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Today's Readings
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Thursday, 23rd May 2024 --- 15 Bashans 1740
Jeremiah 11 : 18 - 12 : 13
Chapter 11
| 18 | Now the LORD gave me knowledge of it, and I know it; for You showed me their doings.
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| 19 | But I was like a docile lamb brought to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more."
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| 20 | But, O LORD of hosts, You who judge righteously, Testing the mind and the heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You I have revealed my cause.
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| 21 | "Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the men of Anathoth who seek your life, saying, "Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD, lest you die by our hand'--
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| 22 | therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by famine;
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| 23 | and there shall be no remnant of them, for I will bring catastrophe on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their punishment."'
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Chapter 12
| 1 | Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?
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| 2 | You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; They grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth But far from their mind.
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| 3 | But You, O LORD, know me; You have seen me, And You have tested my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, And prepare them for the day of slaughter.
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| 4 | How long will the land mourn, And the herbs of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed, For the wickedness of those who dwell there, Because they said, "He will not see our final end."
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| 5 | "If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, Then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, In which you trusted, they wearied you, Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?
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| 6 | For even your brothers, the house of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you; Yes, they have called a multitude after you. Do not believe them, Even though they speak smooth words to you.
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| 7 | "I have forsaken My house, I have left My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies.
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| 8 | My heritage is to Me like a lion in the forest; It cries out against Me; Therefore I have hated it.
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| 9 | My heritage is to Me like a speckled vulture; The vultures all around are against her. Come, assemble all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour!
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| 10 | "Many rulers have destroyed My vineyard, They have trodden My portion underfoot; They have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
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| 11 | They have made it desolate; Desolate, it mourns to Me; The whole land is made desolate, Because no one takes it to heart.
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| 12 | The plunderers have come On all the desolate heights in the wilderness, For the sword of the LORD shall devour From one end of the land to the other end of the land; No flesh shall have peace.
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| 13 | They have sown wheat but reaped thorns; They have put themselves to pain but do not profit. But be ashamed of your harvest Because of the fierce anger of the LORD."
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Zechariah 14 : 5 - 11
Chapter 14
| 5 | Then you shall flee through My mountain valley, For the mountain valley shall reach to Azal. Yes, you shall flee As you fled from the earthquake In the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Thus the LORD my God will come, And all the saints with You.
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| 6 | It shall come to pass in that day That there will be no light; The lights will diminish.
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| 7 | It shall be one day Which is known to the LORD--Neither day nor night. But at evening time it shall happen That it will be light.
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| 8 | And in that day it shall be That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem, Half of them toward the eastern sea And half of them toward the western sea; In both summer and winter it shall occur.
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| 9 | And the LORD shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be--"The LORD is one," And His name one.
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| 10 | All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be raised up and inhabited in her place from Benjamin's Gate to the place of the First Gate and the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
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| 11 | The people shall dwell in it; And no longer shall there be utter destruction, But Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
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Joel 2 : 1 - 3
Chapter 2
| 1 | Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD is coming, For it is at hand:
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| 2 | A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains. A people come, great and strong, The like of whom has never been; Nor will there ever be any such after them, Even for many successive generations.
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| 3 | A fire devours before them, And behind them a flame burns; The land is like the Garden of Eden before them, And behind them a desolate wilderness; Surely nothing shall escape them.
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Joel 2 : 10 - 11
Chapter 2
| 10 | The earth quakes before them, The heavens tremble; The sun and moon grow dark, And the stars diminish their brightness.
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| 11 | The LORD gives voice before His army, For His camp is very great; For strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; Who can endure it?
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Acknowledgement
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