeremiah to seek the LORD's direction for them. God promises to protect them if they remain in the land of Judah, and He warns that if they go to Egypt, they will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.

• Ezekiel 16

  [Bible]

  Ezekiel 16 portrays Jerusalem as an infant abandoned in an open field. The LORD takes her into covenant and raises her to the rank of queen, but she becomes an unfaithful wife. Through this image the chapter pronounces judgment on Jerusalem's idolatry. It closes with God's promise to establish an everlasting covenant and restore her.

• Hosea 6

  [Bible]

  Hosea 6 contains a song in which the people of Israel urge one another to return to the LORD (vv. 1–3), followed by God's lament and rebuke that their steadfast love vanishes as quickly as the morning dew.

• Joel 1

  [Bible]

  The first chapter of the Book of Joel describes a locust plague and drought that have devastated the land of Judah, calls the people and priests to lament, fast, and gather in solemn assembly, and proclaims that "the day of the LORD" is at hand.

• Amos 9

  [Bible]

  Amos 9 is the final chapter of the Book of Amos. After a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar that proclaims inescapable judgment, the book closes with a promise of restoration: God will raise up the fallen tabernacle of David and bring back His captive people.

• Nahum 2

  [Bible]

  Nahum 2 is a prophecy that depicts in vivid poetry the siege, fall, and plundering of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. It closes with the image of the lions' den and the LORD's declaration of judgment.

• Zechariah 14

  [Bible]

  Zechariah 14 is the final chapter of the Book of Zechariah. On the Day of the LORD the nations attack Jerusalem, but the LORD stands on the Mount of Olives, fights against them, and becomes king over all the earth. The surviving nations go up year after year to keep the Feast of Tabernacles, and the chapter portrays a time when everything becomes holy.

• Jeshua (Levite)

  [People]

  Jeshua was a leader of the Levites who returned from the Babylonian exile. He oversaw the rebuilding of the temple, and in the time of Nehemiah he helped explain the Law to the people and led a prayer of repentance.

• Gedaliah (son of Pashur)

  [People]

  Gedaliah was an official of Judah during the reign of King Zedekiah. In Jeremiah 38, he and other officials asked the king to put the prophet Jeremiah to death, and Jeremiah was then lowered into a muddy pit.

• Worship

  [Worship & Rites]

  Worship is the gathering in which believers come together to adore God and hear His Word. In Protestantism, the Sunday service held on the Lord's Day is central to church life.

• Isaiah

  [Bible]

  Isaiah is the first of the prophetic books of the Old Testament and consists of sixty-six chapters. It contains prophecies of judgment, restoration, and the Messiah, and Christians have long read it as a book containing many passages that point to Jesus Christ.

• Zephaniah

  [Bible]

  Zephaniah is the ninth of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. Delivered by the prophet Zephaniah during the reign of King Josiah of Judah, it warns of judgment on "the day of the LORD" and promises the restoration of a remnant. The book has three chapters.

• Joel

  [Bible]

  Joel is the second book of the Minor Prophets in the Old Testament. Occasioned by a locust plague, it calls the people to repentance and contains God's promise to pour out His Spirit upon all flesh.