Woes on the Wicked Ah! Those who ?join? house with house, they join field together with field until ?there is no place? and you are caused to dwell alone in the midst of the land. 9 Yahweh of hosts said in my ears: ?Surely? many houses shall become a desolation, large and beautiful ones without inhabitant. 10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer will yield an ephah. 11 Ah! Those who rise early in the morning, they pursue strong drink. Those who linger in the evening…
+ 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 34:11-18
Psa 34:11 Come, O children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psa 34:12 What man is there who desires life
and loves many days, that he may see good?
Psa 34:13 Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.
Psa 34:14 Turn away from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
Psa 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous
and his ears toward their cry.
Psa 34:16 The face of the LORD is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Psa 34:17 When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
Psa 34:18 The LORD is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.
Reading for Monday December 1st Isaiah 5:8-25
Woes on the Wicked
8 Ah! Those who ?join? house with house,
they join field together with field
until ?there is no place?
and you are caused to dwell alone in the midst of the land.
9 Yahweh of hosts said in my ears:
?Surely? many houses shall become a desolation,
large and beautiful ones without inhabitant.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath,
and the seed of a homer will yield an ephah.
11 Ah! Those who rise early in the morning,
they pursue strong drink.
Those who linger in the evening,
wine inflames them.
12 And there will be lyre and harp,
tambourine and flute,
and wine at their feasts,
but they do not look at the deeds of Yahweh,
and they do not see the work of his hands.
13 Therefore my people will go into exile without knowledge,
and their nobles will be men of hunger,
and their multitude is parched with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat,
and it has opened wide its mouth without limit,
and her nobles will go down, and her multitude,
her tumult and those who revel in her.
15 And humankind is bowed down,
and man is brought low,
and the eyes of the haughty are humiliated.
16 But Yahweh of hosts is exalted by justice,
and the holy God shows himself holy by righteousness.
17 And then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,
and ?fatlings, kids will eat among the sites of ruins.?
18 Ah! Those who drag iniquity along with the cords of falsehood
and sin as with rope of the cart,
19 those who say,
“Let him make haste;
let him hurry his work
so that we may see it
and let it draw near
and let the plan of the holy one of Israel come
so that we may know it!”
20 Ah! Those who call evil good and good evil,
those who put darkness for light and light for darkness,
those who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Ah! Those who are wise in their own eyes
and have understanding ?in their view?!
22 Ah! Heroes at drinking wine,
and men of capability at mixing strong drink!
23 Those who acquit the guilty because of a bribe
and remove the justice of the innocent from him.
24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
and dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so their root will become like the stench,
and their blossom will go up like the dust.
For they have rejected the instruction of Yahweh of hosts,
and they have treated the word of the holy one of Israel with contempt.
25 Therefore ?Yahweh’s wrath was kindled? against his people,
and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them,
and the mountains quaked,
and their corpses were like refuse in the middle of the streets.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, we implore You to hear our prayers and to lighten the darkness of our hearts by Your gracious visitation; for You live and reign with the Father 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.
