Tuesday in Season after Pentecost

1Verse 1. Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants. 2Verse 2. He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear. 3Verse 3. But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother. 4Verse 4. Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept. 5Verse 5. When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.” 6Verse 6. Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down. 7Verse 7. Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down. 8Verse 8. “What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered. 9Verse 9. “I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.” 10Verse 10. But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably. 11Verse 11. Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted. 12Verse 12. Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.” 13Verse 13. But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die. 14Verse 14. Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.” 15Verse 15. “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.” 16Verse 16. So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir, 17Verse 17. but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

1Verse 1. Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! 2Verse 2. She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God. 3Verse 3. Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning. 4Verse 4. Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law. 5Verse 5. The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame. 6Verse 6. “I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant. 7Verse 7. I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds. 8Verse 8. Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation — all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy. 9Verse 9. For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder. 10Verse 10. From beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an offering. 11Verse 11. On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain. 12Verse 12. But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD. 13Verse 13. The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”