September 20, 2039
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος: In the beginning was the Word(John 1:1)
καὶ γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια ἐλευθερώσει ὑμᾶς: And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free(John 8:32)
Today's Reading
Isaiah 30:1–32:20
Psalm 107:7–13 (MT: 108)
Proverbs 25:23–24
2 Corinthians 11:16–33
Old TestamentSeptuagint (Brenton)
Isaiah 30:1–32:20
1Woe to the apostate children, saith the Lord: ye have framed counsel, not by me, and covenants not by my Spirit, to add sins to sins: 2[even] they that proceed to go down into Egypt, but they have not enquired of me, that they might be helped by Pharao, and protected by the Egyptians. 3For the protection of Pharao shall be to you a disgrace, and [there shall be] a reproach to them that trust in Egypt. 4For there are princes in Tanes, evil messengers. 5In vain shall they labour [in seeking] to a people, which shall not profit them for help, but [shall be] for a shame and reproach. 6The Vision of the Quadrupeds in the Desert. In affliction and distress, [where are] the lion and lion's whelp, thence [come] also asps, and the young of flying asps, [there shall they be] who bore their wealth on asses and camels to a nation which shall not profit them. 7The Egyptians shall help you utterly in vain: tell them, This your consolation is vain. 8Now then sit down and write these words on a tablet, and in a book; for these things shall be for [many long] days, and even for ever. 9For the people is disobedient, false children, who would not hear the law of God: 10who say to the prophets, Report not to us; and to them that see visions, Speak [them] not to us, but speak and report to us another error; 11and turn us aside from this way; remove from us this path, and remove from us the oracle of Israel. 12Therefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye have refused to obey these words, and have trusted in falsehood; and because thou hast murmured, and been confident in this respect: 13therefore shall this sin be to you as a wall suddenly falling when a strong city has been taken, of which the fall is very near at hand. 14And the fall thereof shall be as the breaking of an earthen vessel, [as] small fragments of a pitcher, so that thou shouldest not find among them a sherd, with which thou mightest take up fire, and with which thou shouldest draw a little water. 15Thus saith the Lord, the Holy Lord of Israel; When thou shalt turn and mourn, then thou shalt be saved; and thou shalt know where thou wast, when thou didst trust in vanities: [then] your strength became vain, yet ye would not hearken: 16but ye said, We will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will be aided by swift riders; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 17A thousand shall flee because of the voice of one, and many shall flee on account of the voice of five; until ye be left as a signal-post upon a mountain, and as one bearing an ensign upon a hill. 18And the Lord will again wait, that he may pity you, and will therefore be exalted that he may have mercy upon you: because the Lord your God is a judge: blessed are they that stay themselves upon him. 19For the holy people shall dwell in Sion: and [whereas] Jerusalem has wept bitterly, [saying], Pity me; he shall pity thee: when he perceived the voice of thy cry, he hearkened to thee. 20And [though] the Lord shall give you the bread of affliction and scant water, yet they that cause thee to err shall no more at all draw nigh to thee; for thine eyes shall see those that cause thee to err, 21and thine ears shall hear the words of them that went after thee to lead thee astray, who say, This [is] the way, let us walk in it, whether to the right or to the left. 22And thou shalt pollute the plated idols, and thou shalt grind to powder the gilt ones, and shalt scatter them as the water of a removed [woman], and thou shalt thrust them forth as dung. 23Then shall there be rain to the seed of thy land; and the bread of the fruit of thy land shall be plenteous and rich: and thy cattle shall feed in that day in a fertile and spacious place. 24Your bulls and your oxen that till the ground, shall eat chaff mixed with winnowed barley. 25And there shall be upon every lofty mountain and upon every high hill, water running in that day, when many shall perish, and when the towers shall fall. 26And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold in the day when the Lord shall heal the breach of his people, and shall heal the pain of thy wound. 27Behold, the name of the Lord comes after a [long] time, burning wrath: the word of his lips is with glory, a word full of anger, and the anger of his wrath shall devour as fire. 28And his breath, as rushing water in a valley, shall reach as far as the neck, and be divided, to confound the nations for [their] vain error: error also shall pursue them, and overtake them. 29Must ye always rejoice, and go into my holy places continually, as they that keep a feast? and must ye go with a pipe, as those that rejoice, into the mountain of the Lord, to the God of Israel? 30And the Lord shall make his glorious voice to be heard, and the wrath of his arm, to make a display with wrath and anger and devouring flame: he shall lighten terribly, and [his wrath shall be] as water and violent hail. 31For by the voice of the Lord the Assyrians shall be overcome, [even] by the stroke wherewith he shall smite them. 32And it shall happen to him from every side, [that] they from whom their hope of assistance was, in which he trusted, themselves shall war against him in turn with drums and with harp. 33For thou shalt be required before [thy] time: has it been prepared for thee also to reign? nay, God has [prepared for thee] a deep trench, wood piled, fire and much wood: the wrath of the Lord [shall be] as a trench kindled with sulphur. Chapter 311Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, who trust in horses and chariots, for they are many; and in horses, [which are] a great multitude; and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought the Lord. 2Therefore he has wisely brought evils upon them, and his word shall not be frustrated; and he shall rise up against the houses of wicked men, and against their vain hope, 3[even] an Egyptian, a man, and not God; the flesh of horses, and there is no help [in them]: but the Lord shall bring his hand upon them, and the helpers shall fail, and all shall perish together. 