TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE

Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. Isaiah 46:11
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​Memorize this Verse: (Cover the verse text and using just the first letters of each word try to recite the entire passage.)
11. C A R B F T E T M T E M C F A F C Y I H S I I W A B I T P I H P I I W A D I

Notes on this verse:

“Man … from a far country”: Cyrus was this man whom God summoned to conquer Babylon and return a remnant of Israel to end the 70 year captivity a century and a half after Isaiah wrote this prophecy (44:28; 45:1).

Cyrus was called a “bird” for his swiftness, and “ravenous” for his fierceness, and victories over his enemies. The “east” here means Persia. The word  ‘ravenous bird’ is rendered ‘fowl’ (in Job 28:7); “bird” or “birds” (in Jeremiah 12:9); “fowls” (in Genesis 15:11; Isaiah 18:6); and “ravenous birds” (in Ezekiel 39:4).

TODAY'S BIBLE READING

March 14
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Old Testament
Numbers 33-36  —  7.0 minutes
Psalms 61  —  1.5 minutes

New Testament
Matthew 25:31-46  —  4.0 minutes
Romans 9:1-18  —  4.0 minutes

Total Average Read Time — 16.5 minutes