And the word of Yahweh came to me, ?saying?, 2 “Son of man, set your face against the mountain of Seir and prophesy against it, 3 and you must say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am against you, mountain of Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a wasteland. 4 Your cities I will make ruins, and you will be a desolation, and then you will know that I am Yahweh, 5 because there has been to you ?an ancient hostility?, and you handed over the ?Israelites? to the power of the sword at the time of their…
+ 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 133
Psa 133:1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!
Psa 133:2 It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!
Psa 133:3 It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion!
For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.
Reading for Tuesday September 22nd Ezekiel 35
Prophecy Directed at Edom
35 And the word of Yahweh came to me, ?saying?, 2 “Son of man, set your face against the mountain of Seir and prophesy against it, 3 and you must say to it, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am against you, mountain of Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a desolation and a wasteland. 4 Your cities I will make ruins, and you will be a desolation, and then you will know that I am Yahweh, 5 because there has been to you ?an ancient hostility?, and you handed over the ?Israelites? to the power of the sword at the time of their disaster, at the time of ?their final punishment?. 6 Therefore ?as I live?,” ?declares? the Lord Yahweh, “Certainly to blood guilt I will prepare you and blood will pursue; ?since? ?you did not hate blood?, it will pursue you. 7 And I will make the mountain of Seir into a desolation and ruin, and I will cut off from it both he who is crossing over and he who is returning. 8 And I will fill its mountains with its slain; your hills and your valleys and all of your watercourses, the slain by the sword will fall in them. 9 ?An everlasting desolation? I will make you, and your cities will not return, and you will know that I am Yahweh. 10 I do this because of your saying, ‘The two nations and the two lands, they will be ?mine?, and we will take possession of it,’ and yet Yahweh was there. 11 Therefore, ?as I live?,” ?declares? the Lord Yahweh, “so I will deal with you according to your anger and according to your jealousy that you did, because of your hatred against them, and I will make myself known among them when I judge you. 12 And you will know that I, Yahweh, I have heard all of your contemptible words that you said against the mountains of Israel, ?saying?, ‘They will be desolate; they are given to us as food.’ 13 And you magnified yourself against me with your ?insolent speech?, and you spoke voluminously against me with your words—I heard! 14 Thus the Lord Yahweh says, ‘?As the whole world rejoices?, I will make you a desolation. 15 ?Like your rejoicing over the inheritance of the house of Israel? ?because? it was desolate, I will do to you; you will be a desolation, mountain of Seir and all of Edom, indeed all of it; and they will know that I am Yahweh.’ ” ’
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Lord God, heavenly Father, through the prophet Jonah, You continued the prophetic pattern of teaching Your people the true faith and demonstrating through miracles Your presence in creation to heal it of its brokenness. Grant that Your Church may see in Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, the final end-times prophet whose teaching and miracles continue in Your Church through the healing medicine of the Gospel and the Sacraments; 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.
