Thursday in Season after Pentecost

17Verse 17. Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go. 18Verse 18. If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea. 19Verse 19. Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.” 20Verse 20. Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!” 21Verse 21. They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.

17Verse 17. Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 18Verse 18. “Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety. 19Verse 19. Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it. 20Verse 20. The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’” 21Verse 21. Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 22Verse 22. “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’? 23Verse 23. Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled. 24Verse 24. For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel, 25Verse 25. because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’” 26Verse 26. Furthermore, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 27Verse 27. “Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’ 28Verse 28. Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”