Yahweh’s Anger against Arrogance The Lord has sent out a word against Jacob, and it fell on Israel. 9 And all of the people knew it, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria in pride and arrogance of heart, saying, 10 “The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stone. The sycamore-fig trees were felled, but we will replace them with cedars.” 11 So Yahweh strengthened ?the adversaries of Rezin? against him, and he provoked his enemies — 12 Aram from the east…
+ 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 11
Psa 11:1 In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to my soul,
“Flee like a bird to your mountain,
Psa 11:2 for behold, the wicked bend the bow;
they have fitted their arrow to the string
to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
Psa 11:3 if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”
Psa 11:4 The LORD is in his holy temple;
the LORD’s throne is in heaven;
his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.
Psa 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous,
but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
Psa 11:6 Let him rain coals on the wicked;
fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Psa 11:7 For the LORD is righteous;
he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.
Reading for Monday December 8th Isaiah 9:8-10:4
Yahweh’s Anger against Arrogance
8 The Lord has sent out a word against Jacob,
and it fell on Israel.
9 And all of the people knew it,
Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria
in pride and arrogance of heart, saying,
10 “The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stone.
The sycamore-fig trees were felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”
11 So Yahweh strengthened ?the adversaries of Rezin? against him,
and he provoked his enemies—
12 Aram from the east
and Philistines from the west—
and they devoured Israel with the whole mouth.
He has not turned away his anger in all of this,
and his hand is still stretched out.
13 And the people did not turn to the one who struck it,
and they did not seek Yahweh of hosts.
14 So Yahweh cut off head and tail from Israel,
palm branch and reed in one day.
15 Elders and ?the respectable? are the head,
and prophets who teach lies are the tail.
16 And the leaders of this people were misleading them,
and those who were led were confused.
17 Therefore the Lord did not rejoice over its young men,
and he did not have compassion on its orphans and widows,
for everyone was godless and an evildoer,
and every mouth was speaking folly.
In all of this his anger did not turn away,
and still his hand is stretched out.
18 For wickedness burned like fire;
it consumed brier and thorn.
And it kindled the thickets of the forest,
and they swirled upward in a column of smoke.
19 The land was burned through the wrath of Yahweh of hosts,
and the people became like fire fuel.
?People had no compassion toward each other?.
20 They devoured on the right but still were hungry
and devoured on the left but they were not satisfied.
Each one devoured the flesh of his arm,
21 Manasseh devoured Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh;
together they were against Judah.
In all of this his anger has not turned away,
and still his hand is stretched out.
Woes on the Wicked
10 Ah! Those who decree decrees of evil,
and writers who have written harm,
2 to guide the needy away from legal claims,
and to rob the justice from the poor of my people,
to make widows their spoil;
and they plunder orphans.
3 And what will you do at the day of punishment,
and at calamity? It comes from afar!
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth,
4 ?save that they bow down under the prisoners
and fall under the slain??
In all of this his anger has not turned away,
and still his hand is stretched out.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Lord God, heavenly Father, in Holy Baptism You anointed us with holy chrism and healed us of all sin, making us little Christs who bear in our body Your Son, our Savior. Continue to strengthen us by Your Holy Spirit so that we may embody Christ in the world through our words and in our actions; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
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.
