and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth-diblathaim, 23 and on Kiriathaim, and on Beth-gamul, and on Beth-meon, 24 and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the towns of the land of Moab, the far and the near. 25 The horn of Moab is cut off and his arm is broken,” declares Yahweh…
+ 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 116:12-19
Psa 116:12 What shall I render to the LORD
for all his benefits to me?
Psa 116:13 I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the LORD,
Psa 116:14 I will pay my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all his people.
Psa 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD
is the death of his saints.
Psa 116:16 O LORD, I am your servant;
I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.
You have loosed my bonds.
Psa 116:17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving
and call on the name of the LORD.
Psa 116:18 I will pay my vows to the LORD
in the presence of all his people,
Psa 116:19 in the courts of the house of the LORD,
in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
Reading for Wednesday June 10th Jeremiah 48:22-47
22 and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth-diblathaim, 23 and on Kiriathaim, and on Beth-gamul, and on Beth-meon, 24 and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the towns of the land of Moab, the far and the near. 25 The horn of Moab is cut off and his arm is broken,” ?declares? Yahweh.
26 “Make him drunk,
because he magnified himself against Yahweh,
and let Moab wallow in his vomit.
And he also will become a laughingstock.
27 Now was not Israel the laughingstock to you?
Or was he found among thieves?
For ?as often as? you spoke over him
you shook your head.
28 Leave the towns and dwell on the rock,
O inhabitants of Moab,
and be like the dove,
it nests on the sides of the mouth of a ravine.
29 We have heard of the pride of Moab
—he is very proud—
his height, and his pride, and his arrogance,
and the haughtiness of his heart.
30 I know his insolence,” ?declares? Yahweh,
“and his boastings are ?false?;
they act ?falsely?.
31 ?Therefore? over Moab I wail,
and for all of Moab I cry out,
for the people of Kir-heres I moan.
32 More than the weeping of Jazer
I weep for you, O vine Sibmah.
Your branches cross over the sea,
up to the sea of Jazer they reach.
Upon your summer fruit and upon your vintage
the destroyer has fallen.
33 And joy and rejoicing have been taken away from the fruitful land,
even from the land of Moab.
And the wine from the wine presses
I have caused to disappear.
He will not tread with exuberant shouts.
Exuberant shouts will not be exuberant shouts.
34 From the cry for help of Heshbon, up to Elealeh,
up to Jahaz, they give their voice,
from Zoar up to Horonaim, up to Eglath-shelishiyah,
for even the waters of Nimrim have become as a desolation.
35 And I will cause to disappear for Moab,” ?declares? Yahweh,
“the one who presents a sacrifice at a high place,
and the one who burns a smoke offering to his gods.
36 ?Therefore? my heart moans for Moab like the flute.
It moans for the people of Kir-heres like the flute.
?Therefore? the wealth they gained has perished.
37 For on every head is baldness,
and every beard is trimmed.
On all the hands, slashes,
and on the loins, sackcloth.
38 On all the roofs of Moab, and in its public squares,
there is wailing everywhere.
For I have broken Moab like a vessel,
there is no delight in it,” ?declares? Yahweh.
39 “How it is filled with terror! How they wail!
How Moab has turned his back! He is disgraced!
So Moab has become as a derision,
and as a terror for all his surrounding peoples.”
40 For thus says Yahweh,
“Look, like an eagle he will swoop down,
and he will spread out his wings against Moab.
41 Kerioth will be taken,
and the strongholds will be conquered,
and the hearts of the warriors of Moab will be on that day
like the heart of a woman who is in labor.
42 And Moab will be destroyed from being a people,
because against Yahweh he magnified himself.
43 Dread, and pit, and a trapping net are against you,
O inhabitant of Moab,” ?declares? Yahweh.
44 “He who flees ?before? the dread
will fall into the pit,
and the one who climbs up from the pit
will be caught in the trapping net,
for I will bring on Moab
the year of their punishment,” ?declares? Yahweh.
45 “In the shadow of Heshbon
fugitives stand without strength,
for a fire has gone out from Heshbon,
and a flame from Sihon.
And it has eaten the forehead of Moab,
and the skulls of the people of tumult.
46 Woe to you, Moab!
The people of Chemosh have perished.
For your sons have been taken into captivity,
and your daughters into captivity.
47 Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab
in the last of the days,” ?declares? Yahweh.
?Thus far? is the judgment of Moab.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Almighty and everlasting God, grant us by Your grace so to pass through this holy time of our Lord’s passion that we may obtain the forgiveness of our sins; 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.
