We will leave here and go to Bethel. In that place, I will build an altar to the God who helped me during my time of trouble. And that God has been with me everywhere I went.”
Jonah 2:9 - Easy To Read Version Salvation comes only from the Lord!\par “Lord, I will give sacrifices to you,\par and I will praise and thank you.\par I will make special promises to you,\par and I will do the things I promise.”\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But as for me, I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation and deliverance belong to the Lord! American Standard Version (1901) But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah. Common English Bible But me, I will offer a sacrifice to you with a voice of thanks. That which I have promised, I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the LORD!” Catholic Public Domain Version Those who in vain observe vanities, abandon their own mercy. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They that are vain observe vanities, forsake their own mercy. |
We will leave here and go to Bethel. In that place, I will build an altar to the God who helped me during my time of trouble. And that God has been with me everywhere I went.”
After four years, [82] Absalom said to King David, “Please let me go to complete my special promise that I made to the Lord at Hebron.
You will pray to him,\par and he will hear you.\par And you will be able to do the things\par you promised to do.\par
Offer sacrifices {\cf2\super [566]} to the Lord\par to thank him for all he did.\par Gladly tell what the Lord has done.\par
Lord, you are my Light and my Savior.\par I should not be afraid of anyone!\par The Lord is the place of safety for my life.\par So I will not be afraid of any person.\par
Lord, the victory {\cf2\super [11]} is yours!\par Please be good to your people.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [12]})\i0 \par
So bring your thank offerings {\cf2\super [301]} \par \{to share with the other worshipers\}\par and come to be with God.\par You made promises to God Most High,\par so give him the things you promised.\par
So if a person gives a thank offering, {\cf2\super [302]} \par then he shows me honor.\par But if a person lives right,\par then I will show him my power to save.”\par
He is our God.\par He is the God that saves us.\par The Lord our God saves us from death.\par
Let’s sing songs of thanks to the Lord.\par Let’s sing happy songs of praise to him.\par
But Israel will be saved by the Lord.\par That salvation will continue forever.\par Never, never again will Israel be shamed.\par
There will be sounds of joy and happiness. There will be the happy sounds of a bride and groom. There will be the sounds of people bringing their gifts to the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [278]} Those people will say, ‘Praise the Lord All-Powerful! The Lord is good! The Lord’s kindness continues forever!’ The people will say these things because I will again do good things to Judah. It will be like in the beginning.” The Lord said these things.
Think about the things you will say. And come back to the Lord. Say to him,
You Samaritans {\cf2\super [65]} worship something that you don’t understand. We Jews understand what we worship. Salvation comes from the Jews.
Jesus is the only One who can save people. His name is the only power in the world that has been given to save people. We must be saved through Jesus!”
So brothers and sisters, I beg you to do something. God has shown us great mercy. So offer your lives as a living sacrifice {\cf2\super [130]} to God. Your offering must be only for God and will be pleasing to him. This offering of yourselves is the spiritual way for you to worship (serve) God.
The money earned by a man [146] or woman prostitute must not be brought to the special house of the Lord your God. A person can’t use that money to pay for the things he promised to give to God. Why? Because the Lord your God hates for people to sell their bodies for sexual sin.
So through Jesus we should never stop offering our sacrifice to God. That sacrifice is our praise, coming from lips that speak his name.
They shouted with a loud voice, “Victory belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
Idols are only statues—they can’t help you! So don’t worship them. Idols can’t help you or save you. They are nothing!