Friday in Season after Pentecost

1Verse 1. “At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place. 2Verse 2. Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth. 3Verse 3. He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth. 4Verse 4. Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds. 5Verse 5. God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend. 6Verse 6. For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’ 7Verse 7. He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work. 8Verse 8. The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens. 9Verse 9. The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds. 10Verse 10. By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen. 11Verse 11. He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them. 12Verse 12. They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth. 13Verse 13. Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion. 14Verse 14. Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God. 15Verse 15. Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash? 16Verse 16. Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge? 17Verse 17. You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind, 18Verse 18. can you, like Him, spread out the skies, as strong as a mirror of bronze? 19Verse 19. Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness. 20Verse 20. Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up ? 21Verse 21. Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean. 22Verse 22. Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him. 23Verse 23. The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress. 24Verse 24. Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”

1Verse 1. “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate. 2Verse 2. Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams. 3Verse 3. Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.” 4Verse 4. Our Redeemer — the LORD of Hosts is His name — is the Holy One of Israel. 5Verse 5. “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms. 6Verse 6. I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke. 7Verse 7. You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome. 8Verse 8. So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’ 9Verse 9. These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.