Tuesday 18 July 2028

1In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham,the son of Uzziah,king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syriaand Pekah the son of Remaliah,king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it,but could not prevail against it.2David’s house was told, “Syria is allied with Ephraim.”His heart trembled,and the heart of his people,as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.

3Then the Lord said to Isaiah,“Go out now to meet Ahaz,you, and Shearjashub your son,at the end of the conduit of the upper pool,on the highway of the fuller’s field.4Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm.Don’t be afraid, neither let your heart be faintbecause of these two tails of smoking torches,for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria,and of the son of Remaliah.5Because Syria, Ephraim,and the son of Remaliah,have plotted evil against you, saying,6“Let’s go up against Judah,and tear it apart,and let’s divide it among ourselves,and set up a king within it,even the son of Tabeel.”7This is what the Lord GOD says:“It shall not stand, neither shall it happen.”8For the head of Syria is Damascus,and the head of Damascus is Rezin.Within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces,so that it shall not be a people.9The head of Ephraim is Samaria,and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son.If you will not believe,surely you shall not be established.’”

2Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.3Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,

3is Mount Zion, on the north sides,the city of the great King.4God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.

5For, behold, the kings assembled themselves,they passed by together.6They saw it, then they were amazed.They were dismayed.They hurried away.

7Trembling took hold of them there,pain, as of a woman in travail.8With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.

20Then he began to denounce the cities inwhich most of his mighty works had been done,because they didn’t repent.21“Woe to you, Chorazin!Woe to you, Bethsaida!For if the mighty works had been done in Tyreand Sidon which were done in you,they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.22But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyreand Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.23You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven,you will go down to Hades.For if the mighty works had been done in Sodomwhich were done in you,it would have remained until today.24But I tell youthat it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment, than for you.”