{"id":131813,"date":"2024-10-10T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=131813"},"modified":"2024-10-10T06:09:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T10:09:57","slug":"from-the-morning-bible-readings-1356","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=131813","title":{"rendered":"From the Morning Bible Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>And I said:<br>Hear, you heads of Jacob<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and rulers of the house of Israel!<br>Is it not for you to know justice?\u2014<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;you who hate the good and love the evil,<br>who tear the skin from off my people,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and their flesh from off their bones;<br>who eat the flesh of my people,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and flay their skin from off them,<br>and break their bones in pieces,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and chop them up like meat in a kettle,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;like flesh in a caldron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then they will cry to the Lord,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;but he will not answer them;<br>he will hide his face from them at that time,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;because they have made their deeds evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;who lead my people astray,<br>who cry \u201cPeace\u201d<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;when they have something to eat,<br>but declare war against him<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;who puts nothing into their mouths.<br>Therefore it shall be night to you, without vision,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and darkness to you, without divination.<br>The sun shall go down upon the prophets,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and the day shall be black over them;<br>the seers shall be disgraced,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and the diviners put to shame;<br>they shall all cover their lips,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;for there is no answer from God.<br>But as for me, I am filled with power,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;with the Spirit of the Lord,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and with justice and might,<br>to declare to Jacob his transgression<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and to Israel his sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Micah 3:1-8<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nice out there now. No wind yet so fresh but not particularly cold. Clear northerly makes for sharp defined tops. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hSPYdpgEX9\">pic.twitter.com\/hSPYdpgEX9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Steve Carter (@HighlandRampage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HighlandRampage\/status\/1844295282923798912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And I said:Hear, you heads of Jacob&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and rulers of the house of Israel!Is it not for you to know justice?\u2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;you who hate the good and love the evil,who tear the skin from off my people,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and their flesh from off their<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=131813\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131813"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131818,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131813\/revisions\/131818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}