Amos 2:6-10, 13-16 6Thus says the LORD: For three crimes of Israel, and now four— I will not take it back — Because they hand over the just for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals; 7 They trample the heads of the destitute into the dust of the earth, and force the lowly ...
Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 13 Because God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living. 14 For he fashioned all things that they might have being, and the creatures of the world are wholesome; There is not a destructive drug among them nor any domain of Hades on earth, For righteousness ...
Lamentations 2: 2, 10 – 14, 18 – 19 2 The Lord has destroyed without mercy all the habitations of Jacob; in his wrath he has broken down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought down to the ground in dishonor the kingdom and its rulers. 10 The elders of ...
Acts 12: 1 – 11 1 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. 2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword; 3 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was ...
2 Kings 24: 8 – 17 8 Jehoi’achin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehush’ta the daughter of Elna’than of Jerusalem. 9 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father ...
2 Kings 22: 8 – 13; 23: 1 – 3 8 And Hilki’ah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD.” And Hilki’ah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 9 And Shaphan the secretary came to ...
2 Kings 19: 9 – 11, 14 – 21, 31 – 36 9 And when the king heard concerning Tirha’kah king of Ethiopia, “Behold, he has set out to fight against you,” he sent messengers again to Hezeki’ah, saying, 10 “Thus shall you speak to Hezeki’ah king of Judah: `Do not let your ...
The visionary Ivanka Ivankovic-Elez had her regular annual apparition on June 25th 2011. At her last daily apparition on May 7, 1985, Our Lady confided to Ivanka the 10th secret and told her that she would have an apparition once a year on the anniversary of the apparitions. It was that way also this year. The apparition, ...
2 Kings 17: 5 – 8, 13 – 15, 18 5 Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Sama’ria, and for three years he besieged it. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshe’a the king of Assyria captured Sama’ria, and he carried the Israelites away to Assyria, and ...
Isaiah 49: 1 – 6 1 Listen to me, O coastlands, and hearken, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he ...
2 Chronicles 24: 17 – 25 17 Now after the death of Jehoi’ada the princes of Judah came and did obeisance to the king; then the king hearkened to them. 18 And they forsook the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Ashe’rim and the idols. And wrath ...
2 Kings 11: 1 – 4, 9 – 18, 20 1 Now when Athali’ah the mother of Ahazi’ah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family. 2 But Jehosh’eba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahazi’ah, took Jo’ash the son of Ahazi’ah, and stole him away ...
Sirach 48: 1 – 14 1 Then the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, and his word burned like a torch. 2 He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal he made them few in number. 3 By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, and ...
2 Kings 2: 1, 6 – 14 1 Now when the LORD was about to take Eli’jah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Eli’jah and Eli’sha were on their way from Gilgal. 6 Then Eli’jah said to him, “Tarry here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to the Jordan.” But ...
