And then? when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ ?declares? Yahweh, ‘for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and I will make it ?an everlasting waste?. 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words that I have spoken against it, everything that is written in this scroll which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings will let them work, even them, and I will repay them according to their deeds,
+ DAILY PRAYER +
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you;
He will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 25:1-10
Psa 25:1 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
Psa 25:2 O my God, in you I trust;
let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me.
Psa 25:3 Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame;
they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.
Psa 25:4 Make me to know your ways, O LORD;
teach me your paths.
Psa 25:5 Lead me in your truth and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
Psa 25:6 Remember your mercy, O LORD,
and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
Psa 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
according to your steadfast love remember me,
for the sake of your goodness, O LORD!
Psa 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD;
therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
Psa 25:9 He leads the humble in what is right,
and teaches the humble his way.
Psa 25:10 All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness,
for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Reading for Tuesday April 28th Jeremiah 25:12-38
The Cup of Wrath
12 ?And then? when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ ?declares? Yahweh, ‘for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and I will make it ?an everlasting waste?. 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words that I have spoken against it, everything that is written in this scroll which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings will let them work, even them, and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.’ ” 15 For thus said Yahweh, the God of Israel, to me, “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand, and you must give it to all the nations to whom I am sending you to drink. 16 And they will drink, and they will stagger, and they will act like madmen because of the ?presence? of the sword that I am sending among them.”
17 So I took the cup from the hand of Yahweh and I gave it to all the nations to whom Yahweh sent me to drink: 18 Jerusalem and the towns of Judah, and its kings, and its officials, to make them a site of ruins, a horror, an object of hissing, and a curse, as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and his servants, and his officials, and all his people; 20 and all the other people; and all the kings of the land of Uz; and all the kings of the land of the Philistines—Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; 21 Edom, and Moab, and the ?Ammonites?; 22 and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastland that is across the sea; 23 and Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all those who are trimmed to the side; 24 and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the other people who dwell in the desert; 25 and all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media; 26 and all the kings of the north, near and far, each one to his brother, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach, he will drink after them.
27 “And you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: “Drink and become drunk, and vomit, and fall, and you must not rise because of the ?presence? of the sword that I am sending among you.” ’ 28 And it will happen, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “You must certainly drink! 29 For look, on the city that is called ?by? my name I am beginning to inflict harm, and you indeed, will you go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” ?declares? Yahweh of hosts.’
30 And you yourself shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them:
‘Yahweh will roar from on high,
and from ?his holy dwelling place? he will give his voice.
He will roar mightily against his settlement,
a jubilant shout like those who tread grapes,
he will answer against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 The rage of battle will resound to the end of the earth,
for there is a lawsuit of Yahweh against the nations.
He is entering into judgment with all wicked flesh,
he will give them to the sword,’ ?declares? Yahweh.”
32 Thus says Yahweh of hosts,
“Look, disaster is going out from nation to nation,
and a great tempest is stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth.
33 And the slain ones of Yahweh will be on that day
from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth,
and they will not be mourned,
and they will not be gathered,
and they will not be buried.
They will become like dung on the ?surface? of the ground.
34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry out.
And roll about in mourning in the dust, O leaders of the flock.
For your days of slaughter and your dispersions have arrived,
and you will fall like a vessel of desire.
35 And flight will perish from the shepherds,
and escape from the leaders of the flock.
36 A sound, the cry of distress of the shepherds
and the wailing of the leaders of the flock,
for Yahweh is despoiling their pasture.
37 And the ?peaceful settlements? are devastated
because of ?the burning anger of Yahweh?.
38 He has left his den like a lion,
for their land has become a horror,
because of the anger of the oppressors,
and because of ?his burning anger?.”
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Lord of all power and might, author and giver of all good things, graft into our hearts the love of Your name and nourish us with all goodness that we may love and serve our neighbor; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Concluding Prayer
Heavenly Father, send Your Holy Spirit into our hearts to direct and rule us to do Your will, to comfort us in all our afflictions, to defend us from all error, and to lead us into all truth; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
