God Speaks 10 “I am disgusted with my life.    Let me complain freely.    My bitter soul must complain.2 I will say to God, ‘Don’t simply condemn me—    tell me the charge you are bringing against me.3 What do you gain by oppressing me?    Why do you reject… Read moreJob 10-13

God Speaks 6 Then Job spoke again: 2 “If my misery could be weighed    and my troubles be put on the scales,3 they would outweigh all the sands of the sea.    That is why I spoke impulsively.4 For the Almighty has struck me down with his… Read moreJob 6-9

God Speaks 1 There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil. 2 He had seven sons and three daughters. 3 He owned 7,000 sheep,… Read moreJob 1-5

God Speaks 1 This is the message that the Lord gave to Israel through the prophet Malachi. 2 “I have always loved you,” says the Lord. But you retort, “Really? How have you loved us?” And the Lord replies, “This is how I showed my love for you:… Read moreMalachi 1-4

God Speaks 11 The leaders of the people were living in Jerusalem, the holy city. A tenth of the people from the other towns of Judah and Benjamin were chosen by sacred lots to live there, too, while the rest stayed… Read moreNehemiah 11-13

God Speaks 8 1 all the people assembled with a unified purpose at the square just inside the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had given for Israel to obey…. Read moreNehemiah 8-10

God Speaks 6 Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the wall and that no gaps remained—though we had not yet set up the doors in the gates. 2 So Sanballat and… Read moreNehemiah 6-7

God Speaks 1 These are the memoirs of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah. In late autumn, in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes’ reign, I was at the fortress of Susa. 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came to visit… Read moreNehemiah 1-5

God Speaks 7 Many years later, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, there was a man named Ezra. He was the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, 2 son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, 3 son of Amariah, son… Read moreEzra 7-10

God Speaks 6 That night the king had trouble sleeping, so he ordered an attendant to bring the book of the history of his reign so it could be read to him. 2 In those records he discovered an account of how Mordecai… Read moreEsther 6-10