NL-Day256 Hosea 9-10; Proverbs 24:17-34; Matthew 6:1-18

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HOSEA 9-10:I like how the GNT translates the first paragraph of chapter 6 as being the words of the people of Israel.

Hosea 6:1-4 GNT:1 The people say, “Let's return to the LORD! He has hurt us, but he will be sure to heal us; he has wounded us, but he will bandage our wounds, won't he?2 In two or three days he will revive us, and we will live in his presence.3 Let us try to know the LORD. He will come to us as surely as the day dawns, as surely as the spring rains fall upon the earth.”

4 But the LORD says, “Israel and Judah, what am I going to do with you? Your love for me disappears as quickly as morning mist; it is like dew, that vanishes early in the day.

PROVERBS 24b:Just one of many neat nuggets of truth in today’s reading:

Pro. 24:26 NLT An honest answer is like a kiss of friendship.

MATTHEW 6a:Yesterday’s reading had five ‘You have heard it said … But I tell you …’ And they included some of the hardest ones for us to obey.

NLT Translation notes:Prov. 24:30 I walked by the field of a lazy [man/person],the vineyard of one with no common sense.====[In this memorized and often repeated verse, I suggest that ‘name’ should be taken as a metonymy that stands for God. See the note in the GNT section.]Mat. 6:9 Pray like this:Our Father in heaven,may [You always and everywhere be regarded as holy//your name be kept holy.][In most of the world’s languages a ‘kingdom’ cannot come or move. Instead it is more natural to say that a King will come to rule.]10 May [You come as king to rule on this earth//your Kingdom come soon.]May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

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