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Tuesday, 13th February 2018 --- 6 Amshir 1734



Matins


Isaiah 1 : 19 - 2 : 3 Zechariah 8 : 7 - 13

Isaiah 1 : 19 - 2 : 3

Chapter 1

19If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;
20But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword"; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
21How the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; Righteousness lodged in it, But now murderers.
22Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.
23Your princes are rebellious, And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes, And follows after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
24Therefore the Lord says, The LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, "Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries, And take vengeance on My enemies.
25I will turn My hand against you, And thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away all your alloy.
26I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city."
27Zion shall be redeemed with justice, And her penitents with righteousness.
28The destruction of transgressors and of sinners shall be together, And those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
29For they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees Which you have desired; And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens Which you have chosen.
30For you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades, And as a garden that has no water.
31The strong shall be as tinder, And the work of it as a spark; Both will burn together, And no one shall quench them.

Chapter 2

1The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2Now it shall come to pass in the latter days That the mountain of the LORD's house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it.
3Many people shall come and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.


Zechariah 8 : 7 - 13

Chapter 8

7"Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Behold, I will save My people from the land of the east And from the land of the west;
8I will bring them back, And they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. They shall be My people And I will be their God, In truth and righteousness.'
9"Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Let your hands be strong, You who have been hearing in these days These words by the mouth of the prophets, Who spoke in the day the foundation was laid For the house of the LORD of hosts, That the temple might be built.
10For before these days There were no wages for man nor any hire for beast; There was no peace from the enemy for whoever went out or came in; For I set all men, everyone, against his neighbor.
11But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,' says the LORD of hosts.
12"For the seed shall be prosperous, The vine shall give its fruit, The ground shall give her increase, And the heavens shall give their dew--I will cause the remnant of this people To possess all these.
13And it shall come to pass That just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, So I will save you, and you shall be a blessing. Do not fear, Let your hands be strong.'





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