Monthly Archives: August 2017

1 Pay attention, you islands, and listen closely, you far away peoples. The Lord has called me from the womb; from the womb of my mother, he has been mindful of my name. 2 And he has appointed my mouth as a sharp sword. In the shadow of his hand, he has protected me. And […]

1 Thus says the Lord: What is this bill of divorce for your mother, by which I have dismissed her? Or who is my creditor, to whom I have sold you? Behold, you were sold by your iniquities, and I have dismissed your mother for your wickedness. 2 For I arrived, and there was no […]

1 Listen to me, you who follow what is just and who seek the Lord. Pay attention to the rock from which you have been hewn, and to the walls of the pit from which you have been dug. 2 Pay attention to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who bore you. For I called […]

1 Rise up, Rise up! Clothe yourself in strength, O Zion! Put on the garments of your glory, O Jerusalem, the city of the Holy One! For the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer pass through you. 2 Shake yourself from the dust! Arise and sit up, O Jerusalem! Loose the chains from your […]

1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 And he will rise up like a tender plant in his sight, and like a root from the thirsty ground. There is no beautiful or stately appearance in him. For we looked upon him, and there was […]

1 Give praise, you who are barren and unable to conceive. Sing praise and make a joyful noise, you who have not given birth. For many are the children of the desolate, more so than of her who has a husband, says the Lord. 2 Enlarge the place of your tent and extend the skins […]

1 All you who thirst, come to the waters. And you who have no money: hurry, buy and eat. Approach, buy wine and milk, without money and without barter. 2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and expend your labor for what does not satisfy? Listen very closely to me, and […]

1 Thus says the Lord: Preserve judgment, and accomplish justice. For my salvation is close to its arrival, and my justice is close to being revealed. 2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds to this, keeping the Sabbath and not profaning it, guarding his hands and not […]

1 The just man perishes, and there is no one who acknowledges it in his heart; and men of mercy are taken away, for there is no one who understands. For the just man has been taken away before the face of malice. 2 Let peace arrive. Let he who has walked in his righteousness […]

1 Cry out! Cease not! Exalt your voice like a trumpet, and announce to my people their wicked acts, and to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 For they also seek me, from day to day, and they are willing to know my ways, like a nation which has done justice and has not […]