The Nation Hopes in Yahweh “And you shall say to them this word, ‘Let my eyes melt with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for with a great wound the virgin daughter of my people is broken, with a very incurable wound. 18 If I go out into the field, then look, those slain by the sword…
+ 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 81:1-7
Psa 81:1 Sing aloud to God our strength;
shout for joy to the God of Jacob!
Psa 81:2 Raise a song; sound the tambourine,
the sweet lyre with the harp.
Psa 81:3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
at the full moon, on our feast day.
Psa 81:4 For it is a statute for Israel,
a rule of the God of Jacob.
Psa 81:5 He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out
over the land of Egypt. I hear a language I had not known:
Psa 81:6 “I relieved your shoulder of the burden;
your hands were freed from the basket.
Psa 81:7 In distress you called, and I delivered you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
Reading for Tuesday April 7th Jeremiah 14:17-15:9
The Nation Hopes in Yahweh
17 “And you shall say to them this word,
‘Let my eyes melt with tears night and day,
and let them not cease,
for with a great wound the virgin daughter of my people is broken,
with a very incurable wound.
18 If I go out into the field,
then look, those slain by the sword.
And if I enter the city,
then look, the sickness of the famine.
For both prophet and priest wander around through the land,
?they do not know what is going on?.’ ”
19 Have you completely rejected Judah?
Or has your soul loathed Zion?
Why have you struck us
so that there is no healing for us?
We hope for peace, but there is no good,
and for a time of healing, but look, there is terror.
20 We know, O Yahweh, our wickedness,
the iniquity of our ancestors,
for we have sinned against you.
21 You must not spurn us for the sake of your name,
you must not dishonor ?your glorious throne?.
Remember us!
You must not break your covenant with us.
22 Are there any among the idols of the nation who cause rain to pour?
Or can the heavens give showers?
Is it not you, O Yahweh our God?
Therefore, we hope in you, for you do all these things.
Four Types of Calamity
15 Then Yahweh said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood ?before me?, my heart would not be to this people. Send them away from my ?sight?, and let them go out. 2 ?And then? if they say to you, ‘Where shall we go?’ Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh,
“Those who are destined for the plague, to the plague,
and those who are destined for the sword, to the sword,
and those who are destined for the famine, to the famine,
and those who are destined for the captivity, to the captivity.” ’
3 “And I will summon over them four types of calamity,” ?declares? Yahweh, “the sword to kill, and the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and the wild animals of the earth to devour and to destroy. 4 And I will make them a terror to all of the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, because of what he did in Jerusalem.
5 “For who will have compassion on you, O Jerusalem,
or who will show sympathy to you,
or who will turn aside ?to ask about your welfare??
6 You have forsaken me,” ?declares? Yahweh.
“You go backward, so I have stretched my hand against you,
and I have destroyed you.
I am tired of becoming remorseful.
7 And I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork in the gates of the land.
I am bereaved.
I have destroyed my people.
They did not turn back from their ways.
8 Their widows will be more numerous before me than the sand of the seas.
I have brought to them, against the mothers of young men,
a destroyer at noon.
I will suddenly drop on her anguish and horror.
9 She who gave birth to seven has withered away.
She gasps her breath.
Her sun ?set? while still day.
She has been put to shame and disgraced.
And the remainder of them I will give to the sword
?before? their enemies,” ?declares? Yahweh.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Almighty God, through the resurrection of Your Son You have secured peace for our troubled consciences. Grant us this peace evermore that trusting in the merit of Your Son we may come at last to the perfect peace of heaven; through the same 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.
