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Today's Readings
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Tuesday, 23rd April 2024 --- 15 Baramoudah 1740
Zephaniah 1 : 2 - 12
Chapter 1
| 2 | "I will utterly consume everything From the face of the land," Says the LORD;
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| 3 | "I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, The fish of the sea, And the stumbling blocks along with the wicked. I will cut off man from the face of the land," Says the LORD.
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| 4 | "I will stretch out My hand against Judah, And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off every trace of Baal from this place, The names of the idolatrous priests with the pagan priests--
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| 5 | Those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops; Those who worship and swear oaths by the LORD, But who also swear by Milcom;
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| 6 | Those who have turned back from following the LORD, And have not sought the LORD, nor inquired of Him."
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| 7 | Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD; For the day of the LORD is at hand, For the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has invited His guests.
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| 8 | "And it shall be, In the day of the LORD's sacrifice, That I will punish the princes and the king's children, And all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.
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| 9 | In the same day I will punish All those who leap over the threshold, Who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
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| 10 | "And there shall be on that day," says the LORD, "The sound of a mournful cry from the Fish Gate, A wailing from the Second Quarter, And a loud crashing from the hills.
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| 11 | Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh! For all the merchant people are cut down; All those who handle money are cut off.
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| 12 | "And it shall come to pass at that time That I will search Jerusalem with lamps, And punish the men Who are settled in complacency, Who say in their heart, "The LORD will not do good, Nor will He do evil.'
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Acknowledgement
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