When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, ‘I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and be blameless.
Micah 4:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Though all the peoples walk in the name of their own gods, we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For all the peoples [now] walk every man in the name of his god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever. American Standard Version (1901) For all the peoples walk every one in the name of his god; and we will walk in the name of Jehovah our God for ever and ever. Common English Bible Each of the peoples walks in the name of their own god; but as for us, we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and always. Catholic Public Domain Version For all people will walk, each one in the name of his god. But we will walk in the name of the Lord our God, forever and ever. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For all people will walk every one in the name of his god: but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever. |
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, ‘I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and be blameless.
But the people of each nation were still making their own gods in the cities where they lived and putting them in the shrines of the high places that the people of Samaria had made.
They are still observing the former practices to this day. None of them fear the Lord or observe the statutes and ordinances, the law and commandments that the Lord had commanded the descendants of Jacob, whom he had given the name Israel.
Lord our God, lords other than you have owned us, but we remember your name alone.
Yes, Lord, we wait for you in the path of your judgements. Our desire is for your name and renown.
‘I will make a permanent covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put fear of me in their hearts so that they will never again turn away from me.
I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they will march in his name – this is the Lord’s declaration.
Obey the Lord your God and follow his commands and statutes I am giving you today.’
So then, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in him,
And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
But if it doesn’t please you to worship the Lord, choose for yourselves today: Which will you worship #– #the gods your ancestors worshipped beyond the River Euphrates or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living? As for me and my family, we will worship the Lord.’