The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet:
+ 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 147:1-11
Psa 147:1 Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
Psa 147:2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
Psa 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Psa 147:4 He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.
Psa 147:5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.
Psa 147:6 The LORD lifts up the humble;
he casts the wicked to the ground.
Psa 147:7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on the lyre!
Psa 147:8 He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.
Psa 147:9 He gives to the beasts their food,
and to the young ravens that cry.
Psa 147:10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
Psa 147:11 but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Reading for Tuesday June 16th Jeremiah 50:1-12
A Message Concerning Babylon
50 The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet:
2 “Declare among the nations and proclaim,
and lift up a banner.
Proclaim, you must not conceal it.
Say, ‘Babylon is captured,
Bel is ashamed,
Merodach is filled with terror,
her idols are ashamed,
her idols are filled with terror.
3 For a nation will come up against her from the north.
It will make her land as a horror,
and an inhabitant will not be in her.
From humans to animals they all will wander off.
They will go away.
4 In those days and in that time,’ ” ?declares? Yahweh,
“the people of Israel will come,
they and the people of Judah together.
?Weeping as they go?, they will go,
and Yahweh their God they will seek.
5 They will ask the way to Zion,
turning their faces there.
They will come and join themselves to Yahweh
by ?an everlasting covenant? that will not be forgotten.
6 My people have become lost sheep,
their shepherds have caused them to go astray.
They led them away to the mountains.
From mountain to hill they have gone,
they have forgotten their resting place.
7 All those who found them have devoured them.
And their foes have said, ‘We are not guilty,
?because? they have sinned against Yahweh, the ?true pasture?,
even Yahweh, the hope of their ancestors.’
8 Flee from the midst of Babylon,
and from the land of the Chaldeans.
Go out and be like he-goats
?before? the flock.
9 For look, I am going to stir up,
and I am going to bring against Babylon
a contingent of great nations
from the land of the north.
And they will draw up a battle formation against her,
from there she will be captured.
Their arrows are like a warrior who has achieved success,
he does not return without success.
10 And Chaldea will be as booty,
all those who plunder her will be satisfied,” ?declares? Yahweh.
11 “Though you rejoice, though you exult,
O plunderers of my inheritance,
though you frisk about like a heifer on the grass,
and you neigh like the powerful stallions,
12 your mother will be very ashamed.
She who gave birth to you will be humiliated.
Look, she will be the least of the nations,
a desert, dry land, and wilderness.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
O God, You make the minds of Your faithful to be of one will. Grant that we may love what You have commanded and desire what You promise, that among the many changes of this world our hearts may be fixed where true joys are found; 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.
