Wednesday in Season after Pentecost

30Verse 30. Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window. 31Verse 31. And as Jehu entered the gate, she asked, “Have you come in peace, O Zimri, murderer of your master?” 32Verse 32. He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him. 33Verse 33. “Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot. 34Verse 34. Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.” 35Verse 35. But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing but her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands. 36Verse 36. So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel. 37Verse 37. And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’ ”

1Verse 1. In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2Verse 2. “Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’ 3Verse 3. This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net. 4Verse 4. I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you. 5Verse 5. I will put your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains. 6Verse 6. I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains — the ravines will be filled. 7Verse 7. When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. 8Verse 8. All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ 9Verse 9. ‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know. 10Verse 10. I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’