4For thus said the Lord to me, As a lion would roar, or a lion's whelp over prey which he has taken, and cry over it, until the mountains are filled with his voice, and [the animals] are awe-struck and tremble at the fierceness of his wrath: so the Lord of hosts shall descend to fight upon the mount Sion, [even] upon her mountains. 5As birds flying, so shall the Lord of hosts defend; he shall defend Jerusalem, and he shall rescue, and save and deliver. 6Turn, ye children of Israel, who devise a deep and sinful counsel. 7For in that day men shall renounce their silver idols and [their] golden idols, which their hands made. 8And the Assyrian shall fall: not the sword of a great man, nor the sword of a mean man shall devour him; neither shall he flee from the face of the sword: but the young men shall be overthrown: 9for they shall be compassed with rocks as with a trench, and shall be worsted; and he that flees shall be taken. Thus saith the Lord, Blessed is he that has a seed in Sion, and household friends in Jerusalem. Chapter 321For, behold, a righteous king shall reign, and princes shall govern with judgment. 2And a man shall hide his words, and be hidden, as from rushing water, and shall appear in Sion as a rushing river, glorious in a thirsty land. 3And they shall no more trust in men, but they shall incline their ears to hear. 4And the heart of the weak ones shall attend to hear, and the stammering tongues shall soon learn to speak peace. 5And they shall no more at all tell a fool to rule, and thy servants shall no more at all say, Be silent. 6For the fool shall speak foolish words, and his heart shall meditate vanities, and to perform lawless deeds and to speak error against the Lord, to scatter hungry souls, and he will cause the thirsty souls to be empty. 7For the counsel of the wicked will devise iniquity, to destroy the poor with unjust words, and ruin the cause of the poor in judgment. 8But the godly have devised wise [measures], and this counsel shall stand. 9Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice; ye confident daughters, hearken to my words. 10Remember for a full year in pain, yet with hope: the vintage has been cut off, it has ceased, it shall by no means come again. 11Be amazed, be pained, ye confident ones: strip you, bare yourselves, gird your loins; 12and beat on your breasts, because of the pleasant field, and the fruit of the vine. 13[As for] the land of my people, the thorn and grass shall come upon [it], and joy shall be removed from every house. 14[As for] the rich city, the houses are deserted; they shall abandon the wealth of the city, [and] the pleasant houses: and the villages shall be caves for ever, the joy of wild asses, shepherds' pastures; 15until the Spirit shall come upon you from on high, and Chermel shall be desert, and Chermel shall be counted for a forest. 16Then judgment shall abide in the wilderness, and righteousness shall dwell in Carmel. 17And the works of righteousness shall be peace; and righteousness shall ensure rest, and [the righteous] shall be confident for ever. 18And his people shall inhabit a city of peace, and dwell in [it] in confidence, and they shall rest with wealth. 19And if the hail should come down, it shall not come upon you; and they that dwell in the forests shall be in confidence, as those in the plain country. 20Blessed are they that sow by every water, where the ox and ass tread.
PsalmSeptuagint (Brenton)
Psalm 107:7–13(MT: 108)
MT Psalm 108 = LXX Psalm 107 (standard offset).
7When he is judged, let him go forth condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 8Let his days be few: and let another take his office of overseer. 9Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow. 10Let his children wander without a dwelling-place, and beg: let them be cast out of their habitations. 11Let [his] creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers spoil his labours. 12Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have compassion on his fatherless children. 13Let his children be [given up] to utter destruction: in one generation let his name be blotted out.
ProverbSeptuagint (Brenton)
Proverbs 25:23–24
23The north wind raises clouds; so an impudent face provokes the tongue. 24[It is] better to dwell on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open house.
New TestamentKing James Version
2 Corinthians 11:16–33
16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. 17That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 18Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. 19For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. 20For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. 21I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. 22Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 25Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 28Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. 29Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? 30If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. 31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 32In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: 33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
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